Indiana 2021 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 7 D · 6 R cosponsors

SB 373 — Carbon credit market, carbon sequestration, and federal mandates.

Last action — Senate advisors appointed: Niemeyer and Niezgodski

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Requires the state department of agriculture and the department of natural resources, in consultation with Purdue University, the utility regulatory commission (IURC), agricultural producers, woodland owners, foresters, certain technical experts, the agricultural industry, the forest industry, and environmental and conservation groups, to: (1) study and make findings and recommendations concerning the potential role of the state in a voluntary carbon credit market; and (2) issue a written report to the general assembly. Requires the director of the department of natural resources to designate the operator of the carbon sequestration pilot project (pilot project) before July 31, 2021. Provides that material compliance by the pilot project with a permit for a Class VI carbon dioxide underground injection well is an affirmative defense for the pilot project against certain civil actions or claims. Provides that: (1) a claimant may overcome the affirmative defense by proving actual interference with the use of the property or direct physical injury to tangible property; and (2) recovery by a public utility for any effect of the pilot project on the sources of the utility's public water supply is not prohibited or limited. Defines a "federal phaseout mandate" as any federal statutory or regulatory requirement that: (1) is established after April 20, 2021, by Congress, a federal agency, or a federal executive order; and (2) requires the phaseout or discontinuance of a particular type of electric generating facility, technology, or fuel source. Requires the IURC to consider in the context of: (1) applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity for new generating facilities; and (2) integrated resource planning; the impact of federal phaseout mandates on the estimated useful life of certain generating facilities of an electric utility, including on depreciation expense associated with such facilities.

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Action History

  1. Senate advisors appointed: Niemeyer and Niezgodski

  2. Senate conferees appointed: Glick and Tallian

  3. Senate dissented from House amendments

  4. House advisors appointed: Soliday, Morrison, Boy, Dvorak and Errington

  5. House conferees appointed: Lehe and Hatfield

  6. Motion to dissent filed

  7. Returned to the Senate with amendments

  8. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 432: yeas 65, nays 30

  9. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  10. Amendment #2 (Soliday) prevailed; voice vote

  11. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  12. Representative Dvorak added as cosponsor

  13. Representative Errington added as cosponsor

  14. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  15. Referred to Committee on Judiciary pursuant to House Rule 84

  16. First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources

  17. Referred to the House

  18. Cosponsor: Representative Abbott D

  19. House sponsor: Representative Lehe

  20. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 161: yeas 33, nays 16

  21. Senator Randolph added as coauthor

  22. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  23. Senator Tallian added as coauthor

  24. Senator Ford Jon added as coauthor

  25. Senator Qaddoura added as coauthor

  26. Senators Perfect, Lanane, Tomes, Doriot added as coauthors

  27. Committee report: do pass, adopted

  28. Senator Yoder added as coauthor

  29. Senator Bassler added as coauthor

  30. Senator Ford J.D. added as third author

  31. Senator Niemeyer added as second author

  32. First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources

  33. Authored by Senator Glick

Sponsors

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4 sponsors · 13 co-sponsors · 133 not signed on · 8 voted No

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (13)

Not signed on (133)

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Votes

SB 373 - Glick - 3rd Reading

Passed 33 Yea · 16 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 16900
Unaffiliated 12701
Democrat 5000
Total 331601
% of votes cast 66%32%0%2%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
Lanane — Yea
Tallian — Yea
Melton — Yea
Messmer — Yea
Walker G — Yea
Walker K — Yea
Ford J.D. — Yea
Breaux — Yea
Perfect — Yea
Brown — Yea
Grooms — Yea
Boots — Nay
Crane — Nay
Kruse — Nay
Sandlin — Nay
Young — Nay
Houchin — Nay
Zay — Nay
Mrvan — Not Voting
Ford Jon — Yea
David Niezgodski Democrat Yea
Fady Qaddoura Democrat Yea
Greg Taylor Democrat Yea
Lonnie Randolph Democrat Yea
Shelli Yoder Democrat Yea
Aaron Freeman Republican Nay
Blake Doriot Republican Nay
Brian Buchanan Republican Yea
Chris Garten Republican Nay
Ed Charbonneau Republican Yea
Eric Bassler Republican Yea
Eric Koch Republican Nay
James Buck Republican Yea
James Tomes Republican Yea
Jean Leising Republican Yea
Jeff Raatz Republican Nay
Justin Busch Republican Yea
Linda Rogers Republican Nay
Michael Crider Republican Yea
Mike Bohacek Republican Yea
Mike Gaskill Republican Nay
Rick Niemeyer Republican Yea
Rodric Bray Republican Yea
Ron Alting Republican Yea
Ryan Mishler Republican Nay
Scott Baldwin Republican Yea
Stacey Donato Republican Yea
Susan Glick Republican Yea
Travis Holdman Republican Nay
Vaneta Becker Republican Yea

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Subjects

environment technology agriculture
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 373 do?
Requires the state department of agriculture and the department of natural resources, in consultation with Purdue University, the utility regulatory commission (IURC), agricultural producers, woodland owners, foresters, certain technical experts, the agricultural industry, the forest industry, and environmental and conservation groups, to: (1) study and make findings and recommendations concerning the potential role of the state in a voluntary carbon credit market; and (2) issue a written report to the general assembly. Requires the director of the department of natural resources to designate the operator of the carbon sequestration pilot project (pilot project) before July 31, 2021. Provides that material compliance by the pilot project with a permit for a Class VI carbon dioxide underground injection well is an affirmative defense for the pilot project against certain civil actions or claims. Provides that: (1) a claimant may overcome the affirmative defense by proving actual interference with the use of the property or direct physical injury to tangible property; and (2) recovery by a public utility for any effect of the pilot project on the sources of the utility's public water supply is not prohibited or limited. Defines a "federal phaseout mandate" as any federal statutory or regulatory requirement that: (1) is established after April 20, 2021, by Congress, a federal agency, or a federal executive order; and (2) requires the phaseout or discontinuance of a particular type of electric generating facility, technology, or fuel source. Requires the IURC to consider in the context of: (1) applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity for new generating facilities; and (2) integrated resource planning; the impact of federal phaseout mandates on the estimated useful life of certain generating facilities of an electric utility, including on depreciation expense associated with such facilities.
Who sponsors SB 373?
SB 373 is sponsored by Susan Glick (Republican), Rick Niemeyer (Republican), J.D. Ford (Democrat), Eric Bassler (Republican), Shelli Yoder (Democrat), Chip Perfect, Timothy Lanane, James Tomes (Republican), Blake Doriot (Republican), Fady Qaddoura (Democrat), Karen Tallian, Lonnie Randolph (Democrat), Don Lehe, David Abbott (Republican), Sue Errington (Democrat), and Ryan Dvorak (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 373?
This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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