2025 Regular SessionIndiana Legislature

HB1507: Low water crossings.

Legislative Summary

Low water crossings. 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.

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Bill History

1/21/2025
Coauthored by Representatives Zimmerman, Criswell, Bascom
House of Representatives
1/21/2025
Authored by Representative Patterson
House of Representatives
1/21/2025
First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation
House of Representatives
1/27/2025
Committee report: do pass, adopted
House of Representatives
1/29/2025
Second reading: ordered engrossed
House of Representatives
1/30/2025
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 55: yeas 91, nays 0
House of Representatives
1/30/2025
Senate sponsor: Senator Raatz
House of Representatives
1/31/2025
Referred to the Senate
House of Representatives
2/19/2025
First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation
Senate
3/11/2025
Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
Senate
3/13/2025
Senator Charbonneau added as cosponsor
Senate
3/13/2025
Senator Doriot added as cosponsor
Senate

Roll Call Votes

House - Third reading
1/30/2025
91
Yea
0
Nay
1
Not Voting
8
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Engrossed(1/31/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Appropriations(Senate)

Documents

Comm Sub
Bill Text3/11/2025134.2 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text1/27/2025132.8 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/14/2025115.3 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note3/11/202562.6 KB
Misc
Misc3/11/202550.0 KB
Misc
Misc3/11/202521.6 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note1/30/202562.6 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note1/29/202562.4 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note1/27/202562.6 KB
Misc
Misc1/22/202570.2 KB
Misc
Misc1/21/202520.7 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note1/14/202562.6 KB