republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/sb-186.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of natural resources."
description: "Eliminates and renames divisions and bureaus that have been merged by the department of natural resources (department) due to reorganization that occurred within the department. Establishes the Indiana state park inns authority (authority) as a body corporate and politic for the operation, management, and administration of inns and associated facilities by the department. Allows the authority to purchase service credit (subject to certain conditions) for prior service by an employee of the authority. Eliminates the separate hunting license by including a crossbow and bolt in the licensure for archery equipment permitted to be used. Requires the division of fish and wildlife to meet with representatives of certain organizations concerning certain issues and to submit recommendations to the general assembly. Makes conforming changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 186"
citation: "Indiana SB 186 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FISH AND WILDLIFE", "NATURAL RESOURCES", "State Department of", "PARKS AND CAMPGROUNDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Crider", "Sean Eberhart", "Susan Glick"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-06"
last_action: "2022-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d109639e-4c4b-48f9-a032-e72123fbbd1f"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/186"
source_hash: "906df39bea9e05497e07631c83d55e6d170163988d1db6b0af9c19f97bb1c057"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---

# Indiana SB 186 (2022) — Department of natural resources.

Eliminates and renames divisions and bureaus that have been merged by the department of natural resources (department) due to reorganization that occurred within the department. Establishes the Indiana state park inns authority (authority) as a body corporate and politic for the operation, management, and administration of inns and associated facilities by the department. Allows the authority to purchase service credit (subject to certain conditions) for prior service by an employee of the authority. Eliminates the separate hunting license by including a crossbow and bolt in the licensure for archery equipment permitted to be used. Requires the division of fish and wildlife to meet with representatives of certain organizations concerning certain issues and to submit recommendations to the general assembly. Makes conforming changes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0186/versions/SB0186.06.ENGH)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0186/versions/SB0186.07.ENRH)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0186/versions/SB0186.01.INTR)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0186/versions/SB0186.04.COMH)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0186/versions/SB0186.05.COMH)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0186/versions/SB0186.02.COMS)
7. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0186/versions/SB0186.03.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 186 - Eberhart - 3rd Reading — **92–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Sean Eberhart — primary (person)
- Susan Glick — primary (person)
- Carolyn Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- David Abbott — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Koch — coauthor (person)
- Kyle Walker — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Philip Boots — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06** Authored by Senator Glick
- **2022-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Senators Boots, Koch, Walker K added as coauthors
- **2022-01-18** Senator Crider added as second author
- **2022-01-24** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-31** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-31** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2022-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 158: yeas 48, nays 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** House sponsor: Representative Eberhart
- **2022-02-01** Cosponsor: Representative Abbott D
- **2022-02-02** Referred to the House
- **2022-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-17** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Representative Jackson added as cosponsor
- **2022-02-21** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Amendment #4 (Wesco) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 290: yeas 92, nays 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-02** Motion to concur filed
- **2022-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 337: yeas 49, nays 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-15** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-15** Public Law 127
- **2022-03-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d109639e-4c4b-48f9-a032-e72123fbbd1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).