Legislative record

HB 1473STATE · IndianaIn Committee

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.

Voted 2/20/2025

Roll-call record

How representatives voted

89 yea·1 nay·10 other

Docket history

Action history

  1. 2/20/2025First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
  2. 2/11/2025Referred to the Senate
  3. 2/10/2025Representative Lehman added as coauthor
  4. 2/10/2025Third reading: passed; Roll Call 115: yeas 89, nays 1
  5. 2/10/2025Senate sponsor: Senator Walker K
  6. 2/10/2025Representative Jeter added as coauthor
  7. 2/6/2025Second reading: ordered engrossed
  8. 2/4/2025Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
  9. 1/21/2025Authored by Representative Steuerwald
  10. 1/21/2025First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government