republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/hb-1368.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Carbon."
description: "Requires a utility to accept certain methods of payment from the department of natural resources (department) for utility service provided to a property owned by the department. Prohibits a utility from limiting or restricting the: (1) dollar amount to less than $10,000; or (2) number of allowable payment transactions for a singular invoice to less than five; with respect to a payment made by one of the specified payment methods. Provides that for any singular property owned by the department, the department may request from a utility a consolidated bill for the property. Requires a utility that receives such a request to provide the department with a singular invoice for the entire property, unless the utility is unable to do so because of billing limitations or other operational constraints. Requires the natural resources commission to obtain primary enforcement authority from the United States Environmental Protection Agency to regulate Class VI underground injection wells. Grants the natural resources commission authority to adopt rules to regulate Class VI underground injection wells. Provides a mechanism and regulatory scheme for underground storage of carbon dioxide in Indiana but excludes the carbon sequestration pilot project from application of the new requirements. Specifies that the carbon sequestration pilot project's Class VI wells are not experimental."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1368"
citation: "Indiana HB 1368 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Natural Resources (DNR)", "NATURAL RESOURCES; Natural Gases and Carbon Dioxide", "PROPERTY; Generally", "UTILITIES; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edmond Soliday", "Eric Koch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65c77ea8-9329-4ed6-b7bb-2c78ca6d7409"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1368"
source_hash: "65a850b8c077133ef8aae8b7faefafbe25407017e5c00d8f5af02cc7452a7d1f"
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 1368 (2026) — Carbon.

Requires a utility to accept certain methods of payment from the department of natural resources (department) for utility service provided to a property owned by the department. Prohibits a utility from limiting or restricting the: (1) dollar amount to less than $10,000; or (2) number of allowable payment transactions for a singular invoice to less than five; with respect to a payment made by one of the specified payment methods. Provides that for any singular property owned by the department, the department may request from a utility a consolidated bill for the property. Requires a utility that receives such a request to provide the department with a singular invoice for the entire property, unless the utility is unable to do so because of billing limitations or other operational constraints. Requires the natural resources commission to obtain primary enforcement authority from the United States Environmental Protection Agency to regulate Class VI underground injection wells. Grants the natural resources commission authority to adopt rules to regulate Class VI underground injection wells. Provides a mechanism and regulatory scheme for underground storage of carbon dioxide in Indiana but excludes the carbon sequestration pilot project from application of the new requirements. Specifies that the carbon sequestration pilot project's Class VI wells are not experimental.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1368/HB1368.04.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1368/HB1368.05.ENRS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1368/HB1368.03.COMS.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1368/HB1368.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1368 - Soliday — **57–40** (pass) · lower
- HB 1368 - Koch - 3rd Reading — **29–19** (pass) · upper
- HB 1368 - Soliday — **48–42** (fail) · lower
- HB 1368 - Soliday - 3rd Reading — **57–37** (pass) · lower
- Committee Report - Smaltz — **63–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edmond Soliday — primary (person)
- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08** Authored by Representative Soliday
- **2026-01-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-28** Senate sponsor: Senator Koch
- **2026-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 114: yeas 57, nays 37 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-01-29** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2026-02-02** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-10** Amendment #1 (Koch) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-10** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10** Amendment #2 (Koch) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-16** Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
- **2026-02-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 259: yeas 29, nays 19 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2026-02-26** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2026-02-26** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2026-02-26** Concurrence defeated; Roll Call 399: yeas 48, nays 42
- **2026-03-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-02** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Rules Suspended. Committee report, adopted; Roll Call 419: yeas 63, nays 29
- **2026-03-12** Public Law 161 `became-law`
- **2026-03-05** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2026-02-27** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 420: yeas 57, nays 40

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65c77ea8-9329-4ed6-b7bb-2c78ca6d7409`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).