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type: "Bill"
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title: "Township trustees and budgets."
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description: "Provides that the township board, county executive, and county fiscal body may adopt resolutions to collectively petition a court to remove a township trustee from office for committing certain violations. Requires the township board to meet and adopt the budget even if the township board intends for the most recent annual appropriations and annual tax levy of the township to be continued for the ensuing budget year. Corrects a reference to a provision imposing criminal liability for an officer's failure to file an adopted budget with the department of local government finance. Makes technical corrections."
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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 304"
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citation: "Indiana SB 304 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Harold Slager", "James Tomes", "Rick Niemeyer", "Ron Alting"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-01-10"
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last_action: "2022-03-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17c1cbf4-2945-48d7-b4e0-c41f320b1177"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/304"
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source_hash: "56b70757f9c205183f7b3e7c176b86d3b7ec87b347f1dbc0ccc5c3e687d70c81"
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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 304 (2022) — Township trustees and budgets.
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Provides that the township board, county executive, and county fiscal body may adopt resolutions to collectively petition a court to remove a township trustee from office for committing certain violations. Requires the township board to meet and adopt the budget even if the township board intends for the most recent annual appropriations and annual tax levy of the township to be continued for the ensuing budget year. Corrects a reference to a provision imposing criminal liability for an officer's failure to file an adopted budget with the department of local government finance. Makes technical corrections.
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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. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0304/versions/SB0304.04.ENRH)
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2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0304/versions/SB0304.01.INTR)
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3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0304/versions/SB0304.03.COMH)
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4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0304/versions/SB0304.02.COMS)
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## Votes
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- SB 304 - Slager - 3rd Reading — **88–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Harold Slager — primary (person)
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- James Tomes — primary (person)
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- Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
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- Ron Alting — primary (person)
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- Julie Olthoff — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike Aylesworth — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
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- Sheila Klinker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-10** Authored by Senators Niemeyer and Alting
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- **2022-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-24** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-25** Senator Tomes added as third author
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- **2022-01-25** Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
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- **2022-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 124: yeas 36, nays 12 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-01** House sponsor: Representative Slager
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- **2022-02-01** Cosponsors: Representatives Klinker, Aylesworth, Olthoff
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- **2022-02-02** Referred to the House
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- **2022-02-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-17** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-21** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 257: yeas 88, nays 1 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-23** Returned to the Senate without amendments
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- **2022-03-01** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2022-03-01** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2022-03-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-03-07** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2022-03-07** Public Law 24
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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/17c1cbf4-2945-48d7-b4e0-c41f320b1177`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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