---
type: "Bill"
title: "Homeowners association matters."
description: "Allows, if certain conditions are met, a homeowners association to increase a budget, without a quorum, in an amount not to exceed 110% of the amount of the last approved budget, within five years after the first sale of a lot or unit from a developer to a person not associated with the developer. Prohibits a homeowners association from charging a fee associated with any service provided by the homeowners association. Allows, if certain conditions are met, a homeowners association to increase an annual budget without a quorum in an amount that does not exceed the lesser of: (1) 105% of the last approved budget; or (2) the average increase of the Consumer Price Index for housing in the Midwest for the prior 12 months. Prohibits a homeowners association from adopting or enforcing a regulation, rule, or other policy that prohibits a person from maintaining an amateur radio antenna. Specifies that a homeowners association may not prohibit or restrict a person from operating a Class I child care home or providing certain child care if the person resides within and owns, rents, or leases the single family residence where child care services are provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1152"
citation: "Indiana HB 1152 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS; Child Care Programs", "PROPERTY; Homeowners Associations (HOAs)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ethan Lawson", "Kyle Walker", "Linda Rogers", "Scott Alexander"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-05"
last_action: "2026-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ddbf3df-3961-4830-8755-eb372774fd3c"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1152"
source_hash: "ca78e978fd520261a01467980ec885eb574673d1f9b38d1512a57a957353f9c1"
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 1152 (2026) — Homeowners association matters.

Allows, if certain conditions are met, a homeowners association to increase a budget, without a quorum, in an amount not to exceed 110% of the amount of the last approved budget, within five years after the first sale of a lot or unit from a developer to a person not associated with the developer. Prohibits a homeowners association from charging a fee associated with any service provided by the homeowners association. Allows, if certain conditions are met, a homeowners association to increase an annual budget without a quorum in an amount that does not exceed the lesser of: (1) 105% of the last approved budget; or (2) the average increase of the Consumer Price Index for housing in the Midwest for the prior 12 months. Prohibits a homeowners association from adopting or enforcing a regulation, rule, or other policy that prohibits a person from maintaining an amateur radio antenna. Specifies that a homeowners association may not prohibit or restrict a person from operating a Class I child care home or providing certain child care if the person resides within and owns, rents, or leases the single family residence where child care services are provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1152/HB1152.04.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1152/HB1152.05.ENRS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1152/HB1152.03.COMS.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1152/HB1152.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1152 - Lawson — **81–2** (pass) · lower
- HB 1152 - Lawson - 3rd Reading — **87–1** (pass) · lower
- HB 1152 - Walker K - 3rd Reading — **41–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ethan Lawson — primary (person)
- Kyle Walker — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Scott Alexander — primary (person)
- Doug Miller — coauthor (person)
- Timothy O'Brien — coauthor (person)
- Victoria Garcia Wilburn — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-05** Coauthored by Representatives Miller D, O'Brien
- **2026-01-05** Authored by Representative Lawson
- **2026-01-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** Representative Zimmerman added as coauthor
- **2026-01-12** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-13** Representative Zimmerman removed as coauthor
- **2026-01-13** Representative Garcia Wilburn added as coauthor
- **2026-01-15** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 57: yeas 87, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-01-20** Senate sponsors: Senators Walker K, Rogers, Alexander
- **2026-01-21** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2026-01-26** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-17** Amendment #4 (Rogers) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-17** Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-17** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Amendment #3 (Walker K) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-19** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 201: yeas 41, nays 4 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-20** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2026-02-24** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2026-02-25** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-25** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 362: yeas 81, nays 2
- **2026-02-26** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-03** Public Law 53 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ddbf3df-3961-4830-8755-eb372774fd3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).