republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/sb-195.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Proof of mailing date."
description: "Provides that payment mailed to the county treasurer with metered postage is timely received if: (1) the envelope is properly addressed to the principal office of the county treasurer; (2) the envelope has sufficient metered postage from a meter postage provider approved by the United States Postal Service; (3) the metered postage is affixed to the envelope and bears the actual date of when it was affixed and that date is on or before the due date; and (4) the envelope is received by the county treasurer not later than five business days after the due date. Provides that a taxpayer is subject to a penalty of 5% of the amount of delinquent taxes if a payment to the county treasurer is: (1) mailed or deposited with a parcel carrier by the thirtieth day after the due date (the initial penalty period) and the postmark, certificate of delivery, or other evidence indicates the date of the mailing or deposit; or (2) mailed and affixed with a metered postage stamp indicating a date not later than the thirtieth day after the due date and the payment is received by the county treasurer not later than five business days after the thirtieth day after the due date. Provides that if a payment is mailed and received not later than 30 days after the due date without a legible post mark, the person is considered to have made the payment by the thirtieth day after the due date, if the person can show by reasonable evidence that the payment was timely mailed. Provides that if a payment is mailed or sent by parcel carrier but not received by the thirtieth day after the due date, the person is considered to have made the payment by the thirtieth day after the due date, if the person can show by reasonable evidence that the payment was timely mailed and makes a duplicate payment within 30 days after the person is notified that the payment was not received."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 195"
citation: "Indiana SB 195 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROPERTY TAXES generally", "TREASURERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Barrett", "Dennis Kruse", "Jeff Raatz"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acb8a830-1bf3-4fe6-9f37-54a09a24bc4c"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/195"
source_hash: "fa39d907431e3c12dbc3ae662699928da1c3cdc09b10494a553f3d8a25990d78"
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 SB 195 (2021) — Proof of mailing date.

Provides that payment mailed to the county treasurer with metered postage is timely received if: (1) the envelope is properly addressed to the principal office of the county treasurer; (2) the envelope has sufficient metered postage from a meter postage provider approved by the United States Postal Service; (3) the metered postage is affixed to the envelope and bears the actual date of when it was affixed and that date is on or before the due date; and (4) the envelope is received by the county treasurer not later than five business days after the due date. Provides that a taxpayer is subject to a penalty of 5% of the amount of delinquent taxes if a payment to the county treasurer is: (1) mailed or deposited with a parcel carrier by the thirtieth day after the due date (the initial penalty period) and the postmark, certificate of delivery, or other evidence indicates the date of the mailing or deposit; or (2) mailed and affixed with a metered postage stamp indicating a date not later than the thirtieth day after the due date and the payment is received by the county treasurer not later than five business days after the thirtieth day after the due date. Provides that if a payment is mailed and received not later than 30 days after the due date without a legible post mark, the person is considered to have made the payment by the thirtieth day after the due date, if the person can show by reasonable evidence that the payment was timely mailed. Provides that if a payment is mailed or sent by parcel carrier but not received by the thirtieth day after the due date, the person is considered to have made the payment by the thirtieth day after the due date, if the person can show by reasonable evidence that the payment was timely mailed and makes a duplicate payment within 30 days after the person is notified that the payment was not received.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0195/versions/SB0195.04.ENGH)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0195/versions/SB0195.05.ENRH)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0195/versions/SB0195.01.INTR)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0195/versions/SB0195.03.COMH)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0195/versions/SB0195.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 195 - Barrett - 3rd Reading — **97–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brad Barrett — primary (person)
- Dennis Kruse — primary (person)
- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
- Cherrish Pryor — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Zent — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Rogers — coauthor (person)
- Mike Gaskill — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Authored by Senator Raatz
- **2021-01-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Senator Kruse added as second author
- **2021-01-25** Senators Gaskill and Rogers added as coauthors
- **2021-01-28** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 49: yeas 47, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02** House sponsor: Representative Barrett
- **2021-02-03** Referred to the House
- **2021-03-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15** Amendment #1 (Barrett) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-15** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-15** Representative Pryor added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-16** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 270: yeas 97, nays 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16** Representative Zent added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-17** 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 314: yeas 48, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-22** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-22** Public Law 95

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acb8a830-1bf3-4fe6-9f37-54a09a24bc4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).