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HB5475Introduced in the House

EPA-WASTE DISCHARGE PERMIT

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Introduced by Laura Faver Dias, District 62

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that all National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits authorizing a discharge from a facility designated by the Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Environmental Protection Agency as a major facility, shall, at a minimum, require for publicly owned treatment works, periodic sampling of influent, effluent, and biosolids for all perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances for which there are accredited wastewater analytical methods and, for all other facilities, periodic effluent sampling for all perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances for which there are accredited wastewater analytical methods. Provides that the Agency shall require any NPDES permit application for a discharge of wastewater that has potential to contain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances to fully characterize the discharge through sample results for all perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances for which there are accredited wastewater analytical methods. Provides that the Agency shall not issue any permit under specified provisions for the land application of a sludge or biosolids unless the application includes sample results for the sludge or biosolids for all perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances for which there are accredited wastewater analytical methods. Provides that any permit issued under specified provisions for the land application of a sludge or biosolids shall require, at minimum, periodic sampling of the sludge or biosolids for all perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances for which there are accredited wastewater analytical methods.

Where it stands

House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

April 17, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: House Energy & Environment Committee · April 8, 2026

16

Yes

9

No

4

Absent or Not Voting

29 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

What do people think?

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RepresentativeDistrictVote
Aaron Ortiz1Yes
Lilian Jimenez4Yes
Kimberly Du Buclet5Yes
Sonya Harper6Yes
Jawaharial Williams10Yes
Ann Williams11Not Voting
Abdelnasser Rashid21Yes
Curtis Tarver25Not Voting
William Davis30Not Voting
Anna Moeller43Yes

Bill history

  1. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias

  2. First Reading

  3. Referred to Rules Committee

  4. Assigned to Energy & Environment Committee

  5. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias

  6. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  7. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Energy & Environment Committee

  8. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid

  9. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller

  10. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness

  11. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse

  12. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Energy & Environment Committee; by Voice Vote

  13. Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Energy & Environment Committee; 017-008-000

  14. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  15. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias

  16. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee

  17. Fiscal Note Filed

  18. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Energy & Environment Committee

  19. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Fiscal Note Filed as Amended

  20. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Energy & Environment Committee; 016-009-000

  21. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons

  22. Second Reading - Short Debate

  23. Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

  24. Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  25. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

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