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type: "Bill"
title: "Homeowners associations and solar power."
description: "Provides that: (1) a homeowners association may require certain screening and preapproval procedures before an owner of a dwelling unit may install a solar energy system; and (2) a homeowners association may prohibit the installation, use, or removal of a solar energy system under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1196"
citation: "Indiana HB 1196 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENERGY", "NEIGHBORHOODS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Linda Rogers", "Mike Speedy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-06"
last_action: "2022-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a2a9d76-eec1-4eca-ad00-e80f7129f1b2"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1196"
source_hash: "91ab1fa56a1428610070a8852a5cd1b1a432a9ae889e24a867913472e2f90fc1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---
# Indiana HB 1196 (2022) — Homeowners associations and solar power.
Provides that: (1) a homeowners association may require certain screening and preapproval procedures before an owner of a dwelling unit may install a solar energy system; and (2) a homeowners association may prohibit the installation, use, or removal of a solar energy system under certain circumstances.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1196/versions/HB1196.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1196/versions/HB1196.02.COMH)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1196/versions/HB1196.03.COMS)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1196/versions/HB1196.01.INTR)
## Votes
- HB 1196 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — **408** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Mike Speedy — primary (person)
- Carey Hamilton — coauthor (person)
- Jerry Torr — coauthor (person)
- Zach Payne — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-06** Coauthored by Representative Torr
- **2022-01-06** Authored by Representative Speedy
- **2022-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Representative Payne Z added as coauthor
- **2022-01-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-13** Representative Hamilton added as coauthor
- **2022-01-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-24** Senate sponsors: Senators Rogers and Freeman
- **2022-01-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 64: yeas 82, nays 11 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-25** Referred to the Senate
- **2022-02-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 254: yeas 40, nays 8 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-28** Motion to concur filed
- **2022-03-01** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 313: yeas 84, nays 7 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-04** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-07** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-10** Public Law 73
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a2a9d76-eec1-4eca-ad00-e80f7129f1b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).