Illinois House Bill 3445 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on February 15 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-21 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan "Yoni" Pizer
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Reduction of Lead Service Lines Act. Requires community water supplies to identify and replace all lead service lines that connect to a water main. Provides that every community water supply in Illinois that has known lead service lines shall create a plan, to be submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency for approval, to replace all lead service lines and galvanized service lines if the service line is or was connected to lead piping. Provides that, within legal bounds, a community water supply shall have the authority to access private property and private residences for the sole purpose of identifying or replacing lead service lines or galvanized service lines. Provides that no person shall replace a portion of a lead service line without replacing the entirety of the line at the same time, except in cases of emergency repair. Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to establish a comprehensive low-income water assistance policy and program. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Removes references to unaccounted-for water and replaces them with references to nonrevenue water. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission may allow or direct a water utility to establish a customer assistance program. Provides that certain entities that serve or provide water or sewer services shall prepare a summary of the cost of service for a given calendar year. Effective immediately.

LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT

Rep. Lamont Robinson [D]

Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez [D]

Sen. Sara Feigenholtz [D]

Rep. Jonathan Pizer [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-21	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan "Yoni" Pizer
2019-04-18	House	Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
2019-04-11	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
2019-04-11	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
2019-04-02	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
2019-03-29	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2019-03-20	House	To Commerce and Innovation Subcommittee
2019-03-05	House	Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee
2019-02-15	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2019-02-15	House	First Reading
2019-02-15	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
20	605	605-870	New Code	See Bill Text
220	5	8-306	Amended Code	Citation Text
415	5	17.11	Repealed Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3445&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB3445.htm