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type: "Bill"
title: "Annexation."
description: "Allows the Town of Plainfield in Hendricks County (town) to annex a noncontiguous residential development that meets certain requirements. Provides that the annexation is initiated by: (1) the homeowner's association board petitioning the town legislative body for annexation of the residential development; and (2) the town legislative body adopting a resolution approving initiation of the annexation process. Provides that the town may not do the following: (1) Use the annexation territory to annex additional territory. (2) Annex additional territory within the unincorporated area extending 1/2 mile from the boundaries of the annexation territory, unless the annexation is with the consent of all of the landowners within the area to be annexed. (3) Annex, under any type of annexation, within the area that extends from the boundary of the 1/2 mile area to the town. Provides that the town's redevelopment commission may only enact a housing tax increment financing district in Liberty Township in Hendricks County if the district is approved by a resolution passed by the Mill Creek School Corporation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 525"
citation: "Indiana SB 525 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY", "CITIES AND TOWNS; Generally", "COUNTIES; Hendricks", "EDUCATION; Local School Boards", "LAW ENFORCEMENT; County Sheriffs' Departments", "LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS; Sheriffs", "PROPERTY; Homeowners Associations (HOAs)", "SCHOOLS; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Andrew Ireland", "Cyndi Carrasco"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d467989c-b3d6-4384-bd26-b7721eb96fc1"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0525"
source_hash: "b50d7435f28db99564d7b70c2c94635ee5e2a329115429c2913fa2e6eeb75b4d"
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 SB 525 (2025) — Annexation.
Allows the Town of Plainfield in Hendricks County (town) to annex a noncontiguous residential development that meets certain requirements. Provides that the annexation is initiated by: (1) the homeowner's association board petitioning the town legislative body for annexation of the residential development; and (2) the town legislative body adopting a resolution approving initiation of the annexation process. Provides that the town may not do the following: (1) Use the annexation territory to annex additional territory. (2) Annex additional territory within the unincorporated area extending 1/2 mile from the boundaries of the annexation territory, unless the annexation is with the consent of all of the landowners within the area to be annexed. (3) Annex, under any type of annexation, within the area that extends from the boundary of the 1/2 mile area to the town. Provides that the town's redevelopment commission may only enact a housing tax increment financing district in Liberty Township in Hendricks County if the district is approved by a resolution passed by the Mill Creek School Corporation.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0525/SB0525.03.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0525/SB0525.05.ENGH.pdf)
3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0525/SB0525.06.ENRH.pdf)
4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0525/SB0525.01.INTR.pdf)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0525/SB0525.04.COMH.pdf)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0525/SB0525.02.COMS.pdf)
## Votes
- SB 525 - Ireland — **857** (pass) · lower
- SB 525 - Buck — **452** (pass) · upper
- SB 525 - Carrasco - 3rd Reading — **3315** (pass) · upper
- SB 525 - Ireland - 3rd Reading — **960** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Andrew Ireland — primary (person)
- Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Steve Bartels — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-16** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16** Authored by Senators Carrasco and Freeman
- **2025-02-11** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2025-02-18** Amendment #3 (Freeman) prevailed; Division of the Senate: yeas 34, nays 12 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-18** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 212: yeas 33, nays 15 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2025-02-20** House sponsor: Representative Ireland
- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Representative Bartels added as cosponsor
- **2025-04-08** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-14** Amendment #1 (Genda) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-14** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 457: yeas 96, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Senate dissented from House amendments
- **2025-04-21** House conferees appointed: Ireland and Gore
- **2025-04-21** House advisors appointed: Bartels, Lucas and Moseley
- **2025-04-21** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
- **2025-04-22** Representative Steuerwald added as advisor
- **2025-04-22** Senate advisors appointed: Jackson L and Carrasco
- **2025-04-22** Senate conferees appointed: Buck and Taylor G
- **2025-04-23** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
- **2025-04-23** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 496: yeas 45, nays 2
- **2025-04-23** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
- **2025-04-23** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 535: yeas 85, nays 7
- **2025-04-24** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-06** Public Law 211 `became-law`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d467989c-b3d6-4384-bd26-b7721eb96fc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).