CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1056Introduced by Senators Portantino and Lena GonzalezFebruary 18, 2020An act to add Section 116379 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to drinking water.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1056, as introduced, Portantino. Drinking water: testing: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, requires the State Water Resources Control Board to administer provisions relating to the regulation of drinking water to protect public health, including, but not limited to, conducting research, studies, and demonstration programs relating to the provision of a dependable, safe supply of drinking water, enforcing the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, and adopting implementing regulations. The implementing regulations are required to include, but are not limited to, the monitoring of contaminants, including the type of contaminant, the frequency and method of sampling and testing, and the reporting of results.The act authorizes the state board to order a public water system to monitor for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, in accordance with conditions set by the state board, and requires a laboratory that has a specified accreditation or certification to perform the analysis of any material required by an order to monitor for those substances.This bill would require the state board, on or before January 1, 2022, to certify a methodology or methodologies for testing drinking water, groundwater, and surface water for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, as provided, and to accredit qualified laboratories in California to analyze perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances pursuant to the adopted methodology or methodologies.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 116379 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:116379. The state board, on or before January 1, 2022, shall do both of the following:(a) Certify a methodology or methodologies for testing drinking water, groundwater, and surface water for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances as a class or for a reasonable proxy for the class.(b) Accredit qualified laboratories in California to analyze perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances pursuant to the methodology or methodologies adopted under subdivision (a).
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1056Introduced by Senators Portantino and Lena GonzalezFebruary 18, 2020An act to add Section 116379 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to drinking water.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1056, as introduced, Portantino. Drinking water: testing: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, requires the State Water Resources Control Board to administer provisions relating to the regulation of drinking water to protect public health, including, but not limited to, conducting research, studies, and demonstration programs relating to the provision of a dependable, safe supply of drinking water, enforcing the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, and adopting implementing regulations. The implementing regulations are required to include, but are not limited to, the monitoring of contaminants, including the type of contaminant, the frequency and method of sampling and testing, and the reporting of results.The act authorizes the state board to order a public water system to monitor for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, in accordance with conditions set by the state board, and requires a laboratory that has a specified accreditation or certification to perform the analysis of any material required by an order to monitor for those substances.This bill would require the state board, on or before January 1, 2022, to certify a methodology or methodologies for testing drinking water, groundwater, and surface water for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, as provided, and to accredit qualified laboratories in California to analyze perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances pursuant to the adopted methodology or methodologies.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1056
Introduced by Senators Portantino and Lena GonzalezFebruary 18, 2020
Introduced by Senators Portantino and Lena Gonzalez
February 18, 2020
An act to add Section 116379 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to drinking water.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1056, as introduced, Portantino. Drinking water: testing: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, requires the State Water Resources Control Board to administer provisions relating to the regulation of drinking water to protect public health, including, but not limited to, conducting research, studies, and demonstration programs relating to the provision of a dependable, safe supply of drinking water, enforcing the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, and adopting implementing regulations. The implementing regulations are required to include, but are not limited to, the monitoring of contaminants, including the type of contaminant, the frequency and method of sampling and testing, and the reporting of results.The act authorizes the state board to order a public water system to monitor for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, in accordance with conditions set by the state board, and requires a laboratory that has a specified accreditation or certification to perform the analysis of any material required by an order to monitor for those substances.This bill would require the state board, on or before January 1, 2022, to certify a methodology or methodologies for testing drinking water, groundwater, and surface water for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, as provided, and to accredit qualified laboratories in California to analyze perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances pursuant to the adopted methodology or methodologies.
Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, requires the State Water Resources Control Board to administer provisions relating to the regulation of drinking water to protect public health, including, but not limited to, conducting research, studies, and demonstration programs relating to the provision of a dependable, safe supply of drinking water, enforcing the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, and adopting implementing regulations. The implementing regulations are required to include, but are not limited to, the monitoring of contaminants, including the type of contaminant, the frequency and method of sampling and testing, and the reporting of results.
The act authorizes the state board to order a public water system to monitor for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, in accordance with conditions set by the state board, and requires a laboratory that has a specified accreditation or certification to perform the analysis of any material required by an order to monitor for those substances.
This bill would require the state board, on or before January 1, 2022, to certify a methodology or methodologies for testing drinking water, groundwater, and surface water for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, as provided, and to accredit qualified laboratories in California to analyze perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances pursuant to the adopted methodology or methodologies.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 116379 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:116379. The state board, on or before January 1, 2022, shall do both of the following:(a) Certify a methodology or methodologies for testing drinking water, groundwater, and surface water for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances as a class or for a reasonable proxy for the class.(b) Accredit qualified laboratories in California to analyze perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances pursuant to the methodology or methodologies adopted under subdivision (a).
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 116379 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:116379. The state board, on or before January 1, 2022, shall do both of the following:(a) Certify a methodology or methodologies for testing drinking water, groundwater, and surface water for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances as a class or for a reasonable proxy for the class.(b) Accredit qualified laboratories in California to analyze perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances pursuant to the methodology or methodologies adopted under subdivision (a).
SECTION 1. Section 116379 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
116379. The state board, on or before January 1, 2022, shall do both of the following:(a) Certify a methodology or methodologies for testing drinking water, groundwater, and surface water for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances as a class or for a reasonable proxy for the class.(b) Accredit qualified laboratories in California to analyze perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances pursuant to the methodology or methodologies adopted under subdivision (a).
116379. The state board, on or before January 1, 2022, shall do both of the following:(a) Certify a methodology or methodologies for testing drinking water, groundwater, and surface water for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances as a class or for a reasonable proxy for the class.(b) Accredit qualified laboratories in California to analyze perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances pursuant to the methodology or methodologies adopted under subdivision (a).
116379. The state board, on or before January 1, 2022, shall do both of the following:(a) Certify a methodology or methodologies for testing drinking water, groundwater, and surface water for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances as a class or for a reasonable proxy for the class.(b) Accredit qualified laboratories in California to analyze perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances pursuant to the methodology or methodologies adopted under subdivision (a).
116379. The state board, on or before January 1, 2022, shall do both of the following:
(a) Certify a methodology or methodologies for testing drinking water, groundwater, and surface water for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances as a class or for a reasonable proxy for the class.
(b) Accredit qualified laboratories in California to analyze perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances pursuant to the methodology or methodologies adopted under subdivision (a).