---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning utilities and to make an appropriation."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning utilities and to make an appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1471"
citation: "Indiana HB 1471 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION", "HOUSING", "HUMAN SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Bohacek", "Randall Head", "Sally Siegrist"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/162d4848-6bea-4c75-a1b6-3a56a9f65e93"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1471"
source_hash: "db85e1848d01b3edc0593a3ec9607f5ac5ded007ecc3d11e7f628f425828f2c5"
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 1471 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning utilities and to make an appropriation.

## 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/hb1471/versions/hb1471.05.enrs)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1471/versions/hb1471.04.coms)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1471/versions/hb1471.02.comh)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1471/versions/hb1471.03.coms)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1471/versions/hb1471.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1471 - Siegrist - 3rd Reading — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1471 - Head - 3rd Reading — **47–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
- Randall Head — primary (person)
- Sally Siegrist — primary (person)
- Dave Heine — coauthor (person)
- Earl Harris — coauthor (person)
- Holli Sullivan — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Stoops — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** Coauthored by Representatives Sullivan, Heine and Harris
- **2017-01-18** Authored by Representative Siegrist
- **2017-01-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-06** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-07** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 77: yeas 96, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-07** Senate sponsors: Senators Head and Bohacek
- **2017-02-08** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-20** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Senator Stoops added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-27** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-04-03** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2017-04-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 380: yeas 47, nays 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-05** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-06** Motion to concur filed
- **2017-04-10** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 439: yeas 95, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-19** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-20** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-24** Public Law 156
- **2017-04-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-24** Signed by the President of the Senate

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/162d4848-6bea-4c75-a1b6-3a56a9f65e93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).