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    CS/SB 1388: Vessels

    GENERAL BILL by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, Trumbull

    Vessels; Specifying that the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s authorization to establish protection zones includes modifying the allowable means of certain vessel positioning to prevent significant harm to certain springs; prohibiting an officer from performing a vessel stop or boarding a vessel without probable cause; requiring the commission, in coordination with the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, to create the “Florida Freedom Boater” safety inspection decal for specified purposes; creating the “Watercraft Energy Source Freedom Act”, etc.

    Effective Date: 7/1/2025

    Last Action: 5/20/2025 Senate - Chapter No. 2025-35

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    Current Bill Version Posted: 5/1/2025 07:28 PM


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    • Citations - Statute (5)

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      327.45 Protection zones for springs. Page 2 [pdf]
      327.56 Safety and marine sanitation equipment inspections; qualified. Page 2 [pdf]
      327.70 Enforcement of this chapter and chapter 328. Page 3 [pdf]
      327.75 Page 5 [pdf]
      379.226 Florida Territorial Waters Act; alien-owned commercial fishing vessels; prohibited acts; enforcement. Page 5 [pdf]
    • Bill History

      S = Senate, H = House

      2/26/2025 S • Filed
      3/6/2025 S • Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
      3/10/2025 S • Introduced
      3/20/2025 S • On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 03/25/25, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building
      3/25/2025 S • Favorable by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
      • Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
      4/7/2025 S • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/10/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
      4/10/2025 S • CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
      4/14/2025 S • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
      • Now in Fiscal Policy
      • CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time
      4/17/2025 S • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/22/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
      4/22/2025 S • Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
      4/23/2025 S • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
      • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/28/25
      4/28/2025 S • Read 2nd time -SJ 575
      • Amendment(s) adopted (180386) -SJ 584
      • Read 3rd time -SJ 584
      • CS passed as amended; YEAS 35 NAYS 0 -SJ 584
      4/28/2025 H • In Messages
      4/29/2025 H • Bill referred to House Calendar
      • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/30/2025)
      • 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
      4/30/2025 H • Read 2nd time
      • Amendment 848887 adopted
      • Placed on 3rd reading
      • Added to Third Reading Calendar
      • Read 3rd time
      • CS passed as amended; YEAS 104, NAYS 7
      4/30/2025 S • In returning messages
      5/1/2025 S • Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (848887) -SJ 1081
      • CS passed as amended; YEAS 35 NAYS 2 -SJ 1081
      • Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
      5/19/2025 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
      • Approved by Governor
      5/20/2025 • Chapter No. 2025-35
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