---
type: "Bill"
title: "Performance bonding of developers."
description: "Requires (rather than allows) a local unit to grant a secondary approval to a plat for a subdivision in which improvements and installations have not been completed if the applicant provides: (1) a performance bond or other proof of financial responsibility; or (2) if installation or extension of utility service is involved, proof of contracting with a utility or a political subdivision for the installation or extension. Provides that the only condition precedent that a local unit may require to recording a secondary plat is that the land developer obtain a performance bond or other surety for: (1) unfinished streets, sanitary piping, storm water piping systems, water mains, sidewalks and ornamental landscaping located in common areas; and (2) erosion control. Provides a definition of \"common area\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1466"
citation: "Indiana HB 1466 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BONDS", "Financial", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "Redevelopment and Renovation of Urban Areas", "UTILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Jim Pressel", "Linda Rogers"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83bd484b-e815-4324-bc15-1d5cc7e0af09"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1466"
source_hash: "620fcf210b14de53a487e669d74ce9b9d003e5f609160fa9ab4ae080708039fe"
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 1466 (2021) — Performance bonding of developers.

Requires (rather than allows) a local unit to grant a secondary approval to a plat for a subdivision in which improvements and installations have not been completed if the applicant provides: (1) a performance bond or other proof of financial responsibility; or (2) if installation or extension of utility service is involved, proof of contracting with a utility or a political subdivision for the installation or extension. Provides that the only condition precedent that a local unit may require to recording a secondary plat is that the land developer obtain a performance bond or other surety for: (1) unfinished streets, sanitary piping, storm water piping systems, water mains, sidewalks and ornamental landscaping located in common areas; and (2) erosion control. Provides a definition of "common area".

## 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/HB1466/versions/HB1466.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1466/versions/HB1466.02.COMH)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1466/versions/HB1466.03.COMS)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1466/versions/HB1466.01.INTR)

## Sponsors

- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- Jim Pressel — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** Authored by Representative Pressel
- **2021-01-14** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** Senate sponsor: Senator Doriot
- **2021-02-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 190: yeas 62, nays 27 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-19** Referred to the Senate
- **2021-03-02** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15** Senator Rogers added as second sponsor
- **2021-03-18** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 248: yeas 40, nays 7 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-23** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-03-23** Returned to the House without amendments
- **2021-03-29** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-07** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-08** Public Law 42
- **2021-04-08** 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/83bd484b-e815-4324-bc15-1d5cc7e0af09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).