republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1575.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire prevention and building safety commission."
description: "Increases the size of the fire prevention and building safety commission (commission) from 11 members to 12 members. Requires commission members to represent certain defined interests or professions, beginning August 1, 2023. Requires a commission member to be a resident of Indiana, beginning August 1, 2023. Provides that a commission member serves at the pleasure of the governor. Increases the number of members required for a quorum from six members to seven members. Provides that the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the commission members present and voting is necessary for purposes of adopting a rule. Provides certain procedures for the review and adoption of building codes. Provides that a local unit of government may not adopt an ordinance concerning construction and remodeling that: (1) conflicts with the statute or a building code adopted by the commission; or (2) includes more stringent or detailed requirements than those set forth in the statute or a building code adopted by the commission. Provides that this prohibition does not apply to a unit's architectural design standards or its zoning ordinances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1575"
citation: "Indiana HB 1575 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS AND BOARD MEMBERSHIP", "BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS", "HOMELAND SECURITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Garten", "Linda Rogers", "Mike Gaskill", "Timothy O'Brien"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1992c4fd-b8f0-4352-be68-b322e584cce3"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1575"
source_hash: "030d434d7268315bff83747ccfcd9c8cc2c0b93aa01bd834d7c9c798118dbc14"
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 1575 (2023) — Fire prevention and building safety commission.

Increases the size of the fire prevention and building safety commission (commission) from 11 members to 12 members. Requires commission members to represent certain defined interests or professions, beginning August 1, 2023. Requires a commission member to be a resident of Indiana, beginning August 1, 2023. Provides that a commission member serves at the pleasure of the governor. Increases the number of members required for a quorum from six members to seven members. Provides that the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the commission members present and voting is necessary for purposes of adopting a rule. Provides certain procedures for the review and adoption of building codes. Provides that a local unit of government may not adopt an ordinance concerning construction and remodeling that: (1) conflicts with the statute or a building code adopted by the commission; or (2) includes more stringent or detailed requirements than those set forth in the statute or a building code adopted by the commission. Provides that this prohibition does not apply to a unit's architectural design standards or its zoning ordinances.

## 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/2023/bills/HB1575/versions/HB1575.04.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1575/versions/HB1575.05.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1575/versions/HB1575.02.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1575/versions/HB1575.03.COMS)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1575/versions/HB1575.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1575 - O'Brien T - 3rd Reading — **72–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Garten — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Mike Gaskill — primary (person)
- Timothy O'Brien — primary (person)
- Doug Miller — coauthor (person)
- Randall Frye — coauthor (person)
- Steve Bartels — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Coauthored by Representatives Frye R, Bartels, Miller D
- **2023-01-19** Authored by Representative O'Brien
- **2023-01-19** First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Amendment #1 (Campbell) failed; Roll Call 142: yeas 28, nays 62 `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2023-02-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-20** Senate sponsors: Senators Rogers and Garten
- **2023-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 168: yeas 72, nays 25 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2023-03-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06** Amendment #1 (Rogers) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-06** Amendment #3 (Pol) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2023-04-06** Amendment #4 (Pol) failed; Roll Call 333: yeas 18, nays 30 `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2023-04-06** Amendment #5 (Pol) failed; Roll Call 334: yeas 13, nays 35 `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2023-04-06** Amendment #7 (Ford J.D.) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2023-04-06** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 344: yeas 33, nays 15 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-10** Senator Gaskill added as third sponsor
- **2023-04-11** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2023-04-18** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2023-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 448: yeas 67, nays 27
- **2023-04-24** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `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 155 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1992c4fd-b8f0-4352-be68-b322e584cce3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).