republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-994.md

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Bill	Torts; negligent operations of a vessel; revise liability	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 51 and 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating torts and waters of the state, ports, and watercraft, respectively, so as to revise liability for the negligent operation of a vessel; to require boat liveries to obtain and maintain certain insurance; to provide for notice of insurance coverage; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 994	Georgia HB 994 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Alan Powell Brent Cox Carter Barrett Lauren McDonald Rob Leverett Trey Rhodes	5	16	3	2024-01-23	2024-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/d7a77488-4f79-47f7-bdf0-18b29b45a237	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	5e0757e3d9e6d8cfd041916ec6f648a936008d0683aef171214d73282efec2a8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 994 (2023_24) — Torts; negligent operations of a vessel; revise liability

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 51 and 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating torts and waters of the state, ports, and watercraft, respectively, so as to revise liability for the negligent operation of a vessel; to require boat liveries to obtain and maintain certain insurance; to provide for notice of insurance coverage; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 994/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 52 0368/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 52 0455S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 52 0455S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen Ctee Sub LC 46 0905S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #842 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 174–0 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #519 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 163–1 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #780 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 52–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alan Powell — primary (person)
• Brent Cox — primary (person)
• Carter Barrett — primary (person)
• Lauren McDonald — primary (person)
• Rob Leverett — primary (person)
• Trey Rhodes — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-23 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-24 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-01-25 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-15 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-21 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-02-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-26 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-28 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 590 executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d7a77488-4f79-47f7-bdf0-18b29b45a237. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).