SB 254 Indiana Senate · 2020 Regular Session

Water and wastewater utilities.

Summary
Amends the law allowing the adjustment of a water or wastewater utility's rates and charges to enable the utility to recover the cost of eligible infrastructure improvements, by providing that the general maximum limit on the revenues used in determining the adjustment does not apply to infrastructure improvement costs associated with the construction, reconstruction, or improvement of a highway, street, or road. Amends the law that allows a public water utility to treat the costs of replacing customer-owned lead service lines as eligible infrastructure improvements for which a utility's rates and charges may be adjusted, by providing that the law applies to municipally owned utilities as well as public utilities. Establishes a procedure under which a public utility, municipally owned utility, or not-for-profit utility that provides water or wastewater service to the public and is under the jurisdiction of the commission for the approval of rates and charges may seek to recover, through a periodic rate adjustment, the cost of certain utility plant or equipment expenditures that are related to compliance with environmental requirements or made for health, safety, or environmental protection purposes.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 9, 2020 Signed Mar 21, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jan 23, 2020 · House Mar 2, 2020

How they voted

361
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 41
Jan 23, 2020
D Democratic8
6 Yea 2
75% Yea
R Republican33
30 Yea 1 Nay 2
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
27
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Mar 21, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Mar 3, 2020
Introduced
Returned to the Senate without amendments
lower
Mar 2, 2020
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (82-0-10)
house
Feb 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Committee
Referred to the House
upper
Jan 23, 2020
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (36-1-4)
senate
Jan 16, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
4 primary · 9 co-sponsors

Sponsors