--- type: "Bill" title: "Drainage systems." description: "Requires a unit to use data from the most recent: (1) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Maps; and (2) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Atlas; to calculate and regulate storm water runoff from a developed or undeveloped plat. Authorizes a unit to use data from the neighboring state in closest proximity to the developed or undeveloped plat under consideration. Requires a plan commission or plat committee to take action on a plat application, including meeting with any stakeholders with a financial interest in the application, not later than 30 days after receiving the application. Provides that if a plan commission or plat committee fails to make written findings and a decision granting or denying primary approval to a plat not later than 60 days after a public hearing, then the plat is considered to have received primary approval." jurisdiction: "us/states/in" legislature: "Indiana General Assembly" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 1460" citation: "Indiana HB 1460 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "AND COUNCILS; Generally", "COUNTY GOVERNMENT", "ENVIRONMENT; Drains and Drainage", "NATURAL RESOURCES; Flood Control", "PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MEETINGS", "ZONING AND PLANNING"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Jim Pressel", "Rick Niemeyer"] version_count: 4 action_count: 31 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2025-01-21" last_action: "2025-05-01" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca5b8211-461e-431e-99c0-75c47e7bb339" source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1460" source_hash: "4e20a5d76d2013bb234339901359b71a10a7193b7cebcfb4d83aea638c123bc0" 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 1460 (2025) — Drainage systems. Requires a unit to use data from the most recent: (1) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Maps; and (2) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Atlas; to calculate and regulate storm water runoff from a developed or undeveloped plat. Authorizes a unit to use data from the neighboring state in closest proximity to the developed or undeveloped plat under consideration. Requires a plan commission or plat committee to take action on a plat application, including meeting with any stakeholders with a financial interest in the application, not later than 30 days after receiving the application. Provides that if a plan commission or plat committee fails to make written findings and a decision granting or denying primary approval to a plat not later than 60 days after a public hearing, then the plat is considered to have received primary approval. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1460/HB1460.03.ENGH.pdf) 2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1460/HB1460.05.ENRS.pdf) 3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1460/HB1460.04.COMS.pdf) 4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1460/HB1460.01.INTR.pdf) ## Votes - HB 1460 - Pressel — **59–18** (pass) · lower - HB 1460 - Niemeyer - 3rd Reading — **47–2** (pass) · upper - HB 1460 - Pressel - 3rd Reading — **64–23** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Jim Pressel — primary (person) - Rick Niemeyer — primary (person) - Blake Doriot — cosponsor (person) - Dan Dernulc — cosponsor (person) - Edmond Soliday — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-01-21** Authored by Representative Pressel - **2025-01-21** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications `reading-1, referral-committee` - **2025-01-21** Coauthored by Representative Soliday - **2025-01-29** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage` - **2025-02-03** Amendment #1 (Pressel) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage` - **2025-02-03** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2` - **2025-02-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 99: yeas 64, nays 23 `passage, reading-3, reading-3` - **2025-02-07** Referred to the Senate `referral` - **2025-02-06** Senate sponsor: Senator Niemeyer - **2025-02-06** Cosponsors: Senators Dernulc and Doriot - **2025-02-19** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee` - **2025-03-10** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage` - **2025-03-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2` - **2025-03-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 252: yeas 47, nays 2 `passage, reading-3, reading-3` - **2025-03-19** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt` - **2025-03-26** Motion to dissent filed `filing` - **2025-03-27** House dissented from Senate amendments - **2025-04-10** Senate conferees appointed: Niemeyer and Yoder - **2025-04-10** House advisors appointed: Soliday, Patterson and Hamilton - **2025-04-10** Senate advisors appointed: Dernulc and Jackson L - **2025-04-10** House conferees appointed: Pressel and Pierce M - **2025-04-15** Senator Niemeyer removed as conferee - **2025-04-15** Senator Doriot added as conferee - **2025-04-15** Senator Niemeyer added as advisor - **2025-04-21** House reconsidered dissent and concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 507: yeas 59, nays 18 - **2025-04-21** Motion to concur filed `filing` - **2025-04-22** Signed by the Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-22** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage` - **2025-04-23** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage` - **2025-05-01** Public Law 172 `became-law` - **2025-05-01** 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/ca5b8211-461e-431e-99c0-75c47e7bb339`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).