---
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 1622"
citation: "Indiana HB 1622 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES AND TOWNS", "PUBLIC RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Jack Sandlin", "Mike Speedy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/172f28a6-c2db-4e32-85c2-8464ebf8f0e0"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1622"
source_hash: "0312c5dc60a18ed95d0ca1c9a0e599eb827566a222472083eafc181272adfcdf"
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 1622 (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/hb1622/versions/hb1622.04.enrs)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1622/versions/hb1622.03.coms)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1622/versions/hb1622.02.comh)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1622/versions/hb1622.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1622 - Sandlin - 3rd Reading — **45–2** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1622 - Speedy - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
- Mike Speedy — primary (person)
- Jean Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Moed — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Terri Jo Austin — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** Authored by Representative Speedy
- **2017-01-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-20** Senate sponsors: Senators Sandlin and Freeman
- **2017-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 145: yeas 94, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-20** Representative Moed added as coauthor
- **2017-02-20** Representative Austin added as coauthor
- **2017-02-21** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-27** Senator Breaux added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-27** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 320: yeas 45, nays 2 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-29** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-06** Motion to dissent filed
- **2017-04-06** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-10** House conferees appointed: Speedy and Moed
- **2017-04-10** House advisors appointed: Mayfield, Richardson and Austin
- **2017-04-10** Senate advisors appointed: Sandlin, Niezgodski and Freeman
- **2017-04-10** Senate conferees appointed: Walker and Breaux
- **2017-04-19** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2017-04-19** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2017-04-20** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 508: yeas 92, nays 0
- **2017-04-20** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 493: yeas 45, nays 1
- **2017-04-21** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-24** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-26** Public Law 204
- **2017-04-26** 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/172f28a6-c2db-4e32-85c2-8464ebf8f0e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).