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Senate advances personal watercraft safety requirements for 16–17-year-olds; parental participation and rental liability debated
Summary
First-substitute SB 131, led by Sen. Tanner, expands safety certification and enforcement for motorized personal watercraft, requiring certification (with parental involvement) for 16–17-year-old operators, waterproof certification cards, and clarifies definition to exclude sailboats; it passed to third reading (27–0).
Senators debated and advanced the first substitute to SB 131 on Feb. 19, which tightens safety requirements for motorized personal watercraft operators and expands certification to include 16–17-year-olds.
Sponsor Senator Tanner and others described growing numbers of personal watercraft and an associated safety concern. The bill (as amended on the floor) clarifies definitions to insert…
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