SB 1706: Water Testing for Pollution
GENERAL BILL by Montford
Water Testing for Pollution; Authorizing specified persons or businesses that suspect contamination of their private water systems, multifamily water systems, or certain public water systems to request that the Department of Health or its agents test such source for pollution, under certain circumstances; requiring such testing to be done within a specified timeframe and follow certain procedures; revising the specified purposes that funds in a County Health Department Trust Fund may be used for to include the costs and expenditures related to certain water testing provisions, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Environment and Natural Resources (EN)
- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
- Appropriations (AP)
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 1/10/2020 | Senate |
• Filed |
| 1/17/2020 | Senate |
• Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 167 |
| 1/22/2020 | Senate |
• Introduced -SJ 167 |
| 2/5/2020 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 02/10/20, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building |
| 2/10/2020 | Senate |
• Favorable by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 267 • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services |
| 3/14/2020 | Senate |
• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services |