2025-2026 Regular Session

HB543

Get the Lead Out of School Drinking Water Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to education, so as to require testing of drinking water in child care learning centers and schools for lead contamination; to provide for notice and reporting of test results and remediation plans; to provide for definitions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for an exemption; to prohibit waivers; to provide for related matters; to provide a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: House Education
Last status date: February 24, 2025
Last status update: House Second Readers
Pending committee: Education
Author: Bryce Berry
Co-sponsors: Mekyah McQueen Eric Bell Robert Dawson Tangie Herring

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Committee referrals

February 21, 2025 · House

Education

Instrument history

This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

February 24, 2025
House House Second Readers
February 21, 2025
House House First Readers
February 20, 2025
House House Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 1978513
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/HB543.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00