---
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).