Indiana House Bill 1265 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 30 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-30 - Public Law 122
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Drinking water testing. Requires each person or entity having authority over a school building to test the drinking water in the school building before January 1, 2023, to determine whether the drinking water equals or exceeds the action level for lead of 15 parts per billion. Provides that the testing requirement is satisfied if the drinking water of a school building: (1) was tested during the lead sampling program for school buildings conducted by the Indiana finance authority (IFA) in 2017 and 2018; (2) is tested in the lead sampling program conducted by the IFA in 2019 and 2020; or has otherwise been tested for compliance with the federal drinking water standards at least once since 2016. Requires that drinking water in school buildings located in Lake County be tested at least once in each period of two calendar years beginning in 2023. Provides that if a test of the drinking water of a school building indicates the presence of lead in the water equal to or greater than 15 parts per billion, the person or entity having authority over the school building is required to take action to reduce the lead levels in the drinking water to less than 15 parts per billion. Provides that the person or entity having authority over a school building that is subject to drinking water testing is required to seek state and federal money that is available for lead sampling or testing.

Drinking water testing.

Rep. Carolyn Jackson [D]	Rep. David Wolkins [R]	Rep. Earl Harris [D]	Rep. Micheal Aylesworth [R]
Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Sen. Rick Niemeyer [R]	Sen. Mark Stoops [D]	Sen. John Ruckelshaus [R]
Sen. James Buck [R]	Sen. J.D. Ford [D]	Sen. David Niezgodski [D]	Sen. Mark Messmer [R]
Sen. Jack Sandlin [R]

2020-03-10 - House - House - House concurred in Senate amendments (Y: 93 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2020-03-03 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-02 - Senate - Senate - Amendment #1 (Stoops) failed (Y: 15 N: 34 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-02-24 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-30 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 90 N: 2 NV: 3 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2020-01-29 - House - House - Amendment #8 (Jackson) prevailed (Y: 92 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2020-01-29 - House - House - Amendment #1 (Errington) prevailed (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2020-01-22 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-30	House	Public Law 122
2020-03-18	House	Signed by the Governor
2020-03-18	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2020-03-12	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2020-03-10	House	Signed by the Speaker
2020-03-10	House	House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 344: yeas 93, nays 0
2020-03-04	House	Motion to concur filed
2020-03-04	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2020-03-03	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 306: yeas 50, nays 0
2020-03-02	Senate	Amendment #1 (Stoops) failed; Roll Call 266: yeas 15, nays 34
2020-03-02	Senate	Amendment #2 (Randolph Lonnie M) prevailed; voice vote
2020-03-02	Senate	Amendment #4 (Messmer) prevailed; voice vote
2020-03-02	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2020-02-25	Senate	Senators Messmer and Sandlin added as cosponsors
2020-02-24	Senate	Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
2020-02-24	Senate	Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
2020-02-24	Senate	Senator Buck added as cosponsor
2020-02-24	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2020-02-11	Senate	Senator Ruckelshaus added as cosponsor
2020-02-11	Senate	Senator Stoops added as third sponsor
2020-02-11	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs
2020-01-31	House	Referred to the Senate
2020-01-30	House	Senate sponsors: Senators Randolph Lonnie M and Niemeyer
2020-01-30	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 135: yeas 90, nays 2
2020-01-29	House	Amendment #8 (Jackson) prevailed; Roll Call 127: yeas 93, nays 0
2020-01-29	House	Amendment #1 (Errington) prevailed; Roll Call 126: yeas 96, nays 0
2020-01-29	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2020-01-23	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2020-01-21	House	Representative Aylesworth added as coauthor
2020-01-16	House	Representative Harris added as coauthor
2020-01-14	House	Representative Wolkins added as coauthor
2020-01-13	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs
2020-01-13	House	Authored by Representative Jackson

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1265/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/5/b/a/f5ba6bbf/HB1265.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/a/4/d/aa4d47a3/HB1265.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/d/6/9/8d6959d9/HB1265.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/0/c/0/c0c0e25d/HB1265.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/3/9/9/c399c8c7/HB1265.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/d/b/a/5dbaf9b1/HB1265.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/0/a/b/00ab557c/HB1265.04.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/8/4/9/98493c6f/HB1265.04.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/3/c/7/e3c7c20d/HB1265.05.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/7/e/7/e7e7edde/HB1265.05.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/b/2/9/4b2964c1/HB1265.06.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/7/7/6/6776c339/HB1265.06.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/d/7/5/cd7504d9/HB1265.07.ENRS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/3/8/b/738bf173/HB1265.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/0/1/1/10113415/HB1265.126_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/2/8/0/1280f70d/HB1265.127_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/a/6/b/aa6b394b/HB1265.135_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/2/9/8/42989d09/HB1265.04.ENGH.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/9/6/9/39696ffb/HB1265.266_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/c/9/b/5c9b0fd3/HB1265.306_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/6/a/d/c6ad5517/HB1265.344_H.pdf