republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/hb-1262.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Outdoor advertising signs."
description: "Establishes procedures for the valuation of an outdoor advertising sign (sign) that cannot be elevated or relocated to a conforming location within the market area due to a change along the interstate and primary system or any other highway. Requires the Indiana department of transportation to provide written notice to the representative of a sign owner that a project has been planned that may impact the sign at least 12 months prior to the filing of an eminent domain action for the sign. Provides that an owner is entitled to full and just compensation for the taking of a sign in the amount of the fair market value of the interests associated with the sign. In Marion County, allows the: (1) board of directors (board) of an agricultural fair society, association, or corporation; or (2) the county legislative body; that owns or operates a county fairgrounds to place one digital billboard at a location on the county fairgrounds selected by the board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1262"
citation: "Indiana HB 1262 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISEMENTS", "EMINENT DOMAIN", "INDIANAPOLIS", "TRANSPORTATION", "Department of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Crider", "Philip Boots", "Robert Cherry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d40ada70-4de6-485e-bb16-dddfe1f42138"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1262"
source_hash: "129389a47de923c3f34b5286c58cd472b38a9f9fb6f5d6500e3c074b14892004"
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 1262 (2022) — Outdoor advertising signs.

Establishes procedures for the valuation of an outdoor advertising sign (sign) that cannot be elevated or relocated to a conforming location within the market area due to a change along the interstate and primary system or any other highway. Requires the Indiana department of transportation to provide written notice to the representative of a sign owner that a project has been planned that may impact the sign at least 12 months prior to the filing of an eminent domain action for the sign. Provides that an owner is entitled to full and just compensation for the taking of a sign in the amount of the fair market value of the interests associated with the sign. In Marion County, allows the: (1) board of directors (board) of an agricultural fair society, association, or corporation; or (2) the county legislative body; that owns or operates a county fairgrounds to place one digital billboard at a location on the county fairgrounds selected by the board.

## 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/2022/bills/HB1262/versions/HB1262.04.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1262/versions/HB1262.05.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1262/versions/HB1262.02.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1262/versions/HB1262.03.COMS)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1262/versions/HB1262.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1262 - Cherry - 3rd Reading — **85–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Philip Boots — primary (person)
- Robert Cherry — primary (person)
- Jim Pressel — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Morris — coauthor (person)
- Terri Jo Austin — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-10** Coauthored by Representative Austin
- **2022-01-10** Authored by Representative Cherry
- **2022-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Representative Austin removed as coauthor
- **2022-01-13** Representatives Pressel and Austin added as coauthors
- **2022-01-20** Representative Morris added as coauthor
- **2022-01-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-24** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-25** Senate sponsors: Senators Crider and Boots
- **2022-01-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 82: yeas 85, nays 4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-26** Referred to the Senate
- **2022-02-02** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2022-02-28** Amendment #3 (Crider) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Amendment #2 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 303: yeas 37, nays 11 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-02** Motion to concur filed
- **2022-03-02** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 329: yeas 66, nays 24 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-04** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-07** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-11** Public Law 97
- **2022-03-11** Signed by the President of the Senate

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d40ada70-4de6-485e-bb16-dddfe1f42138`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).