IN SB0140 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Passed on March 13 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-13 - Public Law 105
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Passed on March 13 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-13 - Public Law 105
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Summary
Natural resources. Provides that a person may perform certain activities without obtaining a permit from the department of natural resources (department). Provides certain guidelines for cutting, relocating, or removing logs that are crossways in a channel. Provides that a person who removes a logjam from a river or stream: (1) is not required to cut a log or separate a tree from its root system if, in the opinion of the person, the cutting would create an unreasonable risk of bodily harm to the person; and (2) need not remove the dislodged logs from the floodplain if the logs are dried and burned so completely as to eliminate the potential for a new logjam. Permits a person to remove a logjam or mass of wood debris from a river or stream with mechanical equipment appropriate to the task of removing logjam or debris. Authorizes a person to remove debris from a stream under certain conditions without needing a permit from the department. Exempts the state and a county, city, or town from submitting various documents when applying for certain floodway permits. Requires the Indiana state department of agriculture to oversee and take all actions necessary to prepare and publish an updated version of the Indiana Drainage Handbook.
Title
Natural resources.
Sponsors
| Sen. Jean Leising [R] | Sen. Jeff Raatz [R] | Rep. Beau Baird [R] | Rep. David Abbott [R] |
| Rep. Bradford Barrett [R] | Rep. John Prescott [R] |
Roll Calls
2024-03-08 - Senate - Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-03-08 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 91 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2024-02-27 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 91 N: 1 NV: 4 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2024-02-01 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 45 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-03-08 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 91 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2024-02-27 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 91 N: 1 NV: 4 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2024-02-01 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 45 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-13 | Senate | Public Law 105 |
| 2024-03-13 | Senate | Signed by the Governor |
| 2024-03-12 | Senate | Signed by the President of the Senate |
| 2024-03-11 | House | Signed by the Speaker |
| 2024-03-08 | Senate | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 307: yeas 48, nays 0 |
| 2024-03-08 | House | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 329: yeas 91, nays 0 |
| 2024-03-08 | Senate | Signed by the President Pro Tempore |
| 2024-03-07 | House | CCR # 1 filed in the House |
| 2024-03-07 | Senate | CCR # 1 filed in the Senate |
| 2024-02-29 | Senate | Senate advisors appointed: Taylor G and Raatz |
| 2024-02-29 | Senate | Senate conferees appointed: Leising and Qaddoura |
| 2024-02-29 | House | House advisors appointed: Abbott, Prescott and Jackson |
| 2024-02-29 | House | House conferees appointed: Baird and Boy |
| 2024-02-29 | Senate | Senate dissented from House amendments |
| 2024-02-28 | Senate | Motion to dissent filed |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Returned to the Senate with amendments |
| 2024-02-27 | House | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 222: yeas 91, nays 1 |
| 2024-02-26 | House | Second reading: ordered engrossed |
| 2024-02-22 | House | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
| 2024-02-12 | House | First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources |
| 2024-02-02 | Senate | Referred to the House |
| 2024-02-01 | Senate | Senator Raatz added as second author |
| 2024-02-01 | Senate | Cosponsors: Representatives Abbott, Barrett, Prescott |
| 2024-02-01 | Senate | House sponsor: Representative Baird |
| 2024-02-01 | Senate | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 84: yeas 45, nays 4 |
| 2024-01-30 | Senate | Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed |
| 2024-01-30 | Senate | Amendment #2 (Leising) prevailed; voice vote |
| 2024-01-22 | Senate | Committee report: do pass, adopted |
| 2024-01-08 | Senate | First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources |
| 2024-01-08 | Senate | Authored by Senator Leising |
