Drowning Prevention Education

What it does

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

Drowning Prevention Education; Requires DOH to develop educational materials on drowning prevention safety measures & safe bathing practices for specified purposes; provides requirements for such materials; requires hospitals, birth centers, & home birth providers to provide educational materials to new parents & caregivers as part of their postpartum education & care; requires childbirth educators to provide informational materials to parents or caregivers receiving childbirth education from them.

Every action

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

1. Mar 4, 2026HouseRead 2nd time
2. Mar 4, 2026HouseAdded to Third Reading Calendar
3. Mar 4, 2026HouseRead 3rd time
4. Mar 4, 2026HouseCS passed; YEAS 108, NAYS 1
5. Mar 4, 2026SenateIn Messages
6. Mar 4, 2026CommitteeReferred to Rules · Senate Rules
7. Mar 4, 2026SenateReceived
8. Mar 13, 2026CommitteeDied in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 428 (Ch. 2026-38 ) · Senate Rules

Roll calls

3 recorded votes: 1 on the floor, 2 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee and other votes

Sponsors

The 2 members who introduced it, joined by 13 cosponsors: 9 Democrats, 4 Republicans.

• Anna V. EskamaniD Primary sponsor · District 42
• Kim KendallR Primary sponsor · District 18
• HC Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee Sponsoring committee