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+type: "Bill"
+title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government."
+description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1421"
+citation: "Indiana HB 1421 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ZONING AND PLANNING"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Jim Pressel", "Mark Messmer"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-01-17"
+last_action: "2017-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4df06eb8-4ad2-4731-ba57-93a2c7eb3b92"
+source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1421"
+source_hash: "272c29b56f0d95e770fb1e552e1afdefdacf2b07ce663124f37b54180faf07f5"
+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 1421 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1421/versions/hb1421.03.engh)
+2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1421/versions/hb1421.05.enrs)
+3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1421/versions/hb1421.04.coms)
+4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1421/versions/hb1421.02.comh)
+5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1421/versions/hb1421.01.intr)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 1421 - Pressel - 3rd Reading — **91–1** (pass) · legislature
+- HB 1421 - Doriot - 3rd Reading — **49–1** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
+- Jim Pressel — primary (person)
+- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
+- Charlie Brown — coauthor (person)
+- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
+- Doug Miller — coauthor (person)
+- Sally Siegrist — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-17** Coauthored by Representatives Miller D and Siegrist
+- **2017-01-17** Authored by Representative Pressel
+- **2017-01-17** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-16** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-21** Amendment #1 (Miller D) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
+- **2017-02-21** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-21** Representative Brown, C. added as coauthor
+- **2017-02-22** Senate sponsors: Senators Doriot and Messmer
+- **2017-02-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 199: yeas 91, nays 1 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-02-23** Referred to the Senate
+- **2017-02-27** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-09** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2017-03-13** Amendment #1 (Head) motion withdrawn `amendment-failure, amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2017-03-13** Second reading: call withdrawn `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-14** Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
+- **2017-03-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 280: yeas 49, nays 1 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-03-22** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
+- **2017-04-10** Motion to concur filed
+- **2017-04-11** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 462: yeas 86, nays 2 `amendment-failure`
+- **2017-04-19** Signed by the Speaker
+- **2017-04-20** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
+- **2017-04-25** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2017-04-28** Public Law 253
+- **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/4df06eb8-4ad2-4731-ba57-93a2c7eb3b92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+