---
type: "Bill"
title: "PTABOA appointments."
description: "Amends the eligibility requirements for service as a member on all county property tax assessment boards of appeal (PTABOA) to provide that any member appointed to the PTABOA must be a resident of Indiana for the entirety of the member's term. Provides that the term of an individual serving as a member on a PTABOA on June 30, 2025, who is not a resident of Indiana, expires July 1, 2025. Requires the appropriate county appointing authority to appoint the individual's successor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 187"
citation: "Indiana SB 187 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "AND COUNCILS; Generally", "COUNTY GOVERNMENT", "TAXES; Property Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Dernulc", "Julie Olthoff", "Rick Niemeyer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28c00730-e320-43bb-a95c-07abff1d6eb1"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0187"
source_hash: "9810cef94251d991440ea5415f243ea3a2e43e296465b6a7a87d279b2b9786d3"
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 SB 187 (2025) — PTABOA appointments.

Amends the eligibility requirements for service as a member on all county property tax assessment boards of appeal (PTABOA) to provide that any member appointed to the PTABOA must be a resident of Indiana for the entirety of the member's term. Provides that the term of an individual serving as a member on a PTABOA on June 30, 2025, who is not a resident of Indiana, expires July 1, 2025. Requires the appropriate county appointing authority to appoint the individual's successor.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0187/SB0187.04.ENRH.pdf)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0187/SB0187.01.INTR.pdf)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0187/SB0187.02.COMS.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0187/SB0187.03.COMH.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 187 - Dernulc - 3rd Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 187 - Olthoff - 3rd Reading — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Dernulc — primary (person)
- Julie Olthoff — primary (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
- Harold Slager — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Mike Aylesworth — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Authored by Senator Dernulc
- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2025-01-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
- **2025-02-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 69: yeas 50, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2025-02-04** Senator Niemeyer added as second author
- **2025-02-04** Cosponsor: Representative Slager
- **2025-02-04** House sponsor: Representative Olthoff
- **2025-02-06** Representative Aylesworth added as cosponsor
- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Reassigned to Committee on Local Government
- **2025-03-25** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 332: yeas 90, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
- **2025-04-01** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-16** Public Law 73 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28c00730-e320-43bb-a95c-07abff1d6eb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).