republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/hb-1166.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tax representatives and assessor competency."
description: "Provides that certified level two assessor-appraisers and certified level three assessor-appraisers may serve as tax representatives under certain circumstances. Provides that a taxpayer may submit a written complaint to the department of local government finance if the taxpayer has reason to believe the assessing official failed to adhere to Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice or does not have the necessary competency to perform the assessment. Provides that notice of a taxpayer's right to submit a written complaint must be included on the taxpayer's notice of assessment or reassessment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1166"
citation: "Indiana HB 1166 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ASSESSORS", "PROPERTY TAXES", "Assessments", "Notices", "and Penalties", "TAXES generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edmond Soliday", "Erin Houchin", "Linda Rogers", "Travis Holdman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2021-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8c8b5b6-5256-4494-b982-d433d5fc5407"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1166"
source_hash: "071fc36cec6528450d0fb62f64ffa1a8bb616379913cbe5642815d1ac628fcd9"
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 1166 (2021) — Tax representatives and assessor competency.

Provides that certified level two assessor-appraisers and certified level three assessor-appraisers may serve as tax representatives under certain circumstances. Provides that a taxpayer may submit a written complaint to the department of local government finance if the taxpayer has reason to believe the assessing official failed to adhere to Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice or does not have the necessary competency to perform the assessment. Provides that notice of a taxpayer's right to submit a written complaint must be included on the taxpayer's notice of assessment or reassessment.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1166/versions/HB1166.04.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1166/versions/HB1166.05.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1166/versions/HB1166.02.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1166/versions/HB1166.03.COMS)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1166/versions/HB1166.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1166 - Holdman - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edmond Soliday — primary (person)
- Erin Houchin — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Travis Holdman — primary (person)
- Chris Judy — coauthor (person)
- Chris May — coauthor (person)
- Dave Heine — coauthor (person)
- David Abbott — coauthor (person)
- Eric Koch — cosponsor (person)
- Harold Slager — coauthor (person)
- J.D. Prescott — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Aylesworth — coauthor (person)
- Robert Cherry — coauthor (person)
- Sheila Klinker — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-07** Coauthored by Representatives Heine and Aylesworth
- **2021-01-07** Authored by Representative Soliday
- **2021-01-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-08** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09** Representatives Abbott D, Judy, May, Slager, Cherry, Prescott, Klinker added as coauthors
- **2021-02-09** Rule 105.1 suspended
- **2021-02-11** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 105: yeas 71, nays 22 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-11** Senate sponsors: Senators Holdman and Houchin
- **2021-02-12** Referred to the Senate
- **2021-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Senator Rogers added as third sponsor
- **2021-04-06** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06** Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2021-04-06** Committee report: Pursuant to Senate Rule 66(b); approved by Rules Committee as amended by Senate Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
- **2021-04-08** Amendment #2 (Walker G) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Amendment #1 (Niemeyer) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Senator Koch added as cosponsor
- **2021-04-13** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 408: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-14** Motion to dissent filed
- **2021-04-14** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-14** House conferees appointed: Soliday and Pryor
- **2021-04-14** House advisors appointed: Abbott, Heine, Harris and Klinker
- **2021-04-19** Senate conferees appointed: Holdman and Lanane
- **2021-04-19** Senate advisors appointed: Houchin and Qaddoura
- **2021-04-21** Representative Heine removed as advisor
- **2021-04-21** Representative Pryor removed as conferee
- **2021-04-21** Representative Heine added as conferee
- **2021-04-21** Senator Lanane removed as conferee
- **2021-04-21** Senator Rogers added as conferee
- **2021-04-21** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2021-04-21** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2021-04-22** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 503: yeas 68, nays 29
- **2021-04-22** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 496: yeas 38, nays 11
- **2021-04-23** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-28** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-28** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-29** Public Law 178

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8c8b5b6-5256-4494-b982-d433d5fc5407`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).