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HB382 • 2026

AN ACT relating to swimming pools.

AN ACT relating to swimming pools.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
V. Grossl
Last action
2026-01-22
Official status
01/22/26: to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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AN ACT relating to swimming pools.

AN ACT relating to swimming pools.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT relating to swimming pools.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-22 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

    to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)

  2. 2026-01-14 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

    introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)

Official Summary Text

AN ACT relating to swimming pools.

Current Bill Text

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AN ACT relating to swimming pools. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 198B IS CREATED TO 3
READ AS FOLLOWS: 4
(1) As used in this section: 5
(a) "Approved safety pool cover" means a manually -operated or power -6
operated safety pool cover that meets all ASTM International performance 7
standards; 8
(b) "Barrier or enclosure" means a fence, wall, or any combination thereof, 9
that surrounds a swimming pool completely and obstructs access to the 10
swimming pool from the area outside the barrier or enclosure; 11
(c) "Local government" means a city, county, charter county government, 12
urban-county government, consolidated local government, or unified local 13
government; and 14
(d) "Swimming pool": 15
1. Means any structure intended for swimming or recreational bathing 16
that contains water over twenty-four (24) inches deep; and 17
2. Includes but is not limited to in -ground pools, hot tubs, spas, and 18
fixed-in-place wading pools. 19
(2) The department shall allow a private swimming pool to be constructed without a 20
barrier or enclosure if the swimming pool will be equipped with an approved 21
safety pool cover. 22
(3) The department shall incorporate the provisions of this section into the Kentucky 23
Building Code by administrative regulations promulgated in accordance with 24
KRS Chapter 13A. 25
(4) The legislative body of a local government may, by ordinance, adopt more 26
stringent requirements to govern approved safety pool covers and barriers or 27
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enclosures than those specified in subsection (2) of this section. 1