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SB 58: Boating Safety

GENERAL BILL by Garcia

Boating Safety; Requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to issue original, renewal, or replacement identification cards with a lifetime boating safety identification card symbol to applicants if certain conditions are met; providing increased criminal penalties for the reckless operation of a vessel which causes serious bodily injury to another; revising the conditions that compose the offense of, and penalties for, boating under the influence (BUI); revising the definition of the term “vessel homicide” to include the killing of an unborn child by causing injury to the mother by operation of a vessel in a reckless manner under certain circumstances, etc.

Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2025
 Last Action: 1/15/2025 Senate - Referred to Criminal Justice; Transportation; Fiscal Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Transportation (TR)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    11/21/2024 Senate • Filed
    1/15/2025 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Transportation; Fiscal Policy

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  • SB 58, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/21/2024 at 8:52 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 289 Boating Safety Oliver, Lopez Compare Last Action: 2/6/2025 H Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (14)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    119.0712 Executive branch agency-specific exemptions from inspection or copying of public records. Page 30 (pdf)
    322.051 Identification cards. Page 4 (pdf)
    322.08 Application for license; requirements for license and identification card forms. Page 5 (pdf)
    322.14 Licenses issued to drivers. Page 6 (pdf)
    327.30 Collisions, accidents, and casualties. Page 7 (pdf)
    327.33 Reckless or careless operation of vessel. Page 9 (pdf)
    327.35 Boating under the influence; penalties; “designated drivers.” Page 10 (pdf)
    327.352 Tests for alcohol, chemical substances, or controlled substances; implied consent; refusal. Page 22 (pdf)
    327.395 Boating safety education. Page 25 (pdf)
    327.54 Liveries; safety regulations; penalty. Page 32 (pdf)
    327.70 Enforcement of this chapter and chapter 328. Page 30 (pdf)
    327.73 Noncriminal infractions. Page 31 (pdf)
    327.731 Mandatory education for violators. Page 27 (pdf)
    782.072 Vessel homicide. Page 29 (pdf)

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