HB 1415 — An Act amending the act of May 1, 1984 (P.L.206, No.43), known as the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act, further providing for powers and duties of Environmental Quality Board.
Congress · introduced 2025-05-06
Latest action: — Re-referred to ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION, June 4, 2025
Sponsors
- MaryLouise Isaacson (D, PA-175) — sponsor · 2025-05-06
- Robert E. Merski (D, PA-2) — cosponsor · 2025-05-06
- Patrick J. Harkins (D, PA-1) — cosponsor · 2025-05-06
- Keith S. Harris (D, PA-195) — cosponsor · 2025-05-06
- Carol Hill-Evans (D, PA-95) — cosponsor · 2025-05-06
- Steven R. Malagari (D, PA-53) — cosponsor · 2025-05-06
- Tarah Probst (D, PA-189) — cosponsor · 2025-05-06
- Nikki Rivera (D, PA-96) — cosponsor · 2025-05-06
- Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, PA-153) — cosponsor · 2025-05-06
- Ben Waxman (D, PA-182) — cosponsor · 2025-05-06
- Joseph C. Hohenstein (D, PA-177) — cosponsor · 2025-05-06
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D, PA-129) — cosponsor · 2025-05-06
- Dan K. Williams (D, PA-74) — cosponsor · 2025-05-06
- La'Tasha D. Mayes (D, PA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-05-06
- Ed Neilson (D, PA-174) — cosponsor · 2025-05-06
- Paul Friel (D, PA-26) — cosponsor · 2025-05-06
- Jim Haddock (D, PA-118) — cosponsor · 2025-05-06
- Melissa L. Shusterman (D, PA-157) — cosponsor · 2025-05-06
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, May 6, 2025
- · house — Re-reported with request to re-refer to ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION, June 4, 2025
- · house — Re-referred to ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION, June 4, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 1616 · 1,624 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 1616
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1415
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY ISAACSON, MERSKI, HARKINS, K.HARRIS, HILL-EVANS,
MALAGARI, PROBST, RIVERA, SANCHEZ, WAXMAN AND HOHENSTEIN,
MAY 5, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, MAY 6, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 1, 1984 (P.L.206, No.43), entitled "An
2 act providing for safe drinking water; imposing powers and
3 duties on the Department of Environmental Resources in
4 relation thereto; and appropriating certain funds," further
5 providing for powers and duties of Environmental Quality
6 Board.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 4 of the act of May 1, 1984 (P.L.206,
10 No.43), known as the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act, is
11 amended by adding a subsection to read:
12 Section 4. Powers and duties of Environmental Quality Board.
13 * * *
14 (d) Testing requirement.--The Environmental Quality Board
15 shall require each entry point for a public water system to be
16 tested at least once per year for levels of perfluoroalkyl and
17 polyfluoroalkyl substances, regardless of previous test results
18 for an entry point.
19 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.Connected on the graph
Outbound (2)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Environmental And Natural Resource Protection Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Veterans Affairs And Emergency Preparedness Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Committees
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MaryLouise Isaacson (D, state_lower PA-175) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Ben Waxman (D, state_lower PA-182) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, state_lower PA-153) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Carol Hill-Evans (D, state_lower PA-95) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Dan K. Williams (D, state_lower PA-74) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Ed Neilson (D, state_lower PA-174) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Jim Haddock (D, state_lower PA-118) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D, state_lower PA-129) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Joseph C. Hohenstein (D, state_lower PA-177) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Keith S. Harris (D, state_lower PA-195) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | La'Tasha D. Mayes (D, state_lower PA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Melissa L. Shusterman (D, state_lower PA-157) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Nikki Rivera (D, state_lower PA-96) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Patrick J. Harkins (D, state_lower PA-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Paul Friel (D, state_lower PA-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Robert E. Merski (D, state_lower PA-2) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Steven R. Malagari (D, state_lower PA-53) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Tarah Probst (D, state_lower PA-189) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Environmental And Natural Resource Protection Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Veterans Affairs And Emergency Preparedness Committee · pa-leg