---
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: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1122"
citation: "Indiana HB 1122 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOMELAND SECURITY", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "Immunity and Exemption from Liability"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph Zakas", "Michael Crider", "Michael Delph", "Timothy Wesco"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44d0f7a2-0175-46ea-9910-27688bde83fb"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1122"
source_hash: "c7cf458b7afcbf844c20cbfe4fe95346b416f1dc6d0b8ae77019d201a038c7e9"
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 1122 (2017) — 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. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1122/versions/hb1122.04.enrs)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1122/versions/hb1122.03.coms)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1122/versions/hb1122.02.comh)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1122/versions/hb1122.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1122 - Zakas - 3rd Reading — **44–5** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1122 - Wesco - 3rd Reading — **91–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Joseph Zakas — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Michael Delph — primary (person)
- Timothy Wesco — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — cosponsor (person)
- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Zent — coauthor (person)
- Eddie Melton — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Mrvan — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Sandlin — cosponsor (person)
- Karlee Macer — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Randall Frye — coauthor (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-05** Authored by Representative Wesco
- **2017-01-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-23** Representatives Macer, Zent, Frye added as coauthors
- **2017-01-23** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-24** Senate sponsor: Senator Zakas
- **2017-01-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 19: yeas 91, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-25** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-20** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28** Senator Crider added as second sponsor
- **2017-02-28** Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
- **2017-02-28** Senator Sandlin added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-07** Senator Delph added as third sponsor
- **2017-03-07** Senators Melton, Doriot, Niemeyer, Mrvan added as cosponsors
- **2017-03-21** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-23** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 286: yeas 44, nays 5 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-27** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-28** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-06** Motion to concur filed
- **2017-04-10** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 429: yeas 96, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-19** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-20** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-24** Public Law 137
- **2017-04-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-24** Signed by the President of the Senate

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44d0f7a2-0175-46ea-9910-27688bde83fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).