INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The passage of Senate Bill 27 by the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday created a pathway to build a stadium and bring the Chicago Bears to northwest Indiana.

• Chicago Bears one step closer to Indiana move as stadium bill passes committee

If signed into law, the bill would create the Northwest Indiana Stadium Authority, which would be capable of financing a multibillion-dollar, 35-year lease deal for a new NFL stadium.

The bill passed out of the committe...