republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/hb-1306.md

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Bill	Live transmission and archiving of IURC meetings.	Exempts the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) from providing a live transmission of hearings regarding which a stenographic record is required to be made and kept by statute. Adds language to the chapter in the Indiana Code governing the IURC to require the IURC to provide on a publicly accessible platform a live transmission of any IURC proceeding that will include: (1) an examination of witnesses; (2) a nonprocedural discussion between one or more parties to the proceeding; (3) questions from one or more of the commissioners regarding the substance of the case; or (4) a contested procedural matter. Requires the IURC to issue a general administrative order to implement a policy that governs the live transmission of IURC proceedings and that includes processes: (1) by which members of the public may request and access the live transmission of an IURC proceeding; and (2) for archiving the live transmission of an IURC proceeding.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	HB 1306	Indiana HB 1306 (2024)	bill	AGENCIES; Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MEETINGS	enacted	Ben Smaltz Eric Koch James Buck	4	20	2	2024-01-10	2024-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/7575ca73-aa33-4ab6-9e80-9e3612d388f9	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1306	90842942b7b0a82cffedb15335601856c11abe9da0402fb48c4d75d6b634063c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1306 (2024) — Live transmission and archiving of IURC meetings.

Exempts the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) from providing a live transmission of hearings regarding which a stenographic record is required to be made and kept by statute. Adds language to the chapter in the Indiana Code governing the IURC to require the IURC to provide on a publicly accessible platform a live transmission of any IURC proceeding that will include: (1) an examination of witnesses; (2) a nonprocedural discussion between one or more parties to the proceeding; (3) questions from one or more of the commissioners regarding the substance of the case; or (4) a contested procedural matter. Requires the IURC to issue a general administrative order to implement a policy that governs the live transmission of IURC proceedings and that includes processes: (1) by which members of the public may request and access the live transmission of an IURC proceeding; and (2) for archiving the live transmission of an IURC proceeding.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• HB 1306 - Koch - 3rd Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 1306 - Smaltz - 3rd Reading — 94–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ben Smaltz — primary (person)
• Eric Koch — primary (person)
• James Buck — primary (person)
• Jim Pressel — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Authored by Representative Smaltz
• 2024-01-10 First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-01-29 Amendment #1 (Smaltz) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-01-29 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-30 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 93: yeas 94, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-01-30 Senate sponsors: Senators Koch and Buck
• 2024-01-30 Representative Pressel added as coauthor
• 2024-01-31 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2024-02-07 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 Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2024-02-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 174: 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
• 2024-03-08 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-03-11 Public Law 68 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7575ca73-aa33-4ab6-9e80-9e3612d388f9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).