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type: "Bill"
title: "Waters, ports, and watercraft; promulgate rules and regulations regarding long-term anchoring; authorize"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 833"
citation: "Georgia HB 833 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary Robichaux", "Michele Henson", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-28"
last_action: "2020-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/888a5544-614a-4c3e-9177-91e2ba5d12a9"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3dd0cdc5ca11ab26570c388bce991b41952c9e8bec777ca0bc352ad2e3f947dc"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194600.pdf)
2. **LC 45 0349/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188593.pdf)
3. **LC 45 0474S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193161.pdf)
4. **LC 45 0474S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192412.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/888a5544-614a-4c3e-9177-91e2ba5d12a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).