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type: "Bill"
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title: "Local government matters."
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description: "Reduces the membership of the board of directors of the Indiana stadium and convention building authority (board) from seven members to three members. Provides that the director of the budget agency or the director's designee serves as chair of the board. Authorizes the solid waste management district of Vanderburgh County to make grants and loans for certain purposes. Provides that with certain exceptions a governmental entity is prohibited from requiring that a Class 2 structure or a residential onsite sewage system be inspected when a property is sold or transferred. Allows a governmental entity to require certain inspections of properties located in that part of St. Joseph County containing a designated sole source aquifer only if it has been more than 15 years since: (1) the property was last sold or transferred; or (2) the Class 2 structure or system was constructed or installed. Provides, for purposes of posting a license bond, that a political subdivision may not impose any requirement for the political subdivision to be identified as an obligee on the license bond other than the requirement in statute. Provides that certain obligors may initiate a civil action against a political subdivision that does not recognize or does not allow an obligor to post a license bond that satisfies certain requirements. Provides that, if the obligor prevails in the action, the obligor shall be awarded an amount equal to: (1) 300% of the cost of obtaining the license bond; (2) compensatory damages; and (3) reasonable attorney's fees. Provides that if a contractor: (1) has posted a license bond to obtain one license from a political subdivision; and (2) is required to obtain another license from the political subdivision to perform work that the contractor intends to perform; the contractor may not be required to post a second license bond as a condition of obtaining the second license if the type of work that the first license authorizes the contractor to perform is so closely related to the type of work that the second license will authorize the contractor to perform that both types of work are typically involved in a single residential construction project. Provides that a city, town, or county that requires a building permit for the construction of a Class 2 structure may provide for the inspection to be conducted by: (1) an individual employed by the city, town, or county, or by another city, town, or county, as a building inspector; (2) a registered architect; (3) a registered professional engineer; (4) a certified building official; or (5) a licensed home inspector."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 1329"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1329 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["LOCAL GOVERNMENT; Contracts", "Procurements", "and Purchases"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jim Pressel", "Linda Rogers", "Mike Bohacek", "Scott Baldwin"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2024-01-10"
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last_action: "2024-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c89875ac-e97e-4343-9e14-febf35132c87"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1329"
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source_hash: "000e827c0750ff6564ec91e7caa578337466d459eac1147ad6d01925e2e8a67e"
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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 HB 1329 (2024) — Local government matters.
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Reduces the membership of the board of directors of the Indiana stadium and convention building authority (board) from seven members to three members. Provides that the director of the budget agency or the director's designee serves as chair of the board. Authorizes the solid waste management district of Vanderburgh County to make grants and loans for certain purposes. Provides that with certain exceptions a governmental entity is prohibited from requiring that a Class 2 structure or a residential onsite sewage system be inspected when a property is sold or transferred. Allows a governmental entity to require certain inspections of properties located in that part of St. Joseph County containing a designated sole source aquifer only if it has been more than 15 years since: (1) the property was last sold or transferred; or (2) the Class 2 structure or system was constructed or installed. Provides, for purposes of posting a license bond, that a political subdivision may not impose any requirement for the political subdivision to be identified as an obligee on the license bond other than the requirement in statute. Provides that certain obligors may initiate a civil action against a political subdivision that does not recognize or does not allow an obligor to post a license bond that satisfies certain requirements. Provides that, if the obligor prevails in the action, the obligor shall be awarded an amount equal to: (1) 300% of the cost of obtaining the license bond; (2) compensatory damages; and (3) reasonable attorney's fees. Provides that if a contractor: (1) has posted a license bond to obtain one license from a political subdivision; and (2) is required to obtain another license from the political subdivision to perform work that the contractor intends to perform; the contractor may not be required to post a second license bond as a condition of obtaining the second license if the type of work that the first license authorizes the contractor to perform is so closely related to the type of work that the second license will authorize the contractor to perform that both types of work are typically involved in a single residential construction project. Provides that a city, town, or county that requires a building permit for the construction of a Class 2 structure may provide for the inspection to be conducted by: (1) an individual employed by the city, town, or county, or by another city, town, or county, as a building inspector; (2) a registered architect; (3) a registered professional engineer; (4) a certified building official; or (5) a licensed home inspector.
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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 House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1329/HB1329.05.ENGS.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1329/HB1329.06.ENRS.pdf)
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3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1329/HB1329.04.COMS.pdf)
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4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1329/HB1329.01.INTR.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HB 1329 - Pressel - 3rd Reading — **82–14** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1329 - Pressel — **76–18** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1329 - Baldwin — **42–5** (pass) · upper
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- HB 1329 - Baldwin - 3rd Reading — **45–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jim Pressel — primary (person)
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- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
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- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
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- Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
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- Doug Miller — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-10** Authored by Representative Pressel
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- **2024-01-16** Representative Miller D added as coauthor
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- **2024-01-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-25** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 68: yeas 82, nays 14 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2024-01-29** Senate sponsors: Senators Baldwin and Bohacek
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- **2024-01-30** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2024-02-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-26** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Senator Rogers added as second sponsor
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- **2024-02-29** Amendment #1 (Rogers) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-29** Senator Bohacek removed as second sponsor
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- **2024-02-29** Senator Bohacek added as third sponsor
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- **2024-03-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 260: yeas 45, nays 3 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2024-03-05** House advisors appointed: Miller D, May, Hall, Bauer M and Errington
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- **2024-03-05** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
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- **2024-03-05** House dissented from Senate amendments
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- **2024-03-05** House conferees appointed: Pressel and Johnson B
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- **2024-03-05** Senate advisors appointed: Ford J.D., Rogers and Bohacek
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- **2024-03-05** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
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- **2024-03-05** Senate conferees appointed: Baldwin and Pol
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- **2024-03-06** Representative Lindauer added as conferee
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- **2024-03-06** Representative Johnson B removed as conferee
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- **2024-03-07** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
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- **2024-03-07** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
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- **2024-03-07** CCR # 2 filed in the House `filing`
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- **2024-03-07** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 2: adopted by the House; Roll Call 323: yeas 76, nays 18
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- **2024-03-07** Senator Pol removed as conferee
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- **2024-03-07** Senator Messmer added as conferee
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- **2024-03-12** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 2: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 323: yeas 42, nays 5
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- **2024-03-08** CCR # 2 filed in the Senate `filing`
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- **2024-03-08** Motion to withdraw CCR #1: prevailed
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- **2024-03-13** Public Law 157 `became-law`
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- **2024-03-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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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/c89875ac-e97e-4343-9e14-febf35132c87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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