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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Aviation safety."
+description: "Provides that INDOT shall not issue a permit for construction or alteration of an energy facility that will result in a structure that is more than 200 feet above ground level at its site unless the applicant for the permit submits to INDOT documentation of a formal review by the Clearinghouse of the proposed construction or alteration indicating: (1) that the formal review resulted in a determination that the construction or alteration will not have an adverse impact on military operations and readiness; or (2) that: (A) the formal review resulted in a determination that the proposed project will have an adverse impact on military operations and readiness; and (B) the applicant has either resolved the adverse impact to the satisfaction of the United States Department of Defense or entered into a mitigation agreement with the United States Department of Defense to mitigate the adverse impact. Provides that a person that is a public use airport owner or operator has standing to obtain judicial review or to intervene in a proceeding for judicial review of a zoning decision that may have a negative impact on the safety of civilian or military flight operations to or from the airport."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 257"
+citation: "Indiana SB 257 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AIRCRAFT AND AIRPORTS", "MILITARY FORCES", "TRANSPORTATION", "Department of"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Chris Garten", "Edmond Soliday", "Eric Koch"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-01-09"
+last_action: "2020-03-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f74060a9-ed5e-4bdf-b16f-860e12a4a4b9"
+source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/257"
+source_hash: "ee68e3fc627e1d88f9b7f822328686ffe9d1dd17b940c7a73d069e65cbf30ed1"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
+---
+
+# Indiana SB 257 (2020) — Aviation safety.
+
+Provides that INDOT shall not issue a permit for construction or alteration of an energy facility that will result in a structure that is more than 200 feet above ground level at its site unless the applicant for the permit submits to INDOT documentation of a formal review by the Clearinghouse of the proposed construction or alteration indicating: (1) that the formal review resulted in a determination that the construction or alteration will not have an adverse impact on military operations and readiness; or (2) that: (A) the formal review resulted in a determination that the proposed project will have an adverse impact on military operations and readiness; and (B) the applicant has either resolved the adverse impact to the satisfaction of the United States Department of Defense or entered into a mitigation agreement with the United States Department of Defense to mitigate the adverse impact. Provides that a person that is a public use airport owner or operator has standing to obtain judicial review or to intervene in a proceeding for judicial review of a zoning decision that may have a negative impact on the safety of civilian or military flight operations to or from the airport.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0257/versions/SB0257.04.ENRH)
+2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0257/versions/SB0257.01.INTR)
+3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0257/versions/SB0257.02.COMS)
+4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0257/versions/SB0257.03.COMH)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SB 257 - Koch - 3rd Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- SB 257 - Soliday - 3rd Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
+- Chris Garten — primary (person)
+- Edmond Soliday — primary (person)
+- Eric Koch — primary (person)
+- Dennis Kruse — coauthor (person)
+- Jim Pressel — cosponsor (person)
+- Mara Candelaria Reardon — cosponsor (person)
+- Matt Lehman — cosponsor (person)
+- Randall Frye — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-09** Authored by Senator Koch
+- **2020-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-21** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-21** Senator Garten added as second author
+- **2020-01-21** Senator Doriot added as third author
+- **2020-01-23** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 62: yeas 50, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2020-01-27** House sponsor: Representative Soliday
+- **2020-01-27** Senator Kruse added as coauthor
+- **2020-01-28** Referred to the House
+- **2020-02-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-18** Representative Lehman added as cosponsor
+- **2020-02-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-02** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-03** Rule 105.1 suspended
+- **2020-03-03** Representatives Pressel, Frye, Candelaria Reardon added as cosponsors
+- **2020-03-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 280: yeas 80, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2020-03-04** Motion to concur filed
+- **2020-03-04** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
+- **2020-03-05** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 339: yeas 41, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
+- **2020-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
+- **2020-03-16** Signed by the Speaker
+- **2020-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2020-03-18** Public Law 71
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f74060a9-ed5e-4bdf-b16f-860e12a4a4b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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