Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
HB 1641: County government matters.
Enacted Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
HB 1641 is a bill introduced in the Indiana House on January 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: County government matters. Primary sponsor: Scott Alexander (Republican), Eric Koch (Republican), Jenny Meltzer (Republican). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 1, 2025): Public Law 181.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Allows an executive session to be held to communicate with an attorney, subject to the attorney client privilege. Excludes conveyances to a unit from the definition of a "conveyance document". Amends requirements for local ordinances concerning the operation of a golf cart or an off-road vehicle. Provides that if a body is to be transported by common carrier, the person in charge of interment shall secure a burial transit permit in duplicate from certain individuals. Provides that the governing body of a school corporation may enter into a public-private agreement for the construction or renovation of school buildings under the statutes governing public-private agreements. Provides that certain fees collected by the county recorder are deposited in the county recorder's records perpetuation fund. Provides that a fee for recording a mortgage assumption is the same as the fee for recording a mortgage. Prohibits a county employee from taking action on a county contract, unless permitted by a county ordinance. Amends the definition of "residential property" used for an allocation area established after June 30, 2025. Provides that, after June 30, 2025, no action shall be brought with respect to jail or prison conditions under state law by an offender until such administrative remedies as are available are exhausted.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 5
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Alexander | Primary sponsor | Republican | Senate | 26 |
| Eric Koch | Primary sponsor | Republican | Senate | 44 |
| Jenny Meltzer | Primary sponsor | Republican | House | 73 |
| Doug Miller | Co-sponsor | Republican | House | 48 |
| Lonnie Randolph | Co-sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 2 |
| Alex Zimmerman | Co-sponsor | Republican | House | 67 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Public Law 181
- Signed by the Governor
- Signed by the President of the Senate
- Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- Signed by the Speaker
- House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 498: yeas 83, nays 1
- Motion to concur filed
- Returned to the House with amendments
- Third reading: passed; Roll Call 448: yeas 45, nays 2
- Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
- Amendment #2 (Bohacek) prevailed; voice vote
- Amendment #1 (Koch) prevailed; voice vote
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