republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1315.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Home warranties and regulation of residential structures."
description: "Allows a builder to disclaim implied warranties for a new home that is first occupied by a person renting the home as a residence from the initial home buyer. Allows a builder to disclaim implied warranties on a model home in the same manner as a home that is first occupied as a residence. Prohibits regulation of a mobile home, a manufactured home, or an industrialized residential structure on private property (other than within a mobile home community) based on age. Allows the owner of a legal, nonconforming residential structure on private property that is damaged or destroyed to replace or repair the structure without losing legal nonconforming use status as long as the structure continues to be used for residential purposes. Provides that a comprehensive plan and ordinance in a county (other than Marion County) may not preclude the installation of manufactured homes that exceed a certain width (in addition to a certain square footage) as permanent residences on a lot on which any other type of dwelling unit may be placed. Provides that after June 30, 2023, a mobile home, a manufactured home, or an industrialized residential structure is not considered a new home or model home subject to the provisions concerning home warranties. Prohibits a county, city, or town from exercising its planning and zoning authority in a way that differentiates between fraternity and sorority houses on the sole basis of whether the fraternity or sorority is officially approved or recognized by the college or university."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1315"
citation: "Indiana HB 1315 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL ACTIONS", "Liabilities and Damages", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "Colleges and Universities", "HOUSING", "ZONING AND PLANNING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doug Miller", "Scott Baldwin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5788d73a-0a00-41b7-9930-eba7839c21bd"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1315"
source_hash: "37420e8e856ac1eac737daa7f6ef71546eb9ff84499f6e47ae0b4fab91ef51b1"
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 1315 (2023) — Home warranties and regulation of residential structures.

Allows a builder to disclaim implied warranties for a new home that is first occupied by a person renting the home as a residence from the initial home buyer. Allows a builder to disclaim implied warranties on a model home in the same manner as a home that is first occupied as a residence. Prohibits regulation of a mobile home, a manufactured home, or an industrialized residential structure on private property (other than within a mobile home community) based on age. Allows the owner of a legal, nonconforming residential structure on private property that is damaged or destroyed to replace or repair the structure without losing legal nonconforming use status as long as the structure continues to be used for residential purposes. Provides that a comprehensive plan and ordinance in a county (other than Marion County) may not preclude the installation of manufactured homes that exceed a certain width (in addition to a certain square footage) as permanent residences on a lot on which any other type of dwelling unit may be placed. Provides that after June 30, 2023, a mobile home, a manufactured home, or an industrialized residential structure is not considered a new home or model home subject to the provisions concerning home warranties. Prohibits a county, city, or town from exercising its planning and zoning authority in a way that differentiates between fraternity and sorority houses on the sole basis of whether the fraternity or sorority is officially approved or recognized by the college or university.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1315/versions/HB1315.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1315/versions/HB1315.02.COMH)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1315/versions/HB1315.03.COMS)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1315/versions/HB1315.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1315 - Baldwin - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Doug Miller — primary (person)
- Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
- Chris May — coauthor (person)
- Jake Teshka — coauthor (person)
- Justin Moed — coauthor (person)
- Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Coauthored by Representative Teshka
- **2023-01-12** Authored by Representative Miller D
- **2023-01-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Representative May added as coauthor
- **2023-01-24** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Representative Moed added as coauthor
- **2023-01-31** Senate sponsor: Senator Baldwin
- **2023-01-31** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 56: yeas 97, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2023-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Senator Rogers added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 307: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2023-04-10** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2023-04-11** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 397: yeas 94, nays 1
- **2023-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Public Law 137 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5788d73a-0a00-41b7-9930-eba7839c21bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).