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HB620 • 2026

Contractors; swimming pools, inspection requirements further provided

Contractors; swimming pools, inspection requirements further provided

Labor
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Whorton (R)
Last action
2026-03-19
Official status
Read Second Time in House of Origin
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text confirms all claims in the candidate explanation are supported.

Swimming Pool Inspection Requests by Contractors

This law allows licensed swimming pool contractors to ask local governments to perform required inspections for pools they build, repair, or maintain.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows a contractor to request that the local government performs an inspection if one is needed as part of a permit.
  • Applies only when the work involves building, repairing, or maintaining residential or commercial swimming pools.
  • Requires the contractor to hold a license under Chapter 8 of Title 34 of the Alabama Code.
  • States that the work must be done by the licensed contractor, their employee, or a supervised subcontractor.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Licensed swimming pool contractors in Alabama
  • Local governments that issue permits and perform inspections

Terms To Know

Contractor
A person or business hired to build, repair, or maintain a swimming pool.
Local governing entity
The city or county government that issues permits and requires inspections.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This law only applies if the local government already requires an inspection as part of a permit.
  • It does not change which pools need inspections, but changes who can ask for them to be done by the city or county.
  • The bill becomes effective on October 1, 2026.

Amendments

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Commerce and Small Business

Reported Out of Committee House of Origin

Plain English: This amendment allows licensed swimming pool contractors to request official inspections for their work instead of requiring the property owner to do it.

  • Licensed contractors can now ask local governments to perform required inspections for building, fixing, or maintaining pools.
  • The rule applies when a contractor is working on residential or commercial pools under their own license.
  • Inspections are allowed if the work is done by the licensed contractor, their employees, or supervised subcontractors.
  • This change only takes effect starting October 1, 2026.
  • The text does not explain what happens if a local government refuses to perform an inspection requested under this rule.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-19 House

    Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

  2. 2026-03-18 House

    Reported Out of Committee House of Origin

  3. 2026-03-12 House

    Pending Committee Action in House of Origin

  4. 2026-03-12 House

    Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Commerce and Small Business

Official Summary Text

Contractors; swimming pools, inspection requirements further provided

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
HB620 INTRODUCED
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HB620
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By Representative Whorton
RFD: Commerce and Small Business
First Read: 12-Mar-26
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ZQ6J9KK-1 03/12/2026 CMH (L)CMH 2026-1331
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First Read: 12-Mar-26
SYNOPSIS:
This bill would provide that when an inspection
is required by a local governing entity as a condition
of a permit for the construction, repair, or
maintenance of a residential or commercial swimming
pool, the swimming pool contractor may request the
local governing entity to perform the inspection.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to contractors; to authorize a swimming pool
contractor to request any inspection required by a local
permit for the construction, repair, or maintenance of a
swimming pool, under certain conditions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. When an inspection is required by a local
governing entity a condition of a permit for the construction,
repair, or maintenance of a residential or commercial swimming
pool, the contractor may request the local governing entity to
permit for the inspection if the contractor is licensed
pursuant to Chapter 8 of Title 34, Code of Alabama 1975 and
the construction, repair, or maintenance is performed by the
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the construction, repair, or maintenance is performed by the
contractor, the contractor's employee, or a subcontractor
under the supervision of the contractor.
Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2026.
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