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S3837 • 2026

Requires water suppliers to reimburse residential customers for drinking water testing under certain circumstances.

Requires water suppliers to reimburse residential customers for drinking water testing under certain circumstances.

Energy
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Greenstein, Linda R.
Last action
2026-03-10
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires water suppliers to reimburse residential customers for drinking water testing under certain circumstances.

Requires water suppliers to reimburse residential customers for drinking water testing under certain circumstances.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires water suppliers to reimburse residential customers for drinking water testing under certain circumstances.
  • Topic: Environment and Energy Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-10 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires water suppliers to reimburse residential customers for drinking water testing under certain circumstances.
Topic:
Environment and Energy
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3837

SENATE, No. 3837

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 10, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� LINDA R. GREENSTEIN

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires water suppliers to reimburse residential
customers for drinking water testing under certain circumstances.�

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
concerning reimbursement of costs of water testing to
residential customers, and supplementing P.L.1977, c.224 (C.58:12A-1 et seq.).

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� a.� The owner or
operator of a public water system shall reimburse a residential customer at the
request of the municipality in which the customer resides, for the cost of
water testing at the residence by a laboratory certified by the Department of
Environmental Protection, when the testing is necessitated by the exceedance of
a maximum contaminant level, or action level, as appropriate, of a federal or
State drinking water standard by the public water system.� The costs of the
water testing shall not be borne by the public water system�s regulated rate
customers.�

���� b.��� The Department of
Environmental Protection shall adopt, pursuant to the �Administrative Procedure
Act,� P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations to implement
the provisions of this section.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill would require the
owner or operator of a public water system water to reimburse a residential
customer at the request of the municipality in which the customer resides, for
the cost of water testing at the residence by a lab certified by the Department
of Environmental Protection, when the testing is necessitated by the exceedance
of a maximum contaminant level, or action level, as appropriate, of a federal
or State drinking water standard by the public water system.� The bill
prohibits the costs of the water testing from being passed through to the
public water system�s regulated rate customers.