Indiana House Bill 1139 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 26 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-03-26 - Public Law 178
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Amends the definition of "hearing aid" and defines "personal sound amplifier". Makes a correction to the name of an association. Provides that a person may not sell, lease, or rent a hearing aid in Indiana unless the hearing aid has been fitted in person by a hearing aid dealer or an audiologist. Exempts certain persons who issue a prescription or order for a hearing aid from the requirement. Provides a Class B infraction for violations. Requires the state department of health to report information to the legislative council concerning: (1) the number of minors who are hearing impaired; and (2) the estimated cost for a state program and a health insurance requirement to provide hearing aids to those minors.

Hearing aids.

Rep. Patrick Bauer [D]	Rep. Edward Clere [R]	Rep. Timothy Brown [R]	Rep. Gregory Porter [D]
Sen. John Broden [D]

2014-03-13 - Senate - Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 adopted (Y: 42 N: 3 NV: 3 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2014-03-12 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 adopted (Y: 93 N: 1 NV: 5 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2014-03-04 - Senate - Senate Floor - (Y: 43 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2014-02-24 - Senate - Senate Committee on Commerce, Economic Development & Technology - Roll Call 113902 (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-30 - House - House Floor - (Y: 87 N: 8 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2014-01-27 - House - House Committee on Public Health - Roll Call 113901 (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-26	House	Public Law 178
2014-03-26	House	Signed by the Governor
2014-03-18	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2014-03-13	House	Signed by the Speaker
2014-03-13	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2014-03-13	Senate	Conference Committee Report 1 adopted; Roll Call 421: yeas 42 and nays 3
2014-03-12	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 adopted; Roll Call 480: yeas 93 and nays 1
2014-03-06	Senate	Senator Broden added as advisor
2014-03-06	Senate	Senator Alting added as advisor
2014-03-06	Senate	Senator Breaux added as conferee
2014-03-06	Senate	Senator Pat Miller added as conferee
2014-03-06	House	Representative Shackleford added as advisor
2014-03-06	House	Representative Koch added as advisor
2014-03-06	House	Representative Slager added as advisor
2014-03-06	House	Representative Bauer added as conferee
2014-03-06	House	Representative Clere added as conferee
2014-03-05	House	House dissented from Senate Amendments
2014-03-04	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2014-03-04	Senate	Third reading: Passed: Roll Call 300: yeas 43 and nays 5
2014-02-27	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed.
2014-02-27	Senate	HB 1139 Amendment #1 (Miller, Pat), prevailed.
2014-02-25	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted.
2014-02-24	Senate	Senator Broden added as cosponsor.
2014-02-24	Senate	Senator Alting added as cosponsor.
2014-02-04	Senate	First Reading: Referred to Commerce, Economic Development & Technology
2014-01-30	House	Senator Breaux added as second sponsor.
2014-01-30	House	Senator Miller Patricia added as first sponsor.
2014-01-30	House	Referred to the Senate
2014-01-30	House	Third reading: Passed: Roll Call 145: yeas 87 and nays 8
2014-01-30	House	Representative T. Brown added as coauthor.
2014-01-30	House	Representative Porter added as coauthor.
2014-01-29	House	Second reading: engrossed
2014-01-27	House	Committee report: do pass amend, adopted.
2014-01-09	House	First Reading: Referred to Public Health
2014-01-09	House	Coauthored by Representative Clere
2014-01-09	House	Authored by Representative Bauer.

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2014/bills/house/1139/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/1/d/7/51d77b38/HB1139.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/b/0/5/3b059698/HB1139.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/6/7/b/467b324b/HB1139.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/5/1/1/1511b71f/HB1139.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/c/1/b/dc1b814c/HB1139.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/4/4/b/344bd7f0/HB1139.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/8/3/5/28358e65/HB1139.04.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/b/0/1/6b01a6b2/HB1139.04.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/d/f/4/8df43953/HB1139.05.ENRH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/6/4/7/e64772a2/HB1139.02.COMH.145.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/c/c/9/dcc9e0f4/HB1139.01.INTR.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/5/8/4/35845195/HB1139.02.COMH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/9/d/e/59de9504/HB1139.04.ENGS.300.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/2/a/a/c2aa7756/HB1139.04.ENGS.480.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/8/f/5/e8f544de/HB1139.04.ENGS.421.pdf