---
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: "SB 449"
citation: "Indiana SB 449 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROPERTY TAXES generally", "AUDITS AND AUDITORS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erin Houchin", "Harold Slager", "Rick Niemeyer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba2bc93e-325f-48ff-97b2-93c4b8f94c9a"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/449"
source_hash: "85aae847467fc5667326c0b95a931709d983b15be21ce6f1247f8805cbd059b3"
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 SB 449 (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 Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0449/versions/sb0449.03.engs)
2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0449/versions/sb0449.05.engh)
3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0449/versions/sb0449.06.enrh)
4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0449/versions/sb0449.01.intr)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0449/versions/sb0449.04.comh)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0449/versions/sb0449.02.coms)

## Votes

- SB 449 - Niemeyer - 3rd Reading — **46–1** (pass) · legislature
- SB 449 - Slager - 3rd Reading — **96–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Erin Houchin — primary (person)
- Harold Slager — primary (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — coauthor (person)
- Greg Walker — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Mike Aylesworth — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
- Robert Cherry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** Authored by Senator Niemeyer
- **2017-01-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-06** Senator Houchin added as second author
- **2017-02-06** Senators Walker and Charbonneau added as coauthors
- **2017-02-07** Amendment #1 (Niemeyer) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-07** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-07** Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
- **2017-02-07** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2017-02-09** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 86: yeas 46, nays 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-09** House sponsor: Representative Slager
- **2017-02-09** Cosponsors: Representatives Aylesworth and Cherry
- **2017-02-10** Referred to the House
- **2017-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-03** Amendment #1 (Pryor) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-03** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-04-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 381: yeas 96, nays 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-05** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-11** Motion to concur filed
- **2017-04-12** Senate concurred in House Amendments; Roll Call 464: yeas 37, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-17** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-19** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-20** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-21** Public Law 119
- **2017-04-21** 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/ba2bc93e-325f-48ff-97b2-93c4b8f94c9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).