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LD 130

An Act To Establish The Pfas Response Program And To Modify The Fund To Address Pfas Contamination

132nd Legislature (2025-2026) Introduced by Henry Ingwersen

Creates a PFAS Response Program in DACF and expands the Fund to Address PFAS Contamination to cover response costs, manage/sell PFAS-contaminated properties, and fund cleanup.

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Bill Summary · LD 130

Summary — LD 130: An Act To Establish The PFAS Response Program and To Modify the Fund To Address PFAS Contamination

Status: Signed by Governor (May 9, 2025)
Introduced: January 8, 2025
Sponsor: Sen. Ingwersen of York
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Classification: Bill (relates to farmers, farms, PFAS)

Purpose

LD 130 creates a statutory framework for a PFAS Response Program within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) and revises the Fund to Address PFAS Contamination (FAPC). The intent is to strengthen the State’s capacity to respond to PFAS contamination, provide tools for managing contaminated properties, and make the FAPC more flexible for program operations.

Key provisions

  • Establishes the PFAS Response Program administered by the Bureau of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources within DACF.
  • Authorizes DACF to manage and sell properties contaminated with PFAS.
  • Directs that proceeds from sales of contaminated properties be deposited into the Fund to Address PFAS Contamination (FAPC).
  • Expands allowable uses of the FAPC to include personnel costs and contracted services to carry out PFAS response activities.
  • Leverages earlier appropriations: funding for program activities was previously allocated to DACF in Public Laws 2021, c.398 and c.635.
  • Committee Amendment “A” (S‑28) was adopted and incorporated into the engrossed bill.

Fiscal impact

  • Fiscal notes (approved 03/13/25 and 04/30/25) indicate the bill creates the program and modifies the FAPC but does not require major new appropriations; funding was previously allocated.
  • Any additional costs to DACF or the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) from other provisions are expected to be minor and absorbable within existing budgets.

Who is affected

  • DACF (administration and program operations) and the Bureau of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources.
  • Owners and managers of properties contaminated by PFAS (state authority to manage/sell such properties).
  • Farmers and rural communities potentially impacted by PFAS contamination — through program activities, property management, and remediation efforts.
  • DHHS may have minor, absorbable impacts related to public health activities.

Legislative timeline / procedural notes

  • Referred to Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (Jan 8, 2025); work session and divided report in March; Committee Amendment A adopted late April.
  • Passed both chambers (early May 2025) and signed by the Governor on May 9, 2025.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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