---
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: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1155"
citation: "Indiana HB 1155 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTY GOVERNMENT", "WATER generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Rodric Bray", "Woody Burton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-08"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47eb8017-afdd-4969-bf1a-d41083376c86"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1155"
source_hash: "8ad2d977351710517ac87a8cd5d5ff7f07dd6c8bc422c972758e7ee4ddb0488a"
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 1155 (2018) — 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. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1155/versions/hb1155.03.engh)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1155/versions/hb1155.05.enrs)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1155/versions/hb1155.04.coms)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1155/versions/hb1155.02.comh)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1155/versions/hb1155.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1155 - Bray - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1155 - Burton - 3rd Reading — **90–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- Rodric Bray — primary (person)
- Woody Burton — primary (person)
- Doug Miller — coauthor (person)
- Jean Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- John Young — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-08** Authored by Representative Burton
- **2018-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-30** Amendment #1 (Burton) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-01-30** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-31** Senate sponsor: Senator Bray
- **2018-01-31** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 101: yeas 90, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-31** Representative Miller added as coauthor
- **2018-02-01** Referred to the Senate
- **2018-02-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** Senator Doriot added as second sponsor
- **2018-03-01** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-05** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Senator Breaux added as cosponsor
- **2018-03-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 314: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-06** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-08** Representative Young J added as coauthor
- **2018-03-08** Motion to concur filed
- **2018-03-08** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 354: yeas 68, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-14** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-19** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-19** Public Law 139
- **2018-03-19** 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/47eb8017-afdd-4969-bf1a-d41083376c86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).