republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/sb-190.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled projects."
description: "Amends the definition of a \"controlled project\" to exclude projects exclusively for engineering, land and right-of-way acquisition, construction, resurfacing, maintenance, restoration, and rehabilitation of: (1) local road and street systems; (2) arterial road and street systems; and (3) any combination of local and arterial road and street systems; including bridges that are designated as being in a road and street system. Provides that the restrictions on supporting a position on a controlled project apply to any political subdivision that has assessed value within the same taxing district as the political subdivision proposing the project. Provides that nothing shall prevent another political subdivision that has assessed value within the same taxing district as the political subdivision from adopting a resolution or taking a position on a local public question."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 190"
citation: "Indiana SB 190 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC WORKS AND IMPROVEMENTS; PUBLIC BUILDINGS; PUBLIC PROPERTY", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erin Houchin", "Jeffrey Thompson", "Travis Holdman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f025ef45-35d0-4fce-84fd-e43c359791e9"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/190"
source_hash: "d2f701d593f9dcc17a700c6ff5e8a764c2a73281482dc54e8b0b671c4675a6c3"
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 SB 190 (2020) — Controlled projects.

Amends the definition of a "controlled project" to exclude projects exclusively for engineering, land and right-of-way acquisition, construction, resurfacing, maintenance, restoration, and rehabilitation of: (1) local road and street systems; (2) arterial road and street systems; and (3) any combination of local and arterial road and street systems; including bridges that are designated as being in a road and street system. Provides that the restrictions on supporting a position on a controlled project apply to any political subdivision that has assessed value within the same taxing district as the political subdivision proposing the project. Provides that nothing shall prevent another political subdivision that has assessed value within the same taxing district as the political subdivision from adopting a resolution or taking a position on a local public question.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0190/versions/SB0190.04.ENGH)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0190/versions/SB0190.05.ENRH)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0190/versions/SB0190.01.INTR)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0190/versions/SB0190.03.COMH)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0190/versions/SB0190.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 190 - Thompson - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 190 - Holdman - 3rd Reading — **39–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Erin Houchin — primary (person)
- Jeffrey Thompson — primary (person)
- Travis Holdman — primary (person)
- Greg Taylor — coauthor (person)
- Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-06** Authored by Senator Holdman
- **2020-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-23** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-23** Senator Houchin added as second author
- **2020-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 73: yeas 39, nays 11 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-28** House sponsor: Representative Thompson
- **2020-01-28** Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
- **2020-01-28** Senator Taylor G added as coauthor
- **2020-01-29** Referred to the House
- **2020-02-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Amendment #2 (Thompson) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-02** Amendment #1 (Thompson) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-02** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 276: yeas 94, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-04** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-04** Motion to dissent filed
- **2020-03-04** Senate dissented from House amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-04** House conferees appointed: Thompson and Pryor
- **2020-03-04** House advisors appointed: Goodrich, Karickhoff, Hamilton and Wright
- **2020-03-05** Senate conferees appointed: Holdman and Taylor G
- **2020-03-05** Senate advisors appointed: Houchin and Ford J.D.
- **2020-03-09** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2020-03-09** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2020-03-10** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 343: yeas 93, nays 0
- **2020-03-10** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 357: yeas 29, nays 19
- **2020-03-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2020-03-16** Signed by the Speaker
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Public Law 60

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f025ef45-35d0-4fce-84fd-e43c359791e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).