I think they are looking to do all boats... just in a hodge-podge manner.
Most likely because of the way the laws were written and the atmosphere of push back that they expect.
We see the same thing in OHRV/Snowmobiles.
The public perceived the OHRV to be loud... but when blind tested in various manners could only distinguish the sound of the snowmobile at the same relative distances.
So the public perceptions is that only certain vessels create a wake/erosion problem... and the politicians react to that.
Personally, I think a single standard is easier to promote to operators and easier to enforce.
One of the reasons, I think pushing the wake boats to 500 is overkill.
Keep one standard for all.
But the LSRs that became bills weren't entered that way.
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