SB476 • 2025

An Act amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in preliminary provisions relating to boats and boating, further providing for boating education.

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Sponsor: L. WILLIAMS
Last action: 2025-06-26
Official status: Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, June 26, 2025
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in preliminary provisions relating to boats and boating, further providing for boating education.

What This Bill Does

An Act amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in preliminary provisions relating to boats and boating, further providing for boating education.

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Bill History

2025-06-26 S
Second consideration, June 26, 2025
2025-06-26 APPROPRIATIONS
Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, June 26, 2025
2025-06-24 GAME AND FISHERIES
Reported as committed, June 24, 2025
2025-06-24 S
First consideration, June 24, 2025
2025-03-19 GAME AND FISHERIES
Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES, March 19, 2025

Official Summary Text

An Act amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in preliminary provisions relating to boats and boating, further providing for boating education.

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PRINTER'S NO. 431
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 476
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY L. WILLIAMS, COMITTA, PENNYCUICK, FONTANA AND
MUTH, MARCH 19, 2025
REFERRED TO GAME AND FISHERIES, MARCH 19, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in preliminary provisions relating to boats and
boating, further providing for boating education.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5103(c)(4) and (e)(3), (4), (5), (6) and
(7) of Title 30 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are
amended to read:
§ 5103. Boating education.
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(c) Exemptions.--The following persons are exempt from the
requirements of this section:
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(4) A person who operates a motorboat powered by [an
electric motor or by an internal combustion] a motor of 25
horsepower or less that is not a personal watercraft.
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(e) Commission duties.--The commission shall:
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(3) Coordinate a Statewide program of boating safety
instruction and certification [at such times and locations to
make courses convenient for residents of various counties and
to maximize attendance].
(4) Issue a certificate of boating safety education to a
person who pays the fee under section 5104 (relating to fees)
and:
(i) passes a commission-approved course in boating
safety education; [and] or
(ii) [pays the fee set forth in section 5104
(relating to fees)] requests a replacement or duplicate
certificate.
[(5) Provide boating safety education materials to
persons who plan to take the boating safety course.
(6) Replace a lost or destroyed certificate.
(7) Establish reasonable charges for persons who take
boating safety education courses conducted by the commission
or commission volunteers. Such charges shall bear a
reasonable relationship to the costs of providing the course
and the course materials.]
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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