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2025 Regular Session Introduced by Angela Hill

Requires IDPH to adopt rules with unique design criteria and general standards for above-ground pools, expanding safety coverage for owners, builders, operators, and swimmers.

Died In Committee

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Summary

SB 2409 would amend Section 13 of the Swimming Facility Act (210 ILCS 125/13) to explicitly require the Illinois Department of Public Health (DPH) rules to include “unique design criteria and general standards for above‑ground pools.” The change directs DPH, when promulgating rules to protect public health and safety at swimming facilities, to cover above‑ground pools through specific design and general standards. The bill does not itself set technical standards; it requires DPH to adopt rules addressing those standards.

Purpose / Intent

Clarify and expand the Swimming Facility Act’s rulemaking charge so that above‑ground pools are expressly subject to specific design criteria and general standards issued by DPH.

Ensure regulatory coverage of above‑ground pools for public health and safety (sanitation, construction, entrapment prevention, etc.), aligning them with other types of regulated swimming facilities.

Key provisions

Amends 210 ILCS 125/13 (Section 13 of the Swimming Facility Act).

Adds a directive that rules adopted by DPH “must include unique design criteria and general standards for above‑ground pools.”

Leaves other rulemaking authorities and subjects (sanitation, plumbing, bather preparation, entrapment prevention, communicable disease control, etc.) intact.

Does not specify the technical content or timelines for the rules; actual requirements would be developed through DPH rulemaking.

Who would be affected

Department of Public Health: tasked with drafting, proposing and adopting the new rules.

Owners/operators of above‑ground pools (commercial, community, institutional and possibly some large private/public settings): would need to comply with any new design and safety standards adopted by DPH.

Manufacturers, installers and designers of above‑ground pool equipment and structures: standards could drive design and construction changes.

Local health departments and inspectors: implementation/enforcement responsibilities.

Swimmers and the general public: potential benefits from clarified safety and sanitation standards.

Procedural history & status

Filed by Sen. Ram Villivalam: 02/07/2025.

Referred to Assignments; assigned to Public Health (03/04/2025).

Do Pass recommendation from Public Health (03/19/2025; vote 006-003-000).

Placed on legislative calendars and various reading steps through March–April 2025; co‑author authorized 04/08/2025.

Companion bill: HB 1520.

Status (as provided): Died In Committee.

Potential impacts and considerations

The bill’s principal effect is procedural: it obligates the executive agency to fill a regulatory gap rather than imposing immediate technical requirements in statute.

Fiscal/implementation impacts would depend on the scope of rules DPH adopts—minor to moderate administrative costs for DPH and potential compliance costs for pool operators and manufacturers.

Safety and public‑health benefits could accrue if rules address sanitation, structural safety, entrapment prevention, and installation standards for above‑ground pools.

Note: SB 2409 requires DPH rulemaking to define specifics; absent those rules, the statute only creates the mandate for DPH to act.

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