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1998 SESSION

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HB 904 Boating; no wake speed.

Introduced by: Robert Tata | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Boating; no wake speed. Makes it unlawful to operate a motorboat above "no wake" speed when within 50 feet of various structures and people in the water. The bill also repeals, effective January 1, 1999, the authority of local governments adjacent to Smith Mountain Lake and Lake Anna to require motorboats with engines greater than 20 horsepower to operate below planing speed while within 50 feet of the shore or docks.

FULL TEXT

• 01/26/98  House: Presented & ordered printed 981680464  pdf
• 02/16/98  House: Printed as engrossed 981680464-E  pdf
• 03/26/98  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB904ER)  pdf
• 04/29/98  House: Reenrolled bill text (HB904ER)  pdf
• 05/15/98  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0857)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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• House amendments rejected
• Senate amendments
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HISTORY

• 01/26/98  House: Presented & ordered printed 981680464
• 01/26/98  House: Referred to Committee on Conservation and Natural Resources
• 02/09/98  House: Assigned to C. N. R. sub-committee: 4
• 02/11/98  House: Reported from Cons. & Nat. Res. w/amds. (18-Y 1-N)
• 02/12/98  House: Read first time
• 02/13/98  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/14/98  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/15/98  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/16/98  House: Read second time
• 02/16/98  House: Committee amendment # 1 rejected
• 02/16/98  House: Committee amendment # 2 agreed to
• 02/16/98  House: Motion for pending question agreed to
• 02/16/98  House: Pending question ordered
• 02/16/98  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 02/16/98  House: Printed as engrossed 981680464-E
• 02/17/98  House: Read third time and passed House (71-Y 29-N)
• 02/17/98  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (71-Y 29-N)
• 02/17/98  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/19/98  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/19/98  Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
• 02/24/98  Senate: Assigned to A.C.& N.R. sub-committee: Personal Watercraft
• 03/02/98  Senate: Reported from A. C. & N. R. w/amd. (15-Y 0-N)
• 03/03/98  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/03/98  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/98  Senate: Read third time
• 03/04/98  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 03/04/98  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
• 03/04/98  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 03/04/98  Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/98  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/98  House: Placed on Calendar
• 03/06/98  House: Passed by for the day
• 03/09/98  House: Passed by for the day
• 03/10/98  House: Passed by for the day
• 03/11/98  House: Passed by for the day
• 03/12/98  House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (80-Y 20-N)
• 03/12/98  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (80-Y 20-N)
• 03/26/98  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB904ER)
• 03/30/98  House: Enrolled
• 03/30/98  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/31/98  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/16/98  House: Governor's recommendation received by House
• 04/22/98  House: Placed on Calendar
• 04/22/98  House: House concurred in Gov's recommendation (96-Y 3-N)
• 04/22/98  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 3-N)
• 04/22/98  Senate: Passed by temporarily
• 04/22/98  Senate: Senate concurred in Gov's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
• 04/22/98  Senate: VOTE: ADOPT GOV. RECOMM. R (39-Y 0-N)
• 04/22/98  Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
• 04/22/98  House: Reenrolled
• 04/22/98  House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 04/22/98  Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
• 04/22/98  House: Enacted, Chapter 857 (effective 1/1/99)
• 04/29/98  House: Reenrolled bill text (HB904ER)
• 05/15/98  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0857)