# Indiana SB 28: Ground water emergencies. Indiana SB 28, Ground water emergencies., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Susan Glick (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-16 (Signed by the Governor) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB28-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Indiana SB 28 - State: Indiana - Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) - Title: Ground water emergencies. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-08 - Last action: 2025-04-16, Signed by the Governor - Sponsor: Susan Glick (Republican) - Cosponsors: 12 - Subjects: utilities, appropriations, the house, natural resources - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (185 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary 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. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Deadlines for investigating well owners’ complaints: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana’s Department of Natural Resources must arrange onsite investigations after written complaints about failed wells. The well must be on property in the complainant’s possession and fail to supply its normal water amount or potable water. The deadline is 24 hours for co… - Construction rules and notices for well owners: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, owners seeking the law’s protections must build new groundwater facilities to meet state construction rules. New nonsignificant facilities must meet department rules, while new significant facilities must meet rules addressing significant groundwater withdrawals. Before dril… - Well owners get compensation with limits: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, a significant groundwater facility’s owner must provide timely, reasonable compensation when its withdrawals cause another facility’s water supply to fail or become substantially impaired, subject to a state order. Affected nonsignificant facilities qualify if they existed b… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Susan Glick (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Blake Doriot (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Daryl Schmitt (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: David Abbott (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Eric Bassler (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Eric Koch (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Gary Byrne (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jean Leising (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Mark Genda (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Matt Commons (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Shane Lindauer (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Spencer Deery (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Stacey Donato (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-03 | Senate | Senate concurred with House amendments | pass | 46 | 1 | | | 2025-04-01 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 93 | 0 | | | 2025-02-13 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 46 | 0 | | ## Actions (30) - 2025-04-16: Signed by the Governor (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Public Law 71 (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Signed by the Speaker (House) - 2025-04-03: Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 339: yeas 46, nays 1 (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Motion to concur filed (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Returned to the Senate with amendments (House) - 2025-04-01: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 341: yeas 93, nays 0 (House) - 2025-03-31: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House) - 2025-03-27: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-03-17: Representative Abbott added as cosponsor (House) - 2025-03-17: Representatives Commons and Genda added as cosponsors (House) - 2025-03-13: Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3 (House) - 2025-03-13: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-03-03: First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources (House) - 2025-02-14: Referred to the House (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Senator Schmitt added as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-02-13: House sponsor: Representative Lindauer (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 123: yeas 46, nays 0 (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Senator Deery added as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Second reading: ordered engrossed (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Senators Leising, Doriot, Donato added as coauthors (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Senator Bassler added as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-01-30: Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations (Senate) - 2025-01-16: Senator Byrne added as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-01-13: Senator Koch added as second author (Senate) - 2025-01-08: Authored by Senator Glick (Senate) - 2025-01-08: First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities (Senate) ## Bill text - Enrolled Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0028/versions/SB0028.06.ENRH?format=pdf) - Introduced Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0028/versions/SB0028.01.INTR?format=pdf) - Senate Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0028/versions/SB0028.03.COMS?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0028/versions/SB0028.04.COMH?format=pdf) - Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0028/versions/SB0028.02.COMS?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0028/versions/SB0028.05.COMH?format=pdf) ## Related bills - SB 324: Criminal procedures. (signed) - SB 231: Various corrections matters. (signed) - SB 80: Code publication. (signed) - SB 453: Various tax matters. (signed) - SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit. (signed) - SB 371: Workforce matters. (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0028/versions/SB0028.06.ENRH?format=pdf) - [Introduced Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0028/versions/SB0028.01.INTR?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0028/versions/SB0028.03.COMS?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0028/versions/SB0028.04.COMH?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0028/versions/SB0028.02.COMS?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0028/versions/SB0028.05.COMH?format=pdf) ## Related - [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025) - [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025) - [SB 80: Code publication.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB80-2025) - [SB 453: Various tax matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB453-2025) - [SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB464-2025) - [SB 371: Workforce matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB371-2025) - [Indiana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana/bills) - [Indiana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB28-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).