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Bill	Voting by small water and wastewater utilities.	Amends as follows the statute setting forth the procedures by which certain small water or wastewater utilities may withdraw from and return to the jurisdiction of the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC): (1) Specifies that a sewage disposal company that is subject to the jurisdiction of the IURC for having been issued more than one enforcement order from the department of environmental management (department) may not seek to withdraw from the IURC's jurisdiction during the rate regulation period prescribed in the statute setting forth various requirements with respect to wastewater utilities that have been issued one or more enforcement orders by the department. (2) Authorizes a member or shareholder of the utility to cast a vote by secret absentee ballot on the question of the IURC's jurisdiction over the utility. (3) Provides that notice of the meeting on the question of the IURC's jurisdiction over the utility must be sent not less than 45 days (instead of 30 days, under current law) before the meeting and must include: (A) instructions regarding how a member or shareholder who wishes to cast a vote by absentee ballot may request an absentee ballot; (B) a statement that a request for an absentee ballot precludes a member or shareholder from voting in person at the meeting held on the question of withdrawal from the IURC's jurisdiction; (C) instructions for returning or delivering an absentee ballot; and (D) the deadline for returning an absentee ballot, which must be: (i) not earlier than 10 calendar days; and (ii) not later than five calendar days; before the meeting on the question, along with information as to when an absentee ballot will be considered received by the board. (4) Provides that the 5% quorum required for members or shareholders to transact business and to take official action regarding the question of the IURC's jurisdiction over the utility includes votes cast by absentee ballot. (5) Provides that if: (A) a utility successfully withdraws from the IURC's jurisdiction; (B) after the withdrawal, a referendum is held on the question of the utility returning to the IURC's jurisdiction; and (C) less than a majority of the votes cast are in favor of returning to the IURC's jurisdiction; another referendum on the question of returning to the IURC's jurisdiction may not be conducted for two years (instead of four years, under current law) following the date of the meeting at which the vote is conducted. (6) Makes conforming changes.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	HB 1206	Indiana HB 1206 (2024)	bill	ADVERTISEMENTS AND NOTICES AGENCIES; Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) ELECTIONS; Absentee Voters ELECTIONS; Public Questions and Referendums UTILITIES; Water	enacted	Eric Koch Jean Leising Jennifer Meltzer	4	19	2	2024-01-09	2024-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/daaaa069-8fac-456a-89f0-2b96727ca37f	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1206	1c149eae59cd5fe197f43cc3ebfc29d5331792eea792dde2639d4f93a00ee6be	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1206 (2024) — Voting by small water and wastewater utilities.

Amends as follows the statute setting forth the procedures by which certain small water or wastewater utilities may withdraw from and return to the jurisdiction of the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC): (1) Specifies that a sewage disposal company that is subject to the jurisdiction of the IURC for having been issued more than one enforcement order from the department of environmental management (department) may not seek to withdraw from the IURC's jurisdiction during the rate regulation period prescribed in the statute setting forth various requirements with respect to wastewater utilities that have been issued one or more enforcement orders by the department. (2) Authorizes a member or shareholder of the utility to cast a vote by secret absentee ballot on the question of the IURC's jurisdiction over the utility. (3) Provides that notice of the meeting on the question of the IURC's jurisdiction over the utility must be sent not less than 45 days (instead of 30 days, under current law) before the meeting and must include: (A) instructions regarding how a member or shareholder who wishes to cast a vote by absentee ballot may request an absentee ballot; (B) a statement that a request for an absentee ballot precludes a member or shareholder from voting in person at the meeting held on the question of withdrawal from the IURC's jurisdiction; (C) instructions for returning or delivering an absentee ballot; and (D) the deadline for returning an absentee ballot, which must be: (i) not earlier than 10 calendar days; and (ii) not later than five calendar days; before the meeting on the question, along with information as to when an absentee ballot will be considered received by the board. (4) Provides that the 5% quorum required for members or shareholders to transact business and to take official action regarding the question of the IURC's jurisdiction over the utility includes votes cast by absentee ballot. (5) Provides that if: (A) a utility successfully withdraws from the IURC's jurisdiction; (B) after the withdrawal, a referendum is held on the question of the utility returning to the IURC's jurisdiction; and (C) less than a majority of the votes cast are in favor of returning to the IURC's jurisdiction; another referendum on the question of returning to the IURC's jurisdiction may not be conducted for two years (instead of four years, under current law) following the date of the meeting at which the vote is conducted. (6) Makes conforming changes.

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 1206 - Meltzer J - 3rd Reading — 94–1 (pass) · lower
• HB 1206 - Koch - 3rd Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Eric Koch — primary (person)
• Jean Leising — primary (person)
• Jennifer Meltzer — primary (person)
• Alex Zimmerman — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Authored by Representative Meltzer
• 2024-01-09 First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-01-22 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-22 Representative Zimmerman added as coauthor
• 2024-01-23 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 34: yeas 94, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-01-23 Senate sponsor: Senator Koch
• 2024-01-24 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2024-02-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-20 Senator Leising added as second sponsor
• 2024-02-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 170: yeas 49, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Returned to the House without amendments receipt
• 2024-02-27 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2024-03-04 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-11 Public Law 60 became-law
• 2024-03-08 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/daaaa069-8fac-456a-89f0-2b96727ca37f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).