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type: "Bill"
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title: "Watercraft; operation while under the influence of alcohol, toxic vapors, or drugs; revise types of vessels"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 172"
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citation: "Georgia HB 172 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Bill Hitchens", "Eddie Lumsden", "Johnnie Caldwell, Jr.", "Kevin Tanner", "Tom McCall"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-01-29"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58232dd5-eef0-4c24-9602-ec16aa27ee33"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "36690a2c4c8d71116815ea037f808e1e4702637f6528e16a50304b8b1f567179"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 172 (2015_16) — Watercraft; operation while under the influence of alcohol, toxic vapors, or drugs; revise types of vessels
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 172/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161616.pdf)
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2. **LC 41 0367/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146377.pdf)
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3. **Sen ctee sub LC 40 0932S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152728.pdf)
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4. **Sen ctee sub LC 40 1077S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156697.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **159–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
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- Tom McCall — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-01-29** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-02-17** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-02-17** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-02-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-24** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-01-11** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2016-02-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-02** Senate Tabled
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- **2016-03-07** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2016-03-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-07** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-22** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2016-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 363 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58232dd5-eef0-4c24-9602-ec16aa27ee33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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