---
type: "Bill"
title: "Assessment of wetlands classified as wildlands."
description: "Provides that a parcel of land that: (1) is at least 1/2 of an acre in size; and (2) contains wetlands, as delineated by a person certified in wetland delineation; may be classified as wildlands for purposes of property tax assessment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 246"
citation: "Indiana SB 246 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NATURAL RESOURCES; Wetlands", "TAXES; Property Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beau Baird", "Blake Doriot", "Shelli Yoder", "Susan Glick"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb8df6b0-9cb3-406a-9140-4e512d16de5a"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0246"
source_hash: "11dd1087031a791a1fc52041b3f74a4821fc8af42e9d69c38a68f56bc4b09ab5"
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 246 (2024) — Assessment of wetlands classified as wildlands.

Provides that a parcel of land that: (1) is at least 1/2 of an acre in size; and (2) contains wetlands, as delineated by a person certified in wetland delineation; may be classified as wildlands for purposes of property tax assessment.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0246/SB0246.06.ENRH.pdf)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0246/SB0246.01.INTR.pdf)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0246/SB0246.04.COMH.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0246/SB0246.05.COMH.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 246 - Glick - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 246 - Baird - 3rd Reading — **93–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beau Baird — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- Shelli Yoder — primary (person)
- Susan Glick — primary (person)
- Carey Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Carolyn Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- David Abbott — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Bassler — coauthor (person)
- Fady Qaddoura — coauthor (person)
- Rodney Pol — coauthor (person)
- Scott Baldwin — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Authored by Senator Glick
- **2024-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Senator Pol added as coauthor
- **2024-01-25** Senator Qaddoura added as coauthor
- **2024-01-25** Senator Doriot added as second author
- **2024-01-30** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-01** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** Senator Bassler added as coauthor
- **2024-02-01** Senator Yoder added as third author
- **2024-02-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 111: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-05** Senator Baldwin added as coauthor
- **2024-02-05** Cosponsor: Representative Abbott
- **2024-02-05** House sponsor: Representative Baird
- **2024-02-06** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2024-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
- **2024-02-15** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Representative Hamilton added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-19** Representative Jackson added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-22** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 233: yeas 93, nays 2 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
- **2024-03-04** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-11** Public Law 33 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb8df6b0-9cb3-406a-9140-4e512d16de5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).