---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1601"
citation: "Indiana HB 1601 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION", "INDIANA", "TECHNOLOGY", "STUDY COMMITTEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandt Hershman", "Mark Messmer", "Todd Huston"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f217829-1ad0-4650-b2d6-e08434155afe"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1601"
source_hash: "18511cb7f65a1354d08f700a85eded4b20327e92ea1e703ecb8c143663cb3f3e"
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 1601 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration.

## 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/hb1601/versions/hb1601.04.engs)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1601/versions/hb1601.05.enrs)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1601/versions/hb1601.03.coms)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1601/versions/hb1601.02.comh)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1601/versions/hb1601.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1601 - Hershman - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1601 - Huston - 3rd Reading — **87–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Brandt Hershman — primary (person)
- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
- Todd Huston — primary (person)
- Karlee Macer — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Cherry — coauthor (person)
- Robert Morris — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** Authored by Representative Huston
- **2017-01-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-13** Representatives Morris and Cherry added as coauthors
- **2017-02-13** Representative Macer added as coauthor
- **2017-02-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-16** Senate sponsor: Senator Hershman
- **2017-02-16** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 143: yeas 87, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-17** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-20** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-27** Senator Messmer added as second sponsor
- **2017-03-28** Amendment #1 (Hershman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-03-28** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 332: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-31** 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 444: yeas 93, nays 0 `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 259
- **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/0f217829-1ad0-4650-b2d6-e08434155afe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).