---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning natural and cultural resources."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning natural and cultural resources."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 299"
citation: "Indiana SB 299 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PARKS AND CAMPGROUNDS", "COUNTY GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric Koch", "Erin Houchin", "Jeff Raatz", "Randy Lyness"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-04"
last_action: "2018-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a07634a-d8ae-4a66-85d5-0d490086cfab"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/299"
source_hash: "cb32c35e50419530bef2fbe0f49c6739f1fb8a322d343605c89a23a83e748469"
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 SB 299 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning natural and cultural resources.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0299/versions/sb0299.04.enrh)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0299/versions/sb0299.01.intr)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0299/versions/sb0299.02.coms)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0299/versions/sb0299.03.comh)

## Votes

- SB 299 - Lyness - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
- SB 299 - Raatz - 3rd Reading — **42–7** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- Erin Houchin — primary (person)
- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
- Randy Lyness — primary (person)
- Karen Tallian — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-04** Authored by Senator Raatz
- **2018-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-16** Senator Koch added as second author
- **2018-01-18** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-18** Senator Houchin added as third author
- **2018-01-18** Senator Tallian added as coauthor
- **2018-01-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 39: yeas 42, nays 7 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-22** House sponsor: Representative Lyness
- **2018-01-24** Referred to the House
- **2018-02-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 287: yeas 95, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-02** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-07** Motion to concur filed
- **2018-03-08** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 368: yeas 35, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-14** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-16** Public Law 123
- **2018-03-16** 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/1a07634a-d8ae-4a66-85d5-0d490086cfab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).