republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/hb-1158.md

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Bill	County contracts.	Provides that for counties other than Marion County, contracts entered into by the county (including contracts executed by county elected officers) must meet certain requirements. Allows the county executive to adopt an ordinance that delegates authority to other county elected officers and employees to approve contracts. Requires county elected officers to have certain contracts: (1) executed by the county executive; or (2) submitted for review by the county attorney and county executive. Provides that if the county attorney advises the county executive that a contract of a county elected officer does not comply with state law or the public purchasing or bidding laws, the county executive may disapprove the contract. Allows the county executive to void a contract if a county officer fails to comply with the review process.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	HB 1158	Indiana HB 1158 (2024)	bill	COUNTY GOVERNMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT; County Sheriffs' Departments LOCAL GOVERNMENT; Contracts Procurements and Purchases	enacted	Chris Garten Matt Lehman Travis Holdman	6	26	3	2024-01-08	2024-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/b039ee0f-5d0a-4cac-8a1b-1850188c96e3	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1158	526ebb805a961541673e3b20f95b07ad9905adb4cd953a7212eeb7783b1ed559	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1158 (2024) — County contracts.

Provides that for counties other than Marion County, contracts entered into by the county (including contracts executed by county elected officers) must meet certain requirements. Allows the county executive to adopt an ordinance that delegates authority to other county elected officers and employees to approve contracts. Requires county elected officers to have certain contracts: (1) executed by the county executive; or (2) submitted for review by the county attorney and county executive. Provides that if the county attorney advises the county executive that a contract of a county elected officer does not comply with state law or the public purchasing or bidding laws, the county executive may disapprove the contract. Allows the county executive to void a contract if a county officer fails to comply with the review process.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• HB 1158 - Holdman - 3rd Reading — 47–2 (pass) · upper
• HB 1158 - Lehman - 3rd Reading — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1158 - Lehman — 91–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chris Garten — primary (person)
• Matt Lehman — primary (person)
• Travis Holdman — primary (person)
• Alex Zimmerman — coauthor (person)
• Blake Johnson — coauthor (person)
• Chris May — coauthor (person)
• Gregory Steuerwald — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-08 Authored by Representative Lehman
• 2024-01-16 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-01-18 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-18 Amendment #1 (Meltzer) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-01-18 Amendment #2 (Zimmerman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-01-22 Senate sponsors: Senators Holdman and Garten
• 2024-01-22 Rule 105.1 suspended
• 2024-01-22 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 20: yeas 94, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-01-22 Representatives May, Steuerwald, Johnson, Zimmerman added as coauthors
• 2024-01-23 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2024-01-25 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-27 Amendment #1 (Holdman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-02-27 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-27 Amendment #2 (Holdman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-02-27 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2024-02-29 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 219: yeas 47, nays 2 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-03-01 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2024-03-05 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2024-03-05 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 278: yeas 91, nays 0
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2024-03-12 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-13 Public Law 139 became-law
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-13 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b039ee0f-5d0a-4cac-8a1b-1850188c96e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).