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Committee backs bill to keep privately rented home pools from public-pool rules
Summary
The House committee voted to report Senate Bill 61 favorably after its sponsor said the measure would prevent private home swimming pools rented via online platforms from being treated as public pools by state regulators.
Senator Craig Richardson, who represents the Third Senate District, told the Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection during its fourth meeting of the 2025 session that Senate Bill 61 is “a swimming pool bill, but at its core, it is a private property rights bill.” The committee voted to report the bill favorably to the House floor.
The bill would change how the state…
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