LA HB756

Updates waterway navigation terminology by replacing "right-of-way" with "give way" and "collision/crash/casualty" with "boating incident" throughout Louisiana watercraft law

Raises the property damage reporting threshold from $500 to $2,000 for boating incidents involving recreational vessels, and adds mandatory reporting for complete vessel loss

Requires wildlife agents and peace officers to have reasonable suspicion of a violation before stopping or boarding vessels for enforcement purposes, eliminating warrantless inspection authority

Prohibits inflatable personal flotation devices on personal watercraft and makes operators responsible for ensuring all passengers wear proper flotation devices

Expands the definition of "personal watercraft" to include vessels powered by "other machinery" beyond water jet pumps, and updates vessel passing rules to require motorboats maintain "safe speed" rather than "direct course" near manually propelled vessels