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type: "Bill"
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title: "Watercraft; certain watercraft to have day and night visual distress signals on board when on coastal waters of Georgia; require"
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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 of registration, operation, and sale of watercraft, so as to require certain watercraft to have day and night visual distress signals on board when on coastal waters of Georgia; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "SB 469"
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citation: "Georgia SB 469 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Frank Ginn", "Freddie Powell Sims", "Gail Davenport", "Kim Jackson", "Lindsey Tippins", "Matt Brass", "Nikki Merritt", "Russ Goodman", "Tyler Harper"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-02-07"
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last_action: "2022-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77c8165f-c554-4313-b635-597a439d4419"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "98e72bdc8711746f122a330bce749c60527895e7be5bb4d91978d8ceec382e64"
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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 SB 469 (2021_22) — Watercraft; certain watercraft to have day and night visual distress signals on board when on coastal waters of Georgia; require
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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 of registration, operation, and sale of watercraft, so as to require certain watercraft to have day and night visual distress signals on board when on coastal waters of Georgia; 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. **As introduced LC 51 0069** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205532.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207288.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 51 0106S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205907.pdf)
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4. **Floor amend 1 AM 51 0001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207213.pdf)
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5. **Floor amend 1A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207219.pdf)
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6. **SB 469/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210194.pdf)
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## Votes
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- ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #1A BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 40TH — **24–29** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
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- Gail Davenport — primary (person)
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- Kim Jackson — primary (person)
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- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Nikki Merritt — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-07** Senate Hopper
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- **2022-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-02-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2022-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-13** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-13** Act 872 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-07-01** 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/77c8165f-c554-4313-b635-597a439d4419`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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