---
type: "Bill"
title: "Live transmission and archiving of IURC meetings."
description: "Exempts the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) from providing a live transmission of hearings regarding which a stenographic record is required to be made and kept by statute. Adds language to the chapter in the Indiana Code governing the IURC to require the IURC to provide on a publicly accessible platform a live transmission of any IURC proceeding that will include: (1) an examination of witnesses; (2) a nonprocedural discussion between one or more parties to the proceeding; (3) questions from one or more of the commissioners regarding the substance of the case; or (4) a contested procedural matter. Requires the IURC to issue a general administrative order to implement a policy that governs the live transmission of IURC proceedings and that includes processes: (1) by which members of the public may request and access the live transmission of an IURC proceeding; and (2) for archiving the live transmission of an IURC proceeding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1306"
citation: "Indiana HB 1306 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC)", "PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MEETINGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Smaltz", "Eric Koch", "James Buck"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7575ca73-aa33-4ab6-9e80-9e3612d388f9"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1306"
source_hash: "90842942b7b0a82cffedb15335601856c11abe9da0402fb48c4d75d6b634063c"
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 HB 1306 (2024) — Live transmission and archiving of IURC meetings.

Exempts the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) from providing a live transmission of hearings regarding which a stenographic record is required to be made and kept by statute. Adds language to the chapter in the Indiana Code governing the IURC to require the IURC to provide on a publicly accessible platform a live transmission of any IURC proceeding that will include: (1) an examination of witnesses; (2) a nonprocedural discussion between one or more parties to the proceeding; (3) questions from one or more of the commissioners regarding the substance of the case; or (4) a contested procedural matter. Requires the IURC to issue a general administrative order to implement a policy that governs the live transmission of IURC proceedings and that includes processes: (1) by which members of the public may request and access the live transmission of an IURC proceeding; and (2) for archiving the live transmission of an IURC proceeding.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1306/HB1306.03.ENGH.pdf)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1306/HB1306.05.ENRS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1306/HB1306.04.COMS.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1306/HB1306.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1306 - Koch - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1306 - Smaltz - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ben Smaltz — primary (person)
- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- James Buck — primary (person)
- Jim Pressel — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Authored by Representative Smaltz
- **2024-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-29** Amendment #1 (Smaltz) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-29** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 93: yeas 94, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-01-30** Senate sponsors: Senators Koch and Buck
- **2024-01-30** Representative Pressel added as coauthor
- **2024-01-31** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2024-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 174: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
- **2024-02-27** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-11** Public Law 68 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7575ca73-aa33-4ab6-9e80-9e3612d388f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).