---
type: "Bill"
title: "Boating Accidents - Duty to Stop at the Scene, Render Assistance, and Provide Information - Penalties"
description: "Boating Accidents - Duty to Stop at the Scene, Render Assistance, and Provide Information - Penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 123"
citation: "Maryland SB 123 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-05-18"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fe32ce5-6151-4d5d-8043-794824b8bf1e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0123?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "699a895ee6526287787642a51374359b006ea334c558ad03e04a4d6902ae0e67"
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-md"]
---

# Maryland SB 123 (2025) — Boating Accidents - Duty to Stop at the Scene, Render Assistance, and Provide Information - Penalties

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Boating Accidents - Duty to Stop at the Scene, Render Assistance, and Provide Information - Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_275_sb0123e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Boating Accidents - Duty to Stop at the Scene, Render Assistance, and Provide Information - Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0123e.pdf)
3. **First - Boating Accidents - Duty to Remain at the Scene, Render Assistance, and Provide Information - Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0123f.pdf)
4. **Third - Boating Accidents - Duty to Stop at the Scene, Render Assistance, and Provide Information - Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0123t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-05-18** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-09** Hearing 1/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-01-27** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-01-30** Motion Reconsider Second Reading (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2025-01-30** Motion Special Order until 2/6 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2025-02-06** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-02-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-02-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-11** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-26** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-26** Hearing 3/26 at 3:15 p.m.
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 275 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fe32ce5-6151-4d5d-8043-794824b8bf1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).