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An act relating to public swimming and bathing places; amending s. 514.0115, F.S.; requiring certain pools to have a yearly inspection to confirm certain standards are being met; authorizing the Public Swimming Pool and Spa Technical Committee to review and grant rule variances; amending s. 514.021, F.S.; requiring the Public Swimming Pool and Spa Technical Committee to adopt certain rules; removing a provision that such rules be reviewed and revised biennially; revising the sanitation and safety standards for public swimming pools and bathing places; prohibiting the committee from establishing by rule certain regulations; removing a provision requiring the Department of Health to provide technical assistance to the Florida Building Commission; requiring certain employees of the department to obtain, maintain, and renew a Florida Public Pool Specialist Certification; providing that the department is responsible for the cost of such certification; amending s. 514.025, F.S.; requiring certain employees of county health departments to obtain, maintain, and renew a Florida Public Pool Specialist Certification; providing that the county health department is responsible for the cost of such certification; amending s. 514.028, F.S.; hb633-00 creating the Public Swimming Pool and Spa Technical Committee within the Department of Health, rather than an advisory review board; requiring the Governor to appoint members to the committee; requiring the committee to meet on a certain schedule; revising the membership and purpose of the committee; requiring the committee to hold public workshops under certain circumstances; requiring specified notice be published in the Florida Administrative Register a specified timeframe before such workshop; amending s. 514.03, F.S.; requiring, rather than authorizing, local governments and local enforcement districts to determine compliance with certain standards; prohibiting the department, local governments, and local enforcement districts from requiring that certain plans be submitted to replace certain equipment if a specified condition is met; requiring specified contractors to certify that replacement equipment meets certain specifications; amending s. 514.031, F.S.; revising the information that must be submitted with a permit application to operate a public swimming pool; requiring the department to grant such permit application unless there is clear and convincing evidence that the public swimming pool will not operate in compliance with specified laws and hb633-00 rules; requiring the department to provide specified information to an applicant if the department denies a permit application; providing an effective date.

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Kim Berfield (R)*, 

1st Reading (Original Filed Version) (on 01/13/2026)

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