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Bill Mobile home communities and manufactured homes. Provides that, for purposes of the Indiana department of health's enforcement of statutes governing mobile home communities, if the owner of a mobile home community is provided written notice from a water utility that the mobile home community will be disconnected from water service, the mobile home community is in violation of the mobile home community's statutory obligation to provide water as of the date on which the owner is provided the notice. Provides that the owner of the mobile home community and the Indiana department of health must receive written notice at least 30 days before the notice that the water service will be disconnected. Authorizes a court to appoint a receiver upon request by a utility providing electric, gas, water, or wastewater utility service to a mobile home community when the property owner has failed to pay: (A) invoiced utility bills for a period greater than 90 days from the due date; or (B) amounts due under a curative payment plan for a period of at least 60 days from the initial due date prescribed under the payment plan. Specifies that a comprehensive plan or ordinance adopted by a county, city, or town may not categorically preclude installation of all manufactured homes that meet specified requirements as permanent residences on a lot on which any other type of dwelling unit may be placed. Provides units may adopt standards and requirements in the comprehensive plans and ordinances that preclude manufactured homes that exceed 12 feet in width and 500 square feet of occupied space but may not preclude manufactured homes that exceed the standards and requirements in current law of 23 feet in width and 950 square feet of occupied space. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2025 HB 1477 Indiana HB 1477 (2025)
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AGENCIES; Department of Health (IDOH)
CITIES AND TOWNS; Generally
CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Liabilities
Damages
and Penalties
COUNTY GOVERNMENT
TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS
TRANSPORTATION; Mobile and Manufactured Homes
UTILITIES; Water
enacted
Alex Zimmerman
Blake Doriot
4 24 3 2025-01-21 2025-05-01 openstates ocd-bill/293be012-962a-4aef-bb20-ae2187ad5b21 https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1477 0582934b932f977fbc4890d45e9f0daf80893d4534488979b0cbc55af700fc7e 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Indiana HB 1477 (2025) — Mobile home communities and manufactured homes.

Provides that, for purposes of the Indiana department of health's enforcement of statutes governing mobile home communities, if the owner of a mobile home community is provided written notice from a water utility that the mobile home community will be disconnected from water service, the mobile home community is in violation of the mobile home community's statutory obligation to provide water as of the date on which the owner is provided the notice. Provides that the owner of the mobile home community and the Indiana department of health must receive written notice at least 30 days before the notice that the water service will be disconnected. Authorizes a court to appoint a receiver upon request by a utility providing electric, gas, water, or wastewater utility service to a mobile home community when the property owner has failed to pay: (A) invoiced utility bills for a period greater than 90 days from the due date; or (B) amounts due under a curative payment plan for a period of at least 60 days from the initial due date prescribed under the payment plan. Specifies that a comprehensive plan or ordinance adopted by a county, city, or town may not categorically preclude installation of all manufactured homes that meet specified requirements as permanent residences on a lot on which any other type of dwelling unit may be placed. Provides units may adopt standards and requirements in the comprehensive plans and ordinances that preclude manufactured homes that exceed 12 feet in width and 500 square feet of occupied space but may not preclude manufactured homes that exceed the standards and requirements in current law of 23 feet in width and 950 square feet of occupied space.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

  • HB 1477 - Zimmerman - 3rd Reading — 940 (pass) · lower
  • HB 1477 - Zimmerman — 882 (pass) · lower
  • HB 1477 - Doriot - 3rd Reading — 480 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Alex Zimmerman — primary (person)
  • Blake Doriot — primary (person)
  • Doug Miller — coauthor (person)
  • Jennifer Meltzer — coauthor (person)
  • Justin Moed — coauthor (person)
  • Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-21 Coauthored by Representative Miller D
  • 2025-01-21 Authored by Representative Zimmerman
  • 2025-01-21 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2025-02-11 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2025-02-11 Representative Moed added as coauthor
  • 2025-02-13 Representative Meltzer added as coauthor
  • 2025-02-13 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-02-13 Amendment #1 (Zimmerman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2025-02-17 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 184: yeas 94, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2025-02-17 Senate sponsor: Senator Doriot
  • 2025-02-18 Referred to the Senate referral
  • 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2025-03-27 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2025-03-31 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-04-02 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
  • 2025-04-01 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 327: yeas 48, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2025-04-01 Senator Rogers added as cosponsor
  • 2025-04-14 Motion to concur filed filing
  • 2025-04-17 House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 486: yeas 88, nays 2
  • 2025-04-21 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2025-04-22 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2025-04-23 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2025-05-01 Public Law 175 became-law
  • 2025-05-01 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/293be012-962a-4aef-bb20-ae2187ad5b21. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).