The civic record
Read. Follow. Verify.Indiana House Bill 1110 mandates strict PFAS limits for wastewater and drinking water
Last action · January 8, 2026: Representatives Sweet, Bauer added as coauthorsSponsors: Becky Cash and 2 others
Track this bill to get notified when it advances a stage. One tap to stop, anytime.
What This Bill Proposed
The bill requires the department of environmental management to establish s and s for PFAS chemicals in drinking water and industrial wastewater by July 1, 2027. Industrial facilities that discharge wastewater directly or indirectly must monitor levels, submit monthly reports, and comply with standards by July 1, 2029. Violators face civil penalties of up to $25,000 per day or $500,000 for continuous violations, with collected fines funding a new testing, remediation, and grant program.
Indiana industrial dischargers, public water systems, and publicly owned treatment works face mandatory compliance deadlines, wastewater monitoring protocols, and potential civil penalties for exceeding PFAS chemical thresholds, while funding is made available for water filtration, well testing, and remediation.
- PFAS chemicals, known as 'forever chemicals', are synthetic compounds widely used in industrial and consumer products that persist in the environment and accumulate in water supplies and human blood. context
- The Indiana General Assembly is the state's bicameral legislature consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Direct dischargers
Industrial wastewater dischargers must conduct mandatory monitoring, submit monthly reports to state and federal agencies, incorporate new effluent limits into NPDES permits, and comply with strict discharge ceilings by July 1, 2029.
Indirect dischargers
Facilities introducing industrial wastewater containing PFAS into publicly owned treatment works must implement approved monitoring procedures, submit monthly reports, and comply with limitation standards.
Publicly owned treatment works
Public treatment works must regulate indirect dischargers and establish control mechanisms to reduce PFAS discharges into state waters starting July 1, 2029.
Water utilities and volunteer fire departments
Eligible for grants and funding from the remediation fund to establish filtration and purification methods to reduce PFAS levels.
Key Facts
- The department of environmental management must establish drinking water water quality standards and industrial wastewater effluent limitation standards for PFAS chemicals by July 1, 2027.
- State standards for maximum PFAS contamination in drinking water may not exceed the levels established by the 2024 federal Safe Drinking Water Act.
- Beginning July 1, 2029, the department must incorporate effluent limitation standards into NPDES permits for direct dischargers.
- Beginning July 1, 2029, publicly owned treatment works must regulate and establish control mechanisms to reduce PFAS discharges from indirect dischargers.
Show all 11 facts
- Direct and indirect dischargers must conduct mandatory industrial wastewater monitoring and submit monthly reports to the department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
- Dischargers exceeding effluent limitation standards after July 1, 2029, must develop a corrective action plan and a pollutant minimization program within 30 days and achieve compliance within four months.
- Violations of effluent limitation standards after July 1, 2029, carry a civil penalty of up to $25,000 per day, and continuous violations for four months result in a civil penalty of up to $500,000.
- Civil penalties are deposited into the newly established PFAS chemical testing and remediation fund.
- The PFAS chemical testing and remediation fund provides money to offset filtration costs, test wells and biosoils, remediate extreme exposure events, and fund community blood testing.
- The department must create a grant program by July 1, 2029, to award grants to water utilities, volunteer fire departments, and individuals testing wells and biosoils.
- A person may file a private legal action against a direct or indirect discharger that violates the chapter, subject to compliance with IC 13-30-3.
Frequently Asked Questions
What chemicals are classified as PFAS under this bill?
When do industrial facilities have to meet the new discharge standards?
What happens to civil penalties collected from violating facilities?
Who is eligible for grants under the new PFAS grant program?
What else do you want to know?
News Coverage
Follow the record
Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Jan 8, 2026HouseRepresentatives Sweet, Bauer added as coauthors
- Jan 5, 2026HouseIntroducedFirst reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs
- Jan 5, 2026HouseAuthored by Representative Cash
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
View official text →Lobbying Activity
No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.
Full breakdown
Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.
Sponsors
Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
Establishment of State-Level PFAS Mandates
The bill creates a comprehensive state regulatory framework for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, tying state standards directly to the 2024 federal Safe Drinking Water Act while instituting independent monitoring and local grant programs.
Connected Entities
Sources
iga.in.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy60Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz50Current news / social attention level
Publisher tools