republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/sb-59.md

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Bill	Notice of annexation outreach meetings.	Requires a municipality to mail notice of the date, time, and location of annexation outreach meetings to: (1) the county executive of each county; (2) the township executive of each township; and (3) any plan commission; in which the annexation territory is located.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	SB 59	Indiana SB 59 (2026)	bill	ADVERTISEMENTS AND NOTICES ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY CITIES AND TOWNS; Generally COUNTY GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT; Generally ZONING AND PLANNING	enacted	Dan Dernulc Daryl Schmitt Harold Slager Rick Niemeyer	4	21	2	2025-12-08	2026-02-24	openstates	ocd-bill/fd7d2cd7-8031-49d2-b37e-0bb61c7e0469	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0059	94e3a35e8ed7c2385e24e4187cadb5fab1d3a806e051de9b6f0f25a3876288ba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 59 (2026) — Notice of annexation outreach meetings.

Requires a municipality to mail notice of the date, time, and location of annexation outreach meetings to: (1) the county executive of each county; (2) the township executive of each township; and (3) any plan commission; in which the annexation territory is located.

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. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 59 - Slager - 3rd Reading — 89–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 59 - Niemeyer - 3rd Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dan Dernulc — primary (person)
• Daryl Schmitt — primary (person)
• Harold Slager — primary (person)
• Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
• Julie Olthoff — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Aylesworth — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-12-08 Authored by Senator Niemeyer
• 2026-01-08 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-12 Senator Dernulc added as second author
• 2026-01-12 Amendment #1 (Niemeyer) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-01-12 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-13 Cosponsors: Representatives Olthoff, Aylesworth
• 2026-01-13 House sponsor: Representative Slager
• 2026-01-13 Senator Schmitt added as third author
• 2026-01-13 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 20: yeas 49, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-14 Referred to the House referral
• 2026-01-20 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-12 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-16 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 248: yeas 89, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-17 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-02-17 Returned to the Senate without amendments receipt
• 2026-02-18 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-02-23 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-02-24 Public Law 10 became-law
• 2026-02-24 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fd7d2cd7-8031-49d2-b37e-0bb61c7e0469. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).