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Committee gives favorable report to bill banning motorized vehicles from waterways
Summary
The Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit Committee adopted a substitute and voted to give Senate Bill 171 a favorable report. The bill, carried in committee by Representative Givens for Senator Chambliss, would prohibit motorized vehicles such as motor scooters and all-terrain vehicles from use in waterways.
At a meeting of the Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit Committee, Representative Givens presented Senate Bill 171, authored by Senator Chambliss, which would prohibit motorized vehicles from operating in waterways. Representative Givens told the panel, "all this bill does is to take motorized vehicles, out of the waters, not being able to use like motor scooters and all terrain vehicles and different things like that in the water."
The committee first voted to adopt a substitute to the bill. The substitute was adopted by voice vote. Later, the committee voted to give Senate Bill 171 a favorable report "as substituted," with a motion by Representative Simpson and a second from Representative Hollis; the motion passed on a voice vote.
Committee members and staff offered brief closing remarks after the vote. The committee's presiding member thanked staff and volunteers, saying, "I wanna thank our clerk, Shanika Thomas, for her excellent outstanding work."
No roll-call vote totals were recorded in the transcript provided; discussions of the bill were limited to the summary presented by Representative Givens and the procedural motions to adopt the substitute and report the bill favorably. The committee adjourned after completing its business; no additional scheduling or next-step details were given in the transcript.
