republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/sb-472.md

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Bill	Advanced recycling.	Defines "advanced recycling" as a manufacturing process for the conversion of post-use polymers and recovered feedstocks into basic raw materials, feedstocks, chemicals, and other products. Defines "advanced recycling facility" as a manufacturing facility that: (1) receives, stores, and converts post-use polymers and recovered feedstocks resulting from advanced recycling; and (2) is subject to manufacturing regulation by the department of environmental management. Provides: (1) that post-use polymers and recovered feedstocks that are converted at an advanced recycling facility or held at an advanced recycling facility before conversion are not within the definition of "solid waste"; (2) that an advanced recycling facility is not within the definition of "solid waste disposal facility"; (3) that the activities undertaken at an advanced recycling facility are not within the definition of "solid waste management"; and (4) that an advanced recycling facility is not within the definition of "solid waste disposal facility" or the definition of "solid waste processing facility". Provides that certain solid waste management laws do not apply to advanced recycling facilities. Provides, for purposes of Indiana environmental law, that products sold as fuel are not considered recycled products.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2023	SB 472	Indiana SB 472 (2023)	bill	ENVIRONMENT generally SOLID WASTE	enacted	Alan Morrison Mark Messmer Rick Niemeyer Susan Glick	5	23	1	2023-01-19	2023-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/198b0629-8cb4-4ff6-88e5-a3e6d56699da	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/472	823f384982309734226ee7097c918b7747d6208348738d2de4833f5656023d80	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 472 (2023) — Advanced recycling.

Defines "advanced recycling" as a manufacturing process for the conversion of post-use polymers and recovered feedstocks into basic raw materials, feedstocks, chemicals, and other products. Defines "advanced recycling facility" as a manufacturing facility that: (1) receives, stores, and converts post-use polymers and recovered feedstocks resulting from advanced recycling; and (2) is subject to manufacturing regulation by the department of environmental management. Provides: (1) that post-use polymers and recovered feedstocks that are converted at an advanced recycling facility or held at an advanced recycling facility before conversion are not within the definition of "solid waste"; (2) that an advanced recycling facility is not within the definition of "solid waste disposal facility"; (3) that the activities undertaken at an advanced recycling facility are not within the definition of "solid waste management"; and (4) that an advanced recycling facility is not within the definition of "solid waste disposal facility" or the definition of "solid waste processing facility". Provides that certain solid waste management laws do not apply to advanced recycling facilities. Provides, for purposes of Indiana environmental law, that products sold as fuel are not considered recycled products.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 472 - Morrison - 3rd Reading — 94–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alan Morrison — primary (person)
• Mark Messmer — primary (person)
• Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
• Susan Glick — primary (person)
• Andy Zay — coauthor (person)
• Ben Smaltz — cosponsor (person)
• Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
• Doug Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Bassler — coauthor (person)
• James Buck — coauthor (person)
• Mike Gaskill — coauthor (person)
• Steve Bartels — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-19 Coauthored by Senator Doriot
• 2023-01-19 Authored by Senators Messmer, Glick, Niemeyer
• 2023-01-19 First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-01-30 Senators Gaskill, Buck, Zay, Bassler added as coauthors
• 2023-01-31 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-02-02 Amendment #1 (Messmer) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2023-02-02 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-02-06 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 72: yeas 44, nays 5 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-02-06 House sponsor: Representative Morrison
• 2023-02-06 Cosponsor: Representative Smaltz
• 2023-02-07 Referred to the House referral
• 2023-02-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-03-13 Representative Miller D added as cosponsor
• 2023-03-16 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-03-20 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-03-20 Representative Bartels added as cosponsor
• 2023-03-21 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 287: yeas 94, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-03-22 Returned to the Senate without amendments receipt
• 2023-03-23 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2023-04-11 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2023-04-17 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2023-04-20 Public Law 54 became-law
• 2023-04-20 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/198b0629-8cb4-4ff6-88e5-a3e6d56699da. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).