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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 416"
citation: "Indiana SB 416 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT", "DEPARTMENT AND AGENCIES", "UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION", "WATER generally", "LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL; LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Ober", "Douglas Eckerty", "Ed Charbonneau", "Karen Tallian"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2b8871b-5893-4941-b660-a8ad4e2efda7"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/416"
source_hash: "cf053075700b3a5fba1f8e2a9afbacf9d6dea7bb0b82292db1fe29adf2fd35ee"
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 416 (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/sb0416/versions/sb0416.06.engh)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0416/versions/sb0416.07.enrh)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0416/versions/sb0416.01.intr)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0416/versions/sb0416.04.comh)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0416/versions/sb0416.03.coms)
6. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0416/versions/sb0416.05.comh)
7. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0416/versions/sb0416.02.coms)
## Votes
- SB 416 - Charbonneau - 3rd Reading — **462** (pass) · legislature
- SB 416 - Ober - 3rd Reading — **970** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- David Ober — primary (person)
- Douglas Eckerty — primary (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Karen Tallian — primary (person)
- David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
- Eric Bassler — coauthor (person)
- Greg Beumer — cosponsor (person)
- James Merritt — coauthor (person)
- Karlee Macer — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Mark Stoops — coauthor (person)
- Steven Stemler — cosponsor (person)
- Susan Glick — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-10** Authored by Senator Charbonneau
- **2017-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-24** Senator Merritt added as coauthor
- **2017-01-26** Senator Eckerty added as second author
- **2017-01-26** Senator Tallian added as third author
- **2017-01-26** Senators Bassler, Niezgodski, Stoops added as coauthors
- **2017-02-16** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-20** Senator Glick added as coauthor
- **2017-02-20** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2017-02-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 162: yeas 46, nays 2 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-21** House sponsor: Representative Ober
- **2017-02-21** Cosponsors: Representatives Beumer and Stemler
- **2017-02-22** Referred to the House
- **2017-03-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Representative Macer added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-23** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-05** Amendment #1 (Ober) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-05** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 417: yeas 97, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-07** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-10** Motion to concur filed
- **2017-04-11** Senate concurred in House Amendments; Roll Call 453: yeas 46, nays 2 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-21** Joint Rule 20 technical correction adopted by the House
- **2017-04-21** Joint Rule 20 technical correction adopted by the Senate
- **2017-04-25** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-27** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-28** Public Law 233
- **2017-04-28** 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/b2b8871b-5893-4941-b660-a8ad4e2efda7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).