HB1387 • 2026

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning business and other associations.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Representative Edward Clere
Last action: 2026-02-02
Official status: House Bill (S)
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify the exact conditions required for terminating ownership rights, only mentioning 'certain conditions are met'.

Release and Sale of Cemetery Plots Act

This act allows cemeteries to terminate ownership rights for unused burial plots over 100 years old without improvements, with funds from public cemetery sales going towards maintenance.

What This Bill Does

Allows a person or entity managing a cemetery to end the ownership rights of an unused burial plot if it has been empty and lacks any permanent items like monuments or memorials for at least 100 years.
Requires that in cemeteries owned by public units, money from selling these plots must be used for maintaining the cemetery.

Who It Names or Affects

Owners of unused burial plots in private and public cemeteries.
Cemetery managers who oversee plots sold over 100 years ago without improvements.

Terms To Know

Improvements: Permanent items placed on a burial plot, such as monuments or memorials.
Jurisdiction: The authority to manage and control the cemetery where unused plots are located.

Limits and Unknowns

Does not specify what happens if an owner disagrees with the sale of their plot.
Does not provide details on how funds from selling plots will be managed or used in private cemeteries.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HB1387.01.INTR.AMH02

Committee Introduced House Bill (H) • Representative Robert Morris

Filed

Plain English: This amendment would change how Indiana handles local permits and rules for businesses.

Modifies the Indiana Code to adjust regulations related to local permits and rules affecting business operations.

The specific details of how local permits and rules will be modified are not provided in the amendment text, making it hard to explain exact changes.
It is unclear what kind of businesses or regions this amendment would affect specifically.

Bill History

2026-02-02 Senate
First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology
2026-01-29 House
Referred to the Senate
2026-01-28 House
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 112: yeas 93, nays 3
2026-01-28 House
Senate sponsors: Senators Hunley, Clark
2026-01-20 House
Second reading: ordered engrossed
2026-01-20 House
Representatives Morris, Summers added as coauthors
2026-01-15 House
Committee report: do pass, adopted
2026-01-08 House
Authored by Representative Clere
2026-01-08 House
Coauthored by Representative Genda
2026-01-08 House
First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development

Official Summary Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning business and other associations.
Release and sale of cemetery plots.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning business and other associations.

Release and sale of cemetery plots.

Provides that if a burial space in a cemetery: (1) has remained unused for a period of at least 100 years from the date of sale or last recorded designation or transfer; and (2) has no improvements on the burial space, including the placement of a monument, memorial, or other permanent appurtenance; the person or entity having jurisdiction over the cemetery may terminate the rights and interests of the owner of the burial space if certain conditions are met. Provides that in the case of a cemetery owned by a unit, any funds generated from the resale of a burial space shall be used to maintain the cemetery.