---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to swimming pools and declaring an emergency."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish a system to designate swimming pools into classifications; establish lifeguard requirements for Class A and Class B pools; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 109"
citation: "Kentucky HB 109 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Local Mandate", "Public Buildings and Grounds", "Public Health", "Public Safety", "Safety", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DJ Johnson", "J. Branscum", "J. Hodgson", "K. Bratcher", "K. Jackson", "K. Timoney", "M. Meredith", "R. Bridges", "R. Duvall", "S. McPherson", "S. Riley", "S. Rudy", "S. Witten", "T. Truett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/216870f5-6ce3-4d97-81a9-512ff402ea60"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb109.html"
source_hash: "c14f3a95a251a132a4421ab86644738568fc944475b922dc9bc36bac9899b351"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky HB 109 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to swimming pools and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish a system to designate swimming pools into classifications; establish lifeguard requirements for Class A and Class B pools; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb109/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 116** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0116.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb109/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 109 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DJ Johnson — primary (person)
- J. Branscum — primary (person)
- J. Hodgson — primary (person)
- K. Bratcher — primary (person)
- K. Jackson — primary (person)
- K. Timoney — primary (person)
- M. Meredith — primary (person)
- R. Bridges — primary (person)
- R. Duvall — primary (person)
- S. McPherson — primary (person)
- S. Riley — primary (person)
- S. Rudy — primary (person)
- S. Witten — primary (person)
- T. Truett — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 23, 2024
- **2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 80-14 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-2 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 84-5 `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 116) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/216870f5-6ce3-4d97-81a9-512ff402ea60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).