republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/sb-389.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Annexation of fire protection district territory."
description: "Provides the following with regard to certain annexations that include property within a fire protection district (district) for which the annexation ordinance was adopted on October 7, 2024, the annexed territory does not exceed 50 acres, and the annexed territory consists of vacant land and not more than one (1) residential property: (1) The annexation is effective at least 30 days after the annexation ordinance is adopted, published, and filed with state and county officials. (Under current law, with certain exceptions, an annexation of property within a district takes effect the second January 1 after the ordinance is adopted and filed with state and county officials.) (2) Exempts the municipality from provisions requiring the municipality to: (A) commence fire protection service to the annexed territory on the ordinance's effective date; and (B) notify the district within 10 days of commencing fire protection service to the annexed territory."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 389"
citation: "Indiana SB 389 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY", "FIREFIGHTERS; Fire Departments and Districts", "HOMELAND SECURITY; Fire Prevention and Building Safety Regulations", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT; Contracts", "Procurements", "and Purchases", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Garten", "Doug Miller", "James Buck"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12db0451-b297-458d-9242-a72c93f8f4eb"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0389"
source_hash: "0322e3f04ac509bf3953885ecca4139ac0ea0bd833e700da216f102a16b7de68"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---

# Indiana SB 389 (2025) — Annexation of fire protection district territory.

Provides the following with regard to certain annexations that include property within a fire protection district (district) for which the annexation ordinance was adopted on October 7, 2024, the annexed territory does not exceed 50 acres, and the annexed territory consists of vacant land and not more than one (1) residential property: (1) The annexation is effective at least 30 days after the annexation ordinance is adopted, published, and filed with state and county officials. (Under current law, with certain exceptions, an annexation of property within a district takes effect the second January 1 after the ordinance is adopted and filed with state and county officials.) (2) Exempts the municipality from provisions requiring the municipality to: (A) commence fire protection service to the annexed territory on the ordinance's effective date; and (B) notify the district within 10 days of commencing fire protection service to the annexed territory.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0389/SB0389.05.ENRH.pdf)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0389/SB0389.01.INTR.pdf)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0389/SB0389.03.COMS.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0389/SB0389.04.COMH.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 389 - Miller D - 3rd Reading — **89–3** (pass) · lower
- SB 389 - Buck - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Garten — primary (person)
- Doug Miller — primary (person)
- James Buck — primary (person)
- Heath VanNatter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Authored by Senator Buck
- **2025-01-13** Senator Garten added as second author
- **2025-01-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2025-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 189: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-02-20** House sponsor: Representative Miller D
- **2025-02-20** Cosponsor: Representative VanNatter
- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-04-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 346: yeas 89, nays 3 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-16** Public Law 79 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12db0451-b297-458d-9242-a72c93f8f4eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).