Indiana Senate Bill 126

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 11 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-11 - Referred to the House
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

Annexation. With certain exceptions, requires a municipality that initiates an annexation to file with the court an annexation petition approved by the signatures of: (1) at least 51% of the owners of non-tax exempt land in the annexation territory; or (2) the owners of at least 75% in assessed valuation of non-tax exempt land in the annexation territory. Requires the court to hold a hearing if the petition has enough signatures. Adds provisions for determining the validity of signatures. Eliminates the following: (1) Remonstrances and remonstrance waivers. (2) Reimbursement of remonstrator's attorney's fees and costs. (3) Adoption of a fiscal plan for voluntary annexations requested by 100% of landowners in the annexation territory. (4) Settlement agreements in lieu of annexation. (5) Provisions regarding contiguity of a public highway.

Annexation.

Sen. James Buck [R]	Sen. Michael Young [R]	Sen. Rick Niemeyer [R]	Sen. James Tomes [R]
Sen. Dan Dernulc [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Rep. Dave Hall [R]	Rep. Doug Miller [R]

2025-02-10 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 40 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-11	Senate	Referred to the House
2025-02-10	Senate	Cosponsor: Representative Miller D
2025-02-10	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Hall
2025-02-10	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 85: yeas 40, nays 9
2025-02-06	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2025-02-06	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2025-02-03	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2025-01-30	Senate	Senators Tomes and Dernulc added as coauthors
2025-01-30	Senate	Senator Niemeyer added as third author
2025-01-08	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
2025-01-08	Senate	Authored by Senators Buck and Young M

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/126/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0126/SB0126.01.INTR.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0126/SB0126.02.COMS.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0126/fiscal-notes/SB0126.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0126/votesheets/SB0126.01.INTR.03.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0126/committee-reports/SB0126.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0126/fiscal-notes/SB0126.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0126/fiscal-notes/SB0126.02.COMS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0126/fiscal-notes/SB0126.02.COMS.FN003.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0126/rollcalls/SB0126.85_S.pdf