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Florida signs hospital education requirement and expands child swim voucher; related Senate measure stalled
Summary
Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith said Senate Bill 428 — requiring hospitals and childbirth educators to include drowning‑prevention education and expanding the child swim voucher to ages 1–7 — was signed into law; a separate bill (SB 658) that would extend pool‑safety requirements for rental properties passed the Senate but failed to advance in the House this year.
At a water‑safety event hosted by the Children’s Safety Village of Central Florida, state Senator Carlos Guillermo Smith reported two recent legislative developments aimed at reducing child drownings and described a remaining statutory gap in residential pool safety.
Smith said the state enacted Senate Bill 428, a bipartisan measure he co‑introduced, which requires hospitals,…
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