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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1189: Protection of property rights.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1189 is a bill introduced in the Indiana House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Protection of property rights. Primary sponsor: David Abbott (Republican). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 21, 2025): Representative Miller D added as coauthor.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Provides that under certain circumstances, a residential property owner may obtain the removal of an unauthorized person from the residential property owner's residential real property. Establishes a cause of action for wrongful removal from residential property. Provides that if a person without either the consent of the owner of a dwelling or a contractual interest in the dwelling knowingly or intentionally enters the dwelling and knowingly or intentionally causes more than $10,000 in damages to the dwelling, the person commits a Level 6 felony.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
David AbbottPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Doug MillerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse48
Jim PresselCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20
Ben SmaltzCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse52

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Representative Miller D added as coauthor
  2. Authored by Representative Abbott
  3. Coauthored by Representatives Smaltz and Pressel
  4. First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source