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| Bill | Various property tax matters. | Provides that a county board or assessing official shall not enter a property to conduct a physical inspection without first receiving the permission of the taxpayer to enter the property. Provides that under specific circumstances, that an individual may serve as a tax representative of any taxpayer concerning property subject to property taxes. Changes the expiration date for the county option circuit breaker tax credit. Describes elements that must be included in a report that must be prepared by the department of local government finance and presented to an interim study committee regarding automated valuation systems. | us/states/in | Indiana General Assembly | 2026 | SB 163 | Indiana SB 163 (2026) |
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Indiana SB 163 (2026) — Various property tax matters.
Provides that a county board or assessing official shall not enter a property to conduct a physical inspection without first receiving the permission of the taxpayer to enter the property. Provides that under specific circumstances, that an individual may serve as a tax representative of any taxpayer concerning property subject to property taxes. Changes the expiration date for the county option circuit breaker tax credit. Describes elements that must be included in a report that must be prepared by the department of local government finance and presented to an interim study committee regarding automated valuation systems.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Engrossed Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
- Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SB 163 - Snow - 3rd Reading — 94–0 (pass) · lower
- SB 163 - Rogers — 46–0 (pass) · upper
- SB 163 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Brian Buchanan — primary (person)
- Craig Snow — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Travis Holdman — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
- Doug Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Fady Qaddoura — coauthor (person)
- James Buck — coauthor (person)
- Kyle Walker — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Mike Gaskill — coauthor (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — coauthor (person)
- Rodney Pol — coauthor (person)
- Scott Baldwin — coauthor (person)
- Timothy O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
reading-1, referral-committee - 2026-01-05 Authored by Senator Rogers
- 2026-01-06 Senator Buchanan added as second author
- 2026-01-15 Senators Doriot, Baldwin, Qaddoura, Randolph added as coauthors
- 2026-01-20 Senator Pol added as coauthor
- 2026-01-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
committee-passage - 2026-01-22 Senator Holdman added as third author
- 2026-01-22 Senators Gaskill, Niemeyer, Walker K added as coauthors
- 2026-01-27 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-01-27 Amendment #2 (Rogers) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-passage - 2026-01-28 Senator Buck added as coauthor
- 2026-01-28 Cosponsors: Representatives O'Brien, Miller D
- 2026-01-28 House sponsor: Representative Snow
- 2026-01-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 120: yeas 48, nays 0
passage, reading-3, reading-3 - 2026-01-29 Referred to the House
referral - 2026-02-02 First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
reading-1, referral-committee - 2026-02-17 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
committee-passage - 2026-02-19 Second reading: ordered engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-23 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 304: yeas 94, nays 0
passage, reading-3, reading-3 - 2026-02-24 Returned to the Senate with amendments
receipt - 2026-02-24 Motion to concur filed
filing - 2026-02-25 Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 277: yeas 46, nays 0
- 2026-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
passage - 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate
passage - 2026-02-27 Signed by the Speaker
passage - 2026-03-05 Public Law 114
became-law - 2026-03-05 Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/33c5dbc4-f89d-4faa-aabb-a6fa6d5f5860. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).