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HB 229: Residential Swimming Pool Safety

GENERAL BILL by Latvala ; Webb

Residential Swimming Pool Safety; Requires home inspector to include certain information relating to swimming pools in his or her report; requires that new residential swimming pools meet additional requirement in order to pass final inspection & receive certificate of completion; requires that certain pool safety features meet specified standards; prohibits property owner from transferring ownership of parcel that includes swimming pool unless certain requirements are met; provides civil penalties rather than criminal penalties.

Effective Date: 10/1/2020
Last Action: 3/14/2020 House - Died in Business and Professions Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    9/26/2019 House • Filed
    10/10/2019 House • Referred to Business and Professions Subcommittee; Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Commerce Committee -HJ 24
    1/14/2020 House • Introduced -HJ 23
    3/14/2020 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Business and Professions Subcommittee

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  • HB 229, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 9/26/2019 at 10:49 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 244 Residential Swimming Pool Safety Hooper Similar Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    468.8323 Home inspection report. Page 1 (pdf)
    515.27 Residential swimming pool safety feature options; penalties. Page 2 (pdf)
    515.31 Drowning prevention education program; public information publication. Page 4 (pdf)

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