republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2017/hb-1144.md

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Bill	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government and to make an appropriation.	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government and to make an appropriation.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2017	HB 1144	Indiana HB 1144 (2017)	bill	RAILROADS	enacted	Brandt Hershman Harold Slager Karen Tallian Rick Niemeyer	5	42	2	2017-01-05	2017-04-28	openstates	ocd-bill/133cfd0b-03cf-43c2-b105-5c58bb054075	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1144	20e58ac9cbc5189552f5de0bbda92ebea308581af59565a7b4348a40260bd198	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1144 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government and to make an appropriation.

Version chain

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

1. Engrossed House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
3. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1144 - Niemeyer - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · legislature
• HB 1144 - Slager - 3rd Reading — 84–8 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Brandt Hershman — primary (person)
• Harold Slager — primary (person)
• Karen Tallian — primary (person)
• Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
• Blake Doriot — cosponsor (person)
• Charles Moseley — coauthor (person)
• Daniel Leonard — coauthor (person)
• Dave Heine — coauthor (person)
• David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
• Earl Harris — coauthor (person)
• Ed Charbonneau — cosponsor (person)
• Eddie Melton — cosponsor (person)
• Edmond Soliday — coauthor (person)
• Frank Mrvan — cosponsor (person)
• Holli Sullivan — coauthor (person)
• Jim Pressel — coauthor (person)
• Joseph Zakas — cosponsor (person)
• Julie Olthoff — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Mara Candelaria Reardon — coauthor (person)
• Mike Braun — coauthor (person)
• Mike Bohacek — cosponsor (person)
• Peggy Mayfield — coauthor (person)
• Robert Cherry — coauthor (person)
• Ryan Mishler — cosponsor (person)
• Sally Siegrist — coauthor (person)
• Scott Pelath — coauthor (person)
• Sharon Negele — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-05 Authored by Representative Slager
• 2017-01-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Representatives Leonard, Siegrist, Candelaria Reardon added as coauthors
• 2017-02-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2017-02-22 Amendment #1 (Dvorak) failed; Roll Call 195: yeas 37, nays 55 amendment-failure
• 2017-02-22 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-23 Rule 105.1 suspended
• 2017-02-23 Representatives Heine, Braun, Harris, Cherry, Sullivan, Mayfield, Negele, Olthoff, Pressel, Soliday added as coauthors
• 2017-02-23 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 219: yeas 84, nays 8 reading-3, passage
• 2017-02-23 Senate sponsors: Senators Niemeyer, Hershman and Tallian
• 2017-02-23 Representative Pelath added as coauthor
• 2017-02-23 Representative Moseley added as coauthor
• 2017-02-24 Referred to the Senate
• 2017-02-27 First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-03-06 Senator Melton added as cosponsor
• 2017-03-13 Senator Charbonneau added as cosponsor
• 2017-03-13 Senator Mishler added as cosponsor
• 2017-03-23 Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
• 2017-03-28 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2017-03-30 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2017-04-04 Amendment #1 (Tallian) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2017-04-04 Amendment #2 (Tallian) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2017-04-04 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2017-04-06 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 412: yeas 48, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-06 Senators Zakas and Bohacek added as cosponsors
• 2017-04-06 Senators Doriot and Mrvan added as cosponsors
• 2017-04-06 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2017-04-10 Motion to dissent filed
• 2017-04-10 House dissented from Senate amendments amendment-failure
• 2017-04-11 House conferees appointed: Slager and Pelath
• 2017-04-11 House advisors appointed: Soliday, Heine, Olthoff, Pressel, Bauer, Candelaria Reardon, Dvorak, Harris and Moseley
• 2017-04-11 Senate conferees appointed: Niemeyer and Tallian
• 2017-04-11 Senate advisors appointed: Hershman, Niezgodski, Charbonneau, Melton and Mishler
• 2017-04-20 CCR # 1 filed in the House
• 2017-04-20 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
• 2017-04-21 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 521: yeas 96, nays 4
• 2017-04-21 Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 510: yeas 49, nays 1
• 2017-04-26 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-04-27 Signed by the Speaker
• 2017-04-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2017-04-28 Public Law 248
• 2017-04-28 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/133cfd0b-03cf-43c2-b105-5c58bb054075. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).