BILL · 1999–00 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5393
SB 5393: Personal watercraft operatn
Regulating the use and operation of personal watercraft.
Summary
- Beginning on April 1, 2000, no person born after 1984 may operate a personal watercraft powered by a ten horsepower or more motor unless that person has successfully completed a boating education course approved by the State Parks and Recreation Commission. The commission shall approve courses offered by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and U.S. Power Squadron.
From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5393), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 21, 1999
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Mary Margaret Haugen (D-10)
- Introduced
- January 21, 1999 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 12, 2000
- Companion bill
- HB 1344
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
- Versions
- SB 5393, SSB 5393
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Mary Margaret Haugen (D-10)
6 co-sponsors (3 Democrats, 3 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
SB 5393 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
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- SB 5393 (2021–22) Initiative petition format
- SB 5393 (2019–20) College promise scholarship
- SB 5393 (2017–18) Fish passage barrier removal
- SB 5393 (2015–16) Schools/exemplary performnce
- SB 5393 (2013–14) Apprenticeship utilization
- SB 5393 (2011–12) Dependency system