republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/hb-1616.md

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Bill	Department of natural resources.	Establishes a procedure to be followed when there are unpaid taxes assessed on a mineral interest. Adds a $10,000 cap on a tax credit for a taxpayer who completes preservation or rehabilitation of a historic property. Establishes that the department of natural resources can not certify credits into future years, but may maintain credits previously certified (credits granted before March 10, 2025 for expenditures incurred before July 1, 2024). Provides conditions and guidelines under which the department of natural resources may establish submerged lands preserves. Asks the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the topic of studying the economic value of public land for recreation in Indiana.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	HB 1616	Indiana HB 1616 (2025)	bill	AGENCIES; Department of Natural Resources (DNR) COUNTIES; Franklin ENVIRONMENT; Generally LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS; Auditors LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS; Recorders LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS; Treasurers NATURAL RESOURCES; Mines and Minerals PROPERTY; Abandoned or Unclaimed Property PROPERTY; Real Estate STATE GOVERNMENT; History Culture and Preservation TAXES; Credits TAXES; Tax Sales	enacted	Shane Lindauer Susan Glick	6	23	3	2025-01-21	2025-04-30	openstates	ocd-bill/99b93507-b580-43e2-a8c3-0619de41f460	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1616	d10938921fac0afd89d619b58badcc1aa18b52c355273a9da7e46e0d0605467a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1616 (2025) — Department of natural resources.

Establishes a procedure to be followed when there are unpaid taxes assessed on a mineral interest. Adds a $10,000 cap on a tax credit for a taxpayer who completes preservation or rehabilitation of a historic property. Establishes that the department of natural resources can not certify credits into future years, but may maintain credits previously certified (credits granted before March 10, 2025 for expenditures incurred before July 1, 2024). Provides conditions and guidelines under which the department of natural resources may establish submerged lands preserves. Asks the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the topic of studying the economic value of public land for recreation in Indiana.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• HB 1616 - Lindauer - 3rd Reading — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1616 - Glick - 3rd Reading — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 1616 - Lindauer — 90–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Shane Lindauer — primary (person)
• Susan Glick — primary (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-21 Authored by Representative Lindauer
• 2025-01-21 First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-27 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-02-13 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-13 Amendment #1 (Lindauer) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2025-02-17 Senate sponsor: Senator Glick
• 2025-02-17 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 188: yeas 97, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-02-18 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-25 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-04-08 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2025-04-08 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-04-14 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-04-14 Amendment #2 (Yoder) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2025-04-15 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 447: yeas 47, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-04-16 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2025-04-16 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2025-04-17 House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 490: yeas 90, nays 0
• 2025-04-21 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2025-04-22 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-04-23 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2025-04-30 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2025-04-30 Public Law 125 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/99b93507-b580-43e2-a8c3-0619de41f460. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).