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Bill	Public safety: pools and spas.	Under the Swimming Pool Safety Act, upon the issuance of a building permit for the 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 2 of 7 specified drowning prevention safety features. Under existing law, these features include, among others, an approved safety pool cover, as defined; exit alarms, as defined, on a private single-family home's doors that provide direct access to the swimming pool or spa, as specified; an alarm that, when placed in a swimming pool or spa, will sound upon detection of accidental or unauthorized entrance into the water; or other means of protection that afford an equal or greater degree of protection than those features specified in the act and that has been independently verified as meeting standards for those features established by ASTM International or the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) . The act requires the local building code official to inspect and approve the drowning safety prevention features before the issuance of a final approval for the completion of permitted construction or remodeling work.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 552	California SB 552 (20232024)	bill	Public safety pools and spas	enacted	Newman	7	36	9	2023-02-15	2024-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/04c7eb7d-69ed-463d-a0bb-f26b157e6979	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB552	20fc23b114f3febcdd9eb94f78646fb684c1abea453a2500b92045cc7ad3f88f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 552 (20232024) — Public safety: pools and spas.

Under the Swimming Pool Safety Act, upon the issuance of a building permit for the 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 2 of 7 specified drowning prevention safety features. Under existing law, these features include, among others, an approved safety pool cover, as defined; exit alarms, as defined, on a private single-family home's doors that provide direct access to the swimming pool or spa, as specified; an alarm that, when placed in a swimming pool or spa, will sound upon detection of accidental or unauthorized entrance into the water; or other means of protection that afford an equal or greater degree of protection than those features specified in the act and that has been independently verified as meeting standards for those features established by ASTM International or the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) . The act requires the local building code official to inspect and approve the drowning safety prevention features before the issuance of a final approval for the completion of permitted construction or remodeling work.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/03/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/17/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/22/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/27/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB552 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/06/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development] — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 552 Newman Senate Third Reading By Bains — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB552 Newman et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 552 Newman Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
• 2023-02-22 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2024-01-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-01-03 Re-referred to Coms. on B., P. & E. D. and HOUSING. referral-committee
• 2024-01-04 Set for hearing January 8.
• 2024-01-05 Set for hearing January 9 in HOUSING pending receipt.
• 2024-01-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 2950.) (January 8). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-01-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 2958.) (January 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-01-11 Set for hearing January 16.
• 2024-01-16 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-01-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-01-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3020.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-01-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2024-06-03 Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2024-06-11 Coauthors revised.
• 2024-06-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-08-07 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 7). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-08 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6319.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-15 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2024-08-19 Ordered to the Assembly.
• 2024-08-20 In Assembly. Held at Desk.
• 2024-08-20 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read a third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate.
• 2024-08-20 Ordered to third reading.
• 2024-08-22 Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
• 2024-08-22 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
• 2024-08-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7003.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2024-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5769.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2024-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 769, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/04c7eb7d-69ed-463d-a0bb-f26b157e6979. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).