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