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type: "Bill"
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title: "Waters, ports, and watercraft; wakesurfing and wakeboarding; provide restrictions and requirements"
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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 registration, operation, and sale of watercraft generally, so as to provide for restrictions and requirements regarding wakesurfing and wakeboarding, including on certain state waters; to provide for exceptions; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 121"
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citation: "Georgia HB 121 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Bill Yearta", "Lauren McDonald", "Lee Hawkins", "Stan Gunter", "Victor Anderson"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-01-30"
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last_action: "2023-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c916b2e-71bf-4341-bced-c1dfcfb78477"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "0ab6ca7b5103db1ac38a9b6a4252b2699eee47104b1c3ac4bd6ea37bbd734e10"
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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 HB 121 (2023_24) — Waters, ports, and watercraft; wakesurfing and wakeboarding; provide restrictions and requirements
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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 registration, operation, and sale of watercraft generally, so as to provide for restrictions and requirements regarding wakesurfing and wakeboarding, including on certain state waters; to provide for exceptions; 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. **HB 121/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220453.pdf)
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2. **LC 51 0252/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213100.pdf)
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3. **SCSFA to HB 121** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219518.pdf)
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4. **Sen ctee sub LC 39 3954S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219179.pdf)
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5. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219508.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #301 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–2** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #360 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **165–2** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #68 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **164–6** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Bill Yearta — primary (person)
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- Lauren McDonald — primary (person)
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- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
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- Victor Anderson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-30** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-01-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2023-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-02** Act 241 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-07-01** 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/1c916b2e-71bf-4341-bced-c1dfcfb78477`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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