CALIFORNIA Legislation

Assembly and Senate Bills (for more detailed analysis Click on the Bill Number)

Summary

AB 1005
AB 1005 requires California public schools to incorporate age-appropriate water safety education into existing instructional frameworks (often physical education or health education), with the goal of reducing preventable childhood drowning and water-related injuries.

AB 2146
AB 2146 creates a product safety prohibition: starting January 1, 2026, a person or entity may not manufacture, sell, distribute, deliver, hold, or offer for sale in California any wearable personal flotation device for infants/children that is not approved by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG).

SB 552
SB 552 makes targeted updates to California’s Swimming Pool Safety Act and related home inspection requirements for private single-family homes with pools/spas, including

AB 2866
AB 2866 requires CDSS-licensed childcare facilities that have a swimming pool on the premises to meet specified drowning prevention requirements aligned to (and strengthening beyond) the Swimming Pool Safety Act: