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Florida 2026

HB 1447

Boating Safety

Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 03:11:01 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Florida
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
criminal procedure and corrections, motor vehicles, subject index, vessels
Introduced / first action
2026-01-09 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Boating Safety; Revises conditions upon which DHSMV must include certain symbol on ID cards & driver licenses; requires DHSMV to issue ID cards & driver licenses that include certain symbol without charging specified fee; requires that ID card & driver license applications indicate whether applicant has obtained FL boating safety ID card &, if so, that copy of card be submitted with application; requires courts to order mandatory placement of ignition interlock devices upon certain vehicles & vessels; provides mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for BUI manslaughter; revises substance abuse education, evaluation, & treatment requirements for certain persons; requires person convicted of certain BUI violations to maintain specified insurance policy; requires that all persons, rather than only persons born on or after specified date, have specified ID in their possession while operating vessel; revises required components of FWCC's boating safety education course & temporary certificate examination; revises & provides various penalties relating to vessels.

Sponsors

  • Long (primary), primary

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

    failure
  2. Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  3. Referred to Judiciary Committee

    referral-committee
  4. Referred to Budget Committee

    referral-committee
  5. Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee

    referral-committee
  6. Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee

    referral-committee
  7. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

    filing, reading-1
  8. Filed

    filing

Recorded votes

Roll calls

No recorded vote is supplied for this bill.

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Related measures

No resolvable related measure is supplied.