---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business law."
description: "Provides that the secretary of state (secretary) may remove a name or assumed name from its entity filing records if a name or assumed name falsely indicates or implies that the domestic filing entity or the foreign filing entity is, or is connected with, a government agency of this state, another state, or the United States. Expands what qualifies as an emergency as it relates to shareholder meetings. Sets forth the actions a corporation may take to address an emergency, including postponing a meeting or conducting a meeting by means of remote communication. Provides that a nonprofit corporation may hold meetings by means of remote communication, if provided for in the nonprofit corporation's bylaws. Allows a public corporation governed by IC 23-1 to elect not to have a staggered board system if the board of directors adopts a bylaw expressly electing not to. Provides that trademark filings shall be submitted electronically to the secretary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1464"
citation: "Indiana HB 1464 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS AND BOARD MEMBERSHIP", "CORPORATIONS", "SECRETARY OF STATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andy Zay", "Martin Carbaugh", "Travis Holdman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6de327f-d851-4fd2-bc40-d8f4b4e3978b"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1464"
source_hash: "aa26291704722fa419fd1cfb70a54a9655bda27043b0f1b4cfdb3c241f2d2d8d"
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 1464 (2021) — Business law.

Provides that the secretary of state (secretary) may remove a name or assumed name from its entity filing records if a name or assumed name falsely indicates or implies that the domestic filing entity or the foreign filing entity is, or is connected with, a government agency of this state, another state, or the United States. Expands what qualifies as an emergency as it relates to shareholder meetings. Sets forth the actions a corporation may take to address an emergency, including postponing a meeting or conducting a meeting by means of remote communication. Provides that a nonprofit corporation may hold meetings by means of remote communication, if provided for in the nonprofit corporation's bylaws. Allows a public corporation governed by IC 23-1 to elect not to have a staggered board system if the board of directors adopts a bylaw expressly electing not to. Provides that trademark filings shall be submitted electronically to the secretary.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1464/versions/HB1464.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1464/versions/HB1464.02.COMH)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1464/versions/HB1464.03.COMS)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1464/versions/HB1464.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1464 - Zay - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andy Zay — primary (person)
- Martin Carbaugh — primary (person)
- Travis Holdman — primary (person)
- Robert Heaton — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** Coauthored by Representative Heaton
- **2021-01-14** Authored by Representative Carbaugh
- **2021-01-14** First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-08** Senate sponsors: Senators Zay and Holdman
- **2021-02-08** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 91: yeas 93, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-09** Referred to the Senate
- **2021-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 234: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-06** Motion to concur filed
- **2021-04-08** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 393: yeas 86, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-23** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-28** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Public Law 206
- **2021-04-29** 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/a6de327f-d851-4fd2-bc40-d8f4b4e3978b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).