---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning taxation."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning taxation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1320"
citation: "Indiana HB 1320 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC FUNDS", "PROPERTY TAXES generally", "LAND AND LANDOWNERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harold Slager", "Rick Niemeyer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f98f5521-d1f8-4ac2-8c2a-3813f835d5ba"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1320"
source_hash: "89be48de5d6a9355e82dc3c928fb30046fc48d3b964aae824489371b69b1cdb2"
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 1320 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning taxation.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1320/versions/hb1320.04.engs)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1320/versions/hb1320.05.enrs)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1320/versions/hb1320.03.coms)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1320/versions/hb1320.02.comh)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1320/versions/hb1320.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1320 - Niemeyer - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1320 - Slager - 3rd Reading — **91–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Harold Slager — primary (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
- Cherrish Pryor — coauthor (person)
- Doug Miller — coauthor (person)
- Greg Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** Authored by Representative Slager
- **2018-01-16** First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** Representative Pryor added as coauthor
- **2018-01-30** Representative Miller added as coauthor
- **2018-01-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-01** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 158: yeas 91, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-05** Senate sponsor: Senator Niemeyer
- **2018-02-06** Referred to the Senate
- **2018-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Civil Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Senator Taylor G added as cosponsor
- **2018-03-01** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2018-03-05** Amendment #1 (Zakas) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-05** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 327: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-06** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-07** Motion to dissent filed
- **2018-03-07** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-07** Senate advisors appointed: Messmer, Randolph Lonnie M and Glick
- **2018-03-07** Senate conferees appointed: Niemeyer and Taylor G
- **2018-03-08** House conferees appointed: Slager and Pryor
- **2018-03-08** House advisors appointed: Smith M, Engleman and Harris
- **2018-03-13** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2018-03-13** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2018-03-13** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 376: yeas 98, nays 0
- **2018-03-14** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-14** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-14** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 395: yeas 49, nays 0
- **2018-03-20** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-21** Public Law 187
- **2018-03-21** 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/f98f5521-d1f8-4ac2-8c2a-3813f835d5ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).