IN SB 277

enacted

Indiana department of environmental management.

Indiana · 2026 Regular Session (2nd Regular Session, 124th General Assembly) · upper

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Quick answers

Did IN SB 277 pass?

Yes. IN SB 277 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-03-05): Signed by the Governor

What is IN SB 277 about?

Amends, repeals, or adds certain terms. Makes certain changes concerning the purpose, structure, and powers of the department of environmental management (department) or the environmental rules board. Prohibits the department from basing a decision solely on federal risk values that have not been promulgated through federal rulemaking. Instructs the department to avoid the use of federal risk values that are at or below background concentrations in air, water, soil, or sediment. Makes certain changes to various boards or funds. Eliminates or amends rulemaking provisions. Makes certain changes to hearing and permitting processes. Changes or eliminates certain reporting requirements. Makes various changes to the water pollution statutes. Makes various changes to the solid waste and hazardous waste management statutes. Repeals or amends various sections regarding: (1) hazardous substances; (2) the voluntary remediation programs; (3) regional water districts; and (4) citizen lawsuits. Amends provisions concerning the establishment of certain fees and the use of fee schedules. Repeals the division of pollution prevention and the office of voluntary compliance. Makes conforming, stylistic, and technical changes.

Who sponsors IN SB 277?

Beau Baird, Justin Busch, Rick Niemeyer are the primary sponsors of IN SB 277, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-03-05 — Signed by the Governor
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-03-05
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2026-03-05
Public Law 135
became-law
2026-02-27
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
passage
2026-02-27
Signed by the President of the Senate
passage
2026-02-27
Signed by the Speaker
passage
2026-02-25
Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 296: yeas 26, nays 21
2026-02-25
Motion to concur filed
filing
2026-02-25
Returned to the Senate with amendments
receipt
2026-02-24
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 356: yeas 53, nays 45
passage,reading-3,reading-3
2026-02-23
Amendment #6 (Novak) failed; Roll Call 323: yeas 39, nays 55
amendment-failure,failure
2026-02-23
Amendment #14 (Jackson C) failed; Roll Call 324: yeas 35, nays 58
amendment-failure,failure
2026-02-23
Amendment #12 (Errington) failed; Division of the House: yeas 37, nays 54
amendment-failure,failure
2026-02-23
Amendment #22 (Cash) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-passage
2026-02-23
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
reading-2
2026-02-23
Amendment #9 (Errington) failed; Roll Call 332: yeas 29, nays 66
amendment-failure,failure
2026-02-23
Amendment #15 (Jackson C) failed; Roll Call 331: yeas 29, nays 67
amendment-failure,failure
2026-02-23
Amendment #10 (Errington) failed; Roll Call 330: yeas 34, nays 56
amendment-failure,failure
2026-02-23
Amendment #2 (Bauer) failed; Roll Call 329: yeas 29, nays 62
amendment-failure,failure
2026-02-23
Amendment #5 (Bauer) prevailed; Roll Call 328: yeas 50, nays 44
amendment-passage
2026-02-23
Amendment #17 (Jackson C) failed; Roll Call 327: yeas 30, nays 63
amendment-failure,failure
2026-02-23
Amendment #3 (Bauer) failed; Roll Call 326: yeas 48, nays 49
amendment-failure,failure
2026-02-23
Amendment #8 (Errington) failed; Roll Call 325: yeas 34, nays 60
amendment-failure,failure
2026-02-23
Amendment #27 (Baird) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-passage
2026-02-16
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
committee-passage
2026-02-02
First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-29
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 141: yeas 29, nays 19
passage,reading-3,reading-3
2026-01-29
Representative Miller D added as cosponsor
2026-01-29
House sponsor: Representative Baird
2026-01-29
Referred to the House
referral
2026-01-28
Amendment #5 (Niemeyer) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-passage
2026-01-28
Amendment #1 (Qaddoura) failed; voice vote
amendment-failure,failure
2026-01-28
Senator Busch added as second author
2026-01-28
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
reading-2
2026-01-22
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
committee-passage
2026-01-13
Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-01-08
First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-08
Authored by Senator Niemeyer

Versions

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Documents

Votes

SB 277 - Niemeyer - 3rd Reading
2026-01-29 · pass · 29-19
Member-level votes (49)
- Alexander: yes
- Busch: yes
- Garten: yes
- Mishler: yes
- Baldwin: yes
- Byrne: yes
- Gaskill: yes
- Niemeyer: yes
- Bassler: yes
- Carrasco: yes
- Goode: yes
- Raatz: yes
- Bohacek: yes
- Charbonneau: yes
- Holdman: yes
- Tomes: yes
- Bray: yes
- Dernulc: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Young: yes
- Brown: yes
- Donato: yes
- Koch: yes
- Buchanan: yes
- Doriot: yes
- Leising: yes
- Buck: yes
- Freeman: yes
- Maxwell: yes
- Alting: no
- Glick: no
- Qaddoura: no
- Taylor: no
- Clark: no
- Hunley: no
- Randolph: no
- Walker G: no
- Crider: no
- Jackson, L: no
- Rogers: no
- Walker K: no
- Deery: no
- Niezgodski: no
- Schmitt: no
- Yoder: no
- Ford J.D.: no
- Pol: no
- Spencer: no
- Becker: excused
SB 277 - Baird - 2nd Reading
2026-02-23 · fail · 39-55
Member-level votes (100)
- Andrade: yes
- Dvorak: yes
- Ireland: yes
- Pierce, M: yes
- Bartlett: yes
- Errington: yes
- Jackson, C: yes
- Porter: yes
- Bascom: yes
- Garcia Wilburn: yes
- Johnson, B: yes
- Pryor: yes
- Bauer: yes
- GiaQuinta: yes
- Klinker: yes
- Shackleford: yes
- Burton: yes
- Gore: yes
- Manning: yes
- Shonkwiler: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Goss-Reaves: yes
- Miller, K: yes
- Smith, H: yes
- Cash: yes
- Hall: yes
- Moseley: yes
- Smith, V: yes
- Clere: yes
- Hamilton: yes
- Novak: yes
- Summers: yes
- Dant Chesser: yes
- Harris: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Sweet: yes
- DeLaney: yes
- Hatcher: yes
- Pfaff: yes
- Abbott: no
- Genda: no
- Lehman: no
- Prescott: no
- Aylesworth: no
- Greene: no
- Lindauer: no
- Pressel: no
- Baird: no
- Heaton: no
- Lucas: no
- Rowray: no
- Barrett: no
- Heine: no
- May: no
- Slager: no
- Bartels: no
- Hostettler: no
- Mayfield: no
- Smaltz: no
- Behning: no
- Isa: no
- McGuire: no
- Snow: no
- Borders: no
- Jeter: no
- McNamara: no
- Steuerwald: no
- Carbaugh: no
- Jordan: no
- Meltzer: no
- Teshka: no
- Commons: no
- Judy: no
- Miller, D: no
- Thompson: no
- Criswell: no
- Karickhoff: no
- Morris: no
- VanNatter: no
- Culp: no
- King: no
- O'Brien: no
- Wesco: no
- Davis: no
- Lauer: no
- Olthoff: no
- Yocum: no
- DeVon: no
- Lawson: no
- Payne: no
- Zimmerman: no
- Engleman: no
- Ledbetter: no
- Pierce, K: no
- Haggard: excused
- Lopez: excused
- Moed: excused
- Pack: excused
- Soliday: not voting
- Mr. Speaker: not voting
SB 277 - Baird - 3rd Reading
2026-02-24 · pass · 53-45
Member-level votes (100)
- Abbott: yes
- Goss-Reaves: yes
- Lopez: yes
- Slager: yes
- Aylesworth: yes
- Heaton: yes
- Lucas: yes
- Smaltz: yes
- Baird: yes
- Heine: yes
- May: yes
- Snow: yes
- Barrett: yes
- Ireland: yes
- Mayfield: yes
- Soliday: yes
- Bartels: yes
- Jeter: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Steuerwald: yes
- Behning: yes
- Jordan: yes
- McNamara: yes
- Teshka: yes
- Borders: yes
- Judy: yes
- Meltzer: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Carbaugh: yes
- Karickhoff: yes
- Miller, D: yes
- VanNatter: yes
- Commons: yes
- King: yes
- O'Brien: yes
- Wesco: yes
- Criswell: yes
- Lauer: yes
- Olthoff: yes
- Zimmerman: yes
- Culp: yes
- Lawson: yes
- Prescott: yes
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Davis: yes
- Ledbetter: yes
- Pressel: yes
- DeVon: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Rowray: yes
- Engleman: yes
- Lindauer: yes
- Shonkwiler: yes
- Andrade: no
- Garcia Wilburn: no
- Johnson, B: no
- Pierce, M: no
- Bartlett: no
- Genda: no
- Klinker: no
- Porter: no
- Bascom: no
- GiaQuinta: no
- Manning: no
- Pryor: no
- Bauer: no
- Greene: no
- Miller, K: no
- Shackleford: no
- Burton: no
- Haggard: no
- Moed: no
- Smith, H: no
- Campbell: no
- Hall: no
- Moseley: no
- Smith, V: no
- Cash: no
- Hamilton: no
- Novak: no
- Summers: no
- Clere: no
- Harris: no
- Pack: no
- Sweet: no
- Dant Chesser: no
- Hatcher: no
- Patterson: no
- Yocum: no
- DeLaney: no
- Hostettler: no
- Payne: no
- Dvorak: no
- Isa: no
- Pfaff: no
- Errington: no
- Jackson, C: no
- Pierce, K: no
- Gore: not voting
- Morris: not voting
SB 277 - Niemeyer
2026-02-25 · pass · 26-21
Member-level votes (50)
- Alexander: yes
- Byrne: yes
- Holdman: yes
- Raatz: yes
- Baldwin: yes
- Charbonneau: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Bohacek: yes
- Clark: yes
- Koch: yes
- Schmitt: yes
- Bray: yes
- Dernulc: yes
- Leising: yes
- Tomes: yes
- Brown: yes
- Donato: yes
- Maxwell: yes
- Young: yes
- Buck: yes
- Garten: yes
- Mishler: yes
- Busch: yes
- Gaskill: yes
- Niemeyer: yes
- Alting: no
- Ford J.D.: no
- McKinley: no
- Walker G: no
- Becker: no
- Freeman: no
- Niezgodski: no
- Walker K: no
- Buchanan: no
- Glick: no
- Qaddoura: no
- Yoder: no
- Carrasco: no
- Goode: no
- Randolph: no
- Crider: no
- Hunley: no
- Spencer: no
- Deery: no
- Jackson, L: no
- Taylor: no
- Pol: excused
- Bassler: not voting
- Doriot: not voting

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