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State Water Board staff outline 2025 drinking-water bills; AB 1096, SB 31 and SB 466 shape near-term work
Summary
Office of Legislative Affairs summarized bills affecting drinking water: AB 1096 increases lead-testing transparency in schools, SB 31 expands recycled-water uses and requires Board rulemaking, SB 466 provides liability protections for hexavalent-chromium compliance (effective Jan. 2026); SB 454 (PFAS fund) was vetoed.
Amanda Simpson, legislative analyst in the Board’s Office of Legislative Affairs, presented the drinking-water bills that reached the governor this year and explained near-term implementation tasks for the State Water Board.
Simpson said AB 1096 (Connolly) — a lead-in-schools bill — requires community water systems to document outreach for lead testing in school and childcare systems, submit the…
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