--- type: "Bill" title: "Vessel Accountability" description: "Vessel Accountability; Defining the term “vessel owner”; providing a penalty for a person anchoring, mooring, or allowing certain vessels to occupy the waters of this state if an officer of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission or a law enforcement agency finds that specified conditions exist; requiring the commission to issue, at no cost, a permit for the long-term anchoring of a vessel which includes specified information; requiring the commission to use an electronic application and permitting system; requiring that a vessel subject to a specified number of violations within a 24-month period which result in certain dispositions be declared a public nuisance, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 164" citation: "Florida SB 164 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["vessels"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2025-147" primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez"] version_count: 4 action_count: 33 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2025-02-14" last_action: "2025-06-23" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7788952-5f0e-4ebd-bc4c-e173077d35ea" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/164/ByCategory" source_hash: "6152c3a5da66efc959f61de7d801765d9355b073ee46cd844ef3b7fcebc68cb1" 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 164 (2025) — Vessel Accountability Vessel Accountability; Defining the term “vessel owner”; providing a penalty for a person anchoring, mooring, or allowing certain vessels to occupy the waters of this state if an officer of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission or a law enforcement agency finds that specified conditions exist; requiring the commission to issue, at no cost, a permit for the long-term anchoring of a vessel which includes specified information; requiring the commission to use an electronic application and permitting system; requiring that a vessel subject to a specified number of violations within a 24-month period which result in certain dispositions be declared a public nuisance, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-147. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **S 164 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/164/BillText/Filed/HTML) 2. **S 164 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/164/BillText/c1/HTML) 3. **S 164 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/164/BillText/e1/HTML) 4. **S 164 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/164/BillText/er/HTML) ## Votes - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower - Favorable — **18–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable — **12–0** (pass) · upper - Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Environment and Natural Resources — primary (organization) - Rodriguez — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-14** Filed `filing` - **2025-02-20** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee` - **2025-02-24** On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 03/03/25, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building - **2025-03-03** CS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 - **2025-03-04** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2025-03-04** Introduced `introduction` - **2025-03-04** CS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time - **2025-03-05** Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government - **2025-03-13** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 03/18/25, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building - **2025-03-18** Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-19** Now in Fiscal Policy - **2025-03-24** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/27/25, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building - **2025-03-27** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-27** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2025-04-01** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/03/25 - **2025-04-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-04-03** Amendment(s) adopted (849776) - **2025-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-04-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2025-04-03** Immediately certified - **2025-04-03** 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** 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; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2025-04-30** Ordered enrolled `enrolled` - **2025-06-18** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-06-19** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-06-23** Chapter No. 2025-147 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7788952-5f0e-4ebd-bc4c-e173077d35ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).