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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to residential swimming pool 2
requirements; amending ss. 515.27 and 515.29, F.S.; 3
requiring swimming pools located on residential real 4
property that is transferred or sold on or after a 5
specified date to meet certain pool safety and pool 6
barrier requirements; requiring certain persons to 7
report violations of the law to a local law 8
enforcement agency; amending s. 515.31, F.S.; 9
conforming a cross-reference and making technical 10
changes; providing an effective date. 11
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13
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Section 1. Section 515.27, Florida Statutes, is amended to 15
read: 16
515.27 Residential swimming pool safety feature option s; 17
penalties.— 18
(1) In order to pass final inspection and receive a 19
certificate of completion, a residential swimming pool must meet 20
at least one of the following requirements relating to pool 21
safety features: 22
(a) The pool must be isolated from access t o a home by an 23
enclosure that meets the pool barrier requirements of s. 515.29; 24
(b) The pool must be equipped with an approved safety pool 25
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cover; 26
(c) All doors and windows providing direct access from the 27
home to the pool must be equipped with an exit alarm that has a 28
minimum sound pressure rating of 85 dB A at 10 feet; 29
(d) All doors providing direct access from the home to the 30
pool must be equipped with a self -closing, self-latching device 31
with a release mechanism placed no lower than 54 inches above 32
the floor; or 33
(e) A swimming pool alarm that, when placed in a pool, 34
sounds an alarm upon detection of an accidental or unauthorized 35
entrance into the water. Such pool alarm must meet and be 36
independently certified to ASTM Standard F2208, titled "Standa rd 37
Safety Specification for Residential Pool Alarms," which 38
includes surface motion, pressure, sonar, laser, and infrared 39
alarms. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "swimming pool 40
alarm" does not include any swimming protection alarm device 41
designed for individual use, such as an alarm attached to a 42
child that sounds when the child exceeds a certain distance or 43
becomes submerged in water. 44
(2) A swimming pool, regardless of the year in which the 45
pool was built, located on residential real property th at is 46
transferred or sold on or after October 1, 2025, must be 47
equipped with at least one pool safety feature as required in 48
subsection (1). A title company, an inspector, or an underwriter 49
for the mortgage secured on the residential real property must 50
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report a violation of this subsection to a local law enforcement 51
agency. 52
(3)(2) A person who fails to equip a new residential 53
swimming pool with at least one pool safety feature as required 54
in subsection (1) or subsection (2) commits a misdemeanor of the 55
second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 56
775.083, except that no penalty shall be imposed if the person, 57
within 45 days after arrest or issuance of a summons or a notice 58
to appear, has equipped the pool with at least one safety 59
feature as required in subsection (1) or subsection (2) and has 60
attended a drowning prevention education program established by 61
s. 515.31. However, the requirement of attending a drowning 62
prevention education program is waived if such program is not 63
offered within 45 days after issuance of the citation. 64
Section 2. Subsection (6) is added to section 515.29, 65
Florida Statutes, and subsesction (1) of that section is 66
republished, to read: 67
515.29 Residential swimming pool barrier requirements. — 68
(1) A residential swimm ing pool barrier must have all of 69
the following characteristics: 70
(a) The barrier must be at least 4 feet high on the 71
outside. 72
(b) The barrier may not have any gaps, openings, 73
indentations, protrusions, or structural components that could 74
allow a young child to crawl under, squeeze through, or climb 75
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over the barrier. 76
(c) The barrier must be placed around the perimeter of the 77
pool and must be separate from any fence, wall, or other 78
enclosure surrounding the yard unless the fence, wall, or other 79
enclosure or portion thereof is situated on the perimeter of the 80
pool, is being used as part of the barrier, and meets the 81
barrier requirements of this section. 82
(d) The barrier must be placed sufficiently away from the 83
water's edge to prevent a young child or medically frail elderly 84
person who may have managed to penetrate the barrier from 85
immediately falling into the water. 86
(6) A swimming pool, regardless of the year in which the 87
pool was built, located on residential real property that is 88
transferred or sold on or after October 1, 2025, must meet all 89
of the pool barrier requirements in subsection (1). A title 90
company, an inspector, or an underwriter for the mortgage 91
secured on the residential real property must report a violation 92
of this subsection to a local law enforcement agency. 93
Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 515.31, Florida 94
Statutes, is amended to read: 95
515.31 Drowning prevention education program; public 96
information publication. — 97
(1) The department shall develop a drowning prevention 98
education program. Such program must, which shall be made 99
available to the public at the state and local levels and is 100
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which shall be required as set forth in s. 515.27(3) s. 101
515.27(2) for persons in violation of the pool safety 102
requirements of this chapter. The department may charge a fee, 103
not to exceed $100, for attendance at such a program. The 104
drowning prevention education program is to shall be funded 105
using fee proceeds, state funds appropriated for such purpose, 106
and grants. The department, in lieu of developing its own 107
program, may adopt a nationally recognized drowning prevention 108
education program to be approved for use in local safe ty 109
education programs, as provided in rule of the department. 110
Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 111