Drinking water; maximum contaminant levels, water treatment systems.
Summary
Drinking water; maximum contaminant levels;water treatment systems; Rural Water Supply Program and Fund established. Directs the State Board of Health to adopt regulations to utilizepoint-of-use or point-of-entry drinking water treatment or filtrationto remove or significantly reduce concentrations of contaminantsof concern that meet or exceed any maximum contaminant level orhealth advisory for the same contaminant adopted by the U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency. The bill also establishes the Rural Water SupplyProgram and Fund to allow the Department of Health's Office of DrinkingWater to test and treat contaminated drinking water for individualson private wells and small rural public water systems.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 10, 2024
Last action Feb 8, 2024
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Feb 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025
lower
Jan 23, 2024
Committee
Assigned sub: Health
lower
Jan 10, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ellen McLaughlin
RRepublican
Co
Chris Runion
RRepublican
Co
Mike Webert
RRepublican
Co
Terry Kilgore
RRepublican
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