Delaware House Bill 348

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Engrossed on March 26 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-03-26 - Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
Pending: Senate Health & Social Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act removes the requirement for a lifeguard at a pool exclusively serving a residential or apartment community not accessible to the general public. Under existing law, a lifeguard is not required at a hotel, motel, or campground. A lifeguard is not required in a family community when the pool is or will ultimately be owned by residents. Requiring a lifeguard at a pool that is not accessible to the public increases the cost for private communities which must be passed on to tenants in the form of higher rent. This legislation aligns the statutory and regulatory requirements so that the lifeguard requirement in a rental community is the same as for a single family residential community, hotel, motel, and campground.

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Concerning The Provision Of Lifeguards At Certain Pools.

Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]	Sen. Russ Huxtable [D]	Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]
Rep. Jeff Hilovsky [R]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]

2024-03-26 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-26		Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
2024-03-26		Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 4 ABSENT
2024-03-20		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 4 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits
2024-03-14		Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141046
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141046&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB348
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#55384