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State	Category	#	Sponsor(s)	Status	Comments
CA	Legislation Bottled Water	HB 1521	Salas	In Committee: Placed on Appropriations Suspense File	* Requires emergency notification plan and source disclosure.
CA	Legislation Plumbing	SB 651	Calderon	Environmental Quality	* Prohibits non lead-free plumbing materials.
CO	Legislation Plumbing	SB 137	Tochtrop	Adopted	* Defines plumbing.
CT	Legislation Onsite Sewage Treatment	SB 1026	Meyer	Public Hearing 02/26	* Moratorium on alternative on-site sewage treatment systems.
CT	Legislation Plumbing	SB 1043	General Law Committee	Public Act 07-206	* Protection of consumers from unlicensed contractors.
CT	Legislation Plumbing	SB 1305	General Law Committee	Moved to Foot of the Calendar - Senate	* Continuing education for plumbers.
FL	Regulation Onsite Sewage Programs		Department of Health	Notice	* Potential onsite sewage treatment regulation.
ID	Regulation Plumbing	07.02.06	Division of Building Safety	Notice of Rule Adoption	* Water softener requirements.
IL	Legislation Substances	HB 943	May	Adopted - Public Act 95-0087	* Mercury-added Product Prohibition Act
IL	Legislation Substances	SB 376	Harmon	Adopted - Public Act 95-0115	* Regulates use of phosphorus.
MI	Legislation Sales & Marketing	SB 387	Cassis	Commerce	* Defines deceptive practices.
ME	Legislation Telemarketing	SB 655	Bartlett	Adopted	* Harmonizes state and federal telemarketing laws.
MT	Regulation Sales & Marketing	ARM 2.61	Department of Justice	Adopted	* Unfair or deceptive practices.
NE	Regulation Onsite Sewage Treatment	124 NE ADC Ch.21 & 22	Department of Environmental Quality	Filed for Public Hearing	* Potential onsite sewage treatment regulation.
NV	Regulation Salinity	Ch. 445A	Environmental Commission	Proposed	* Salinity standards.
NH	Legislation Substances	HB 416	Phinizy	Adopted - Ch. 0279	* Regulates mercury-added products.
NH	Legislation Substances	HB 907	Phinizy	Adopted - Ch. 0105	* Regulates mercury-added products.
NJ	Legislation Substances	HB 1118	Rooney	Environment and Solid Waste	* Directs Drinking Water Quality Institute to reevaluate MCL for arsenic, MTBE, and radium in drinking water.
NJ	Legislation Substances	HB 1475	O'Toole	Environment and Solid Waste	* Directs Drinking Water Quality Institute to reevaluate MCL for arsenic, MTBE, and radium in drinking water.
NJ	Legislation Telemarketing	HB 2165	Van Drew	Consumer Affairs	* Regulates telemarketing.
NJ	Legislation Substances	SB 562	McNamara	Evnvironment Committee	* Directs Drinking Water Quality Institute to reevaluate MCL for MTBE in drinking water; directs DEP to adopt certain standard for arsenic in drinking water.
NM	Regulation Onsite Sewage Treatment	20.7.3.7 NAMC	Environmental Improvement Board	Final	* Water softener discharge.
NY	Legislation Substances	HB 3314	Colton	Environmental Conservation	* Phases out use of chlorinated solvents.
NY	Legislation Substances	HB 8641	Sweeney	Rules	* Regulates mercury-added products.
NY	Legislation Substances	HB 8897	Scarborough	Environmental Conservation	* Phases out use of chlorinated solvents.
NY	Legislation Substances	SB 1420	Kruger	Environmental Conservation	* Phases out use of chlorinated solvents.
NY	Legislation Onsite Sewage Treatment	SB 2764	Marcellino	Environmental Conservation	* Potential onsite sewage treatment legislation.
NY	Legislation Telemarketing	SB 3543	Fuschillo, Jr.	Adopted - Ch. 69	* Telemarketing
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OR	Legislation Sales & Marketing	SB 122	Department of Justice	Effective Date January 1, 2008	* Defines deceptive practices.
OR	Legislation Sales & Marketing	SB 684	Committee on Commerce	Adopted - Ch. 820	* Defines deceptive practices.
OR	Legislation Sales & Marketing	SB 982	Devlin	Adopted - Ch.825	* Defines deceptive practices.
PA	Legislation Sales & Marketing	HB 1483	King	Consumer Affairs	* Unfair or deceptive trade practices.
RI	Legislation Substances	HB 6396	Ginaitt	Effective Without Governor's Signature	* Mercury-added products.
TX	Legislation Plumbing	HB 3017	Puente	Adopted - Effective Immediately	* Water Treatment Specialist certification program.
UT	Legislation Plumbing	SB 147	Dmitrich	Governor Signed	* Exempts installation and service of water treatment equipment from licensure.
VA	Regulation Onsite Sewage Programs	12 VAC 5-610, 611	Board of Health	Proposed	* Potential onsite sewage treatment regulation.
VA	Regulation Substances		Department of Environmental Quality	Notice	* Seeks chloride TMDL.
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WA	Legislation Plumbing	SB 5491	Franklin	Labor, Commerce, and Research and Development	* Excludes water treatment equipment from definition of plumbing.
WI	Regulation Plumbing	ADC s Comm 5.61,.63	Department of Commerce	Notice	* Potential plumbing regulation.
FED	Legislation Water & Sewage Treatment	HB 2614	Calvert	Water and Power	* Brine disposal in Santa Ana, California.
FED	Legislation Substances	SB 1818	Obama	Environment & Public Works	* Phases out the use of mercury in the manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda.
FED	Legislation Substances	SB 1911	Clinton	Environment and Public Works	* TCE Reduction Act of 2007; Toxic Chemical Exposure Reduction Act of 2007.
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