republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/sb-228.md

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Bill	Midwest continental divide commission.	Makes the following changes to the law regarding the Midwest continental divide commission (commission): (1) Amends the definition of a "land use and zoning plan" (plan) to provide that it is a plan and not an overlay district. (2) Requires the commission to consider any change or variance in zoning to be consistent with the plan that is: (A) inconsistent with the plan; and (B) not more than 1/2 mile from a trail project approved by the commission and the eligible county or city.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	SB 228	Indiana SB 228 (2026)	bill	BOARDS COMMISSIONS AND COUNCILS; Generally NATIVE AMERICANS RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT ZONING AND PLANNING	enacted	David Niezgodski Jake Teshka Linda Rogers Ryan Mishler	4	22	2	2026-01-08	2026-03-03	openstates	ocd-bill/67c180ec-38be-40c4-b50b-817c3b5236a1	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0228	afa39527d902a89ac49052f0cb05f731601f5095e8db56c0524e92622d79f27d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 228 (2026) — Midwest continental divide commission.

Makes the following changes to the law regarding the Midwest continental divide commission (commission): (1) Amends the definition of a "land use and zoning plan" (plan) to provide that it is a plan and not an overlay district. (2) Requires the commission to consider any change or variance in zoning to be consistent with the plan that is: (A) inconsistent with the plan; and (B) not more than 1/2 mile from a trail project approved by the commission and the eligible county or city.

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 228 - Teshka - 3rd Reading — 94–1 (pass) · lower
• SB 228 - Niezgodski - 3rd Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David Niezgodski — primary (person)
• Jake Teshka — primary (person)
• Linda Rogers — primary (person)
• Ryan Mishler — primary (person)
• Mark Spencer — coauthor (person)
• Maureen Bauer — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney Pol — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Appropriations reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-08 Authored by Senator Niezgodski
• 2026-01-22 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-22 Senator Mishler added as second author
• 2026-01-22 Senator Rogers added as third author
• 2026-01-26 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-27 Senator Pol added as coauthor
• 2026-01-27 Senator Spencer added as coauthor
• 2026-01-27 Cosponsor: Representative Bauer
• 2026-01-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 113: yeas 45, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-27 House sponsor: Representative Teshka
• 2026-01-28 Referred to the House referral
• 2026-01-29 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-17 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-19 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-23 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 308: yeas 94, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-24 Returned to the Senate without amendments receipt
• 2026-02-24 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-02-25 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-02-26 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-03 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2026-03-03 Public Law 45 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/67c180ec-38be-40c4-b50b-817c3b5236a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).