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type: "Bill"
title: "Threats to critical infrastructure."
description: "Amends the statute prohibiting the use of public funds to purchase equipment or services produced or provided by certain prohibited persons determined to be a national security threat to communications networks or supply chains to also prohibit the use of public funds to purchase communications equipment or service that is: (1) determined under specified federal regulations to pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the security and safety of United States persons; and (2) included on the covered list published, maintained, and updated by the federal Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau on the website of the Federal Communications Commission. Provides that the governor may, at any time, and in consultation with the executive director of the department of homeland security, designate a country as a threat to certain critical infrastructure located in Indiana. Provides that after June 30, 2023, a specified qualified entity may not enter into an agreement relating to critical infrastructure with a company if: (1) under the agreement, the company would be able to directly or remotely access or control of a critical infrastructure or a cybersecurity system of a critical infrastructure; and (2) the company is: (A) owned or controlled by citizens of (or a company or entity owned or controlled by citizens or the government of) China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or a country designated as a threat to critical infrastructure by the governor; or (B) headquartered in China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or a country designated as a threat to critical infrastructure by the governor. Provides that after June 30, 2023, a prohibited person may not purchase, lease, or acquire a parcel of real property that is directly adjacent to a military installation. Provides that the attorney general may investigate the purchase, lease, or acquisition of real property upon receipt of a complaint. Provides that the attorney general shall enforce a violation by commencing a receivership proceeding and selling the property through the receivership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 477"
citation: "Indiana SB 477 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GOVERNOR", "HOMELAND SECURITY", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC CONTRACTS", "PUBLIC FUNDS", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "Telephone", "Television", "Radio", "and Internet"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Garten", "Ethan Manning", "Jon Ford", "Justin Busch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc76fc83-793b-4186-ae25-9e3d1e73ee5d"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/477"
source_hash: "7bc1168fc1aee0ca23bff33808fcb71cf0ec2350bd76e6e0cba78529ca690d76"
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 477 (2023) — Threats to critical infrastructure.
Amends the statute prohibiting the use of public funds to purchase equipment or services produced or provided by certain prohibited persons determined to be a national security threat to communications networks or supply chains to also prohibit the use of public funds to purchase communications equipment or service that is: (1) determined under specified federal regulations to pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the security and safety of United States persons; and (2) included on the covered list published, maintained, and updated by the federal Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau on the website of the Federal Communications Commission. Provides that the governor may, at any time, and in consultation with the executive director of the department of homeland security, designate a country as a threat to certain critical infrastructure located in Indiana. Provides that after June 30, 2023, a specified qualified entity may not enter into an agreement relating to critical infrastructure with a company if: (1) under the agreement, the company would be able to directly or remotely access or control of a critical infrastructure or a cybersecurity system of a critical infrastructure; and (2) the company is: (A) owned or controlled by citizens of (or a company or entity owned or controlled by citizens or the government of) China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or a country designated as a threat to critical infrastructure by the governor; or (B) headquartered in China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or a country designated as a threat to critical infrastructure by the governor. Provides that after June 30, 2023, a prohibited person may not purchase, lease, or acquire a parcel of real property that is directly adjacent to a military installation. Provides that the attorney general may investigate the purchase, lease, or acquisition of real property upon receipt of a complaint. Provides that the attorney general shall enforce a violation by commencing a receivership proceeding and selling the property through the receivership.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0477/versions/SB0477.04.ENRH)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0477/versions/SB0477.01.INTR)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0477/versions/SB0477.03.COMH)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0477/versions/SB0477.02.COMS)
## Votes
- SB 477 - Manning - 3rd Reading — **900** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chris Garten — primary (person)
- Ethan Manning — primary (person)
- Jon Ford — primary (person)
- Justin Busch — primary (person)
- Becky Cash — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
- Chris Judy — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Koch — coauthor (person)
- Gary Byrne — coauthor (person)
- James Buck — coauthor (person)
- James Tomes — coauthor (person)
- John Crane — coauthor (person)
- Mark Messmer — coauthor (person)
- Randall Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Baldwin — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-19** Authored by Senator Busch
- **2023-01-19** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Senator Ford Jon added as second author
- **2023-01-26** Senator Garten added as third author
- **2023-01-30** Senator Koch added as coauthor
- **2023-01-31** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Senator Byrne added as coauthor
- **2023-02-02** Senators Crane, Messmer, Tomes, Buck, Doriot added as coauthors
- **2023-02-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 73: yeas 42, nays 7 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** House sponsor: Representative Manning
- **2023-02-06** Senator Baldwin added as coauthor
- **2023-02-07** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2023-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Representative Frye added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-07** Representative Judy added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 297: yeas 90, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Representative Cash B added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-24** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
- **2023-04-03** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2023-04-10** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 361: yeas 45, nays 4
- **2023-04-13** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-01** Public Law 118 `became-law`
- **2023-05-01** 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/fc76fc83-793b-4186-ae25-9e3d1e73ee5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).