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SB0224Introduced in the Senate

Department of natural resources.

Passed

Introduced by Susan Glick, District 13

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Department of natural resources. Defines various terms. Amends and removes various definitions. Makes various changes to natural resources commission procedures. Makes various changes to the department of natural resources (department) powers and duties. Removes the hometown Indiana grant program. Amends various boating and wakeboard regulations. Raises the financial threshold for certain actions in a boating accident from $750 to $2,000. Raises the financial threshold for certain actions in an off-road vehicle accident from $750 to $2,500. Establishes various restrictions on landowner liability to recreational users. Provides that various restrictions on landowner liability do not apply to a parcel of land assessed as residential land. Removes the penalty for a person who acts as a hunting guide without a guide license. Allows the division of water to perform certain functions on behalf of the natural resources commission. Requires the natural resources commission to coordinate with the department for purposes of a reporting requirement regarding conservancy districts. Establishes a consolidated chapter for river basin commission administration. Repeals existing, separate chapters for the Maumee River basin commission, the St. Joseph River basin commission, and the Upper Wabash River basin commission. Creates a new chapter for a river basin commission's conversion into a watershed development commission. Makes technical and conforming changes.

Where it stands

Public Law 123

March 5, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Senate - Rules Suspended. Senate concurred with House amendments · February 27, 2026

45

Yes

4

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

50 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Dan Dernulc1Yes
Lonnie Randolph2No
Mark Spencer3Yes
Rodney Pol4Yes
Ed Charbonneau5Yes
Rick Niemeyer6Yes
Brian Buchanan7Yes
Mike Bohacek8Yes
Ryan Mishler9Yes
David Niezgodski10Yes

Bill history

  1. Authored by Senator Glick

  2. First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources

  3. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  4. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  5. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 139: yeas 48, nays 0

  6. House sponsor: Representative Lindauer

  7. Senator Tomes added as second author

  8. Referred to the House

  9. First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources

  10. Representative Abbott added as cosponsor

  11. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  12. Amendment #2 (Lindauer) prevailed; voice vote

  13. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  14. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 348: yeas 85, nays 11

  15. Returned to the Senate with amendments

  16. Motion to dissent filed

  17. Senate dissented from House amendments

  18. Senate conferees appointed: Glick, Spencer

  19. Senate advisors appointed: Tomes, Yoder

  20. House conferees appointed: Lindauer, Burton

  21. House advisors appointed: Abbott, Hostettler, Jackson C, Novak

  22. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  23. Signed by the Speaker

  24. Signed by the President of the Senate

  25. Dissent rescinded

  26. Motion to concur filed

  27. Rules Suspended. Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 313: yeas 45, nays 4

  28. Signed by the Governor

  29. Public Law 123

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