Indiana 2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted 6 R cosponsors

SB 140 — Natural resources.

Last action — Public Law 105

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2024. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 62% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 6 sponsors

    3 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (6 R).

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Summary

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.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Public Law 105

  2. Signed by the Governor

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Signed by the Speaker

  5. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  6. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 307: yeas 48, nays 0

  7. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 329: yeas 91, nays 0

  8. CCR # 1 filed in the House

  9. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

  10. House advisors appointed: Abbott, Prescott and Jackson

  11. House conferees appointed: Baird and Boy

  12. Senate conferees appointed: Leising and Qaddoura

  13. Senate dissented from House amendments

  14. Senate advisors appointed: Taylor G and Raatz

  15. Returned to the Senate with amendments

  16. Motion to dissent filed

  17. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 222: yeas 91, nays 1

  18. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  19. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  20. First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources

  21. Referred to the House

  22. Cosponsors: Representatives Abbott, Barrett, Prescott

  23. House sponsor: Representative Baird

  24. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 84: yeas 45, nays 4

  25. Senator Raatz added as second author

  26. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  27. Amendment #2 (Leising) prevailed; voice vote

  28. Committee report: do pass, adopted

  29. Authored by Senator Leising

  30. First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources

Sponsors

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3 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 144 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (144)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 140 do?
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.
Who sponsors SB 140?
SB 140 is sponsored by J.D. Prescott (Republican), Brad Barrett (Republican), David Abbott (Republican), Beau Baird (Republican), Jeff Raatz (Republican), and Jean Leising (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 140?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2024. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 140?
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