Indiana House Bill 1016 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Passed on May 4 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-04 - Public Law 207
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Police and fire merit systems. Allows a fire protection district or fire protection territory to establish a merit system. Provides that unless a resolution or ordinance to establish a merit system is rejected not later than December 31, 2024, a merit system is established on January 1, 2025, for eligible: (1) city and town police and fire departments and township fire departments; and (2) fire protection districts and fire protection territories. Provides that the merit system may be dissolved after January 1, 2025. Requires a unit, district, or territory to vote to either retain or dissolve the merit system after January 1, 2029, and before January 31, 2029. Repeals a provision containing definitions and moves the definitions to another location.

Police and fire merit systems.

Rep. Jim Pressel [R]	Rep. Randall Frye [R]	Rep. Steve Bartels [R]	Rep. Chris Campbell [D]
Sen. Jack Sandlin [R]	Sen. Linda Rogers [R]

2023-04-26 - Senate - Senate - Conference Committee Report 2 (Y: 32 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 2 (Y: 87 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 11) [PASS]
2023-04-20 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 90 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2023-04-04 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-01-24 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-04	House	Public Law 207
2023-05-04	House	Signed by the Governor
2023-05-01	House	Signed by the Speaker
2023-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2023-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2023-04-26	Senate	Conference Committee Report 2: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 494: yeas 32, nays 18
2023-04-26	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 2: adopted by the House; Roll Call 505: yeas 87, nays 1
2023-04-25	Senate	CCR # 2 filed in the Senate
2023-04-25	House	CCR # 2 filed in the House
2023-04-20	Senate	Motion to withdraw CCR #1: prevailed
2023-04-20	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 460: yeas 90, nays 1
2023-04-19	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2023-04-19	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2023-04-13	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Pol and Rogers
2023-04-13	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Sandlin and Niezgodski
2023-04-11	House	House advisors appointed: Frye R, Haggard and Campbell
2023-04-11	House	House conferees appointed: Pressel and Gore
2023-04-06	House	House dissented from Senate amendments
2023-04-06	House	Motion to dissent filed
2023-04-05	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2023-04-04	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 302: yeas 48, nays 0
2023-04-03	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2023-04-03	Senate	Amendment #1 (Sandlin) prevailed; voice vote
2023-03-30	Senate	Senator Rogers added as second sponsor
2023-03-30	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-02-23	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor
2023-01-25	House	Referred to the Senate
2023-01-24	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 25: yeas 96, nays 0
2023-01-24	House	Senate sponsor: Senator Sandlin
2023-01-23	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-01-19	House	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2023-01-09	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions
2023-01-09	House	Authored by Representative Pressel
2023-01-09	House	Coauthored by Representatives Frye R, Bartels, Campbell

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1016/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1016/#1.INTR
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1016/#2.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1016/#3.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1016/#4.ENGS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1016/#5.ENRS
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1016/#H25
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1016/#S302
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1016/#H460
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1016/#H505
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1016/#S494