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+type: "Bill"
+title: "PFAS-free firefighter gear."
+description: "Provides that, after June 30, 2024, an Indiana fire department may not purchase firefighting gear unless it contains a permanently affixed label indicating whether or not the firefighting gear contains PFAS."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1341"
+citation: "Indiana HB 1341 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND DISTRICTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Julie Olthoff", "Michael Crider", "Rick Niemeyer"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-17"
+last_action: "2023-04-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94eeba35-5c70-4957-a59a-02a1d0fb21cc"
+source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1341"
+source_hash: "9d28706a500cee491e9c238d3aa406751f69f691f24ff3acde3b2d63ff1b0da4"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
+---
+
+# Indiana HB 1341 (2023) — PFAS-free firefighter gear.
+
+Provides that, after June 30, 2024, an Indiana fire department may not purchase firefighting gear unless it contains a permanently affixed label indicating whether or not the firefighting gear contains PFAS.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1341/versions/HB1341.03.ENGH)
+2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1341/versions/HB1341.05.ENRS)
+3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1341/versions/HB1341.02.COMH)
+4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1341/versions/HB1341.04.COMS)
+5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1341/versions/HB1341.01.INTR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 1341 - Niemeyer - 3rd Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Julie Olthoff — primary (person)
+- Michael Crider — primary (person)
+- Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
+- Craig Haggard — coauthor (person)
+- J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
+- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
+- Maureen Bauer — coauthor (person)
+- Randall Frye — coauthor (person)
+- Susan Glick — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-17** Coauthored by Representatives Bauer M and Frye R
+- **2023-01-17** Authored by Representative Olthoff
+- **2023-01-17** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-19** Representative Haggard C added as coauthor
+- **2023-01-24** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-26** Amendment #1 (Olthoff) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-01-26** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2023-01-30** Senate sponsors: Senators Niemeyer and Crider
+- **2023-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 43: yeas 95, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2023-01-31** Referred to the Senate `referral`
+- **2023-02-27** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-21** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-23** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-23** Senator Glick added as cosponsor
+- **2023-03-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 256: yeas 50, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-27** Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
+- **2023-03-27** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
+- **2023-03-28** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
+- **2023-04-03** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-04-04** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
+- **2023-04-17** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-04-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-20** Public Law 78 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94eeba35-5c70-4957-a59a-02a1d0fb21cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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