Indiana Senate Bill 269 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Passed on March 15 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-03-15 - Public Law 129
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Regulation of dams. Provides that the laws regulating dams do not apply to a structure that is a low hazard dam or significant hazard dam that meets only one of the following conditions: (1) Has a drainage area above the dam of not more than one square mile. (2) Does not exceed 20 feet in height. (3) Does not impound a volume of more than 100 acre-feet of water. Requires the department of natural resources (department) to establish a classification system for dams based on: (1) the height of the structure and the volume of water impounded by the structure; and (2) the force of the water and the likely consequences resulting from the uncontrolled release of its contents due to a failure or misoperation of the structure. Changes the standard to determine potential consequences for a failure from "may cause" to "likely to cause". Provides that for a dam constructed after June 30, 2022, if the department determines that the property owner's structure is a high hazard, significant hazard, or low hazard dam, the department shall provide the property owner with a notice stating the classification of the dam that the property owner owns. Requires that, notwithstanding an engineering inspection performed by the property owner or a consultant of the property owner, the department provide the property owner notice at least five days before performing an inspection. Requires the property owner of a high hazard dam to prepare an emergency action plan and provide a copy to the department and the emergency management agency. Provides that changes to the law do not affect past inspections.

Regulation of dams.

Sen. Stacey Donato [R]	Sen. Jean Leising [R]	Sen. James Buck [R]	Rep. Ethan Manning [R]
Rep. Daniel Leonard [R]	Rep. Carolyn Jackson [D]

2022-03-02 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House amendments (Y: 41 N: 5 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-22 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 91 N: 1 NV: 3 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2022-02-14 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-02-01 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 39 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-01-24 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 6 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-15	Senate	Public Law 129
2022-03-15	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2022-03-15	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2022-03-08	House	Signed by the Speaker
2022-03-07	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2022-03-02	Senate	Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 322: yeas 41, nays 5
2022-02-24	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2022-02-23	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2022-02-22	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 238: yeas 91, nays 1
2022-02-21	House	Amendment #1 (Manning) prevailed; voice vote
2022-02-21	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2022-02-17	House	Representative Jackson added as cosponsor
2022-02-14	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2022-02-07	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources
2022-02-02	Senate	Referred to the House
2022-02-01	Senate	Senator Buck added as coauthor
2022-02-01	Senate	Cosponsor: Representative Leonard
2022-02-01	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Manning
2022-02-01	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 167: yeas 39, nays 10
2022-01-31	Senate	Amendment #1 (Donato) prevailed; voice vote
2022-01-31	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2022-01-31	Senate	Senator Leising added as second author
2022-01-24	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2022-01-10	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources
2022-01-10	Senate	Authored by Senator Donato

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/269/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/f/5/9/6f597184/SB0269.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/f/2/e/0f2e1314/SB0269.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/2/4/d/424dad13/SB0269.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/4/9/0/94901367/SB0269.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/b/d/9/4bd984bb/SB0269.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/3/3/0/5330d530/SB0269.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/4/7/9/b479597b/SB0269.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/8/c/e/a8cea3ff/SB0269.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/6/e/7/76e74e66/SB0269.05.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/3/a/a/e3aa07d3/SB0269.05.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/f/a/a/9faa8aa4/SB0269.06.ENRH.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/c/8/7/ac872dd2/SB0269.02.COMS.AMS001.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/c/5/2/2c52b384/SB0269.04.COMH.AMH001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/4/c/b/a4cb148c/SB0269.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/b/d/7/1bd789f2/SB0269.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/5/b/8/65b84b88/SB0269.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/2/e/e/02eea3eb/SB0269.03.ENGS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/8/3/b/c83b0e78/SB0269.03.ENGS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/c/3/4/7c34c05d/SB0269.03.ENGS.CRH001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/2/d/8/b2d82346/SB0269.03.ENGS.FN003.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/2/f/f/72ff1585/SB0269.04.COMH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/a/a/8/baa8c5ca/SB0269.05.ENGH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/3/b/8/93b8ff90/SB0269.05.ENGH.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/6/b/8/66b82a43/SB0269.05.ENGH.CON01.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/6/5/a/365a9e68/SB0269.06.ENRH.FN001.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/a/d/4/dad4d3ce/SB0269.01.INTR.02.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/1/3/8/213884de/SB0269.167_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/e/4/2/9e42ebdb/SB0269.03.ENGS.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/0/7/6/70765fe6/SB0269.238_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/b/1/a/db1a0a09/SB0269.322_S.pdf