---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local government."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local government."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1309"
citation: "Indiana HB 1309 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "State and Local Boards", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Buck", "Karen Engleman", "Vaneta Becker"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d95647c3-5a45-4daf-bbab-25bbd7eba394"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1309"
source_hash: "45358d93bfe8565a9c0b42ef4a0188b99e3892a55dd2e4288418ec0ba0f8bb0e"
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 1309 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and 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/hb1309/versions/hb1309.05.engs)
2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1309/versions/hb1309.03.engh)
3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1309/versions/hb1309.07.enrs)
4. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1309/versions/hb1309.06.enrs)
5. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1309/versions/hb1309.02.comh)
6. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1309/versions/hb1309.04.coms)
7. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1309/versions/hb1309.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1309 - Engleman - 3rd Reading — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1309 - Buck - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- James Buck — primary (person)
- Karen Engleman — primary (person)
- Vaneta Becker — primary (person)
- Cherrish Pryor — coauthor (person)
- Jean Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Richardson — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Saunders — coauthor (person)
- Timothy Lanane — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** Authored by Representative Engleman
- **2018-01-16** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-22** Representatives Saunders and Pryor added as coauthors
- **2018-01-25** Amendment #4 (Engleman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-01-25** Amendment #2 (Pryor) prevailed; Roll Call 54: yeas 95, nays 0 `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-01-25** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-29** Representative Richardson added as coauthor
- **2018-01-29** Senate sponsor: Senator Buck
- **2018-01-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 64: yeas 96, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-30** Referred to the Senate
- **2018-02-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Senator Becker added as second sponsor
- **2018-03-05** Amendment #2 (Lanane) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-05** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Senator Breaux added as cosponsor
- **2018-03-05** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2018-03-06** Pursuant to Senate Rule 35 (c); technical correction committee report adopted
- **2018-03-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 323: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-06** Senator Lanane added as cosponsor
- **2018-03-07** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-07** Motion to concur filed
- **2018-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 350: yeas 94, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-21** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-22** Public Law 197
- **2018-03-22** 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/d95647c3-5a45-4daf-bbab-25bbd7eba394`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).