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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local government."
+description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local government."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 1309"
+citation: "Indiana HB 1309 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "State and Local Boards", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["James Buck", "Karen Engleman", "Vaneta Becker"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-16"
+last_action: "2018-03-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d95647c3-5a45-4daf-bbab-25bbd7eba394"
+source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1309"
+source_hash: "45358d93bfe8565a9c0b42ef4a0188b99e3892a55dd2e4288418ec0ba0f8bb0e"
+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 1309 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and 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/2018/bills/hb1309/versions/hb1309.05.engs)
+2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1309/versions/hb1309.03.engh)
+3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1309/versions/hb1309.07.enrs)
+4. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1309/versions/hb1309.06.enrs)
+5. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1309/versions/hb1309.02.comh)
+6. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1309/versions/hb1309.04.coms)
+7. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1309/versions/hb1309.01.intr)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 1309 - Engleman - 3rd Reading — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
+- HB 1309 - Buck - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- James Buck — primary (person)
+- Karen Engleman — primary (person)
+- Vaneta Becker — primary (person)
+- Cherrish Pryor — coauthor (person)
+- Jean Breaux — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathy Richardson — coauthor (person)
+- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas Saunders — coauthor (person)
+- Timothy Lanane — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-16** Authored by Representative Engleman
+- **2018-01-16** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-18** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2018-01-22** Representatives Saunders and Pryor added as coauthors
+- **2018-01-25** Amendment #4 (Engleman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
+- **2018-01-25** Amendment #2 (Pryor) prevailed; Roll Call 54: yeas 95, nays 0 `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
+- **2018-01-25** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2018-01-29** Representative Richardson added as coauthor
+- **2018-01-29** Senate sponsor: Senator Buck
+- **2018-01-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 64: yeas 96, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2018-01-30** Referred to the Senate
+- **2018-02-01** 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 Becker added as second sponsor
+- **2018-03-05** Amendment #2 (Lanane) 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
+- **2018-03-05** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
+- **2018-03-06** Pursuant to Senate Rule 35 (c); technical correction committee report adopted
+- **2018-03-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 323: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2018-03-06** Senator Lanane added as cosponsor
+- **2018-03-07** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
+- **2018-03-07** Motion to concur filed
+- **2018-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 350: yeas 94, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
+- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Speaker
+- **2018-03-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
+- **2018-03-21** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2018-03-22** Public Law 197
+- **2018-03-22** 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/d95647c3-5a45-4daf-bbab-25bbd7eba394`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+