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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 40: Little Calumet River basin development commission.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 40 is a bill introduced in the Indiana Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Little Calumet River basin development commission. Primary sponsor: Julie Olthoff (Republican), Rick Niemeyer (Republican), Dan Dernulc (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 3, 2025): First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires the Little Calumet River basin development commission (commission) to submit an annual budget to the Lake County council (council) before September 1 of each year for a nonbinding review. Requires the commission to submit an annual expenditure and activity report to the council before November 1 of each year.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Julie OlthoffPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Rick NiemeyerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Dan DernulcPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Mike AndradeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12
Lonnie RandolphCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate2

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources
  2. Referred to the House
  3. Cosponsor: Representative Andrade
  4. House sponsor: Representative Olthoff
  5. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 144: yeas 49, nays 0
  6. Second reading: ordered engrossed
  7. Committee report: do pass, adopted
  8. Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
  9. Senator Randolph added as coauthor
  10. Authored by Senators Dernulc and Niemeyer
  11. First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source