# Indiana HB 1131: Town of Cumberland. Indiana HB 1131, Town of Cumberland., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) House bill sponsored by Doug Miller (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-10 (Public Law 52) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1131-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Indiana HB 1131 - State: Indiana - Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) - Title: Town of Cumberland. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-08 - Last action: 2025-04-10, Public Law 52 - Sponsor: Doug Miller (Republican) - Cosponsors: 4 - Subjects: local government, the senate, tax and fiscal policy - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (132 yes, 7 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Provides that on January 1, 2027, the town of Cumberland is an excluded city and no longer part of the consolidated city. Requires the town legislative body and the legislative body of the consolidated city and county to take any steps necessary to transition the town to an excluded city. Requires the department of local government finance to adjust property tax levies, rates, budgets, and distributive shares of local units of local government as necessary to account for the town becoming an excluded city. Provides that, after December 31, 2026, any part of the town that is included in a fire protection district on December 31, 2026, that is located in the county containing the consolidated city, shall continue to be included in the fire protection district. Provides that, after December 31, 2026, the town is liable for debt service owed by the consolidated city on December 31, 2026, in the same ratio as the assessed valuation of the property in the town bears to the assessed valuation of all property included in the consolidated city until the particular debt service is satisfied. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Doug Miller (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Dave Heine (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jim Pressel (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Michael Crider (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Mitch Gore (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-24 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 43 | 4 | | | 2025-02-11 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 89 | 3 | | ## Actions (22) - 2025-04-10: Public Law 52 (House) - 2025-04-10: Signed by the Governor (House) - 2025-04-03: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Signed by the Speaker (House) - 2025-03-27: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate) - 2025-03-25: Returned to the House without amendments (Senate) - 2025-03-24: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 264: yeas 43, nays 4 (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Second reading: ordered engrossed (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee report: do pass, adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-10: Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy (Senate) - 2025-02-20: First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Referred to the Senate (House) - 2025-02-11: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 129: yeas 89, nays 3 (House) - 2025-02-11: Senate sponsor: Senator Crider (House) - 2025-02-10: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House) - 2025-02-06: Committee report: do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-01-28: Representative Gore added as coauthor (House) - 2025-01-28: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-01-28: Recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3 (House) - 2025-01-08: Authored by Representative Miller D (House) - 2025-01-08: First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government (House) - 2025-01-08: Coauthored by Representatives Pressel and Heine (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1131/versions/HB1131.06.ENRS?format=pdf) - House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1131/versions/HB1131.02.COMH?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1131/versions/HB1131.05.COMS?format=pdf) - House Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1131/versions/HB1131.03.COMH?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1131/versions/HB1131.04.COMS?format=pdf) - Introduced House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1131/versions/HB1131.01.INTR?format=pdf) ## Related bills - SB 324: Criminal procedures. (signed) - SB 231: Various corrections matters. (signed) - SB 80: Code publication. (signed) - SB 453: Various tax matters. (signed) - SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit. (signed) - SB 371: Workforce matters. (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1131/versions/HB1131.06.ENRS?format=pdf) - [House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1131/versions/HB1131.02.COMH?format=pdf) - [House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1131/versions/HB1131.05.COMS?format=pdf) - [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1131/versions/HB1131.03.COMH?format=pdf) - [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1131/versions/HB1131.04.COMS?format=pdf) - [Introduced House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1131/versions/HB1131.01.INTR?format=pdf) ## Related - [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025) - [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025) - [SB 80: Code publication.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB80-2025) - [SB 453: Various tax matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB453-2025) - [SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB464-2025) - [SB 371: Workforce matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB371-2025) - [Indiana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana/bills) - [Indiana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1131-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).