Indiana Senate Bill 340 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: Passed on March 18 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-18 - Public Law 80
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Private property matters. Requires a conveyance, a mortgage, or an instrument of writing to be recorded to be: (1) acknowledged by the grantor; and (2) proven before certain specified individuals; in certain instances. Requires the summons accompanying a complaint for condemnation to include language regarding the defendant's right to object to the condemnation within 30 days from the date notice is served. Requires a court to award reasonable costs and attorney's fees to a defendant whose objection to a complaint for condemnation is sustained. Caps the amount of attorney's fees a court may award if an objection to a condemnation is sustained at $25,000. Exempts a condemnation action brought by a public utility or by a pipeline company from the bill's provisions requiring a court to award a defendant in a condemnation action the defendant's reasonable costs and attorney's fees if the defendant's objections to the proceedings are sustained in the proceedings or upon appeal. Requires a municipality to provide notice by mail to affected owners, both residents and nonresidents of the municipality, of a condemnation. Permits an affected owner to file an objection that a municipality does not have the right to exercise the power of eminent domain for the use sought. Amends the time for a remonstrance hearing for a municipal condemnation and the defendant's right to judicial review of the decision made at the hearing to 30 days. (Current law requires a remonstrance hearing to be set no less than 10 days after notice and the defendant to appeal the decision within 20 days.) Provides parties the right to appeal a court's judgment in the judicial review of a municipal condemnation. Revises the statute allowing a municipality to condemn property for economic development to require a 3/4 affirmative vote of the municipality's legislative body to exercise the power of eminent domain. (Current law requires a 2/3 affirmative vote of the municipality's legislative body.) Allows a property owner to challenge a condemnation for economic development purposes by providing clear and convincing evidence that the owner's parcel is not necessary for the project.

Private property matters.

Sen. Victoria Spartz [R]	Sen. Eric Koch [R]	Sen. James Buck [R]	Sen. Jeff Raatz [R]
Sen. Linda Rogers [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Rep. David Wolkins [R]	Rep. Ethan Manning [R]

2020-03-10 - Senate - Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 41 N: 7 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-10 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 94 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2020-03-02 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 62 N: 31 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2020-02-27 - House - House - Amendment #1 (Shackleford) failed (Y: 28 N: 62 NV: 3 Abs: 7) [FAIL]
2020-02-24 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2020-01-28 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 43 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-22 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-18	Senate	Public Law 80
2020-03-18	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2020-03-18	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2020-03-16	House	Signed by the Speaker
2020-03-12	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2020-03-10	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 364: yeas 94, nays 0
2020-03-10	Senate	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 359: yeas 41, nays 7
2020-03-10	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2020-03-10	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2020-03-04	House	House advisors appointed: Sherman, Manning, DeLaney and Pierce
2020-03-04	House	House conferees appointed: Wolkins and Bauer
2020-03-03	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Koch, Randolph Lonnie M, Buck and Mrvan
2020-03-03	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Spartz and Taylor G
2020-03-03	Senate	Senate dissented from House amendments
2020-03-03	Senate	Motion to dissent filed
2020-03-03	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2020-03-02	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 262: yeas 62, nays 31
2020-02-27	House	Representative Manning added as cosponsor
2020-02-27	House	Amendment #1 (Shackleford) failed; Roll Call 230: yeas 28, nays 62
2020-02-27	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2020-02-25	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2020-02-10	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2020-01-29	Senate	Referred to the House
2020-01-28	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2020-01-28	Senate	Senator Rogers added as coauthor
2020-01-28	Senate	Senator Raatz added as coauthor
2020-01-28	Senate	Senator Buck added as coauthor
2020-01-28	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Wolkins
2020-01-28	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 85: yeas 43, nays 7
2020-01-27	Senate	Senator Koch added as second author
2020-01-27	Senate	Amendment #1 (Spartz) prevailed; voice vote
2020-01-27	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2020-01-23	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2020-01-13	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2020-01-13	Senate	Authored by Senator Spartz

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/340/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/f/5/e/9f5ea42d/SB0340.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/a/b/7/eab71a20/SB0340.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/d/d/4/fdd4ccb5/SB0340.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/4/3/2/043297bd/SB0340.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/c/3/8/5c388ffb/SB0340.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/b/a/7/4ba7a496/SB0340.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/8/f/8/e8f81753/SB0340.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/f/0/4/7f0428bb/SB0340.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/7/0/f/170fc6bf/SB0340.05.ENRH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/1/d/c/51dca6ea/SB0340.01.INTR.02.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/7/b/9/77b9d4a0/SB0340.85_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/1/0/e/a10ee610/SB0340.03.ENGS.03.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/6/a/7/e6a7f16d/SB0340.230_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/e/0/b/fe0b8455/SB0340.262_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/0/f/f/d0ff2cd4/SB0340.364_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/2/8/4/7284f068/SB0340.359_S.pdf