Indiana House Bill 1144 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 19-9)
Status: Passed on April 28 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-04-28 - Public Law 248
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

South Shore rail transit. Establishes a rail transit corridor in northwest Indiana. Specifies that the main line double tracking project and the West Lake corridor improvement project are considered rail projects. Permits the northwest Indiana regional development authority (NWIRDA) to establish transit development districts containing a train station or regular train stop within the corridor, including new stations or stops along the West Lake corridor. Provides that a county that is not a member of the NWIRDA may participate in the rail projects and the benefits of a transportation development district under certain conditions. Allows such a county to participate

South Shore rail transit. Establishes a rail transit corridor in northwest Indiana. Specifies that the main line double tracking project and the West Lake corridor improvement project are considered rail projects. Permits the northwest Indiana regional development authority (NWIRDA) to establish transit development districts containing a train station or regular train stop within the corridor, including new stations or stops along the West Lake corridor. Provides that a county that is not a member of the NWIRDA may participate in the rail projects and the benefits of a transportation development district under certain conditions. Allows such a county to participate

Rep. Harold Slager [R]	Rep. Daniel Leonard [R]	Rep. Sally Siegrist [R]	Rep. Mara Reardon [D]
Rep. Dave Heine [R]	Rep. Mike Braun [R]	Rep. Earl Harris [D]	Rep. Robert Cherry [R]
Rep. Holli Sullivan [R]	Rep. Peggy Mayfield [R]	Rep. Sharon Negele [R]	Rep. Julie Olthoff [R]
Rep. Jim Pressel [R]	Rep. Edmond Soliday [R]	Rep. Scott Pelath [D]	Rep. Charles Moseley [D]
Sen. Rick Niemeyer [R]	Sen. Brandt Hershman [R]	Sen. Karen Tallian [D]	Sen. Eddie Melton [D]
Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R]	Sen. Ryan Mishler [R]	Sen. David Niezgodski [D]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]
Sen. Joseph Zakas [R]	Sen. Mike Bohacek [R]	Sen. Blake Doriot [R]	Sen. Frank Mrvan [D]

2017-04-21 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 96 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-04-21 - Senate - Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 49 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-04-06 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2017-03-30 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-23 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 84 N: 8 NV: 1 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2017-02-22 - House - House - Amendment #1 (Dvorak) failed (Y: 37 N: 55 NV: 3 Abs: 5) [FAIL]
2017-02-20 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 19 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-28	House	Public Law 248
2017-04-28	House	Signed by the Governor
2017-04-27	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2017-04-27	House	Signed by the Speaker
2017-04-26	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2017-04-21	Senate	Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 510: yeas 49, nays 1
2017-04-21	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 521: yeas 96, nays 4
2017-04-20	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2017-04-20	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2017-04-11	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Hershman, Niezgodski, Charbonneau, Melton and Mishler
2017-04-11	House	House advisors appointed: Soliday, Heine, Olthoff, Pressel, Bauer, Candelaria Reardon, Dvorak, Harris and Moseley
2017-04-11	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Niemeyer and Tallian
2017-04-11	House	House conferees appointed: Slager and Pelath
2017-04-10	House	House dissented from Senate amendments
2017-04-10	House	Motion to dissent filed
2017-04-06	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2017-04-06	Senate	Senators Doriot and Mrvan added as cosponsors
2017-04-06	Senate	Senators Zakas and Bohacek added as cosponsors
2017-04-06	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 412: yeas 48, nays 0
2017-04-04	Senate	Amendment #2 (Tallian) prevailed; voice vote
2017-04-04	Senate	Amendment #1 (Tallian) prevailed; voice vote
2017-04-04	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2017-03-30	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2017-03-28	Senate	Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
2017-03-23	Senate	Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
2017-03-13	Senate	Senator Mishler added as cosponsor
2017-03-13	Senate	Senator Charbonneau added as cosponsor
2017-03-06	Senate	Senator Melton added as cosponsor
2017-02-27	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
2017-02-24	House	Referred to the Senate
2017-02-23	House	Representative Moseley added as coauthor
2017-02-23	House	Representative Pelath added as coauthor
2017-02-23	House	Representatives Heine, Braun, Harris, Cherry, Sullivan, Mayfield, Negele, Olthoff, Pressel, Soliday added as coauthors
2017-02-23	House	Rule 105.1 suspended
2017-02-23	House	Senate sponsors: Senators Niemeyer, Hershman and Tallian
2017-02-23	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 219: yeas 84, nays 8
2017-02-22	House	Amendment #1 (Dvorak) failed; Roll Call 195: yeas 37, nays 55
2017-02-22	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2017-02-20	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2017-02-14	House	Representatives Leonard, Siegrist, Candelaria Reardon added as coauthors
2017-01-05	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
2017-01-05	House	Authored by Representative Slager

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1144/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/8/9/d/e89daac2/HB1144.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/7/8/9/d789bffa/HB1144.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/f/a/5/8fa58d09/HB1144.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/6/b/4/b6b4791d/HB1144.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/8/0/2/e802b1bb/HB1144.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/7/3/c/873c0ce4/HB1144.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/d/b/d/0dbdfcd1/HB1144.04.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/2/4/f/324f603d/HB1144.04.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/2/b/2/c2b23441/HB1144.05.ENRS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/5/f/2/f5f263ef/HB1144.195.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/c/4/1/ec413e2c/HB1144.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/3/7/4/8374487b/HB1144.219.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/d/0/d/bd0d63cf/HB1144.02.COMH.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/7/e/f/47ef83a6/HB1144.412.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/b/9/f/ab9fdabb/HB1144.510.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/8/0/b/680b9273/HB1144.521.pdf