republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/hb-1277.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State administration of federal BEAD program."
description: "Specifies that the existing Indiana statute concerning the awarding of grants by the office of community and rural affairs for certain eligible broadband projects does not apply to subgrants awarded by the Indiana broadband office (office) under the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program (program). Establishes a new Indiana Code chapter governing the administration of the program by the office. Requires the office to administer the program in Indiana in compliance with all mandatory provisions set forth in: (1) the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Act); and (2) the BEAD Notice of Funding Opportunity (BEAD NOFO); with respect to the program. Provides that before awarding a subgrant to an eligible broadband service provider during any round of funding under the program, the office shall submit to the budget committee for review the proposed amount and terms of the subgrant. Provides that in awarding subgrants for the deployment of a broadband network using program funds, the office may not exclude cooperatives, nonprofit organizations, public-private partnerships, private companies, public or private utilities, public utility districts, or local governments from eligibility for those funds, as set forth in the Act. Provides that the final proposal submitted by the office to the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) with respect to the program must include the specifications for the required low cost broadband service option that are set forth in the office's initial proposal, as submitted to and approved by NTIA."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1277"
citation: "Indiana HB 1277 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE GOVERNMENT; Federal Funding", "TECHNOLOGY; Communication (Including Internet", "Phone Lines", "Print Media", "Radio", "and Television)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edmond Soliday", "Eric Koch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76a7b7c9-827b-4f63-8dfb-9565f61350b6"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1277"
source_hash: "ce28ad026dcfdeec2a5833cb9ed9d4ccfcc4f57cea097b3e5063a9556a42615e"
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 1277 (2024) — State administration of federal BEAD program.

Specifies that the existing Indiana statute concerning the awarding of grants by the office of community and rural affairs for certain eligible broadband projects does not apply to subgrants awarded by the Indiana broadband office (office) under the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program (program). Establishes a new Indiana Code chapter governing the administration of the program by the office. Requires the office to administer the program in Indiana in compliance with all mandatory provisions set forth in: (1) the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Act); and (2) the BEAD Notice of Funding Opportunity (BEAD NOFO); with respect to the program. Provides that before awarding a subgrant to an eligible broadband service provider during any round of funding under the program, the office shall submit to the budget committee for review the proposed amount and terms of the subgrant. Provides that in awarding subgrants for the deployment of a broadband network using program funds, the office may not exclude cooperatives, nonprofit organizations, public-private partnerships, private companies, public or private utilities, public utility districts, or local governments from eligibility for those funds, as set forth in the Act. Provides that the final proposal submitted by the office to the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) with respect to the program must include the specifications for the required low cost broadband service option that are set forth in the office's initial proposal, as submitted to and approved by NTIA.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1277/HB1277.04.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1277/HB1277.03.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1277/HB1277.02.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1277/HB1277.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1277 - Soliday — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1277 - Soliday - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1277 - Koch - 3rd Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edmond Soliday — primary (person)
- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- Alex Zimmerman — coauthor (person)
- Dave Hall — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Pierce — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Authored by Representative Soliday
- **2024-01-18** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-23** Representatives Zimmerman, Pierce M, Hall D added as coauthors
- **2024-01-24** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2024-01-23** Senate sponsor: Senator Koch
- **2024-01-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 40: yeas 94, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 223: yeas 47, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2024-03-05** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2024-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 283: yeas 90, nays 0
- **2024-03-07** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-12** Public Law 86 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76a7b7c9-827b-4f63-8dfb-9565f61350b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).