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Legislator > Ed Soliday
State Representative
Ed Soliday
(R) - Indiana
Indiana House District 004
In Office - Started: 11/08/2006
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Capitol Office
200 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: 317-232-9815
Phone 2: 800-382-9841
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB1007 | Energy generation resources. | Energy generation resources. Provides a credit against state tax liability for expenses incurred in the manufacture of a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) in Indiana. Establishes procedures under which certain energy utilities may request approval for one or more of the following from the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC): (1) An expedited generation resource plan (EGR plan) to meet customer load growth that exceeds a specified threshold. (2) A generation resource submittal for the acquisition of a specific generation resource in accordance with an approved EGR plan. (3) A project to serve one or more large load customers. Sets forth: (1) the requirements for approval of each of these types of requests; (2) standards for financial assurances by large load customers; and (3) cost recovery mechanisms for certain acquisition costs or project costs incurred by energy utilities. Amends the statute concerning public utilities' annual electric resource planning reports to the IURC to provide that for an annual report submitted after December 31, 2025, a public utility must include information as to the amount of generating resource capacity or energy that the public utility plans to retire or refuel with respect to any electric generation resource of at least 125 megawatts. Provides that for any planned retirement or refueling, the public utility must include, along with other specified information, information as to the public utility's plans with respect to the following: (1) For a retirement, the amount of replacement capacity identified to provide approximately the same accredited capacity within the appropriate regional transmission organization (RTO) as the capacity of the facility to be retired. (2) For a refueling, the extent to which the refueling will maintain or increase the current generating resource accredited capacity or energy that the electric generating facility provides, so as to provide approximately the same accredited capacity within the appropriate RTO. Requires IURC staff to prepare a staff report for each public utility report that includes a planned electric generation resource retirement. Provides that if, after reviewing a public utility's report and any related staff report, the IURC is not satisfied that the public utility can satisfy both its planning reserve margin requirement and the statute's prescribed reliability adequacy metrics, the IURC shall conduct an investigation into the reasons for the public utility's inability to meet these requirements. Provides that if the public utility's report indicates that the public utility plans to retire an electric generating facility within one year of the date of the report, the IURC must conduct such an investigation. Provides that: (1) a public utility may request, not earlier than three years before the planned retirement date of an electric generation facility, that the IURC conduct an investigation into the planned retirement; and (2) if the IURC conducts an investigation at the request of the public utility within that three year period, the IURC may not conduct a subsequent investigation that would otherwise be required under the bill's provisions unless the IURC is not satisfied that the public utility can satisfy both its planning reserve margin requirement and the statutory reliability adequacy metrics as of the time the investigation would otherwise be required. Provides that if a CPCN is granted by the IURC for a facility intended to repower or replace a generation unit that is planned for retirement, and the CPCN includes findings that the project will result in at least equivalent accredited capacity and will provide economic benefit to ratepayers as compared to the continued operation of the generating unit to be retired, the CPCN constitutes approval by the IURC for purposes of an investigation that would otherwise be required. Provides that if, after an investigation, the IURC determines that the capacity resources available to the public utility will not be adequate to allow the public utility to satisfy both its planning reserve margin requirements and the statute's prescribed reliability adequacy metrics, the IURC shall issue an order: (1) directing the public utility to acquire or construct; or (2) prohibiting the retirement or refueling of; such capacity resources that are reasonable and necessary to enable the public utility to meet these requirements. Provides that if the IURC does not issue an order in an investigation within 120 days after the initiation of the investigation, the public utility is considered to be able to satisfy both its planning reserve margin requirement and the statutory reliability adequacy metrics with respect to the retirement of the facility under investigation. Provides that if the IURC issues an order to prohibit the retirement or refueling of an electric generation resource, the IURC shall create a sub-docket to authorize the public utility to recover in rates the costs of the continued operation of the electric generation resource proposed to be retired or refueled, subject to a finding by the IURC that the continued costs of operation are just and reasonable. Makes a technical change to another Indiana Code section to recognize the redesignation of subsections within the section containing these provisions. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0425 | Energy production zones. | Energy production zones. Provides that a project owner is not required to apply for or receive a zoning permit (permit), or any other land use or zoning approval, from a local authority for the construction of a facility, other than a wind power device or commercial solar energy system, for the generation of electricity (electric generation facility) if: (1) the Indiana utility regulatory commission (commission): (A) grants the project owner a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction; or (B) declines jurisdiction over the construction; (2) the electric generation facility will be located on a premise of land on which there was located as of January 1, 2025: (A) an existing electric generation facility with a generating capacity of at least 80 megawatts, regardless of whether the electric generation facility is operational; or (B) a former surface or underground mine; and (3) the project owner complies with specified notice and hearing requirements. Requires an applicant for a permit from a local authority to be given an extension of time if the applicant's failure to meet the application deadline was caused by unforeseen circumstances beyond the applicant's control. Provides that a deadline in an ordinance for commencing or completing a permitted use is tolled until two years after the conclusion of any litigation or regulatory proceeding regarding the granting of the permit. Sets deadlines for review of permit applications. Establishes requirements for development agreements. Provides that certain legal restrictions in effect at the time a permit is issued continue to apply unless the development is not completed within 10 years. Specifies that certain legal restrictions in effect at the time a development agreement is entered into apply for the period specified in the development agreement. Provides that the statute governing the approval of permits concerning zoning does not authorize the impairment of any vested right or abrogate any rights vested under common law. Specifies when land use rights are considered vested. Imposes other requirements upon the permit approval process. Authorizes a political subdivision or a local authority to prohibit, for a period of not more than one year, the siting, construction, installation, permitting, or deployment of a project (other than a project undertaken by specified entities) that involves the siting, construction, or deployment of facilities, equipment, or infrastructure used in the generation of electricity. Provides that a prohibition may not be extended or renewed for any length of time, regardless of when the prohibition first takes effect. Provides that after an advisory plan commission certifies a proposal to adopt, amend, or partially repeal the text of a zoning ordinance, the legislative body must take final action to adopt, amend, or reject the proposal. (Current law provides that after the legislative body acts on the proposal, the proposal returns to the plan commission for further proceedings.) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1460 | Drainage systems. | Drainage systems. Requires a unit to use data from the most recent: (1) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Maps; and (2) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Atlas; to calculate and regulate storm water runoff from a developed or undeveloped plat. Authorizes a unit to use data from the neighboring state in closest proximity to the developed or undeveloped plat under consideration. Requires a plan commission or plat committee to take action on a plat application, including meeting with any stakeholders with a financial interest in the application, not later than 30 days after receiving the application. Provides that if a plan commission or plat committee fails to make written findings and a decision granting or denying primary approval to a plat not later than 60 days after a public hearing, then the plat is considered to have received primary approval. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1601 | Quantum research tax incentives. | Quantum research tax incentives. Amends the state sales and use tax exemption for data centers to include projects for investments in a quantum computing research, advanced computing, and defense infrastructure network that result in a minimum qualified investment within five years of at least $50,000,000. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0423 | Small modular nuclear reactor pilot program. | Small modular nuclear reactor pilot program. Establishes the small modular nuclear reactor partnership pilot program (program). Provides that certain electric utilities (eligible utilities) may partner with one or more other specified types of partners (eligible partners) to develop one or more small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) at an eligible project site, subject to the approval of the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC). For purposes of these provisions, provides that an eligible project site is: (1) a location in Indiana; or (2) the site of a nuclear energy facility that supplies electricity to Indiana retail customers on July 1, 2011. Provides that an eligible utility that seeks to develop a project with one or more eligible partners may petition the IURC for approval to participate in the program. Sets forth the information that an eligible utility's petition must include. Sets forth the factors that the IURC must consider in reviewing a petition. Requires the IURC to issue a final order approving or denying a petition not later than 180 days after receiving the petition and the eligible utility's complete case in chief, subject to the IURC's right to extend the time for review if the eligible utility does not object to the extension. Provides that the IURC shall approve a petition if the IURC makes specified findings. Provides that an eligible utility may petition the IURC for approval to incur, before obtaining a certificate of convenience and necessity (CPCN) to construct an SMR under the program, eligible project development costs. Defines "eligible project development costs" as project development costs that: (1) have been, or are reasonably estimated to be, incurred by an eligible utility in the development of one or more SMRs under the program; and (2) have not been and will not be recovered by the eligible utility through contributions of any money, services, or property provided at no cost to the eligible utility by any eligible partner, governmental agency, or other third party, regardless of whether the third party has entered into an eligible partnership with the eligible utility. Sets forth certain factors that the IURC must consider in reviewing an eligible utility's petition to incur eligible project development costs. Provides that if the IURC denies an eligible utility's petition to participate in the program, and the eligible utility seeks to pursue the development of an SMR outside the program, the eligible utility may: (1) proceed to develop an SMR under the procedures set forth under the existing Indiana Code section governing CPCNs for SMRs; and (2) request that the eligible utility's petition to incur eligible project development costs under bill's provisions be considered a petition to incur project development costs under the Indiana Code section governing CPCNs for SMRs .Provides that if an eligible utility receives approval to incur eligible project development costs, the eligible utility may petition the IURC for the approval of a rate schedule that periodically adjusts the eligible utility's rates and charges to provide for the timely recovery of eligible project development costs. Provides that an eligible utility that receives approval to recover eligible project development costs shall: (1) recover 80% of the approved eligible project development costs under the approved rate schedule; and (2) defer the remaining 20% of approved eligible project development costs for recovery as part of the eligible utility's next general rate case before the IURC. Provides that eligible project development costs that: (1) are incurred by an eligible utility; and (2) exceed the best estimate of eligible project development costs included in the IURC's order authorizing the eligible utility to incur eligible project development costs; may not be included in the eligible utility's rates and charges unless found by the IURC to be reasonable, necessary, and prudent in supporting the development of the project for which they were incurred. Provides that: (1) eligible project development costs incurred for a project that is canceled or not completed may be recovered by the eligible utility if found by the IURC to be reasonable, necessary, and prudently incurred; but (2) such costs shall be recovered without a return unless the IURC makes certain additional findings. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0004 | Water matters. | Water matters. Prohibits a water utility from constructing a long haul water pipeline unless the water utility first obtains a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) from the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC). Sets forth specified information that an application for a CPCN must include. Sets forth specified findings that the IURC must make before granting a CPCN. Sets forth conditions under which a water utility may recover through rates the actual costs the water utility incurs in reliance on a CPCN issued by the IURC. Provides that a person that transfers, sells, or leases a long haul water pipeline must provide written notice to the IURC of the transfer, sale, or lease not later than 60 days after the transfer, sale, or lease is finalized. Prohibits a person that transfers or proposes to transfer: (1) more than an annual average of 30,000,000 gallons of water per day out of a basin; or (2) water from a restricted use area; from transferring water out of a basin, or supplying water to another person that the person knows will transfer more than 100,000 gallons of water out of a basin, without first obtaining a transfer permit from the department of natural resources (department). Sets forth specified information that must be included in an application for a transfer permit. Provides that a transfer permit is required for an existing or ongoing interbasin transfer (as of July 1, 2025) if the existing or ongoing transfer exceeds the capacity of any system engaged in the interbasin transfer in any 90 day period. Provides that the department shall approve an application for a permit if the department determines that the transfer: (1) will not result in a perennial overdraft of a ground water resource or in a perennial stream flow depletion; and (2) is in the public interest, as described in the Indiana Code section concerning beneficial uses of Indiana's surface water resources. Provides that a transfer permit: (1) does not expire; and (2) may be renewed, revoked, suspended, or modified in certain circumstances. Provides that the department may assess a civil penalty for violations of these provisions. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR0043 | Encouraging a healthier Indiana. | Encouraging a healthier Indiana. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION encouraging a healthier Indiana. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR0060 | Recognizing the first full week of May 2025 as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week. | Recognizing the first full week of May 2025 as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week. Recognizing the first full week of May 2025 as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1459 | Water and wastewater utility asset management. | Water and wastewater utility asset management. Provides that beginning January 1, 2026, a water or wastewater utility (utility) that is not under the jurisdiction of the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) for the approval of rates and charges shall submit a report on the utility's asset management program (program) to the IURC on a quadrennial basis according to a schedule prescribed by the IURC. Provides that a utility's report must include information: (1) demonstrating the utility's efforts to implement the Indiana finance authority's guidelines for asset management programs; and (2) certifying that: (A) the utility has the technical, managerial, legal, and financial capability to support those efforts; and (B) for a report submitted after December 31, 2026, the governing body of the utility has completed a training or continuing education program, as required under the bill, at least one time during the four year reporting period. Provides that evidence that a utility has submitted an asset management program to the Indiana finance authority (IFA) in connection with an application for a grant, loan, or other financial assistance may be provided by the utility to satisfy the requirement to demonstrate the utility's efforts to implement the IFA's guidelines for asset management programs. Requires the IURC to adopt before October 1, 2025, a general administrative order (GAO) setting forth the: (1) information required to be included in a utility's report; (2) procedures for submission of the report, including a simplified alternative reporting form that a utility with less than 1,000 customers may elect to submit; (3) quadrennial reporting schedule for submitting a report; and (4) criteria to be used by the IURC in making certain determinations about a utility's asset management program. Provides that the IURC shall verify on a quadrennial basis: (1) the sufficiency of each utility's program; and (2) the program's compliance with the IURC's GAO. Provides that if the IURC determines that specified deficiencies exist with respect to a utility's program, the IURC: (1) shall notify the utility of the deficiency and provide the utility a time frame in which the utility must correct the deficiency; and (2) may require the utility to undergo an informal rate review. Provides that if a utility receives two consecutive notices of a deficiency from the IURC: (1) the IURC shall assert jurisdiction over the rates and charges of the utility; and (2) the utility must undergo base rate cases under the statutory procedure that applies to wastewater utilities that have been issued two enforcement orders by the department of environmental management. Provides that if a utility receives three consecutive notices of a deficiency over the course of three consecutive verifications, the IURC may initiate a receivership proceeding with respect to the utility. Authorizes the IURC to enter into an agreement with: (1) the department of environmental management; and (2) the Indiana finance authority; to carry out these requirements. Authorizes the IURC to delegate its authority to: (1) review reports submitted by utilities under the bill's provisions; and (2) issue determinations and notices of deficiency; to technical staff, subject to the right of a utility to appeal a determination by technical staff to the full IURC. Provides that beginning January 1, 2027, the governing body of a utility must, on at least a quadrennial basis, complete a training or continuing education program that: (1) includes instruction on specified topics; and (2) is offered by: (A) the IURC; (B) the drinking water and wastewater infrastructure research and extension program; or (C) a statewide not-for-profit association for rural water or wastewater utilities. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR0041 | Supporting the devolution of power from the United States Department of Education to the states. | Supporting the devolution of power from the United States Department of Education to the states. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION supporting the devolution of power from the United States Department of Education to the states. | Dead |
| SCR0008 | Condemning religious persecution worldwide. | Condemning religious persecution worldwide. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION condemning religious persecution worldwide. | Dead |
| SB0424 | Small modular nuclear reactor development costs. | Small modular nuclear reactor development costs. Amends as follows the Indiana Code section concerning certificates of public convenience and necessity (certificates) for small modular nuclear reactors: (1) Authorizes a public utility to petition the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) for approval to incur, before obtaining a certificate, project development costs for the development of one or more small modular nuclear reactors. (2) Sets forth certain factors that the IURC must consider in reviewing a public utility's petition to incur project development costs. (3) Requires the IURC to issue a final order approving or denying the petition not later than 180 days after receiving the petition and the public utility's complete case in chief, subject to the IURC's right to extend the time for review if the public utility does not object to the extension. (4) Provides that if a public utility receives approval to incur project development costs, the public utility may petition the IURC at any time before or during the development and execution of a small modular nuclear reactor project for the approval of a rate schedule that periodically adjusts the public utility's rates and charges to provide for the timely recovery of project development costs. (5) Provides that after reviewing a public utility's proposed rate schedule, the IURC shall approve the recovery of project development costs by the public utility if the IURC finds that project development costs that have been or will be incurred are: (A) reasonable in amount; (B) necessary to support the construction, purchase, or lease of a small modular nuclear reactor; and (C) consistent with the commission's finding as to the best estimate of project development costs. (6) Provides that a public utility that is authorized to recover project development costs shall: (A) recover 80% of the approved project development costs under the approved rate schedule; and (B) defer the remaining 20% of approved project development costs for recovery as part of public utility's next general rate case before the IURC. (7) Provides that the recovery of a public utility's project development costs through an approved periodic rate adjustment mechanism must occur over a period that is equal to: (A) the period over which the approved project development costs are incurred; or (B) three years; whichever is less. (8) Provides that project development costs that: (A) are incurred by a public utility; and (B) exceed the best estimate of project development costs included in the IURC's order authorizing the public utility to incur project development costs; may not be included in the public utility's rates and charges unless found by the IURC to be reasonable, necessary, and prudent in supporting the construction, purchase, or lease of the small modular nuclear reactor for which they were incurred. (9) Provides that: (A) project development costs incurred for a project that is canceled or not completed may be recovered by the public utility if found by the IURC to be reasonable, necessary, and prudently incurred; but (B) such costs shall be recovered without a return unless the IURC makes certain additional findings. (10) Provides that if a public utility does not seek: (A) approval of; or (B) cost recovery for; project development costs under the bill's provisions, the IURC may approve the deferral and amortization of project development costs in accordance with the statutory procedures set forth for construction costs. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0431 | Construction of data center by foreign adversary. | Construction of data center by foreign adversary. Provides that after June 30, 2025, a foreign company may not construct or cause to be constructed a data center in Indiana unless the Indiana utility regulatory commission and the Indiana economic development corporation conduct a joint study of the anticipated electricity use of the prospective data center and certify to the governor and the general assembly that the electricity estimated to be used by the data center will be self-generated and will not affect the load supply of the regional transmission organizations whose service territory includes Indiana. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR0046 | Recognizing Sunday, August 10, 2025, as Indiana Prayer Walk Your Campus Day. | Recognizing Sunday, August 10, 2025, as Indiana Prayer Walk Your Campus Day. Recognizing Sunday, August 10, 2025, as Indiana Prayer Walk Your Campus Day. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR0034 | Recognizing Guardian Ad Litems and Court Appointed Special Advocates. | Recognizing Guardian Ad Litems and Court Appointed Special Advocates. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Guardian Ad Litems and Court Appointed Special Advocates. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR0040 | Reaffirming the commitment of sister ties between Indiana and Taiwan. | Reaffirming the commitment of sister ties between Indiana and Taiwan. Reaffirming the commitment of sister ties between Indiana and Taiwan. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0426 | Water utilities. | Water utilities. Includes water utilities within the scope of the statute that subjects wastewater utilities that: (1) are not under the jurisdiction of the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) for the approval of rates and charges; and (2) have been issued one or more enforcement orders by the department of environmental management; to a series of oversight actions by the IURC for each additional enforcement order, including rate review, rate regulation, and the initiation of a receivership proceeding. Makes a conforming amendment to the statute that governs the process by which water utilities and wastewater utilities may withdraw from the jurisdiction of the IURC. Amends the statute governing the acquisition of water utilities and wastewater utilities to require the IURC to consider and authorize mechanisms to allow utility companies to integrate into their systems, invest in, and earn on acquired utility assets, subject to a finding by the IURC that the proposed mechanism is just and reasonable and in the public interest. Amends the statute governing the recovery of costs for eligible infrastructure improvements made by water or wastewater utilities to provide that, in the case of a public utility (as defined in the Indiana Code), "infrastructure improvement costs" eligible for recovery include: (1) deferred depreciation expense; and (2) post in service carrying costs; for the eligible infrastructure improvements. Adds language to the Indiana Code chapter governing public water supplies to provide that a complaint: (1) seeking damages from a water utility; and (2) arising out of an alleged exposure to drinking water supplied by the water utility; is barred if the water supplied by the water utility met applicable regulatory standards under specified federal and state law. Amends the Indiana Code section prohibiting the department of natural resources (department) from regulating certain activities within the 100 year flood level of a water supply reservoir owned and operated by a municipality or a public utility for the purpose of providing water utility service to the public to also prohibit the department from ordering the closure or removal, or the partial closure or removal, of: (1) a dam that forms such a water supply reservoir; or (2) a dam that forms or contains a body of water that is used to supply one or more private water wells; if the closure or removal, or the partial closure or removal, of the dam would impact the provision of water utility service to the public or the supply of water to one or more private water wells. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0457 | Carbon dioxide sequestration. | Carbon dioxide sequestration. Requires an applicant for a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline certificate to comply with certain guidelines adopted by the Indiana utility regulatory commission. Exempts a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline company (company) from obtaining a certificate of authority if the company's carbon dioxide transmission pipeline project meets certain criteria. Requires an applicant or the contractor or subcontractor of the applicant to submit evidence that the contractor or subcontractor of the applicant have the requisite experience constructing, operating, and maintaining a transmission pipeline for the department to grant the applicant a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline certificate of authority. Moves fee revenue collected for a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline certificate of authority from the oil and gas environmental fund to the state general fund. Provides that the filing fee for a permit for a carbon sequestration project is deposited in the state general fund. Provides that an involuntary integration order issued by the department of natural resources (department) is effective 15 days after the petitioner is issued a UIC Class VI permit. Amends the definition of "UIC Class VI permit". Adjusts the filing fee for a carbon sequestration project permit. Requires a storage operator to pay the department a fee of $0.08 per metric ton of carbon dioxide injected into a storage facility for the previous calendar year. Provides that a storage operator shall pay to the department a fee for the carbon dioxide injected into the storage facility. Expires the carbon dioxide storage facility trust fund and provides for the transfer of money in that fund to the state general fund. Directs the department to establish and issue a permit that allows a person to: (1) drill or operate a carbon dioxide investigatory well; or (2) convert an oil and gas well for use in carbon dioxide investigations. Describes circumstances in which the department may enter property to inspect and maintain a well or storage facility. Establishes civil penalties for violations of the statutes regulating carbon sequestration. Provides that civil penalties are deposited in the state general fund. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR0039 | Recognizing April as World Autism Month and April 2nd as World Autism Awareness Day. | Recognizing April as World Autism Month and April 2nd as World Autism Awareness Day. Recognizing April as World Autism Month and April 2nd as World Autism Awareness Day. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0421 | IURC matters. | IURC matters. 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. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0422 | Advanced transmission technologies. | Advanced transmission technologies. Defines "advanced transmission technologies" as software or hardware technologies that increase the capacity, efficiency, reliability, or safety of an existing or new electric transmission facility. Provides that in any integrated resource plan (IRP) filed with the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) after December 31, 2025, an electric utility that owns or operates a transmission or distribution system must include a description of the potential use of, or investment in, one or more advanced transmission technologies to enable the electric utility to safely, reliably, efficiently, and cost effectively meet electric system demand. Provides that in any IRP filed with the IURC after December 31, 2029, an electric utility that owns or operates a transmission or distribution system must include a description of the electric utility's transmission and distribution systems, as specified by the IURC. Requires the IURC to conduct a study to evaluate the potential use or deployment of advanced transmission technologies by public utilities. Sets forth specific topics that the IURC must evaluate as part of the study. Requires the IURC to include in its 2026 annual report the commission's findings with respect to the topics evaluated in the study. Provides that advanced transmission technologies qualify as eligible transmission, distribution, and storage system improvements for purposes of the statute that authorizes a public utility to recover eligible costs incurred in connection with investments made in such improvements. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR0028 | Recognizing March 21, 2025, as World Down Syndrome Day. | Recognizing March 21, 2025, as World Down Syndrome Day. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing March 21, 2025, as World Down Syndrome Day. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR0027 | Recognizing March 18, 2025, as Indiana Senior Day at the Indiana Statehouse. | Recognizing March 18, 2025, as Indiana Senior Day at the Indiana Statehouse. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing March 18, 2025, as Indiana Senior Day at the Indiana Statehouse. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR0022 | Recognizing the National Association of Women Business Owners. | Recognizing the National Association of Women Business Owners. Recognizing the National Association of Women Business Owners. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR0020 | Recognizing Porter-Starke Services upon their 50th anniversary. | Recognizing Porter-Starke Services upon their 50th anniversary. Recognizing Porter-Starke Services upon their 50th anniversary. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR0025 | Recognizing April as Parkinson's Awareness Month and April 11, 2025, as World Parkinson's Day. | Recognizing April as Parkinson's Awareness Month and April 11, 2025, as World Parkinson's Day. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing April as Parkinson's Awareness Month and April 11, 2025, as World Parkinson's Day. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR0026 | Recognizing Tuesday, March 4, 2025, as a day to honor the work and mission of the Indiana Region of the American Red Cross. | Recognizing Tuesday, March 4, 2025, as a day to honor the work and mission of the Indiana Region of the American Red Cross. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Tuesday, March 4, 2025, as a day to honor the work and mission of the Indiana Region of the American Red Cross. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR0003 | Urging regional transmission organizations, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the United States Department of Energy, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, and the United States | Urging regional transmission organizations, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the United States Department of Energy, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, and the United States A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging regional transmission organizations, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the United States Department of Energy, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, and the United States Congress to take such actions as necessary to enact reform processes to expedite the approval of electric transmission and generation projects. | Dead |
| HCR0019 | Honoring the late State Senator Jean Breaux. | Honoring the late State Senator Jean Breaux. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the late State Senator Jean Breaux. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR0012 | Celebrating the cultural and economic ties between Indiana and Ireland. | Celebrating the cultural and economic ties between Indiana and Ireland. Celebrating the cultural and economic ties between Indiana and Ireland. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1579 | Carbon sequestration. | Carbon sequestration. Amends the Indiana Code chapter governing eminent domain for the pipeline transportation or underground storage of carbon dioxide as follows: (1) Defines a "carbon dioxide transmission pipeline company" (company) for purposes of the chapter. (2) Specifies that a company that seeks to construct, operate, and maintain a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline in Indiana must apply to the department of natural resources (department) for a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline certificate of authority (certificate). (3) Provides an exemption from the requirement to obtain a certificate under certain circumstances based on the route of the pipeline and the location of the surface property. (4) Requires the department to deposit filing fees for certificate applications in the carbon sequestration project program administrative fund (instead of in the oil and gas environmental fund, under current law) established by the bill's provisions. Amends the Indiana Code chapter governing the underground storage of carbon dioxide as follows: (1) Amends the definition of "UIC Class VI permit" to specify that the term means a permit that allows specified entities to construct or operate (instead of operate, under current law) a carbon dioxide injection well. (2) Provides that the department may issue an involuntary order requiring two or more pore space owners to integrate their interests to develop an underground carbon dioxide storage facility if the department finds that a storage operator has filed a complete application for a UIC Class VI permit with the United States Environmental Protection Agency. (Current law requires the department to find that a storage operator has been issued a UIC Class VI permit.) (3) Provides that the filing fee for an application for a permit for a carbon sequestration project (project) is to be: (A) determined based on the metric tons of carbon dioxide proposed to be injected into the storage facility during the first 10 years of the project's operation; and (B) deposited in the carbon sequestration project program administrative fund (administrative fund) established by the bill's provisions. (Current law provides for a flat $1,000 filing fee.) (4) Makes technical changes to provisions governing: (A) the department's review of submitted applications for projects; and (B) the designation of information as confidential. (5) Requires a storage operator to pay two fees, not later than March 1 of each year, to the department for the amount of carbon dioxide injected for storage during the immediately preceding calendar year. (Current law requires a storage operator to pay one annual fee for the amount of carbon dioxide injected, based on a prior estimate of the amount to be injected that is made at the time of application for a permit.) (6) Redesignates the "carbon dioxide storage facility trust fund" as the "carbon dioxide storage facility fund", removes the requirement that the fund must be maintained as a special fund, and provides that annual appropriations from the fund to the department are subject to review by the budget committee. (7) Establishes the administrative fund for the purpose of defraying the department's administrative costs in managing and operating the carbon sequestration project program (program) and annually appropriates to the department from the fund an amount sufficient to defray costs, subject to review by the budget committee. (8) Prohibits a person from: (A) drilling or operating a nonproduction well to investigate the suitability of underground formations for carbon sequestration; or (B) converting a well for oil and gas purposes (as defined in the Indiana Code) for use in carbon dioxide investigations; without a permit and establishes procedures by which a person may apply for and the department may issue a permit. (9) Provides that once the department has issued a certificate of completion for a project, the department may, with advance notice to the surface property owner, enter property on which an injection well or monitoring well for the storage facility is located to inspect or maintain the well or storage facility. (10) Provides that the state may assume ownership and accept transfer of a storage facility for which an interest in or rights to property are conveyed by a lease only if the lessor and lessee agree in the lease agreement to transfer the storage facility to the state. (11) Requires the department to report to the budget committee not later than: (A) July 1, 2030; and (B) July 1, 2035; the amounts collected and the costs incurred by the department in administering the program. (12) Provides that a person that violates the statutes governing the pipeline transportation or underground storage of carbon dioxide is subject to specified civil penalties and cessation orders issued by the department. | Dead |
| HCR0015 | Honoring the late U.S. President Jimmy Carter. | Honoring the late U.S. President Jimmy Carter. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the late U.S. President Jimmy Carter. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1551 | Collective bargaining for construction trades. | Collective bargaining for construction trades. Provides that nothing in provisions concerning the right to work is intended or should be construed to change or affect certain laws in the building and construction industry, construction material production industry, building and construction suppliers industry, or construction related vendors industry. | Dead |
| HB1600 | Overseas voters. | Overseas voters. Requires an absentee ballot application from an overseas voter to include: (1) photo identification; and (2) a utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or government document; that includes the name of the voter and the address where the voter resided before leaving the United States. | Dead |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB1001 | State budget. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB1014 | Public safety. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 2 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0080 | Code publication. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0140 | Pharmacy benefits. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0157 | Protection of property rights. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1142 | Fiscal matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1144 | Courts. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0231 | Various corrections matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0289 | Unlawful discrimination. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0373 | Various education matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0358 | Various education matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1389 | Local regulation. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0324 | Criminal procedures. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1427 | Department of local government finance. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1002 | Various education matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1416 | Awareness of human trafficking. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0425 | Energy production zones. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0453 | Various tax matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0464 | Financial institutions and consumer credit. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 2 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0475 | Physician noncompete agreements. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1004 | Health care matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1515 | Education and higher education matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1498 | School accountability. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1003 | Health matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0526 | Absentee ballot retraction. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1679 | Various elections matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1682 | General legislative matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1587 | Insurance matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1637 | School and public safety matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0118 | 340B drug program report. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1125 | Earned wage access services. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1194 | County coroners. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1221 | Pension matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0146 | Teacher compensation. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0255 | Education matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1390 | Bureau of motor vehicles. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0371 | Workforce matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1425 | Food matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0442 | Instruction on human sexuality. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0464 | Financial institutions and consumer credit. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0482 | Absenteeism and student discipline. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0005 | State fiscal and contracting matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0525 | Annexation. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1521 | Consumer genetic testing providers. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1680 | Various elections matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1689 | Human services matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1666 | Ownership of health care providers. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1577 | Mobile retail food establishment licenses. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1604 | Cost sharing; out-of-pocket expense credit. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1024 | Medicaid reimbursement for children's hospitals. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| SB0073 | Sale of utility trailers. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB1081 | Distributions to charitable beneficiaries. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB1098 | Youth, family, and caregiver engagement initiative. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| SB0331 | Amended registration. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB1007 | Energy generation resources. | House - Rules Suspended. House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| SB0433 | Veteran service officers. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB1499 | Education matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB1555 | Licensure of foreign trained physicians. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB1053 | Gaming and alcohol matters. | House - Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/21/2025 | Absent |
| SB0026 | Signal jamming. | House - Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| HB1253 | Child care. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| HB1391 | Services for the aged and disabled. | House - | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| HB1460 | Drainage systems. | House - | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| HB1601 | Quantum research tax incentives. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| HB1037 | Storm water management. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1052 | Onsite sewage systems. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1064 | School transfers. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1113 | Fire protection districts. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1197 | Election matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1275 | Alcohol and tobacco commission matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1276 | Various alcoholic beverage matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1453 | Cancer research and treatment grants. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1008 | Indiana-Illinois boundary adjustment commission. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1461 | Road funding. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1489 | Indiana-Ireland trade commission. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1006 | Prosecutors. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1457 | Indiana department of health. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1477 | Mobile home communities and manufactured homes. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1474 | FSSA matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1616 | Department of natural resources. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1634 | Math education. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1641 | County government matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1557 | Prescribed burning. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1605 | Juvenile law matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1031 | Dental matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1073 | Boxing and martial arts. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1079 | Property matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1114 | Driving without a license. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1115 | Emergency possessory orders. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1134 | Executive sessions. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1232 | IDACS. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1272 | Commission, committee, and board administration. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1273 | Child welfare task force. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1292 | Professional sports development commission. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1347 | Real estate matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1392 | State comptroller matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1393 | Immigration notice. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1403 | Juvenile justice matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1412 | Reporting of child abuse or neglect. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1468 | Alcoholic beverages and tobacco. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN | District 4 | House | Republican | In Office | 11/08/2006 |