Florida Governor Ron DeSantis wants to prevent law enforcement from randomly stopping boaters in the name of safety. A proposal called the “Boater Freedom Initiative” will prohibit boat ...

"The message is the last thing you should want to do is get on a boat and think you're going to come through from any of ...

"We do not want to have our boaters be unnecessarily interfered with by sometimes well-meaning law enforcement," DeSantis ...

DeSantis added that his proposal would also preempt municipalities from banning boats fueled by gasoline or diesel from operating in local waters. “We want to establish a right to boat ...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to do away with unnecessary boat searches. DeSantis announced the boater freedom initiative Wednesday at the Miami International Boat Show.

Governor Ron DeSantis wants to do away with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's (FWC) authority to do random boat safety inspections. DeSantis feels boaters should be given ...