Drinking water: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
What changed between versions
New section amends Health and Safety Code Section 116760.41 to explicitly allow moneys in the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and special accounts to be considered eligible and expended for projects addressing PFAS in drinking water, consistent with the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.
The bill's appropriation status changed from 'no' to 'yes' because expanding the purposes of a continuously appropriated fund constitutes an appropriation under California law.
The bill's title and digest were restructured to reflect that it now both adds Chapter 4.9 and amends Section 116760.41, shifting the framing from a new standalone funding program to an expansion of existing revolving fund eligibility.
Legislative findings were narrowed in several places: 'community water supplies and wastewater' was changed to just 'community water supplies,' and references to 'water, wastewater, and recycled water' in the intent section were shortened to 'our water supplies.'
The implementation mechanism for the new Section 116760.41 provision directs the board to use its existing process to update its policy handbook (consistent with Section 116760.43), rather than creating a new policy handbook or workplan as the original Chapter 4.9 provision contemplated.
