Pennsylvania 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 31 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.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    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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Low

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  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 33 sponsors

    1 primary, 32 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (31 D · 2 R) — cross-party backing.

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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 filters at drinking water outlets and establishes the Safe Schools Drinking Water Fund to provide grants for compliance.

  • 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 section mandates the installation of certified point-of-use water filters in schools by a specified date.

  • Section 743

    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.

    This establishes a dedicated fund to support schools in achieving compliance with the new drinking water filter requirements.

  • Section 743

    The department shall develop a grant program for eligible school entities as provided under this subsection.

    This creates a framework for providing financial assistance to schools for implementing drinking water safety measures.

  • Section 743

    The department, in consultation with the Department of Education and the Department of Health, shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement this section.

    This provision allows for the development of necessary regulations to support the implementation of the drinking water requirements.

  • Section 2

    The sum of $30,000,000 is transferred from the General Fund to the Safe Schools Drinking Water Fund.

    This allocates funding to support the initiatives outlined in the bill.

Action History

  1. Referred to Education

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 32 co-sponsors · 220 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (32)

Not signed on (220)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 341?
HB 341 is sponsored by G. Roni Green (Democratic), Tarik Khan (Democratic), Patrick J. Harkins (Democratic), Jennifer O'Mara (Democratic), Nikki Rivera (Democratic), Lisa A. Borowski (Democratic), Malcolm Kenyatta (Democratic), Robert E. Merski (Democratic), Jason Ortitay (Republican), Mandy Steele (Democratic), La'Tasha D. Mayes (Democratic), Eddie Day Pashinski (Democratic), Abby Major (Republican), John C. Inglis III (Democratic), Nathan Davidson (Democratic), Paul Friel (Democratic), Maureen E. Madden (Democratic), Benjamin V. Sanchez (Democratic), Jeanne McNeill (Democratic), Tarah Probst (Democratic), Chris Pielli (Democratic), Carol Kazeem (Democratic), Ben Waxman (Democratic), Jose Giral (Democratic), Nancy Guenst (Democratic), Kristine C. Howard (Democratic), Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (Democratic), Joe Ciresi (Democratic), Joseph C. Hohenstein (Democratic), Michael H. Schlossberg (Democratic), Steven R. Malagari (Democratic), Carol Hill-Evans (Democratic), and Danielle Friel Otten (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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