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type: "Bill"
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title: "Locating underground utility infrastructure."
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description: "Amends the statute concerning the location of underground utility facilities (state 811 law) to provide that for any new or replacement underground facility that an operator installs or causes to be installed after June 30, 2020, the operator shall ensure that: (1) the materials from which the facility is constructed are capable of being detected from above ground level using standard equipment and technologies used by the utility locating industry; or (2) if the materials from which the facility is constructed are not capable of being detected from above ground level using standard locating techniques, the facility is encased by conductive material or is equipped with an electrically conducting wire or other means of locating the facility while it is underground."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 1218"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1218 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["UTILITIES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Eric Koch", "Ethan Manning", "Stacey Donato"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-01-13"
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last_action: "2020-03-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f374e1ad-21f7-45d6-8f7f-c0af07ea3d8d"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1218"
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source_hash: "36e3ecb469d3269fea57b1b0b8390f32609d3896bb2be0ea24bbbcf8880cbd0d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana HB 1218 (2020) — Locating underground utility infrastructure.
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Amends the statute concerning the location of underground utility facilities (state 811 law) to provide that for any new or replacement underground facility that an operator installs or causes to be installed after June 30, 2020, the operator shall ensure that: (1) the materials from which the facility is constructed are capable of being detected from above ground level using standard equipment and technologies used by the utility locating industry; or (2) if the materials from which the facility is constructed are not capable of being detected from above ground level using standard locating techniques, the facility is encased by conductive material or is equipped with an electrically conducting wire or other means of locating the facility while it is underground.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1218/versions/HB1218.04.ENRS)
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2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1218/versions/HB1218.03.COMS)
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3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1218/versions/HB1218.02.COMH)
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4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1218/versions/HB1218.01.INTR)
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## Votes
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- HB 1218 - Manning - 3rd Reading — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1218 - Donato - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Eric Koch — primary (person)
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- Ethan Manning — primary (person)
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- Stacey Donato — primary (person)
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- Dale DeVon — coauthor (person)
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- Edmond Soliday — coauthor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
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- Mara Candelaria Reardon — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-13** Authored by Representative Manning
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- **2020-01-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-28** Senate sponsors: Senators Donato and Koch
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- **2020-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 95: yeas 98, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-01-28** Representatives Soliday, DeVon, Candelaria Reardon added as coauthors
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- **2020-01-29** Referred to the Senate
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- **2020-02-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-17** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-17** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
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- **2020-02-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 226: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-02-25** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
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- **2020-03-04** Motion to concur filed
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- **2020-03-04** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 314: yeas 87, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
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- **2020-03-05** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2020-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2020-03-11** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2020-03-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-03-30** Public Law 46
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f374e1ad-21f7-45d6-8f7f-c0af07ea3d8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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