New York S 3581: Provides lead service line identification for certain water systems

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S03581 Summary:

BILL NOS03581 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02181

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SPONSORRIVERA

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COSPNSRASHBY, BOTTCHER, CLEARE, FERNANDEZ, GOUNARDES, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, MARTINS, PARKER, RHOADS, ROLISON,
 RYAN C, SALAZAR, SERRANO, SKOUFIS, STAVISKY

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §1114-c, Pub Health L

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Provides lead service line identification by a public water system that serves certain areas.

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BILL NOS03581 

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01/28/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

04/08/20251ST REPORT CAL.656

04/09/20252ND REPORT CAL.

04/10/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/12/2025PASSED SENATE

06/12/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/12/2025referred to health

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

02/24/20261ST REPORT CAL.393

02/25/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/26/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/21/2026PASSED SENATE

04/21/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/22/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3581

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, CLEARE, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to lead service line
 identification

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

 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2 1114-c to read as follows:
 3 § 1114-c. Lead service line identification. 1. For the purposes of
 4 this section:
 5 (a) "Covered water system" means (i) a public water system that serves
 6 at least fifteen service connections used by year-round residents or
 7 regularly serves at least twenty-five year-round residents; or (ii) a
 8 public water system that regularly serves at least twenty-five of the
 9 same people, four hours or more per day, for four or more days per week,
 10 for twenty-six or more weeks per year.
 11 (b) "Service line" means any piping connecting a water main to a
 12 building inlet.
 13 (c) "Galvanized service line" means iron or steel piping that has been
 14 dipped in zinc to prevent corrosion and rusting.
 15 (d) "Gooseneck, pigtail, or connector" means a short section of
 16 piping, typically not exceeding two feet, which can be bent and used for
 17 connections between rigid service piping, typically connecting the
 18 service line to the water main.
 19 (e) "Lead service line" means a service line made of lead or where a
 20 portion of the service line is made of lead. A gooseneck, pigtail, or
 21 connector made of lead shall be considered a lead service line, regard-
 22 less of length and regardless of the material of the service line to
 23 which such gooseneck, pigtail, or connector is attached. A galvanized
 24 service line shall be considered a lead service line if it is currently
 25 or ever was downstream of a lead service line or is currently downstream

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04768-01-5

 S. 3581 2

 1 in the direction of flow of a lead status unknown service line. If the
 2 covered water system is unable to demonstrate that the galvanized
 3 service line was never downstream of a lead service line, the galvanized
 4 service line shall be considered a lead service line.
 5 (f) "Customer" means an owner of real property served by the covered
 6 public water system.
 7 (g) "Property" means real property served by the covered public water
 8 system.
 9 (h) "Non-owner adult occupant" means a person, age eighteen or older,
 10 other than the customer that is occupying, with the consent of the
 11 customer, real property served by the covered water system, including
 12 but not limited to tenants and occupants as defined in section two
 13 hundred thirty-five-f of the real property law.
 14 (i) "Locally adopted code" means any local law, local ordinance, or
 15 covered water system rule or regulation.
 16 2. When consent and access to a property cannot be readily obtained by
 17 a covered water system f