2019 House Bill 4122

Assert “right” to drinking water

Introduced in the House

Feb. 5, 2019

Introduced by Rep. Abdullah Hammoud (D-15)

To assert in statute that each person has a “right” to “safe, clean, affordable, and accessible water” for cleaning, cooking and drinking, subject to specified limits on the duty this implies for the government to provide water.

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation