Indiana Senate Bill 176 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 2 2022 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-07 - First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications
Pending: House Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Agricultural land used for wind or solar energy. Requires the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) to include in its annual report to the governor and the chairman of the legislative council the following information concerning utility grade wind power devices (devices) and utility grade solar energy facilities (facilities) for each county in Indiana: (1) The total number of devices and facilities installed or under construction. (2) The total generating capacity of the devices and facilities. (3) The county's total land acreage that is occupied by, or otherwise part of a project or development that includes, one or more devices or facilities. (4) Of the occupied acreage, the percentage of that acreage that was assessed as agricultural land for property tax purposes: (A) as of the most recent assessment date; or (B) immediately before the commencement of construction of one or more devices or facilities on the land. Requires the IURC to present: (1) the IURC's annual report to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications (committee) before October 1 each year; and (2) the new information required under the bill: (A) before October 1, 2022, to the 21st century energy policy development task force; and (B) before October 1 of each year, to the standing committees of the senate and the house of representatives having subject matter jurisdiction over agricultural matters. Makes conforming amendments to the statute governing the committee's duties to monitor changes and competition in the energy utility industry.

Agricultural land used for wind or solar energy.

Sen. Jean Leising [R]	Sen. Eric Koch [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Rep. Donald Lehe [R]
Rep. Ethan Manning [R]

2022-02-01 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-01-20 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-07	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications
2022-02-02	Senate	Referred to the House
2022-02-01	Senate	Cosponsor: Representative Manning
2022-02-01	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Lehe
2022-02-01	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 154: yeas 49, nays 0
2022-02-01	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2022-01-31	Senate	Amendment #1 (Leising) prevailed; voice vote
2022-01-31	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2022-01-24	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2022-01-11	Senate	Senator Koch added as second author
2022-01-06	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities
2022-01-06	Senate	Authored by Senator Leising

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/176/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/f/b/8/1fb8bfca/SB0176.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/6/a/9/d6a99776/SB0176.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/2/d/6/12d6d6af/SB0176.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/6/0/5/4605cc60/SB0176.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/3/6/a/b36ac302/SB0176.03.ENGS.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/e/a/f/aeaf01c9/SB0176.02.COMS.AMS001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/2/0/8/52085872/SB0176.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/d/a/2/7da2ae4d/SB0176.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/b/9/b/6b9b7ae2/SB0176.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/a/3/b/0a3b2b0a/SB0176.03.ENGS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/b/4/f/db4fd819/SB0176.03.ENGS.FN002.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/f/1/c/7f1ca145/SB0176.01.INTR.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/2/9/f/829f0276/SB0176.154_S.pdf