Indiana House Bill 1298 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Passed on March 24 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-24 - Public Law 206
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Annexation. Changes contiguity requirements so that property adjacent to only one side of the public highway (instead of both sides) must be: (1) within the annexing municipality's boundaries; or (2) annexed by the same ordinance that annexes the public highway. Reduces the number of required public information meetings from six meetings to three meetings if the annexation is initiated by the landowners. Specifies that a landowner whose property is subject to a valid waiver of remonstrance may not file a remonstrance to the annexation. Establishes deadlines for: (1) the county auditor to forward remonstrance petitions to the annexing municipality; and

Annexation. Changes contiguity requirements so that property adjacent to only one side of the public highway (instead of both sides) must be: (1) within the annexing municipality's boundaries; or (2) annexed by the same ordinance that annexes the public highway. Reduces the number of required public information meetings from six meetings to three meetings if the annexation is initiated by the landowners. Specifies that a landowner whose property is subject to a valid waiver of remonstrance may not file a remonstrance to the annexation. Establishes deadlines for: (1) the county auditor to forward remonstrance petitions to the annexing municipality; and

Rep. Sharon Negele [R]	Rep. Randy Truitt [R]	Rep. Curt Nisly [R]	Rep. Sue Errington [D]
Sen. Rodric Bray [R]	Sen. James Buck [R]

2016-03-10 - Senate - Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 49 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-09 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 92 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2016-02-25 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 39 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2016-02-17 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-25 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 93 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2016-01-19 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-24	House	Public Law 206
2016-03-24	House	Signed by the Governor
2016-03-17	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2016-03-11	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2016-03-10	House	Signed by the Speaker
2016-03-10	Senate	Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 395: yeas 49, nays 1
2016-03-09	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2016-03-09	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 423: yeas 92, nays 2
2016-03-09	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2016-02-29	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Buck, Taylor and Head
2016-02-29	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Bray and Broden
2016-02-29	House	House advisors appointed: Truitt, Cherry and Bartlett
2016-02-29	House	House conferees appointed: Negele and Errington
2016-02-29	House	House dissented from Senate Amendments
2016-02-29	House	Motion to dissent filed
2016-02-26	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2016-02-25	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 226: yeas 39, nays 6
2016-02-22	Senate	Amendment #1 (Bray) prevailed; voice vote
2016-02-22	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2016-02-18	Senate	Senator Buck added as second sponsor
2016-02-18	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2016-02-08	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
2016-01-26	House	Referred to the Senate
2016-01-25	House	Representatives Nisly and Errington added as coauthors
2016-01-25	House	Senate sponsor: Senator Bray
2016-01-25	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 36: yeas 93, nays 0
2016-01-21	House	Amendment #1 (Lyness) prevailed; voice vote
2016-01-21	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2016-01-19	House	Representative Truitt added as coauthor
2016-01-19	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2016-01-12	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform
2016-01-12	House	Authored by Representative Negele

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2016/bills/house/1298/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/3/4/7/e347f501/HB1298.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/5/5/a/d55ab978/HB1298.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/c/5/0/cc507a2a/HB1298.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/3/a/c/63ac9aa5/HB1298.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/c/d/a/9cda1674/HB1298.03.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/6/d/d/26ddba61/HB1298.03.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/4/3/f/543faf1b/HB1298.04.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/b/f/e/1bfe4bfa/HB1298.04.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/9/6/d/596d1d66/HB1298.05.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/b/c/4/5bc474ac/HB1298.05.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/f/9/9/7f99ef55/HB1298.06.ENRS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/7/8/b/278b043c/HB1298.01.INTR.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/5/3/0/4530ce49/HB1298.36.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/e/c/a/feca7de4/HB1298.03.ENGH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/f/2/6/7f268e90/HB1298.226.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/9/e/8/49e8a8ea/HB1298.423.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/4/7/f/a47fa4ee/HB1298.395.pdf