republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/sb-421.md

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Bill	IURC matters.	Amends within the Indiana Code chapter governing publication procedures for political subdivisions the provision governing the publication of a notice of a hearing by the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) to reference the publication procedures for hearings set forth in the Indiana Code chapter governing the IURC. Amends the publication procedures within the statute governing the IURC to provide that if any newspaper of general circulation in which the IURC publishes a notice does not publish a print edition at least three times a week, the IURC may publish the notice in either: (1) the print edition; or (2) an electronic edition; of the newspaper or a locality newspaper that circulates within the county. Adds a definition of "court reporter" to the Indiana Code chapter governing the regulation of utilities. Replaces references to a "stenographer" with references to a "court reporter" throughout that chapter and in other instances in the Indiana Code in which a "stenographer" or "reporter" is referenced in the context of an IURC proceeding. Repeals all remaining provisions in the Indiana Code chapter concerning alternative energy projects by rural electric membership corporations following the repeal by the general assembly in 2024 of other provisions in that chapter that established a fund to provide incentives under a program that is no longer operational. Increases the civil penalties for violations of the state statute or rules governing pipeline safety: (1) from $25,000 to $200,000 per violation per day; and (2) from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 for the maximum civil penalty for a related series of violations; so as to conform Indiana's civil penalties with those prescribed by the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	SB 421	Indiana SB 421 (2025)	bill	ADMINISTRATIVE LAW; Generally AGENCIES; Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Liabilities Damages and Penalties COURTS; Generally ENERGY; Alternative (Including Renewable) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; Generally GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Indiana Code STATE GOVERNMENT; Administrative Code UTILITIES; Rural Electric Membership Cooperatives (REMCs)	enacted	Blake Doriot Edmond Soliday Eric Koch	4	22	2	2025-01-13	2025-03-31	openstates	ocd-bill/7ad2d8c4-d63f-4f90-9c02-640c9a7b2d31	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0421	934eb72aee0aa2444edbc77b59459ba53ec3a1802d64c02020a1eb543a38d9d0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 421 (2025) — IURC matters.

Amends within the Indiana Code chapter governing publication procedures for political subdivisions the provision governing the publication of a notice of a hearing by the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) to reference the publication procedures for hearings set forth in the Indiana Code chapter governing the IURC. Amends the publication procedures within the statute governing the IURC to provide that if any newspaper of general circulation in which the IURC publishes a notice does not publish a print edition at least three times a week, the IURC may publish the notice in either: (1) the print edition; or (2) an electronic edition; of the newspaper or a locality newspaper that circulates within the county. Adds a definition of "court reporter" to the Indiana Code chapter governing the regulation of utilities. Replaces references to a "stenographer" with references to a "court reporter" throughout that chapter and in other instances in the Indiana Code in which a "stenographer" or "reporter" is referenced in the context of an IURC proceeding. Repeals all remaining provisions in the Indiana Code chapter concerning alternative energy projects by rural electric membership corporations following the repeal by the general assembly in 2024 of other provisions in that chapter that established a fund to provide incentives under a program that is no longer operational. Increases the civil penalties for violations of the state statute or rules governing pipeline safety: (1) from $25,000 to $200,000 per violation per day; and (2) from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 for the maximum civil penalty for a related series of violations; so as to conform Indiana's civil penalties with those prescribed by the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

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 421 - Koch - 3rd Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 421 - Soliday - 3rd Reading — 95–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Blake Doriot — primary (person)
• Edmond Soliday — primary (person)
• Eric Koch — primary (person)
• Daryl Schmitt — coauthor (person)
• Jim Pressel — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-13 Authored by Senator Koch
• 2025-01-13 First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-28 Senator Schmitt added as coauthor
• 2025-01-30 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-02-06 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-02-06 Senator Doriot added as second author
• 2025-02-06 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2025-02-10 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-11 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 107: yeas 49, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-02-12 Referred to the House referral
• 2025-02-11 House sponsor: Representative Soliday
• 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-10 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-03-13 Representative Pressel added as cosponsor
• 2025-03-13 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-03-17 Returned to the Senate without amendments receipt
• 2025-03-17 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 269: yeas 95, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-03-19 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2025-03-18 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-03-20 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2025-03-31 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2025-03-31 Public Law 9 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7ad2d8c4-d63f-4f90-9c02-640c9a7b2d31. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).