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HR 1 Engrossed 2017 First Extraordinary Session Bishop
Abstract: Adds drinking water standards to the subject matter jurisdiction of the Committee on
Health and Welfare and provides that laws regulating water resources are within the subject
matter jurisdiction of the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
Present House Rule provides that laws regulating clean water, drinking water, and ground water are
within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
Proposed House Rule provides instead that laws regulating water resources are within the subject
matter jurisdiction of the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment and that drinking water
standards are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Committee on Health and Welfare.
(Amends House Rule 6.6(M)(20); Adds House Rule 6.6(G)(18))