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type: "Bill"
title: "Fire protection territories."
description: "Provides that the procedure for adopting an ordinance or resolution to establish a fire protection territory (territory) applies to expanding an existing territory. Provides that an ordinance or resolution establishing or expanding a territory must include an agreement as to the disposition of the territory's property when a participating unit withdraws or the territory is dissolved. Specifies that with regard to an ordinance or resolution to establish or expand a territory, the unit must hold three separate public hearings to hear public comment regarding the proposed territory before adoption of the ordinance or resolution, with the last public hearing held not later than 10 days before the ordinance or resolution is adopted. Establishes residency requirements for members of a joint executive board of a territory."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1065"
citation: "Indiana HB 1065 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Tomes", "Peggy Mayfield", "Rick Niemeyer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b180dae-654b-4bb5-8b5c-0e8ced2406c6"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1065"
source_hash: "7a1b96688c97c9398cf254ec13d51a3e73d23caf4894aeba6cf52b128ea7d5fa"
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 1065 (2021) — Fire protection territories.
Provides that the procedure for adopting an ordinance or resolution to establish a fire protection territory (territory) applies to expanding an existing territory. Provides that an ordinance or resolution establishing or expanding a territory must include an agreement as to the disposition of the territory's property when a participating unit withdraws or the territory is dissolved. Specifies that with regard to an ordinance or resolution to establish or expand a territory, the unit must hold three separate public hearings to hear public comment regarding the proposed territory before adoption of the ordinance or resolution, with the last public hearing held not later than 10 days before the ordinance or resolution is adopted. Establishes residency requirements for members of a joint executive board of a territory.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1065/versions/HB1065.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1065/versions/HB1065.02.COMH)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1065/versions/HB1065.03.COMS)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1065/versions/HB1065.01.INTR)
## Votes
- HB 1065 - Mayfield - 3rd Reading — **950** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- James Tomes — primary (person)
- Peggy Mayfield — primary (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Randall Frye — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-04** Coauthored by Representative Frye R
- **2021-01-04** Authored by Representative Mayfield
- **2021-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-08** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09** Senate sponsor: Senator Niemeyer
- **2021-02-09** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 100: yeas 95, nays 0 `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`
- **2021-03-08** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-11** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-15** Senator Tomes added as second sponsor
- **2021-03-15** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 218: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-16** Returned to the House without amendments
- **2021-03-23** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-03-25** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-03-31** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-01** Public Law 14
- **2021-04-01** 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/9b180dae-654b-4bb5-8b5c-0e8ced2406c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).