# Indiana SB 457: Carbon dioxide sequestration.

Indiana SB 457, Carbon dioxide sequestration., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Susan Glick (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-03 (Signed by the Governor) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Indiana SB 457
- State: Indiana
- Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025)
- Title: Carbon dioxide sequestration.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-13
- Last action: 2025-04-03, Signed by the Governor
- Sponsor: Susan Glick (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: natural resources, appropriations, the house, utilities
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (83 yes, 57 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 9

## Summary

Requires an applicant for a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline certificate to comply with certain guidelines adopted by the Indiana utility regulatory commission. Exempts a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline company (company) from obtaining a certificate of authority if the company's carbon dioxide transmission pipeline project meets certain criteria. Requires an applicant or the contractor or subcontractor of the applicant to submit evidence that the contractor or subcontractor of the applicant have the requisite experience constructing, operating, and maintaining a transmission pipeline for the department to grant the applicant a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline certificate of authority. Moves fee revenue collected for a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline certificate of authority from the oil and gas environmental fund to the state general fund. Provides that the filing fee for a permit for a carbon sequestration project is deposited in the state general fund. Provides that an involuntary integration order issued by the department of natural resources (department) is effective 15 days after the petitioner is issued a UIC Class VI permit. Amends the definition of "UIC Class VI permit". Adjusts the filing fee for a carbon sequestration project permit. Requires a storage operator to pay the department a fee of $0.08 per metric ton of carbon dioxide injected into a storage facility for the previous calendar year. Provides that a storage operator shall pay to the department a fee for the carbon dioxide injected into the storage facility. Expires the carbon dioxide storage facility trust fund and provides for the transfer of money in that fund to the state general fund. Directs the department to establish and issue a permit that allows a person to: (1) drill or operate a carbon dioxide investigatory well; or (2) convert an oil and gas well for use in carbon dioxide investigations. Describes circumstances in which the department may enter property to inspect and maintain a well or storage facility. Establishes civil penalties for violations of the statutes regulating carbon sequestration. Provides that civil penalties are deposited in the state general fund.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Carbon storage violators face escalating fines: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, carbon storage violations carry fines of $1,000 for a first violation and $5,000 for a second. Each third or later violation carries a $10,000 fine. Failure to fix a violation by the state’s deadline can trigger a stop order and $750 daily penalties for up to 30 days. Operat…
- Carbon storage operators pay volume-based fees: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, storage fees go to Indiana’s general fund, and Class VI permits cover injection-well construction or operation. The nonrefundable project application fee replaces $1,000 with $0.01 per metric ton planned for injection during the first 10 years. After those 10 years, operator…
- Indiana ends dedicated carbon storage fund: cost, low. The law directs Indiana to move the carbon dioxide storage facility trust fund’s remaining money to the general fund on June 30, 2025. The dedicated trust fund ends July 1, 2025. The law does not state how much money is transferred.
- Landowners face earlier carbon storage orders: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana can order underground storage rights combined before the federal injection permit is issued. Operators must first submit a complete permit application and required information, and make good-faith efforts to obtain every owner’s consent. Consenting owners must repres…
- Landowners get notice and drilling duties: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana can enter property at reasonable times to inspect or maintain carbon injection wells or storage facilities. Surface owners must receive at least five business days’ notice, except in emergencies. Mineral owners and lessees must give storage operators written notice a…
- Carbon study wells get permit process: mixed, low. Indiana’s natural resources department must permit qualifying carbon storage investigation wells, including eligible oil and gas well conversions. Applicants must provide well details, proof of a surface-use agreement, and a $250 fee deposited in the general fund. The department generally has 15 da…
- Pipeline companies gain exemptions, face safety duties: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, pipeline applicants can use contractors’ or subcontractors’ qualifications and experience to meet certificate requirements. Applicants must sign a commitment to follow state pipeline-safety guidelines; an agricultural-impact agreement no longer serves as an alternative. A ce…
- Study well operators post closure bonds: mixed, low. Investigation-well applicants must post a cash bond of $10 per foot of depth for each well. The payer can request full or partial bond release after the well is plugged and abandoned or transferred. Permit holders must plug and abandon wells no longer operating under a permit. That requirement does…
- Storage transfers require lease owner agreement: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, state takeover of a leased storage facility requires the lessor and lessee’s agreement in the lease. Transfer follows a project-completion certificate, which the state must issue within 180 days of a complete application when closure requirements are met. Those requirements…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Susan Glick (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Edmond Soliday (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Eric Koch (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-20 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 56 | 36 |   |
| 2025-02-11 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 27 | 21 |   |

## Actions (20)

- 2025-04-03: Signed by the Governor (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Public Law 25 (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: Signed by the Speaker (House)
- 2025-03-21: Returned to the Senate without amendments (House)
- 2025-03-20: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 293: yeas 56, nays 36 (House)
- 2025-03-17: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House)
- 2025-03-13: Committee report: do pass, adopted (House)
- 2025-03-03: First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications (House)
- 2025-02-12: Referred to the House (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: Senator Koch added as second author (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: House sponsor: Representative Soliday (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 110: yeas 27, nays 21 (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Amendment #1 (Glick) prevailed; voice vote (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-02-06: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (Senate)
- 2025-01-28: Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations (Senate)
- 2025-01-13: First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources (Senate)
- 2025-01-13: Authored by Senator Glick (Senate)

## Bill text

- Engrossed Senate Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0457/versions/SB0457.04.ENGS?format=pdf)
- Enrolled Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0457/versions/SB0457.06.ENRH?format=pdf)
- Introduced Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0457/versions/SB0457.01.INTR?format=pdf)
- Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0457/versions/SB0457.02.COMS?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0457/versions/SB0457.03.COMS?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0457/versions/SB0457.05.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/SB0457/versions/SB0457.04.ENGS?format=pdf)
- [Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0457/versions/SB0457.06.ENRH?format=pdf)
- [Introduced Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0457/versions/SB0457.01.INTR?format=pdf)
- [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0457/versions/SB0457.02.COMS?format=pdf)
- [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0457/versions/SB0457.03.COMS?format=pdf)
- [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0457/versions/SB0457.05.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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB457-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).