republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/hb-1464.md

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Bill	Business law.	Provides that the secretary of state (secretary) may remove a name or assumed name from its entity filing records if a name or assumed name falsely indicates or implies that the domestic filing entity or the foreign filing entity is, or is connected with, a government agency of this state, another state, or the United States. Expands what qualifies as an emergency as it relates to shareholder meetings. Sets forth the actions a corporation may take to address an emergency, including postponing a meeting or conducting a meeting by means of remote communication. Provides that a nonprofit corporation may hold meetings by means of remote communication, if provided for in the nonprofit corporation's bylaws. Allows a public corporation governed by IC 23-1 to elect not to have a staggered board system if the board of directors adopts a bylaw expressly electing not to. Provides that trademark filings shall be submitted electronically to the secretary.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2021	HB 1464	Indiana HB 1464 (2021)	bill	BOARDS AND BOARD MEMBERSHIP CORPORATIONS SECRETARY OF STATE	enacted	Andy Zay Martin Carbaugh Travis Holdman	4	20	1	2021-01-14	2021-04-29	openstates	ocd-bill/a6de327f-d851-4fd2-bc40-d8f4b4e3978b	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1464	aa26291704722fa419fd1cfb70a54a9655bda27043b0f1b4cfdb3c241f2d2d8d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1464 (2021) — Business law.

Provides that the secretary of state (secretary) may remove a name or assumed name from its entity filing records if a name or assumed name falsely indicates or implies that the domestic filing entity or the foreign filing entity is, or is connected with, a government agency of this state, another state, or the United States. Expands what qualifies as an emergency as it relates to shareholder meetings. Sets forth the actions a corporation may take to address an emergency, including postponing a meeting or conducting a meeting by means of remote communication. Provides that a nonprofit corporation may hold meetings by means of remote communication, if provided for in the nonprofit corporation's bylaws. Allows a public corporation governed by IC 23-1 to elect not to have a staggered board system if the board of directors adopts a bylaw expressly electing not to. Provides that trademark filings shall be submitted electronically to the secretary.

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
3. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1464 - Zay - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Andy Zay — primary (person)
• Martin Carbaugh — primary (person)
• Travis Holdman — primary (person)
• Robert Heaton — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-14 Coauthored by Representative Heaton
• 2021-01-14 Authored by Representative Carbaugh
• 2021-01-14 First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-02-02 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-02-04 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-02-08 Senate sponsors: Senators Zay and Holdman
• 2021-02-08 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 91: yeas 93, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-09 Referred to the Senate
• 2021-02-23 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-11 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-03-15 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-03-16 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 234: yeas 48, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-17 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2021-04-06 Motion to concur filed
• 2021-04-08 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 393: yeas 86, nays 0 amendment-failure
• 2021-04-13 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 206
• 2021-04-29 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a6de327f-d851-4fd2-bc40-d8f4b4e3978b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).