Indiana Senate Bill 411 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: Passed on March 11 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-03-11 - Public Law 90
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Commercial solar and wind energy. Establishes default standards concerning the following with respect to wind power projects in local units that voluntarily adopt the standards: (1) Setback requirements. (2) Height restrictions. (3) Shadow flicker limitations. (4) Signal interference. (5) Sound level limitations. (6) Wind turbine light mitigation technology. (7) Required repairs to drainage related infrastructure. (8) Project decommissioning. Defines a unit that voluntarily adopts all of the default standards, or standards less restrictive than the default standards, as a "wind energy ready community". Establishes default standards concerning the following with respect to commercial solar projects in units that voluntarily adopt the standards: (1) Setback requirements. (2) Height restrictions. (3) Ground cover. (4) Fencing. (5) Cables. (6) Glare. (7) Signal interference. (8) Sound level limitations. (9) Required repairs to drainage related infrastructure. (10) Project decommissioning. Defines a unit that voluntarily adopts all of the default standards, or standards less restrictive than the default standards, as a "solar energy ready community".

Commercial solar and wind energy.

Sen. Mark Messmer [R]	Sen. Eric Koch [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Rep. Edmond Soliday [R]
Rep. Justin Moed [D]	Rep. Sharon Negele [R]

2022-03-02 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House amendments (Y: 34 N: 14 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-28 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 83 N: 9 NV: 1 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2022-02-22 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 23 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-02-15 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2022-02-01 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 41 N: 7 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-01-20 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-11	Senate	Public Law 90
2022-03-11	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2022-03-11	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2022-03-08	House	Signed by the Speaker
2022-03-07	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2022-03-02	Senate	Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 328: yeas 34, nays 14
2022-03-01	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2022-03-01	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2022-02-28	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 297: yeas 84, nays 9
2022-02-24	House	Amendment #2 (Negele) prevailed; voice vote
2022-02-24	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2022-02-22	House	Representative Negele added as cosponsor
2022-02-22	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2022-02-15	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
2022-02-15	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2022-02-14	House	Representative Moed added as cosponsor
2022-02-08	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications
2022-02-02	Senate	Referred to the House
2022-02-01	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Soliday
2022-02-01	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 134: yeas 41, nays 7
2022-01-31	Senate	Senator Koch added as second author
2022-01-27	Senate	Amendment #1 (Messmer) prevailed; voice vote
2022-01-27	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2022-01-25	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2022-01-24	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2022-01-12	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities
2022-01-12	Senate	Authored by Senator Messmer

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/411/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/f/3/b/9f3bb71f/SB0411.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/2/e/7/a2e7b4dd/SB0411.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/9/8/f/b98fb98e/SB0411.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/e/2/4/ae240a7b/SB0411.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/7/8/a/678ab72b/SB0411.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/c/a/5/3ca55e9f/SB0411.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/a/0/1/aa01765e/SB0411.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/4/0/d/d40d41c4/SB0411.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/c/e/5/bce5cea8/SB0411.05.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/0/4/1/d0413398/SB0411.05.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/d/e/3/3de3252a/SB0411.06.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/1/9/9/8199c98f/SB0411.06.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/8/4/0/d840c47e/SB0411.07.ENRH.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/e/e/7/8ee7f8ae/SB0411.02.COMS.AMS001.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/5/c/4/95c4d133/SB0411.05.COMH.AMH001.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/9/6/c/d96c5d7c/SB0411.05.COMH.AMH002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/b/f/3/bbf3bfeb/SB0411.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/e/0/6/4e063b86/SB0411.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/9/c/c/69ccdc43/SB0411.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/0/a/2/c0a26f8f/SB0411.03.ENGS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/a/4/0/2a403a6e/SB0411.03.ENGS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/f/9/a/ff9a0f9a/SB0411.03.ENGS.CRH001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/b/a/2/bba27ff9/SB0411.04.COMH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/c/7/0/2c70fe35/SB0411.04.COMH.CRH001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/2/5/2/4252c0a2/SB0411.05.COMH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/f/2/0/ff203cc3/SB0411.06.ENGH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/3/0/8/c3088e48/SB0411.06.ENGH.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/6/e/e/a6ee306c/SB0411.06.ENGH.FN003.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/5/3/7/6537141c/SB0411.06.ENGH.CON01.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/8/6/9/98690003/SB0411.07.ENRH.FN001.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/a/7/a/ba7aa78c/SB0411.01.INTR.02.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/e/c/e/4ece853b/SB0411.134_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/b/e/6/bbe66296/SB0411.03.ENGS.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/a/e/2/fae2d731/SB0411.04.COMH.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/c/e/d/2ced6f8a/SB0411.297_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/6/6/1/266121c1/SB0411.328_S.pdf