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CS/HB 3707: Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act

GENERAL BILL by Community Affairs ; Wasserman Schultz ; Dawson-White ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Casey ; Ziebarth ; Lippman ; Fasano ; Prewitt ; Bloom ; Edwards ; Heyman ; Tamargo ; Greene ; Morroni ; Jacobs ; Ogles

Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act; creates Fla. Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act; provides legislative findings & intent; provides definitions; provides residential swimming pool safety feature options; provides penalties; provides residential swimming pool barrier requirements; provides for drowning prevention education program; requires pool contractors to provide buyers with certain info.; provides rulemaking authority; provides exemptions. Creates Ch. 515.

Effective Date: Contingent
Last Action: 5/1/1998 House - Died in Governmental Responsibility Council pending ranking
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/18/1998 House • Prefiled
3/3/1998 House • Introduced -HJ 00051
3/5/1998 House • Referred to Community Affairs (GRC); Crime & Punishment (JC); Health Care Standards & Regulatory Reform (GSC); Governmental Rules & Regulations (GRC) -HJ 00148
3/18/1998 House • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs (GRC), 03/24/98, 3:45 pm, Morris Hall --Temporarily deferred
3/25/1998 House • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs (GRC), 03/30/98, 3:45 pm, Morris Hall
3/30/1998 House • Comm. Action: Unanimously CS by Community Affairs (GRC) -HJ 00452
4/3/1998 House • CS read first time on 04/03/98 -HJ 00449; Now in Crime & Punishment (JC) -HJ 00452; On Committee agenda-- Crime & Punishment (JC), 04/08/98, 2:45 pm, 21-HOB
4/8/1998 House • On Committee agenda-- Crime & Punishment (JC), 04/14/98, 1:30 pm, 21-HOB
4/14/1998 House • Comm. Action: Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Crime & Punishment (JC) -HJ 00690
4/16/1998 House • Now in Health Care Standards & Regulatory Reform (GSC) -HJ 00690
4/20/1998 House • Withdrawn from Health Care Standards & Regulatory Reform (GSC) -HJ 00698; Now in Governmental Rules & Regulations (GRC); On Committee agenda-- Governmental Rules & Regulations (GRC), 04/21/98, 9:00 am, 314-HOB
4/21/1998 House • Comm. Action:-Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Governmental Rules & Regulations (GRC) -HJ 00999
4/22/1998 House • In Governmental Responsibility Council, pending ranking -HJ 00999
5/1/1998 House • Died in Governmental Responsibility Council pending ranking