---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wastewater holding tanks in RV campgrounds."
description: "Provides that a recreational vehicle campground that is not connected to a public sewer system may include one or more holding tanks in which wastewater from recreational vehicles is stored before processing. Limits the capacity of a holding tank to not more than 10,000 gallons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 301"
citation: "Indiana SB 301 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES generally", "PARKS AND CAMPGROUNDS", "SOLID WASTE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erin Houchin", "Karen Engleman", "Mark Messmer", "Rick Niemeyer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eab91df4-ac52-411f-b9cf-a50ea114542a"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/301"
source_hash: "e6aa876d1f0e001ee2ad652bdb3a8d39d3cb4f30809088481722a7dcdf1daba8"
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 301 (2022) — Wastewater holding tanks in RV campgrounds.

Provides that a recreational vehicle campground that is not connected to a public sewer system may include one or more holding tanks in which wastewater from recreational vehicles is stored before processing. Limits the capacity of a holding tank to not more than 10,000 gallons.

## 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/2022/bills/SB0301/versions/SB0301.04.ENRH)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0301/versions/SB0301.01.INTR)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0301/versions/SB0301.03.COMH)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0301/versions/SB0301.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 301 - Engleman - 3rd Reading — **87–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Erin Houchin — primary (person)
- Karen Engleman — primary (person)
- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
- Andy Zay — coauthor (person)
- Gary Byrne — coauthor (person)
- Jack Sandlin — coauthor (person)
- James Buck — coauthor (person)
- Mike Gaskill — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-10** Authored by Senator Perfect
- **2022-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Senator Perfect removed as author
- **2022-01-11** Senator Houchin added as author
- **2022-01-11** Senator Perfect added as second author
- **2022-01-25** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-27** Senators Zay and Sandlin added as coauthors
- **2022-01-31** Senators Buck and Gaskill added as coauthors
- **2022-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 135: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** House sponsor: Representative Engleman
- **2022-02-01** Senator Perfect removed as second author
- **2022-02-01** Senator Houchin removed as author
- **2022-02-01** Senator Messmer added as author
- **2022-02-01** Senator Niemeyer added as second author
- **2022-02-01** Senator Houchin added as third author
- **2022-02-02** Referred to the House
- **2022-02-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 209: yeas 87, nays 6 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-22** Motion to concur filed
- **2022-02-24** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 261: yeas 48, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-24** Senator Byrne added as coauthor
- **2022-03-01** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-04** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-08** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-08** Public Law 43

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eab91df4-ac52-411f-b9cf-a50ea114542a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).