---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning taxation."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning taxation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1489"
citation: "Indiana HB 1489 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CLARK COUNTY", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND FINANCE", "DEPARTMENT OF (DLGF)", "PROPERTY TAXES", "Tax Levies for Special Purposes", "STUDY COMMITTEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Smith", "Ronald Grooms", "Timothy Brown"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/533f4e9b-52d8-426e-97ca-e43b6f61caad"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1489"
source_hash: "d58b02afe2585874c7f7d2bb6c48c63291440a5cdc8ab08ac8b84d9dee8460ac"
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 1489 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning taxation.

## 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/hb1489/versions/hb1489.05.engs)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1489/versions/hb1489.06.enrs)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1489/versions/hb1489.03.coms)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1489/versions/hb1489.04.coms)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1489/versions/hb1489.02.comh)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1489/versions/hb1489.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1489 - Smith J - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1489 - Brown, T. - 3rd Reading — **77–15** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- James Smith — primary (person)
- Ronald Grooms — primary (person)
- Timothy Brown — primary (person)
- Mark Stoops — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Stemler — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** Coauthored by Representatives Stemler and Clere
- **2017-01-18** Authored by Representative Brown T
- **2017-01-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-23** Representative Clere removed as coauthor
- **2017-02-23** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27** Senate sponsor: Senator Smith J
- **2017-02-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 229: yeas 77, nays 15 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-28** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-03-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-20** Senator Grooms added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-03** Senator Stoops added as cosponsor
- **2017-04-05** Amendment #1 (Smith J) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-05** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-04-05** Senator Grooms removed as cosponsor
- **2017-04-05** Senator Grooms added as second sponsor
- **2017-04-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 423: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-06** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-11** Motion to dissent filed
- **2017-04-11** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-12** House conferees appointed: Brown T and Stemler
- **2017-04-12** House advisors appointed: Davisson, Candelaria Reardon and Goodin
- **2017-04-12** Senate conferees appointed: Smith J and Stoops
- **2017-04-12** Senate advisors appointed: Grooms, Tallian and Merritt
- **2017-04-21** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-21** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2017-04-21** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2017-04-21** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 516: yeas 49, nays 0
- **2017-04-21** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 537: yeas 87, nays 9
- **2017-04-24** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-26** Public Law 199
- **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/533f4e9b-52d8-426e-97ca-e43b6f61caad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).