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type: "Bill"
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title: "Ground water emergencies."
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description: "Allows the owner or operator of a significant ground water withdrawal facility to file a complaint with the director of the department of natural resources (director) that a water well on the property of the owner of the significant ground water withdrawal facility failed to furnish the well's normal supply of water or failed to furnish potable water. Requires the director to launch an investigation into a complaint of a well failure from a significant ground water withdrawal facility within three business days of the director receiving the complaint. Provides that the owner of a significant ground water withdrawal facility responsible for the failure or substantial impairment of a well shall provide timely and reasonable compensation to the owner of an impacted significant ground water withdrawal facility or nonsignificant ground water withdrawal facility."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 28"
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citation: "Indiana SB 28 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Natural Resources (DNR)", "AGRICULTURE; Crops", "AGRICULTURE; Livestock", "CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Liabilities", "Damages", "and Penalties", "NATURAL RESOURCES; Rivers", "Streams", "and Waterways", "UTILITIES; Water"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Eric Koch", "Shane Lindauer", "Susan Glick"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-08"
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last_action: "2025-04-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0e262ed-d389-43ec-84f2-5d01a2d9f067"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0028"
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source_hash: "45aee9eee9f0023f83bbc7e3a3d92d8f2f2ce9cf799de6f8d5ae34158b04fc78"
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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 SB 28 (2025) — Ground water emergencies.
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Allows the owner or operator of a significant ground water withdrawal facility to file a complaint with the director of the department of natural resources (director) that a water well on the property of the owner of the significant ground water withdrawal facility failed to furnish the well's normal supply of water or failed to furnish potable water. Requires the director to launch an investigation into a complaint of a well failure from a significant ground water withdrawal facility within three business days of the director receiving the complaint. Provides that the owner of a significant ground water withdrawal facility responsible for the failure or substantial impairment of a well shall provide timely and reasonable compensation to the owner of an impacted significant ground water withdrawal facility or nonsignificant ground water withdrawal facility.
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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 Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0028/SB0028.06.ENRH.pdf)
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2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0028/SB0028.01.INTR.pdf)
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3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0028/SB0028.04.COMH.pdf)
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4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0028/SB0028.05.COMH.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SB 28 - Lindauer - 3rd Reading — **93–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 28 - Glick — **46–1** (pass) · upper
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- SB 28 - Glick - 3rd Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Eric Koch — primary (person)
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- Shane Lindauer — primary (person)
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- Susan Glick — primary (person)
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- Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
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- Daryl Schmitt — coauthor (person)
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- David Abbott — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Bassler — coauthor (person)
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- Gary Byrne — coauthor (person)
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- Jean Leising — coauthor (person)
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- Mark Genda — cosponsor (person)
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- Matt Commons — cosponsor (person)
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- Spencer Deery — coauthor (person)
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- Stacey Donato — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-08** Authored by Senator Glick
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- **2025-01-13** Senator Koch added as second author
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- **2025-01-16** Senator Byrne added as coauthor
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- **2025-01-30** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-06** Senator Bassler added as coauthor
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- **2025-02-06** Senators Leising, Doriot, Donato added as coauthors
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- **2025-02-06** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-11** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-13** Senator Deery added as coauthor
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- **2025-02-14** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2025-02-13** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 123: yeas 46, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-13** House sponsor: Representative Lindauer
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- **2025-02-13** Senator Schmitt added as coauthor
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- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-13** Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
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- **2025-03-17** Representatives Commons and Genda added as cosponsors
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- **2025-03-17** Representative Abbott added as cosponsor
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- **2025-03-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-31** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-02** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-04-02** Motion to concur filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 341: yeas 93, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-03** Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 339: yeas 46, nays 1
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- **2025-04-09** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-04-08** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-08** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2025-04-16** Public Law 71 `became-law`
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- **2025-04-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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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/b0e262ed-d389-43ec-84f2-5d01a2d9f067`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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