Safe Waterways Act
Summary
Safe Waterways Act; Requiring, rather than authorizing, the Department of Health to adopt and enforce certain rules; requiring the department to notify a municipality or county if the department issues a health advisory against swimming on the basis of elevated bacteria levels in a public bathing place within the municipality’s or county’s jurisdiction; requiring the department to adopt by rule a certain health advisory sign; providing that municipalities and counties are responsible for maintaining the health advisory signs for affected beach waters and public bathing places that they own, etc.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Last action Mar 14, 2022
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Feb 2, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 02/07/22, 2:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Nov 3, 2021
Committee
Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Community Affairs; Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lori Berman
DDemocratic
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