republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1420.md

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Bill	Electric transmission facilities.	Amends the chapter in the Indiana Code concerning electric transmission facilities as follows: (1) Specifies that the term "electric transmission facility" does not include a line installed solely for the purpose of connecting an electric generation facility to facilities owned by a public utility. (2) Repeals the definition of "local reliability electric transmission facility" and makes conforming changes. (3) Amends the provisions concerning an incumbent electric transmission owner's right of first refusal to construct, own, operate, and maintain certain electric transmission facilities, or upgrades to certain electric transmission facilities, as follows: (A) Specifies that the right of first refusal applies with respect to: (ii) the construction; or (ii) upgrades; of electric transmission facilities if the construction or upgrades have been approved through a regional transmission organization (RTO) planning process. (B) Provides that if an electric transmission facility has been approved for construction through an RTO planning process: (i) each incumbent electric transmission owner that has a right to construct, own, operate, and maintain the electric transmission facility shall give written notice to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC), not later than 90 days after the construction is approved, regarding the incumbent electric transmission owner's intent to construct, own, operate, and maintain the approved electric transmission facility; and (ii) if an incumbent electric transmission owner gives notice of intent not to construct the approved electric transmission facility, another entity may seek to construct the approved electric transmission facility in accordance with the RTO planning process and the bill's provisions. (C) Provides that if an incumbent electric transmission owner gives to the IURC during a calendar year notice of its intent to construct, own, operate, and maintain an approved electric transmission facility, the incumbent electric transmission owner shall, not later than May 1 of the subsequent calendar year, provide the IURC with certain specified information. (D) Provides that an incumbent electric transmission owner that exercises its right to construct an approved electric transmission facility must, to the extent commercially practicable, use competitively bid engineering, procurement, or construction contracts that meet the specifications required by the incumbent electric transmission owner with respect to the facility.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2023	HB 1420	Indiana HB 1420 (2023)	bill	CONSTRUCTION ELECTRICAL SERVICE CONTRACTORS AND TECHNICIANS PUBLIC FACILITIES UTILITIES UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION	enacted	Edmond Soliday Eric Koch Jean Leising	4	24	1	2023-01-17	2023-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/0b4a538a-dc85-4ec5-971f-c9283119f445	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1420	40bc4455d9ece88d7468148836da02d52c05ed45d0b175c3944cca2e71e2a64e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1420 (2023) — Electric transmission facilities.

Amends the chapter in the Indiana Code concerning electric transmission facilities as follows: (1) Specifies that the term "electric transmission facility" does not include a line installed solely for the purpose of connecting an electric generation facility to facilities owned by a public utility. (2) Repeals the definition of "local reliability electric transmission facility" and makes conforming changes. (3) Amends the provisions concerning an incumbent electric transmission owner's right of first refusal to construct, own, operate, and maintain certain electric transmission facilities, or upgrades to certain electric transmission facilities, as follows: (A) Specifies that the right of first refusal applies with respect to: (ii) the construction; or (ii) upgrades; of electric transmission facilities if the construction or upgrades have been approved through a regional transmission organization (RTO) planning process. (B) Provides that if an electric transmission facility has been approved for construction through an RTO planning process: (i) each incumbent electric transmission owner that has a right to construct, own, operate, and maintain the electric transmission facility shall give written notice to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC), not later than 90 days after the construction is approved, regarding the incumbent electric transmission owner's intent to construct, own, operate, and maintain the approved electric transmission facility; and (ii) if an incumbent electric transmission owner gives notice of intent not to construct the approved electric transmission facility, another entity may seek to construct the approved electric transmission facility in accordance with the RTO planning process and the bill's provisions. (C) Provides that if an incumbent electric transmission owner gives to the IURC during a calendar year notice of its intent to construct, own, operate, and maintain an approved electric transmission facility, the incumbent electric transmission owner shall, not later than May 1 of the subsequent calendar year, provide the IURC with certain specified information. (D) Provides that an incumbent electric transmission owner that exercises its right to construct an approved electric transmission facility must, to the extent commercially practicable, use competitively bid engineering, procurement, or construction contracts that meet the specifications required by the incumbent electric transmission owner with respect to the facility.

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
3. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1420 - Koch - 3rd Reading — 32–17 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Edmond Soliday — primary (person)
• Eric Koch — primary (person)
• Jean Leising — primary (person)
• Chris Jeter — coauthor (person)
• David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
• Ed Charbonneau — cosponsor (person)
• Randall Frye — coauthor (person)
• Stacey Donato — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-17 Coauthored by Representative Jeter
• 2023-01-17 Authored by Representative Soliday
• 2023-01-17 First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-02-07 Representative Frye added as coauthor
• 2023-02-09 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-02-13 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-02-20 Senate sponsor: Senator Koch
• 2023-02-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 166: yeas 59, nays 39 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-02-21 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2023-02-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-03-13 Senator Leising added as second sponsor
• 2023-04-13 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-04-13 Senator Donato added as cosponsor
• 2023-04-17 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-04-17 Senators Charbonneau and Niezgodski added as cosponsors
• 2023-04-18 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 438: yeas 32, nays 17 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-04-18 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2023-04-20 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2023-04-20 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 470: yeas 55, nays 39
• 2023-04-24 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2023-04-25 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2023-04-26 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2023-05-01 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-01 Public Law 145 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b4a538a-dc85-4ec5-971f-c9283119f445. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).