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Senator Plumb presses plan for state grant program to expand swim lessons; committee defers for further work
Summary
Senate Bill 108 would create a restricted account and grant program for drowning prevention and community swim‑lesson funding. Sponsor recommended a modest initial appropriation; committee members asked for more local partnership detail and deferred action to allow drafting and outreach.
Senator Plumb presented Senate Bill 108, titled "Water Safety Amendments," calling it a drowning‑prevention measure to fund community swimming lessons and related water‑safety programs. She said the proposal was inspired by Florida's program and would create a restricted account and a water‑safety grant program administered by the Utah Department of Health and Human Services. The sponsor suggested an initial award pool in the low hundreds of thousands of dollars (she referenced Florida's $500,000 starting figure as a point of comparison and said Utah's number could be smaller).
Lex Hernandez (Project 0…
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