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Citations, Legislation & Source Directory

Every claim on this site should be easy to check. Below is every statute, bill, and public record we've cited, with direct links to the original source.

Enacted Legislation
Senate Bill 271 (2022)
Indiana Code IC 8-1-8.8

Small modular nuclear reactors.

Site Claim Reference: Small Modular Nuclear Reactor (SMR) Financial Recovery Act. Referenced in our Accountability Files regarding shifting the financial risk of experimental nuclear reactor construction onto ratepayers.

Authorizes public utilities to recover pre-construction and financing costs through rate base adjustments via periodic tracker proceedings before utility generation facilities enter operational service.
Enacted Legislation
House Bill 1001
Housing Matters

Housing matters.

Site Claim Reference: Municipal Permit Fees & Fire Safety Codes. Referenced in our Accountability Files regarding the freezing of local municipal permit/impact fees and prohibiting local fire safety codes from requiring arc-fault circuit interrupters (AFCIs) in multifamily housing.

Permanently freezes local municipal permit and impact fees after Dec 31, 2026, and prohibits local fire safety codes from requiring arc-fault circuit interrupters (AFCIs) in Class 2 or R-2 multifamily structures.
Enacted Legislation
House Bill 1414 (2020)
Indiana Code IC 8-1-8.5

Electric generation.

Site Claim Reference: Electric Generation Task Force & Coal Unit Retirement Notification Act. Referenced in our analysis of utility ratepayer lock-in. Imposed mandatory IURC review and certification hurdles before investor-owned utilities can retire legacy coal generation plants.

Requires electric utilities to notify the commission and provide demonstration of grid reliability and ratepayer impact before retiring legacy generation capacity.
Regulatory Docket
IURC Cause Filings
IURC Public Docket Portal

IURC Public Dockets.

Site Claim Reference: Regional Utility Rate Increase Trajectory Data (+24% Average). Primary data source for the Household Utility Calculator. Aggregates multi-year residential base rate increase petitions filed by regional monopoly electric and gas providers across southern Indiana dockets.

Consolidated review of rate base expansion requests showing projected cumulative residential cost increases averaging approximately 24% across multi-year capital investment cycles.
Indiana Statutory Code
Indiana Code IC 2-7
Statute on Legislative Lobbying

Legislative Lobbying.

Site Claim Reference: Lobbyist Registration, Gift Disclosures & Reporting Thresholds. Referenced in the Accountability Files regarding statutory disclosure requirements for legislative hospitality, entertainment, and lobbyist activity reporting.

Establishes statutory registration for compensated lobbyists and mandates semi-annual itemized reporting of financial transactions, gifts, and entertainment expenditures involving state legislators.
Public Record Archive
IN Campaign Finance Database
Indiana Election Division

Campaign Finance Receipts and Expenditures.

Site Claim Reference: District 78 PAC Donor Contribution Disclosures. Primary verification source for all campaign donation figures cited in the Accountability Brief regarding utility PACs, energy conglomerates, and corporate lobbying committees.

Public searchable database of CFA-4 Receipts and Expenditures filings maintained by the Indiana Election Division under Indiana Code IC 3-9.
Enacted Legislation
House Bill 1575 (HB 1575 - 2023)
Indiana Code IC 22-12

Fire and building safety commissions.

Site Claim Reference: Fire and Building Safety Commission Restructuring Act. Referenced in the Accountability Files regarding real estate developer influence. Restructured the Indiana Fire and Building Safety Commission by altering professional membership requirements and replacing independent safety experts with apartment-industry representatives.

Amends statutory membership requirements of the Fire and Building Safety Commission under IC 22-12, altering professional qualification seats and administrative rulemaking review procedures for residential and multifamily structures.
State Budget Legislation
Biennial Budget Acts
Indiana Code IC 20-51-4

State Budget.

Site Claim Reference: Choice Scholarship Program Expansion & Public School Distribution. Referenced in our Education Priorities regarding the diversion of general fund tuition support away from rural public school corporations toward universal private voucher eligibility.

Expands Choice Scholarship income eligibility to 400% of federal free or reduced lunch thresholds, altering the ratio of state educational support distributed to public vs. non-public institutions.
Indiana House Bill
House Bill 1136 (HB 1136)
Public School Corporation Dissolution

Public school corporations.

Site Claim Reference: Public Education Dissolution & Operational Asset Transfer Mandate. Referenced in Accountability Files regarding legislation co-authored to mandate the operational dissolution and administrative liquidation of public school districts when student voucher or charter usage exceeds 50%.

Mandates the operational dissolution and administrative liquidation of public school corporations if over 50% of resident students utilize vouchers or charter programs, transferring public school real estate assets and dissolving existing collective bargaining agreements.
Indiana Statutory Code
Indiana Code IC 22-2-2
Minimum Wage & Municipal Preemption

Minimum wage.

Site Claim Reference: State Minimum Wage Baseline & Local Government Wage Preemption. Referenced in our Working Family Economic Relief priority regarding Indiana's $7.25/hr wage floor and state statutory preemption preventing cities and counties from enacting local living wage standards.

Sets state hourly minimum wage concurrent with federal Fair Labor Standards Act provisions and prohibits local governmental units from establishing local wage floors exceeding state baseline.
Enacted Appropriations
House Enrolled Act 1001 (HEA 1001 - 2023)
State Biennial Budget Act

State budget.

Site Claim Reference: State Biennial Budget & K-12 Public School Funding Formula Act. Referenced in our World-Class Schools priority and fiscal analysis regarding state general fund allocations, categorical grants for rural school districts, and the shifting ratio of tuition support toward private school vouchers.

Appropriates state general fund revenues for the biennial budget cycle, establishing public K-12 local school corporation distribution formulas, transportation appropriations, and Choice Scholarship voucher pools.
Enacted Legislation
House Enrolled Act 1002 (HEA 1002)
Indiana Enrolled Acts

Various tax matters.

Site Claim Reference: Utility Receipts Tax Repeal & Road Funding Acts. Referenced in the Accountability Files regarding the legislative repeal of the 1.46% Utility Receipts Tax (URT), promoted as consumer relief ahead of $80M CenterPoint base rate increases, as well as state infrastructure fuel excise tax measures.

Enrolled statutory acts addressing public utility receipts tax structures, rate case adjustments, and state transportation excise fee schedules.
Enacted Legislation
House Bill 1191 (2021)
Indiana Code IC 8-1-42

Local government regulation of energy.

Site Claim Reference: Local Energy Preemption & Utility Source Choice Act. Referenced in the Accountability Files regarding utility monopoly lobbying that preempted local municipalities from establishing clean energy transition standards.

Prohibits local units of government from adopting ordinances that restrict or prohibit the use of fossil fuel utility service connections in residential or commercial buildings.
Enacted Legislation
House Bill 1221 (2022)
Indiana Code IC 8-1-44

Electric vehicles and electricity pricing.

Site Claim Reference: Utility Energy Infrastructure & Public Tariff Tariffs Act. Referenced in the Accountability Files regarding utility rate base expansion tariffs for public infrastructure projects.

Establishes regulatory pilot programs and utility rate base recovery provisions for investor-owned electric utilities expanding commercial infrastructure tariffs.
Enacted Legislation
House Bill 1209 (HB 1209 - 2022)
Indiana Code IC 14-39

Carbon sequestration projects.

Site Claim Reference: Carbon Sequestration Pilot Projects & Utility Underground Storage Act. Referenced in the Accountability Files regarding utility carbon capture projects, pore space property rights, and shifting long-term storage liability to Indiana taxpayers.

Establishes regulatory framework and pore space rights for carbon dioxide underground storage pilot projects, facilitating utility and industrial carbon sequestration infrastructure.
Enacted Legislation
House Bill 389 (HB 389 - 2021)
Indiana Code IC 13-18

Isolated wetlands.

Site Claim Reference: State Isolated Wetlands Deregulation & Watershed Management Act. Referenced in our Environmental & Watershed Accountability investigations regarding developer lobbying to repeal state Class I and Class II isolated wetlands protections across Southwest Indiana floodplains.

Amends state environmental statutes governing isolated wetlands permits, reducing regulatory oversight on real estate and commercial developments across protected water basins.
Indiana Statutory Code
Indiana Code IC 6-1.1-12
Property Tax Relief & Deductions

Assessed value deductions.

Site Claim Reference: Property Tax Assessment Relief, Homestead Deductions & Circuit Breakers. Referenced in our Working Family Economic Relief agenda addressing runaway residential property tax re-assessments affecting middle-class families and fixed-income seniors across District 78.

Governs residential homestead deductions, mortgage relief exemptions, and constitutional circuit breaker tax caps limiting residential owner-occupied property tax liability to 1% of gross assessed value.
Indiana Statutory Code
Indiana Code IC 5-14-3
Access to Public Records Act (APRA)

Access to public records.

Site Claim Reference: Indiana Access to Public Records Act & Government Transparency. Primary statutory framework underlying our Open Government and Accountability Files, asserting the public right to inspect legislative schedules, lobbyist meetings, and state agency expenditures.

Provides that all citizens of Indiana are entitled to full and complete information regarding the affairs of government and official acts of public officials and employees.
Indiana Statutory Code
Indiana Code IC 20-26-5
Public School Board Powers

General school powers.

Site Claim Reference: Local Public School Corporation Governance & Educator Autonomy. Referenced in our World-Class Schools priority defending local school board decision-making and protecting teachers from unfunded administrative state mandates.

Establishes statutory powers and duties of locally elected school boards and superintendents to conduct public educational operations, manage curriculum, and allocate classroom resources.