---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning utilities."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning utilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 472"
citation: "Indiana SB 472 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["UTILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dale DeVon", "James Merritt", "Michael Crider"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa3f3c65-a66f-4911-a167-f660268099dc"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/472"
source_hash: "0cff5032e0245cd64c6efe57fc9dca1fce0fd7d0b63bf2efe664584174b0c154"
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 472 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning utilities.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0472/versions/sb0472.04.engh)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0472/versions/sb0472.05.enrh)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0472/versions/sb0472.01.intr)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0472/versions/sb0472.03.comh)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0472/versions/sb0472.02.coms)

## Votes

- SB 472 - DeVon - 3rd Reading — **84–2** (pass) · legislature
- SB 472 - Crider - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dale DeVon — primary (person)
- James Merritt — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
- Karlee Macer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-12** Authored by Senator Crider
- **2017-01-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-23** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23** Senator Merritt added as second author
- **2017-02-23** Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
- **2017-02-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 208: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-27** House sponsor: Representative DeVon
- **2017-02-28** Referred to the House
- **2017-03-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Representative Macer added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-30** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-04** Amendment #3 (DeVon) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-04** Amendment #2 (Ellington) motion withdrawn voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-04** Amendment #1 (Pryor) motion withdrawn voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-04** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-04-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 389: yeas 84, nays 2 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-06** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-11** Motion to concur filed
- **2017-04-12** Senate concurred in House Amendments; Roll Call 465: yeas 37, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-17** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-19** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-20** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-21** Public Law 122
- **2017-04-21** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa3f3c65-a66f-4911-a167-f660268099dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).