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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: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 1256"
+citation: "Indiana HB 1256 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "Redevelopment and Renovation of Urban Areas"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chip Perfect", "Randy Lyness", "Ronald Grooms"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-11"
+last_action: "2018-03-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b288d45e-8e36-46f0-b06f-b08070d49479"
+source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1256"
+source_hash: "8e53d6564b0e518bda4249a0493c32c1106f80921bb21b35b56a65da4e7588d1"
+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 1256 (2018) — 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 (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1256/versions/hb1256.04.engs)
+2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1256/versions/hb1256.05.enrs)
+3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1256/versions/hb1256.03.coms)
+4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1256/versions/hb1256.02.comh)
+5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1256/versions/hb1256.01.intr)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 1256 - Lyness - 3rd Reading — **93–0** (pass) · legislature
+- HB 1256 - Perfect - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chip Perfect — primary (person)
+- Randy Lyness — primary (person)
+- Ronald Grooms — primary (person)
+- Edward Clere — coauthor (person)
+- Jean Breaux — cosponsor (person)
+- Justin Moed — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-11** Authored by Representative Lyness
+- **2018-01-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-30** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2018-01-31** Representative Moed added as coauthor
+- **2018-02-01** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-05** Senate sponsor: Senator Perfect
+- **2018-02-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 166: yeas 93, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2018-02-06** Referred to the Senate
+- **2018-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-01** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2018-03-01** Senator Grooms added as second sponsor
+- **2018-03-05** Amendment #1 (Grooms) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
+- **2018-03-05** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-05** Senator Breaux added as cosponsor
+- **2018-03-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 321: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2018-03-06** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
+- **2018-03-08** Motion to dissent filed
+- **2018-03-08** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
+- **2018-03-08** Representative Clere added as coauthor
+- **2018-03-08** House advisors appointed: Clere, Mahan, Saunders and Pryor
+- **2018-03-08** House conferees appointed: Lyness and Moed
+- **2018-03-12** Senate conferees appointed: Perfect and Breaux
+- **2018-03-12** Senate advisors appointed: Grooms, Niezgodski and Buck
+- **2018-03-14** CCR # 1 filed in the House
+- **2018-03-14** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
+- **2018-03-14** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 393: yeas 97, nays 0
+- **2018-03-14** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 413: yeas 47, nays 0
+- **2018-03-15** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
+- **2018-03-19** Signed by the Speaker
+- **2018-03-20** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2018-03-21** Public Law 183
+- **2018-03-21** 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/b288d45e-8e36-46f0-b06f-b08070d49479`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+