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type: "Bill"
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title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning property."
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description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning property."
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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: "SB 478"
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citation: "Indiana SB 478 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["EASEMENTS", "LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL; LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY", "PROPERTY", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "Telephone", "Television", "Radio", "and Internet", "UTILITIES", "STUDY COMMITTEES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Eric Koch", "James Merritt", "Matt Lehman"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-01-12"
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last_action: "2017-04-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b521620-4172-4642-88d4-dd4584fced58"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/478"
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source_hash: "8a8f5f6a3d17045e11272959b16450bd86220478e634f1770c6163680085f3f1"
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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 SB 478 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning property.
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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 Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0478/versions/sb0478.03.engs)
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2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0478/versions/sb0478.05.engh)
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3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0478/versions/sb0478.06.enrh)
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4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0478/versions/sb0478.01.intr)
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5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0478/versions/sb0478.04.comh)
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6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0478/versions/sb0478.02.coms)
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## Votes
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- SB 478 - Koch - 3rd Reading — **48–2** (pass) · legislature
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- SB 478 - Lehman - 3rd Reading — **95–2** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Eric Koch — primary (person)
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- James Merritt — primary (person)
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- Matt Lehman — primary (person)
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- Andy Zay — coauthor (person)
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- Dale DeVon — cosponsor (person)
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- David Ober — cosponsor (person)
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- Dennis Kruse — coauthor (person)
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- Ed Charbonneau — coauthor (person)
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- Erin Houchin — coauthor (person)
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- Jean Leising — coauthor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
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- Sharon Negele — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy Lanane — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-12** Authored by Senator Koch
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- **2017-01-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-13** Senator Merritt added as second author
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- **2017-02-16** Senator Lanane added as coauthor
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- **2017-02-16** Senator Leising added as coauthor
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- **2017-02-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2017-02-23** Senator Charbonneau added as coauthor
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- **2017-02-27** Amendment #3 (Koch) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
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- **2017-02-27** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-27** Senator Houchin added as coauthor
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- **2017-02-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 237: yeas 48, nays 2 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2017-02-28** House sponsor: Representative Ober
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- **2017-02-28** Cosponsors: Representatives Negele and DeVon
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- **2017-02-28** Senator Kruse added as coauthor
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- **2017-02-28** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
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- **2017-03-01** Referred to the House
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- **2017-03-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-28** Representative Ober removed as sponsor
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- **2017-03-28** Representative Lehman added as sponsor
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- **2017-03-28** Representative Ober added as cosponsor
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- **2017-04-03** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2017-04-05** Amendment #2 (Hatfield) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
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- **2017-04-05** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-04-05** Motion to divide the question on Amendment #1 (Pierce) prevailed; Roll Call 395: yeas 61, nays 31 `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
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- **2017-04-05** Amendment #1 (Ober) Question 1 [Sec. 17] failed; voice vote `amendment-failure`
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- **2017-04-05** Amendment #1 (Ober) Question 2 [Sec. 18] prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
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- **2017-04-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 418: yeas 95, nays 2 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2017-04-07** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
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- **2017-04-10** Motion to dissent filed
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- **2017-04-10** Senate conferees appointed: Koch and Stoops
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- **2017-04-10** Senate advisors appointed: Merritt, Lanane and Zay
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- **2017-04-10** Senate dissented from House amendments `amendment-failure`
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- **2017-04-11** House advisors appointed: Lehman, Bacon, Cherry and Pierce
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- **2017-04-11** House conferees appointed: Ober and Hatfield
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- **2017-04-12** Representative Negele added as advisor
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- **2017-04-13** Senator Zay added as coauthor
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- **2017-04-20** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
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- **2017-04-20** CCR # 1 filed in the House
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- **2017-04-20** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 513: yeas 96, nays 2
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- **2017-04-21** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2017-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2017-04-21** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 497: yeas 49, nays 1
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- **2017-04-25** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2017-04-28** Public Law 236
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- **2017-04-28** 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/1b521620-4172-4642-88d4-dd4584fced58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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