---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appraiser statute of limitations."
description: "Provides with regard to an appraisal or appraisal service performed after June 30, 2026, a civil action against a licensed or certified real estate appraiser or registered appraisal management company must be commenced not later than five years after the appraisal service date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1429"
citation: "Indiana HB 1429 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Statute of Limitations", "REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS", "BROKERS", "AND SALESPERSONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Ben Smaltz", "Eric Koch", "Scott Alexander"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13e2f56f-5fa4-4ff4-82b4-c26baf27f5d3"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1429"
source_hash: "d978754ad64616a90902077e3068fac2c246b6a2c2c5af74ff3abb78a4aaa648"
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 1429 (2026) — Appraiser statute of limitations.

Provides with regard to an appraisal or appraisal service performed after June 30, 2026, a civil action against a licensed or certified real estate appraiser or registered appraisal management company must be commenced not later than five years after the appraisal service date.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1429/HB1429.04.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1429/HB1429.03.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1429/HB1429.02.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1429/HB1429.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1429 - Smaltz - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1429 - Alexander - 3rd Reading — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Ben Smaltz — primary (person)
- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- Scott Alexander — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** Authored by Representative Smaltz
- **2026-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 111: yeas 95, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-01-28** Senate sponsors: Senators Alexander, Koch, Freeman
- **2026-01-29** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2026-02-02** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-09** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 153: yeas 49, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-11** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
- **2026-02-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-24** Public Law 35 `became-law`
- **2026-02-24** 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/13e2f56f-5fa4-4ff4-82b4-c26baf27f5d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).