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type: "Bill"
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title: "Electric transmission facilities."
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description: "Amends the chapter in the Indiana Code concerning electric transmission facilities as follows: (1) Specifies that the term \"electric transmission facility\" does not include a line installed solely for the purpose of connecting an electric generation facility to facilities owned by a public utility. (2) Repeals the definition of \"local reliability electric transmission facility\" and makes conforming changes. (3) Amends the provisions concerning an incumbent electric transmission owner's right of first refusal to construct, own, operate, and maintain certain electric transmission facilities, or upgrades to certain electric transmission facilities, as follows: (A) Specifies that the right of first refusal applies with respect to: (ii) the construction; or (ii) upgrades; of electric transmission facilities if the construction or upgrades have been approved through a regional transmission organization (RTO) planning process. (B) Provides that if an electric transmission facility has been approved for construction through an RTO planning process: (i) each incumbent electric transmission owner that has a right to construct, own, operate, and maintain the electric transmission facility shall give written notice to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC), not later than 90 days after the construction is approved, regarding the incumbent electric transmission owner's intent to construct, own, operate, and maintain the approved electric transmission facility; and (ii) if an incumbent electric transmission owner gives notice of intent not to construct the approved electric transmission facility, another entity may seek to construct the approved electric transmission facility in accordance with the RTO planning process and the bill's provisions. (C) Provides that if an incumbent electric transmission owner gives to the IURC during a calendar year notice of its intent to construct, own, operate, and maintain an approved electric transmission facility, the incumbent electric transmission owner shall, not later than May 1 of the subsequent calendar year, provide the IURC with certain specified information. (D) Provides that an incumbent electric transmission owner that exercises its right to construct an approved electric transmission facility must, to the extent commercially practicable, use competitively bid engineering, procurement, or construction contracts that meet the specifications required by the incumbent electric transmission owner with respect to the facility."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 1420"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1420 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CONSTRUCTION", "ELECTRICAL SERVICE", "CONTRACTORS AND TECHNICIANS", "PUBLIC FACILITIES", "UTILITIES", "UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Edmond Soliday", "Eric Koch", "Jean Leising"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-01-17"
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last_action: "2023-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b4a538a-dc85-4ec5-971f-c9283119f445"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1420"
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source_hash: "40bc4455d9ece88d7468148836da02d52c05ed45d0b175c3944cca2e71e2a64e"
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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 1420 (2023) — Electric transmission facilities.
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Amends the chapter in the Indiana Code concerning electric transmission facilities as follows: (1) Specifies that the term "electric transmission facility" does not include a line installed solely for the purpose of connecting an electric generation facility to facilities owned by a public utility. (2) Repeals the definition of "local reliability electric transmission facility" and makes conforming changes. (3) Amends the provisions concerning an incumbent electric transmission owner's right of first refusal to construct, own, operate, and maintain certain electric transmission facilities, or upgrades to certain electric transmission facilities, as follows: (A) Specifies that the right of first refusal applies with respect to: (ii) the construction; or (ii) upgrades; of electric transmission facilities if the construction or upgrades have been approved through a regional transmission organization (RTO) planning process. (B) Provides that if an electric transmission facility has been approved for construction through an RTO planning process: (i) each incumbent electric transmission owner that has a right to construct, own, operate, and maintain the electric transmission facility shall give written notice to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC), not later than 90 days after the construction is approved, regarding the incumbent electric transmission owner's intent to construct, own, operate, and maintain the approved electric transmission facility; and (ii) if an incumbent electric transmission owner gives notice of intent not to construct the approved electric transmission facility, another entity may seek to construct the approved electric transmission facility in accordance with the RTO planning process and the bill's provisions. (C) Provides that if an incumbent electric transmission owner gives to the IURC during a calendar year notice of its intent to construct, own, operate, and maintain an approved electric transmission facility, the incumbent electric transmission owner shall, not later than May 1 of the subsequent calendar year, provide the IURC with certain specified information. (D) Provides that an incumbent electric transmission owner that exercises its right to construct an approved electric transmission facility must, to the extent commercially practicable, use competitively bid engineering, procurement, or construction contracts that meet the specifications required by the incumbent electric transmission owner with respect to the facility.
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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/2023/bills/HB1420/versions/HB1420.04.ENRS)
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2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1420/versions/HB1420.02.COMH)
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3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1420/versions/HB1420.03.COMS)
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4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1420/versions/HB1420.01.INTR)
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## Votes
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- HB 1420 - Koch - 3rd Reading — **32–17** (pass) · upper
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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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- Jean Leising — primary (person)
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- Chris Jeter — coauthor (person)
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- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
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- Ed Charbonneau — cosponsor (person)
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- Randall Frye — coauthor (person)
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- Stacey Donato — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-17** Coauthored by Representative Jeter
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- **2023-01-17** Authored by Representative Soliday
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- **2023-01-17** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-07** Representative Frye added as coauthor
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- **2023-02-09** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-20** Senate sponsor: Senator Koch
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- **2023-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 166: yeas 59, nays 39 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-21** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2023-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-13** Senator Leising added as second sponsor
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- **2023-04-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-04-13** Senator Donato added as cosponsor
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- **2023-04-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-17** Senators Charbonneau and Niezgodski added as cosponsors
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- **2023-04-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 438: yeas 32, nays 17 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-18** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
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- **2023-04-20** Motion to concur filed `filing`
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- **2023-04-20** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 470: yeas 55, nays 39
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- **2023-04-24** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-04-25** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2023-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** Public Law 145 `became-law`
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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/0b4a538a-dc85-4ec5-971f-c9283119f445`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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