Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana Senate Bill SB0538 Compare Versions

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2	2	Introduced Version
3	3	SENATE BILL No. 538
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5	5	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
6	6	Citations Affected: IC 13-11-2-163.2; IC 13-13-8-16.
7	7	Synopsis: PFAS chemicals. Defines "PFAS chemicals" and requires
8	8	the environmental rules board to use the definition in certain rules
9	9	concerning industrial processes and research and development.
10	10	Effective: July 1, 2025.
11	11	Zay
12	12	January 16, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs.
13	13	2025 IN 538—LS 7635/DI 150 Introduced
14	14	First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
15	15	PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
16	16	Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
17	17	additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
18	18	Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
19	19	provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
20	20	word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
21	21	a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
22	22	Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
23	23	between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
24	24	SENATE BILL No. 538
25	25	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
26	26	environmental law.
27	27	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
28	28	1 SECTION 1. IC 13-11-2-163.2 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
29	29	2 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
30	30	3 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 163.2. (a) "PFAS chemicals", for
31	31	4 purposes of IC 13-13-8-16, means non-polymeric perfluoroalkyl
32	32	5 substances or non-polymeric saturated polyfluoroalkyl substances
33	33	6 that are a group of manmade chemicals that:
34	34	7 (1) contain at least two (2) fully fluorinated sequential carbon
35	35	8 atoms;
36	36	9 (2) are likely to be persistent in the environment;
37	37	10 (3) have bioaccumulation potential in humans, animals, or the
38	38	11 environment; and
39	39	12 (4) are regulated by the United States Environmental
40	40	13 Protection Agency as PFAS under 40 CFR 705.3.
41	41	14 (b) The term includes the following:
42	42	15 (1) Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and its salts.
43	43	16 (2) Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid or perfluorooctane sulfonate
44	44	17 (PFOS) and its salts.
45	45	2025 IN 538—LS 7635/DI 150 2
46	46	1 (3) Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) and its salts.
47	47	2 (4) Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS) and its salts.
48	48	3 (5) Perfluorobutane sulfonic acid or perfluorobutane
49	49	4 sulfonate (PFBS) and its salts.
50	50	5 (6) Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA) and its
51	51	6 salts, which are collectively referred to as GenX chemicals.
52	52	7 (c) The term does not include gases and substances that become
53	53	8 gases in use.
54	54	9 SECTION 2. IC 13-13-8-16 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
55	55	10 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
56	56	11 1, 2025]: Sec. 16. (a) The board shall use the definition of "PFAS
57	57	12 chemicals" set forth in IC 13-11-2-163.2 when adopting a rule
58	58	13 concerning PFAS chemicals that are used or produced in:
59	59	14 (1) industrial processes; or
60	60	15 (2) research and development.
61	61	16 (b) If the board proposes a rule concerning PFAS chemicals that
62	62	17 is more restrictive than federal law, the proposed rule shall not go
63	63	18 into effect until two (2) years after the date the rule was proposed.
64	64	2025 IN 538—LS 7635/DI 150