republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/sb-85.md

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Bill	Drainage task force.	Establishes a drainage task force consisting of six members of the senate, six members of the house of representatives, and seven other individuals. Requires the task force to: (1) review the responsibilities of landowners and state and local authorities under current laws relating to the drainage of land; (2) make certain determinations concerning drainage and regulatory matters; and (3) determine whether the balance between state authority and local authority over drainage of agricultural land favors state authority more in Indiana than in neighboring states. Authorizes the task force to make recommendations. Requires the task force to issue a report and, not later than December 1, 2023, submit the report to the executive director of the legislative services agency for distribution to the members of the general assembly and to the governor.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2022	SB 85	Indiana SB 85 (2022)	bill	DRAINS AND DRAINAGE STUDY COMMITTEES	enacted	Don Lehe Jean Leising Jeff Raatz Susan Glick	5	23	1	2022-01-04	2022-03-07	openstates	ocd-bill/deed36fd-9c6a-4e43-b7b4-700281ca4b03	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/85	68203a035735575d52776d16237beb4568009bff8fe008b13fd9ca8a21ee469d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 85 (2022) — Drainage task force.

Establishes a drainage task force consisting of six members of the senate, six members of the house of representatives, and seven other individuals. Requires the task force to: (1) review the responsibilities of landowners and state and local authorities under current laws relating to the drainage of land; (2) make certain determinations concerning drainage and regulatory matters; and (3) determine whether the balance between state authority and local authority over drainage of agricultural land favors state authority more in Indiana than in neighboring states. Authorizes the task force to make recommendations. Requires the task force to issue a report and, not later than December 1, 2023, submit the report to the executive director of the legislative services agency for distribution to the members of the general assembly and to the governor.

Version chain

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

1. Engrossed Senate Bill (S) (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 (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 85 - Lehe - 3rd Reading — 91–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Don Lehe — primary (person)
• Jean Leising — primary (person)
• Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
• Susan Glick — primary (person)
• Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
• Brad Barrett — cosponsor (person)
• David Abbott — cosponsor (person)
• Sean Eberhart — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-04 Authored by Senator Leising
• 2022-01-04 First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-01-11 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-01-11 Senator Glick added as second author
• 2022-01-11 Senator Raatz added as third author
• 2022-01-18 Amendment #1 (Doriot) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2022-01-18 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-01-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 25: yeas 45, nays 2 passage, reading-3
• 2022-01-20 House sponsor: Representative Lehe
• 2022-01-20 Cosponsors: Representatives Eberhart and Barrett
• 2022-01-20 Senator Doriot added as coauthor
• 2022-01-21 Referred to the House
• 2022-01-31 First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-02-08 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-02-10 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-14 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 174: yeas 91, nays 4 passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-15 Returned to the Senate without amendments
• 2022-02-15 Representative Abbott D added as cosponsor
• 2022-02-21 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2022-02-24 Signed by the Speaker
• 2022-03-07 Public Law 7
• 2022-03-07 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2022-03-07 Signed by the President of the Senate

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/deed36fd-9c6a-4e43-b7b4-700281ca4b03. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).