# Indiana SB 129: Landlocked property.

Indiana SB 129, Landlocked property., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) Senate bill sponsored by James Buck (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-01-21 (Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Indiana SB 129
- State: Indiana
- Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025)
- Title: Landlocked property.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-08
- Last action: 2025-01-21, Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
- Sponsor: James Buck (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: local government, tax and fiscal policy
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Defines "landlocked property" as real property that has been shut off from all public highways as a result of the vacation of one or more public highways. Provides that if an action of the state, or an agency or political subdivision of the state, causes real property to become landlocked property, the county assessor of the county in which the landlocked property is located must assess the value of the landlocked property at the same rate that native forest land, a forest plantation, or wildlands are assessed for as long as the property qualifies as landlocked property.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: James Buck (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rick Niemeyer (Republican), Senate

## Actions (4)

- 2025-01-21: Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2025-01-21: Senator Niemeyer added as second author (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: Authored by Senator Buck (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0129/versions/SB0129.01.INTR?format=pdf)
- Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0129/versions/SB0129.02.COMS?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
- [Introduced Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0129/versions/SB0129.01.INTR?format=pdf)
- [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0129/versions/SB0129.02.COMS?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-SB129-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).