Boats And Boating
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motorboats. [HB-696]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Tourism ]
[Recreation ]
[Water ]
[Property Tax ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to exempt federally documented vessels from property taxation; create new sections of KRS Chapter 235 to establish the waterway usage fee and the distribution of revenue generated from the fee; establish the waterway usage fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 148 to establish the Kentucky lakes and rivers tourism fund; require grants of money from the fund to go to marinas qualifying through an application process; amend KRS 235.990 to establish a penalty for nonpayment of the waterway usage fee; amend
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Upchurch
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/27/2025
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AN ACT relating to fish and wildlife law enforcement. [HB-767]
[Animals ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Environmental ]
[Crime ]
Amend KRS 15.519 to make game wardens employed by the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources subject to the same requirements for entering or accessing private open land as other law enforcement officers; amend KRS 150.090 to conform; amend KRS 235.310 to make boating enforcement officers employed by the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources subject to the same requirements for entering or accessing private open land as other law enforcement officers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox
To Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (h) on 02/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to transportation and declaring an emergency. [SB-136]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to allow for an electronic record of a motor vehicle title to be stored in AVIS without the production of a paper copy of the title; provide that titles held in the system electronically have the same legal status as paper titles; allow a titled holder to request a paper title at any time; exempt from fees the first paper title for a vehicle if the title was held electronically; amend KRS 186A.035 to outline procedures and forms for transfers of vehicles held in joint ownership; amend KRS 186A.115 to allow
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
Became Law Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 95) on 03/27/2025
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the removal of derelict vessels and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-357]
[Environmental ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Water ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Insurance ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 235 to create a derelict vessel removal assistance fund to be administered by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources; require the department to submit a report on the fund beginning September 1, 2024; prohibit persons from abandoning derelict vessels in the Commonwealth; authorize owners of private property to remove derelict vessels at owner's expense after notice; require the Department of Fish and Wildlife to remove derelict vessels and establish criteria for when the removal of an abandoned
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jay Williams
To Transportation (s) on 03/01/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to riverports and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-356]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Property Tax ]
Amend KRS 136.1804 to direct the state portion of property taxes on commercial watercraft to the riverport financial assistance trust fund established in KRS 174.210; amend KRS 174.210 to conform; APPROPRIATION.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jason Howell
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 03/01/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky River Authority. [HB-714]
[Water ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 151 to establish definitions for KRS 151.700 to 151.730, regarding the Kentucky River Authority; amend KRS 151.710 to clarify requirements for members of the Kentucky River Authority.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Dotson
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motorboats and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-521]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Tourism ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Recreation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to exempt federally documented vessels from property taxation; create new sections of KRS Chapter 235 to establish the waterway usage fee and the distribution of revenue generated from the fee; establish the waterway usage fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 148 to establish the Kentucky lakes and rivers tourism fund; require grants of money from the fund to go to marinas qualifying through an application process; amend KRS 235.990 to establish a penalty for nonpayment of the waterway usage fee; amend
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Upchurch
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/21/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Wrongful death; death of parent/guardian of child resulting from driving motor veh. under influence. [HB-1104]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Wrongful death; death of parent or guardian of child resulting from driving under the influence; child support. Provides that in any action for death by wrongful act where the defendant, as a result of driving a motor vehicle or operating a watercraft under the influence, unintentionally caused the death of another person who was the parent or legal guardian of a child, the person who has custody of such child may petition the court to order that the defendant pay child support.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Walker
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/13/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages and declaring an emergency. [SB-62]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Amend KRS 241.010 to decrease the minimum number of passengers from 100 to 40 in the definition of "riverboat"; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jay Williams
Received In House on 01/19/2024
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motorboats and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-496]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Tourism ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Recreation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to exempt federally documented vessels from property taxation; create new sections of KRS Chapter 235 to establish the waterway usage fee and the distribution of revenue generated from the fee; establish the waterway usage fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 148 to establish the Kentucky lakes and rivers tourism fund; require grants of money from the fund to go to marinas qualifying through an application process; amend KRS 235.990 to establish a penalty for nonpayment of the waterway usage fee; amend
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Upchurch
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to exempting houseboat rentals from transient room taxes. [HB-420]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
[Tourism ]
Amend KRS 91A.390, 91A.392, 142.400, 153.440, and 153.450 to exempt the rental of houseboats from transient room taxes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Freeland
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/28/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to fishing in public waters of the Commonwealth. [HB-452]
[Animals ]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create new section of KRS Chapter 150 to define terms; allow public access and unrestricted use for fishing along public waterbodies and waterways if access is not gained through private lands and the health and safety of the public or the habitat of aquatic or other wildlife is not placed at risk; prohibit persons from restricting, harassing, or otherwise prohibiting a person from fishing along public waterbodies and waterways; allow the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to promulgate administrative regulations to identify areas along public
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
Introduced In House on 02/21/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky River Authority. [SB-161]
[Water ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 151 to establish definitions for KRS 151.700 to 151.730, regarding the Kentucky River Authority; amend KRS 151.710 to clarify requirements for members of the Kentucky River Authority.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jared Carpenter
Reported Favorably, 2nd Reading, To Rules As A Consent Bill on 03/15/2023
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Lake Michigan rescue equipment. [SB-424]
[Public Safety ]
[Water ]
[Recreation ]
Lake Michigan rescue equipment. Requires the owner of a pier or public access site on Lake Michigan to install public rescue equipment, including at least one ring life buoy, on the pier or public access site. Establishes requirements concerning ring life buoys installed on piers and public access sites. Provides that the end of the buoy line must not be secured to the shore. Requires a unit of local government that owns one or more piers or public access sites on Lake Michigan, at least twice per year, to publish on the unit's website a report
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Bohacek
First Reading: Referred To Committee On Natural Resources on 03/06/2023
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Watercraft registration renewal fee. [HB-1304]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
Watercraft registration renewal fee. Changes the formula for determining the fee for renewal of a watercraft registration. Determines the registration renewal fee amount for a watercraft according to which of 14 classes the watercraft falls into based on the value of the watercraft when it was new. Provides that the proceeds of each watercraft registration renewal fee shall be distributed as follows: (1) $5 shall be deposited in the fish and wildlife fund; (2) 75% of the remainder shall be deposited in the lake and river enhancement fund; and (3)
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lonnie Randolph
Public Law 74 on 04/20/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Firearms; purchase/transportation by persons convicted of operating boat/vehicle while intoxicated. [HB-1579]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Purchase or transportation of firearm by persons convicted of operating a boat or vehicle while intoxicated prohibited; penalty. Provides that any person who, within a five-year period, has been convicted of two misdemeanor driving or boating while intoxicated offenses shall be ineligible to purchase or transport a handgun.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Sullivan
Left In Public Safety on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Wrongful death; death of parent/guardian of child resulting from driving motor veh. under influence. [HB-1549]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Wrongful death; death of parent or guardian of child resulting from driving under the influence; child support. Provides that in any action for death by wrongful act where the defendant, as a result of driving a motor vehicle or operating a watercraft under the influence, unintentionally caused the death of another person who was the parent or legal guardian of a child, the person who has custody of such child may petition the court to order that the defendant pay child support. Wrongful death; death of parent or guardian of child resulting from
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (10-y 5-n) on 02/13/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION expressing support for the Jones Act and commemorating its centennial anniversary. [HCR-5]
[Trade ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Express support of the Jones Act, recognize its centennial anniversary, and encourage Congress to maintain the provisions of law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Rudy
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 112) on 03/27/2023
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky River Authority. [SB-353]
[Water ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 151 to establish definitions for KRS 151.700 to 151.730, regarding the Kentucky River Authority; amend KRS 151.710 to clarify membership requirements for directors of the Kentucky River Authority.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robin Webb
To Natural Resources & Energy (s) on 03/07/2022
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Alabama Regular Session 2022
Navigation, operation of vessels, wake boarding and wake surfing restrictions and requirements, provided, criminal penalty for violation, provided [SB-281]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Navigation, operation of vessels, wake boarding and wake surfing restrictions and requirements, provided, criminal penalty for violation, provided
Sponsored by: Sen. J. T. Waggoner
Third Reading Passed on 04/07/2022