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type: "Bill"
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title: "Town fiscal management."
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description: "Changes the population point that distinguishes a second class city from a third class city from 35,000 to 34,000. Authorizes a town with a population of more than 34,000 to create the office of town controller, appointed by the town legislative body."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 163"
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citation: "Indiana SB 163 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CITIES AND TOWNS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gregory Steuerwald", "John Crane", "Michael Young"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-01-04"
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last_action: "2022-03-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07c8d6fd-1e0d-4838-88be-29801d188ad3"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/163"
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source_hash: "236d2433b63b503683869b7a2d7e63978e8577e72d3629a795bcdfa7fb3bffc1"
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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 163 (2022) — Town fiscal management.
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Changes the population point that distinguishes a second class city from a third class city from 35,000 to 34,000. Authorizes a town with a population of more than 34,000 to create the office of town controller, appointed by the town legislative body.
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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/2022/bills/SB0163/versions/SB0163.05.ENGH)
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2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0163/versions/SB0163.03.ENGS)
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3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0163/versions/SB0163.06.ENRH)
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4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0163/versions/SB0163.01.INTR)
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5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0163/versions/SB0163.04.COMH)
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6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0163/versions/SB0163.02.COMS)
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## Votes
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- SB 163 - Young M - 3rd Reading — **41–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)
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- John Crane — primary (person)
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- Michael Young — primary (person)
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- Julie Olthoff — cosponsor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-04** Authored by Senator Young M
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- **2022-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-18** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-20** Amendment #1 (Young M) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
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- **2022-01-20** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 54: yeas 41, nays 6 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-01-24** Senator Crane added as second author
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- **2022-01-24** House sponsor: Representative Steuerwald
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- **2022-01-25** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
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- **2022-01-26** Referred to the House
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- **2022-01-31** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-17** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-17** Representative Olthoff added as cosponsor
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- **2022-02-21** Amendment #1 (Steuerwald) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
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- **2022-02-21** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 254: yeas 92, nays 1 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-23** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
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- **2022-02-28** Motion to concur filed
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- **2022-03-02** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 320: yeas 46, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
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- **2022-03-07** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2022-03-09** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2022-03-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-03-10** Public Law 56
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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/07c8d6fd-1e0d-4838-88be-29801d188ad3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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