AB 1571 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Product safety: recreational water safety: wearable personal flotation devices: infants and children.

Summary

Existing law prohibits a person or entity from manufacturing, selling, delivering, distributing, holding, or offering for sale in commerce in this state a wearable personal flotation device that is not approved by the United States Coast Guard. Existing law defines for these purposes a "wearable personal flotation device" as a lifejacket, puddle jumper, water wings, or other flotation device designed to be worn or attached to the body of an infant or child. This bill would replace "puddle jumper" with "swim vest" in the definition of "wearable personal flotation device."

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Jun 2026

Assembly Passage

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

Jun 2026

Signed into Law

Jun 2026

Introduced Jan 12, 2026 Signed Jun 29, 2026

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What changed between versions

06/29/26 - Chaptered → AB1571 · 1 edit

MINOR

No substantive policy changes exist between these two versions. The first is the authenticated chaptered version of AB 1571, while the second is a web-scraped rendering of the same bill from the California Legislature website, complete with navigation menus and UI elements. The actual legislative text - amending Health and Safety Code Section 116023 to replace 'puddle jumper' with 'swim vest' in the definition of wearable personal flotation device - is identical in both.

TECHNICAL

The second version adds website navigation elements (menus, search bars, links to votes/history/analysis) and reformats the bill text into a web page layout. No changes to the underlying law.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 18, 2026 · Assembly Apr 9, 2026

How they voted

37–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 40

Jun 18, 2026

D Democratic30

29 Yea 1

96% Yea

R Republican10

8 Yea 2

80% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Jun 29, 2026

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor.

legislature

Jun 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

lower

Jun 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4860.).

upper

Jun 11, 2026

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 10).

upper

May 6, 2026

Committee

Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

upper

Apr 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 4556.)

lower

Mar 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 25).

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

lower

Jan 13, 2026

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors