# Indiana HB 1616: Department of natural resources. Indiana HB 1616, Department of natural resources., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) House bill sponsored by Shane Lindauer (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-30 (Public Law 125); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1616-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Indiana HB 1616 - State: Indiana - Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) - Title: Department of natural resources. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-21 - Last action: 2025-04-30, Public Law 125 - Sponsor: Shane Lindauer (Republican) - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: natural resources, the senate, tax and fiscal policy - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (234 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary 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. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Claim timing relief for earlier historic credits: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, a special claim rule applies to historic-property credits granted before March 10, 2025. It covers credits where costs were claimed in a different tax year from when the work was performed. Those taxpayers can claim the credit in their first tax year beginning after December… - Advance notice for mineral tax sales: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, county auditors must give added notice when unpaid taxes make a mineral interest eligible for sale. They must post the sale notice on the county website and send it to Indiana’s Department of Natural Resources. Both steps must happen at least 21 days before the auditor appli… - New limits on historic property credits: cost, high. Beginning July 1, 2025, historic-property tax credits are capped at the lesser of $10,000 or 20% of approved qualified costs. Taxpayers must finish the preservation or rehabilitation and get required certifications in the tax year they claim the credit. The office can approve only $250,000 per stat… - Underwater preserves protect resources, limit use: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana’s Department of Natural Resources can create underwater preserves in Lake Michigan and the Ohio River. Qualifying areas contain historic aircraft or watercraft, abandoned property, or underwater features with cultural, recreational, environmental, or scientific value… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Shane Lindauer (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Lonnie Randolph (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Susan Glick (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-17 | House | House concurred with Senate amendments | pass | 90 | 0 | | | 2025-04-15 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 47 | 0 | | | 2025-02-17 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 97 | 0 | | ## Actions (23) - 2025-04-30: Public Law 125 (House) - 2025-04-30: Signed by the Governor (House) - 2025-04-23: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate) - 2025-04-21: Signed by the Speaker (House) - 2025-04-17: House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 490: yeas 90, nays 0 (House) - 2025-04-16: Returned to the House with amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Motion to concur filed (House) - 2025-04-15: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 447: yeas 47, nays 0 (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Amendment #2 (Yoder) prevailed; voice vote (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Committee report: do pass, adopted (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Senator Randolph added as cosponsor (Senate) - 2025-03-25: Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy (Senate) - 2025-03-03: First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Referred to the Senate (House) - 2025-02-17: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 188: yeas 97, nays 0 (House) - 2025-02-17: Senate sponsor: Senator Glick (House) - 2025-02-13: Amendment #1 (Lindauer) prevailed; voice vote (House) - 2025-02-13: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed (House) - 2025-01-27: Committee report: do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-01-21: First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources (House) - 2025-01-21: Authored by Representative Lindauer (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1616/versions/HB1616.06.ENGS?format=pdf) - Engrossed House Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1616/versions/HB1616.03.ENGH?format=pdf) - Enrolled House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1616/versions/HB1616.07.ENRS?format=pdf) - House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1616/versions/HB1616.02.COMH?format=pdf) - House Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1616/versions/HB1616.04.COMS?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1616/versions/HB1616.05.COMS?format=pdf) - Introduced House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1616/versions/HB1616.01.INTR?format=pdf) ## Related bills - SB 231: Various corrections matters. (signed) - SB 324: Criminal procedures. (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 - [Engrossed House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1616/versions/HB1616.06.ENGS?format=pdf) - [Engrossed House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1616/versions/HB1616.03.ENGH?format=pdf) - [Enrolled House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1616/versions/HB1616.07.ENRS?format=pdf) - [House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1616/versions/HB1616.02.COMH?format=pdf) - [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1616/versions/HB1616.04.COMS?format=pdf) - [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1616/versions/HB1616.05.COMS?format=pdf) - [Introduced House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1616/versions/HB1616.01.INTR?format=pdf) ## Related - [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025) - [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025) - [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) - [Indiana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana/bills) - [Indiana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1616-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).