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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 28: Ground water emergencies.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 28 is a bill introduced in the Indiana Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Ground water emergencies. Primary sponsor: Shane Lindauer (Republican), Eric Koch (Republican), Sue Glick (Republican). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 16, 2025): Signed by the Governor.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Allows the owner or operator of a significant ground water withdrawal facility to file a complaint with the director of the department of natural resources (director) that a water well on the property of the owner of the significant ground water withdrawal facility failed to furnish the well's normal supply of water or failed to furnish potable water. Requires the director to launch an investigation into a complaint of a well failure from a significant ground water withdrawal facility within three business days of the director receiving the complaint. Provides that the owner of a significant ground water withdrawal facility responsible for the failure or substantial impairment of a well shall provide timely and reasonable compensation to the owner of an impacted significant ground water withdrawal facility or nonsignificant ground water withdrawal facility.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 13

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Shane LindauerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Eric KochPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate44
Sue GlickPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate13
David AbbottCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Eric BasslerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate39
Gary ByrneCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate47
Matt CommonsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Spencer DeeryCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Stacey DonatoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate18
Blake DoriotCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate12
Mark GendaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse41
Jean LeisingCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate42
Daryl SchmittCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate48

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Signed by the Governor
  2. Public Law 71
  3. Signed by the President of the Senate
  4. Signed by the President Pro Tempore
  5. Signed by the Speaker
  6. Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 339: yeas 46, nays 1
  7. Motion to concur filed
  8. Returned to the Senate with amendments
  9. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 341: yeas 93, nays 0
  10. Second reading: ordered engrossed
  11. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
  12. Representative Abbott added as cosponsor

Showing 12 most recent of 30 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source