Indiana 2017 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 2 R · 1 D cosponsors

SB 159 — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration.

Last action — First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2017 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform

  2. Referred to the House

  3. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 24: yeas 47, nays 0

  4. House sponsor: Representative Slager

  5. Senator Randolph added as coauthor

  6. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  7. Amendment #1 (Hershman) prevailed; voice vote

  8. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  9. First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy

  10. Authored by Senator Niemeyer

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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2 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 147 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (147)

147 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 159?
SB 159 is sponsored by Harold Slager (Republican), Rick Niemeyer (Republican), and Lonnie Randolph (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 159?
This bill died with 2017 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 159?
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