---
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 1536"
citation: "Indiana HB 1536 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROPERTY TAXES", "Assessments", "Notices", "and Penalties"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Douglas Eckerty", "Karen Engleman", "Ronald Grooms"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7c34a83-b0f5-4acc-ab47-e4f002ef965e"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1536"
source_hash: "08f1b60169c8c582d7677c9f4b4c2193381682d63735ecafbc3a652a7372313f"
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 1536 (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 (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1536/versions/hb1536.03.engh)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1536/versions/hb1536.05.enrs)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1536/versions/hb1536.02.comh)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1536/versions/hb1536.04.coms)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1536/versions/hb1536.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1536 - Engleman - 3rd Reading — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1536 - Grooms - 3rd Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Douglas Eckerty — primary (person)
- Karen Engleman — primary (person)
- Ronald Grooms — primary (person)
- Doug Miller — coauthor (person)
- Jean Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Mahan — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Philip GiaQuinta — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** Authored by Representative Engleman
- **2017-01-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Representatives Miller and Mahan added as coauthors
- **2017-01-30** Representative GiaQuinta added as coauthor
- **2017-02-09** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-16** Amendment #1 (Engleman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-16** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-20** Senate sponsor: Senator Grooms
- **2017-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 147: yeas 96, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-21** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-27** Senator Breaux added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-27** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 317: yeas 47, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-28** Senator Eckerty added as second sponsor
- **2017-03-29** Returned to the House without amendments
- **2017-04-06** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-10** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-11** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-12** Public Law 32
- **2017-04-12** 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/d7c34a83-b0f5-4acc-ab47-e4f002ef965e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).