Summary of Original Version

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 212 to define terms; establish requirements for residential swimming pool barriers, gates, and covers; establish exemptions of the residential swimming pool requirements; amend KRS 212.990 create penalties for violation of residential swimming pool requirement; provide that the Act may be cited as the Ava Grace Jenkins Law.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- J. DuPlessis

Summary Amend the definitions of “residential” and “swimming pool”; delete the definition of “portable swimming pool”; amend the time period for when a residential swimming pool barrier must be installed for existing pools and for newly installed or constructed pools; require that a door be lockable if it is part of a dwelling wall; establish new requirements for submerged suction outlets/drain covers and suction systems; change when a residential swimming pool is exempt from conforming to specific standards; reduce the fine amount.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 2 -- J. DuPlessis

Summary Retain original provisions; amend the definitions of “residential” and “swimming pool”; delete the definition of “portable swimming pool”; amend residential swimming pool regulations; amend the time period for when a residential swimming pool barrier must be installed for existing pools and for newly installed or constructed pools; amend residential swimming pool barrier and gate specifications; require that a door be lockable if it is part of a dwelling wall; establish new requirements for submerged suction outlets/drain covers and suction systems; establish guidelines when a residential swimming pool is exempt from conforming to specific standards; reduce the fine amount.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 212.990