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type: "Bill"
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title: "Department of environmental management."
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description: "Revises references to federal regulations relating to variances from water quality standards. Provides that a variance from a water quality standard issued for a period of more than five years must be reevaluated in accordance with the requirements of the federal rule on variances from water quality standards. Provides that a variance relating to an NPDES permit may be submitted at any time before or after the issuance, renewal, or modification of the NPDES permit. Eliminates the requirement that the department itself, at least once per year, administer a certification examination for operators of water treatment plants, water distribution systems, and wastewater treatment plants. Requires instead the department to ensure that the examination is administered at least once per year, and allows the examination to be administered by independent third parties authorized by the commissioner of the department."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 1309"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1309 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT", "DEPARTMENT AND AGENCIES", "WATER", "Availability and Quality of Drinking Water"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David Wolkins", "Mark Messmer", "Rick Niemeyer"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-01-13"
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last_action: "2020-03-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10b1936e-ba3f-4a21-a6e9-314889920d91"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1309"
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source_hash: "b9392a8e76a7ef67ee37e2ae2b555868dd16e9feea5b13f9508e62dc1777a5fa"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana HB 1309 (2020) — Department of environmental management.
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Revises references to federal regulations relating to variances from water quality standards. Provides that a variance from a water quality standard issued for a period of more than five years must be reevaluated in accordance with the requirements of the federal rule on variances from water quality standards. Provides that a variance relating to an NPDES permit may be submitted at any time before or after the issuance, renewal, or modification of the NPDES permit. Eliminates the requirement that the department itself, at least once per year, administer a certification examination for operators of water treatment plants, water distribution systems, and wastewater treatment plants. Requires instead the department to ensure that the examination is administered at least once per year, and allows the examination to be administered by independent third parties authorized by the commissioner of the department.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1309/versions/HB1309.04.ENRS)
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2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1309/versions/HB1309.03.COMS)
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3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1309/versions/HB1309.02.COMH)
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4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1309/versions/HB1309.01.INTR)
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## Votes
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- HB 1309 - Wolkins - 3rd Reading — **91–1** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1309 - Messmer - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David Wolkins — primary (person)
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- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
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- Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
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- Beau Baird — coauthor (person)
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- Carey Hamilton — coauthor (person)
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- Sue Errington — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-13** Authored by Representative Wolkins
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- **2020-01-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-21** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-23** Senate sponsor: Senator Messmer
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- **2020-01-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 55: yeas 91, nays 1 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-01-23** Representatives Baird, Errington, Hamilton added as coauthors
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- **2020-01-24** Referred to the Senate
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- **2020-02-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-24** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-24** Senator Niemeyer added as second sponsor
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- **2020-02-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 310: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-03-04** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
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- **2020-03-09** Motion to concur filed
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- **2020-03-10** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2020-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 345: yeas 90, nays 1 `amendment-failure`
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- **2020-03-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2020-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-03-30** Public Law 126
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10b1936e-ba3f-4a21-a6e9-314889920d91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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