republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/hb-1183.md

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Bill	Natural resources matters.	Extends the time for an individual to check a trap that captures and kills a furbearing animal from 24 hours to 48 hours. Requires the department of natural resources to publish a recommendation that the best practice to tend or visit, or have tended or visited a furbearing trap that is the person's property within a period not to exceed 24 hours. Establishes a one day license for fur buyers. Provides that in a county having a population with certain parameters, a local flood plain administrator may issue a variance allowing a structure located in a floodway to remain in its location without a permit issued by the director of the department of natural resources if: (1) the structure is an abode or residence; (2) a permit for the construction of the abode or residence was issued by the appropriate official of the county before December 19, 2018; and (3) other conditions are met.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2022	HB 1183	Indiana HB 1183 (2022)	bill	ANIMALS (other than Livestock) FISH AND WILDLIFE FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODWAYS LICENSES AND LICENSING NATURAL RESOURCES State Department of	enacted	J.D. Prescott Jean Leising Jeff Raatz	5	21	1	2022-01-06	2022-03-15	openstates	ocd-bill/e22e6b88-4ea4-4df2-889a-4cdc0ac3da95	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1183	0aadc26fcb201290e20833e19cdbf30cafae29f4f6eb8b9af4504bef4265ea21	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1183 (2022) — Natural resources matters.

Extends the time for an individual to check a trap that captures and kills a furbearing animal from 24 hours to 48 hours. Requires the department of natural resources to publish a recommendation that the best practice to tend or visit, or have tended or visited a furbearing trap that is the person's property within a period not to exceed 24 hours. Establishes a one day license for fur buyers. Provides that in a county having a population with certain parameters, a local flood plain administrator may issue a variance allowing a structure located in a floodway to remain in its location without a permit issued by the director of the department of natural resources if: (1) the structure is an abode or residence; (2) a permit for the construction of the abode or residence was issued by the appropriate official of the county before December 19, 2018; and (3) other conditions are met.

Version chain

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

1. Engrossed House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
3. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
4. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1183 - Leising - 3rd Reading — 31–13 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• J.D. Prescott — primary (person)
• Jean Leising — primary (person)
• Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
• Jim Pressel — coauthor (person)
• John Young — coauthor (person)
• Shane Lindauer — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-06 Coauthored by Representatives Young J, Pressel, Lindauer
• 2022-01-06 Authored by Representative Prescott
• 2022-01-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-01-24 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-01-26 Amendment #1 (Prescott) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2022-01-26 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-01-27 Senate sponsors: Senators Leising and Raatz
• 2022-01-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 121: yeas 93, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2022-01-28 Referred to the Senate
• 2022-02-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-02-22 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-02-24 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-03-01 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 294: yeas 31, nays 13 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-02 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2022-03-02 Motion to concur filed
• 2022-03-02 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 324: yeas 87, nays 2 amendment-failure
• 2022-03-04 Signed by the Speaker
• 2022-03-07 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2022-03-15 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2022-03-15 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2022-03-15 Public Law 144

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e22e6b88-4ea4-4df2-889a-4cdc0ac3da95. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).