Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H117: Residential Swimming Pool Requirements
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Requires swimming pools located on residential real property that is transferred or sold on or after specified date to meet certain pool safety & pool barrier requirements; requires home inspectors to report violations of law to local enforcement agency.
What the bill says
An act relating to residential swimming pool requirements; amending s. 515.27, F.S.; requiring swimming pools located on residential real property that is transferred or sold on or after a specified date to meet certain pool safety and pool barrier requirements; requiring home inspectors to report violations of the law to a local enforcement agency; amending s. 515.31, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference and making technical changes; providing an effective date.
From the introduced text, October 7, 2025:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to residential swimming pool requirements; amending s. 515.27, F.S.; requiring swimming pools located on residential real property that is transferred or sold on or after a specified date to meet certain pool safety and pool barrier requirements; requiring home inspectors to report violations of the law to a local enforcement agency; amending s. 515.31, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference and making technical changes; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 515.27, Florida Statutes, is amended to penalties.-- (1) In order to pass final inspection and receive a certificate of completion, a residential swimming pool must meet at least one of the following requirements relating to pool safety features: (a) The pool must be isolated from access to a home by an enclosure that meets the pool barrier requirements of s. 515.29; (b) The pool must be equipped with an approved safety pool words underlined are additions. hb117-00 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES HB 117 2026 cover; (c) All doors and windows providing direct access from the home to the pool must be equipped with an exit alarm that has a minimum sound pressure rating of 85 dB A at 10 feet; (d) All doors providing direct access from the home to the pool must be equipped …
Sponsors
- López, Johanna (D, HD-043) · primary sponsor
- Gossett-Seidman, Peggy (R, HD-091) · primary sponsor
- Campbell, Daryl (D, HD-099)
- Eskamani, Anna (D, HD-042)
- Valdés, Susan (R, HD-064)
Latest actions
- : Died in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- : Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- : Referred to Commerce Committee
- : Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- : Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H117?
- H117 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Residential Swimming Pool Requirements.
- What does H117 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to residential swimming pool requirements; amending s. 515.27, F.S.; requiring swimming pools located on residential real property that is transferred or sold on or after a specified date to meet certain pool safety and pool barrier requirements; requiring home inspectors to report violations of the law to a local enforcement agency; amending s. 515.31, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference and making technical changes; providing an effective date.
- What is the status of H117?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H117?
- López, Johanna (D, HD-043), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H117?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/117
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