New York A 7878: Enacts the lead pipe replacement act

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A07878 Summary:

BILL NOA07878A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSRRomero, McDonald, Steck, Levenberg, Colton, Lunsford, Jacobson, Reyes, Shimsky, Kelles, Rosenthal,
 Gallagher, Santabarbara, Wright, Hevesi, Shrestha, Burdick, Hunter, Hooks, Simon, Meeks, Alvarez,
 Rajkumar, Woerner, Bores, Schiavoni, Stirpe, Moreno, Tapia, Cunningham, Gonzalez-Rojas, Seawright,
 Eachus, Bronson, Lee, Dilan, Valdez, Conrad, Magnarelli, Kim, Solages, Zinerman, Brown K, Carroll
 R, Carroll P, Forrest, Slater, Clark, Stern, Kassay, Torres, Powers, Bichotte Hermelyn, Anderson,
 Braunstein, Dinowitz, Simone, Rozic, Hyndman, Lupardo, Davila, Burke, Weprin, Raga, Barrett

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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.

Go to top A07878 Actions:

BILL NOA07878A

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04/11/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

05/22/2026amend and recommit to health

05/22/2026print number 7878a

05/27/2026reported referred to codes

Go to topA07878 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:HEALTH Chair:Paulin 
DATE:05/27/2026AYE/NAY:23/1 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes PaulinAyeJensenNay

DinowitzAyeGandolfoAye

RosenthalAyeBlumencranzAye

HevesiAyeGrayExcused

SteckAyeSlaterAye

BraunsteinAyeChludzinskiAye

Bichotte HermelAyeNorberAye

SayeghAyeDursoAye

McDonaldAye

ReyesAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

RajkumarAye

ForrestAye

KellesAye

LucasAye

MeeksExcused

LunsfordAye

CruzAye

Go to topA07878 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA07878 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7878--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 11, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, ROMERO, McDONALD, STECK, LEVENBERG,
 COLTON, LUNSFORD, JACOBSON, REYES, SHIMSKY, KELLES, ROSENTHAL,
 GALLAGHER, SANTABARBARA, WRIGHT, HEVESI, SHRESTHA, BURDICK, HUNTER,
 HOOKS, SIMON, MEEKS, ALVAREZ, RAJKUMAR, WOERNER, BORES, SCHIAVONI,
 STIRPE, MORENO, TAPIA, CUNNINGHAM, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, SEAWRIGHT, EACHUS,
 BRONSON, LEE, DILAN, VALDEZ, CONRAD, MAGNARELLI, KIM, SOLAGES, ZINER-
 MAN, K. BROWN, R. CARROLL, P. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in
 accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 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.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10763-06-6

 A. 7878--A 2

 1 (c) "Galvanized service line" means a service line made of iron or
 2 steel that has been dipped in zinc to prevent corrosion and rusting.
 3 (d) "Galvanized-requiring-replacement service line" means a galvanized
 4 service line that currently is or ever was downstream of a lead service
 5 line; or is currently downstream of a lead status unknown service line.
 6 For this definition, downstream means in the direction of flow through
 7 the service line. If the covered water system is unable to demonstrate
 8 that the galvanized service line was never down