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Read. Follow. Verify.Indiana Senate Bill 38 authorizes future amendments to environmental law
Last action · December 8, 2025: First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative ProcedureSponsor: Rodric Bray
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What This Bill Proposed
Senate Bill 38 sets an effective date of July 1, 2026, for potential future amendments concerning environmental law in the Indiana Code.
Establishes a legislative vehicle for potential environmental law changes without altering any current statutory requirements or state agency rules.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
State agencies
State environmental agencies may be subject to future statutory changes if substantive provisions are added to the bill.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Dec 8, 2025SenateIntroducedFirst reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure
- Dec 8, 2025SenateAuthored by Senator Bray
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance10Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 10)
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