---
type: "Bill"
title: "Use of firefighting foam containing PFAS."
description: "Prohibits the use of Class B firefighting foam containing an intentionally added PFAS chemical: (1) for training purposes; and (2) for testing purposes, unless the testing facility has implemented appropriate measures to prevent releases of the firefighting foam to the environment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1189"
citation: "Indiana HB 1189 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND DISTRICTS", "PUBLIC SAFETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Crider", "Peggy Mayfield", "Rick Niemeyer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-13"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00983e13-2d06-4867-a4c0-69fff2e7ef1b"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1189"
source_hash: "f9d9069649dbac0bbca4ce1783a490cda7bba2fa8ee2500ca8f612e9b1013c73"
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 1189 (2020) — Use of firefighting foam containing PFAS.

Prohibits the use of Class B firefighting foam containing an intentionally added PFAS chemical: (1) for training purposes; and (2) for testing purposes, unless the testing facility has implemented appropriate measures to prevent releases of the firefighting foam to the environment.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1189/versions/HB1189.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1189/versions/HB1189.03.COMS)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1189/versions/HB1189.02.COMH)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1189/versions/HB1189.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1189 - Mayfield - 3rd Reading — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1189 - Crider - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Peggy Mayfield — primary (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
- Dan Forestal — coauthor (person)
- Jim Pressel — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Stoops — cosponsor (person)
- Randall Frye — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-13** Authored by Representative Mayfield
- **2020-01-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Representatives Frye, Pressel, Forestal added as coauthors
- **2020-01-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-28** Senate sponsor: Senator Niemeyer
- **2020-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 91: yeas 98, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-29** Referred to the Senate
- **2020-02-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Senator Niemeyer removed as sponsor
- **2020-02-05** Senator Crider added as sponsor
- **2020-02-05** Senator Niemeyer added as second sponsor
- **2020-02-17** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-17** Senator Stoops added as cosponsor
- **2020-02-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2020-02-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 225: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-25** Returned to the House without amendments
- **2020-03-02** Signed by the Speaker
- **2020-03-03** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2020-03-09** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-30** Public Law 22

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00983e13-2d06-4867-a4c0-69fff2e7ef1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).