republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2025/sb-1388.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2025	SB 1388	Florida SB 1388 (2025)	bill	public lands and property reclamation and use vessels	enacted	2025-35	Trumbull	5	36	6	2025-02-26	2025-05-20	openstates	ocd-bill/1f256824-a190-4e70-8f7c-9d9f5f9a9ea8	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1388/ByCategory	862934e8a02de92727f0a647fc9809c221b784eb7209d5d9b8f92da42c5fdae4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. S 1388 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. S 1388 e1 (engrossed) — source
4. S 1388 e2 (engrossed) — source
5. S 1388 er (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/1f256824-a190-4e70-8f7c-9d9f5f9a9ea8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).