republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/sb-271.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environmental matters."
description: "Provides that a property owner claiming the industrial waste control facility property tax exemption must: (1) provide a written statement attesting that the property claimed as exempt meets the requirements for the exemption; and (2) file the statement along with the exemption claim. Eliminates provisions under which the property owner must mail a copy of the exemption claim to the department of environmental management (department) and the assessor is required to allow the total exemption claimed by the property owner if the department does not certify its determination to the assessor within 120 days. Amends the law concerning the department's preparation of a list of impaired waters to provide for the list to be posted to the department's Internet web site instead of being published in the Indiana Register and to require that the list be made available for public comment for at least 45 days instead of at least 90 days. Requires the department to establish a state permit program for the implementation of federal regulations for the disposal of coal combustion residuals in landfills and surface impoundments. Requires the environmental rules board (board) to adopt rules for the establishment of the state permit program. Requires the department, not later than May 15, 2021, to notify the United States Environmental Protection Agency of its intention to establish the state permit program and seek federal approval of the program. Establishes the CCR program fund to pay costs incurred by the department in operating the state permit program and conducting program funding reviews. Changes, from January 1, 2022, to January 1, 2023, the expiration date of a noncode SECTION of HEA 1278-2019 concerning the adoption of rules to increase the amounts of certain environmental fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 271"
citation: "Indiana SB 271 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT", "DEPARTMENT AND AGENCIES", "SOLID WASTE", "WATER", "Pollution"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Messmer", "Mike Aylesworth", "Rick Niemeyer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02dec5d0-3e4f-409b-8698-1d158b55ceed"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/271"
source_hash: "a3c97b964da990ee44fca109a93e1d7bf2555df6cfbc42886a7e462ca26433ce"
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 SB 271 (2021) — Environmental matters.

Provides that a property owner claiming the industrial waste control facility property tax exemption must: (1) provide a written statement attesting that the property claimed as exempt meets the requirements for the exemption; and (2) file the statement along with the exemption claim. Eliminates provisions under which the property owner must mail a copy of the exemption claim to the department of environmental management (department) and the assessor is required to allow the total exemption claimed by the property owner if the department does not certify its determination to the assessor within 120 days. Amends the law concerning the department's preparation of a list of impaired waters to provide for the list to be posted to the department's Internet web site instead of being published in the Indiana Register and to require that the list be made available for public comment for at least 45 days instead of at least 90 days. Requires the department to establish a state permit program for the implementation of federal regulations for the disposal of coal combustion residuals in landfills and surface impoundments. Requires the environmental rules board (board) to adopt rules for the establishment of the state permit program. Requires the department, not later than May 15, 2021, to notify the United States Environmental Protection Agency of its intention to establish the state permit program and seek federal approval of the program. Establishes the CCR program fund to pay costs incurred by the department in operating the state permit program and conducting program funding reviews. Changes, from January 1, 2022, to January 1, 2023, the expiration date of a noncode SECTION of HEA 1278-2019 concerning the adoption of rules to increase the amounts of certain environmental fees.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0271/versions/SB0271.07.ENGH)
2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0271/versions/SB0271.03.ENGS)
3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0271/versions/SB0271.08.ENRH)
4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0271/versions/SB0271.01.INTR)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0271/versions/SB0271.05.COMH)
6. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0271/versions/SB0271.04.COMH)
7. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0271/versions/SB0271.06.COMH)
8. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0271/versions/SB0271.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 271 - Messmer - 3rd Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
- Mike Aylesworth — primary (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
- Doug Gutwein — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Authored by Senator Messmer
- **2021-01-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04** Senator Niemeyer added as second author
- **2021-02-04** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2021-02-08** Amendment #1 (Tallian) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-08** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09** House sponsor: Representative Gutwein
- **2021-02-09** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 88: yeas 47, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-10** Referred to the House
- **2021-03-02** First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Representative Gutwein removed as sponsor
- **2021-03-11** Representative Aylesworth added as sponsor
- **2021-03-11** Representative Gutwein added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to the Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
- **2021-04-01** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06** Amendment #4 (Thompson) prevailed; Roll Call 361: yeas 72, nays 22 `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-06** Amendment #3 (Boy) motion withdrawn `amendment-failure, amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-06** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 376: yeas 88, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-13** Motion to concur filed
- **2021-04-14** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 438: yeas 48, nays 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-20** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-21** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-21** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Public Law 100
- **2021-04-22** 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/02dec5d0-3e4f-409b-8698-1d158b55ceed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).