Indiana Senate Bill 130 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 3 2021 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-03-01 - First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
Pending: House Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

Renaming cities. Provides that the statute that permits a city to change its name does not apply to a city if the city is named in the Constitution of the State of Indiana or in the Indiana Code. Provides the following with regard to a petition to change the name of a city: (1) Petitioners must file the petition with the county board of registration signed by the number of voters equal to 2% of the votes cast in the last election for secretary of state in the city. (2) If the county board of registration finds that the petition meets the statutory criteria, the county election board shall place the question of the name change on the ballot provided for voters in the city at the first general or municipal election following certification of the public question.

Renaming cities.

Sen. Jack Sandlin [R]

Sen. James Tomes [R]

Sen. Dennis Kruse [R]

Rep. Mike Speedy [R]

2021-02-02 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 36 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2021-01-28 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-01	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
2021-02-03	Senate	Referred to the House
2021-02-02	Senate	Senator Kruse added as coauthor
2021-02-02	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Speedy
2021-02-02	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 43: yeas 36, nays 11
2021-02-01	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2021-01-28	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2021-01-25	Senate	Senator Tomes added as second author
2021-01-05	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
2021-01-05	Senate	Authored by Senator Sandlin

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/130/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/0/2/5/0025b96d/SB0130.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/3/b/e/a3bea10a/SB0130.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/6/4/e/b64e3856/SB0130.02.COMS.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/4/c/9/f4c9e92c/SB0130.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/e/a/6/4ea67f43/SB0130.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/9/f/9/59f9e8e3/SB0130.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/5/7/4/9574b430/SB0130.02.COMS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/a/5/6/3a56b376/SB0130.02.COMS.FN003.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/9/2/4/f9242c5d/SB0130.01.INTR.05.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/9/7/2/99728235/SB0130.43_S.pdf