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Bill Commercial solar and wind energy ready communities. Provides that the commercial solar and wind energy ready communities development center (center) may be established within the Indiana office of energy development (office). Provides that the center, if established, shall: (1) provide comprehensive, easily accessible information concerning permits required for commercial solar projects and wind power projects; and (2) work with permit authorities concerning those projects. Requires the center to create and administer a program to certify counties and municipalities as commercial solar energy ready communities and wind energy ready communities. Requires the office to certify a county or municipality as a commercial solar energy ready community or a wind energy ready community if the county or municipality meets certain requirements, including the adoption of a commercial solar regulation or wind power regulation that includes standards that are not more restrictive than the default standards established by Indiana law. Provides that a commercial solar and wind energy ready communities incentive fund (fund) may be established by the office. Provides that if: (1) a county or municipality receives certification as a commercial solar energy ready community or a wind energy ready community; (2) a project owner constructs a commercial solar project or wind power project in the county or municipality; (3) the fund is established; and (4) there is a sufficient balance in the fund; the office may authorize the county or municipality to receive from the fund, for a period of 10 years, $1 per megawatt hour of electricity generated by the commercial solar project or wind power project. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2023 SB 390 Indiana SB 390 (2023)
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Edmond Soliday
Eric Koch
Mark Messmer
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Indiana SB 390 (2023) — Commercial solar and wind energy ready communities.

Provides that the commercial solar and wind energy ready communities development center (center) may be established within the Indiana office of energy development (office). Provides that the center, if established, shall: (1) provide comprehensive, easily accessible information concerning permits required for commercial solar projects and wind power projects; and (2) work with permit authorities concerning those projects. Requires the center to create and administer a program to certify counties and municipalities as commercial solar energy ready communities and wind energy ready communities. Requires the office to certify a county or municipality as a commercial solar energy ready community or a wind energy ready community if the county or municipality meets certain requirements, including the adoption of a commercial solar regulation or wind power regulation that includes standards that are not more restrictive than the default standards established by Indiana law. Provides that a commercial solar and wind energy ready communities incentive fund (fund) may be established by the office. Provides that if: (1) a county or municipality receives certification as a commercial solar energy ready community or a wind energy ready community; (2) a project owner constructs a commercial solar project or wind power project in the county or municipality; (3) the fund is established; and (4) there is a sufficient balance in the fund; the office may authorize the county or municipality to receive from the fund, for a period of 10 years, $1 per megawatt hour of electricity generated by the commercial solar project or wind power project.

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 (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SB 390 - Messmer - 3rd Reading — 3612 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Edmond Soliday — primary (person)
  • Eric Koch — primary (person)
  • Mark Messmer — primary (person)
  • Carey Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
  • Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
  • Steve Bartels — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-01-19 Authored by Senator Messmer
  • 2023-01-19 First reading: referred to Committee on Appropriations reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2023-02-13 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
  • 2023-02-23 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2023-02-27 Amendment #1 (Messmer) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2023-02-27 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2023-02-27 Senator Koch added as second author
  • 2023-02-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 199: yeas 36, nays 12 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2023-02-28 House sponsor: Representative Soliday
  • 2023-02-28 Cosponsors: Representatives Lindauer, Bartels, Hamilton
  • 2023-03-01 Referred to the House referral
  • 2023-03-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2023-03-21 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2023-03-27 Amendment #1 (Judy) prevailed; Division of the House: yeas 64, nays 29 amendment-passage
  • 2023-03-27 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2023-03-27 Representative Lindauer removed as cosponsor
  • 2023-03-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 315: yeas 86, nays 8 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2023-03-29 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
  • 2023-04-03 Motion to concur filed filing
  • 2023-04-04 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 327: yeas 32, nays 16
  • 2023-04-06 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2023-04-11 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2023-04-17 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2023-04-20 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-04-20 Public Law 50 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9928f7ae-e51b-4da6-b8d0-ae4aec124dac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).