---
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: "HB 1115"
citation: "Indiana HB 1115 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAND AND LANDOWNERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Carey Hamilton", "John Ruckelshaus"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-04"
last_action: "2018-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/079cd699-63db-45d8-8c6f-2548bcea7f4e"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1115"
source_hash: "db58eeb542301be3e824fda5edfa40f38147805eab3b9422104a33aaf320b034"
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 1115 (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 House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1115/versions/hb1115.04.enrs)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1115/versions/hb1115.03.coms)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1115/versions/hb1115.02.comh)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1115/versions/hb1115.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1115 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1115 - Hamilton - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Carey Hamilton — primary (person)
- John Ruckelshaus — primary (person)
- Eric Koch — cosponsor (person)
- James Buck — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Torr — coauthor (person)
- Karlee Macer — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Wes Culver — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-04** Coauthored by Representative Culver
- **2018-01-04** Authored by Representative Hamilton
- **2018-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Representative Torr added as coauthor
- **2018-01-29** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-31** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-31** Representative Macer added as coauthor
- **2018-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 128: yeas 94, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-01** Senate sponsors: Senators Freeman and Ruckelshaus
- **2018-02-02** Referred to the Senate
- **2018-02-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Civil Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-19** Senators Buck and Koch added as cosponsors
- **2018-02-20** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-26** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 228: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-27** Returned to the House without amendments
- **2018-03-01** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-05** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-07** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-08** Public Law 29

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/079cd699-63db-45d8-8c6f-2548bcea7f4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).