Township merger plan could advance under compromise bill

Legislators might have coalesced around a plan for consolidating perhaps hundreds of Indiana’s about 1,000 township governments.

By: Tom Davies

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: February 17, 2026

Words: 688

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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Legislators might have coalesced around a plan for consolidating perhaps hundreds of Indiana’s 1,000+ township governments.

An Indiana House committee on Tuesday endorsed a melding of differing Senate and House bills that supporters said will improve local government efficiency.

The new version of Senate Bill 270 would require townships with low performance evaluations to merge with other townships. The plan would also let city governments take over the township functions when the township …

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