2004 Senate Bill 1133 ↩

Senate Roll Call 382: Passed

To require the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to implement a Laboratory Data Quality Recognition Program to identify commercial laboratories qualified to generate data for submission to the DEQ. The program would be voluntary, except that labs seeking to perform testing associated with a state-funded project or program would be required to participate. The bill would also require the Auditor General to report to the legislature every two years on audits comparing the quality and cost of data generated by the DEQ environmental lab compared to comparable private labs. See also Senate Bill 1135, which would create a Laboratory Data Quality Assurance Advisory Council.