Connecticut legislation · 2025 General Assembly
Connecticut HB6825: AN ACT CONCERNING IN-GROUND SWIMMING POOL BARRIERS.
Status: Introduced, January 29, 2025
What the bill says
An act CONCERNING IN-GROUND SWIMMING POOL BARRIERS. Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to (1) require that any owner of an in-ground swimming pool that, as of July 1, 2025, is not surrounded by a barrier that complies with the requirements of the State Building Code revised to October 1, 2022, shall install a barrier that complies with such requirements not later than July 1, 2026, and (2) establish that the provision of the State Building Code revised to October 1, 2022, concerning the installation of a powered safety cover or retractable cover that complies with ASTM F13.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT CONCERNING IN-GROUND SWIMMING POOL BARRIERS. Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to (1) require that any owner of an in-ground swimming pool that, as of July 1, 2025, is not surrounded by a barrier that complies with the requirements of the State Building Code revised to October 1, 2022, shall install a barrier that complies with such requirements not later than July 1, 2026, and (2) establish that the provision of the State Building Code revised to October 1, 2022, concerning the installation of a powered safety cover or retractable cover that complies with ASTM F1346 as an exception to such barrier requirement shall have no effect and shall not be construed as such an exception. Statement of Purpose: To mitigate a safety risk associated with in-ground swimming pools, particularly as such risk pertains to children, by (1) requiring that owners of in-ground swimming pools that are not surrounded by a certain barrier install such a barrier, and (2) establishing that the provision of the State Building Code revised to October 1, 2022, concerning the installation of a certain powered safety cover or LCO No. 615 1 of Proposed Bill No. 6825 retractable cover as an exception to such barrier requirement shall have no effect and shall not be construed as such an exception. LCO No. …
Sponsors
- Jonathan Steinberg (D, 136) · primary sponsor