republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/sb-381.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulation of radioactive material."
description: "Establishes Indiana as a nuclear regulatory agreement state upon approval by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (commission) and the signing of an agreement by the governor and the chairman of the commission. Establishes the policies and purposes of the agreement in regulating certain radioactive items. Provides that the Indiana department of homeland security (department) is responsible for carrying out the duties of the agreement. Tasks the department to create rules, regulations, and protocols for the enforcement of the agreement. Requires the department to create licensing procedures for radioactive materials. Provides that the department shall create fee structures for the regulation of various radioactive services. Establishes the radiation site closure and disposal fund and the radiation long-term care fund. Permits the department to enter public and private property to ensure compliance with radiation regulations under certain conditions. Provides that the governor and the department may enter into agreements with the commission. Supersedes municipality or county regulation of certain radioactive materials. Prohibits the use or possession of certain radioactive materials unless licensed by the department. Grants the department emergency authority to impound radioactive materials in the possession of a person who is not in compliance with the department. Provides civil penalties for violations of certain rules."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 381"
citation: "Indiana SB 381 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NUCLEAR FUEL", "UTILITIES", "UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jon Ford", "Michael Crider", "Randall Frye"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f728fb0-a0df-4ccd-8b5a-a58ae086d6eb"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/381"
source_hash: "88339a55f77465c2999e428e217ab368e1bd442a0fc931e813adef8ec3ba2f02"
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 SB 381 (2022) — Regulation of radioactive material.

Establishes Indiana as a nuclear regulatory agreement state upon approval by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (commission) and the signing of an agreement by the governor and the chairman of the commission. Establishes the policies and purposes of the agreement in regulating certain radioactive items. Provides that the Indiana department of homeland security (department) is responsible for carrying out the duties of the agreement. Tasks the department to create rules, regulations, and protocols for the enforcement of the agreement. Requires the department to create licensing procedures for radioactive materials. Provides that the department shall create fee structures for the regulation of various radioactive services. Establishes the radiation site closure and disposal fund and the radiation long-term care fund. Permits the department to enter public and private property to ensure compliance with radiation regulations under certain conditions. Provides that the governor and the department may enter into agreements with the commission. Supersedes municipality or county regulation of certain radioactive materials. Prohibits the use or possession of certain radioactive materials unless licensed by the department. Grants the department emergency authority to impound radioactive materials in the possession of a person who is not in compliance with the department. Provides civil penalties for violations of certain rules.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0381/versions/SB0381.05.ENRH)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0381/versions/SB0381.01.INTR)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0381/versions/SB0381.03.COMH)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0381/versions/SB0381.04.COMH)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0381/versions/SB0381.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 381 - Frye - 3rd Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jon Ford — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Randall Frye — primary (person)
- Chris Judy — cosponsor (person)
- Philip Boots — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Authored by Senator Crider
- **2022-01-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Senator Ford Jon added as second author
- **2022-01-27** Senator Boots added as coauthor
- **2022-01-31** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 185: yeas 46, nays 3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** House sponsor: Representative Frye R
- **2022-02-02** Referred to the House
- **2022-02-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Representative Judy added as cosponsor
- **2022-02-15** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-15** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-23** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 267: yeas 76, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Returned to the Senate without amendments
- **2022-03-01** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-04** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-07** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-07** Public Law 28

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f728fb0-a0df-4ccd-8b5a-a58ae086d6eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).