HB1131: A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government.

Page last updated: Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM (America/Indianapolis).

General Information

• Stage: Enrolled House Bill (H)
• Current Chamber: house
• Origin Chamber: house
• Description: Town of Cumberland.

Legislators

Actions (21 total)

• Apr 9, 2025, 8:00 PM: Signed by the Governor
• Apr 2, 2025, 8:00 PM: Signed by the President of the Senate
• Mar 26, 2025, 8:00 PM: Signed by the Speaker
• Mar 26, 2025, 8:00 PM: Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• Mar 25, 2025, 10:51 AM: Returned to the House without amendments
• Mar 24, 2025, 10:35 AM: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 264: yeas 43, nays 4
• Mar 20, 2025, 10:31 AM: Second reading: ordered engrossed
• Mar 18, 2025, 9:55 AM: Committee report: do pass, adopted
• Mar 10, 2025, 9:43 AM: Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
• Feb 20, 2025, 4:14 AM: First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
• Feb 12, 2025, 9:38 AM: Referred to the Senate
• Feb 11, 2025, 10:58 AM: Senate sponsor: Senator Crider
• Feb 11, 2025, 10:54 AM: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 129: yeas 89, nays 3
• Feb 10, 2025, 9:08 AM: Second reading: ordered engrossed
• Feb 6, 2025, 6:05 AM: Committee report: do pass, adopted
• Jan 28, 2025, 9:47 AM: Representative Gore added as coauthor
• Jan 28, 2025, 9:01 AM: Recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
• Jan 28, 2025, 9:01 AM: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
• Jan 8, 2025, 6:34 AM: First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
• Jan 8, 2025, 6:34 AM: Authored by Representative Miller D
• Jan 8, 2025, 6:34 AM: Coauthored by Representatives Pressel and Heine

Digest

Provides that on January 1, 2027, the town of Cumberland is an excluded city and no longer part of the consolidated city. Requires the town legislative body and the legislative body of the consolidated city and county to take any steps necessary to transition the town to an excluded city. Requires the department of local government finance to adjust property tax levies, rates, budgets, and distributive shares of local units of local government as necessary to account for the town becoming an excluded city. Provides that, after December 31, 2026, any part of the town that is included in a fire protection district on December 31, 2026, that is located in the county containing the consolidated city, shall continue to be included in the fire protection district. Provides that, after December 31, 2026, the town is liable for debt service owed by the consolidated city on December 31, 2026, in the same ratio as the assessed valuation of the property in the town bears to the assessed valuation of all property included in the consolidated city until the particular debt service is satisfied.