HB 1467 Indiana House · 2023 Regular Session

Children and lead hazards.

Summary
Provides that, beginning with children who enroll in school for the school year beginning in 2024, the governing body of a school corporation shall require every child not more than seven years of age who enrolls in a school operated by the school corporation to undergo a test for the presence of lead in the child's blood. Defines "dwelling unit lead hazard" as: (1) the presence of lead-based paint on a wall of a dwelling unit; (2) the presence of lead-contaminated soil outside a dwelling unit; or (3) the presence of lead in the drinking water system of a dwelling unit. Prohibits the renting or sale of a dwelling unit to a family that includes a child not more than seven years of age if the dwelling unit is subject to a dwelling unit lead hazard. Requires a landlord, before renting a dwelling unit to a tenant family that includes a child not more than seven years of age, to have the dwelling unit inspected to determine whether the dwelling unit is subject to any dwelling unit lead hazard. Requires a seller, before selling a dwelling unit to a prospective purchaser family that includes a child not more than seven years of age, to have the dwelling unit inspected to determine whether the dwelling unit is subject to any dwelling unit lead hazard. Provides that a landlord or seller who knowingly or intentionally: (1) violates the renting or sale prohibition; (2) represents to a family that the family may waive the renting or sale prohibition; (3) misrepresents the age of a member of a family to conceal a violation of the renting or sale prohibition; or (4) induces a member of a family to misrepresent the age of another member of the family to conceal a violation of the renting or sale prohibition; commits a Class C misdemeanor. Makes technical corrections.
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Jan 2023
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Introduced Jan 17, 2023 Last action Jan 17, 2023
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