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Bill Waters, ports, and watercraft; wakesurfing and wakeboarding; provide restrictions and requirements A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration, operation, and sale of watercraft generally, so as to provide for restrictions and requirements regarding wakesurfing and wakeboarding, including on certain state waters; to provide for exceptions; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2023_24 HB 121 Georgia HB 121 (2023_24)
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Bill Yearta
Lauren McDonald
Lee Hawkins
Stan Gunter
Victor Anderson
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Georgia HB 121 (2023_24) — Waters, ports, and watercraft; wakesurfing and wakeboarding; provide restrictions and requirements

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration, operation, and sale of watercraft generally, so as to provide for restrictions and requirements regarding wakesurfing and wakeboarding, including on certain state waters; to provide for exceptions; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. HB 121/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 51 0252/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. SCSFA to HB 121 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Sen ctee sub LC 39 3954S (committee substitute) — source
  5. Sen floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Senate Vote #301 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 512 (pass) · upper
  • House Vote #360 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 1652 (pass) · lower
  • House Vote #68 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 1646 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Alan Powell — primary (person)
  • Bill Yearta — primary (person)
  • Lauren McDonald — primary (person)
  • Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
  • Stan Gunter — primary (person)
  • Victor Anderson — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2023-01-30 House Hopper introduction
  • 2023-01-31 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2023-02-01 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2023-02-15 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-02-22 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2023-02-22 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2023-02-23 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2023-03-23 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-23 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2023-03-27 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2023-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2023-03-29 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
  • 2023-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-05-02 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-05-02 Act 241 executive-signature
  • 2023-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c916b2e-71bf-4341-bced-c1dfcfb78477. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).