Pennsylvania 2025_0 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 32 D · 2 R cosponsors

HB 341 — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in grounds and buildings, providing for certified point-of-use filter required; establishing the Safe Schools Drinking Water Fund; and making an interfund transfer.

Last action — Referred to EDUCATION, Jan. 27, 2025

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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced January 27, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.

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Advancing 42% · moderate confidence

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Odds of enactment

Low

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  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 34 sponsors

    1 primary, 33 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (32 D · 2 R) — cross-party backing.

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Summary

Removing Lead from Drinking Water in Schools

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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This bill requires all school entities in Pennsylvania to install certified point-of-use water filters at drinking water outlets and establishes a funding program for this purpose.

  • Section 743

    Certified Point-of-Use Filter Required.--(a) By January 1, 2027, each school entity shall: (1) Ensure that all drinking water outlets in each school building within the school entity are equipped with certified point-of-use filters. (2) Remove and replace existing drinking water fountains without certified point-of-use filters with bottle-filling stations or drinking fountains equipped with certified point-of-use filters at the rate of at least one (1) per one hundred (100) students and staff. (3) Set up a filter maintenance and oversight schedule for all certified point-of-use filters installed under this subsection. The school entity shall follow the manufacturer's recommended maintenance and replacement protocols for all equipment and certified point-of-use filters installed under this subsection. (4) Ensure that all new drinking water outlets purchased for installation at a school building do not leach more than one (1) microgram of lead for test statistic Q or R, when normalized for a first draw sample up to or equal to one (1) liter in volume, as calculated in accordance with 2020 NSF International Standard 61, which became effective in 2020, and certified by an American National Standards Institute-accredited third party.

    This establishes new requirements for school entities to improve water safety by installing filtration systems.

  • Section 743

    To comply with the provisions of subsection (a), a school entity may: (1) Seek the assistance of a local board of health or a public water system. (2) Apply for a grant under subsection (c).

    It allows school entities to seek assistance and apply for grants to help fund the required installations.

  • Section 743

    The department shall develop a grant program for eligible school entities as provided under this subsection. The following shall apply: (1) A grant award shall be used for: (i) The installation of certified point-of-use filters on drinking water outlets. (ii) The replacement of drinking water fountains with bottle-filling stations or drinking fountains equipped with certified point-of-use filters.

    Establishes a grant program to financially assist schools in meeting the new water safety requirements.

  • Section 743

    The Safe Schools Drinking Water Fund is established as a separate fund in the State Treasury. Money in the fund shall be appropriated to the department on a continuing basis for the purpose of awarding grants under this section.

    Creates a dedicated fund to finance the grant program for the filter installations.

  • Section 743

    The department may award up to ten million dollars ($10,000,000) in grants each fiscal year for the three (3) fiscal years following the effective date of this subsection.

    Specifies the amount of funding available annually for grants to support implementation of the new filtration requirements.

  • Section 743

    Nothing in this section shall be construed to place additional requirements on a school entity that, prior to the effective date of this subsection, has already taken measures which, in the judgment of the department, permanently eliminate the risk of elevated lead levels in the school entity's water at all drinking water outlets.

    Exempts schools that already comply with lead safety standards from additional requirements.

Action History

  1. Referred to EDUCATION, Jan. 27, 2025

Sponsors

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 341 do?
Removing Lead from Drinking Water in Schools
Who sponsors HB 341?
HB 341 is sponsored by Paul Friel (Democratic), Abby Major (Republican), Nathan Davidson (Democratic), John C. Inglis III (Democratic), Eddie Day Pashinski (Democratic), La'Tasha D. Mayes (Democratic), Mandy Steele (Democratic), Jason Ortitay (Republican), Robert E. Merski (Democratic), Malcolm Kenyatta (Democratic), Lisa A. Borowski (Democratic), Nikki Rivera (Democratic), Jennifer O'Mara (Democratic), Patrick J. Harkins (Democratic), Danielle Friel Otten (Democratic), Carol Hill-Evans (Democratic), Steven R. Malagari (Democratic), Michael H. Schlossberg (Democratic), Joseph C. Hohenstein (Democratic), Joe Ciresi (Democratic), Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (Democratic), Kristine C. Howard (Democratic), Nancy Guenst (Democratic), Jose Giral (Democratic), Ben Waxman (Democratic), Carol Kazeem (Democratic), Chris Pielli (Democratic), Tarah Probst (Democratic), Jeanne McNeill (Democratic), Benjamin V. Sanchez (Democratic), Tarik Khan (Democratic), G. Roni Green (Democratic), Greg Scott (Democratic), and Maureen E. Madden (Democratic).
What is the current status of HB 341?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced January 27, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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