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SB 1502: Vessel Owner and Operation Requirements

GENERAL BILL by Rodriguez

Vessel Owner and Operation Requirements; Revising anchoring limitation areas in certain sections of Biscayne Bay in Miami-Dade County; revising the timeframe during which a person may anchor a vessel in an anchoring limitation area within which such anchoring would otherwise be unlawful; requiring law enforcement officers to conduct national criminal background checks for vessel owners who are issued citations for specified violations, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2023
 Last Action: 5/5/2023 Senate - Died in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Environment and Natural Resources (EN)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (AEG)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    3/2/2023 Senate • Filed
    3/9/2023 Senate • Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
    3/14/2023 Senate • Introduced
    3/22/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 03/27/23, 11:30 am, 301 Senate Building
    3/27/2023 Senate • Favorable by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
    • Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
    4/13/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/18/23, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed
    5/5/2023 Senate • Died in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

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  • SB 1502, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/2/2023 at 3:46 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Environment and Natural Resources (Pre-Meeting) 3/24/2023 (pdf)
    Environment and Natural Resources (Post-Meeting) 3/27/2023 (pdf)

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1385 Vessel Owner and Operation Requirements Basabe Identical Last Action: 5/5/2023 H Died in Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee Track This Bill
    H 261 (e1) Boating Safety Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 5/5/2023 S Died in Rules Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    843964 - Amendment
    Delete lines 24 - 67 and insert:     		Environment and Natural Resources
    (Rodriguez)     		3/24/2023
    10:43 AM     		Withdrawn
    3/24/2023     		Web Page
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    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/27/2023 11:30 AM Environment and Natural Resources 9 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    327.4108 Anchoring of vessels in anchoring limitation areas. Page 1 (pdf)
    327.70 Enforcement of this chapter and chapter 328. Page 3 (pdf)

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