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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fraud prevention."
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description: "Amends the definition of \"principal office\" for purposes of the statutes governing business entities. Provides that if a person submits a biennial report on behalf of another person, the person submitting the biennial report must take reasonable steps to verify the identity of the person for whom the submitting person is submitting the biennial report. Provides certain requirements for a person operating a commercial mail receiving agency. Provides that a domestic filing entity may apply for reinstatement more than five years after the entity is administratively dissolved if the entity describes the: (1) reason the entity is requesting reinstatement; and (2) the intended future activities of the entity."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1593"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1593 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; Generally", "STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS; Secretary of State"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Buchanan", "Martin Carbaugh"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-21"
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last_action: "2025-04-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a223379-1392-4d1b-8c72-2513204cacb0"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1593"
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source_hash: "f66a69d74c7ae3d13ac1a56cb8d5595c4d434b5cd9c9c0c4c016d4ee6c79f5be"
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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 1593 (2025) — Fraud prevention.
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Amends the definition of "principal office" for purposes of the statutes governing business entities. Provides that if a person submits a biennial report on behalf of another person, the person submitting the biennial report must take reasonable steps to verify the identity of the person for whom the submitting person is submitting the biennial report. Provides certain requirements for a person operating a commercial mail receiving agency. Provides that a domestic filing entity may apply for reinstatement more than five years after the entity is administratively dissolved if the entity describes the: (1) reason the entity is requesting reinstatement; and (2) the intended future activities of the entity.
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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/124/2025/house/bills/HB1593/HB1593.04.ENGS.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1593/HB1593.05.ENRS.pdf)
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3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1593/HB1593.03.COMS.pdf)
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4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1593/HB1593.01.INTR.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HB 1593 - Carbaugh - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1593 - Carbaugh — **91–0** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1593 - Buchanan - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Buchanan — primary (person)
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- Martin Carbaugh — primary (person)
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- Jake Teshka — coauthor (person)
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- Mike Andrade — coauthor (person)
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- Scott Alexander — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-21** Authored by Representative Carbaugh
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- **2025-01-21** First reading: referred to Committee on Financial Institutions `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-11** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-13** Representatives Teshka and Andrade added as coauthors
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- **2025-02-17** Senate sponsor: Senator Buchanan
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- **2025-02-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 186: yeas 94, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-18** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-17** Senator Alexander added as cosponsor
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- **2025-03-20** Amendment #1 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-03-20** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 302: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-28** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-04-03** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 369: yeas 91, nays 0
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- **2025-04-03** Motion to concur filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-07** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-08** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2025-04-09** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-04-16** Public Law 96 `became-law`
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- **2025-04-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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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/1a223379-1392-4d1b-8c72-2513204cacb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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