---
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 1395"
citation: "Indiana HB 1395 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOCAL GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Walker", "Jean Leising", "Jeff Ellington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/406b2aae-7ad5-4514-9b79-2da5042c3580"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1395"
source_hash: "267a5e412091701dfdf515cac6eb7fd290e797a21370429b15df214686fff52f"
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 1395 (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. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1395/versions/hb1395.04.enrs)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1395/versions/hb1395.03.coms)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1395/versions/hb1395.02.comh)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1395/versions/hb1395.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1395 - Ellington - 3rd Reading — **65–24** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1395 - Leising - 3rd Reading — **40–7** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Greg Walker — primary (person)
- Jean Leising — primary (person)
- Jeff Ellington — primary (person)
- Dennis Zent — coauthor (person)
- Jean Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- Terri Jo Austin — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** Authored by Representative Ellington
- **2017-01-17** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-14** Representatives Austin and Zent added as coauthors
- **2017-02-16** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 135: yeas 65, nays 24 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-16** Senate sponsor: Senator Leising
- **2017-02-17** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-30** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-30** Senator Breaux added as cosponsor
- **2017-04-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 341: yeas 40, nays 7 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-03** Senator Walker added as second sponsor
- **2017-04-04** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-12** Motion to dissent filed
- **2017-04-12** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-12** House conferees appointed: Ellington and Austin
- **2017-04-12** House advisors appointed: Lehman, Zent and Brown C
- **2017-04-12** Senate conferees appointed: Leising and Breaux
- **2017-04-12** Senate advisors appointed: Niemeyer, Melton and Bohacek
- **2017-04-18** Motion to concur filed
- **2017-04-18** House reconsidered and concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 494: yeas 61, nays 34 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-20** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-25** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-26** Public Law 193
- **2017-04-26** 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/406b2aae-7ad5-4514-9b79-2da5042c3580`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).