2025 Regular SessionIndiana Legislature

HB1473: Pocket annexations.

Legislative Summary

Pocket annexations. Allows a municipality to annex unincorporated property that becomes completely surrounded by the municipality after June 30, 2025. Requires the municipality to: (1) adopt an annexation fiscal plan; (2) provide notice to landowners in the territory; and (3) hold a public hearing. Provides that the following apply in a pocket annexation: (1) The annexation territory may be divided by railroad tracks. (2) The annexation territory satisfies the contiguity requirements, if the territory on at least one side of the railroad tracks is contiguous to the municipality.

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Bill History

1/21/2025
Authored by Representative Steuerwald
House of Representatives
1/21/2025
First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
House of Representatives
2/4/2025
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
House of Representatives
2/6/2025
Second reading: ordered engrossed
House of Representatives
2/10/2025
Representative Lehman added as coauthor
House of Representatives
2/10/2025
Representative Jeter added as coauthor
House of Representatives
2/10/2025
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 115: yeas 89, nays 1
House of Representatives
2/10/2025
Senate sponsor: Senator Walker K
House of Representatives
2/11/2025
Referred to the Senate
House of Representatives
2/20/2025
First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
Senate

Amendments

House Local Government Amendment #2

House Local Government Amendment #2

2/4/2025Not Adopted

House Local Government Amendment #1

House Local Government Amendment #1

2/4/2025Not Adopted

House Local Government Amendment #1

House Local Government Amendment #1

2/3/2025Not Adopted

House Local Government Amendment #2

House Local Government Amendment #2

2/3/2025Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

House - Third reading
2/10/2025
89
Yea
1
Nay
3
Not Voting
7
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Engrossed(2/11/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Local Government(Senate)

Documents

Comm Sub
Bill Text2/4/2025239.8 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/14/2025206.2 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note2/10/202549.6 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note2/6/202549.0 KB
Misc
Misc2/4/202522.6 KB
Misc
Misc2/4/202556.1 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note2/4/202549.2 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note1/14/202548.2 KB