Bill Text: IL SB0189 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Swimming Facility Act. Provides that the rules adopted by the Department of Public Health shall permit sporting good equipment systems and fitness equipment systems to be installed in swimming facilities if the sporting good equipment system or fitness equipment system is designed for pool use and installed in accordance with the safe-use parameters specified by the manufacturer. Provides that sporting good equipment systems and fitness equipment systems that meet those requirements shall not be considered an obstruction.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-17 - Referred to Assignments [SB0189 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB0189-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0189 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Michael W. Halpin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
210 ILCS 125/13 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1213
Amends the Swimming Facility Act. Provides that the rules adopted by the Department of Public Health shall permit sporting good equipment systems and fitness equipment systems to be installed in swimming facilities if the sporting good equipment system or fitness equipment system is designed for pool use and installed in accordance with the safe-use parameters specified by the manufacturer. Provides that sporting good equipment systems and fitness equipment systems that meet those requirements shall not be considered an obstruction.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Swimming Facility Act is amended by
changing Section 13 as follows:
(210 ILCS 125/13) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1213)
Sec. 13. Rules. The Department shall promulgate, publish,
adopt and amend such rules as may be necessary for the proper
enforcement of this Act, to protect the health and safety of
the public using swimming facilities and their appurtenances,
and may, when necessary, utilize the services of any other
state agencies to assist in carrying out the purposes of this
Act. These rules shall include but are not limited to design
criteria for swimming facility areas and bather preparation
facilities, standards relating to sanitation, cleanliness,
plumbing, water supply, sewage and solid waste disposal,
design and construction of all equipment, buildings, rodent
and insect control, communicable disease control, safety and
sanitation of appurtenant swimming facilities. The rules must
include provisions for the prevention of bather entrapment or
entanglement at new and existing swimming facilities. Bather
preparation facilities consisting of dressing room space,
toilets and showers shall be available for use of patrons of

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