---
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 1295"
citation: "Indiana HB 1295 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROPERTY", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cherrish Pryor", "Greg Taylor", "Jack Sandlin", "Jean Breaux"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b3a9d48-4be7-4bae-9a25-472200fb219b"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1295"
source_hash: "efbba0a26a6742202f7260884f28e9686d2c84faa338a1f02582c23e2d9e37e7"
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 1295 (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/hb1295/versions/hb1295.04.enrs)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1295/versions/hb1295.03.coms)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1295/versions/hb1295.02.comh)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1295/versions/hb1295.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1295 - Sandlin - 3rd Reading — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1295 - Pryor - 3rd Reading — **96–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cherrish Pryor — primary (person)
- Greg Taylor — primary (person)
- Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
- Jean Breaux — primary (person)
- David Frizzell — coauthor (person)
- Justin Moed — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Speedy — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** Coauthored by Representatives Speedy and Frizzell
- **2017-01-10** Authored by Representative Pryor
- **2017-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-06** Representative Moed added as coauthor
- **2017-02-06** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-07** Senate sponsors: Senators Sandlin, Taylor G and Breaux
- **2017-02-07** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 70: yeas 96, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-08** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-20** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-27** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 310: yeas 50, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-29** Returned to the House without amendments
- **2017-04-06** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-10** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-11** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-12** Public Law 28
- **2017-04-12** 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/2b3a9d48-4be7-4bae-9a25-472200fb219b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).