2025 Regular Session • Florida Legislature
H0289: Boating Safety
Legislative Summary
Revises & provides penalties for vessel collisions, accidents, casualties, reckless operation, & providing false information in specified reports; revises requirements for operating certain vessels; requires person convicted of certain noncriminal infractions to pay fine; provides minimum mandatory prison term for BUI manslaughter.
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Bill History
1/29/2025
Filed
House of Representatives
2/6/2025
Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
House of Representatives
2/6/2025
Referred to Budget Committee
House of Representatives
2/6/2025
Referred to Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
2/6/2025
Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
House of Representatives
3/4/2025
PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
House of Representatives
3/4/2025
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
House of Representatives
3/6/2025
Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee
House of Representatives
3/7/2025
Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
House of Representatives
3/7/2025
Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
House of Representatives
3/7/2025
CS Filed
House of Representatives
3/7/2025
1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
House of Representatives
3/10/2025
Referred to State Affairs Committee
House of Representatives
3/10/2025
Referred to Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
3/10/2025
Now in State Affairs Committee
House of Representatives
3/11/2025
Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
House of Representatives
3/13/2025
Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
House of Representatives
3/13/2025
Reported out of State Affairs Committee
House of Representatives
3/13/2025
Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
House of Representatives
3/13/2025
CS Filed
House of Representatives
3/14/2025
Referred to Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
3/14/2025
Now in Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
3/14/2025
1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
House of Representatives
3/18/2025
Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
House of Representatives
3/20/2025
Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
3/20/2025
Reported out of Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
3/20/2025
Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
House of Representatives
3/20/2025
CS Filed
House of Representatives
3/20/2025
Bill referred to House Calendar
House of Representatives
3/20/2025
Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/26/2025)
House of Representatives
3/20/2025
1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
Read 2nd time
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
Placed on 3rd reading
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
Added to Third Reading Calendar
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
Read 3rd time
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0
House of Representatives
3/27/2025
In Messages
Senate
3/31/2025
Referred to Fiscal Policy
Senate
4/2/2025
Received
Senate
Amendments
House Committee Amendment #549783
3/12/2025Not Adopted
Roll Call Votes
House: Third Reading RCS#20
3/26/2025
112
Yea
0
Nay
7
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House Judiciary Committee
3/20/2025
20
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
House State Affairs Committee
3/13/2025
25
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
3/6/2025
18
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Engrossed(3/27/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Sponsors
Republican: 12
Democrat: 6
Primary Sponsor
Vanessa Oliver
Republican
Co-Sponsors (17)
Vicki Lopez
Republican
Webster Barnaby
Republican
Robin Bartleman
Democrat
Omar Blanco
Republican
Lindsay Cross
Democrat
Peggy Gossett-Seidman
Republican
Michael Gottlieb
Democrat
J.J. Grow
Republican
Dotie Joseph
Democrat
Johanna Lopez
Democrat
Jim Mooney
Republican
Juan Porras
Republican
Mike Redondo
Republican
Alejandro Rizo
Republican
Debra Tendrich
Democrat
Susan Valdes
Republican
Taylor Yarkosky
Republican