Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HB2392: An Act amending Titles 30 (Fish), 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in operation of boats, further providing for the offense of operating watercraft under influence of alcohol or controlled substance; in sentencing, further providing for conditions of probation; and, in driving after imbibing alcohol or utilizing drugs, further providing for grading and for penalties.
Status: In committee, September 8, 2026
What the bill says
Amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in operation of boats, further providing for the offense of operating watercraft under influence of alcohol or controlled substance.
From the introduced text, April 16, 2026:
Amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in operation of boats, further providing for the offense of operating watercraft under influence of alcohol or controlled substance. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Section 5502(a.5) introductory paragraph, (c) and (c.1)(1)(ii) and (iii), (2)(ii), (iii) and (iv), (3) introductory paragraph, (ii) and (iii) and (5)(ii) introductory paragraph and (iii) of Title 30 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended and the section is amended by adding a subsection to read: § 5502. Operating watercraft under influence of alcohol or controlled substance. * * * (a.5) Boating under the influence of alcohol or controlled substance following diversion.-- (1) An individual may not operate or be in actual physical control of the movement of a watercraft in violation of subsection (a), (a.1), (a.2), (a.3) or (a.4) within 10 years after completing an Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program or a pretrial diversion program substantially similar to Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition in another jurisdiction for an offense under this section or a substantially similar offense in another jurisdiction. (2) Any of the following shall constitute sufficient proof that the defendant has, within the last 10 years, completed an Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program or a pretrial diversion program substantially similar to Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition in another jurisdiction for an …