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type: "Bill"
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title: "Commercial solar and wind energy."
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description: "Establishes default standards concerning the following with respect to wind power projects in local units that voluntarily adopt the standards: (1) Setback requirements. (2) Height restrictions. (3) Shadow flicker limitations. (4) Signal interference. (5) Sound level limitations. (6) Wind turbine light mitigation technology. (7) Required repairs to drainage related infrastructure. (8) Project decommissioning. Defines a unit that voluntarily adopts all of the default standards, or standards less restrictive than the default standards, as a \"wind energy ready community\". Establishes default standards concerning the following with respect to commercial solar projects in units that voluntarily adopt the standards: (1) Setback requirements. (2) Height restrictions. (3) Ground cover. (4) Fencing. (5) Cables. (6) Glare. (7) Signal interference. (8) Sound level limitations. (9) Required repairs to drainage related infrastructure. (10) Project decommissioning. Defines a unit that voluntarily adopts all of the default standards, or standards less restrictive than the default standards, as a \"solar energy ready community\"."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 411"
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citation: "Indiana SB 411 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION", "INDIANA", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT generally", "ENERGY"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Edmond Soliday", "Eric Koch", "Mark Messmer"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-01-12"
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last_action: "2022-03-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ac18b9c-69ed-4290-8366-c86e353c63c0"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/411"
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source_hash: "84854d070fdfcb5464b1a738d25e3cf4c4102567634df5d9d0d8e67bea1d6e6c"
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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 SB 411 (2022) — Commercial solar and wind energy.
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Establishes default standards concerning the following with respect to wind power projects in local units that voluntarily adopt the standards: (1) Setback requirements. (2) Height restrictions. (3) Shadow flicker limitations. (4) Signal interference. (5) Sound level limitations. (6) Wind turbine light mitigation technology. (7) Required repairs to drainage related infrastructure. (8) Project decommissioning. Defines a unit that voluntarily adopts all of the default standards, or standards less restrictive than the default standards, as a "wind energy ready community". Establishes default standards concerning the following with respect to commercial solar projects in units that voluntarily adopt the standards: (1) Setback requirements. (2) Height restrictions. (3) Ground cover. (4) Fencing. (5) Cables. (6) Glare. (7) Signal interference. (8) Sound level limitations. (9) Required repairs to drainage related infrastructure. (10) Project decommissioning. Defines a unit that voluntarily adopts all of the default standards, or standards less restrictive than the default standards, as a "solar energy ready community".
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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. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0411/versions/SB0411.06.ENGH)
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2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0411/versions/SB0411.03.ENGS)
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3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0411/versions/SB0411.07.ENRH)
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4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0411/versions/SB0411.01.INTR)
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5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0411/versions/SB0411.05.COMH)
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6. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0411/versions/SB0411.04.COMH)
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7. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0411/versions/SB0411.02.COMS)
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## Votes
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- SB 411 - Soliday - 3rd Reading — **83–9** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Edmond Soliday — primary (person)
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- Eric Koch — primary (person)
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- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
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- Justin Moed — cosponsor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
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- Sharon Negele — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-12** Authored by Senator Messmer
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- **2022-01-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-24** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-25** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
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- **2022-01-27** Amendment #1 (Messmer) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
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- **2022-01-27** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-31** Senator Koch added as second author
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- **2022-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 134: yeas 41, nays 7 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-01** House sponsor: Representative Soliday
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- **2022-02-02** Referred to the House
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- **2022-02-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-14** Representative Moed added as cosponsor
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- **2022-02-15** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-15** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-22** Representative Negele added as cosponsor
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- **2022-02-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-24** Amendment #2 (Negele) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
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- **2022-02-24** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 297: yeas 84, nays 9 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-03-01** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
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- **2022-03-01** Motion to concur filed
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- **2022-03-02** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 328: yeas 34, nays 14 `amendment-failure`
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- **2022-03-07** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2022-03-11** Public Law 90
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- **2022-03-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-03-11** Signed by the President of the Senate
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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/8ac18b9c-69ed-4290-8366-c86e353c63c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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