Information from Inside Indiana Business
Lawmakers in the Indiana House have voted to override Governor Eric Holcomb’s 2020 veto of a bill regarding landlord and tenant disputes, putting the measure into law.
Senate Bill 148, passed by the 2020 General Assembly, prevents individual cities from taking action on landlord and tenant matters, including expedited evictions and regulating rental properties.
Last year, the state Senate voted 29-19 in favor of a House-Senate agreement on the bill, which the House later approved 64-32, before the legislative session adjourned March 12. The Republican governor vetoed the measure on March 25, citing the emerging coronavirus pandemic as one concern.
Both the House and Senate have Republican supermajorities this year, as they did in 2020. The Senate voted to override the veto last week.
Joe
Feb 18. 2021
It’s funny how those in the State House are so concerned with government “overreach”, unless it involves the state dictating to municipalities on matters that are typically left to such places to decide for themselves on what is best. Bonus points for when those few localities that do tend to vote the opposite way can be told what to do.
robert
Feb 18. 2021
unfortunatlypeople who lost their jobs because of corona virus will be evicted thru no fault of their own.
Dan In LP
Feb 19. 2021
While you can now evict tenants for nonpayment, why doesn’t this GOP supermajority also make sure those landlords are providing a safe, clean place for their tenants as well? Also, empty homes and apartments don’t earn the landlords any money, so good luck to you…