republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/sb-238.md

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Bill	Innkeeper's tax.	Authorizes Jefferson County to impose its innkeeper's tax at a rate of 8% (instead of 5% under current law). Provides that, if the tax rate is increased to more than 5%, the portion of the tax rate that exceeds 5% expires on December 31, 2045. Authorizes Elkhart County to impose its innkeeper's tax at a rate of 8% (instead of 5% under current law). Provides that, if the tax rate is increased to more than 5%, the portion of the tax rate that exceeds 5% expires on December 31, 2045. Authorizes Knox County to impose its innkeeper's tax at a rate of 8% (instead of 6% under current law). Provides that, if the tax rate is increased to more than 6%, the portion of the tax rate that exceeds 6% expires on December 31, 2045.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	SB 238	Indiana SB 238 (2024)	bill	COUNTIES; Elkhart COUNTIES; Jefferson COUNTIES; Knox TAXES; Innkeeper's Taxes	enacted	Alex Zimmerman Chris Garten Randy Maxwell	6	33	4	2024-01-10	2024-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/9b8f7989-575a-4484-88b8-fe0c20be1432	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0238	5e91834e35cc121a6421294077b26b3e6c01a3ee0c95f8cd6bcd34f5b61b3f1d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 238 (2024) — Innkeeper's tax.

Authorizes Jefferson County to impose its innkeeper's tax at a rate of 8% (instead of 5% under current law). Provides that, if the tax rate is increased to more than 5%, the portion of the tax rate that exceeds 5% expires on December 31, 2045. Authorizes Elkhart County to impose its innkeeper's tax at a rate of 8% (instead of 5% under current law). Provides that, if the tax rate is increased to more than 5%, the portion of the tax rate that exceeds 5% expires on December 31, 2045. Authorizes Knox County to impose its innkeeper's tax at a rate of 8% (instead of 6% under current law). Provides that, if the tax rate is increased to more than 6%, the portion of the tax rate that exceeds 6% expires on December 31, 2045.

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 238 - Zimmerman - 3rd Reading — 67–23 (pass) · lower
• SB 238 - Zimmerman — 75–21 (pass) · lower
• SB 238 - Maxwell - 3rd Reading — 38–11 (pass) · upper
• SB 238 - Garten — 41–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alex Zimmerman — primary (person)
• Chris Garten — primary (person)
• Randy Maxwell — primary (person)
• Doug Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Joanna King — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Karickhoff — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Authored by Senator Maxwell
• 2024-01-10 First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-01-25 Amendment #1 (Maxwell) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-01-25 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-29 Senator Garten added as second author
• 2024-01-29 House sponsor: Representative Zimmerman
• 2024-01-29 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 52: yeas 38, nays 11 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-01-31 Referred to the House referral
• 2024-02-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-22 Representatives Karickhoff, King, Miller D added as cosponsors
• 2024-02-27 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-27 Amendment #2 (Thompson) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-02-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 239: yeas 67, nays 23 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2024-02-29 Senate advisors appointed: Randolph Lonnie M and Maxwell
• 2024-02-29 House conferees appointed: Zimmerman and Harris
• 2024-02-29 House advisors appointed: Karickhoff, King, Cherry and Andrade
• 2024-02-29 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2024-02-29 Motion to dissent filed filing
• 2024-02-29 Concurrence withdrawn withdrawal
• 2024-02-29 Senate dissented from House amendments
• 2024-02-29 Senate conferees appointed: Garten and Hunley
• 2024-03-07 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing
• 2024-03-07 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 325: yeas 75, nays 21
• 2024-03-07 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
• 2024-03-12 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2024-03-08 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 310: yeas 41, nays 7
• 2024-03-08 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-13 Public Law 121 became-law
• 2024-03-13 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9b8f7989-575a-4484-88b8-fe0c20be1432. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).