SB 273 North Carolina Senate · 2025-2026 Session

Grant's Law/Require Lifeguards at Day Camps.

SB 273 requires day camps providing aquatic activities (like swimming or water instruction) for school-age children (up to age 18) to have certified lifeguards on-site. It mandates specific ratios (two lifeguards for every 25 children, plus one additional per 15 children), a 6-foot lifeguard chair, and a mandatory swim test before activities begin - requiring U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jackets for non-swimmers. The bill prohibits aquatic activities in hot tubs, spas, saunas, portable pools, and unfiltered water containers. It applies to all day camps operating for less than four months yearly and takes effect June 1, 2026.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Mar 12, 2025 Last action Mar 13, 2025
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This change updates the bill's formatting and metadata from a filed draft version to the first official edition. The bill itself remains substantively unchanged, with no modifications to policy, requirements, or scope.
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Updated document header from 'FILED SENATE' with filing date to 'GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA' with session information and bill number.

Added reference to Rules and Operations of the Senate with date March 13, 2025 as the referral location.

Changed bill identifier from 'DRS15120-LU-74' to 'S273-v-1' to reflect the first edition version.

Updated page footer from 'DRS15120-LU-74' to 'Senate Bill 273-First Edition'.

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Mar 13, 2025
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