Indiana Senate Bill 247

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Passed on March 11 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-11 - Public Law 34
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Water and wastewater utility infrastructure. Amends the statute concerning the acquisition by a utility company of a water or wastewater utility to provide that if: (1) the appraised value of the utility property to be acquired does not exceed $3,000,000; and (2) the purchase price for the utility property is less than the appraised value of the utility property; the acquiring utility company may submit to the Indiana utility regulatory agency (IURC) a filing under a procedure, based on the procedures set forth in the IURC's rules governing 30 day administrative filings, to include in the acquiring utility company's rate base specified costs associated with the acquisition. Sets forth certain information that must be included in an acquiring utility company's filing. Provides that if the IURC approves an acquiring utility company's filing, the IURC: (1) may only authorize that: (A) the full purchase price; and (B) estimated: (i) incidental expenses; and (ii) other costs of acquisition; be recorded as the acquiring utility company's net original cost of acquisition; and (2) shall provide that any estimated: (i) incidental expenses; and (ii) other costs of the acquisition; are subject to a reasonableness review as part of the acquiring utility company's next base rate case. Adds language specifying that the Indiana Code chapter that governs the transfer, acquisition, and improvement of utilities by municipalities applies to a municipally owned natural gas utility (in addition to a municipally owned electric, water, wastewater, or combined water and wastewater utility).

Water and wastewater utility infrastructure.

Sen. Eric Koch [R]	Sen. Jean Leising [R]	Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]
Rep. Edmond Soliday [R]	Rep. David Hall [R]

2024-02-29 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House amendments (Y: 43 N: 1 NV: 5 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-20 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 90 N: 1 NV: 3 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2024-02-19 - House - House - Appeal the ruling of the chair (Pryor) (Y: 65 N: 28 NV: 4 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-02-19 - House - House - Appeal the ruling of the chair (Pryor) (Y: 67 N: 28 NV: 2 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-01-30 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-11	Senate	Public Law 34
2024-03-11	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2024-03-08	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2024-03-07	House	Signed by the Speaker
2024-03-05	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2024-02-29	Senate	Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 236: yeas 43, nays 1
2024-02-26	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2024-02-21	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2024-02-20	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 179: yeas 90, nays 1
2024-02-20	House	Representative Hall added as cosponsor
2024-02-19	House	Appeal the ruling of the chair (Pryor); ruling of the chair sustained Roll Call 155: yeas 65, nays 28
2024-02-19	House	Appeal the ruling of the chair (Pryor); ruling of the chair sustained Roll Call 154: yeas 67, nays 28
2024-02-19	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2024-02-19	House	Amendment #3 (Pryor) ruled out of order
2024-02-19	House	Amendment #2 (Pryor) ruled out of order
2024-02-13	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2024-02-06	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications
2024-01-31	Senate	Referred to the House
2024-01-30	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2024-01-30	Senate	Senator Charbonneau added as coauthor
2024-01-30	Senate	Senator Leising added as second author
2024-01-30	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Soliday
2024-01-30	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 67: yeas 48, nays 1
2024-01-29	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2024-01-29	Senate	Amendment #1 (Koch) prevailed; voice vote
2024-01-25	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2024-01-10	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities
2024-01-10	Senate	Authored by Senator Koch

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/bills/senate/247/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/SB0247.01.INTR.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/SB0247.02.COMS.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/SB0247.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/SB0247.04.COMH.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/SB0247.05.ENRH.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/committee-amendments/amendments/SB0247.01.INTR.AMS02.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/committee-amendments/amendments/SB0247.01.INTR.AMS01.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/amendments/SB0247.02.COMS.AMS001.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/committee-amendments/amendments/SB0247.03.ENGS.AMH03.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/amendments/SB0247.04.COMH.AMH003.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/amendments/SB0247.04.COMH.AMH002.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/amendments/SB0247.04.COMH.AMH001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/fiscal-notes/SB0247.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/votesheets/SB0247.01.INTR.04.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/committee-reports/SB0247.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/fiscal-notes/SB0247.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/fiscal-notes/SB0247.03.ENGS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/fiscal-notes/SB0247.03.ENGS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/fiscal-notes/SB0247.04.COMH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/votesheets/SB0247.03.ENGS.02.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/committee-reports/SB0247.03.ENGS.CRH001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/fiscal-notes/SB0247.04.COMH.FN002.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/fiscal-notes/SB0247.04.COMH.FN003.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/fiscal-notes/SB0247.05.ENRH.FN001.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/rollcalls/SB0247.67_S.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/rollcalls/SB0247.154_H.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/rollcalls/SB0247.155_H.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/rollcalls/SB0247.179_H.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0247/rollcalls/SB0247.236_S.pdf