---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local government."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local government."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 269"
citation: "Indiana SB 269 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TRANSPORTATION", "Department of", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edmond Soliday", "Eric Koch", "James Buck", "Michael Crider"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5133afc-fc62-442a-b4cd-bebe24d3595f"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/269"
source_hash: "069f186f79f58a544de4a405ccefd69808c6745186f010b9bb792ba506cbe9ae"
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 269 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local government.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0269/versions/sb0269.04.engh)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0269/versions/sb0269.05.enrh)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0269/versions/sb0269.01.intr)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0269/versions/sb0269.02.coms)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0269/versions/sb0269.03.comh)

## Votes

- SB 269 - Koch - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
- SB 269 - Soliday - 3rd Reading — **92–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Edmond Soliday — primary (person)
- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- James Buck — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Dan Forestal — cosponsor (person)
- David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Randall Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy McNamara — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-03** Authored by Senator Koch
- **2018-01-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-30** Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
- **2018-02-01** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-01** Senator Buck added as second author
- **2018-02-01** Senator Crider added as third author
- **2018-02-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 136: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-05** House sponsor: Representative Soliday
- **2018-02-05** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2018-02-06** Referred to the House
- **2018-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-22** Representative Frye added as cosponsor
- **2018-03-01** Amendment #2 (McNamara) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-01** Amendment #3 (Soliday) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-01** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 309: yeas 92, nays 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-05** Representatives McNamara and Forestal added as cosponsors
- **2018-03-06** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-06** Motion to concur filed
- **2018-03-07** Concurrence withdrawn
- **2018-03-07** Motion to dissent filed
- **2018-03-07** Senate dissented from House amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-07** House conferees appointed: Soliday and Forestal
- **2018-03-07** House advisors appointed: Speedy, Frye R and Candelaria Reardon
- **2018-03-07** Senate conferees appointed: Koch and Niezgodski
- **2018-03-07** Senate advisors appointed: Crider, Mrvan and Buck
- **2018-03-13** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2018-03-13** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2018-03-13** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 384: yeas 97, nays 0
- **2018-03-14** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 385: yeas 47, nays 0
- **2018-03-15** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-19** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-20** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-21** Public Law 165
- **2018-03-21** 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/e5133afc-fc62-442a-b4cd-bebe24d3595f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).