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Notice of annexation outreach meetings.

IN · session 2026 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Dec 8, 2025

Latest action (Feb 24, 2026) Signed by the Governor

Summary

Requires a municipality to mail notice of the date, time, and location of annexation outreach meetings to: (1) the county executive of each county; (2) the township executive of each township; and (3) any plan commission; in which the annexation territory is located.

Sponsors (4)

2 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (21)

  1. Dec 8, 2025 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government · upper
  2. Dec 8, 2025 Authored by Senator Niemeyer · upper
  3. Jan 8, 2026 Committee report: do pass, adopted · upper
  4. Jan 12, 2026 Senator Dernulc added as second author · upper
  5. Jan 12, 2026 Amendment #1 (Niemeyer) prevailed; voice vote · upper
  6. Jan 12, 2026 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed · upper
  7. Jan 13, 2026 Cosponsors: Representatives Olthoff, Aylesworth · upper
  8. Jan 13, 2026 House sponsor: Representative Slager · upper
  9. Jan 13, 2026 Senator Schmitt added as third author · upper
  10. Jan 13, 2026 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 20: yeas 49, nays 0 · upper
  11. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to the House · upper
  12. Jan 20, 2026 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government · lower
  13. Feb 10, 2026 Committee report: do pass, adopted · lower
  14. Feb 12, 2026 Second reading: ordered engrossed · lower
  15. Feb 16, 2026 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 248: yeas 89, nays 0 · lower
  16. Feb 17, 2026 Signed by the President Pro Tempore · upper
  17. Feb 17, 2026 Returned to the Senate without amendments · lower
  18. Feb 18, 2026 Signed by the Speaker · lower
  19. Feb 23, 2026 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
  20. Feb 24, 2026 Public Law 10 · upper
  21. Feb 24, 2026 Signed by the Governor · executive
Subjects
ADVERTISEMENTS AND NOTICESANNEXATION OF TERRITORYCITIES AND TOWNS; GenerallyCOUNTY GOVERNMENTLOCAL GOVERNMENT; GenerallyZONING AND PLANNING

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