---
type: "Bill"
title: "Assumption of care of cemeteries."
description: "Provides that a township or a county may assume maintenance of a cemetery for which it would otherwise not be responsible. Requires a property owner that has a cemetery located on the owner's property to make a reasonable effort to maintain the cemetery. Provides that a township or county that assumes responsibility for maintaining a cemetery may seek reimbursement from the property owner for the cost of maintenance. Provides that a property owner commits a Class C infraction if the property owner fails to maintain the cemetery after the township or county provides two written notices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1090"
citation: "Indiana HB 1090 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CEMETERIES AND DEAD BODIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Cook", "Dennis Kruse", "Eric Koch", "James Buck"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a983bfd1-9ba6-4e9b-9dce-59407404f00a"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1090"
source_hash: "47063b5db8eb26c1cbe83ef204cf785c67e8ad163ae4845a9ab78691332d5ae8"
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 1090 (2020) — Assumption of care of cemeteries.

Provides that a township or a county may assume maintenance of a cemetery for which it would otherwise not be responsible. Requires a property owner that has a cemetery located on the owner's property to make a reasonable effort to maintain the cemetery. Provides that a township or county that assumes responsibility for maintaining a cemetery may seek reimbursement from the property owner for the cost of maintenance. Provides that a property owner commits a Class C infraction if the property owner fails to maintain the cemetery after the township or county provides two written notices.

## 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/2020/bills/HB1090/versions/HB1090.03.ENGH)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1090/versions/HB1090.05.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1090/versions/HB1090.04.COMS)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1090/versions/HB1090.02.COMH)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1090/versions/HB1090.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1090 - Koch - 3rd Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1090 - Cook - 3rd Reading — **63–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anthony Cook — primary (person)
- Dennis Kruse — primary (person)
- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- James Buck — primary (person)
- Donna Schaibley — coauthor (person)
- James Tomes — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald Bacon — coauthor (person)
- Ronald Grooms — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Davisson — coauthor (person)
- Timothy Lanane — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Authored by Representative Cook
- **2020-01-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Representative Bacon added as coauthor
- **2020-01-16** Representative Davisson added as coauthor
- **2020-01-16** Representative Schaibley added as coauthor
- **2020-01-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-21** Amendment #1 (Clere) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2020-01-21** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** Senate sponsor: Senator Koch
- **2020-01-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 72: yeas 63, nays 29 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-28** Referred to the Senate
- **2020-02-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-24** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-24** Senator Buck added as second sponsor
- **2020-02-24** Senator Kruse added as third sponsor
- **2020-02-24** Senators Lanane, Grooms, Tomes added as cosponsors
- **2020-02-24** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2020-02-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 240: yeas 46, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-26** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-03** Motion to concur filed
- **2020-03-04** Signed by the Speaker
- **2020-03-04** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 304: yeas 83, nays 8 `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-30** Public Law 102

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a983bfd1-9ba6-4e9b-9dce-59407404f00a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).