republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-348.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF LIFEGUARDS AT CERTAIN POOLS.	This Act removes the requirement for a lifeguard at a pool exclusively serving a residential or apartment community not accessible to the general public. Under existing law, a lifeguard is not required at a hotel, motel, or campground. A lifeguard is not required in a family community when the pool is or will ultimately be owned by residents. Requiring a lifeguard at a pool that is not accessible to the public increases the cost for private communities which must be passed on to tenants in the form of higher rent. This legislation aligns the statutory and regulatory requirements so that the lifeguard requirement in a rental community is the same as for a single family residential community, hotel, motel, and campground.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 348	Delaware HB 348 (152)	bill		enacted	Kendra Johnson Laura V. Sturgeon Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable	1	7	2	2024-03-14	2024-05-23	openstates	ocd-bill/97e315bf-7b88-4ab4-84c8-e63eb5952317	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141046	332f98405881791e65edbb1dd60647faf1a1267518709c3e6c732fd575c59b17	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 348 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF LIFEGUARDS AT CERTAIN POOLS.

This Act removes the requirement for a lifeguard at a pool exclusively serving a residential or apartment community not accessible to the general public. Under existing law, a lifeguard is not required at a hotel, motel, or campground. A lifeguard is not required in a family community when the pool is or will ultimately be owned by residents. Requiring a lifeguard at a pool that is not accessible to the public increases the cost for private communities which must be passed on to tenants in the form of higher rent. This legislation aligns the statutory and regulatory requirements so that the lifeguard requirement in a rental community is the same as for a single family residential community, hotel, motel, and campground.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 36–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-14 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-20 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 4 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-26 Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 1 NOT VOTING 4 ABSENT passage
• 2024-03-26 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-08 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-15 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-05-23 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/97e315bf-7b88-4ab4-84c8-e63eb5952317. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).