--- type: "Bill" title: "Vessels" description: "Vessels; Specifying that the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s authorization to establish protection zones includes modifying the allowable means of certain vessel positioning to prevent significant harm to certain springs; prohibiting an officer from performing a vessel stop or boarding a vessel without probable cause; requiring the commission, in coordination with the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, to create the “Florida Freedom Boater” safety inspection decal for specified purposes; creating the “Watercraft Energy Source Freedom Act”, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 1388" citation: "Florida SB 1388 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["public lands and property", "reclamation", "and use", "vessels"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2025-35" primary_sponsors: ["Trumbull"] version_count: 5 action_count: 36 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2025-02-26" last_action: "2025-05-20" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f256824-a190-4e70-8f7c-9d9f5f9a9ea8" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1388/ByCategory" source_hash: "862934e8a02de92727f0a647fc9809c221b784eb7209d5d9b8f92da42c5fdae4" 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-fl"] --- # Florida SB 1388 (2025) — Vessels Vessels; Specifying that the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s authorization to establish protection zones includes modifying the allowable means of certain vessel positioning to prevent significant harm to certain springs; prohibiting an officer from performing a vessel stop or boarding a vessel without probable cause; requiring the commission, in coordination with the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, to create the “Florida Freedom Boater” safety inspection decal for specified purposes; creating the “Watercraft Energy Source Freedom Act”, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-35. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **S 1388 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1388/BillText/Filed/HTML) 2. **S 1388 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1388/BillText/c1/HTML) 3. **S 1388 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1388/BillText/e1/HTML) 4. **S 1388 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1388/BillText/e2/HTML) 5. **S 1388 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1388/BillText/er/HTML) ## Votes - Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **104–7** (pass) · lower - Third Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper - Returning Messages — **35–2** (pass) · upper - Favorable — **18–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government — primary (organization) - Trumbull — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-26** Filed `filing` - **2025-03-06** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee` - **2025-03-10** Introduced `introduction` - **2025-03-20** On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 03/25/25, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building - **2025-03-25** Favorable by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-25** Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government - **2025-04-07** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/10/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building - **2025-04-10** CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 - **2025-04-14** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2025-04-14** Now in Fiscal Policy - **2025-04-14** CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time - **2025-04-17** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/22/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building - **2025-04-22** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-23** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2025-04-23** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/28/25 - **2025-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-04-28** Amendment(s) adopted (180386) - **2025-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-04-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 35 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2025-04-28** In Messages - **2025-04-29** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2025-04-29** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/30/2025) - **2025-04-29** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1` - **2025-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-04-30** Amendment 848887 adopted - **2025-04-30** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-30** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-04-30** CS passed as amended; YEAS 104, NAYS 7 `passage` - **2025-04-30** In returning messages - **2025-05-01** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (848887) - **2025-05-01** CS passed as amended; YEAS 35 NAYS 2 `passage` - **2025-05-01** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled` - **2025-05-19** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-19** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-20** Chapter No. 2025-35 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); 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Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).