SB0421: A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning utilities.
Page last updated: Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM (America/Indianapolis).
General Information
- Stage: Enrolled Senate Bill (S)
- Current Chamber: senate
- Origin Chamber: senate
- Description: IURC matters.
Legislators
Sponsors (1)
Cosponsors (1)
Advisors (0)
Conferees (0)
Actions (22 total)
- Mar 30, 2025, 8:00 PM: Signed by the Governor
- Mar 30, 2025, 8:00 PM: Public Law 9
- Mar 19, 2025, 8:00 PM: Signed by the President of the Senate
- Mar 18, 2025, 8:00 PM: Signed by the Speaker
- Mar 17, 2025, 8:00 PM: Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- Mar 17, 2025, 11:38 AM: Returned to the Senate without amendments
- Mar 17, 2025, 10:01 AM: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 269: yeas 95, nays 0
- Mar 13, 2025, 8:09 AM: Representative Pressel added as cosponsor
- Mar 13, 2025, 7:26 AM: Second reading: ordered engrossed
- Mar 10, 2025, 9:49 AM: Committee report: do pass, adopted
- Mar 3, 2025, 11:30 AM: First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications
- Feb 12, 2025, 11:14 AM: Referred to the House
- Feb 11, 2025, 9:52 AM: House sponsor: Representative Soliday
- Feb 11, 2025, 9:49 AM: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 107: yeas 49, nays 0
- Feb 10, 2025, 9:27 AM: Second reading: ordered engrossed
- Feb 6, 2025, 1:32 PM: Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- Feb 6, 2025, 1:32 PM: Senator Doriot added as second author
- Feb 6, 2025, 8:38 AM: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
- Jan 30, 2025, 8:41 AM: Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
- Jan 28, 2025, 11:07 AM: Senator Schmitt added as coauthor
- Jan 13, 2025, 7:03 AM: First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities
- Jan 13, 2025, 7:03 AM: Authored by Senator Koch
Digest
Amends within the Indiana Code chapter governing publication procedures for political subdivisions the provision governing the publication of a notice of a hearing by the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) to reference the publication procedures for hearings set forth in the Indiana Code chapter governing the IURC. Amends the publication procedures within the statute governing the IURC to provide that if any newspaper of general circulation in which the IURC publishes a notice does not publish a print edition at least three times a week, the IURC may publish the notice in either: (1) the print edition; or (2) an electronic edition; of the newspaper or a locality newspaper that circulates within the county. Adds a definition of "court reporter" to the Indiana Code chapter governing the regulation of utilities. Replaces references to a "stenographer" with references to a "court reporter" throughout that chapter and in other instances in the Indiana Code in which a "stenographer" or "reporter" is referenced in the context of an IURC proceeding. Repeals all remaining provisions in the Indiana Code chapter concerning alternative energy projects by rural electric membership corporations following the repeal by the general assembly in 2024 of other provisions in that chapter that established a fund to provide incentives under a program that is no longer operational. Increases the civil penalties for violations of the state statute or rules governing pipeline safety: (1) from $25,000 to $200,000 per violation per day; and (2) from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 for the maximum civil penalty for a related series of violations; so as to conform Indiana's civil penalties with those prescribed by the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.