Indiana 2025 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 6 R cosponsors

SB 121 — Restrictions on using nets or traps for minnows.

Last action — First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources

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

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Prohibits the use of specific devices to take minnows from a waterway unless certain conditions are met. Provides an exemption for bait dealers and individuals with a scientific purposes license. Requires, not later than July 1, 2030, that the department of natural resources submit a report to legislative council regarding Sugar Creek's environmental condition and the status of the fish and wildlife population at Sugar Creek.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources

  2. Referred to the House

  3. House sponsor: Representative Goss-Reaves

  4. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 43: yeas 44, nays 4

  5. Amendment #1 (Deery) prevailed; voice vote

  6. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  7. Senator Clark added as coauthor

  8. Senator Tomes added as coauthor

  9. Committee report: do pass, adopted

  10. Authored by Senators Deery, Crider, Baldwin

  11. First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources

Sponsors

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4 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 144 not signed on

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (144)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 121 do?
Prohibits the use of specific devices to take minnows from a waterway unless certain conditions are met. Provides an exemption for bait dealers and individuals with a scientific purposes license. Requires, not later than July 1, 2030, that the department of natural resources submit a report to legislative council regarding Sugar Creek's environmental condition and the status of the fish and wildlife population at Sugar Creek.
Who sponsors SB 121?
SB 121 is sponsored by Lori Goss-Reaves (Republican), Brett Clark (Republican), James Tomes (Republican), Scott Baldwin (Republican), Michael Crider (Republican), and Spencer Deery (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 121?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 121?
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