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type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1256"
citation: "Indiana HB 1256 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "Redevelopment and Renovation of Urban Areas"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chip Perfect", "Randy Lyness", "Ronald Grooms"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b288d45e-8e36-46f0-b06f-b08070d49479"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1256"
source_hash: "8e53d6564b0e518bda4249a0493c32c1106f80921bb21b35b56a65da4e7588d1"
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 1256 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government.
## 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/hb1256/versions/hb1256.04.engs)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1256/versions/hb1256.05.enrs)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1256/versions/hb1256.03.coms)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1256/versions/hb1256.02.comh)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1256/versions/hb1256.01.intr)
## Votes
- HB 1256 - Lyness - 3rd Reading — **930** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1256 - Perfect - 3rd Reading — **490** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Chip Perfect — primary (person)
- Randy Lyness — primary (person)
- Ronald Grooms — primary (person)
- Edward Clere — coauthor (person)
- Jean Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Moed — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-11** Authored by Representative Lyness
- **2018-01-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-31** Representative Moed added as coauthor
- **2018-02-01** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05** Senate sponsor: Senator Perfect
- **2018-02-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 166: yeas 93, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-06** Referred to the Senate
- **2018-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Senator Grooms added as second sponsor
- **2018-03-05** Amendment #1 (Grooms) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-05** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Senator Breaux added as cosponsor
- **2018-03-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 321: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-06** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-08** Motion to dissent filed
- **2018-03-08** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-08** Representative Clere added as coauthor
- **2018-03-08** House advisors appointed: Clere, Mahan, Saunders and Pryor
- **2018-03-08** House conferees appointed: Lyness and Moed
- **2018-03-12** Senate conferees appointed: Perfect and Breaux
- **2018-03-12** Senate advisors appointed: Grooms, Niezgodski and Buck
- **2018-03-14** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2018-03-14** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2018-03-14** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 393: yeas 97, nays 0
- **2018-03-14** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 413: yeas 47, nays 0
- **2018-03-15** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-19** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-20** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-21** Public Law 183
- **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/b288d45e-8e36-46f0-b06f-b08070d49479`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).