republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/sb-164.md

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Bill	St. Joseph County innkeeper's tax.	Provides that the innkeeper's tax board of managers (board of managers) shall support and assist the Potawatomi Zoo to secure bonds up to a term of 20 years to pay costs associated with financing projects for the Potawatomi Zoo. Authorizes the county fiscal body to adopt an ordinance to increase the tax rate to not more than 8% on a person renting or furnishing lodging accommodations in St. Joseph County. (Under current law, the tax rate is 6%.) Provides that if the county fiscal body adopts an ordinance to increase the tax rate, the county fiscal body must specify the effective date that the ordinance takes effect and immediately send a certified copy of the ordinance to the commissioner of the department of state revenue. Creates the Morris Performing Arts Center fund, which shall be administered by the board of managers. Creates the tourism capital investment fund, which shall be administered by the board of managers. Establishes an application process to award investment money to projects that have a substantial likelihood of increasing overnight guests in the hotel motel industry of St. Joseph County. Specifies the amount of tax revenue that the county treasurer shall deposit in the: (1) convention and exhibition center fund; (2) Mishawaka indoor sports complex fund; (3) Potawatomi Zoo fund; (4) Morris Performing Arts Center fund; and (5) tourism capital investment fund.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2021	SB 164	Indiana SB 164 (2021)	bill	INNKEEPERS AND INNKEEPERS' TAXES ST. JOSEPH COUNTY	enacted	Dale DeVon David Niezgodski Linda Rogers Ryan Mishler	5	28	1	2021-01-04	2021-04-19	openstates	ocd-bill/a3353c76-5880-4294-8f92-dbd629662af9	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/164	3befcb9e0c2df2edfa78430006ac295b713ca855ec917ffbbf194beab485ec43	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 164 (2021) — St. Joseph County innkeeper's tax.

Provides that the innkeeper's tax board of managers (board of managers) shall support and assist the Potawatomi Zoo to secure bonds up to a term of 20 years to pay costs associated with financing projects for the Potawatomi Zoo. Authorizes the county fiscal body to adopt an ordinance to increase the tax rate to not more than 8% on a person renting or furnishing lodging accommodations in St. Joseph County. (Under current law, the tax rate is 6%.) Provides that if the county fiscal body adopts an ordinance to increase the tax rate, the county fiscal body must specify the effective date that the ordinance takes effect and immediately send a certified copy of the ordinance to the commissioner of the department of state revenue. Creates the Morris Performing Arts Center fund, which shall be administered by the board of managers. Creates the tourism capital investment fund, which shall be administered by the board of managers. Establishes an application process to award investment money to projects that have a substantial likelihood of increasing overnight guests in the hotel motel industry of St. Joseph County. Specifies the amount of tax revenue that the county treasurer shall deposit in the: (1) convention and exhibition center fund; (2) Mishawaka indoor sports complex fund; (3) Potawatomi Zoo fund; (4) Morris Performing Arts Center fund; and (5) tourism capital investment fund.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 164 - DeVon - 3rd Reading — 74–16 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dale DeVon — primary (person)
• David Niezgodski — primary (person)
• Linda Rogers — primary (person)
• Ryan Mishler — primary (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Maureen Bauer — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-04 Authored by Senator Bray
• 2021-01-04 First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-01-28 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-01-28 Senator Bray removed as author
• 2021-01-28 Senator Mishler added as author
• 2021-02-01 Senator Mishler removed as author
• 2021-02-01 Senator Niezgodski added as author
• 2021-02-01 Senator Mishler added as second author
• 2021-02-02 Senator Rogers added as third author
• 2021-02-09 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-02-11 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-02-15 House sponsor: Representative DeVon
• 2021-02-15 Cosponsor: Representative Bauer M
• 2021-02-15 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 107: yeas 31, nays 15 passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-16 Referred to the House
• 2021-03-01 First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-16 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-03-18 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-03-22 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 281: yeas 74, nays 16 passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-23 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
• 2021-03-29 Motion to concur filed
• 2021-04-01 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 311: yeas 39, nays 9 amendment-failure
• 2021-04-01 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2021-04-12 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2021-04-13 Signed by the Speaker
• 2021-04-19 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-04-19 Public Law 69
• 2021-04-19 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a3353c76-5880-4294-8f92-dbd629662af9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).