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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1473: Pocket annexations.

Passed one chamber 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 1473 is a bill introduced in the Indiana House on January 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Pocket annexations. Primary sponsor: Kyle Walker (Republican), Greg Steuerwald (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 20, 2025): First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government.

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Official summary

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

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Kyle WalkerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate31
Greg SteuerwaldPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse40
Chris JeterCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Matt LehmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse79

“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. First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
  2. Referred to the Senate
  3. Representative Jeter added as coauthor
  4. Senate sponsor: Senator Walker K
  5. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 115: yeas 89, nays 1
  6. Representative Lehman added as coauthor
  7. Second reading: ordered engrossed
  8. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
  9. First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
  10. Authored by Representative Steuerwald

Sources

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