SB 428 (2026) Senate analysis

The February 11, 2026 final analysis includes 2024 Florida drowning counts and 2025 reporting on the state's swimming-lesson voucher program. Its prominent statement that formal lessons reduce drowning risk by 88 percent cites the same 2009 case-control study used in the House analysis.

Recent problem and program data support the existence and scale of the policy concern. The older effectiveness study remains material to the claimed benefit, so the record should separate current context from the age of the effect-size evidence.