---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1288"
citation: "Indiana HB 1288 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SMALL BUSINESSES", "CONSUMER CREDIT AND PROTECTION (including UCCC)", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Niezgodski", "Jeff Raatz", "Jerry Torr", "Victoria Spartz"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/036214bb-01bb-497b-a053-4170c7690801"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1288"
source_hash: "b88f5a9809550fb944761770937c602e0284be21cda14bbf9becfa74a278a60a"
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 1288 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration.

## 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/2018/bills/hb1288/versions/hb1288.05.engs)
2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1288/versions/hb1288.03.engh)
3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1288/versions/hb1288.06.enrs)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1288/versions/hb1288.02.comh)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1288/versions/hb1288.04.coms)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1288/versions/hb1288.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1288 - Torr - 3rd Reading — **91–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1288 - Raatz - 3rd Reading — **50–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- David Niezgodski — primary (person)
- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
- Jerry Torr — primary (person)
- Victoria Spartz — primary (person)
- Jim Pressel — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Mara Candelaria Reardon — coauthor (person)
- Robert Morris — coauthor (person)
- Terri Jo Austin — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** Authored by Representative Torr
- **2018-01-16** First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Representative Candelaria Reardon added as coauthor
- **2018-01-23** Representative Morris added as coauthor
- **2018-01-25** Representative Pressel added as coauthor
- **2018-01-25** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-31** Amendment #1 (Torr) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-01-31** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05** Senate sponsors: Senators Raatz, Spartz and Niezgodski
- **2018-02-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 164: yeas 91, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-05** Rule 105.1 suspended
- **2018-02-05** Representative Austin added as coauthor
- **2018-02-06** Referred to the Senate
- **2018-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-22** Amendment #1 (Raatz) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-22** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-26** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 258: yeas 50, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-28** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-12** Motion to concur filed
- **2018-03-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-13** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 369: yeas 83, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-14** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-19** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-19** Public Law 146
- **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/036214bb-01bb-497b-a053-4170c7690801`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).