# Indiana SB 178: Natural gas and propane as a clean energy resources. Indiana SB 178, Natural gas and propane as a clean energy resources., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) Senate bill sponsored by James Buck (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-10 (Public Law 46) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB178-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Indiana SB 178 - State: Indiana - Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) - Title: Natural gas and propane as a clean energy resources. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-08 - Last action: 2025-04-10, Public Law 46 - Sponsor: James Buck (Republican) - Cosponsors: 12 - Subjects: utilities, the house - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (117 yes, 24 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary 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. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: James Buck (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Alex Burton (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Blake Doriot (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: David Abbott (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Doug Miller (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Eric Koch (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Gary Byrne (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: J.D. Prescott (Republican), House - Cosponsor: James Tomes (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jean Leising (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Lonnie Randolph (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Scott Baldwin (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Stacey Donato (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-24 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 74 | 20 | | | 2025-02-17 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 43 | 4 | | ## Actions (26) - 2025-04-10: Public Law 46 (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Signed by the Governor (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Signed by the Speaker (House) - 2025-03-26: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate) - 2025-03-25: Returned to the Senate without amendments (House) - 2025-03-24: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 297: yeas 74, nays 20 (House) - 2025-03-17: Representative Abbott added as cosponsor (House) - 2025-03-17: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House) - 2025-03-13: Committee report: do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-03-13: Representatives Prescott and Burton added as cosponsors (House) - 2025-03-03: First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications (House) - 2025-02-18: Referred to the House (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Senator Randolph added as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Senator Tomes added as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-02-17: House sponsor: Representative Miller D (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 138: yeas 43, nays 4 (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Amendment #2 (Buck) prevailed; voice vote (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Senator Baldwin added as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Senators Byrne and Leising added as coauthors (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Senator Donato added as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Senator Doriot added as third author (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (Senate) - 2025-01-08: Authored by Senators Buck and Koch (Senate) - 2025-01-08: First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities (Senate) ## Bill text - Engrossed Senate Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0178/versions/SB0178.03.ENGS?format=pdf) - Enrolled Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0178/versions/SB0178.05.ENRH?format=pdf) - Introduced Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0178/versions/SB0178.01.INTR?format=pdf) - Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0178/versions/SB0178.02.COMS?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0178/versions/SB0178.04.COMH?format=pdf) ## Related bills - SB 324: Criminal procedures. (signed) - SB 231: Various corrections matters. (signed) - SB 80: Code publication. (signed) - SB 453: Various tax matters. (signed) - SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit. (signed) - SB 371: Workforce matters. (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed Senate Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0178/versions/SB0178.03.ENGS?format=pdf) - [Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0178/versions/SB0178.05.ENRH?format=pdf) - [Introduced Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0178/versions/SB0178.01.INTR?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0178/versions/SB0178.02.COMS?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0178/versions/SB0178.04.COMH?format=pdf) ## Related - [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025) - [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025) - [SB 80: Code publication.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB80-2025) - [SB 453: Various tax matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB453-2025) - [SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB464-2025) - [SB 371: Workforce matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB371-2025) - [Indiana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana/bills) - [Indiana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB178-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).