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