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2025-2026 Bill 4655: Urinary Metabolite Testing for Certain Wastewater Treatment Facilities - South Carolina Legislature Online
South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 4655
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Edgerton
Document Path: LC-0214HA26.docx
Introduced in the House on January 13, 2026
Currently residing in the House Committee on
Judiciary
Summary: Urinary Metabolite Testing for Certain Wastewater Treatment Facilities
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date
Body
Action Description with journal page number
12/16/2025
House
Prefiled
12/16/2025
House
Referred to Committee on
Judiciary
1/13/2026
House
Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 47
)
1/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on
Judiciary
(
House Journal-page 47
)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
12/17/2025
A bill
TO AMEND THE SOUTH
CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 25 TO CHAPTER 55, TITLE 44 SO AS TO
REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES TO CONDUCT TESTING FOR URINARY
METABOLITES IN CERTAIN WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES.
B
e it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
S
ECTION 1.
C
hapter 55, Title 44 of the S.C. Code is amended by
adding:
A
rticle 25
U
rinary Metabolite Testing
S
ection
44-55-2510
.
(
A) The Department of
Environmental Services, or "department," shall conduct quarterly testing for
the urinary metabolites in wastewater treatment facility intakes and outflows as
described in this section. Tests conducted pursuant to this section must be
performed by an accredited or certified environmental testing laboratory.
(
B) The
department shall conduct testing for the following urinary metabolites in the
form of gluconates:
(
1)
benzophenone;
(
2)
bisphenol A;
(
3)
estrone;
(
4)
ethinyl estradiol;
(
5)
musk ketone;
(
6)
pregnanediol;
(
7)
testosterone;
(
8)
tonalide (AHTN);
(
9)
mifepristone; and
(
10)
any other organic substance required to be tested for by the department.
(
C)
(
1) The department shall conduct the
testing at wastewater treatment facilities as follows:
(
a)
each wastewater treatment facility located within ten miles of a municipality
with a population of 250,000 or more; and
(
b)
at least ten wastewater treatment facilities located within ten miles of a
municipality:
(
i) with a population of 100,000 or
more but less than 250,000;
(
ii) with a population of 25,000 or
more but less than 100,000; and
(
iii) with a population of less
than 25,000.
(
2)
In selecting wastewater treatment facilities described in item (1)(b), the department
shall prioritize facilities that reasonably represent typical wastewater
systems of municipalities with those population categories.
(
D)
The department shall maintain detailed records of all testing conducted under
this section and publish the records on the department's internet website. The
records must include:
(
1)
the date on which each sample was collected;
(
2)
the location from which each sample was collected;
(
3)
the date on which each sample was tested for the presence of the urinary
metabolites listed in subsection (B); and
(
4)
the results of the test for each urinary metabolite listed in subsection (B) in
parts per trillion.
S
ECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval
by the Governor.
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