Connecticut HB 5167: AN ACT CONCERNING THE DISCLOSURE OF WATER QUALITY TEST RESULTS FOR CERTAIN PRIVATE AND SEMIPUBLIC WELLS.

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5167
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 1125

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH

Introduced by:
(PH)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DISCLOSURE OF WATER QUALITY
TEST RESULTS FOR CERTAIN PRIVATE AND SEMIPUBLIC WELLS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of section 19a-37 of the 1
2026 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is 2
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 3
(c) (1) Any laboratory or firm which conducts a water quality test on 4
a private well serving a residential property or semipublic well in the 5
state shall, not later than thirty days after the completion of such test, 6
report the results of such test to the local health authority of the 7
municipality where the property is located and the Department of 8
Public Health in a format specified by the department. Results 9
submitted to the Department of Public Health or the local health 10
authority pursuant to this subsection, information obtained from any 11
Department of Public Health or local health authority investigation 12
regarding those results and any Department of Public Health or local 13
health authority study of morbidity and mortality regarding the results 14
shall be confidential pursuant to section 19a-25, except the local health 15

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authority and the department may [, if approved by the commissioner,] 16
disclose the results or information obtained from an investigation of the 17
results to (A) the owner of the property on which the well is located, the 18
owner of any other property that obtains water from the well, and the 19
owner of each property that is adjacent to the property on which the 20
well is located or to any other property that obtains water from the well, 21
(B) a prospective buyer of such property who has signed a contract to 22
purchase such property, (C) other persons or entities, when such 23
disclosure is necessary to carry out a statutory or regulatory 24
responsibility of the local health authority or department, [or] and (D) 25
an agent of a state agency. 26
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 October 1, 2026 19a-37(c)(1)

PH Joint Favorable