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2020 SESSION
SB 845 School buildings, public; mold testing, effective date.
Introduced by: Adam P. Ebbin | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Local school boards; mold testing; parental notification. Requires each local school board to develop and implement a plan to test and, if necessary, a plan to remediate mold in public school buildings in accordance with guidance issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The bill requires each local school board to (i) submit such testing plan and report the results of any test performed in accordance with such plan to the Department of Health and (ii) take all steps necessary to notify school staff and the parents of all enrolled students if testing results indicate the presence of mold in a public school building at or above the minimum level that raises a concern for the health of building occupants, as determined by the Department of Health. The bill has an effective date of July 1, 2021.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103494D pdf | impact statement
- 01/30/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20106552D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/12/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB845ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/07/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0780) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
- House amendments engrossed
HISTORY
- 01/08/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103494D
- 01/08/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/20/20 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 01/30/20 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (11-Y 4-N)
- 01/30/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20106552D-S1
- 01/31/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/20 Senate: Read second time
- 02/03/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/03/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20106552D-S1
- 02/03/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB845S1
- 02/04/20 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-N)
- 02/12/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/12/20 House: Read first time
- 02/12/20 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/12/20 House: Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
- 02/17/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- 02/19/20 House: Reported from Education (18-Y 2-N)
- 02/21/20 House: Motion to refer to committee agreed to
- 02/21/20 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/21/20 House: Read second time
- 02/23/20 House: Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
- 02/26/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/20 House: Reported from Appropriations with amendment (21-Y 1-N)
- 03/03/20 House: Read second time
- 03/04/20 House: Read third time
- 03/04/20 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 03/04/20 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 03/04/20 House: Passed House with amendment (92-Y 6-N)
- 03/04/20 House: VOTE: Passage (92-Y 6-N)
- 03/05/20 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/12/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/12/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB845ER)
- 03/12/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/17/20 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
- 03/17/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/07/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 780 (effective 7/1/21)
- 04/07/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0780)