republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-172.md

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Bill	Watercraft; operation while under the influence of alcohol, toxic vapors, or drugs; revise types of vessels	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 general provisions relative to the registration, operation, and sale of watercraft, so as to revise the types of vessels that are applicable to the operation of watercraft while under the influence of alcohol, toxic vapors, or drugs; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 172	Georgia HB 172 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Alan Powell Bill Hitchens Eddie Lumsden Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. Kevin Tanner Tom McCall	4	22	1	2015-01-29	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/58232dd5-eef0-4c24-9602-ec16aa27ee33	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	36690a2c4c8d71116815ea037f808e1e4702637f6528e16a50304b8b1f567179	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 172 (2015_16) — Watercraft; operation while under the influence of alcohol, toxic vapors, or drugs; revise types of vessels

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 general provisions relative to the registration, operation, and sale of watercraft, so as to revise the types of vessels that are applicable to the operation of watercraft while under the influence of alcohol, toxic vapors, or drugs; 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 172/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 41 0367/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen ctee sub LC 40 0932S (committee substitute) — source
4. Sen ctee sub LC 40 1077S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 159–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alan Powell — primary (person)
• Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
• Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
• Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
• Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
• Tom McCall — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-29 House Hopper
• 2015-02-02 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-02-03 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-02-11 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-02-17 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-02-17 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-02-18 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-23 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-24 Senate Recommitted referral-committee
• 2015-03-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-01-11 Senate Recommitted referral-committee
• 2016-02-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-02 Senate Tabled
• 2016-03-07 Senate Taken from Table
• 2016-03-07 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-07 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-22 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-29 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 363 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/58232dd5-eef0-4c24-9602-ec16aa27ee33. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).