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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- PERSONAL WATERCRAFT SAFETY ACT"
+description: "Makes certain personal watercraft violations a misdemeanor."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 6063"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6063 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Brien", "Casey", "Cruz", "Place"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-03-12"
+last_action: "2025-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1594f7d8-8457-4d61-92ac-877c15cce66f"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "33f8237d95b9bf4cc368260020a24fe367fc2201ae53b1bb2b8d9c60795fab88"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island HB 6063 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- PERSONAL WATERCRAFT SAFETY ACT
+
+Makes certain personal watercraft violations a misdemeanor.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6063** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6063.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Baginski — primary (person)
+- Brien — primary (person)
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Cruz — primary (person)
+- Place — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-12** 03/12/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/25/2025)
+- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/22/2025)
+- **2025-04-22** 04/22/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/08/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
+- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1594f7d8-8457-4d61-92ac-877c15cce66f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+