AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LEAD POISONING PREVENTION ACT
Summary
Requires any licensed lab performing blood lead analyses of a child under 6 to be certified by the director and said laboratory must perform this test regardless of the child or child’s parent’s ability to pay and at no cost.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House Passage
Jun 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Mar 4, 2026
Signed Jun 10, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Mar 24, 2026
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 36
Mar 24, 2026
D
Democratic32
93% Yea
R
Republican4
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Jun 10, 2026
Signed into law
06/10/2026 Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
06/04/2026 House passed in concurrence
lower
May 28, 2026
Legislature · Passed
05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
legislature
Mar 25, 2026
Committee
03/25/2026 Referred to House Health & Human Services
lower
Mar 24, 2026
Upper · Passed
03/24/2026 Senate read and passed
upper
Mar 10, 2026
Legislature · Passed
03/10/2026 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Mar 4, 2026
Introduced
03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Melissa Murray
DDemocratic
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