republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/sb-525.md

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Bill	Annexation.	Allows the Town of Plainfield in Hendricks County (town) to annex a noncontiguous residential development that meets certain requirements. Provides that the annexation is initiated by: (1) the homeowner's association board petitioning the town legislative body for annexation of the residential development; and (2) the town legislative body adopting a resolution approving initiation of the annexation process. Provides that the town may not do the following: (1) Use the annexation territory to annex additional territory. (2) Annex additional territory within the unincorporated area extending 1/2 mile from the boundaries of the annexation territory, unless the annexation is with the consent of all of the landowners within the area to be annexed. (3) Annex, under any type of annexation, within the area that extends from the boundary of the 1/2 mile area to the town. Provides that the town's redevelopment commission may only enact a housing tax increment financing district in Liberty Township in Hendricks County if the district is approved by a resolution passed by the Mill Creek School Corporation.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	SB 525	Indiana SB 525 (2025)	bill	ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY CITIES AND TOWNS; Generally COUNTIES; Hendricks EDUCATION; Local School Boards LAW ENFORCEMENT; County Sheriffs' Departments LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS; Sheriffs PROPERTY; Homeowners Associations (HOAs) SCHOOLS; Generally	enacted	Aaron Freeman Andrew Ireland Cyndi Carrasco	6	32	4	2025-01-16	2025-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/d467989c-b3d6-4384-bd26-b7721eb96fc1	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0525	b50d7435f28db99564d7b70c2c94635ee5e2a329115429c2913fa2e6eeb75b4d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 525 (2025) — Annexation.

Allows the Town of Plainfield in Hendricks County (town) to annex a noncontiguous residential development that meets certain requirements. Provides that the annexation is initiated by: (1) the homeowner's association board petitioning the town legislative body for annexation of the residential development; and (2) the town legislative body adopting a resolution approving initiation of the annexation process. Provides that the town may not do the following: (1) Use the annexation territory to annex additional territory. (2) Annex additional territory within the unincorporated area extending 1/2 mile from the boundaries of the annexation territory, unless the annexation is with the consent of all of the landowners within the area to be annexed. (3) Annex, under any type of annexation, within the area that extends from the boundary of the 1/2 mile area to the town. Provides that the town's redevelopment commission may only enact a housing tax increment financing district in Liberty Township in Hendricks County if the district is approved by a resolution passed by the Mill Creek School Corporation.

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 525 - Ireland — 85–7 (pass) · lower
• SB 525 - Buck — 45–2 (pass) · upper
• SB 525 - Carrasco - 3rd Reading — 33–15 (pass) · upper
• SB 525 - Ireland - 3rd Reading — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
• Andrew Ireland — primary (person)
• Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Steve Bartels — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-16 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-16 Authored by Senators Carrasco and Freeman
• 2025-02-11 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-02-17 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2025-02-18 Amendment #3 (Freeman) prevailed; Division of the Senate: yeas 34, nays 12 amendment-passage
• 2025-02-18 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 212: yeas 33, nays 15 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-02-21 Referred to the House referral
• 2025-02-20 House sponsor: Representative Ireland
• 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-04-03 Representative Bartels added as cosponsor
• 2025-04-08 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-04-14 Amendment #1 (Genda) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2025-04-14 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-04-15 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 457: yeas 96, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-04-16 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2025-04-21 Senate dissented from House amendments
• 2025-04-21 House conferees appointed: Ireland and Gore
• 2025-04-21 House advisors appointed: Bartels, Lucas and Moseley
• 2025-04-21 Motion to dissent filed filing
• 2025-04-22 Representative Steuerwald added as advisor
• 2025-04-22 Senate advisors appointed: Jackson L and Carrasco
• 2025-04-22 Senate conferees appointed: Buck and Taylor G
• 2025-04-23 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
• 2025-04-23 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 496: yeas 45, nays 2
• 2025-04-23 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing
• 2025-04-23 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 535: yeas 85, nays 7
• 2025-04-24 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-04-29 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2025-05-06 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-06 Public Law 211 became-law
• 2025-04-24 Signed by the Speaker passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d467989c-b3d6-4384-bd26-b7721eb96fc1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).