republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1672.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public swimming pools: lifeguards."
description: "Existing law requires lifeguard services to be provided for any public swimming pool that is of wholly artificial construction where a direct fee is charged for its use. For all other public swimming pools, existing law requires lifeguard service or signs clearly indicating that the service is not provided. Existing law requires lifeguards who provide lifeguard service to possess current certificates from an American Red Cross or YMCA of the U.S.A. lifeguard training program, or equivalent qualifications, as determined by the State Department of Public Health, and who are trained to administer first aid, in conformance with laws and regulations, and who have no duties to perform other than to supervise the safety of participants in water-contact activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1672"
citation: "California AB 1672 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public swimming pools: lifeguards."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boerner Horvath"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34ea3e32-aabf-4d56-bdd0-7ce419fd0905"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1672"
source_hash: "a36ef529a9af6d5077c25bbd1b1cdee521b5492a5601fa22db41546a21627b69"
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-ca"]
---

# California AB 1672 (20212022) — Public swimming pools: lifeguards.

Existing law requires lifeguard services to be provided for any public swimming pool that is of wholly artificial construction where a direct fee is charged for its use. For all other public swimming pools, existing law requires lifeguard service or signs clearly indicating that the service is not provided. Existing law requires lifeguards who provide lifeguard service to possess current certificates from an American Red Cross or YMCA of the U.S.A. lifeguard training program, or equivalent qualifications, as determined by the State Department of Public Health, and who are trained to administer first aid, in conformance with laws and regulations, and who have no duties to perform other than to supervise the safety of participants in water-contact activities.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/20/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1672&version=20210AB167299INT)
2. **03/07/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1672&version=20210AB167298AMD)
3. **04/21/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1672&version=20210AB167297AMD)
4. **06/02/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1672&version=20210AB167296AMD)
5. **08/17/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1672&version=20210AB167295AMD)
6. **09/13/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1672&version=20210AB167293CHP)
7. **AB1672** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1672)
8. **08/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1672&version=20210AB167294ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1672 Boerner Horvath et a By Allen — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1672 Boerner Horvath Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1672 Boerner Horvath Assembly Third Reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boerner Horvath — primary (person)
- Mayes — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-21** From printer. May be heard in committee February 20.
- **2022-01-27** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-08** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-18** From Consent Calendar.
- **2022-04-18** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-04-21** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4369.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4507.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-11** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-17** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5127.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-25** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
- **2022-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 273, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34ea3e32-aabf-4d56-bdd0-7ce419fd0905`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).