Indiana Senate Bill 473 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Passed on May 1 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-01 - Public Law 116
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Limits on discharges into the Ohio River. Provides that if a community water system that discharges wastewater into the Ohio River demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department of environmental management that the discharged wastewater does not increase the mass of mercury in the Ohio River by an amount greater than the mass of mercury in the water withdrawn from the Ohio River by the community water system: (1) the community water system's discharge into the Ohio River shall not be considered to cause, have a reasonable potential to cause, or contribute to an excursion above any applicable water quality standard governing mercury in the Ohio River; and (2) no water quality-based effluent limitations for mercury shall be required in a new or renewal NPDES permit issued to the community water system.

Limits on discharges into the Ohio River.

Sen. Vaneta Becker [R]	Sen. Rick Niemeyer [R]	Sen. James Tomes [R]	Rep. Timothy O'Brien [R]
Rep. Ryan Hatfield [D]	Rep. Wendy McNamara [R]	Rep. Matt Hostettler [R]

2023-04-10 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House amendments (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-04-04 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 95 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-23 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-01	Senate	Public Law 116
2023-05-01	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2023-04-26	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2023-04-21	House	Signed by the Speaker
2023-04-13	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2023-04-10	Senate	Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 360: yeas 49, nays 0
2023-04-05	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2023-04-05	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2023-04-04	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 362: yeas 95, nays 2
2023-04-04	House	Representative Hostettler added as cosponsor
2023-04-04	House	Representative McNamara added as cosponsor
2023-04-03	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-03-30	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-03-06	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs
2023-02-28	Senate	Referred to the House
2023-02-23	Senate	Cosponsor: Representative Hatfield
2023-02-23	Senate	House sponsor: Representative O'Brien
2023-02-23	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 156: yeas 48, nays 0
2023-02-23	Senate	Pursuant to Senate Rule 35 (c); technical correction committee report adopted
2023-02-21	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2023-02-21	Senate	Amendment #1 (Becker) prevailed; voice vote
2023-02-14	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-01-19	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs
2023-01-19	Senate	Authored by Senators Becker, Niemeyer and Tomes

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/473/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/473/#1.INTR
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/473/#2.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/473/#3.ENGS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/473/#4.ENGS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/473/#5.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/473/#6.ENRH
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/473/#S156
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/473/#H362
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/473/#S360