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SB 58 — Boating Safety
Last action — Died in Criminal Justice, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 289 (Ch. 2025-197)
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✓Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Summary
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.
Bill Text
- Introduced S 58 Filed Current pdf
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The bill amends various sections of Florida law to enhance boating safety requirements, including provisions related to identification cards, driver licenses, and penalties for boating offenses.
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322.051
The department shall include symbols representing the following on an identification card upon the payment of an additional $1 fee by an applicant who meets the requirements of subsection (1) and presents his or her:→ The department shall issue an original, renewal, or replacement identification card, as applicable, which includes a symbol representing a lifetime boating safety identification card upon the applicant’s presentation of his or her Florida boating safety identification card or shall provide a receipt of confirmation by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission that the applicant was issued a Florida boating safety identification card.Requires the department to issue identification cards with a lifetime boating safety identification card symbol without an additional fee for eligible applicants.
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322.08
Each such application must indicate whether the applicant has obtained a Florida boating safety identification card pursuant to s. 327.395, and, if so, a copy of such card must be submitted with the application.
Mandates that applications for driver licenses or identification cards indicate if the applicant has a Florida boating safety identification card.
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322.14
The department shall issue an original, renewal, or replacement driver license, as applicable, which includes a symbol representing a lifetime boating safety identification card, upon the applicant’s presentation of his or her Florida boating safety identification card or a receipt of confirmation by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission that the applicant has been issued a Florida boating safety identification card.
Requires the department to issue driver licenses with a lifetime boating safety identification card symbol without an additional fee for eligible applicants.
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327.30
providing graduated penalties depending on the level of damage to property or injury to person; providing a mandatory minimum sentence for a person who willfully commits such a violation resulting in the death of another while boating under the influence;
Revises penalties for leaving the scene of a boating accident, introducing graduated penalties based on damage or injury.
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327.33
providing increased criminal penalties for the reckless operation of a vessel which causes serious bodily injury to another; defining the term “serious bodily injury”;
Increases criminal penalties for reckless operation of a vessel causing serious bodily injury.
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327.35
requiring courts to order the mandatory placement of ignition interlock devices upon certain vehicles leased or owned and routinely operated by certain persons;
Requires courts to mandate ignition interlock devices for certain vehicles operated by offenders of boating under the influence laws.
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327.352
revising penalties for a person operating a vessel who fails to submit to a lawful test of his or her breath or urine;
Revises and potentially increases penalties for refusing to submit to breath or urine tests while operating a vessel.
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327.731
revising the mandatory education requirements for a person convicted of certain violations; requiring the commission to adopt rules;
Revises education requirements for boating offense offenders.
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782.072
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;
Expands the definition of vessel homicide to include the killing of an unborn child in certain circumstances.
Action History
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Died in Criminal Justice, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 289 (Ch. 2025-197)
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Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
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On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed
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Introduced
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Referred to Criminal Justice; Transportation; Fiscal Policy
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Filed
Sponsors
- Ileana Garcia · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Garcia, Ileana Republican
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (163)
163 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 58 do?
- 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.
- Who sponsors SB 58?
- SB 58 is sponsored by Garcia, Ileana (Republican).
- What is the current status of SB 58?
- This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track SB 58?
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