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HB2622 • 2026

technical correction; boating rules

HB2622 - technical correction; boating rules

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Alexander Kolodin
Last action
2026-06-13
Official status
House Rules: None
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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HB2622: Technical Correction to Boating Rules

This bill updates specific words and phrases in Arizona law regarding how boating rules are created.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the word 'make' to 'adopt' when referring to creating new rules for boats.
  • Updates the spelling of 'motor boat' to match the standard term 'motorboat'.
  • Replaces the phrase 'regulations established' with 'rules adopted' in legal text.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The commission responsible for boating rules and water sports in Arizona.
  • People who register or operate boats on Arizona waters.

Terms To Know

Technical correction
A small fix to spelling, grammar, or wording that does not change the meaning of a law.
Commission
The group mentioned in Section 5-311 with powers over boating rules and water sports.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The official text does not state when this change will officially take effect.
  • This summary only covers the specific wording changes shown in Section 5-311.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-13 House

    House Rules: None

  2. 2026-06-13 House

    House first read

Official Summary Text

HB2622 - technical correction; boating rules

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
HB2622 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
technical correction; boating rules

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2622

Introduced by

Representative
Kolodin

AN
ACT

amending section 5-311, Arizona
Revised Statutes; relating to boating and water sports.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 5-311, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
5-311.

Powers and duties of the commission

A. The commission may:

1.
Make

Adopt
rules

and regulations
required to carry out in the most
effective manner all the provisions of this chapter.

2. Modify the equipment requirements in conformity
with the provisions of the federal navigation laws or with the navigation
regulations promulgated by the United States coast guard.

3. Prescribe additional equipment requirements not
in conflict with federal navigation laws or regulations.

4. Provide for a uniform waterway marking system and
establish, operate and maintain aids to navigation and regulatory markers on
the waters of this state.

5.
Make regulations

Adopt rules
for the registration and operation of watercraft.

6.
Prescribe regulations

Adopt rules
for the issuance of permits for
motor
boat

motorboat
races, regattas or other watercraft
events.

7. Administer the law enforcement and boating safety
program on the state level, and accept federal grants for the purpose of
boating safety and related enforcement.

B.
Regulations established

Rules adopted
under this section shall not be in conflict with
those prescribed by the United States coast guard.
END_STATUTE