HB 1415 — An Act amending the act of May 1, 1984 (P.L.206, No.43), known as the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act, further providing for powers and duties of Environmental Quality Board.

Bill text

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PRINTER'S NO.    1616

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1415
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY ISAACSON, MERSKI, HARKINS, K.HARRIS, HILL-EVANS,
        MALAGARI, PROBST, RIVERA, SANCHEZ, WAXMAN AND HOHENSTEIN,
        MAY 5, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
        PREPAREDNESS, MAY 6, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of May 1, 1984 (P.L.206, No.43), entitled "An
 2      act providing for safe drinking water; imposing powers and
 3      duties on the Department of Environmental Resources in
 4      relation thereto; and appropriating certain funds," further
 5      providing for powers and duties of Environmental Quality
 6      Board.
 7      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 8   hereby enacts as follows:
 9      Section 1.    Section 4 of the act of May 1, 1984 (P.L.206,
10   No.43), known as the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act, is
11   amended by adding a subsection to read:
12   Section 4.   Powers and duties of Environmental Quality Board.
13      * * *
14      (d)   Testing requirement.--The Environmental Quality Board
15   shall require each entry point for a public water system to be
16   tested at least once per year for levels of perfluoroalkyl and
17   polyfluoroalkyl substances, regardless of previous test results
18   for an entry point.
19      Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

Predicted vote

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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

Activity

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1. 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Environmental And Natural Resource Protection Committee · pa-leg
2. 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Veterans Affairs And Emergency Preparedness Committee · pa-leg
3. 2025-05-06 · cosponsored by La'Tasha D. Mayes (cosponsor) · sponsorship
4. 2025-05-06 · cosponsored by Dan K. Williams (cosponsor) · sponsorship
5. 2025-05-06 · cosponsored by Jim Haddock (cosponsor) · sponsorship
6. 2025-05-06 · cosponsored by Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (cosponsor) · sponsorship
7. 2025-05-06 · cosponsored by Patrick J. Harkins (cosponsor) · sponsorship
8. 2025-05-06 · cosponsored by Benjamin V. Sanchez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
9. 2025-05-06 · cosponsored by Steven R. Malagari (cosponsor) · sponsorship
10. 2025-05-06 · cosponsored by Tarah Probst (cosponsor) · sponsorship
11. 2025-05-06 · cosponsored by Carol Hill-Evans (cosponsor) · sponsorship
12. 2025-05-06 · cosponsored by Ed Neilson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
13. 2025-05-06 · cosponsored by Keith S. Harris (cosponsor) · sponsorship
14. 2025-05-06 · cosponsored by Ben Waxman (cosponsor) · sponsorship
15. 2025-05-06 · cosponsored by Robert E. Merski (cosponsor) · sponsorship
16. 2025-05-06 · cosponsored by Nikki Rivera (cosponsor) · sponsorship
17. 2025-05-06 · sponsored by MaryLouise Isaacson (sponsor) · sponsorship
18. 2025-05-06 · cosponsored by Joseph C. Hohenstein (cosponsor) · sponsorship
19. 2025-05-06 · cosponsored by Melissa L. Shusterman (cosponsor) · sponsorship
20. 2025-05-06 · cosponsored by Paul Friel (cosponsor) · sponsorship