---
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 1394"
citation: "Indiana HB 1394 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LICENSES AND LICENSING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Frizzell", "Michael Young", "Philip Boots"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56699f67-d0f2-41e8-84a4-9a41c4cd9829"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1394"
source_hash: "a8ee257210127029074805fe58e4ef4a67b0074a3fc06b9765b34899965855d3"
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 1394 (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/hb1394/versions/hb1394.05.engs)
2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1394/versions/hb1394.03.engh)
3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1394/versions/hb1394.06.enrs)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1394/versions/hb1394.02.comh)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1394/versions/hb1394.04.coms)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1394/versions/hb1394.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1394 - Young M - 3rd Reading — **37–11** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1394 - Frizzell - 3rd Reading — **93–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- David Frizzell — primary (person)
- Michael Young — primary (person)
- Philip Boots — primary (person)
- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Taylor — coauthor (person)
- Martin Carbaugh — coauthor (person)
- Michael Delph — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** Authored by Representative Frizzell
- **2017-01-17** First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Representatives Taylor J and Carbaugh added as coauthors
- **2017-02-21** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-23** Amendment #1 (Carbaugh) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-23** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27** Senate sponsor: Senator Young M
- **2017-02-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 233: yeas 93, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-28** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-03-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Senator Boots added as second sponsor
- **2017-03-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-30** Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
- **2017-04-03** Amendment #3 (Boots) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-03** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-04-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 375: yeas 37, nays 11 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-04** Senator Delph added as cosponsor
- **2017-04-05** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-06** Motion to dissent filed
- **2017-04-06** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-10** Senate advisors appointed: Boots and Tallian
- **2017-04-10** Senate conferees appointed: Young M and Niezgodski
- **2017-04-10** House conferees appointed: Frizzell and Moseley
- **2017-04-10** House advisors appointed: Carbaugh and Taylor J
- **2017-04-21** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-21** Motion to concur filed
- **2017-04-21** House reconsidered and concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 538: yeas 98, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-24** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-27** Public Law 223
- **2017-04-27** 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/56699f67-d0f2-41e8-84a4-9a41c4cd9829`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).