Reported by Chris Saldana on Las Vegas Now Eyewitness News

An effort to save young lives from drowning may be too expensive and too hard to enforce.

Lawmakers are looking at forcing all homeowners with swimming pools to install a protective barrier. But there are a lot of questions about who would make sure homeowners were following the law.

By law, pools would need to have a barrier, like a fence or an alarm system, in hopes of preventing drowning.

Pools can be enticing to anyone, young or old. But lately, Nevada is surpassing the national average when it comes to child drownings.

"As our valley grows, we have more people coming here who aren't used to having swimming pools," said Dustin Watters with Watters Aquatech.

Watters has been in the pool business for several years. He's also a father and understands why pool safety is a must.

Senate Bill 250 would require pool be enclosed with a fence or be equipped with an alarm -- a pretty costly expense for homeowners, "It's going to vary, depending on the level of protection. Door alarms, they'll run $20, $30, to $40. A fence is $1,000 and up."

Advocates of SB 250 shared their thoughts with lawmakers in Carson City Monday, saying there is no price on a child's life.

"We have seatbelt laws for a reason. We have car seat laws for a reason. To not have all our pools protected is unthinkable," said Dr. Diane Lipcomb.

Dr. Lipcomd has treated children who have fallen into pools for more than 10 years. She says homeowners need to think about the end result, instead of what a fence or alarm will do to their pool, "People are worried for cosmetic reason for having a pool fence up -- there's the option for the alarm. But there is no reason in our community that we don't have fences guarding our pools."

So far this year, two toddlers have died after falling into their family pools. No vote was taken Monday, it was just a committee hearing. A vote is expected by the end of the legislature.