Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana Senate Bill SB0437 Compare Versions

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2	2	Introduced Version
3	3	SENATE BILL No. 437
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5	5	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
6	6	Citations Affected: IC 35-46-10-1.
7	7	Synopsis: Critical infrastructure. Provides, for purposes of criminal
8	8	statutes regarding offenses involving critical infrastructure, that a
9	9	communications services facility includes wires and equipment used
10	10	to provide communications service to a customer.
11	11	Effective: July 1, 2025.
12	12	Bohacek
13	13	January 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal
14	14	Law.
15	15	2025 IN 437—LS 6724/DI 119 Introduced
16	16	First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
17	17	PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
18	18	Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
19	19	additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
20	20	Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
21	21	provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
22	22	word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
23	23	a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
24	24	Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
25	25	between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
26	26	SENATE BILL No. 437
27	27	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
28	28	criminal law and procedure.
29	29	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
30	30	1 SECTION 1. IC 35-46-10-1, AS ADDED BY P.L.276-2019,
31	31	2 SECTION 7, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
32	32	3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "critical
33	33	4 infrastructure facility" means any of the following:
34	34	5 (1) A chemical manufacturing facility.
35	35	6 (2) A refinery.
36	36	7 (3) A steelmaking facility.
37	37	8 (4) An aluminum manufacturing facility.
38	38	9 (5) An electric utility facility, including:
39	39	10 (A) a power plant;
40	40	11 (B) a power generation facility peaker;
41	41	12 (C) an electric transmission facility;
42	42	13 (D) an electric station or substation; or
43	43	14 (E) any other facility used to support the generation,
44	44	15 transmission, or distribution of electricity.
45	45	16 However, the term does not include electric transmission land or
46	46	17 right-of-way that is not completely enclosed, posted, and
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48	48	1 maintained by the electric utility.
49	49	2 (6) A water intake structure or water treatment facility.
50	50	3 (7) A natural gas utility facility, including:
51	51	4 (A) an age station;
52	52	5 (B) a compressor station;
53	53	6 (C) an odorization facility;
54	54	7 (D) a main line valve;
55	55	8 (E) a natural gas storage facility; or
56	56	9 (F) any other facility used to support the acquisition,
57	57	10 transmission, distribution, or storage of natural gas. However,
58	58	11 the term does not include gas transmission pipeline property
59	59	12 that is not completely enclosed, posted, and maintained by the
60	60	13 natural gas utility.
61	61	14 (8) A gasoline, propane, liquid natural gas (LNG), or other fuel
62	62	15 terminal or storage facility.
63	63	16 (9) A transportation facility, including, but not limited to, a port,
64	64	17 railroad switching yard, or trucking terminal. However, the term
65	65	18 does not include a railroad track that is not part of a railroad
66	66	19 switching yard.
67	67	20 (10) A pulp or paper manufacturing facility.
68	68	21 (11) A pharmaceutical manufacturing facility.
69	69	22 (12) A hazardous waste storage, treatment, or disposal facility.
70	70	23 (13) A crude oil exploration and production equipment or refined
71	71	24 products storage and distribution facility including, but not
72	72	25 limited to, valve sites, pipeline interconnections, a pump station,
73	73	26 a metering station, below or aboveground pipeline or piping, and
74	74	27 a truck loading or offloading facility.
75	75	28 (14) A communications services facility, including:
76	76	29 (A) a central office;
77	77	30 (B) a cable head end;
78	78	31 (C) a cable node; or
79	79	32 (D) a cellular telephone tower site; and
80	80	33 (E) wires and equipment used to provide communications
81	81	34 service to a customer.
82	82	35 (15) A dam that is regulated by the department of natural
83	83	36 resources.
84	84	37 (16) A facility:
85	85	38 (A) whose owner or operator is required to submit a risk
86	86	39 management plan under the federal Chemical Safety
87	87	40 Information, Site Security and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act (42
88	88	41 U.S.C. 7412(r)); or
89	89	42 (B) identified and regulated by the United States Department
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91	91	1 of Homeland Security Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism
92	92	2 Standards (CFATS) program.
93	93	3 (17) Any aboveground portion of an oil, gas, hazardous liquid, or
94	94	4 chemical pipeline, tank, railroad facility, or other storage facility
95	95	5 that is completely enclosed, posted, and maintained by the critical
96	96	6 infrastructure utility.
97	97	7 (18) A facility that is substantially similar to a facility, structure,
98	98	8 or station listed in this subsection.
99	99	9 (b) As used in this chapter, "critical infrastructure utility" means a
100	100	10 person that owns or operates, for public use, any plant, equipment,
101	101	11 property, franchise, or license for the production, storage, transmission,
102	102	12 sale, or delivery of the items listed in subsection (a).
103	103	13 (c) As used in this chapter, "person" has the meaning set forth in
104	104	14 IC 35-31.5-2-234(a).
105	105	2025 IN 437—LS 6724/DI 119