Natural Resources, Department of; certain notice upon registration of a vessel; provide
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Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration, operation, and sale of watercraft, so as to provide for certain notice upon registration of a vessel with the Department of Natural Resources;” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration, operation, and sale of watercraft, so as to provide for certain notice upon registration of a vessel with the Department of Natural Resources; to provide for performance of unattended vessel checks; to authorize restitution to the Department of Natural Resources for the cost of removal, storage, and disposal of abandoned vessels; to provide for definitions; to provide
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Where it is
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House Hopper · Jan 17, 2025
House First Readers · Jan 27, 2025
House Second Readers · Jan 28, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 19, 2025
House Third Readers · Feb 26, 2025
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Feb 26, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 27, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 20, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 21, 2025
Senate Tabled · Apr 2, 2025
Senate Taken from Table · Jan 12, 2026
Senate Recommitted · Jan 12, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Feb 24, 2026
Senate Third Read · Mar 10, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted · Mar 10, 2026
House Sent to Governor · Apr 6, 2026
House Date Signed by Governor · May 11, 2026
Act 434 · May 11, 2026
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2026
The numbers
7
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
PASSAGESenate · 2026-03-10 · yea 51, nay 0, notVoting 2, excused 3
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-02-26 · yea 164, nay 0, notVoting 9, excused 7
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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