republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/sb-409.md

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Bill	Township matters.	Makes changes to the information required in the township's annual report. Requires the township trustee to annually certify and note on the township budget submitted to the department of local government finance's computer gateway that the township's uniform written standards for township assistance have been filed with the board of county commissioners. Allows a township trustee to be appointed as a director of a county building authority. Provides that a township is not required to publish the portion of its annual abstract of receipts and expenditures that provides statements of: (1) receipts, showing their source; and (2) expenditures, showing the combined gross payment, according to classification of expense, to each person. Provides that the abstract must state that a complete abstract containing the statements described in (1) and (2) is filed with and available for public inspection in the county auditor's office. Aligns the township trustee's maintenance duties regarding township cemeteries with the township trustee's maintenance duties as to other cemeteries maintained by the township.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2021	SB 409	Indiana SB 409 (2021)	bill	CEMETERIES AND DEAD BODIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS	enacted	Eric Koch Harold Slager Linda Rogers Rick Niemeyer	6	36	1	2021-01-25	2021-04-29	openstates	ocd-bill/ae277408-e9cc-462e-8efe-78021aa84baf	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/409	aaec9a2e7637f8784b90c3f0c596e85d68f632bf9f4db73920455b3983954ca1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 409 (2021) — Township matters.

Makes changes to the information required in the township's annual report. Requires the township trustee to annually certify and note on the township budget submitted to the department of local government finance's computer gateway that the township's uniform written standards for township assistance have been filed with the board of county commissioners. Allows a township trustee to be appointed as a director of a county building authority. Provides that a township is not required to publish the portion of its annual abstract of receipts and expenditures that provides statements of: (1) receipts, showing their source; and (2) expenditures, showing the combined gross payment, according to classification of expense, to each person. Provides that the abstract must state that a complete abstract containing the statements described in (1) and (2) is filed with and available for public inspection in the county auditor's office. Aligns the township trustee's maintenance duties regarding township cemeteries with the township trustee's maintenance duties as to other cemeteries maintained by the township.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 409 - Niemeyer - 3rd Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Eric Koch — primary (person)
• Harold Slager — primary (person)
• Linda Rogers — primary (person)
• Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
• Julie Olthoff — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Mike Aylesworth — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-25 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-01-25 Authored by Senator Niemeyer
• 2021-02-11 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-02-16 Senator Rogers added as second author
• 2021-02-18 Amendment #1 (Niemeyer) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2021-02-18 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-02-22 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2021-02-22 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 164: yeas 49, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-22 House sponsor: Representative Slager
• 2021-02-22 Cosponsors: Representatives Aylesworth and Olthoff
• 2021-02-23 Referred to the House
• 2021-03-04 First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-04-01 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-04-06 Amendment #1 (Slager) prevailed; Roll Call 362: yeas 51, nays 43 amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2021-04-06 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-04-08 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 379: yeas 63, nays 25 passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-09 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
• 2021-04-12 Motion to dissent filed
• 2021-04-12 Senate dissented from House amendments amendment-failure
• 2021-04-13 House conferees appointed: Slager and Campbell
• 2021-04-13 House advisors appointed: Goodrich, Aylesworth, Hatcher and Moed
• 2021-04-13 Senate conferees appointed: Niemeyer and Randolph Lonnie M
• 2021-04-13 Senate advisors appointed: Rogers and Taylor G
• 2021-04-14 Representative Hatcher removed as advisor
• 2021-04-14 Representative Campbell removed as conferee
• 2021-04-14 Representative Hatcher added as conferee
• 2021-04-15 Senator Koch added as third author
• 2021-04-21 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
• 2021-04-21 CCR # 1 filed in the House
• 2021-04-21 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 484: yeas 49, nays 0
• 2021-04-21 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 500: yeas 90, nays 0
• 2021-04-23 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2021-04-28 Signed by the Speaker
• 2021-04-28 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-04-29 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2021-04-29 Public Law 162

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ae277408-e9cc-462e-8efe-78021aa84baf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).