AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- PERSONAL WATERCRAFT SAFETY
Summary
Amends the penalty for violating the provisions of the personal watercraft safety act from a misdemeanor to a violation and reduce the fine from five hundred dollars ($500) to a fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 1, 2024
Last action May 29, 2024
Floor votes · House May 2, 2024
How they voted
69–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 74
May 2, 2024
D
Democratic64
92% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican9
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
May 29, 2024
Committee
05/29/2024 Referred to Senate Judiciary
upper
May 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
05/02/2024 House read and passed
lower
Apr 24, 2024
Legislature · Passed
04/24/2024 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Apr 4, 2024
Committee
04/04/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 1, 2024
Introduced
03/01/2024 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jackie Baginski
DDemocratic
P
Jon Brien
IIndependent
P
Joseph Solomon
DDemocratic
P
Mike Chippendale
RRepublican
P
Tom Noret
DDemocratic
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