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Bill Broadband projects. Requires the Indiana department of transportation (INDOT) to create a broadband corridor program (dig once program) to manage the location, installation, and maintenance of communications infrastructure that is used for the provision of broadband services and is located within the rights-of-way of limited access highways. Requires INDOT to adopt policies, procedures, and standards under the dig once program for required installation of fiber conduit by a public or private entity that performs an excavation within a limited access highway right-of-way. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2021 SB 359 Indiana SB 359 (2021)
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Indiana SB 359 (2021) — Broadband projects.

Requires the Indiana department of transportation (INDOT) to create a broadband corridor program (dig once program) to manage the location, installation, and maintenance of communications infrastructure that is used for the provision of broadband services and is located within the rights-of-way of limited access highways. Requires INDOT to adopt policies, procedures, and standards under the dig once program for required installation of fiber conduit by a public or private entity that performs an excavation within a limited access highway right-of-way.

Version chain

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

  1. Engrossed Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
  5. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
  6. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SB 359 - Manning - 3rd Reading — 941 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Chris Garten — primary (person)
  • Eric Koch — primary (person)
  • Ethan Manning — primary (person)
  • Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
  • Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
  • Eric Bassler — coauthor (person)
  • Erin Houchin — coauthor (person)
  • J.D. Prescott — cosponsor (person)
  • Jack Sandlin — coauthor (person)
  • Jeff Raatz — coauthor (person)
  • John Crane — coauthor (person)
  • Kyle Walker — coauthor (person)
  • Liz Brown — coauthor (person)
  • Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
  • Mike Gaskill — coauthor (person)
  • Shelli Yoder — coauthor (person)
  • Timothy Lanane — coauthor (person)
  • Travis Holdman — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-11 Coauthored by Senators Brown L, Walker K, Sandlin and Houchin
  • 2021-01-11 Authored by Senators Baldwin, Garten, Koch
  • 2021-01-11 First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2021-01-25 Senator Bassler added as coauthor
  • 2021-02-11 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2021-02-15 Senator Doriot added as coauthor
  • 2021-02-15 Senator Yoder added as coauthor
  • 2021-02-16 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2021-02-16 Senator Holdman added as coauthor
  • 2021-02-16 Senators Raatz and Lanane added as coauthors
  • 2021-02-18 Amendment #1 (Baldwin) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
  • 2021-02-18 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2021-02-18 Senator Gaskill added as coauthor
  • 2021-02-22 Senator Crane added as coauthor
  • 2021-02-22 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
  • 2021-02-22 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 160: yeas 49, nays 0 passage, reading-3
  • 2021-02-22 House sponsor: Representative Manning
  • 2021-02-23 Referred to the House
  • 2021-03-04 First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2021-03-29 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2021-04-01 Representative Prescott added as cosponsor
  • 2021-04-01 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2021-04-05 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 356: yeas 94, nays 1 passage, reading-3
  • 2021-04-06 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
  • 2021-04-19 Motion to concur filed
  • 2021-04-20 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 456: yeas 45, nays 0 amendment-failure
  • 2021-04-23 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
  • 2021-04-28 Signed by the President of the Senate
  • 2021-04-28 Signed by the Speaker
  • 2021-04-29 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2021-04-29 Public Law 156

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/693ce2d7-e8ad-4852-920f-d67e0434676b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).