---
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: "2018"
identifier: "SB 300"
citation: "Indiana SB 300 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC WORKS AND IMPROVEMENTS; PUBLIC BUILDINGS; PUBLIC PROPERTY", "AUCTIONEERS AND AUCTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Kruse", "Doug Miller", "Jeff Raatz", "Mark Messmer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-04"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/330febe7-c5f2-412f-a5c4-1ed79f8f91d2"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/300"
source_hash: "49068cf4c47d8c310c30e80915ed60839afa5378c330fc5c45a078174edb93d8"
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 300 (2018) — 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 Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0300/versions/sb0300.03.engs)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0300/versions/sb0300.05.enrh)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0300/versions/sb0300.01.intr)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0300/versions/sb0300.04.comh)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0300/versions/sb0300.02.coms)

## Votes

- SB 300 - Miller - 3rd Reading — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- SB 300 - Raatz - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dennis Kruse — primary (person)
- Doug Miller — primary (person)
- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
- Chris Judy — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Mark Stoops — coauthor (person)
- Ryan Hatfield — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-04** Authored by Senators Raatz, Messmer and Kruse
- **2018-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-23** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2018-01-25** Amendment #1 (Messmer) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-01-25** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-25** Senator Stoops added as coauthor
- **2018-01-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 86: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-29** House sponsor: Representative Miller D
- **2018-01-30** Referred to the House
- **2018-02-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Representative Judy added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-20** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22** Representative Hatfield added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-26** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 209: yeas 97, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-27** Returned to the Senate without amendments
- **2018-03-06** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-12** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-13** Public Law 58

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/330febe7-c5f2-412f-a5c4-1ed79f8f91d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).