Change may be coming for Florida boaters.The Governor wants to do away with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

While some boaters feel doing away with these checks gives them more privacy out on the water, others feel these checks are critical to ensuring everyone is safe out on the water. These safety ...

Lucy's Law was proposed by Miami residents whose 17-year-old daughter died in 2022 after the driver of the boat she was in ...

Vessel safety checks help FWC law enforcement officers uncover crimes such as impaired boating and fishing violations.

TALLAHASSEE-- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants lawmakers to stop law-enforcement officers from using boat-safety inspections as a pretext for "intrusive" checks on "people that are acting ...

In 2020, a new law came into effect requiring recreational boaters to take a boating safety course and obtain a boating card ...

Ron DeSantis Wednesday introduced a proposal to ban police officers from pulling over boaters for safety and compliance checks without having a warrant or probable cause. The governor announced ...

Officers currently can stop boaters without probable cause to conduct routine safety checks on equipment such as flares, air horns, life preservers and fire extinguishers. While aboard ...