republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/sb-189.md

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Bill	Locating and recovering wild game.	Permits a person to use an unmanned aerial vehicle with infrared abilities to locate and recover a legally taken wild animal.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	SB 189	Indiana SB 189 (2024)	bill	NATURAL RESOURCES; Fish and Wildlife TECHNOLOGY; Artificial Intelligence and Robotics TRANSPORTATION; Aircraft	enacted	Alan Morrison Chris Garten Scott Baldwin	4	25	3	2024-01-09	2024-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/9af3e9bb-55b4-4c1f-a042-d38a80042218	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0189	38c05790824fccd06901cd37dcc4895f3f7daed42a4418b2e8e00c04a0610b11	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 189 (2024) — Locating and recovering wild game.

Permits a person to use an unmanned aerial vehicle with infrared abilities to locate and recover a legally taken wild animal.

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 (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 189 - Baldwin - 3rd Reading — 41–5 (pass) · upper
• SB 189 - Baldwin — 38–6 (pass) · upper
• SB 189 - Morrison - 3rd Reading — 94–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alan Morrison — primary (person)
• Chris Garten — primary (person)
• Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
• Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
• Gary Byrne — coauthor (person)
• Mark Messmer — coauthor (person)
• Timothy Wesco — cosponsor (person)
• Tyler Johnson — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Authored by Senators Baldwin and Garten
• 2024-01-09 First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-11 Senator Messmer added as coauthor
• 2024-01-16 Senator Johnson T added as coauthor
• 2024-01-18 Senator Byrne added as coauthor
• 2024-01-18 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-01-18 Senator Doriot added as coauthor
• 2024-01-22 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-22 Amendment #1 (Young M) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-01-25 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 35: yeas 41, nays 5 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-01-25 House sponsor: Representative Morrison
• 2024-01-26 Referred to the House referral
• 2024-02-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-20 Representative Wesco added as cosponsor
• 2024-02-26 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 204: yeas 94, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2024-02-27 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2024-02-29 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 234: yeas 38, nays 6
• 2024-03-05 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2024-03-08 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-03-11 Public Law 25 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9af3e9bb-55b4-4c1f-a042-d38a80042218. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).