US HB2500 | 2025-2026 | 119th Congress
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Introduced on March 31 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-03-31 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 31 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-03-31 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
To amend title 46, United States Code, to assign specified liability to a person who transfers title of a commercial vessel, or former commercial vessel, to a transferee for use as a recreational vessel if the transferee does not have applicable insurance at the time of the transfer and the vessel sinks, and for other purposes.
Title
Abandoned Vessel Prevention Act
Sponsors
| Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA] | Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-31 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. |
| 2025-03-31 | House | Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
| 2025-03-31 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2500/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr2500/BILLS-119hr2500ih.pdf |
