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CS/CS/CS/HB 289: Boating Safety

GENERAL BILL by Judiciary Committee ; State Affairs Committee ; Criminal Justice Subcommittee ; Oliver ; Lopez, V. ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Barnaby ; Bartleman ; Blanco ; Cross ; Gossett-Seidman ; Gottlieb ; Grow ; Joseph ; López, J. ; Mooney ; Porras ; Redondo ; Rizo ; Tendrich ; Valdés ; Yarkosky

Boating Safety; 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.

Effective Date: 7/1/2025
 Last Action: 4/2/2025 Senate - Received
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Fiscal Policy (FP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/29/2025 House • Filed
    2/6/2025 House • Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
    • Referred to Budget Committee
    • Referred to Judiciary Committee
    • Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
    3/4/2025 House • PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
    • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
    3/6/2025 House • Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee
    3/7/2025 House • Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
    • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
    • CS Filed
    • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
    3/10/2025 House • Referred to State Affairs Committee
    • Referred to Judiciary Committee
    • Now in State Affairs Committee
    3/11/2025 House • Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
    3/13/2025 House • Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
    • Reported out of State Affairs Committee
    • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
    • CS Filed
    3/14/2025 House • Referred to Judiciary Committee
    • Now in Judiciary Committee
    • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
    3/18/2025 House • Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
    3/20/2025 House • Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
    • Reported out of Judiciary Committee
    • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
    • CS Filed
    • Bill referred to House Calendar
    • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/26/2025)
    • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)
    3/26/2025 House • Read 2nd time
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    • Added to Third Reading Calendar
    • Read 3rd time
    • CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0
    3/27/2025 Senate • In Messages
    3/31/2025 Senate • Referred to Fiscal Policy
    4/2/2025 Senate • Received

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  • CS/CS/CS/HB 289, Committee Substitute 3 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/20/2025 at 5:30 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 628 (c2) Boating Safety Martin Similar Last Action: 4/28/2025 S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/30/25 Track This Bill
    S 58 Boating Safety Garcia Compare Last Action: 3/20/2025 S On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed Track This Bill
    S 1388 (e1) Vessels Trumbull Compare Last Action: 4/28/2025 H In Messages Track This Bill

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    3/26/2025 3:25 PM House 112 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (11)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    327.02 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    327.30 Collisions, accidents, and casualties. Page 2 (pdf)
    327.3015 Page 4 (pdf)
    327.33 Reckless or careless operation of vessel. Page 4 (pdf)
    327.35 Boating under the influence; penalties; “designated drivers.” Page 5 (pdf)
    327.395 Boating safety education. Page 6 (pdf)
    327.54 Liveries; safety regulations; penalty. Page 7 (pdf)
    327.73 Noncriminal infractions. Page 10 (pdf)
    327.731 Mandatory education for violators. Page 7 (pdf)
    782.072 Vessel homicide. Page 10 (pdf)
    921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart. Page 11 (pdf)

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  • CS/CS/HB 289, Committee Substitute 2 Posted 3/13/2025 at 5:10 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary Committee (Post-Meeting) 3/20/2025 (pdf)

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 628 (c2) Boating Safety Martin Similar Last Action: 4/28/2025 S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/30/25 Track This Bill
    S 58 Boating Safety Garcia Compare Last Action: 3/20/2025 S On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    060529 - Amendment
    Remove lines 236-448 and insert:     		Oliver 3/19/2025
    4:36 PM     		Adopted
    3/20/2025     		PDF

    Citations - Statutes (10)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    327.02 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    327.30 Collisions, accidents, and casualties. Page 2 (pdf)
    327.3015 Page 4 (pdf)
    327.33 Reckless or careless operation of vessel. Page 4 (pdf)
    327.395 Boating safety education. Page 5 (pdf)
    327.54 Liveries; safety regulations; penalty. Page 5 (pdf)
    327.73 Noncriminal infractions. Page 8 (pdf)
    327.731 Mandatory education for violators. Page 6 (pdf)
    782.072 Vessel homicide. Page 9 (pdf)
    921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart. Page 10 (pdf)

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  • CS/HB 289, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/7/2025 at 10:06 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Criminal Justice Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/7/2025 (pdf)
    State Affairs Committee (Post-Meeting) 3/13/2025 (pdf)

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 58 Boating Safety Garcia Compare Last Action: 3/20/2025 S On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed Track This Bill
    S 628 (c2) Boating Safety Martin Compare Last Action: 4/28/2025 S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/30/25 Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    549783 - Amendment
    Between lines 130 and 131, insert:     		Oliver 3/12/2025
    4:41 PM     		Adopted without Objection
    3/13/2025     		PDF

    Citations - Statutes (8)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    327.02 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    327.30 Collisions, accidents, and casualties. Page 2 (pdf)
    327.3015 Page 3 (pdf)
    327.33 Reckless or careless operation of vessel. Page 4 (pdf)
    327.395 Boating safety education. Page 4 (pdf)
    327.54 Liveries; safety regulations; penalty. Page 5 (pdf)
    782.072 Vessel homicide. Page 6 (pdf)
    921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart. Page 7 (pdf)

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  • HB 289, Original Filed Version Posted 1/29/2025 at 3:25 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 628 (c1) Boating Safety Martin Similar Last Action: 4/28/2025 S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/30/25 Track This Bill
    S 58 Boating Safety Garcia Compare Last Action: 3/20/2025 S On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (8)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    327.02 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    327.30 Collisions, accidents, and casualties. Page 2 (pdf)
    327.33 Reckless or careless operation of vessel. Page 3 (pdf)
    327.351 Page 4 (pdf)
    327.353 Blood test for impairment or intoxication in cases of death or serious bodily injury; right to use reasonable force. Page 5 (pdf)
    327.395 Boating safety education. Page 5 (pdf)
    327.54 Liveries; safety regulations; penalty. Page 6 (pdf)
    782.072 Vessel homicide. Page 6 (pdf)

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