A 11112 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to reporting of drinking water lead testing in schools

Summary

Requires the department of health, in consultation with the commissioner of education, to create and issue a five-year plan with proposals to best mitigate the persistence of lead in schools.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Apr 24, 2026 Last action May 19, 2026

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What changed between versions

A11112 → A11112A · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to remove a requirement for school districts to immediately publish and transmit lead testing results, replacing it with a mandate for the Department of Health to create a comprehensive five-year plan. This shift moves the focus from immediate individual reporting by schools to a strategic, state-led approach that prioritizes improving testing accuracy, verifying remediation, and establishing standardized criteria for distinguishing between repaired and inoperable water outlets.

Scope change

The scope of immediate action shifted from requiring every school district to actively report and transmit data to requiring the Department of Health to develop a statewide strategic plan that includes technical improvements and funding proposals.

REQUIREMENT

Removed the requirement for school districts to make copies of all lead testing results and remediation plans immediately available on their websites and transmit them to state and county health departments.

Added a requirement for the Department of Health to create a five-year plan that specifies improvements to testing accuracy and methods for verifying that lead remediation has actually occurred before water outlets are returned to service.

Added a requirement for the plan to establish standardized criteria to distinguish between outlets that have been repaired or replaced versus those that have been taken out of service or rendered inoperable.

TIMELINE

Removed the provision requiring the act to take effect immediately, replacing it with a standard timeline of 180 days after the bill becomes law.

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Committee

Amendments

May 19, 2026

Committee

REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

lower

May 15, 2026

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 11112A

lower

May 15, 2026

Lower · Passed

AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

lower

Apr 24, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO HEALTH

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors