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type: "Bill"
title: "Board of Natural Resources; promulgate rules and regulations regarding anchoring certain vessels within estuarine areas; authorize"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 52 of the O.C.G.A., relating to waters of the state, ports, and watercraft; to authorize the Board of Natural Resources to promulgate rules and regulations regarding anchoring certain vessels within estuarine areas of the state; to authorize the Department of Natural Resources to establish anchorage areas; to amend Part 4 of Article 4 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the O.C.G.A., relating to coastal marshlands, so as to conform certain provisions; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 201"
citation: "Georgia HB 201 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Al Williams", "Don Hogan", "Jesse Petrea", "Karen Mathiak", "Lynn Smith", "Noel Williams, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2020-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edca5e72-fe60-453b-a17a-d6a1747669c2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1a359a6dbad882adb4bb67be4b3e577c0d64fa2c302624267af6be11f6eed8e4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 201 (2019_20) — Board of Natural Resources; promulgate rules and regulations regarding anchoring certain vessels within estuarine areas; authorize
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 52 of the O.C.G.A., relating to waters of the state, ports, and watercraft; to authorize the Board of Natural Resources to promulgate rules and regulations regarding anchoring certain vessels within estuarine areas of the state; to authorize the Department of Natural Resources to establish anchorage areas; to amend Part 4 of Article 4 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the O.C.G.A., relating to coastal marshlands, so as to conform certain provisions; to provide for an effective date; 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 201/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187069.pdf)
2. **LC 28 9144ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180735.pdf)
3. **LC 45 0254ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183591.pdf)
4. **LC 45 0254ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183263.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1621** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Al Williams — primary (person)
- Don Hogan — primary (person)
- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
- Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-07** House Hopper
- **2019-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Act 245 `executive-signature`
- **2020-01-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edca5e72-fe60-453b-a17a-d6a1747669c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).