---
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 1421"
citation: "Indiana HB 1421 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ZONING AND PLANNING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Jim Pressel", "Mark Messmer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4df06eb8-4ad2-4731-ba57-93a2c7eb3b92"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1421"
source_hash: "272c29b56f0d95e770fb1e552e1afdefdacf2b07ce663124f37b54180faf07f5"
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 1421 (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 (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1421/versions/hb1421.03.engh)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1421/versions/hb1421.05.enrs)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1421/versions/hb1421.04.coms)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1421/versions/hb1421.02.comh)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1421/versions/hb1421.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1421 - Pressel - 3rd Reading — **91–1** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1421 - Doriot - 3rd Reading — **49–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- Jim Pressel — primary (person)
- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
- Charlie Brown — coauthor (person)
- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Miller — coauthor (person)
- Sally Siegrist — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** Coauthored by Representatives Miller D and Siegrist
- **2017-01-17** Authored by Representative Pressel
- **2017-01-17** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-21** Amendment #1 (Miller D) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-21** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** Representative Brown, C. added as coauthor
- **2017-02-22** Senate sponsors: Senators Doriot and Messmer
- **2017-02-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 199: yeas 91, nays 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-23** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-27** 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 #1 (Head) motion withdrawn `amendment-failure, amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-03-13** Second reading: call withdrawn `reading-2`
- **2017-03-14** Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 280: yeas 49, nays 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-22** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-10** Motion to concur filed
- **2017-04-11** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 462: yeas 86, nays 2 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-19** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-20** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-25** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-28** Public Law 253
- **2017-04-28** 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/4df06eb8-4ad2-4731-ba57-93a2c7eb3b92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).