IN SB 228

enacted

Midwest continental divide commission.

Indiana · 2026 Regular Session (2nd Regular Session, 124th General Assembly) · upper

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did IN SB 228 pass?

Yes. IN SB 228 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-03-03): Public Law 45

What is IN SB 228 about?

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.

Who sponsors IN SB 228?

Linda Rogers, Ryan Mishler, David Niezgodski and 1 others are the primary sponsors of IN SB 228, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-03-03 — Public Law 45
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

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

Versions

Introduced Senate Bill (S)Compare
Senate Bill (H)Compare
Senate Bill (S)Compare
Enrolled Senate Bill (S)Compare
(document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

SB 228 - Niezgodski - 3rd Reading
2026-01-27 · pass · 45-0
Member-level votes (49)
- Alexander: yes
- Clark: yes
- Jackson, L: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Alting: yes
- Crider: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Schmitt: yes
- Baldwin: yes
- Deery: yes
- Koch: yes
- Spencer: yes
- Bohacek: yes
- Dernulc: yes
- Leising: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Bray: yes
- Donato: yes
- Maxwell: yes
- Tomes: yes
- Brown: yes
- Doriot: yes
- Mishler: yes
- Walker G: yes
- Buchanan: yes
- Freeman: yes
- Niemeyer: yes
- Walker K: yes
- Buck: yes
- Gaskill: yes
- Niezgodski: yes
- Yoder: yes
- Busch: yes
- Glick: yes
- Pol: yes
- Young: yes
- Byrne: yes
- Goode: yes
- Qaddoura: yes
- Carrasco: yes
- Holdman: yes
- Raatz: yes
- Charbonneau: yes
- Hunley: yes
- Randolph: yes
- Becker: excused
- Ford J.D.: excused
- Garten: excused
- Bassler: not voting
SB 228 - Teshka - 3rd Reading
2026-02-23 · pass · 94-1
Member-level votes (100)
- Abbott: yes
- Genda: yes
- Lawson: yes
- Porter: yes
- Andrade: yes
- GiaQuinta: yes
- Ledbetter: yes
- Prescott: yes
- Aylesworth: yes
- Gore: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Pressel: yes
- Baird: yes
- Goss-Reaves: yes
- Lindauer: yes
- Pryor: yes
- Barrett: yes
- Greene: yes
- Lopez: yes
- Rowray: yes
- Bartlett: yes
- Haggard: yes
- Lucas: yes
- Shackleford: yes
- Bascom: yes
- Hall: yes
- Manning: yes
- Shonkwiler: yes
- Bauer: yes
- Hamilton: yes
- May: yes
- Slager: yes
- Borders: yes
- Harris: yes
- Mayfield: yes
- Smaltz: yes
- Burton: yes
- Hatcher: yes
- McNamara: yes
- Smith, H: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Heaton: yes
- Meltzer: yes
- Smith, V: yes
- Carbaugh: yes
- Heine: yes
- Miller, D: yes
- Snow: yes
- Cash: yes
- Hostettler: yes
- Miller, K: yes
- Soliday: yes
- Clere: yes
- Ireland: yes
- Morris: yes
- Steuerwald: yes
- Commons: yes
- Isa: yes
- Moseley: yes
- Summers: yes
- Criswell: yes
- Jackson, C: yes
- Novak: yes
- Sweet: yes
- Culp: yes
- Jeter: yes
- O'Brien: yes
- Teshka: yes
- Dant Chesser: yes
- Johnson, B: yes
- Olthoff: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Davis: yes
- Jordan: yes
- Pack: yes
- VanNatter: yes
- DeLaney: yes
- Judy: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Wesco: yes
- DeVon: yes
- Karickhoff: yes
- Payne: yes
- Yocum: yes
- Engleman: yes
- King: yes
- Pfaff: yes
- Zimmerman: yes
- Errington: yes
- Klinker: yes
- Pierce, K: yes
- Garcia Wilburn: yes
- Lauer: yes
- Pierce, M: yes
- Dvorak: no
- Behning: excused
- McGuire: excused
- Moed: excused
- Bartels: not voting
- Mr. Speaker: not voting

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0228

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:22:09.317128Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changes Status and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this session Session dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=IN&identifier=SB 228. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
Committee referrals are not yet captured.
Some documents have no extracted text yet, so version comparison may be limited.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.