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Bill Nuclear facility permits. Makes the following changes to the Indiana Code chapter concerning the issuance of permits for nuclear powered generating facilities and nuclear fuel reprocessing plants (facilities) by the department of environmental management (department): (1) Repeals a provision that prohibits a person from constructing or operating, or increasing the capacity of, a facility without a permit from the department. (2) Repeals a provision authorizing the environmental rules board (board) to adopt rules establishing: (A) conditions for the issuance of a permit for; and (B) requirements for the operation of; a facility. (3) Requires a person proposing to construct a facility to file with the department (instead of the board, under current law) an environmental feasibility report concurrently with the filing of documents (instead of the preliminary safety analysis, under current law) required to be filed with the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (instead of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, under current law). (4) Repeals a provision authorizing the commissioner of the department to conduct a public hearing on the environmental effects of the proposed operation of a facility. (5) Repeals a provision: (A) requiring the board to adopt rules and standards to protect Indiana citizens from radiation hazards; and (B) setting forth requirements for required permits with respect to radioactive discharge. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2026 SB 258 Indiana SB 258 (2026)
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AGENCIES; Department of Environmental Management (IDEM)
BOARDS
COMMISSIONS
AND COUNCILS; Generally
ENERGY; Alternative (Including Renewable)
ENERGY; Nuclear
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; Generally
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Blake Doriot
Edmond Soliday
Eric Koch
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Indiana SB 258 (2026) — Nuclear facility permits.

Makes the following changes to the Indiana Code chapter concerning the issuance of permits for nuclear powered generating facilities and nuclear fuel reprocessing plants (facilities) by the department of environmental management (department): (1) Repeals a provision that prohibits a person from constructing or operating, or increasing the capacity of, a facility without a permit from the department. (2) Repeals a provision authorizing the environmental rules board (board) to adopt rules establishing: (A) conditions for the issuance of a permit for; and (B) requirements for the operation of; a facility. (3) Requires a person proposing to construct a facility to file with the department (instead of the board, under current law) an environmental feasibility report concurrently with the filing of documents (instead of the preliminary safety analysis, under current law) required to be filed with the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (instead of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, under current law). (4) Repeals a provision authorizing the commissioner of the department to conduct a public hearing on the environmental effects of the proposed operation of a facility. (5) Repeals a provision: (A) requiring the board to adopt rules and standards to protect Indiana citizens from radiation hazards; and (B) setting forth requirements for required permits with respect to radioactive discharge.

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 258 - Koch - 3rd Reading — 369 (pass) · upper
  • SB 258 - Soliday - 3rd Reading — 6428 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Blake Doriot — primary (person)
  • Edmond Soliday — primary (person)
  • Eric Koch — primary (person)
  • Matt Lehman — cosponsor (person)
  • Ryan Lauer — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-08 Authored by Senator Koch
  • 2026-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2026-01-15 Senator Doriot added as second author
  • 2026-01-15 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2026-01-20 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-01-22 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 61: yeas 36, nays 9 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2026-01-22 House sponsor: Representative Soliday
  • 2026-01-23 Referred to the House referral
  • 2026-01-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2026-02-03 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2026-02-05 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-02-09 Representative Lauer added as cosponsor
  • 2026-02-09 Representative Lehman added as cosponsor
  • 2026-02-09 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 211: yeas 64, nays 28 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2026-02-10 Returned to the Senate without amendments receipt
  • 2026-02-11 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2026-02-12 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2026-02-17 Public Law 3 became-law
  • 2026-02-17 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2026-02-17 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2202d733-b134-4efe-980f-9d9472b4c8ef. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).