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+type: "Bill"
+title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government and to make an appropriation."
+description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government and to make an appropriation."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1144"
+citation: "Indiana HB 1144 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["RAILROADS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brandt Hershman", "Harold Slager", "Karen Tallian", "Rick Niemeyer"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-01-05"
+last_action: "2017-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/133cfd0b-03cf-43c2-b105-5c58bb054075"
+source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1144"
+source_hash: "20e58ac9cbc5189552f5de0bbda92ebea308581af59565a7b4348a40260bd198"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
+---
+
+# Indiana HB 1144 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government and to make an appropriation.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1144/versions/hb1144.04.engs)
+2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1144/versions/hb1144.05.enrs)
+3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1144/versions/hb1144.03.coms)
+4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1144/versions/hb1144.02.comh)
+5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1144/versions/hb1144.01.intr)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 1144 - Niemeyer - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
+- HB 1144 - Slager - 3rd Reading — **84–8** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brandt Hershman — primary (person)
+- Harold Slager — primary (person)
+- Karen Tallian — primary (person)
+- Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
+- Blake Doriot — cosponsor (person)
+- Charles Moseley — coauthor (person)
+- Daniel Leonard — coauthor (person)
+- Dave Heine — coauthor (person)
+- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
+- Earl Harris — coauthor (person)
+- Ed Charbonneau — cosponsor (person)
+- Eddie Melton — cosponsor (person)
+- Edmond Soliday — coauthor (person)
+- Frank Mrvan — cosponsor (person)
+- Holli Sullivan — coauthor (person)
+- Jim Pressel — coauthor (person)
+- Joseph Zakas — cosponsor (person)
+- Julie Olthoff — coauthor (person)
+- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
+- Mara Candelaria Reardon — coauthor (person)
+- Mike Braun — coauthor (person)
+- Mike Bohacek — cosponsor (person)
+- Peggy Mayfield — coauthor (person)
+- Robert Cherry — coauthor (person)
+- Ryan Mishler — cosponsor (person)
+- Sally Siegrist — coauthor (person)
+- Scott Pelath — coauthor (person)
+- Sharon Negele — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-05** Authored by Representative Slager
+- **2017-01-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-14** Representatives Leonard, Siegrist, Candelaria Reardon added as coauthors
+- **2017-02-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-22** Amendment #1 (Dvorak) failed; Roll Call 195: yeas 37, nays 55 `amendment-failure`
+- **2017-02-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-23** Rule 105.1 suspended
+- **2017-02-23** Representatives Heine, Braun, Harris, Cherry, Sullivan, Mayfield, Negele, Olthoff, Pressel, Soliday added as coauthors
+- **2017-02-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 219: yeas 84, nays 8 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-02-23** Senate sponsors: Senators Niemeyer, Hershman and Tallian
+- **2017-02-23** Representative Pelath added as coauthor
+- **2017-02-23** Representative Moseley added as coauthor
+- **2017-02-24** Referred to the Senate
+- **2017-02-27** First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-06** Senator Melton added as cosponsor
+- **2017-03-13** Senator Charbonneau added as cosponsor
+- **2017-03-13** Senator Mishler added as cosponsor
+- **2017-03-23** Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
+- **2017-03-28** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
+- **2017-03-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2017-04-04** Amendment #1 (Tallian) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
+- **2017-04-04** Amendment #2 (Tallian) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
+- **2017-04-04** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-04-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 412: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-04-06** Senators Zakas and Bohacek added as cosponsors
+- **2017-04-06** Senators Doriot and Mrvan added as cosponsors
+- **2017-04-06** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
+- **2017-04-10** Motion to dissent filed
+- **2017-04-10** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
+- **2017-04-11** House conferees appointed: Slager and Pelath
+- **2017-04-11** House advisors appointed: Soliday, Heine, Olthoff, Pressel, Bauer, Candelaria Reardon, Dvorak, Harris and Moseley
+- **2017-04-11** Senate conferees appointed: Niemeyer and Tallian
+- **2017-04-11** Senate advisors appointed: Hershman, Niezgodski, Charbonneau, Melton and Mishler
+- **2017-04-20** CCR # 1 filed in the House
+- **2017-04-20** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
+- **2017-04-21** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 521: yeas 96, nays 4
+- **2017-04-21** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 510: yeas 49, nays 1
+- **2017-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2017-04-27** Signed by the Speaker
+- **2017-04-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
+- **2017-04-28** Public Law 248
+- **2017-04-28** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/133cfd0b-03cf-43c2-b105-5c58bb054075`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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