BOATING-PERSONAL FLOTATION DVC Senate SponsorsSen. Don Harmon House Sponsors(Rep. Lou Lang) 4/28/2010HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Lost 032-073-001 625 ILCS 45/4-1from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 314-1Amends the Boat Registration and Safety Act. Removes an exclusion to certain provisions requiring the use of personal flotation devices for sailboats and adds an exclusion to the same provisions for sailboards. Provides that no person may operate a watercraft under 26 feet in length on public or private property (rather than on just public property) unless certain personal flotation devices are being properly worn by a sole occupant and each person under the age of 13 (rather than just each person under the age of 13) on board the watercraft at all times in which the watercraft is underway. Effective immediately.Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Modifies the definition of a sole occupant.Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Provides that the requirement that that no person may operate a watercraft under 26 feet in length on public or private property unless certain personal flotation devices are being properly worn does not apply to a person using an electric motor intermittently to maneuver the watercraft for short distances while fishing.House Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that the requirement that that no person may operate a watercraft under 26 feet in length on public or private property unless certain personal flotation devices are being properly worn does not apply to a person using an electric motor or the primary gas engine (rather than just an electric motor, as provided by the engrossed bill) intermittently to maneuver the watercraft for short distances while fishing.House Committee Amendment No. 2 Provides that the personal flotation device provision of the introduced bill, as amended, does not apply to privately-owned, impounded bodies of water that are located on one parcel of property. 2/8/2010SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon 2/8/2010SenateFirst Reading 2/8/2010SenateReferred to Assignments 2/24/2010SenateAssigned to Agriculture and Conservation 2/24/2010SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon 2/24/2010SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments 3/2/2010SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Agriculture and Conservation 3/2/2010SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted 3/3/2010SenateDo Pass as Amended Agriculture and Conservation; 007-003-000 3/3/2010SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 4, 2010 3/5/2010SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon 3/5/2010SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments 3/9/2010SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Agriculture and Conservation 3/11/2010SenateSecond Reading 3/11/2010SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 12, 2010 3/11/2010SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Agriculture and Conservation; 010-000-000 3/12/2010SenateRecalled to Second Reading 3/12/2010SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Harmon 3/12/2010SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 15, 2010 3/16/2010SenateThird Reading - Passed; 039-014-001 3/16/2010HouseArrived in House 3/18/2010HouseChief House Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang 3/18/2010HousePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading 3/18/2010HouseFirst Reading 3/18/2010HouseReferred to Rules Committee 4/8/2010HouseAssigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee 4/20/2010HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Agriculture & Conservation Committee 4/20/2010HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Agriculture & Conservation Committee 4/20/2010HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Agriculture & Conservation Committee; by Voice Vote 4/20/2010HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Agriculture & Conservation Committee; by Voice Vote 4/20/2010HouseDo Pass as Amended / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 012-000-000 4/21/2010HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate 4/22/2010HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate 4/22/2010HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate 4/27/2010HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang 4/27/2010HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee 4/28/2010HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Lost 032-073-001 4/28/2010HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40(a)