republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/hb-1368.md

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Bill	Carbon.	Requires a utility to accept certain methods of payment from the department of natural resources (department) for utility service provided to a property owned by the department. Prohibits a utility from limiting or restricting the: (1) dollar amount to less than $10,000; or (2) number of allowable payment transactions for a singular invoice to less than five; with respect to a payment made by one of the specified payment methods. Provides that for any singular property owned by the department, the department may request from a utility a consolidated bill for the property. Requires a utility that receives such a request to provide the department with a singular invoice for the entire property, unless the utility is unable to do so because of billing limitations or other operational constraints. Requires the natural resources commission to obtain primary enforcement authority from the United States Environmental Protection Agency to regulate Class VI underground injection wells. Grants the natural resources commission authority to adopt rules to regulate Class VI underground injection wells. Provides a mechanism and regulatory scheme for underground storage of carbon dioxide in Indiana but excludes the carbon sequestration pilot project from application of the new requirements. Specifies that the carbon sequestration pilot project's Class VI wells are not experimental.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	HB 1368	Indiana HB 1368 (2026)	bill	AGENCIES; Department of Natural Resources (DNR) NATURAL RESOURCES; Natural Gases and Carbon Dioxide PROPERTY; Generally UTILITIES; Generally	enacted	Edmond Soliday Eric Koch	4	25	5	2026-01-08	2026-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/65c77ea8-9329-4ed6-b7bb-2c78ca6d7409	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1368	65a850b8c077133ef8aae8b7faefafbe25407017e5c00d8f5af02cc7452a7d1f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1368 (2026) — Carbon.

Requires a utility to accept certain methods of payment from the department of natural resources (department) for utility service provided to a property owned by the department. Prohibits a utility from limiting or restricting the: (1) dollar amount to less than $10,000; or (2) number of allowable payment transactions for a singular invoice to less than five; with respect to a payment made by one of the specified payment methods. Provides that for any singular property owned by the department, the department may request from a utility a consolidated bill for the property. Requires a utility that receives such a request to provide the department with a singular invoice for the entire property, unless the utility is unable to do so because of billing limitations or other operational constraints. Requires the natural resources commission to obtain primary enforcement authority from the United States Environmental Protection Agency to regulate Class VI underground injection wells. Grants the natural resources commission authority to adopt rules to regulate Class VI underground injection wells. Provides a mechanism and regulatory scheme for underground storage of carbon dioxide in Indiana but excludes the carbon sequestration pilot project from application of the new requirements. Specifies that the carbon sequestration pilot project's Class VI wells are not experimental.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• HB 1368 - Soliday — 57–40 (pass) · lower
• HB 1368 - Koch - 3rd Reading — 29–19 (pass) · upper
• HB 1368 - Soliday — 48–42 (fail) · lower
• HB 1368 - Soliday - 3rd Reading — 57–37 (pass) · lower
• Committee Report - Smaltz — 63–29 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Edmond Soliday — primary (person)
• Eric Koch — primary (person)
• David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-08 Authored by Representative Soliday
• 2026-01-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-22 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-28 Senate sponsor: Senator Koch
• 2026-01-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 114: yeas 57, nays 37 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-29 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2026-02-02 First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-05 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-10 Amendment #1 (Koch) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-02-10 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-10 Amendment #2 (Koch) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-02-16 Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-24 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 259: yeas 29, nays 19 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-25 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2026-02-26 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2026-02-26 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2026-02-26 Concurrence defeated; Roll Call 399: yeas 48, nays 42
• 2026-03-12 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2026-03-02 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-02-27 Rules Suspended. Committee report, adopted; Roll Call 419: yeas 63, nays 29
• 2026-03-12 Public Law 161 became-law
• 2026-03-05 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-02-27 House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 420: yeas 57, nays 40

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/65c77ea8-9329-4ed6-b7bb-2c78ca6d7409. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).