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Committee Weighs Swim‑lesson Investment and Proposal to Encourage PFDs on Docks for Children
Committee on Children · February 24, 2026
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Summary
Lawmakers heard advocates for SB263 to fund free swim lessons and local testimony urging a requirement or availability of personal flotation devices for children on docks after a Stratford drowning; members asked for definitions and liability analysis.
Following testimony about drowning prevention, the committee heard two related proposals: SB 263 would expand access to free swimming lessons for children, and a separate sponsor proposed making personal flotation devices (PFDs) available or required for children 12 and under on docks and piers.
John Catalan of the…
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