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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of natural resources."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1616"
citation: "Indiana HB 1616 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["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"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shane Lindauer", "Susan Glick"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99b93507-b580-43e2-a8c3-0619de41f460"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1616"
source_hash: "d10938921fac0afd89d619b58badcc1aa18b52c355273a9da7e46e0d0605467a"
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 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](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1616/HB1616.06.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1616/HB1616.03.ENGH.pdf)
3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1616/HB1616.07.ENRS.pdf)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1616/HB1616.02.COMH.pdf)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1616/HB1616.05.COMS.pdf)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1616/HB1616.01.INTR.pdf)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99b93507-b580-43e2-a8c3-0619de41f460`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).