republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/sb-269.md

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Bill	Regulation of dams.	Provides that the laws regulating dams do not apply to a structure that is a low hazard dam or significant hazard dam that meets only one of the following conditions: (1) Has a drainage area above the dam of not more than one square mile. (2) Does not exceed 20 feet in height. (3) Does not impound a volume of more than 100 acre-feet of water. Requires the department of natural resources (department) to establish a classification system for dams based on: (1) the height of the structure and the volume of water impounded by the structure; and (2) the force of the water and the likely consequences resulting from the uncontrolled release of its contents due to a failure or misoperation of the structure. Changes the standard to determine potential consequences for a failure from "may cause" to "likely to cause". Provides that for a dam constructed after June 30, 2022, if the department determines that the property owner's structure is a high hazard, significant hazard, or low hazard dam, the department shall provide the property owner with a notice stating the classification of the dam that the property owner owns. Requires that, notwithstanding an engineering inspection performed by the property owner or a consultant of the property owner, the department provide the property owner notice at least five days before performing an inspection. Requires the property owner of a high hazard dam to prepare an emergency action plan and provide a copy to the department and the emergency management agency. Provides that changes to the law do not affect past inspections.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2022	SB 269	Indiana SB 269 (2022)	bill	DAMS AND RESERVOIRS	enacted	Ethan Manning Jean Leising Stacey Donato	6	25	1	2022-01-10	2022-03-15	openstates	ocd-bill/01c6755e-0363-4921-82b0-227a3ebc61c2	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/269	53d7c62c6c10687845f62468ae217bda3ac02b46ee5add50a85f72398363423c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 269 (2022) — Regulation of dams.

Provides that the laws regulating dams do not apply to a structure that is a low hazard dam or significant hazard dam that meets only one of the following conditions: (1) Has a drainage area above the dam of not more than one square mile. (2) Does not exceed 20 feet in height. (3) Does not impound a volume of more than 100 acre-feet of water. Requires the department of natural resources (department) to establish a classification system for dams based on: (1) the height of the structure and the volume of water impounded by the structure; and (2) the force of the water and the likely consequences resulting from the uncontrolled release of its contents due to a failure or misoperation of the structure. Changes the standard to determine potential consequences for a failure from "may cause" to "likely to cause". Provides that for a dam constructed after June 30, 2022, if the department determines that the property owner's structure is a high hazard, significant hazard, or low hazard dam, the department shall provide the property owner with a notice stating the classification of the dam that the property owner owns. Requires that, notwithstanding an engineering inspection performed by the property owner or a consultant of the property owner, the department provide the property owner notice at least five days before performing an inspection. Requires the property owner of a high hazard dam to prepare an emergency action plan and provide a copy to the department and the emergency management agency. Provides that changes to the law do not affect past inspections.

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

Votes

• SB 269 - Donato - 3rd Reading — 39–10 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ethan Manning — primary (person)
• Jean Leising — primary (person)
• Stacey Donato — primary (person)
• Carolyn Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel Leonard — cosponsor (person)
• James Buck — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-10 Authored by Senator Donato
• 2022-01-10 First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-01-24 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-01-31 Amendment #1 (Donato) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2022-01-31 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-01-31 Senator Leising added as second author
• 2022-02-01 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 167: yeas 39, nays 10 passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-01 House sponsor: Representative Manning
• 2022-02-01 Cosponsor: Representative Leonard
• 2022-02-01 Senator Buck added as coauthor
• 2022-02-02 Referred to the House
• 2022-02-07 First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-02-14 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-02-17 Representative Jackson added as cosponsor
• 2022-02-21 Amendment #1 (Manning) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2022-02-21 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-22 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 238: yeas 91, nays 1 passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-23 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
• 2022-02-24 Motion to concur filed
• 2022-03-02 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 322: yeas 41, nays 5 amendment-failure
• 2022-03-07 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2022-03-08 Signed by the Speaker
• 2022-03-15 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2022-03-15 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2022-03-15 Public Law 129

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/01c6755e-0363-4921-82b0-227a3ebc61c2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).