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HB611 • 2025

Forever Chemicals Transparency Act; enact

Forever Chemicals Transparency Act; enact

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Sponsor
Lumsden, Eddie
Last action
2025-02-27
Official status
House Second Readers
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The provided official text is a summary and metadata; it does not contain the full legal definitions of terms like PFAS.

Forever Chemicals Transparency Act

This bill requires publicly owned treatment works to seek information from industrial users about the manufacture or use of PFAS.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires publicly owned treatment works to ask for data on the manufacture or use of PFAS from industrial users.
  • Adds new definitions and legislative findings related to water pollution control.
  • Repeals any existing laws that conflict with these requirements.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Publicly owned treatment works in Georgia.
  • Industrial users who discharge into public systems.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The official summary does not specify the exact deadline for collecting this information.
  • It does not state what penalties exist if industrial users do not provide the requested data.
  • The specific list of PFAS chemicals covered is mentioned but not detailed in the provided text.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-27 Georgia General Assembly

    House Second Readers

Official Summary Text

Forever Chemicals Transparency Act; enact