Indiana Senate Bill 411 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-25 - Senator Baldwin S added as second author
Pending: Senate Environmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Environmental nuisance actions. Specifies that a civil action brought for monetary or injunctive relief due to the discharge of a contaminant in substantial compliance with a permit issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the Indiana department of environmental management (IDEM) may be brought only as a nuisance action. Defines "stigma damages" and specifies that in a nuisance action brought in connection with a discharge that substantially complies with an EPA or IDEM permit, the plaintiff: (1) must establish certain damages by clear and convincing evidence; and (2) is not entitled to stigma damages.

Environmental nuisance actions.

Sen. Jon Ford [R]

Sen. Scott Baldwin [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-25	Senate	Senator Baldwin S added as second author
2021-01-25	Senate	Senator Ford Jon added as author
2021-01-25	Senate	Senator Baldwin S removed as author
2021-01-25	Senate	Senator Ford Jon removed as second author
2021-01-25	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs
2021-01-25	Senate	Authored by Senators Baldwin and Ford Jon

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/411/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/d/d/6/8dd6468e/SB0411.01.INTR.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/4/c/c/54cc5036/SB0411.01.INTR.FN001.pdf