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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)



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