Vessel Accountability; Defining the term “vessel owner”; providing a penalty for a person anchoring, mooring, or allowing certain vessels to occupy the waters of this state if an officer of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission or a law enforcement agency finds that specified conditions exist; requiring the commission to issue, at no cost, a permit for the long-term anchoring of a vessel which includes specified information; requiring the commission to use an electronic application and permitting system; requiring that a vessel subject to a specified number of violations within a 24-month period which result in certain dispositions be declared a public nuisance, etc.
Chapter No. 2025-147
Approved by Governor
Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
Read 3rd time
Added to Third Reading Calendar
Read 2nd time
Placed on 3rd reading
Ordered enrolled
CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0
Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/30/2025)
1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
Bill referred to House Calendar
Amendment(s) adopted (849776)
Read 2nd time
Read 3rd time
CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
Immediately certified
In Messages
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/03/25
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/27/25, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
Now in Fiscal Policy
Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 03/18/25, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
CS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time
Introduced
CS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 03/03/25, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
Filed
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| S 164 Filed | PDF HTML |
| S 164 c1 | PDF HTML |
| S 164 e1 | PDF HTML |
| S 164 er | PDF HTML |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 849776 - Amendment to S 164 c1 | PDF HTML |
| 229044 - Amendment to S 164 c1 | PDF HTML |
| 446196 - Amendment to S 164 Filed | PDF HTML |
| 974618 - Amendment to S 164 Filed | PDF HTML |
| Bill Analysis -- Fiscal Policy (Post-Meeting) (3/27/2025 3:33 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting) (3/26/2025 12:00 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (Post-Meeting) (3/18/2025 4:47 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (Pre-Meeting) (3/17/2025 11:07 AM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Environment and Natural Resources (Post-Meeting) (3/4/2025 8:10 AM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Environment and Natural Resources (Pre-Meeting) (2/28/2025 3:29 PM) |
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