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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Exemption from permitting requirements."
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description: "Provides that a forestry operation that conducts its operations in compliance with the Indiana Logging and Forestry Best Management Practices Field Guide published by the Indiana department of natural resources is exempt"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 1601"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1601 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT", "DEPARTMENT AND AGENCIES", "FORESTS AND FORESTRY", "NATURAL RESOURCES", "State Department of", "WATERSHED"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Beau Baird", "Chris Garten", "Jean Leising", "Susan Glick"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-01-19"
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last_action: "2023-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4df1d41-8f3a-4bda-bef1-e62b2710289b"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1601"
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source_hash: "90031fec213b3cde49d0d0d90ffe8da46ae16cb333706cfa058dff849d7460c7"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana HB 1601 (2023) — Exemption from permitting requirements.
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Provides that a forestry operation that conducts its operations in compliance with the Indiana Logging and Forestry Best Management Practices Field Guide published by the Indiana department of natural resources is exempt
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1601/versions/HB1601.04.ENGS)
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2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1601/versions/HB1601.05.ENRS)
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3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1601/versions/HB1601.02.COMH)
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4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1601/versions/HB1601.03.COMS)
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5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1601/versions/HB1601.01.INTR)
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## Votes
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- HB 1601 - Baird - 3rd Reading — **91–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Beau Baird — primary (person)
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- Chris Garten — primary (person)
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- Jean Leising — primary (person)
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- Susan Glick — primary (person)
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- J.D. Prescott — coauthor (person)
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- Shane Lindauer — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-19** Authored by Representative Baird
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- **2023-01-19** First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-30** Representative Lindauer added as coauthor
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- **2023-02-09** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-13** Representative Prescott added as coauthor
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- **2023-02-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-14** Senate sponsors: Senators Glick, Leising, Garten
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- **2023-02-14** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 136: yeas 91, nays 2 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-15** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2023-02-27** First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-20** Placed back on second reading
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- **2023-03-27** Amendment #4 (Glick) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-03-27** Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 274: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-29** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
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- **2023-04-19** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
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- **2023-04-19** House dissented from Senate amendments
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- **2023-04-20** House conferees appointed: Baird and Boy
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- **2023-04-20** House advisors appointed: Lindauer, Abbott, Prescott and Jackson
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- **2023-04-20** Senate conferees appointed: Glick and Breaux
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- **2023-04-20** Senate advisors appointed: Leising and Qaddoura
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- **2023-04-26** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
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- **2023-04-26** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
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- **2023-04-26** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 520: yeas 87, nays 7
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- **2023-04-27** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 512: yeas 49, nays 0
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- **2023-04-28** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-04-28** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2023-05-01** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-05-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-04** Public Law 247 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4df1d41-8f3a-4bda-bef1-e62b2710289b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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