# Indiana HB 1507: Low water crossings.

Indiana HB 1507, Low water crossings., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) House bill sponsored by Lindsay Patterson (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-03-13 (Senator Doriot added as cosponsor) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Indiana HB 1507
- State: Indiana
- Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025)
- Title: Low water crossings.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-21
- Last action: 2025-03-13, Senator Doriot added as cosponsor
- Sponsor: Lindsay Patterson (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Subjects: roads and transportation, the senate, homeland security and transportation, appropriations
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (91 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Authorizes a local county road and bridge board to undertake low water crossing projects. Requires the commissioner of the department of transportation (department) to ensure that the department makes information available to county boards of commissioners and county highway departments about funding from federal and private sources that might be available to the counties for low water crossing projects. Amends the law on the local road and bridge matching grant fund: (1) to allow grants to local units to be used for low water crossing projects; and (2) to provide that funds allocated for grants to local units having a population of less than 50,000 can be used to make grants to counties below the population limit as well as to municipalities located in counties that are below the population limit.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Lindsay Patterson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Alex Zimmerman (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Blake Doriot (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Cory Criswell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ed Charbonneau (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Garrett Bascom (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jeff Raatz (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-01-30 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 91 | 0 |   |

## Actions (12)

- 2025-03-13: Senator Doriot added as cosponsor (Senate)
- 2025-03-13: Senator Charbonneau added as cosponsor (Senate)
- 2025-03-11: Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation (Senate)
- 2025-01-31: Referred to the Senate (House)
- 2025-01-30: Senate sponsor: Senator Raatz (House)
- 2025-01-30: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 55: yeas 91, nays 0 (House)
- 2025-01-29: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House)
- 2025-01-27: Committee report: do pass, adopted (House)
- 2025-01-21: Authored by Representative Patterson (House)
- 2025-01-21: First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation (House)
- 2025-01-21: Coauthored by Representatives Zimmerman, Criswell, Bascom (House)

## Bill text

- House Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1507/versions/HB1507.02.COMH?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1507/versions/HB1507.03.COMS?format=pdf)
- Introduced House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1507/versions/HB1507.01.INTR?format=pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 324: Criminal procedures. (signed)
- SB 231: Various corrections matters. (signed)
- SB 80: Code publication. (signed)
- SB 453: Various tax matters. (signed)
- SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit. (signed)
- SB 371: Workforce matters. (signed)

## Sources
- [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1507/versions/HB1507.02.COMH?format=pdf)
- [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1507/versions/HB1507.03.COMS?format=pdf)
- [Introduced House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1507/versions/HB1507.01.INTR?format=pdf)

## Related
- [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025)
- [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025)
- [SB 80: Code publication.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB80-2025)
- [SB 453: Various tax matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB453-2025)
- [SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB464-2025)
- [SB 371: Workforce matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB371-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1507-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).