Enacts the Legionnaires' disease prevention act
Summary
Requires the department of environmental conservation and the department of health, owners or operators of public water systems, and owners or operators of buildings to take actions to prevent and control waterborne pathogens including legionella from source-to-tap.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Sep 12, 2025
Last action Jul 15, 2026
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MODERATE
The bill was amended to add four new sponsors and update the legislative history to reflect committee actions. Substantively, the deadline for water systems to begin compliance was extended from 120 days to one year, and the timeline for the Department of Environmental Conservation to adopt new rules was extended from one year to eighteen months. Additionally, the specific chlorine residual requirement was clarified to distinguish between free chlorine (0.5 mg/L) and monochloramine systems (1 mg/L).
TIMELINE
The deadline for water system owners to begin compliance was extended from 120 days to one year after the bill's effective date.
The deadline for the Department of Environmental Conservation to adopt new rules and regulations was extended from one year to eighteen months after the bill's effective date.
REQUIREMENT
The disinfectant residual requirement was clarified to specify that free chlorine must be at least 0.5 mg/L, while systems using monochloramine must maintain at least 1 mg/L.
ELIGIBILITY
Four additional members (Wright, Reyes, Tapia, Lasher, Levenberg, Simone, Hevesi) were added to the list of bill sponsors.
SCOPE
The bill's status was updated to reflect that it was amended, discharged from committee, and reprinted.
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Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Jul 15, 2026
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 9095A
lower
Jul 15, 2026
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
lower
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO HEALTH
lower
Sep 12, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO HEALTH
lower
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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