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IN SB0303

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/7/2015

Primary Sponsor

Rick Niemeyer

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Origin

Senate

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

I appreciate you providing the bill number and title, but the document you've shared is Senate Enrolled Act No. 101 from the 2015 Indiana General Assembly, which is about religious freedom restoration, not about water discharges.

Here's a summary of the actual bill in the document:

  • Creates Chapter 9 of Indiana Code establishing a Religious Freedom Restoration Act effective July 1, 2015.

  • Prohibits governmental entities from substantially burdening a person's exercise of religion, even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability.

  • Allows substantial burdens only if the governmental entity demonstrates the burden furthers a compelling governmental interest and uses the least restrictive means.

  • Permits individuals and certain organizations (including for-profit entities controlled by individuals with sincere religious beliefs) to assert violations as claims or defenses in judicial or administrative proceedings.

  • Provides relief remedies including declaratory relief, injunctions, compensatory damages, and attorney's fees for successful claims against governmental entities.

  • Explicitly excludes private employers from liability, preventing applicants, employees, or former employees from bringing claims under this chapter against private employers.

Legislative Description

Large scale discharges into state waters. Makes it a Class C infraction for a person to discharge more than 20 million gallons of water per day into any waters of the state without the approval of the director of the department of natural resources.

Last Action

First Reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs

1/7/2015

Committee Referrals

Environmental Affairs1/7/2015

Full Bill Text

No bill text available