republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1601.md

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Bill	Exemption from permitting requirements.	Provides that a forestry operation that conducts its operations in compliance with the Indiana Logging and Forestry Best Management Practices Field Guide published by the Indiana department of natural resources is exempt	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2023	HB 1601	Indiana HB 1601 (2023)	bill	ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT AND AGENCIES FORESTS AND FORESTRY NATURAL RESOURCES State Department of WATERSHED	enacted	Beau Baird Chris Garten Jean Leising Susan Glick	5	32	1	2023-01-19	2023-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/a4df1d41-8f3a-4bda-bef1-e62b2710289b	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1601	90031fec213b3cde49d0d0d90ffe8da46ae16cb333706cfa058dff849d7460c7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1601 (2023) — Exemption from permitting requirements.

Provides that a forestry operation that conducts its operations in compliance with the Indiana Logging and Forestry Best Management Practices Field Guide published by the Indiana department of natural resources is exempt

Version chain

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

1. Engrossed House Bill (S) (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 1601 - Baird - 3rd Reading — 91–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Beau Baird — primary (person)
• Chris Garten — primary (person)
• Jean Leising — primary (person)
• Susan Glick — primary (person)
• J.D. Prescott — coauthor (person)
• Shane Lindauer — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-19 Authored by Representative Baird
• 2023-01-19 First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-01-30 Representative Lindauer added as coauthor
• 2023-02-09 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-02-13 Representative Prescott added as coauthor
• 2023-02-13 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-02-14 Senate sponsors: Senators Glick, Leising, Garten
• 2023-02-14 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 136: yeas 91, nays 2 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-02-15 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2023-02-27 First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-03-13 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-03-16 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-03-20 Placed back on second reading
• 2023-03-27 Amendment #4 (Glick) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2023-03-27 Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-03-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 274: yeas 49, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-03-29 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2023-04-19 Motion to dissent filed filing
• 2023-04-19 House dissented from Senate amendments
• 2023-04-20 House conferees appointed: Baird and Boy
• 2023-04-20 House advisors appointed: Lindauer, Abbott, Prescott and Jackson
• 2023-04-20 Senate conferees appointed: Glick and Breaux
• 2023-04-20 Senate advisors appointed: Leising and Qaddoura
• 2023-04-26 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing
• 2023-04-26 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
• 2023-04-26 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 520: yeas 87, nays 7
• 2023-04-27 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 512: yeas 49, nays 0
• 2023-04-28 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2023-04-28 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2023-05-01 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2023-05-04 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-04 Public Law 247 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a4df1d41-8f3a-4bda-bef1-e62b2710289b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).