Bill Text: CA AB2384 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2384

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Bill Title: Public swimming pools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-09 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB2384 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB2384-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2384

Introduced by Assembly Member Wilson

February 12, 2024

An act to add Section 116064.3 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2384, as introduced, Wilson. Public swimming pools: emergency telephones.

Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to adopt and enforce regulations relating to public swimming pools. Existing law provides various building and safety standards for public swimming pools, as defined. Existing law requires that every person or entity operating or maintaining a public swimming pool do so in a sanitary, healthful, and safe manner. Existing law requires county health officers to enforce department regulations and authorizes a county health officer or any department inspector to enter the premises of a public swimming pool and investigate for violations, as specified. A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor.

This bill would require a person or entity that owns or maintains a public swimming pool, as defined, to ensure that there is an operating telephone on or adjacent to the pool deck, available for emergency use, at all times. By expanding the definition of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 116064.3 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

116064.3.

A person or entity that owns or maintains a public swimming pool, as defined in Section 116049 or 116049.1, shall ensure that there is an operating telephone on or adjacent to the pool deck, available for emergency use, at all times.

SEC. 2.

No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.