republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/hb-1309.md

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Bill	Department of environmental management.	Revises references to federal regulations relating to variances from water quality standards. Provides that a variance from a water quality standard issued for a period of more than five years must be reevaluated in accordance with the requirements of the federal rule on variances from water quality standards. Provides that a variance relating to an NPDES permit may be submitted at any time before or after the issuance, renewal, or modification of the NPDES permit. Eliminates the requirement that the department itself, at least once per year, administer a certification examination for operators of water treatment plants, water distribution systems, and wastewater treatment plants. Requires instead the department to ensure that the examination is administered at least once per year, and allows the examination to be administered by independent third parties authorized by the commissioner of the department.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2020	HB 1309	Indiana HB 1309 (2020)	bill	ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT AND AGENCIES WATER Availability and Quality of Drinking Water	enacted	David Wolkins Mark Messmer Rick Niemeyer	4	21	2	2020-01-13	2020-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/10b1936e-ba3f-4a21-a6e9-314889920d91	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1309	b9392a8e76a7ef67ee37e2ae2b555868dd16e9feea5b13f9508e62dc1777a5fa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1309 (2020) — Department of environmental management.

Revises references to federal regulations relating to variances from water quality standards. Provides that a variance from a water quality standard issued for a period of more than five years must be reevaluated in accordance with the requirements of the federal rule on variances from water quality standards. Provides that a variance relating to an NPDES permit may be submitted at any time before or after the issuance, renewal, or modification of the NPDES permit. Eliminates the requirement that the department itself, at least once per year, administer a certification examination for operators of water treatment plants, water distribution systems, and wastewater treatment plants. Requires instead the department to ensure that the examination is administered at least once per year, and allows the examination to be administered by independent third parties authorized by the commissioner of the department.

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
3. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1309 - Wolkins - 3rd Reading — 91–1 (pass) · lower
• HB 1309 - Messmer - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David Wolkins — primary (person)
• Mark Messmer — primary (person)
• Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
• Beau Baird — coauthor (person)
• Carey Hamilton — coauthor (person)
• Sue Errington — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-13 Authored by Representative Wolkins
• 2020-01-13 First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-01-21 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-23 Senate sponsor: Senator Messmer
• 2020-01-23 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 55: yeas 91, nays 1 reading-3, passage
• 2020-01-23 Representatives Baird, Errington, Hamilton added as coauthors
• 2020-01-24 Referred to the Senate
• 2020-02-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-24 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-02-24 Senator Niemeyer added as second sponsor
• 2020-02-27 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-03-03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 310: yeas 48, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-03-04 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2020-03-09 Motion to concur filed
• 2020-03-10 Signed by the Speaker
• 2020-03-10 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 345: yeas 90, nays 1 amendment-failure
• 2020-03-12 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2020-03-30 Public Law 126

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10b1936e-ba3f-4a21-a6e9-314889920d91. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).