republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/sb-156.md

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Bill	Tax sales.	Provides that a person who acquires a certificate of sale (certificate) may not assign the certificate to a person who was not eligible under the tax sale laws to bid on or purchase real property at a tax sale until the person satisfies the eligibility requirements as determined by the county auditor. Requires a person to acknowledge that the person will not assign a certificate for any real property purchased to a person who is prohibited from bidding on or purchasing real property at a tax sale. Requires the county auditor to determine that an assignee of a certificate is eligible to receive the assignment for an assignment to be valid. Provides that assignments of a certificate must be included on the county auditor's tax sale record. Requires the county, the county auditor, or a county vendor to list certain information concerning tax sales on the website of the county, county auditor, or county vendor for a specified period of time. Specifies that a county or a county vendor is not liable for an act or omission related to making information available on a website.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2023	SB 156	Indiana SB 156 (2023)	bill	AUDITS AND AUDITORS LAND AND LANDOWNERS PROPERTY PROPERTY TAXES generally	enacted	Dan Dernulc Harold Slager Rick Niemeyer Rodney Pol	5	27	1	2023-01-09	2023-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/139c28b3-0652-4530-b4b6-27161812a1e4	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/156	e8e27e8469c4dcd76844e5c28a73a4b752516fb5c65bdbc2e3f3c6a5b29a2caa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 156 (2023) — Tax sales.

Provides that a person who acquires a certificate of sale (certificate) may not assign the certificate to a person who was not eligible under the tax sale laws to bid on or purchase real property at a tax sale until the person satisfies the eligibility requirements as determined by the county auditor. Requires a person to acknowledge that the person will not assign a certificate for any real property purchased to a person who is prohibited from bidding on or purchasing real property at a tax sale. Requires the county auditor to determine that an assignee of a certificate is eligible to receive the assignment for an assignment to be valid. Provides that assignments of a certificate must be included on the county auditor's tax sale record. Requires the county, the county auditor, or a county vendor to list certain information concerning tax sales on the website of the county, county auditor, or county vendor for a specified period of time. Specifies that a county or a county vendor is not liable for an act or omission related to making information available on a website.

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

Votes

• SB 156 - Niemeyer - 3rd Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dan Dernulc — primary (person)
• Harold Slager — primary (person)
• Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
• Rodney Pol — primary (person)
• Carolyn Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• Cherrish Pryor — cosponsor (person)
• Karen Engleman — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Mike Gaskill — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-09 Authored by Senator Niemeyer
• 2023-01-09 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-01-17 Senator Dernulc added as second author
• 2023-02-06 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-02-09 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-02-09 Senator Pol added as third author
• 2023-02-09 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2023-02-13 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 100: yeas 49, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-02-13 House sponsor: Representative Slager
• 2023-02-13 Cosponsor: Representative Engleman
• 2023-02-13 Senator Gaskill added as coauthor
• 2023-02-14 Referred to the House referral
• 2023-02-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-03-14 Representative Jackson added as cosponsor
• 2023-03-16 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-03-20 Representative Pryor added as cosponsor
• 2023-03-21 Amendment #1 (Slager) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2023-03-21 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-03-23 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 294: yeas 89, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-03-24 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2023-04-03 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2023-04-04 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 316: yeas 47, nays 1
• 2023-04-06 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2023-04-11 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2023-04-17 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2023-04-20 Public Law 26 became-law
• 2023-04-20 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/139c28b3-0652-4530-b4b6-27161812a1e4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).