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Wednesday, November 4, 2026

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S.B. 126: School Swimming and Lifeguarding Programs

2026 General Session · Originating chamber: Senate

Saved official records and Ledger coverage. The outcome below is from the Legislature’s own step list.

What the bill does

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026.

This bill enacts provisions in public education related to water safety.

  • Defines terms
  • Requires the inclusion of water safety instruction in the public education core curriculum standards for physical education
  • Allows the exemption of a student from required water safety instruction under certain circumstances
  • Allows a local education agency (LEA) to: provide swim instruction, lifeguard certification training, and swim instructor certification training as courses under certain conditions; construe the completion of certain courses toward physical education credit requirements or other requirements; and enter into an agreement with certain providers to offer certain programs
  • Grants rulemaking authority to the State Board of Education

The description and list come from the bill's own long title as recorded by the Legislature. Read the official bill. The Ledger takes no position on it.

Subjects: Education · Student Health and Safety · K-12 Education · Standards and Curriculum

How it moved

  1. · Senate1st reading (Introduced)Rules Committee
  2. · Senateto standing committeeEducation Committee
  3. · SenateSenate Comm - Recommends Returned to RulesEducation Committee
  4. · Senatefiledfile for bills not passed

Steps as the Legislature recorded them; clerical and fiscal-staff entries are left out. Numbers such as 54-14-7 are yeas, nays and absent.

Fiscal note

The Legislative Fiscal Analyst's note on S.B. 126 found no material cost or revenue effect for the state, local governments or businesses.

Bill overview

Sponsor: Jen Plumb

Legislature passed-list status: Not available in the saved metadata.

Passed-list membership is not a finding that a bill was signed or took effect. A bill absent from that list is not necessarily pending or defeated.

Latest recorded action

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The full step list is above. Find the bill in the official session list for status, hearings and committee records.

Recorded floor votes

No floor-vote records for this bill and session are available here. This does not mean no vote occurred; consult the official bill record.

Ledger coverage

No Ledger stories with an explicit source link to this bill and session are listed here.