republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/hb-1199.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic enhancement district."
description: "Requires the legislative body to provide notice and conduct a public hearing before a proposed economic enhancement district may be established. Amends the definition of \"economic enhancement project\". Amends the required contents of an ordinance to establish an economic enhancement district. Increases the number of members of an economic enhancement board from eight to nine and amends the composition of the board. Requires an economic enhancement district to expire not later than 10 years from the date of the adoption of an ordinance. Repeals a provision that allows an economic enhancement district to be extended. Requires that an ordinance establishing an economic enhancement district must be adopted on or before December 31, 2024. Provides that if the legislative body of a city has adopted an ordinance to establish an economic enhancement district before the effective date of this bill, that ordinance shall be void, but may be revised and reenacted by the legislative body by the adoption of a new ordinance, which must comply with the provisions added in the bill. Makes a technical correction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1199"
citation: "Indiana HB 1199 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Indiana Code", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT; Generally", "STATE GOVERNMENT; State and Local Funding"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Garten", "Jeffrey Thompson", "Scott Baldwin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62dbfe01-8ece-4e64-9956-6da6b1a9b7aa"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1199"
source_hash: "2b1008d06f240102936d35eed351b0d53a24784f1e1ea33b685d50ff90e4ff07"
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 1199 (2024) — Economic enhancement district.

Requires the legislative body to provide notice and conduct a public hearing before a proposed economic enhancement district may be established. Amends the definition of "economic enhancement project". Amends the required contents of an ordinance to establish an economic enhancement district. Increases the number of members of an economic enhancement board from eight to nine and amends the composition of the board. Requires an economic enhancement district to expire not later than 10 years from the date of the adoption of an ordinance. Repeals a provision that allows an economic enhancement district to be extended. Requires that an ordinance establishing an economic enhancement district must be adopted on or before December 31, 2024. Provides that if the legislative body of a city has adopted an ordinance to establish an economic enhancement district before the effective date of this bill, that ordinance shall be void, but may be revised and reenacted by the legislative body by the adoption of a new ordinance, which must comply with the provisions added in the bill. Makes a technical correction.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1199/HB1199.04.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1199/HB1199.05.ENRS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1199/HB1199.03.COMS.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1199/HB1199.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1199 - Thompson — **89–4** (pass) · lower
- HB 1199 - McGuire - 3rd Reading — **65–29** (pass) · lower
- HB 1199 - McGuire - 2nd Reading — **31–66** (fail) · lower
- HB 1199 - Baldwin - 3rd Reading — **42–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Garten — primary (person)
- Jeffrey Thompson — primary (person)
- Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
- Ethan Manning — coauthor (person)
- Mark Messmer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Authored by Representative McGuire
- **2024-01-09** Coauthored by Representatives Thompson and Speedy
- **2024-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Representative Manning added as coauthor
- **2024-01-25** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-29** Amendment #2 (Porter) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2024-01-29** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** Amendment #5 (Porter) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2024-01-29** Amendment #3 (Porter) ruled out of order
- **2024-01-29** Amendment #1 (Porter) failed; Roll Call 54: yeas 31, nays 66 `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2024-01-30** Cosponsor: Senator Messmer
- **2024-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 86: yeas 65, nays 29 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-01-30** Senate sponsors: Senators Baldwin, Garten, Freeman
- **2024-01-31** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2024-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Committee report: Pursuant to Senate Rule 66(b); approved by Rules Committee as amended by Senate Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy.
- **2024-02-27** Amendment #1 (Baldwin) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Senator Freeman removed as third sponsor
- **2024-02-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 215: yeas 42, nays 7 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2024-03-04** Representative Speedy removed as coauthor
- **2024-03-05** Representative Thompson removed as coauthor
- **2024-03-05** Representative McGuire removed as author
- **2024-03-05** Representative Thompson added as author
- **2024-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 316: yeas 89, nays 4
- **2024-03-07** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2024-03-15** Public Law 169 `became-law`
- **2024-03-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62dbfe01-8ece-4e64-9956-6da6b1a9b7aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).