S445 - Regulatory Reform Act of 2026. (SL 2026-59)
Session Year 2024
Overview: S.L. 2025‑94 rewrote a 2024 exemption for private swimming pools serving a single‑family dwelling used only by residents and their guests to apply regardless of whether the guests gain use of the private pool through a sharing economy platform or pay a fee. In cases where a fee is exchanged for pool access, the private pool must be "maintained in good and safe working order." S.L. 2025‑94 also prohibited local health departments from regulating these exempted private pools.
Section 11 of S.L. 2026‑59 (Senate Bill 445) expands that exemption to also apply to people providing private swimming instruction, regardless of whether the swim instructor gains use of the private pool through a sharing economy platform or by paying a fee. This section also prohibits local health departments from adopting rules regulating any recreational or instructional use of these exempted private pools.
This section became effective August 11, 2026.
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