---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 419"
citation: "Indiana SB 419 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HUMAN SERVICES", "Regulation and Licensing of Professionals", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Robert Morris"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/504e2be1-d772-4f92-bc0f-bfe32d2be166"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/419"
source_hash: "99ab8a01e36afccd0a33a7cb5758af8944be883257301785baf3cff6ce0288d2"
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 419 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning 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/sb0419/versions/sb0419.04.engh)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0419/versions/sb0419.05.enrh)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0419/versions/sb0419.01.intr)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0419/versions/sb0419.03.comh)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0419/versions/sb0419.02.coms)

## Votes

- SB 419 - Morris - 3rd Reading — **88–8** (pass) · legislature
- SB 419 - Doriot - 3rd Reading — **35–12** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- Robert Morris — primary (person)
- Doug Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Clere — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
- Robert Cherry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Authored by Senator Doriot
- **2018-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-01** Senator Koch added as second author
- **2018-02-05** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 195: yeas 35, nays 12 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-06** House sponsor: Representative Morris
- **2018-02-06** Cosponsors: Representatives Ober and Ellington
- **2018-02-07** Referred to the House
- **2018-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Representative Ober removed as cosponsor
- **2018-02-22** Representative Miller added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-26** Representative Clere added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Amendment #1 (Clere) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-01** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** Rule 105.1 suspended
- **2018-03-01** Representative Cherry added as cosponsor
- **2018-03-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 319: yeas 88, nays 8 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-06** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-06** Motion to concur filed
- **2018-03-12** Concurrence withdrawn
- **2018-03-12** Motion to dissent filed
- **2018-03-12** Senate dissented from House amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-12** Senator Koch removed as second author
- **2018-03-12** Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
- **2018-03-12** Senate conferees appointed: Doriot and Lanane
- **2018-03-12** Senate advisors appointed: Koch, Randolph Lonnie M and Buck
- **2018-03-12** House conferees appointed: Morris and Bartlett
- **2018-03-12** House advisors appointed: Clere, Mahan and Shackleford
- **2018-03-14** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2018-03-14** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2018-03-14** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 405: yeas 39, nays 8
- **2018-03-14** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 404: yeas 85, nays 7
- **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 172
- **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/504e2be1-d772-4f92-bc0f-bfe32d2be166`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).