---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning environmental law."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning environmental law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1495"
citation: "Indiana HB 1495 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENT generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Wolkins", "Douglas Eckerty", "Eric Bassler"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7b9b903-cdbb-42ea-958d-ab1d32c0b980"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1495"
source_hash: "46672efc3f976ae56ba031c2c570a6680096417877a8963490963ff059148ae7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---

# Indiana HB 1495 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning environmental law.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1495/versions/hb1495.05.engs)
2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1495/versions/hb1495.03.engh)
3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1495/versions/hb1495.06.enrs)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1495/versions/hb1495.02.comh)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1495/versions/hb1495.04.coms)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1495/versions/hb1495.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1495 - Bassler - 3rd Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1495 - Wolkins - 3rd Reading — **96–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- David Wolkins — primary (person)
- Douglas Eckerty — primary (person)
- Eric Bassler — primary (person)
- Doug Gutwein — coauthor (person)
- James Buck — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Sue Errington — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-18** Authored by Representative Wolkins
- **2017-01-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Representatives Gutwein and Errington added as coauthors
- **2017-01-26** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-16** Amendment #1 (Eberhart) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-16** Amendment #3 (Harris) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-16** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-20** Senate sponsors: Senators Bassler and Eckerty
- **2017-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 149: yeas 96, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-21** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-27** Amendment #1 (Bassler) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-03-27** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-27** Senator Buck added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-27** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 315: yeas 47, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-29** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-06** Motion to dissent filed
- **2017-04-06** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-10** House conferees appointed: Wolkins and Errington
- **2017-04-10** House advisors appointed: Aylesworth, Beumer and Harris
- **2017-04-10** Senate conferees appointed: Bassler and Stoops
- **2017-04-10** Senate advisors appointed: Eckerty, Niezgodski and Doriot
- **2017-04-17** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2017-04-17** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2017-04-18** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 496: yeas 91, nays 0
- **2017-04-19** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 486: yeas 49, nays 0
- **2017-04-20** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-25** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-26** Public Law 200
- **2017-04-26** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7b9b903-cdbb-42ea-958d-ab1d32c0b980`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).