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| Bill | Local government matters. | Provides that individuals who are appointed to certain boards, committees, or other bodies in a county that does not have a consolidated city, serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority as long as: (1) the officeholder who appointed the individual continues to hold the office; or (2) the board, committee, or body that appointed the individual retains all of the same members who served when the individual was appointed. Provides that, in the case of a reorganized political subdivision, the oath of office of the town board of police commissioners is administered by any of the individuals granted notary powers. Staggers the terms of a nine member local board of health. Provides that the county executive, excluding a county containing a consolidated city, may set the salary of a county administrator subject to: (1) salary parameters established; or (2) approval; by the county fiscal body. Provides that each county executive, excluding a county containing a consolidated city and certain employees, shall adopt and maintain a written personnel policy, employee handbook, or equivalent document establishing minimum standards for county employee conduct, performance, and workplace expectations. Requires the executive of a county or municipality (unit) to preapprove any of the following actions of the unit's park and recreation board, if the cost exceeds the lesser of $500,000 or 10% of the park district's annual budget: (1) Exercising eminent domain powers. (2) Entering into a contract. (3) Acquiring real or personal property. (4) Making capital improvements. Adds public defenders to those officials whose home addresses may be restricted from public property data base websites. | us/states/in | Indiana General Assembly | 2026 | HB 1161 | Indiana HB 1161 (2026) |
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Indiana HB 1161 (2026) — Local government matters.
Provides that individuals who are appointed to certain boards, committees, or other bodies in a county that does not have a consolidated city, serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority as long as: (1) the officeholder who appointed the individual continues to hold the office; or (2) the board, committee, or body that appointed the individual retains all of the same members who served when the individual was appointed. Provides that, in the case of a reorganized political subdivision, the oath of office of the town board of police commissioners is administered by any of the individuals granted notary powers. Staggers the terms of a nine member local board of health. Provides that the county executive, excluding a county containing a consolidated city, may set the salary of a county administrator subject to: (1) salary parameters established; or (2) approval; by the county fiscal body. Provides that each county executive, excluding a county containing a consolidated city and certain employees, shall adopt and maintain a written personnel policy, employee handbook, or equivalent document establishing minimum standards for county employee conduct, performance, and workplace expectations. Requires the executive of a county or municipality (unit) to preapprove any of the following actions of the unit's park and recreation board, if the cost exceeds the lesser of $500,000 or 10% of the park district's annual budget: (1) Exercising eminent domain powers. (2) Entering into a contract. (3) Acquiring real or personal property. (4) Making capital improvements. Adds public defenders to those officials whose home addresses may be restricted from public property data base websites.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
- House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
- House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
- Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- HB 1161 - Clark - 3rd Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
- HB 1161 - Lawson - 3rd Reading — 90–0 (pass) · lower
- HB 1161 - Lawson — 93–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Brett Clark — primary (person)
- Ethan Lawson — primary (person)
- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
- Alex Zimmerman — coauthor (person)
- Jennifer Meltzer — coauthor (person)
- Justin Moed — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
reading-1, referral-committee - 2026-01-05 Coauthored by Representative Zimmerman
- 2026-01-05 Representative Meltzer added as coauthor
- 2026-01-05 Authored by Representative Lawson
- 2026-01-13 Representative Moed added as coauthor
- 2026-01-13 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
committee-passage - 2026-01-15 Second reading: ordered engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-01-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 58: yeas 90, nays 0
passage, reading-3, reading-3 - 2026-01-20 Senate sponsor: Senator Clark
- 2026-01-21 Referred to the Senate
referral - 2026-01-26 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
reading-1, referral-committee - 2026-02-05 Senator Bohacek added as second sponsor
- 2026-02-12 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
committee-passage - 2026-02-16 Second reading: ordered engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-17 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 180: yeas 45, nays 0
passage, reading-3, reading-3 - 2026-02-18 Motion to concur filed
filing - 2026-02-19 House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 297: yeas 93, nays 1
- 2026-02-18 Returned to the House with amendments
receipt - 2026-02-23 Signed by the Speaker
passage - 2026-02-24 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
passage - 2026-02-25 Signed by the President of the Senate
passage - 2026-02-26 Signed by the Governor
executive-signature - 2026-02-26 Public Law 40
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e02a8f70-f4fa-4f9a-b14d-4a8c9eb41ad9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).