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---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning telecommunications."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning telecommunications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1626"
citation: "Indiana HB 1626 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "Telephone", "Television", "Radio", "and Internet", "STUDY COMMITTEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric Koch", "Jean Leising", "Mark Messmer", "Sharon Negele"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4dcda8e-0a1c-4b9c-8e95-b6187f3119f8"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1626"
source_hash: "10c834474e164b27d9b7c2f5a47997edc08e7d57d956ac21b53d7dca0d8931b2"
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 HB 1626 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning telecommunications.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1626/versions/hb1626.03.engh)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1626/versions/hb1626.05.enrs)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1626/versions/hb1626.02.comh)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1626/versions/hb1626.04.coms)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1626/versions/hb1626.01.intr)
## Votes
- HB 1626 - Messmer - 3rd Reading — **470** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1626 - Negele - 3rd Reading — **930** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- Jean Leising — primary (person)
- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
- Sharon Negele — primary (person)
- David Ober — coauthor (person)
- Karlee Macer — coauthor (person)
- Mark Stoops — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Pierce — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-24** Authored by Representative Negele
- **2017-01-24** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Representative Speedy added as coauthor
- **2017-02-06** Representatives Macer and Pierce added as coauthors
- **2017-02-07** Representative Speedy removed as coauthor
- **2017-02-07** Representative Ober added as coauthor
- **2017-02-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-20** Amendment #1 (Ober) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-20** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** Senate sponsors: Senators Messmer and Leising
- **2017-02-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 186: yeas 93, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-22** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-27** Senator Koch added as third sponsor
- **2017-03-27** Senator Stoops added as cosponsor
- **2017-04-04** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-04-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 403: yeas 47, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-06** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-06** Returned to the House without amendments
- **2017-04-10** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-11** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-12** Public Law 33
- **2017-04-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4dcda8e-0a1c-4b9c-8e95-b6187f3119f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).