Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1411
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 16-41-21.1; IC 35-52-16-65.5.
Synopsis: Water quality grants for school buildings. Requires the
person or entity having authority over a school building to test the
drinking water in the school building by a specified time frame.
Provides that a person having authority over a school building who
knowingly or intentionally fails to have the school building tested in the
specified time frame commits the crime of neglect of a student, a Level
6 felony.
Effective: July 1, 2025.
Jackson C, Aylesworth,
Garcia Wilburn
January 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Policy.
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First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1411
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
health.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 16-41-21.1-3, AS ADDED BY P.L.122-2020,
2 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), Each
4 person or entity having authority over a school building shall test the
5 drinking water in the school building before January 1, 2023, the dates
6 specified in subsection (b), to determine whether the drinking water
7 equals or exceeds the action level for lead of fifteen (15) ten (10) parts
8 per billion, or fifteen ten one thousandths (0.015) (0.010) milligram of
9 lead per liter of water, established by 40 CFR 141.80 as in effect on
10 January 1, 2020. October 30, 2024.
11 (b) A person or entity having authority over a school building that
12 is subject to testing under subsection (a) satisfies the requirement of
13 subsection (a) with respect to a school building if the drinking water in
14 the school building:
15 (1) was tested during the lead sampling program for school
16 buildings conducted by the Indiana finance authority in 2017 and
17 2018;
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1 (2) is tested in the lead sampling program for school buildings
2 and child care facilities conducted by the Indiana finance
3 authority in 2019 and 2020; or
4 (3) has otherwise been tested for compliance with the standards
5 set forth in subsection (a) at least once since 2016.
6 (b) Beginning July 1, 2025, each person or entity having
7 authority over a school building shall complete the testing of the
8 drinking water in the school building by the following assigned
9 date:
10 (1) School corporations and charter schools with names that
11 begin with the letters A through H, not later than June 30,
12 2026.
13 (2) School corporations and charter schools with names that
14 begin with the letters I through P, not later than June 30,
15 2027.
16 (3) School corporations and charter schools with names that
17 begin with the letters Q through Z, not later than June 30,
18 2028.
19 (c) After calendar year 2022, the drinking water in every school
20 building located in Lake County shall be tested at least one (1) time in
21 each period of two (2) calendar years to determine whether the drinking
22 water equals or exceeds the action level for lead of fifteen (15) parts
23 per billion, or fifteen one thousandths (0.015) milligram of lead per
24 liter of water.
25 (d) If any testing of drinking water conducted under this section
26 indicates that the presence of lead in the drinking water is equal to or
27 greater than the lead action level of fifteen (15) parts per billion
28 established by 40 CFR 141, Subpart I, as in effect on January 1, 2020,
29 the person or entity having authority over the school building from
30 which the water was taken for testing shall take action to reduce the
31 lead levels in the drinking water to less than fifteen (15) parts per
32 billion.
33 (c) If a test under this section indicates that the drinking water
34 of a school building equals or exceeds the action level for lead, the
35 person having authority over the school building shall apply for a
36 grant from the Indiana finance authority's lead sampling program
37 for school buildings and child care facilities before the end of the
38 following state fiscal year.
39 (e) (d) Each person or entity having authority over a school building
40 that is subject to testing under this section shall seek any state and
41 federal grant money available for lead sampling or testing. including
42 any money available under the lead sampling program for school
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1 buildings and child care facilities conducted by the Indiana finance
2 authority.
3 SECTION 2. IC 16-41-21.1-4 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
4 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
5 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. A person having authority over
6 a school building who knowingly or intentionally fails to have the
7 school building's drinking water tested in the time frame specified
8 in section 3 of this chapter commits the crime of neglect of a
9 student, a Level 6 felony.
10 SECTION 3. IC 35-52-16-65.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
11 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
12 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 65.5. IC 16-41-21.1-4 defines a
13 crime concerning neglect of a student.
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