Florida · House Bill 413 · 2025 Regular Session

Swimming Safety

HB 413 Sponsored by Peggy Gossett-Seidman Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 5, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 12, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Prohibits organizations from granting water access at public bathing places & public swimming pools to certain children without first requiring specified information; requires organizations to provide specified types of personal flotation devices to certain children; authorizes public bathing places & public swimming pools to refuse water access to certain children requires certain counties & municipalities to…

Read the full title (155 words)

Prohibits organizations from granting water access at public bathing places & public swimming pools to certain children without first requiring specified information; requires organizations to provide specified types of personal flotation devices to certain children; authorizes public bathing places & public swimming pools to refuse water access to certain children requires certain counties & municipalities to create pilot programs to install drowning prevention stations at high-risk water access areas; provides; specifies information that each participating county & municipality must provide to DEP following conclusion of pilot program; requires DEP to submit final report to Governor & Legislature; provides contents of report; encourages local governments to implement sponsorship programs with businesses to help fund drowning prevention stations; requires DEP to coordinate public awareness campaign dealing with water safety during implementation of pilot program; requires parents or legal guardians of children with autism to provide specified information regarding water safety & swimming certifications to child's public school.

Every action

9 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Human Services Subcommittee · House Human Services Subcommittee
  3. CommitteeReferred to State Affairs Committee · House State Affairs Committee
  4. CommitteeReferred to Budget Committee · House Budget Committee
  5. CommitteeReferred to Health & Human Services Committee · House Health & Human Services Committee
  6. CommitteeNow in Human Services Subcommittee · House Human Services Subcommittee
  7. House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  8. HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  9. CommitteeDied in Human Services Subcommittee · House Human Services Subcommittee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Republican.

All 1 cosponsor

From Florida's official records (leg.state.fl.us; flhouse.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.