republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-777.md

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Bill	Watercraft; suspension of privileges to operate a vessel for violations of vessel laws of this state and other states; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the registration, operation, and sale of watercraft, so as to provide for suspension of privileges to operate a vessel upon the waters of this state for violations of vessel laws of this state and other states; to provide for penalties; to provide for the enactment of the Interstate Boating Violator Compact; to provide for reciprocal recognition of suspension of privileges; to provide for procedures for compact administration; to provide for entry into and withdrawal from such compact; to provide for amendments to such compact; to provide for construction and severability of such compact; to provide for a short title of such compact; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 777	Georgia HB 777 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Alan Powell Barry Fleming Ben Harbin Bob Bryant Jon Burns Tom McCall	4	15	1	2014-01-17	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/0fe2bb4f-6f4d-47c5-86c9-b90c06c499bd	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	813a0401bbdc93f9ed0b596ac60789f36a7e89ee48505e88db38dda1ccf7feef	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 777 (2013_14) — Watercraft; suspension of privileges to operate a vessel for violations of vessel laws of this state and other states; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the registration, operation, and sale of watercraft, so as to provide for suspension of privileges to operate a vessel upon the waters of this state for violations of vessel laws of this state and other states; to provide for penalties; to provide for the enactment of the Interstate Boating Violator Compact; to provide for reciprocal recognition of suspension of privileges; to provide for procedures for compact administration; to provide for entry into and withdrawal from such compact; to provide for amendments to such compact; to provide for construction and severability of such compact; to provide for a short title of such compact; 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 777/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 5963S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 5963S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 41 0132/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 168–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alan Powell — primary (person)
• Barry Fleming — primary (person)
• Ben Harbin — primary (person)
• Bob Bryant — primary (person)
• Jon Burns — primary (person)
• Tom McCall — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-17 House Hopper
• 2014-01-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-01-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-02-24 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-02-26 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-03-03 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-03-07 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-10 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-03-11 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-11 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-24 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-23 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-23 Act 605 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0fe2bb4f-6f4d-47c5-86c9-b90c06c499bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).