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SENATE BILL 164 (PETRIS – 1985)

CHAPTER 1116, STATUTES OF 1985 - SB 164

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Former Health and Safety Code sections 300.6 and 300.7, precursors to current Health and Safety Code sections 116875 and 116880, were added to the Health and Safety Code in 1985 following legislative passage of Senate Bill 164, which affected these two former sections only (See Exhibit #1e) Senator Nicholas C. Petris introduced the bill on January 14, 1985, at the request of the Sierra Club.  (See Exhibits #1a and #9, document AP-1)

Senate Bill 164 was heard in the Senate Committee on Toxics and Public Safety Management and the Senate Committee on Appropriations.  (See Exhibits #3 and #4)  In the Assembly, the bill was considered by the Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials and the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means.  (See Exhibits #8 and #10) This bill was amended three times as it was considered by both Houses.  (See Exhibits #1b through #1d)  Senate Bill 164 was approved by the Legislature on September 10, 1985, signed by the Governor on September 28, 1985, and recorded on that date as Chapter 1116 of the Statutes of 1985.  (See Exhibits #1e and #2) 

The Unfinished Business analysis of Senate Bill 164 as last amended that was prepared by the Office of Senate Floor Analyses described this bill as follows:

DIGEST:  This bill requires that solders used in making joints and fittings for private or public water supply systems contain less than .2% lead content.  The bill requires that any solder sold after July 1, 1986 which contains more than this amount of lead carry a warning label.  The bill prohibits the use of lead pipe in the construction of any private or public potable water supply system following the enactment of the bill.  Finally, the bill directs the Department of Health Services to adopt building standards limiting the use of lead materials in all water systems to be enforced by state and local building and health officials.

(See Exhibit #14, page 1)