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Indiana · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 7: Carbon sequestration.

Passed one chamber 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 7 is a bill introduced in the Indiana Senate on December 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Carbon sequestration. Primary sponsor: Rick Niemeyer (Republican), Spencer Deery (Republican), Matt Commons (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (February 2, 2026): First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications.

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 a storage operator may not operate a carbon sequestration project that transports or stores carbon dioxide outside the county where the carbon dioxide is generated unless the project is approved by the appropriate county legislative body or plan commission. Exempts certain projects from the provisions of the bill. Makes conforming changes.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rick NiemeyerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Spencer DeeryPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Matt CommonsPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Lonnie RandolphCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate2

“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. First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications
  2. House sponsor: Representative Commons
  3. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 133: yeas 36, nays 12
  4. Senator Randolph added as coauthor
  5. Referred to the House
  6. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
  7. Amendment #3 (Baldwin) prevailed; voice vote
  8. Committee report: do pass, adopted
  9. Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Environmental Affairs
  10. Senator Deery added as second author
  11. First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities
  12. Authored by Senator Niemeyer

Sources

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