republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/sb-186.md

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Bill	Department of natural resources.	Eliminates and renames divisions and bureaus that have been merged by the department of natural resources (department) due to reorganization that occurred within the department. Establishes the Indiana state park inns authority (authority) as a body corporate and politic for the operation, management, and administration of inns and associated facilities by the department. Allows the authority to purchase service credit (subject to certain conditions) for prior service by an employee of the authority. Eliminates the separate hunting license by including a crossbow and bolt in the licensure for archery equipment permitted to be used. Requires the division of fish and wildlife to meet with representatives of certain organizations concerning certain issues and to submit recommendations to the general assembly. Makes conforming changes.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2022	SB 186	Indiana SB 186 (2022)	bill	FISH AND WILDLIFE NATURAL RESOURCES State Department of PARKS AND CAMPGROUNDS	enacted	Michael Crider Sean Eberhart Susan Glick	7	28	1	2022-01-06	2022-03-15	openstates	ocd-bill/d109639e-4c4b-48f9-a032-e72123fbbd1f	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/186	906df39bea9e05497e07631c83d55e6d170163988d1db6b0af9c19f97bb1c057	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 186 (2022) — Department of natural resources.

Eliminates and renames divisions and bureaus that have been merged by the department of natural resources (department) due to reorganization that occurred within the department. Establishes the Indiana state park inns authority (authority) as a body corporate and politic for the operation, management, and administration of inns and associated facilities by the department. Allows the authority to purchase service credit (subject to certain conditions) for prior service by an employee of the authority. Eliminates the separate hunting license by including a crossbow and bolt in the licensure for archery equipment permitted to be used. Requires the division of fish and wildlife to meet with representatives of certain organizations concerning certain issues and to submit recommendations to the general assembly. Makes conforming changes.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 186 - Eberhart - 3rd Reading — 92–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Michael Crider — primary (person)
• Sean Eberhart — primary (person)
• Susan Glick — primary (person)
• Carolyn Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• David Abbott — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Koch — coauthor (person)
• Kyle Walker — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Philip Boots — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-06 Authored by Senator Glick
• 2022-01-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-01-11 Senators Boots, Koch, Walker K added as coauthors
• 2022-01-18 Senator Crider added as second author
• 2022-01-24 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-01-27 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-01-31 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-01-31 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2022-02-01 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 158: yeas 48, nays 1 passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-01 House sponsor: Representative Eberhart
• 2022-02-01 Cosponsor: Representative Abbott D
• 2022-02-02 Referred to the House
• 2022-02-07 First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-02-17 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-02-17 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 referral-committee
• 2022-02-17 Representative Jackson added as cosponsor
• 2022-02-21 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-02-24 Amendment #4 (Wesco) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2022-02-24 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 290: yeas 92, nays 2 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-01 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
• 2022-03-02 Motion to concur filed
• 2022-03-07 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 337: yeas 49, nays 1 amendment-failure
• 2022-03-09 Signed by the Speaker
• 2022-03-09 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2022-03-15 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2022-03-15 Public Law 127
• 2022-03-15 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d109639e-4c4b-48f9-a032-e72123fbbd1f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).