FloridaVessel Accountability
What it does
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.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Jun 23Chapter No. 2025-147Latest
- Jun 19Approved by Governor Ron DeSantisBecame Law
- Jun 18Signed by Officers and presented to GovernorTo Governor
- Apr 30Ordered enrolledMinor
- Vote recorded Passage, Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 30CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0Passed House
- Apr 30Read 3rd timeMinor
- Apr 30Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Apr 30Placed on 3rd readingMinor
- Apr 30Read 2nd timeMinor
- Apr 291st Reading (Engrossed 1)Minor
- Apr 29Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/30/2025)
- Apr 29Bill referred to House Calendar
- Apr 3In Messages
- Vote recorded Third Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 3Immediately certified
- Apr 3CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0Passed Senate
- Apr 3Read 3rd timeMinor
- Apr 3Amendment(s) adopted (849776)
- Apr 3Read 2nd timeMinor
- Apr 1Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/03/25
- Mar 27Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 27Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0Minor
- Mar 24On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/27/25, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Mar 19Now in Fiscal Policy
- Mar 18Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 12 NAYS 0Minor
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 13On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 03/18/25, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Mar 5Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
- Mar 4CS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time
- Mar 4IntroducedMinor
- Mar 4Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Mar 3CS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- Vote recorded Favorable with Committee Substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 24On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 03/03/25, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- Feb 20Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal PolicyMinor
- Feb 14FiledIntroduced