SB 0164 Vessel Accountability

6/19/2025 Approved by Governor Defining the term “vessel owner”; providing a penalty for a person anchoring, mooring, or allowing certain vessels to occupy the waters of this state if an officer of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission or a law...

HB 0289 Boating Safety

Approved by Governor 6/24/2025 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...

HB 0481 Anchoring Limitation Areas

Approved by Governor 5/19/2025 Restricts local regulation of vessels outside marked boundaries of mooring fields in certain counties; designates specified sections of Biscayne Bay in Miami-Dade County as grandfathered-in anchoring limitation areas; increases...

HB 0687 Driving and Boating Offenses

Approved by Governor 6/5/2025 Provides enhanced penalties for DUI and BUI manslaughter & vehicular & vessel homicide f person has prior conviction for specified offenses; requires that a person be told that his or her failure to submit to lawful test of breath...

HB 0736 Water Access Facilities

Approved by Governor 5/19/2025 Provides sovereignty submerged land leases for Clean Marine Manufacturer facilities; provides competitive grant programs for construction & maintenance of public parking lots for boat-hauling vehicles & traliers