republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-442.md

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Bill	Public health: pools: drownings.	Under the existing Swimming Pool Safety Act, upon the issuance of a building permit for construction of a new swimming pool or spa, or the remodeling of an existing pool or spa, at a private, single-family home, the pool or spa is required to be equipped with at least one of 7 drowning prevention safety features. The existing act requires the local building code official to inspect and approve the drowning safety prevention devices before the issuance of a final approval for the completion of permitted construction or remodeling work. The existing act does not apply to any pool within the jurisdiction of any political subdivision that adopts an ordinance for swimming pools, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 442	California SB 442 (20172018)	bill	Public health: pools: drownings.	enacted	Newman	6	30	2	2017-02-15	2017-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/a1620580-292b-4f72-b71a-745cb132b811	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB442	f5a3400e560ab37fd07c29a37cb001b86f798a1bc17e92a42110ed6be4bf4d29	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 442 (20172018) — Public health: pools: drownings.

Under the existing Swimming Pool Safety Act, upon the issuance of a building permit for construction of a new swimming pool or spa, or the remodeling of an existing pool or spa, at a private, single-family home, the pool or spa is required to be equipped with at least one of 7 drowning prevention safety features. The existing act requires the local building code official to inspect and approve the drowning safety prevention devices before the issuance of a final approval for the completion of permitted construction or remodeling work. The existing act does not apply to any pool within the jurisdiction of any political subdivision that adopts an ordinance for swimming pools, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/20/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/07/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/11/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB442 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/15/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB442 Newman et al. Concurrence — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Newman — primary (person)
• Skinner — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
• 2017-02-23 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2017-03-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-03-20 (Corrected March 21).
• 2017-03-29 Re-referred to Coms. on T. & H. and B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2017-04-04 Set for hearing April 18.
• 2017-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & E.D. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 751.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-20 Set for hearing April 24.
• 2017-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 824.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-05-01 Set for hearing May 8.
• 2017-05-03 May 8 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-05-04 Set for hearing May 15.
• 2017-05-15 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1135.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2017-06-05 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2017-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-08-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (August 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-07 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-09-07 Ordered to third reading.
• 2017-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 12. Page 3161.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2017-09-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 1. Page 2836.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2017-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 670, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a1620580-292b-4f72-b71a-745cb132b811. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).