Legislation - HB0034

Title: Municipalities - Open Drainage Inlets - Required Grating Systems (Mason's Law)
Sponsored by: Delegates Bouchat, Fair, Moon, and Schindler
Status: In the House - Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
Analysis

Synopsis

Requiring a municipality to construct or install an approved grating system which places a cover over the opening of an open drainage inlet in order to allow stormwater runoff to enter the drainage inlet while preventing large debris from entering the drainage inlet; requiring the approved grating system be installed on a new or existing open drainage inlet within the municipality; etc.

Committees

Original:: Environment and Transportation

Details

Cross-filed with: SB0189

Bill File Type: Pre-Filed

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2026

Bill imposes a local government mandate, which is a directive in a bill requiring a local government unit to perform a task or assume a responsibility that has a discernible fiscal impact on the local government unit

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 10/21/2025 Legislative Date 10/21/2025 Action Pre-filed Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/14/2026 Legislative Date 1/14/2026 Action First Reading Environment and Transportation Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Municipalities - Open Drainage Inlets - Required Grating Systems (Mason's Law) Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/19/2026 Legislative Date 1/19/2026 Action Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
House	10/21/2025	10/21/2025	Pre-filed
House	1/14/2026	1/14/2026	First Reading Environment and Transportation
			Text - First - Municipalities - Open Drainage Inlets - Required Grating Systems (Mason's Law)
House	1/19/2026	1/19/2026	Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.

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