republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/sb-411.md

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Bill	Commercial solar and wind energy.	Establishes default standards concerning the following with respect to wind power projects in local units that voluntarily adopt the standards: (1) Setback requirements. (2) Height restrictions. (3) Shadow flicker limitations. (4) Signal interference. (5) Sound level limitations. (6) Wind turbine light mitigation technology. (7) Required repairs to drainage related infrastructure. (8) Project decommissioning. Defines a unit that voluntarily adopts all of the default standards, or standards less restrictive than the default standards, as a "wind energy ready community". Establishes default standards concerning the following with respect to commercial solar projects in units that voluntarily adopt the standards: (1) Setback requirements. (2) Height restrictions. (3) Ground cover. (4) Fencing. (5) Cables. (6) Glare. (7) Signal interference. (8) Sound level limitations. (9) Required repairs to drainage related infrastructure. (10) Project decommissioning. Defines a unit that voluntarily adopts all of the default standards, or standards less restrictive than the default standards, as a "solar energy ready community".	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2022	SB 411	Indiana SB 411 (2022)	bill	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INDIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT generally ENERGY	enacted	Edmond Soliday Eric Koch Mark Messmer	7	27	1	2022-01-12	2022-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/8ac18b9c-69ed-4290-8366-c86e353c63c0	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/411	84854d070fdfcb5464b1a738d25e3cf4c4102567634df5d9d0d8e67bea1d6e6c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 411 (2022) — Commercial solar and wind energy.

Establishes default standards concerning the following with respect to wind power projects in local units that voluntarily adopt the standards: (1) Setback requirements. (2) Height restrictions. (3) Shadow flicker limitations. (4) Signal interference. (5) Sound level limitations. (6) Wind turbine light mitigation technology. (7) Required repairs to drainage related infrastructure. (8) Project decommissioning. Defines a unit that voluntarily adopts all of the default standards, or standards less restrictive than the default standards, as a "wind energy ready community". Establishes default standards concerning the following with respect to commercial solar projects in units that voluntarily adopt the standards: (1) Setback requirements. (2) Height restrictions. (3) Ground cover. (4) Fencing. (5) Cables. (6) Glare. (7) Signal interference. (8) Sound level limitations. (9) Required repairs to drainage related infrastructure. (10) Project decommissioning. Defines a unit that voluntarily adopts all of the default standards, or standards less restrictive than the default standards, as a "solar energy ready community".

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 411 - Soliday - 3rd Reading — 83–9 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Edmond Soliday — primary (person)
• Eric Koch — primary (person)
• Mark Messmer — primary (person)
• Justin Moed — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Sharon Negele — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-12 Authored by Senator Messmer
• 2022-01-12 First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-01-24 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-01-25 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2022-01-27 Amendment #1 (Messmer) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2022-01-27 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-01-31 Senator Koch added as second author
• 2022-02-01 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 134: yeas 41, nays 7 passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-01 House sponsor: Representative Soliday
• 2022-02-02 Referred to the House
• 2022-02-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-02-14 Representative Moed added as cosponsor
• 2022-02-15 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-02-15 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 referral-committee
• 2022-02-22 Representative Negele added as cosponsor
• 2022-02-22 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-02-24 Amendment #2 (Negele) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2022-02-24 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 297: yeas 84, nays 9 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-01 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
• 2022-03-01 Motion to concur filed
• 2022-03-02 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 328: yeas 34, nays 14 amendment-failure
• 2022-03-07 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2022-03-08 Signed by the Speaker
• 2022-03-11 Public Law 90
• 2022-03-11 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2022-03-11 Signed by the President of the Senate

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8ac18b9c-69ed-4290-8366-c86e353c63c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).