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Bill Preschool and child care facility drinking water. Requires the public finance director to prepare an annual report to the general assembly that provides information on the programs of the Indiana finance authority under which the drinking water in schools, preschools, and child care facilities is tested for the presence of lead. Requires the owner or operator having authority over a child care facility or a preschool to test the drinking water in the child care facility or preschool before January 1, 2026, unless the drinking water in the child care facility or preschool has already been tested through a lead sampling program conducted by the Indiana finance authority. Provides that if the testing of the drinking water in a child care facility or preschool indicates that the presence of lead in the drinking water equals or exceeds the action level for lead (15 parts per billion), the owner or operator of the child care facility or preschool shall take action to: (1) eliminate the source of the lead in the drinking water; or (2) install a water filtration system. Establishes requirements applying to a water filtration system installed in a child care facility or preschool. Requires the environmental rules board to adopt rules, including emergency rules, that conform with the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements proposed rule that is being developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2023 HB 1138 Indiana HB 1138 (2023)
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CHILDREN AND MINORS
Child Care Programs
EDUCATION generally
LEAD TESTING AND ABATEMENT
SCHOOLS
Buildings and Grounds
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
WATER
Availability and Quality of Drinking Water
enacted
Carolyn Jackson
Lonnie Randolph
Rick Niemeyer
Shelli Yoder
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Indiana HB 1138 (2023) — Preschool and child care facility drinking water.

Requires the public finance director to prepare an annual report to the general assembly that provides information on the programs of the Indiana finance authority under which the drinking water in schools, preschools, and child care facilities is tested for the presence of lead. Requires the owner or operator having authority over a child care facility or a preschool to test the drinking water in the child care facility or preschool before January 1, 2026, unless the drinking water in the child care facility or preschool has already been tested through a lead sampling program conducted by the Indiana finance authority. Provides that if the testing of the drinking water in a child care facility or preschool indicates that the presence of lead in the drinking water equals or exceeds the action level for lead (15 parts per billion), the owner or operator of the child care facility or preschool shall take action to: (1) eliminate the source of the lead in the drinking water; or (2) install a water filtration system. Establishes requirements applying to a water filtration system installed in a child care facility or preschool. Requires the environmental rules board to adopt rules, including emergency rules, that conform with the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements proposed rule that is being developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

  • HB 1138 - Niemeyer - 3rd Reading — 470 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Carolyn Jackson — primary (person)
  • Lonnie Randolph — primary (person)
  • Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
  • Shelli Yoder — primary (person)
  • Dan Dernulc — cosponsor (person)
  • Mike Aylesworth — coauthor (person)
  • Sue Errington — coauthor (person)
  • Victoria Garcia Wilburn — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-01-10 Coauthored by Representative Aylesworth
  • 2023-01-10 Authored by Representative Jackson
  • 2023-01-10 First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2023-01-12 Representative Errington added as coauthor
  • 2023-01-30 Representative Garcia Wilburn V added as coauthor
  • 2023-02-16 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2023-02-21 Amendment #1 (Jackson) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2023-02-21 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2023-02-22 Senate sponsors: Senators Niemeyer, Randolph Lonnie M, Yoder
  • 2023-02-22 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 202: yeas 92, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2023-02-23 Referred to the Senate referral
  • 2023-03-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2023-03-28 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2023-03-28 Senator Dernulc added as cosponsor
  • 2023-03-30 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2023-04-03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 287: yeas 47, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2023-04-04 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
  • 2023-04-06 Motion to concur filed filing
  • 2023-04-18 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 442: yeas 89, nays 0
  • 2023-04-24 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2023-04-25 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2023-04-26 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2023-05-01 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-05-01 Public Law 125 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b6a0045a-1f78-42fd-acc8-3bcb40d9135e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).