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type: "Bill"
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title: "Boating Safety"
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description: "Boating Safety; Citing this act as the \"Boating Safety Act of 2022\"; authorizing a court to impose a specified fine for certain boating collisions and accidents; requiring certain boating safety education courses and temporary certificate examinations to include specified components; requiring operators of vessels used in the instruction of water sports and activities to use engine cutoff switches and wear operative links to the switches under certain conditions; prohibiting liveries from offering a vessel for lease or rent without a livery permit, etc."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 606"
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citation: "Florida SB 606 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["vessels"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2022-197"
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primary_sponsors: ["Appropriations", "Garcia"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2021-10-25"
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last_action: "2022-06-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d4a3a22-acdb-4b11-a14d-24de15033014"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/606/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "0b8a9acf6092805bd59cb19c5d5f45c41a87caaab3da03d8706470592b2506d3"
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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-fl"]
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---
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# Florida SB 606 (2022) — Boating Safety
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Boating Safety; Citing this act as the "Boating Safety Act of 2022"; authorizing a court to impose a specified fine for certain boating collisions and accidents; requiring certain boating safety education courses and temporary certificate examinations to include specified components; requiring operators of vessels used in the instruction of water sports and activities to use engine cutoff switches and wear operative links to the switches under certain conditions; prohibiting liveries from offering a vessel for lease or rent without a livery permit, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-197.
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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. **S 606 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/606/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 606 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/606/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 606 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/606/BillText/e1/HTML)
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4. **S 606 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/606/BillText/e2/HTML)
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5. **S 606 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/606/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Favorable — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- Returning Messages — **36–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Appropriations — primary (person)
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- Garcia — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-10-25** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-11-03** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-11-22** On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 11/30/21, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Building
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- **2021-11-30** Favorable by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-11-30** Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
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- **2022-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2022-01-21** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 01/26/22, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
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- **2022-01-26** Subcommittee Recommendation: CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
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- **2022-01-28** Now in Appropriations
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- **2022-02-04** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/09/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
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- **2022-02-16** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/21/22, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
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- **2022-02-21** CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
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- **2022-02-23** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2022-02-23** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2022-02-23** CS by Appropriations read 1st time
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- **2022-02-24** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/01/22
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- **2022-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-01** Amendment(s) adopted (472652)
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- **2022-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-01** CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2022-03-01** In Messages
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- **2022-03-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2022-03-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2022)
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- **2022-03-01** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
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- **2022-03-04** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/HB 493
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- **2022-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-04** Amendment 981283 adopted
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- **2022-03-04** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2022-03-04** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2022-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-07** CS passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 1 `passage`
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- **2022-03-07** In returning messages
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- **2022-03-08** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (981283)
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- **2022-03-08** CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 1 `passage`
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- **2022-03-08** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
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- **2022-06-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2022-06-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-06-21** Chapter No. 2022-197
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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/4d4a3a22-acdb-4b11-a14d-24de15033014`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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