---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning environmental law."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning environmental law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1230"
citation: "Indiana HB 1230 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT", "DEPARTMENT AND AGENCIES", "MINES AND MINERALS", "SOLID WASTE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Wolkins", "Eric Bassler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c7c3e0a-89ec-4c53-90af-361bbb687786"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1230"
source_hash: "717230e2421a9484d4d10377ef48a74707cbfb917113ac2903c45028c615b000"
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 1230 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning environmental law.

## 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/2017/bills/hb1230/versions/hb1230.04.enrs)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1230/versions/hb1230.03.coms)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1230/versions/hb1230.02.comh)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1230/versions/hb1230.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1230 - Bassler - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1230 - Wolkins - 3rd Reading — **91–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- David Wolkins — primary (person)
- Eric Bassler — primary (person)
- David Ober — coauthor (person)
- Karen Tallian — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** Coauthored by Representative Ober
- **2017-01-10** Authored by Representative Wolkins
- **2017-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-12** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-24** Senate sponsor: Senator Bassler
- **2017-01-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 20: yeas 91, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-25** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-01-26** First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Senator Tallian added as cosponsor
- **2017-02-07** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-09** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 102: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-13** Returned to the House without amendments
- **2017-02-14** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-02-14** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-02-22** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-02-23** Public Law 1
- **2017-02-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c7c3e0a-89ec-4c53-90af-361bbb687786`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).