New York S 6892: Enacts the lead pipe replacement act

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S06892 Summary:

BILL NOS06892A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRIVERA

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COSPNSRASHBY, BAILEY, BOTTCHER, BROUK, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FAHY, FERNANDEZ,
 GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HELMING, HINCHEY, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, LIU, MARTINEZ,
 MARTINS, MATTERA, MAY, MAYER, MYRIE, PARKER, RHOADS, ROLISON, SALAZAR, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SERRANO,
 SKOUFIS, STAVISKY, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §1114-c, Pub Health L

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Enacts the lead pipe replacement act to require the replacement of all lead service lines by November 1, 2037.

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BILL NOS06892A

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03/26/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

04/27/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

04/27/2026PRINT NUMBER 6892A

05/19/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6892--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 26, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, ASHBY, BOTTCHER, BROUK, CANZONERI-FITZPA-
 TRICK, COMRIE, FAHY, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, HARCKHAM, JACKSON, MARTINS,
 MAY, MAYER, ROLISON, SALAZAR, SERRANO, SKOUFIS, WEBB -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with
 Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to enacting the lead
 pipe replacement act

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "lead pipe replacement act".
 3 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 1114-c
 4 to read as follows:
 5 § 1114-c. Lead service line replacement. 1. Definitions. For the
 6 purposes of this section:
 7 (a) "Covered water system" means (i) a public water system that serves
 8 at least fifteen service connections used by year-round residents or
 9 regularly serves at least twenty-five year-round residents; or (ii) a
 10 public water system that regularly serves at least twenty-five of the
 11 same people, four hours or more per day, for four or more days per week,
 12 for twenty-six or more weeks per year.
 13 (b) "Service line" means any piping connecting a water main to the
 14 building plumbing at the first shut-off valve inside the building, or
 15 eighteen inches inside the building, whichever is shorter.
 16 (c) "Galvanized service line" means a service line made of iron or
 17 steel that has been dipped in zinc to prevent corrosion and rusting.
 18 (d) "Galvanized-requiring-replacement service line" means a galvanized
 19 service line that currently is or ever was downstream of a lead service
 20 line; or is currently downstream of a lead status unknown service line.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10763-03-6

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 1 For this definition, downstream means in the direction of flow through
 2 the service line. If the covered water system is unable to demonstrate
 3 that the galvanized service line was never downstream of a lead service
 4 line, it is a galvanized-requiring-replacement service line.
 5 (e) "Connector" means a short segment of piping not exceeding three
 6 feet that can be bent and is used for connections between service
 7 piping, typically connecting the service line to the water main. A
 8 connector may also be referred to as a gooseneck or pigtail.
 9 (f) "Lead connector" means a connector made of lead.
 10 (g) "Lead service line" means a service line made of lead or where a
 11 portion of the service line is made of lead. For the purposes of this
 12 section, a lead-lined galvanized service line and a galvanized-requir-
 13 ing-replacement service line shall be considered to be lead service
 14 lines. For the purposes of this section, the material status of a
 15 connector shall not determine whether a service line is a lead service
 16 line, provided however that a lead