---
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 1272"
citation: "Indiana HB 1272 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "ADVERTISEMENTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Randall Head", "Sharon Negele"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5cb5339-db58-4d9d-9dc4-9d18208ec3bd"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1272"
source_hash: "8570aa939f235b2b004f210a10304eeb2714119b2a2c0e6f66ebcd9ce920c10d"
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 1272 (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 (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1272/versions/hb1272.04.engs)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1272/versions/hb1272.05.enrs)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1272/versions/hb1272.03.coms)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1272/versions/hb1272.02.comh)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1272/versions/hb1272.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1272 - Doriot - 3rd Reading — **45–3** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1272 - Negele - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- Randall Head — primary (person)
- Sharon Negele — primary (person)
- Jean Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Shackleford — coauthor (person)
- Steven Stemler — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-10** Authored by Representative Negele
- **2017-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-02** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06** Representative Stemler added as coauthor
- **2017-02-06** Representative Shackleford added as coauthor
- **2017-02-06** Senate sponsor: Senator Doriot
- **2017-02-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 56: yeas 95, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-07** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-20** 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 #2 (Buck) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-03-13** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-14** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 262: yeas 45, nays 3 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-14** Senator Head added as second sponsor
- **2017-03-14** Senator Breaux added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-16** Returned to the House without amendments
- **2017-03-21** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-03-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-04** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-05** Public Law 21
- **2017-04-05** 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/e5cb5339-db58-4d9d-9dc4-9d18208ec3bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).