Rep. Randy Bridges, who represents District 3,Â
submitted Bill Request 832 Friday, which would require barriers and main drain protection on residential above-ground and in-ground swimming pools. The measure is in the very early stages and has not been voted on by the Kentucky General Assembly.
The prefiled measure, also known as Ava s Law, is named after Ava Jenkins, who was 2-and-a-half years old when she climbed into a neighbor s pool in Reidland in September 2019.
Photo credit: Jenkins family
Kari Jenkins, Ava s mother, said it was a day like any other. Her oldest son, Devin, had moved to the University of Louisville for school, so Kari and her husband, Bryan, were redoing Devin s room to move one of their younger sons into it.