republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/sb-257.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2020	SB 257	Indiana SB 257 (2020)	bill	AIRCRAFT AND AIRPORTS MILITARY FORCES TRANSPORTATION Department of	enacted	Blake Doriot Chris Garten Edmond Soliday Eric Koch	4	25	2	2020-01-09	2020-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/f74060a9-ed5e-4bdf-b16f-860e12a4a4b9	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/257	ee68e3fc627e1d88f9b7f822328686ffe9d1dd17b940c7a73d069e65cbf30ed1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/f74060a9-ed5e-4bdf-b16f-860e12a4a4b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).