Indiana Senate Bill 278 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)
Status: Passed on March 14 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-03-14 - Public Law 108
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Indiana geological and water survey advisory council. Establishes, rather than allows the president of Indiana University to appoint, a geological and water survey advisory council (council). Increases the number of members from nine to 11 and specifies who shall serve on the council. Requires the state geologist to serve as secretary of the council. Provides that the state geologist may cast the deciding vote to break a tie. Requires the council to meet quarterly. Establishes the center for water within the Indiana geological and water survey (survey) at Indiana University for the purpose of: (1) carrying out the survey's statutory duties concerning Indiana's water resources; (2) supporting long term studies of the state's water resources; and (3) upon request, providing resources to state agencies, municipalities, and soil and water conservation groups. Establishes the center for energy within the survey for similar purposes with respect to Indiana's natural energy resources. Allows the Indiana board of licensure for professional geologists (board) to elect a secretary who is not a member of the board. (Current law requires that the secretary of the board be elected from among the members of the board.) Increases the number of times the board is required to meet to at least two times each year. Allows a licensed professional geologist to request an informal review not more than 30 days after receiving a complaint. (Current law requires the request for an informal review to be made within 20 days.) Provides that if the board compels a licensed professional geologist to respond to a complaint or charges, the notification must be sent by certified mail and the response must be in writing. Allows a geologist who is licensed in another state to be licensed in Indiana if the other state's standards are substantially equal to Indiana's requirements. Requires a licensed professional geologist to obtain continuing education in the geological sciences as a condition of license renewal. Specifies that these continuing education requirements do not apply to a person who is not licensed as a professional geologist under Indiana law. Makes technical changes.

Indiana geological and water survey advisory council.

Sen. Andy Zay [R]	Sen. Blake Doriot [R]	Sen. Shelli Yoder [D]	Sen. Eric Koch [R]
Sen. Susan Glick [R]	Rep. Ethan Manning [R]	Rep. Robert Morris [R]	Rep. Matt Pierce [D]

2022-03-03 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House amendments (Y: 45 N: 1 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-28 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 93 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2022-02-22 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-02-01 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-01-20 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-14	Senate	Public Law 108
2022-03-14	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2022-03-14	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2022-03-08	House	Signed by the Speaker
2022-03-07	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2022-03-03	Senate	Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 333: yeas 45, nays 1
2022-03-01	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2022-03-01	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2022-02-28	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 288: yeas 93, nays 1
2022-02-24	House	Representative Pierce added as cosponsor
2022-02-24	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2022-02-22	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2022-02-08	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications
2022-02-02	Senate	Referred to the House
2022-02-01	Senate	Cosponsor: Representative Morris
2022-02-01	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Manning
2022-02-01	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 120: yeas 48, nays 0
2022-01-27	Senate	Senator Glick added as coauthor
2022-01-27	Senate	Amendment #1 (Zay) prevailed; voice vote
2022-01-27	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2022-01-24	Senate	Senator Koch added as coauthor
2022-01-24	Senate	Senator Doriot added as second author
2022-01-24	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2022-01-18	Senate	Senator Yoder added as coauthor
2022-01-10	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities
2022-01-10	Senate	Authored by Senator Zay

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/278/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/f/7/5/7f75acae/SB0278.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/8/8/7/0887c9a9/SB0278.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/b/3/2/7b328603/SB0278.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/f/3/f/1f3f12bc/SB0278.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/9/f/6/c9f642fb/SB0278.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/4/9/f/d49f09a8/SB0278.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/3/2/7/c327e356/SB0278.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/6/4/6/e6462e06/SB0278.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/0/0/0/d000f696/SB0278.05.ENRH.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/3/8/9/d3896ff7/SB0278.02.COMS.AMS001.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/6/2/4/a6241fbb/SB0278.02.COMS.AMS002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/9/1/f/291f603d/SB0278.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/3/4/5/3345634b/SB0278.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/b/5/e/cb5e439f/SB0278.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/8/b/5/08b59105/SB0278.03.ENGS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/7/8/6/a7865b90/SB0278.03.ENGS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/4/5/2/3452dd40/SB0278.03.ENGS.CRH001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/d/9/3/4d934ea3/SB0278.04.COMH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/d/7/8/2d78c8b3/SB0278.04.COMH.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/2/8/6/5286dff0/SB0278.04.COMH.FN003.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/f/3/7/df37db82/SB0278.04.COMH.CON01.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/4/3/1/9431523b/SB0278.05.ENRH.FN001.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/2/a/c/e2ace705/SB0278.01.INTR.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/a/3/e/3a3e5bf0/SB0278.120_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/6/6/2/8662a1a7/SB0278.03.ENGS.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/d/e/4/cde43b27/SB0278.288_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/e/e/9/dee93e10/SB0278.333_S.pdf