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type: "Bill"
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title: "Environmental matters."
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description: "Authorizes the department of environmental management (department) to use electronic means to deliver mail communications, send or publish notices, accept notices and permit applications, provide access to documents for public comment, and store documents for future access. Authorizes the use of electronic communications in proceedings involving regional water, sewage, and solid waste districts. Requires the IDEM to make a determination concerning prior approval for the construction or expansion of a biomass anaerobic digestion facility or biomass gasification facility not more than 90 days after the date on which the department receives the completed application. Eliminates a provision of law stating that a person constructing or expanding a biomass anaerobic digestion facility or a biomass gasification facility is not required to obtain the prior approval of the department if air pollution control permit requirements apply to the facility."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 206"
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citation: "Indiana SB 206 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE LAW; Generally", "AGENCIES; Department of Environmental Management (IDEM)", "PROPERTY; Easements", "STATE GOVERNMENT; Contracts", "Procurements", "and Purchases", "TECHNOLOGY; Communication (Including Internet", "Phone Lines", "Print Media", "Radio", "and Television)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alan Morrison", "Dan Dernulc", "Rick Niemeyer"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-03-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b1464f4-d13b-4e95-b5ae-1dd0ea263bf5"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0206"
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source_hash: "9560cd2371ec29fbee58eedc92513eb14a22a11fd9e588696775f0680972b992"
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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 206 (2024) — Environmental matters.
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Authorizes the department of environmental management (department) to use electronic means to deliver mail communications, send or publish notices, accept notices and permit applications, provide access to documents for public comment, and store documents for future access. Authorizes the use of electronic communications in proceedings involving regional water, sewage, and solid waste districts. Requires the IDEM to make a determination concerning prior approval for the construction or expansion of a biomass anaerobic digestion facility or biomass gasification facility not more than 90 days after the date on which the department receives the completed application. Eliminates a provision of law stating that a person constructing or expanding a biomass anaerobic digestion facility or a biomass gasification facility is not required to obtain the prior approval of the department if air pollution control permit requirements apply 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 Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0206/SB0206.04.ENRH.pdf)
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2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0206/SB0206.01.INTR.pdf)
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3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0206/SB0206.02.COMS.pdf)
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4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0206/SB0206.03.COMH.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SB 206 - Niemeyer - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 206 - Morrison - 3rd Reading — **91–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Morrison — primary (person)
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- Dan Dernulc — primary (person)
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- Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Authored by Senator Niemeyer
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- **2024-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-01** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-05** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-05** Senator Dernulc added as second author
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- **2024-02-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 132: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-06** House sponsor: Representative Morrison
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- **2024-02-07** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2024-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-22** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 228: yeas 91, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-28** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
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- **2024-03-04** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Public Law 27 `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/1b1464f4-d13b-4e95-b5ae-1dd0ea263bf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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