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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Advanced recycling."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 472"
citation: "Indiana SB 472 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENT generally", "SOLID WASTE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Morrison", "Mark Messmer", "Rick Niemeyer", "Susan Glick"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/198b0629-8cb4-4ff6-88e5-a3e6d56699da"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/472"
source_hash: "823f384982309734226ee7097c918b7747d6208348738d2de4833f5656023d80"
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 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](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0472/versions/SB0472.03.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0472/versions/SB0472.05.ENRH)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0472/versions/SB0472.01.INTR)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0472/versions/SB0472.04.COMH)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0472/versions/SB0472.02.COMS)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/198b0629-8cb4-4ff6-88e5-a3e6d56699da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).