---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government and to make an appropriation."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government and to make an appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1144"
citation: "Indiana HB 1144 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RAILROADS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandt Hershman", "Harold Slager", "Karen Tallian", "Rick Niemeyer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/133cfd0b-03cf-43c2-b105-5c58bb054075"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1144"
source_hash: "20e58ac9cbc5189552f5de0bbda92ebea308581af59565a7b4348a40260bd198"
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 1144 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government and to make an appropriation.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1144/versions/hb1144.04.engs)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1144/versions/hb1144.05.enrs)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1144/versions/hb1144.03.coms)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1144/versions/hb1144.02.comh)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1144/versions/hb1144.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1144 - Niemeyer - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1144 - Slager - 3rd Reading — **84–8** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Brandt Hershman — primary (person)
- Harold Slager — primary (person)
- Karen Tallian — primary (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Moseley — coauthor (person)
- Daniel Leonard — coauthor (person)
- Dave Heine — coauthor (person)
- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
- Earl Harris — coauthor (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Melton — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Soliday — coauthor (person)
- Frank Mrvan — cosponsor (person)
- Holli Sullivan — coauthor (person)
- Jim Pressel — coauthor (person)
- Joseph Zakas — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Olthoff — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Mara Candelaria Reardon — coauthor (person)
- Mike Braun — coauthor (person)
- Mike Bohacek — cosponsor (person)
- Peggy Mayfield — coauthor (person)
- Robert Cherry — coauthor (person)
- Ryan Mishler — cosponsor (person)
- Sally Siegrist — coauthor (person)
- Scott Pelath — coauthor (person)
- Sharon Negele — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-05** Authored by Representative Slager
- **2017-01-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Representatives Leonard, Siegrist, Candelaria Reardon added as coauthors
- **2017-02-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-22** Amendment #1 (Dvorak) failed; Roll Call 195: yeas 37, nays 55 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23** Rule 105.1 suspended
- **2017-02-23** Representatives Heine, Braun, Harris, Cherry, Sullivan, Mayfield, Negele, Olthoff, Pressel, Soliday added as coauthors
- **2017-02-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 219: yeas 84, nays 8 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-23** Senate sponsors: Senators Niemeyer, Hershman and Tallian
- **2017-02-23** Representative Pelath added as coauthor
- **2017-02-23** Representative Moseley added as coauthor
- **2017-02-24** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-27** First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Senator Melton added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-13** Senator Charbonneau added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-13** Senator Mishler added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-23** Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-28** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-04** Amendment #1 (Tallian) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-04** Amendment #2 (Tallian) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-04** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 412: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-06** Senators Zakas and Bohacek added as cosponsors
- **2017-04-06** Senators Doriot and Mrvan added as cosponsors
- **2017-04-06** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-10** Motion to dissent filed
- **2017-04-10** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-11** House conferees appointed: Slager and Pelath
- **2017-04-11** House advisors appointed: Soliday, Heine, Olthoff, Pressel, Bauer, Candelaria Reardon, Dvorak, Harris and Moseley
- **2017-04-11** Senate conferees appointed: Niemeyer and Tallian
- **2017-04-11** Senate advisors appointed: Hershman, Niezgodski, Charbonneau, Melton and Mishler
- **2017-04-20** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2017-04-20** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2017-04-21** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 521: yeas 96, nays 4
- **2017-04-21** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 510: yeas 49, nays 1
- **2017-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-27** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-28** Public Law 248
- **2017-04-28** 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/133cfd0b-03cf-43c2-b105-5c58bb054075`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).