All Roll Calls
Yes: 778 • No: 957
IndianaHB 1002Second Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2026)HouseWALLET
Electric utility affordability.
Sponsored By: Alaina Shonkwiler (Republican)
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
7 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 4 mixed.
Smoother bills for energy assistance homes
Beginning with the first bill after June 30, 2026, electric suppliers must use levelized billing for homes that are eligible for and have applied for state home energy assistance. By April 1, 2026, suppliers must let you opt out at any time without penalty by mail, email, app, or website. Reconciliation can happen no more than twice a year and should match seasonal use. After June 30, 2026, suppliers may not call these plans budget billing unless the plan also allows lower payments over time, payment deferral, or forbearance.
Stronger shutoff protections and payment plans
From December 1 through March 15, electric and gas utilities may not disconnect service for customers who are eligible for and have applied for heating assistance. On days the National Weather Service forecasts a 95°F heat index (forecast within 48 hours), electric utilities may not disconnect those applicants. By June 1, 2026, utilities must post a notice and a toll-free number or link on how to apply for heating help. Utilities must offer reasonable payment plans for delinquent accounts, allow time to apply for assistance, and let you change the plan if your finances change.
Temporary rate hikes with refunds later
If the Commission has not issued a final rate order within 300 days, a utility may put in place 50% of its proposed permanent increase. The utility must file temporary rates at least 30 days before starting them. When final rates are set, any difference is refunded or surcharged in equal monthly amounts over six months. Refunds include interest at the average prime rate for the quarters the temporary rates were in effect.
New electric bill help for low income
By July 1, 2026, each electricity supplier offers a low-income assistance program to help pay monthly bills. You qualify if your household is eligible for and has applied for state home energy assistance. Suppliers must enroll qualifying applicants up to any funding or enrollment caps and must add a notice on every bill and on their website after June 30, 2026. Starting in 2027, suppliers must fund at least 0.2% of residential revenues each year, plus outside contributions. The Commission may allow recovery of reasonable program costs, but not if it raises nonparticipants' average electric rates by more than 2% in a year.
Three year electric rates tied to performance
The law creates three-year rate plans for electricity suppliers with performance incentives. Each year, small changes to allowed returns depend on two measures: customer affordability and service restoration after outages. If bills grow much faster than U.S. CPI electricity prices, returns can fall by up to 1 basis point; if much slower, they can rise by up to 1. If restoration worsens or improves by more than 5%, returns can drop or rise by up to 0.50 basis point. References to a base rate case now mean year one of a plan, and suppliers in a plan can make certain TDSIC filings without the usual limit.
Quarterly utility data to consumer office
Starting with Q3 2026, electricity suppliers must send quarterly, aggregated reports to the consumer advocate within 30 days after each quarter. Reports include counts and dollars for accounts, customers on assistance, protected accounts, delinquencies over 60 days, amounts owed, payment plans, levelized plans, disconnection notices, shutoffs for nonpayment, and write-offs. Beginning in 2027, the office summarizes the prior year's data in its annual report to legislators.
Emergency rules and disaster phone service
During a governor-declared disaster, the Commission can quickly act to restore voice service in areas with no provider and allow any workable technology. The Commission may issue telecom rules or orders without the usual notice and hearing when immediate action is needed. Interim rules adopted by the Commission must expire within two years and cannot be extended by filing another interim rule.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Alaina Shonkwiler
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Alex Burton
Democratic • House
Andrea Hunley
Democratic • Senate
Brian Buchanan
Republican • Senate
Dan Dernulc
Republican • Senate
Daryl Schmitt
Republican • Senate
Ed Charbonneau
Republican • Senate
Edmond Soliday
Republican • House
Eric Koch
Republican • Senate
Fady Qaddoura
Democratic • Senate
Gary Byrne
Republican • Senate
J.D. Ford
Democratic • Senate
Jeff Raatz
Republican • Senate
Jim Pressel
Republican • House
Justin Busch
Republican • Senate
Linda Rogers
Republican • Senate
Liz Brown
Republican • Senate
Mike Bohacek
Republican • Senate
Nick McKinley
Republican • Senate
Randy Maxwell
Republican • Senate
Rick Niemeyer
Republican • Senate
Spencer Deery
Republican • Senate
Stacey Donato
Republican • Senate
Travis Holdman
Republican • Senate
Vaneta Becker
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 2/19/2026
Roll Call 293 on HB1002.05.COMS.CON01
Yes: 94 • No: 2
Senate vote • 2/17/2026
Roll Call 171 on HB1002.05.COMS
Yes: 46 • No: 0 • Other: 3
Senate vote • 2/16/2026
Roll Call 162 on HB1002.05.COMS.AMS001
Yes: 16 • No: 31 • Other: 2
Senate vote • 2/16/2026
Roll Call 166 on HB1002.05.COMS.AMS016
Yes: 20 • No: 28 • Other: 1
Senate vote • 2/16/2026
Roll Call 165 on HB1002.05.COMS.AMS006
Yes: 17 • No: 31 • Other: 1
Senate vote • 2/16/2026
Roll Call 164 on HB1002.05.COMS.AMS014
Yes: 23 • No: 26
Senate vote • 2/16/2026
Roll Call 161 on HB1002.05.COMS.AMS005
Yes: 16 • No: 31 • Other: 2
Senate vote • 2/16/2026
Roll Call 160 on HB1002.05.COMS.AMS002
Yes: 18 • No: 27 • Other: 4
Senate vote • 2/16/2026
Roll Call 167 on HB1002.05.COMS.AMS018
Yes: 14 • No: 34 • Other: 1
Senate vote • 2/16/2026
Roll Call 163 on HB1002.05.COMS.AMS013
Yes: 20 • No: 28 • Other: 1
House vote • 1/28/2026
Roll Call 149 on HB1002.02.COMH
Yes: 89 • No: 4 • Other: 2
House vote • 1/27/2026
Roll Call 97 on HB1002.02.COMH.AMH016
Yes: 30 • No: 65 • Other: 1
House vote • 1/27/2026
Roll Call 99 on HB1002.02.COMH.AMH011
Yes: 63 • No: 30 • Other: 2
House vote • 1/27/2026
Roll Call 89 on HB1002.02.COMH.AMH010
Yes: 34 • No: 61 • Other: 1
House vote • 1/27/2026
Roll Call 91 on HB1002.02.COMH.AMH004
Yes: 30 • No: 62 • Other: 4
House vote • 1/27/2026
Roll Call 90 on HB1002.02.COMH.AMH005
Yes: 32 • No: 61 • Other: 3
House vote • 1/27/2026
Roll Call 92 on HB1002.02.COMH.AMH006
Yes: 31 • No: 63 • Other: 2
House vote • 1/27/2026
Roll Call 93 on HB1002.02.COMH.AMH008
Yes: 30 • No: 62 • Other: 4
House vote • 1/27/2026
Roll Call 94 on HB1002.02.COMH.AMH007
Yes: 31 • No: 61 • Other: 4
House vote • 1/27/2026
Roll Call 96 on HB1002.02.COMH.AMH013
Yes: 31 • No: 63 • Other: 2
House vote • 1/27/2026
Roll Call 98 on HB1002.02.COMH.AMH019
Yes: 30 • No: 64 • Other: 2
House vote • 1/27/2026
Roll Call 95 on HB1002.02.COMH.AMH014
Yes: 30 • No: 61 • Other: 5
House vote • 1/27/2026
Roll Call 88 on HB1002.02.COMH.AMH015
Yes: 33 • No: 62 • Other: 1
Actions Timeline
Public Law 36
2/26/2026HouseSigned by the Governor
2/26/2026HouseSigned by the President of the Senate
2/25/2026SenateSigned by the President Pro Tempore
2/24/2026SenateSigned by the Speaker
2/23/2026HouseHouse concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 293: yeas 94, nays 2
2/19/2026HouseMotion to concur filed
2/19/2026HouseReturned to the House with amendments
2/18/2026SenateThird reading: passed; Roll Call 171: yeas 46, nays 0
2/17/2026SenateSenators Byrne, Bohacek, Maxwell, McKinley added as cosponsors
2/17/2026SenateSenator Schmitt added as cosponsor
2/17/2026SenateSenator Rogers added as cosponsor
2/17/2026SenateSenator Raatz added as cosponsor
2/17/2026SenateSenator Qaddoura added as cosponsor
2/17/2026SenateSenator Niemeyer added as cosponsor
2/17/2026SenateSenator Holdman added as cosponsor
2/17/2026SenateSenator Dernulc added as cosponsor
2/17/2026SenateSenators Deery, Brown L added as cosponsors
2/17/2026SenateSenator Charbonneau added as cosponsor
2/17/2026SenateSenator Busch added as cosponsor
2/17/2026SenateSenator Becker added as cosponsor
2/17/2026SenateAmendment #19 (Pol) failed; voice vote
2/16/2026SenateAmendment #13 (Hunley) failed; Roll Call 163: yeas 20, nays 28
2/16/2026SenateSenator Donato added as third sponsor
2/16/2026SenateSenator Buchanan added as second sponsor
2/16/2026Senate
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