republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/hb-1030.md

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Bill	Removal of a county elected officer.	Allows a county executive and county fiscal body to adopt identical resolutions to initiate a court action to remove the county's auditor, treasurer, recorder, surveyor, or assessor (county officer) for: (1) neglect of duties; (2) charging illegal fees; or (3) failing to be physically present in the county officer's office for a reasonable amount of time each month. (Under current law, an action for removal of an officer may only be initiated in court on the oath of a person and for a violation described in (1) or (2)). Provides that it is a defense to an action for a violation described in (3) that the county officer's absence was due to serious illness of the county officer or the county officer's spouse, parent, child, or stepchild or military service.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2021	HB 1030	Indiana HB 1030 (2021)	bill	COUNTY GOVERNMENT PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES	enacted	Linda Rogers Mike Aylesworth Rick Niemeyer	5	30	1	2021-01-04	2021-04-29	openstates	ocd-bill/e9357045-c37d-47be-b56b-e453949e3f48	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1030	6e5ef032e0b87184a6af32165357b67fbb8ae5101eb913f46a36e5006783065d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1030 (2021) — Removal of a county elected officer.

Allows a county executive and county fiscal body to adopt identical resolutions to initiate a court action to remove the county's auditor, treasurer, recorder, surveyor, or assessor (county officer) for: (1) neglect of duties; (2) charging illegal fees; or (3) failing to be physically present in the county officer's office for a reasonable amount of time each month. (Under current law, an action for removal of an officer may only be initiated in court on the oath of a person and for a violation described in (1) or (2)). Provides that it is a defense to an action for a violation described in (3) that the county officer's absence was due to serious illness of the county officer or the county officer's spouse, parent, child, or stepchild or military service.

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 (H) (committee substitute) — source
4. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1030 - Niemeyer - 3rd Reading — 48–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Linda Rogers — primary (person)
• Mike Aylesworth — primary (person)
• Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
• Carolyn Jackson — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-04 Authored by Representative Aylesworth
• 2021-01-04 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-02-04 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-02-08 Representative Jackson added as coauthor
• 2021-02-08 Amendment #2 (Saunders) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2021-02-08 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-02-09 Senate sponsor: Senator Niemeyer
• 2021-02-09 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 98: yeas 91, nays 3 passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-10 Referred to the Senate
• 2021-02-23 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-18 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-03-22 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-03-22 Senator Rogers added as second sponsor
• 2021-03-23 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 253: yeas 48, nays 1 passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-24 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2021-03-25 Motion to dissent filed
• 2021-03-30 House dissented from Senate amendments amendment-failure
• 2021-04-05 House conferees appointed: Aylesworth and Jackson
• 2021-04-05 House advisors appointed: Zent, May and Johnson
• 2021-04-06 Senate conferees appointed: Niemeyer and Lanane
• 2021-04-06 Senate advisors appointed: Rogers and Mrvan
• 2021-04-19 CCR # 1 filed in the House
• 2021-04-19 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
• 2021-04-20 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 471: yeas 89, nays 3
• 2021-04-20 Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 461: yeas 39, nays 10
• 2021-04-22 Signed by the Speaker
• 2021-04-23 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2021-04-28 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-04-29 Public Law 169
• 2021-04-29 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e9357045-c37d-47be-b56b-e453949e3f48. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).