republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/sb-459.md

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Bill	Environmental matters.	Provides that the environmental rules board may adopt rules establishing requirements for the reclamation and reuse of treated wastewater. Requires certain entities to: (1) conduct an annual public water system cybersecurity vulnerability assessment; (2) annually provide the office of technology with the name and contact information of any individual who will act as the primary reporter of a cybersecurity incident; (3) submit an annual certification to the department of environmental management via a secured portal verifying certain information; and (4) when an actual or suspected cybersecurity breach occurs, report the incident to the office of technology.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	SB 459	Indiana SB 459 (2025)	bill	AGENCIES; Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) AGENCIES; Office of Technology (IOT) BOARDS COMMISSIONS AND COUNCILS; Generally ENVIRONMENT; Water Pollution TECHNOLOGY; Cyber Security Data Privacy and Identity Theft UTILITIES; Water	enacted	Andy Zay Beau Baird Justin Busch Rick Niemeyer	4	25	3	2025-01-13	2025-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/d15123c2-40c3-42bb-b4e6-0a1aa0252385	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0459	c76df9ce3f5bc2bf5cd28beb3188012f5fe170ffa3d47c6aeb739a9a804080b4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 459 (2025) — Environmental matters.

Provides that the environmental rules board may adopt rules establishing requirements for the reclamation and reuse of treated wastewater. Requires certain entities to: (1) conduct an annual public water system cybersecurity vulnerability assessment; (2) annually provide the office of technology with the name and contact information of any individual who will act as the primary reporter of a cybersecurity incident; (3) submit an annual certification to the department of environmental management via a secured portal verifying certain information; and (4) when an actual or suspected cybersecurity breach occurs, report the incident to the office of technology.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 459 - Niemeyer - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 459 - Niemeyer — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 459 - Baird - 3rd Reading — 95–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Andy Zay — primary (person)
• Beau Baird — primary (person)
• Justin Busch — primary (person)
• Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
• Carolyn Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Pierce — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Sue Errington — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-13 First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-13 Authored by Senator Niemeyer
• 2025-02-04 Senator Zay added as third author
• 2025-02-04 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-02-04 Senator Busch added as second author
• 2025-02-06 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2025-02-06 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-12 Referred to the House referral
• 2025-02-11 House sponsor: Representative Baird
• 2025-02-11 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 111: yeas 48, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-04-03 Representative Errington added as cosponsor
• 2025-04-03 Representative Pierce K added as cosponsor
• 2025-04-03 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-04-07 Representative Jackson C added as cosponsor
• 2025-04-07 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-04-09 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 414: yeas 95, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-04-10 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2025-04-14 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2025-04-16 Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 463: yeas 39, nays 0
• 2025-04-17 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-04-22 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2025-04-23 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2025-05-01 Public Law 139 became-law
• 2025-05-01 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d15123c2-40c3-42bb-b4e6-0a1aa0252385. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).