republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-833.md

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Bill	Waters, ports, and watercraft; promulgate rules and regulations regarding long-term anchoring; authorize	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to waters of the state, ports, and watercraft, so as to authorize the department to promulgate rules and regulations regarding long-term anchoring; to revise definitions; to establish anchorage restriction areas; to allow for operation and flotation of live-aboard vessels with marine sanitation devices within estuarine areas of the state; to remove record-keeping requirements; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 833	Georgia HB 833 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Mary Robichaux Michele Henson Ron Stephens	4	16	1	2020-01-28	2020-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/888a5544-614a-4c3e-9177-91e2ba5d12a9	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	3dd0cdc5ca11ab26570c388bce991b41952c9e8bec777ca0bc352ad2e3f947dc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 833 (2019_20) — Waters, ports, and watercraft; promulgate rules and regulations regarding long-term anchoring; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to waters of the state, ports, and watercraft, so as to authorize the department to promulgate rules and regulations regarding long-term anchoring; to revise definitions; to establish anchorage restriction areas; to allow for operation and flotation of live-aboard vessels with marine sanitation devices within estuarine areas of the state; to remove record-keeping requirements; 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 833/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 45 0349/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 45 0474S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 45 0474S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 157–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mary Robichaux — primary (person)
• Michele Henson — primary (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-28 House Hopper
• 2020-01-29 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-01-30 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-03-05 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-12 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-03-12 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2020-03-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-06-16 Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted withdrawal, referral-committee
• 2020-06-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2020-06-23 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2020-06-23 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-25 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-06-29 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-06-29 Act 384 executive-signature
• 2020-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/888a5544-614a-4c3e-9177-91e2ba5d12a9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).