VGBA Reauthorization Builds Momentum
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The Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Reauthorization Act (VGBA) continues to gain support in both the House and Senate. PHTA has endorsed the bill, which seeks to reauthorize and update 2008 legislation requiring every public pool in the US to install safe drain covers that prevent suction entrapment.
The bill has gained support since being introduced on May 24, in both the House (H.R. 7877) by Reps. Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and Carter (R-TX) and in the Senate (S. 4296) by Sens. Klobuchar (D-MN) and Blunt (R-MO). The House bill now has 15 cosponsors with Reps. Castor (D-FL) and Bourdeaux (D-GA) recently signing on in support.
