republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/sb-246.md

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Bill	Assessment of wetlands classified as wildlands.	Provides that a parcel of land that: (1) is at least 1/2 of an acre in size; and (2) contains wetlands, as delineated by a person certified in wetland delineation; may be classified as wildlands for purposes of property tax assessment.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	SB 246	Indiana SB 246 (2024)	bill	NATURAL RESOURCES; Wetlands TAXES; Property Taxes	enacted	Beau Baird Blake Doriot Shelli Yoder Susan Glick	4	29	2	2024-01-10	2024-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/fb8df6b0-9cb3-406a-9140-4e512d16de5a	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0246	11dd1087031a791a1fc52041b3f74a4821fc8af42e9d69c38a68f56bc4b09ab5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 246 (2024) — Assessment of wetlands classified as wildlands.

Provides that a parcel of land that: (1) is at least 1/2 of an acre in size; and (2) contains wetlands, as delineated by a person certified in wetland delineation; may be classified as wildlands for purposes of property tax assessment.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 246 - Glick - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 246 - Baird - 3rd Reading — 93–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Beau Baird — primary (person)
• Blake Doriot — primary (person)
• Shelli Yoder — primary (person)
• Susan Glick — primary (person)
• Carey Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
• Carolyn Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• David Abbott — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Bassler — coauthor (person)
• Fady Qaddoura — coauthor (person)
• Rodney Pol — coauthor (person)
• Scott Baldwin — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Authored by Senator Glick
• 2024-01-10 First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Senator Pol added as coauthor
• 2024-01-25 Senator Qaddoura added as coauthor
• 2024-01-25 Senator Doriot added as second author
• 2024-01-30 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-01 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-01 Senator Bassler added as coauthor
• 2024-02-01 Senator Yoder added as third author
• 2024-02-05 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 111: yeas 48, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-05 Senator Baldwin added as coauthor
• 2024-02-05 Cosponsor: Representative Abbott
• 2024-02-05 House sponsor: Representative Baird
• 2024-02-06 Referred to the House referral
• 2024-02-12 First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
• 2024-02-15 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Representative Hamilton added as cosponsor
• 2024-02-19 Representative Jackson added as cosponsor
• 2024-02-22 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-26 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 233: yeas 93, nays 2 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Returned to the Senate without amendments receipt
• 2024-03-04 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 33 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fb8df6b0-9cb3-406a-9140-4e512d16de5a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).