BILL NUMBER: AB 2051INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Campos FEBRUARY 23, 2012 An act relating to drinking water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2051, as introduced, Campos. Public drinking water standards: hexavalent chromium. The Calderon-Sher Safe Drinking Water Act of 1996 requires the State Department of Public Health to, among other things, adopt regulations relating to primary and secondary standards for contaminants in drinking water. Existing law requires the department to establish a primary drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium on or before January 1, 2004. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would set a deadline for the department to establish a maximum contaminant level for hexavalent chromium in drinking water. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would set a deadline for the State Department of Public Health to establish a maximum contaminant level for hexavalent chromium in drinking water.