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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 178: Natural gas and propane as a clean energy resources.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 178 is a bill introduced in the Indiana Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Natural gas and propane as a clean energy resources. Primary sponsor: Doug Miller (Republican), Blake Doriot (Republican), Eric Koch (Republican), Jim Buck (Republican). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2025): Public Law 46.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Provides that it is the continuing policy of the state to recognize natural gas and propane as "clean energy" or "green energy" for purposes of any state or federal program that provides funding or other incentives for: (1) clean energy initiatives or projects; (2) green energy initiatives or projects; or (3) any similarly designated initiatives or projects; in Indiana. Defines "clean energy" or "green energy" for these purposes. Specifies that the term: (1) includes natural gas and propane, wind energy, solar energy, photovoltaic cells and panels, hydropower, fuel cells, hydrogen, geothermal energy, and nuclear energy; and (2) does not affect certain existing definitions set forth in the Indiana Code.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 11

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Doug MillerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse48
Blake DoriotPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate12
Eric KochPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate44
Jim BuckPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate21
David AbbottCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Scott BaldwinCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Alex BurtonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse77
Gary ByrneCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate47
Stacey DonatoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate18
Jean LeisingCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate42
J.D. PrescottCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse33
Lonnie RandolphCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate2
Jim TomesCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate49

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Public Law 46
  2. Signed by the Governor
  3. Signed by the President of the Senate
  4. Signed by the Speaker
  5. Signed by the President Pro Tempore
  6. Returned to the Senate without amendments
  7. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 297: yeas 74, nays 20
  8. Representative Abbott added as cosponsor
  9. Second reading: ordered engrossed
  10. Committee report: do pass, adopted
  11. Representatives Prescott and Burton added as cosponsors
  12. First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications

Showing 12 most recent of 26 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source