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Sponsors outline 15-year plan in House hearing for Lead Line Replacement Act
Summary
Sponsors of House Bill 307 told the House Development Committee the bill would require public water systems in Ohio to identify and replace lead service lines over 15 years, provide interim filters and education, prohibit shutoffs for inability to pay, and include prevailing-wage and workforce-training provisions; sponsors estimated statewide replacement would cost roughly $4–5 billion.
Representatives Jerrells and Rob Blaisdell told the House Development Committee that House Bill 307, the Lead Line Replacement Act, would require publicly owned water systems in Ohio to identify and replace lead service lines statewide over a 15-year period.
“This is a lead pipe,” Representative Jerrells said as he held up a section of piping to the committee, adding that he speaks from personal experience as “a survivor of lead poisoning.” He said the bill would remove what he described as roughly 745,000 legacy lead service lines in Ohio, require filters and education to protect families during partial replacements and bar service shutoffs…
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