---
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).