---
type: "Bill"
title: "Midwest continental divide commission."
description: "Makes the following changes to the law regarding the Midwest continental divide commission (commission): (1) Amends the definition of a \"land use and zoning plan\" (plan) to provide that it is a plan and not an overlay district. (2) Requires the commission to consider any change or variance in zoning to be consistent with the plan that is: (A) inconsistent with the plan; and (B) not more than 1/2 mile from a trail project approved by the commission and the eligible county or city."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 228"
citation: "Indiana SB 228 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "AND COUNCILS; Generally", "NATIVE AMERICANS", "RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT", "ZONING AND PLANNING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Niezgodski", "Jake Teshka", "Linda Rogers", "Ryan Mishler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67c180ec-38be-40c4-b50b-817c3b5236a1"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0228"
source_hash: "afa39527d902a89ac49052f0cb05f731601f5095e8db56c0524e92622d79f27d"
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 228 (2026) — Midwest continental divide commission.

Makes the following changes to the law regarding the Midwest continental divide commission (commission): (1) Amends the definition of a "land use and zoning plan" (plan) to provide that it is a plan and not an overlay district. (2) Requires the commission to consider any change or variance in zoning to be consistent with the plan that is: (A) inconsistent with the plan; and (B) not more than 1/2 mile from a trail project approved by the commission and the eligible county or city.

## 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/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0228/SB0228.04.ENRH.pdf)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0228/SB0228.01.INTR.pdf)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0228/SB0228.02.COMS.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0228/SB0228.03.COMH.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 228 - Teshka - 3rd Reading — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- SB 228 - Niezgodski - 3rd Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Niezgodski — primary (person)
- Jake Teshka — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Ryan Mishler — primary (person)
- Mark Spencer — coauthor (person)
- Maureen Bauer — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Pol — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Appropriations `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08** Authored by Senator Niezgodski
- **2026-01-22** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-22** Senator Mishler added as second author
- **2026-01-22** Senator Rogers added as third author
- **2026-01-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-27** Senator Pol added as coauthor
- **2026-01-27** Senator Spencer added as coauthor
- **2026-01-27** Cosponsor: Representative Bauer
- **2026-01-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 113: yeas 45, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-01-27** House sponsor: Representative Teshka
- **2026-01-28** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2026-01-29** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-19** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 308: yeas 94, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-24** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
- **2026-02-24** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-03** Public Law 45 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67c180ec-38be-40c4-b50b-817c3b5236a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).