HB705
Elementary school students; water safety instruction required, guidelines.
Status:
In House
Latest Action:
Feb. 9, 2026
House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
Chief Patron:
Cliff Hayes (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Board of Education; programs and courses of instruction; water safety instruction for elementary school students required; guidelines.
Requires the Board of Education to develop and make available to each school board by September 1, 2026, guidelines on and each school board to provide as a part of any physical or health education instruction provided to elementary school students beginning no later than the 2027-2028 school year, a ... (More) program of instruction on water safety that includes instruction on (i) awareness of water conditions, (ii) safe behaviors in and around the water, and (iii) preventing and reducing the risk of drowning and the risk of injury. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103870D
- 01/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/23/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB705)
- 01/30/2026 - House: Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
- 01/30/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 02/03/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 02/03/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N)
- 02/03/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 02/04/2026 - House: Reported from Education with substitute (17-Y 4-N)
- 02/04/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26107000D-H1
- 02/04/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB705)
- 02/06/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/09/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/09/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/09/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
