School boards; school buildings, potable water, lead testing. (HB1578)

Introduced By

Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church) with support from co-patron Del. Wendy Gooditis (D-Clarke)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

School boards; school buildings; potable water; lead testing. Requires each local school board's plan for testing potable water sources in school buildings to provide for such testing as often as is required of the supplying public water system by the Virginia Department of Health's Office of Drinking Water pursuant to regulations established in accordance with the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. The bill requires such plan and the results of each test conducted pursuant to such plan to be posted on the local school board's website and reported to the Virginia Department of Health. The bill provides that if the results of any test conducted in accordance with the plan indicate a level of lead in the potable water that is at or above 20 parts per billion, the school board shall develop, implement, post on its website, and report to the Virginia Department of Health a plan to remediate the level of lead in the potable water to below 20 parts per billion and confirm such remediation by retesting the water at two consecutive six-month intervals, consistent with the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/19/2018Committee
01/19/2018Presented and ordered printed 18103827D
01/19/2018Referred to Committee on Education
01/26/2018Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #2
02/13/2018Left in Education