Indiana Senate Bill 477 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 15-0)
Status: Passed on May 1 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-01 - Public Law 118
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Threats to critical infrastructure. Amends the statute prohibiting the use of public funds to purchase equipment or services produced or provided by certain prohibited persons determined to be a national security threat to communications networks or supply chains to also prohibit the use of public funds to purchase communications equipment or service that is: (1) determined under specified federal regulations to pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the security and safety of United States persons; and (2) included on the covered list published, maintained, and updated by the federal Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau on the website of the Federal Communications Commission. Provides that the governor may, at any time, and in consultation with the executive director of the department of homeland security, designate a country as a threat to certain critical infrastructure located in Indiana. Provides that after June 30, 2023, a specified qualified entity may not enter into an agreement relating to critical infrastructure with a company if: (1) under the agreement, the company would be able to directly or remotely access or control of a critical infrastructure or a cybersecurity system of a critical infrastructure; and (2) the company is: (A) owned or controlled by citizens of (or a company or entity owned or controlled by citizens or the government of) China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or a country designated as a threat to critical infrastructure by the governor; or (B) headquartered in China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or a country designated as a threat to critical infrastructure by the governor. Provides that after June 30, 2023, a prohibited person may not purchase, lease, or acquire a parcel of real property that is directly adjacent to a military installation. Provides that the attorney general may investigate the purchase, lease, or acquisition of real property upon receipt of a complaint. Provides that the attorney general shall enforce a violation by commencing a receivership proceeding and selling the property through the receivership.

Threats to critical infrastructure.

Sen. Justin Busch [R]	Sen. Jon Ford [R]	Sen. Chris Garten [R]	Sen. Eric Koch [R]
Sen. Gary Byrne [R]	Sen. John Crane [R]	Sen. Mark Messmer [R]	Sen. James Tomes [R]
Sen. James Buck [R]	Sen. Blake Doriot [R]	Sen. Scott Baldwin [R]	Rep. Ethan Manning [R]
Rep. Randall Frye [R]	Rep. Christopher Judy [R]	Rep. Becky Cash [R]

2023-04-10 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House amendments (Y: 45 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-03-23 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 90 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2023-02-06 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 42 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-01	Senate	Public Law 118
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 361: yeas 45, nays 4
2023-04-03	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2023-03-24	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2023-03-23	House	Representative Cash B added as cosponsor
2023-03-23	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 297: yeas 90, nays 0
2023-03-16	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-03-13	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-03-07	House	Representative Judy added as cosponsor
2023-03-06	House	Representative Frye added as cosponsor
2023-02-28	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
2023-02-07	Senate	Referred to the House
2023-02-06	Senate	Senator Baldwin added as coauthor
2023-02-06	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Manning
2023-02-06	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 73: yeas 42, nays 7
2023-02-02	Senate	Senators Crane, Messmer, Tomes, Buck, Doriot added as coauthors
2023-02-02	Senate	Senator Byrne added as coauthor
2023-02-02	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-01-31	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2023-01-30	Senate	Senator Koch added as coauthor
2023-01-26	Senate	Senator Garten added as third author
2023-01-23	Senate	Senator Ford Jon added as second author
2023-01-19	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation
2023-01-19	Senate	Authored by Senator Busch

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/477/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/477/#1.INTR
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/477/#2.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/477/#3.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/477/#4.ENRH
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/477/#S73
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/477/#H297
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/477/#S361