---
type: "Bill"
title: "Watershed development commissions."
description: "Alters the membership of a watershed development commission board that includes the Maumee River basin (Maumee watershed development commission). Provides that a Maumee watershed development commission may take certain actions with respect to certain flood plains. Expands permitted uses for certain funds collected by a Maumee watershed development commission and establishes certain budget limits. Provides that the department of natural resources's division of water shall provide a Maumee watershed development commission with a written summary of the division's review of certain public works projects within 30 days of the review. Makes conforming changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1126"
citation: "Indiana HB 1126 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Natural Resources (DNR)", "BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "AND COUNCILS; Generally", "NATURAL RESOURCES; Rivers", "Streams", "and Waterways"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave Heine", "Susan Glick", "Tyler Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5912f08d-fb48-4c20-be0c-16d9e0ab39c9"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1126"
source_hash: "240efc371bbcab5403b3a9a854849b04164bacb9f0900b48f2fb110a56fedb6a"
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 1126 (2025) — Watershed development commissions.

Alters the membership of a watershed development commission board that includes the Maumee River basin (Maumee watershed development commission). Provides that a Maumee watershed development commission may take certain actions with respect to certain flood plains. Expands permitted uses for certain funds collected by a Maumee watershed development commission and establishes certain budget limits. Provides that the department of natural resources's division of water shall provide a Maumee watershed development commission with a written summary of the division's review of certain public works projects within 30 days of the review. Makes conforming changes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1126/HB1126.05.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1126/HB1126.04.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1126/HB1126.03.COMS.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1126/HB1126.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1126 - Heine - 3rd Reading — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1126 - Johnson T - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dave Heine — primary (person)
- Susan Glick — primary (person)
- Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
- Kyle Miller — coauthor (person)
- Liz Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Lehman — coauthor (person)
- Mike Aylesworth — coauthor (person)
- Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Holdman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Authored by Representative Heine
- **2025-01-08** Coauthored by Representatives Lehman, Abbott, Miller K
- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-27** Representatives Abbott and Miller K removed as coauthors
- **2025-01-30** Representatives Aylesworth and Miller K added as coauthors
- **2025-01-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 82: yeas 89, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2025-02-04** Senate sponsor: Senator Johnson T
- **2025-02-04** Cosponsors: Senators Brown L and Holdman
- **2025-02-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Senator Glick added as second sponsor
- **2025-03-25** Senator Yoder added as cosponsor
- **2025-04-01** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-04-07** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 344: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
- **2025-04-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-04-08** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Public Law 104 `became-law`
- **2025-04-22** 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/5912f08d-fb48-4c20-be0c-16d9e0ab39c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).