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84 lines
4.4 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Watercraft; any person 15 years of age or older to operate a Class 1, Class 2, or Class 3 vessel; authorize"
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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 authorize any person 15 years of age or older to operate a Class 1, Class 2, or Class 3 vessel on any of the waters of this state if such person meets certain conditions pertaining to licensure, education, and accompaniment by an adult; 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 553"
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citation: "Georgia SB 553 (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: ["Brian Strickland", "Burt Jones", "Clint Dixon", "Elena Parent", "Harold Jones II", "John Albers", "Matt Brass", "Michelle Au", "Mike Dugan", "Randy Robertson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-02-24"
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last_action: "2022-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa28fe35-2d48-497f-b7e7-d12b4dd51f3e"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "890237e89d358b65c65451a4024696aa13e12f676908ea452cbb4aa1bd98a0b3"
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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 553 (2021_22) — Watercraft; any person 15 years of age or older to operate a Class 1, Class 2, or Class 3 vessel; authorize
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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 authorize any person 15 years of age or older to operate a Class 1, Class 2, or Class 3 vessel on any of the waters of this state if such person meets certain conditions pertaining to licensure, education, and accompaniment by an adult; 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 0099** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207468.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209313.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 51 0167S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208772.pdf)
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4. **SB 553/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211073.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **50–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Michelle Au — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-24** Senate Hopper
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- **2022-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2022-03-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2022-03-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-30** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-30** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-09** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-09** Act 848 `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/aa28fe35-2d48-497f-b7e7-d12b4dd51f3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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