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2020 SESSION
HB 797 Local school boards; lead testing, report, parental notification.
Introduced by: Alex Q. Askew | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Local school boards; lead testing; report; parental notification. Requires each local school board's plan to test and remediate certain potable water sources to be consistent with guidance published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or the Department of Health. The bill requires each local school board to submit such testing plan and report the results of any such test to the Department of Health. The bill also requires local school boards to take all necessary steps to notify parents if testing results indicate lead contamination that exceeds 10 parts per billion. The bill is identical to SB 392.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101840D pdf
- 01/29/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20105277D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/26/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB797ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/11/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0293) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101840D
- 01/07/20 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/13/20 House: Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
- 01/27/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20105277D-H1
- 01/29/20 House: Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/20 House: Read first time
- 02/03/20 House: Read second time
- 02/03/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20105277D-H1
- 02/03/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB797H1
- 02/04/20 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/20 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/13/20 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/20 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/19/20 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/20 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/20 House: Enrolled
- 02/26/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB797ER)
- 02/27/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/27/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/05/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
- 03/05/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
- 03/11/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 293 (effective 7/1/20)
- 03/11/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0293)