republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/sb-206.md

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Bill	Environmental matters.	Authorizes the department of environmental management (department) to use electronic means to deliver mail communications, send or publish notices, accept notices and permit applications, provide access to documents for public comment, and store documents for future access. Authorizes the use of electronic communications in proceedings involving regional water, sewage, and solid waste districts. Requires the IDEM to make a determination concerning prior approval for the construction or expansion of a biomass anaerobic digestion facility or biomass gasification facility not more than 90 days after the date on which the department receives the completed application. Eliminates a provision of law stating that a person constructing or expanding a biomass anaerobic digestion facility or a biomass gasification facility is not required to obtain the prior approval of the department if air pollution control permit requirements apply to the facility.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	SB 206	Indiana SB 206 (2024)	bill	ADMINISTRATIVE LAW; Generally AGENCIES; Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) PROPERTY; Easements STATE GOVERNMENT; Contracts Procurements and Purchases TECHNOLOGY; Communication (Including Internet Phone Lines Print Media Radio and Television)	enacted	Alan Morrison Dan Dernulc Rick Niemeyer	4	18	2	2024-01-09	2024-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/1b1464f4-d13b-4e95-b5ae-1dd0ea263bf5	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0206	9560cd2371ec29fbee58eedc92513eb14a22a11fd9e588696775f0680972b992	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 206 (2024) — Environmental matters.

Authorizes the department of environmental management (department) to use electronic means to deliver mail communications, send or publish notices, accept notices and permit applications, provide access to documents for public comment, and store documents for future access. Authorizes the use of electronic communications in proceedings involving regional water, sewage, and solid waste districts. Requires the IDEM to make a determination concerning prior approval for the construction or expansion of a biomass anaerobic digestion facility or biomass gasification facility not more than 90 days after the date on which the department receives the completed application. Eliminates a provision of law stating that a person constructing or expanding a biomass anaerobic digestion facility or a biomass gasification facility is not required to obtain the prior approval of the department if air pollution control permit requirements apply to the facility.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 206 - Niemeyer - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 206 - Morrison - 3rd Reading — 91–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alan Morrison — primary (person)
• Dan Dernulc — primary (person)
• Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Authored by Senator Niemeyer
• 2024-01-09 First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-01 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-05 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-05 Senator Dernulc added as second author
• 2024-02-06 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 132: yeas 48, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-06 House sponsor: Representative Morrison
• 2024-02-07 Referred to the House referral
• 2024-02-12 First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-26 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 228: yeas 91, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Returned to the Senate without amendments receipt
• 2024-03-04 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-03-08 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-11 Public Law 27 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1b1464f4-d13b-4e95-b5ae-1dd0ea263bf5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).