IndianaApproved data center applicants would limit bids and proposals to unions or employers with project labor deals
After Indiana approves a tax award application, eligible data center users and computing network operators would limit project bids and requests for proposals to unions or employers with agreements setting work terms for a project.
What it does
If Indiana approves their tax award applications, eligible data center users and computing network operators would limit project bids and requests for proposals to unions or employers with agreements setting work terms for a project.
Argument forLimiting bids and requests for proposals could give unions and employers with agreements setting project work terms a better chance to win approved project work.
Argument againstEmployers without agreements setting work terms for a project might lose chances to bid or answer requests for proposals on projects tied to approved tax awards.
More detail
The user or operator would have to limit project bids and requests for proposals to unions or employers with agreements setting work terms for a project. This applies to a qualified data center user or a quantum computing research, advanced computing, and defense infrastructure network operator, as applicable. Indiana's economic development corporation must approve the application, and the user or operator must enter an agreement with the corporation to receive the specific transaction award certificate. If enacted, this requirement would take effect July 1, 2026.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Jan 5First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and MeansLatest
- Jan 5Authored by Representative NovakIntroduced
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