20250SB__072498AMD INTRODUCED 2025-02-21 AMENDED_SENATE 2025-05-05 2025 SB AMD Introduced by Senator Richardson LEAD_AUTHOR SENATE Richardson

An act to add

Section to the Health and Safety Code, relating to drinking water. drinking water Public housing: lead testing. Existing law prohibits a person from using any pipe, pipe or plumbing fitting or fixture, solder, or flux that is not lead free in the installation or repair of any public water system or any plumbing in a facility providing water for human consumption, except when necessary for the repair of leaded joints of cast iron pipes.

Existing law requires a community water system to compile an inventory of known lead user service lines in use in its distribution system and identify areas that may have lead user service lines in use in its distribution system, as provided. This bill would require the owner of a public housing unit that is owned or managed by a city, county, city and county, or city, county, or city and county housing authority, to provide information to the residents of the public housing unit regarding any applicable existing program that offers free testing of the water for lead.

Because a local government would be required to provide a higher level of service by implementing its provisions, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

MAJORITY NO YES YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section is added to the Health and Safety Code , to read: 116886. A public water system, including community water systems and noncommunity water systems, that provides service to residents of "?> The owner of a public housing unit that is owned or managed by a city, county, city and county, or city, county, or city and county housing authority, shall provide information to the residents of the public housing unit regarding any applicable existing program that offers free testing of the water for lead. (b)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>For purposes of this section, noncommunity water system has the same meaning as in

Section 116275.</xhtml:p>"?>

SEC. 2. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to

Part 7 (commencing with

Section 17500) of Division of Title of the Government Code.