---
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: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1415"
citation: "Indiana HB 1415 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NATURAL RESOURCES", "State Department of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Messmer", "Sean Eberhart", "Susan Glick"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa1506a3-1f71-4c6b-9977-b29ead793f22"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1415"
source_hash: "16fd04be133793a9c88efa1e270878987f062bb237d44a22355d8e60ee7b2838"
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 1415 (2017) — 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. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1415/versions/hb1415.06.engs)
2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1415/versions/hb1415.03.engh)
3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1415/versions/hb1415.07.enrs)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1415/versions/hb1415.02.comh)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1415/versions/hb1415.04.coms)
6. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1415/versions/hb1415.05.coms)
7. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1415/versions/hb1415.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1415 - Glick - 3rd Reading — **41–8** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1415 - Eberhart - 3rd Reading — **81–7** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
- Sean Eberhart — primary (person)
- Susan Glick — primary (person)
- Clyde Kersey — coauthor (person)
- Karen Tallian — cosponsor (person)
- Lloyd Arnold — coauthor (person)
- Sue Errington — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** Coauthored by Representative Kersey
- **2017-01-17** Authored by Representative Eberhart
- **2017-01-17** First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-06** Representatives Arnold and Errington added as coauthors
- **2017-02-09** Amendment #1 (Goodin) prevailed; Roll Call 85: yeas 52, nays 43 `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-09** Amendment #2 (Goodin) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-09** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-16** Senate sponsor: Senator Glick
- **2017-02-16** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 137: yeas 81, nays 7 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-17** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-23** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-27** Senator Tallian added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-28** Senator Messmer added as second sponsor
- **2017-03-28** Amendment #2 (Messmer) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-03-28** Amendment #3 (Perfect) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-03-28** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 329: yeas 41, nays 8 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-31** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-13** Motion to dissent filed
- **2017-04-17** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-17** House advisors appointed: Morrison, Friend and Errington
- **2017-04-17** House conferees appointed: Eberhart and Kersey
- **2017-04-18** Senate advisors appointed: Messmer and Mrvan
- **2017-04-18** Senate conferees appointed: Glick and Tallian
- **2017-04-21** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-21** Motion to concur filed
- **2017-04-21** House reconsidered and concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 539: yeas 90, nays 8 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-24** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-26** Public Law 195
- **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/fa1506a3-1f71-4c6b-9977-b29ead793f22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).