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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 783

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Relating to: disinfection of drinking water supplied by a municipal water system. (FE)

Natural resources department of — Environmental protection Water supply Waterworks

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law prohibits the Department of Natural Resources from requiring a

municipal water system to provide continuous disinfection of the water that it

supplies unless federal law requires continuous disinfection or unless water quality

data, well construction, or water system construction indicates a potential health

hazard.

This bill requires a municipal water system to provide continuous disinfection

of the water that it provides.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Miller (D)

1 cosponsors

Pope (D)

Full history

  1. Feb 6, 2020 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Miller; cosponsored by Representative Pope

  2. Feb 6, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy

  3. Feb 18, 2020 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1