2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

HB1295: Drinking water; maximum contaminant levels, water treatment systems.

Legislative 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 utilize point-of-use or point-of-entry drinking water treatment or filtration to remove or significantly reduce concentrations of contaminants of concern that meet or exceed any maximum contaminant level or health advisory for the same contaminant adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The bill also establishes the Rural Water Supply Program and Fund to allow the Department of Health's Office of Drinking Water to test and treat contaminated drinking water for individuals on private wells and small rural public water systems.

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Bill History

1/10/2024
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101405D
House of Delegates
1/10/2024
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
House of Delegates
1/10/2024
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
House of Delegates
1/23/2024
Assigned sub: Health
House of Delegates
2/1/2024
Impact statement from DPB (HB1295)
House of Delegates
2/6/2024
Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 (Voice Vote)
House of Delegates
2/8/2024
Continued to 2025 in Health and Human Services (Voice Vote)
House of Delegates
11/18/2024
Left in Health and Human Services
House of Delegates

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/10/2024)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Health and Human Services(House of Delegates)

Documents

Prefiled
Bill Text1/10/20245.6 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis7/8/202475.1 KB