republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/sb-258.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nuclear facility permits."
description: "Makes the following changes to the Indiana Code chapter concerning the issuance of permits for nuclear powered generating facilities and nuclear fuel reprocessing plants (facilities) by the department of environmental management (department): (1) Repeals a provision that prohibits a person from constructing or operating, or increasing the capacity of, a facility without a permit from the department. (2) Repeals a provision authorizing the environmental rules board (board) to adopt rules establishing: (A) conditions for the issuance of a permit for; and (B) requirements for the operation of; a facility. (3) Requires a person proposing to construct a facility to file with the department (instead of the board, under current law) an environmental feasibility report concurrently with the filing of documents (instead of the preliminary safety analysis, under current law) required to be filed with the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (instead of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, under current law). (4) Repeals a provision authorizing the commissioner of the department to conduct a public hearing on the environmental effects of the proposed operation of a facility. (5) Repeals a provision: (A) requiring the board to adopt rules and standards to protect Indiana citizens from radiation hazards; and (B) setting forth requirements for required permits with respect to radioactive discharge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 258"
citation: "Indiana SB 258 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Environmental Management (IDEM)", "BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "AND COUNCILS; Generally", "ENERGY; Alternative (Including Renewable)", "ENERGY; Nuclear", "FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Edmond Soliday", "Eric Koch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-02-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2202d733-b134-4efe-980f-9d9472b4c8ef"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0258"
source_hash: "b21e804936f539c515829fe4f0c8bbb38465e9f2a769592acfa81ff4cfdb4478"
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 SB 258 (2026) — Nuclear facility permits.

Makes the following changes to the Indiana Code chapter concerning the issuance of permits for nuclear powered generating facilities and nuclear fuel reprocessing plants (facilities) by the department of environmental management (department): (1) Repeals a provision that prohibits a person from constructing or operating, or increasing the capacity of, a facility without a permit from the department. (2) Repeals a provision authorizing the environmental rules board (board) to adopt rules establishing: (A) conditions for the issuance of a permit for; and (B) requirements for the operation of; a facility. (3) Requires a person proposing to construct a facility to file with the department (instead of the board, under current law) an environmental feasibility report concurrently with the filing of documents (instead of the preliminary safety analysis, under current law) required to be filed with the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (instead of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, under current law). (4) Repeals a provision authorizing the commissioner of the department to conduct a public hearing on the environmental effects of the proposed operation of a facility. (5) Repeals a provision: (A) requiring the board to adopt rules and standards to protect Indiana citizens from radiation hazards; and (B) setting forth requirements for required permits with respect to radioactive discharge.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0258/SB0258.04.ENRH.pdf)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0258/SB0258.01.INTR.pdf)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0258/SB0258.02.COMS.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0258/SB0258.03.COMH.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 258 - Koch - 3rd Reading — **36–9** (pass) · upper
- SB 258 - Soliday - 3rd Reading — **64–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- Edmond Soliday — primary (person)
- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- Matt Lehman — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Lauer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** Authored by Senator Koch
- **2026-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Senator Doriot added as second author
- **2026-01-15** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 61: yeas 36, nays 9 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-01-22** House sponsor: Representative Soliday
- **2026-01-23** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2026-01-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-05** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-09** Representative Lauer added as cosponsor
- **2026-02-09** Representative Lehman added as cosponsor
- **2026-02-09** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 211: yeas 64, nays 28 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-10** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
- **2026-02-11** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2026-02-12** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Public Law 3 `became-law`
- **2026-02-17** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2202d733-b134-4efe-980f-9d9472b4c8ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).