republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/sb-477.md

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Bill	Low head dams.	Provides that the state does not assume ownership of or responsibility for a low head dam that is not listed as owned by the state on the department of natural resources' (department) low head dam roster (roster). Permits a person to remove without a permit certain low head dams that are located on a navigable waterway and that are encroachments. Requires the department to establish warning sign standards and requirements for low head dams that are on the roster. Allows for a bond of $1,000,000 to serve as proof of financial responsibility for a person that owns a low head dam. Provides that a permit issued by the director after January 1, 2021, for the removal of a low head dam does not expire until two years after certain judicial appeal processes are complete.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	SB 477	Indiana SB 477 (2025)	bill	ADVERTISEMENTS AND NOTICES AGENCIES; Department of Natural Resources (DNR) BILLBOARDS AND SIGNS COURTS; Generally ENVIRONMENT; Generally FINANCIAL SERVICES; Bonds (Non-Judicial) NATURAL RESOURCES; Dams and Levees NATURAL RESOURCES; Rivers Streams and Waterways	enacted	Ethan Manning Justin Busch Susan Glick	4	21	2	2025-01-13	2025-04-01	openstates	ocd-bill/863f93e7-dcfe-4fc1-985d-d1d414f8271c	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0477	fea7a36941229a6aa8f34c3ddc34b2566dbaeaa11fceb6a0422eba7636be4483	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 477 (2025) — Low head dams.

Provides that the state does not assume ownership of or responsibility for a low head dam that is not listed as owned by the state on the department of natural resources' (department) low head dam roster (roster). Permits a person to remove without a permit certain low head dams that are located on a navigable waterway and that are encroachments. Requires the department to establish warning sign standards and requirements for low head dams that are on the roster. Allows for a bond of $1,000,000 to serve as proof of financial responsibility for a person that owns a low head dam. Provides that a permit issued by the director after January 1, 2021, for the removal of a low head dam does not expire until two years after certain judicial appeal processes are complete.

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 477 - Manning - 3rd Reading — 91–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 477 - Busch - 3rd Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ethan Manning — primary (person)
• Justin Busch — primary (person)
• Susan Glick — primary (person)
• David Abbott — cosponsor (person)
• Edward Clere — cosponsor (person)
• Pat Boy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-13 Authored by Senator Busch
• 2025-01-13 First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-28 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-02-03 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-03 Senator Glick added as second author
• 2025-02-04 House sponsor: Representative Manning
• 2025-02-04 Cosponsor: Representative Clere
• 2025-02-04 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 76: yeas 49, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-02-05 Referred to the House referral
• 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-13 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-03-17 Representative Boy added as cosponsor
• 2025-03-17 Representative Abbott added as cosponsor
• 2025-03-17 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-03-21 Returned to the Senate without amendments receipt
• 2025-03-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 294: yeas 91, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-03-24 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2025-03-24 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-03-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2025-04-01 Public Law 14 became-law
• 2025-04-01 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/863f93e7-dcfe-4fc1-985d-d1d414f8271c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).