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Public Act 03-220

HB 6426, An Act Concerning Air Quality in Schools, was signed by the governor on July 9 2003 to become PA 03-220. Below is a summary of the public act. The bill requires school boards to provide for a uniform inspection and evaluation program before January 1 2008 and every five years thereafter for all school buildings constructed, extended, renovated, or replaced after January 1 2003. It does not require the inspection or evaluation of existing buildings. It includes in the items that must be inspected and evaluated leaks, the facilities' overall cleanliness and maintenance training for building staff. The bill also requires school boards to report annually to the commissioner on their indoor air quality program and to make the results of their inspections and evaluations available to the public. More details may be found at the Connecticut General Assembly site. http://www.cga.state.ct.us/2003/olrdata/ed/sum/2003SUM00220-R02HB-06426-SUM.htm

This bill makes several changes to the school construction and board of education statutes to improve and protect the indoor air quality in Connecticut schools. These changes include:

1. Requiring districts to conduct Phase I environmental site assessments of proposed school construction sites
2. Requiring operation and maintenance of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in accordance with prevailing standards
3. Allowing the education commissioner to approve school construction projects for certified school indoor air quality emergencies without putting them on the list for General Assembly approval
4. Requiring local and regional school districts to implement an inspection and evaluation program, such as the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Tools for Schools, for new building constructions, extensions, renovations, and replacements
5. Allowing local and regional boards of education to establish indoor air quality committees to increase staff and student awareness of indoor environmental quality(End of summarypoints links)

Legislative History of HB 6426

Connecticut House Bill #6426, title, "An Act Concerning Air Quality in Schools" was introduced by the Education Committee.

Statement of Purpose

To provide assistance and direction to school districts to improve the quality of air in school buildings.

Bill Timeline

• 02/11/03: Referred To Joint Committee On Education
• 02/28/03: Public Hearing 03/07/03
• 04/07/03: Joint Favorable Substitute
• 04/07/03: Filed With Legislative Commissioners' Office
• 04/15/03: Referred To Office Of Legislative Research And Office Of Fiscal Analysis
• 04/23/03: Reported Out Of Legislative Commissioners' Office
• 04/23/03: Favorable Report, Tabled For The Calendar, House
• 04/23/03: House Calendar Number 337
• 04/23/03: File Number 511
• 04/30/03: Referred By House To Committee On Environment Committee
• 05/08/03: Joint Favorable
• 05/08/03: Filed With Legislative Commissioners' Office
• 05/08/03: Reported Out Of Legislative Commissioners' Office
• 05/08/03: No New File By Committee On Environment Committee
• 05/08/03: Tabled For The Calendar, House
• 05/13/03: Referred By House To Committee On Appropriations Committee
• 05/20/03: Joint Favorable
• 05/20/03: Filed With Legislative Commissioners Office
• 05/20/03: Reported Out Of Legislative Commissioners' Office
• 05/20/03: No New File By Committee On Appropriations Committee
• 05/20/03: Tabled For The Calendar, House
• 05/21/03: Referred By House To Committee On Finance, Revenue And Bonding Committee
• 05/27/03: Joint Favorable
• 05/27/03: Filed With Legislative Commissioners' Office
• 05/27/03: Reported Out Of Legislative Commissioners' Office
• 05/27/03: No New File By Committee On Finance, Revenue And Bonding Committee
• 05/27/03: Tabled For The Calendar, House
• 05/30/03: House Adopted House Amendment Schedule A:Lco-6961
• 05/30/03: Amendment Withdrawn, House Amendment Schedule B:Lco-6742
• 05/30/03: House Passed As Amended By House Amendment Schedule A
• 05/31/03: Favorable Report, Tabled For The Calendar, Senate
• 05/31/03: Senate Calendar Number 557
• 05/31/03: File Number 807
• 06/03/03: Senate Adopted House Amendment Schedule A
• 06/03/03: Senate Passed As Amended By House Amendment Schedule A
• 06/16/03: Public Act 03-220
• 06/23/03: Transmitted To The Secretary Of State
• 07/09/03: Signed By The Governor(bill timeline)

Bill Co-sponsors

(This is list ordered by District for convenience)
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• Senator Gary D. LeBeau, 3rd District
• Senator Mary Ann Handley, 4th District
• Representative Evelyn C. Mantilla, 4th District
• Representative Marie Lopez Kirkley-Bey, 5th District
• Senator Kevin B. Sullivan, 5th District
• Representative Joan A. Lewis, 8th District
• Senator Biagio Ciotto, 9th District
• Senator Toni Nathaniel Harp, 10th District
• Senator Martin M. Looney, 11th District
• Senator William A. Aniskovich, 12th District
• Representative Ryan P. Barry, 12th District
• Representative Nancy E. Kerensky, 14th District
• Senator Win Smith, 14th District
• Representative Faith McMahon, 15th District
• Senator Christopher S. Murphy, 16th District
• Senator Joseph J. Crisco, 17th District
• Representative Kevin Witkos, 17th District
• Senator Catherine W. Cook, 18th District
• Representative Andrew M. Fleischmann, 18th District
• Senator Edith G. Prague, 19th District
• Representative David McCluskey, 20th District
• Representative Elizabeth A. Boukus, 22nd District
• Senator Bill Finch, 22nd District
• Representative Marilyn Giuliano, 23rd District
• Senator Ernest E. Newton, 23rd District
• Representative John C. Geragosian, 25th District
• Representative Anthony J. Tercyak, 26th District
• Senator Andrew J. McDonald, 27th District
• Representative Sandy Nafis, 27th District
• Senator John McKinney, 28th District
• Senator Donald E. Williams, 29th District
• Representative Bob Peters, 30th District
• Senator Andrew W. Roraback, 30th District
• Senator Thomas A. Colapietro, 31st District
• Representative Sonya Googins, 31st District
• Senator Louis C. DeLuca, 32nd District
• Representative Jim O'Rourke, 32nd District
• Representative Joseph C. Serra, 33rd District
• Senator Leonard Fasano, 34th District
• Representative Andrea L. Stillman, 38th District
• Representative Edward E. Moukawsher, 40th District
• Representative Lenny T. Winkler, 41st District
• Representative Bob Congdon, 42nd District
• Representative Steven Mikutel, 45th District
• Representative Linda A. Orange, 48th District
• Representative Penny Bacchiochi, 52nd District
• Representative Pamela Z. Sawyer, 55th District
• Representative Claire L. Janowski, 56th District
• Representative Ted Graziani, 57th District
• Representative George M. Wilber, 63rd District
• Representative Roberta B. Willis, 64th District
• Representative Anne L. Ruwet, 65th District
• Representative Anthony J. D'Amelio, 71st District
• Representative Jeffrey J. Berger, 73rd District
• Representative John Mazurek, 80th District
• Representative Bruce Zalaski, 81st District
• Representative Emil Altobello, 82nd District
• Representative Christopher G. Donovan, 84th District
• Representative Mary M. Mushinsky, 85th District
• Representative Vickie Orsini Nardello, 89th District
• Representative Mary G. Fritz, 90th District
• Representative Patricia M. Widlitz, 98th District
• Representative Raymond C. Kalinowski, 100th District
• Representative Peter A. Metz, 101st District
• Representative Vincent J. Tonucci, 104th District
• Representative Julia B. Wasserman, 106th District
• Representative David A. Scribner, 107th District
• Representative Bob Godfrey, 110th District
• Representative Richard O. Belden, 113th District
• Representative Themis Klarides, 114th District
• Representative James A. Amann, 118th District
• Representative Richard Roy, 119th District
• Representative Lawrence G. Miller, 122nd District
• Representative Robert T. Keeley, 129th District
• Representative Felipe Reinoso, 130th District
• Representative Carl J. Dickman, 132nd District
• Representative Cathy C. Tymniak, 133rd District
• Representative John Stone, 134th District
• Representative Bob Duff, 137th District
• Representative Janice R. Giegler, 138th District
• Representative Joseph Mann, 140th District
• Representative Moira K. Lyons, 146th District
• Representative Livvy R. Floren, 149th District
• Representative Lile R. Gibbons, 150th District
• Representative Claudia M. Powers, 151st District(bill co-sponsors)

Senate Vote

The following is the roll call vote of those voting YES, only Senator John A. Kissel voted NO. Senator names are listed alphabetically by last name.

• William A. Aniskovich
• David Cappiello
• Biagio Ciotto
• Thomas A. Colapietro
• Eric D. Coleman
• Catherine W. Cook
• Joseph J. Crisco, Jr.
• Eileen M. Daily
• Donald J. Defronzo
• Louis C. Deluca
• Leonard Fasano
• Bill Finch
• John W. Fonfara
• Judith G. Freedman
• Thomas P. Gaffey
• Robert L. Genuario
• Anthony Guglielmo
• George L. Gunther
• Mary Ann Handley
• Toni N. Harp
• Joan V. Hartley
• Thomas Herlihy
• Gary D. Lebeau
• Martin M. Looney
• Andrew J. McDonald
• John McKinney
• Christopher S. Murphy
• Ernest E. Newton
• William H. Nickerson
• Melodie Peters
• Edith G. Prague
• Andrew W. Roraback
• Winthrop Smith, Jr.
• Kevin B. Sullivan
• Donald E. Williams, Jr.(senate vote)

House Vote

The vote on HB 6426 (Roll Call Number 275) was taken on May 10 2003. The following list represents the Representatives who voted YES. Only Representative Kosta Diamantis, 79th District, voted NO. Representatives Joseph C. Serra, 23rd Distrct and T. R. Rowe, 123rd District were absent. The 148 representatives who voted YES are listed alphbetically by last name.

• James W. Abrams
• Alfred Adinolfi
• Emil Altobello
• James Amann
• Penny Bacchiochi
• Terry Backer
• Ryan P. Barry
• Reginald G. Beamon
• Richard O. Belden
• Jeffrey J. Berger
• G. Kenneth Bernhard
• Hank Bielawa
• Antonietta Boucher
• Elizabeth A. Boukus
• Lawrence F. Cafero
• Juan R. Candelaria
• Michael J. Cardin
• Michael A. Caron
• Mary Ann Carson
• Annette Carter
• Christopher L. Caruso
• Clark J. Chapin
• Michael A. Christ
• Jacqueline M. Cocco
• Raymond V. Collins
• Bob Congdon
• Thomas F. Conway
• Melody A. Currey (Dep)
• Anthony J. D'Amelio
• Stephen D. Dargan
• Jefferson B. Davis
• Kevin M. Delgobbo
• Carl J. Dickman
• Patricia A. Dillon
• Christopher G. Donovan
• Paul R. Doyle
• Bob Duff
• William R. Dyson
• Louis P. Esposito
• Ruth C. Fahrbach
• Robert Farr
• Art J. Feltman
• Richard F. Ferrari
• Flaherty, B.
• Andrew M. Fleischmann
• Livvy R. Floren
• Steve Fontana
• John Wayne Fox
• John H. Frey
• Mary G. Fritz (Dep)
• John C. Geragosian
• Demetrios S. Giannaros
• Lile R. Gibbons
• Janice R. Giegler
• Marilyn Giuliano
• Bob Godfrey
• Minnie Gonzalez
• Sonya Googins
• Ted Graziani
• Kenneth P. Green
• Leonard C. Greene
• Antonio Guerrera
• Gail K. Hamm
• William A. Hamzy
• John A. Harkins
• Robert W. Heagney
• John W. Hetherington
• DebraLee Hovey
• Wade A. Hyslop (Dep)
• Claire L. Janowski
• Steve Jarmoc
• Shawn T. Johnston
• Raymond C. Kalinowski
• Robert T. Keeley
• Nancy E. Kerensky
• Marie Lopez Kirkley-Bey
• Themis Klarides
• David K. Labriola
• Michael P. Lawlor
• Carlo Leone
• Joan A. Lewis
• Moira K. Lyons (Spkr)
• Jack Malone
• Joseph Mann
• Evelyn C. Mantilla
• Lydia N. Martinez
• John Mazurek
• David McCluskey
• Faith McMahon
• Robert W. Megna
• Denise W. Merrill
• Peter A. Metz
• Roger Brian Michele
• Steven Mikutel
• Lawrence G. Miller
• Craig A. Miner
• Edward E. Moukawsher
• Mary M. Mushinsky
• Sandy Nafis
• Vickie Orsini Nardello
• Selim G. Noujaim
• Tim O'Brien
• Brian O'Connor
• Melissa Olson
• Arthur J. O'Neill
• Linda A. Orange
• Gary Orefice
• Jim O'Rourke
• Peter J. Panaroni
• Walter M. Pawelkiewicz
• Bob Peters
• John E. Piscopo
• Claudia M. Powers
• Felipe Reinoso
• Richard Roy
• Anne L. Ruwet
• John J. Ryan
• Kevin Ryan
• Pamela Z. Sawyer
• Peggy Sayers
• David A. Scribner
• J. Brendan Sharkey
• Donald B. Sherer
• James Field Spallone
• Cameron C. Staples
• Andrea L. Stillman
• Christopher R. Stone
• John Stone
• John E. Stripp
• Kathleen M. Tallarita
• Peter A. Tercyak
• John W. Thompson
• Vincent J. Tonucci
• Christel H. Truglia
• Cathy C. Tymniak
• Diana S. Urban
• Peter F. Villano
• Toni E. Walker
• Lewis J. Wallace
• Robert M. Ward
• Julia B. Wasserman
• Patricia M. Widlitz
• George M. Wilber
• Roberta B. Willis
• Lenny T. Winkler
• Kevin Witkos
• Bruce Zalaski(house vote)