H3771

Marine Recovery Insurance

Chamber Passed·4/16/26

Requires boat owners to maintain marine recovery insurance for boats anchored in South Carolina waters for more than fourteen days.

The bill mandates that boat owners must maintain marine recovery insurance for boats anchored in South Carolina waters for more than fourteen days. It requires the boat owner to provide a recent vessel survey to obtain the insurance. The insurer must issue two watercraft stickers for each policy, displaying the year, insurance company, policy number, and boat registration number. A new survey is required every three years before renewing the policy. Violations of this provision are misdemeanors, punishable by up to thirty days in prison and a fine of up to five hundred dollars.

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Where it stands

Last
Passed the House · 115–0 · Apr 16
Current
Fish, Game and Forestry Committee
Next
Senate floor vote

Sponsors

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Roll Call Votes

House: Passage Of Bill

115 Yea

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0 Nay

4 Not Voting

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5 Absent

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Calendar

Apr 2

9:00 AM

House L.C.I. Full Committee

Apr 1

9:00 AM

House L.C.I. Regulatory Review Subcommittee

History

Apr 16

Scrivener's error corrected

Apr 16

House

Read third time and sent to Senate

Apr 16

Senate

Introduced and read first time