HOUSE BILL REPORT

HB 1375

BYRepresentative Kremen

Requiring certification of electric spa equipment.

House Committe on Commerce & Labor

Majority Report:  The substitute bill be substituted therefor and the substitute bill do pass.  (10)

      Signed by Representatives Vekich, Chair; Cole, Vice Chair; Patrick, Ranking Republican Member; Jones, R. King, Leonard, Prentice, Smith, Walker and Wolfe.

House Staff:Chris Cordes (786-7117)

AS REPORTED BY COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE & LABOR MARCH 1, 1989

BACKGROUND:

Since 1986, each piece of electrical equipment associated with spas, hot tubs, swimming pools, and hydromassage bathtubs has been required to bear a certification mark from an approved electrical products testing laboratory.

SUMMARY:

SUBSTITUTE BILL:  Hydromassage bathtubs may not be offered for sale or exchange unless the complete unit, the tub and the electrical equipment, is certified by an approved electrical products testing laboratory.

SUBSTITUTE BILL COMPARED TO ORIGINAL:  The substitute bill removes language that is duplicated in the statute and codifies the remaining new language in the appropriate section.

Fiscal Note:      Available.

House Committee ‑ Testified For:    Representative Pete Kremen, Prime Sponsor;  Ralph Rodenberg; and Dennis Fox.

House Committee - Testified Against:      No one.

House Committee - Testimony For:    Although the state inspects electrical installations, they cannot inspect fully installed inside bathtub units.  Therefore, these complete units should be certified by an approved testing laboratory.

House Committee - Testimony Against:      None.