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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 1263"
+citation: "Indiana HB 1263 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CONSTRUCTION", "COUNTY GOVERNMENT", "CORRECTION", "Community Programs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jack Sandlin", "James Buck", "Timothy Brown"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-11"
+last_action: "2018-03-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de3403be-206f-433c-a281-c45b575b7cff"
+source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1263"
+source_hash: "26870b42b1af6d9adb859565d2cb79a51a6fe8eb0d3b1a40002ba1870a5527f7"
+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 1263 (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/hb1263/versions/hb1263.04.engs)
+2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1263/versions/hb1263.05.enrs)
+3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1263/versions/hb1263.02.comh)
+4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1263/versions/hb1263.03.coms)
+5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1263/versions/hb1263.01.intr)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 1263 - Sandlin - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
+- HB 1263 - Brown, T. - 3rd Reading — **91–1** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
+- James Buck — primary (person)
+- Timothy Brown — primary (person)
+- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-11** Authored by Representative Brown T
+- **2018-01-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-29** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2018-01-31** Amendment #1 (Porter) ruled out of order `amendment-failure`
+- **2018-01-31** Amendment #2 (Porter) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure`
+- **2018-01-31** Amendment #3 (Porter) ruled out of order `amendment-failure`
+- **2018-01-31** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-01** Senate sponsor: Senator Sandlin
+- **2018-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 134: yeas 91, nays 1 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2018-02-02** Referred to the Senate
+- **2018-02-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-15** Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2018-02-27** Amendment #2 (Sandlin) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
+- **2018-02-27** Amendment #3 (Tomes) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
+- **2018-02-27** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 271: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2018-03-01** Senator Buck added as second sponsor
+- **2018-03-05** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
+- **2018-03-06** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
+- **2018-03-06** Motion to dissent filed
+- **2018-03-06** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
+- **2018-03-07** House conferees appointed: Brown T and Pryor
+- **2018-03-07** House advisors appointed: Lyness, Friend, Frye R, Beumer, Cook, Huston and Harris
+- **2018-03-07** Senate conferees appointed: Sandlin and Stoops
+- **2018-03-07** Senate advisors appointed: Young M, Breaux, Head and Freeman
+- **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 406: yeas 71, nays 25
+- **2018-03-14** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 419: yeas 39, nays 9
+- **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 184
+- **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/de3403be-206f-433c-a281-c45b575b7cff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+