Indiana House Bill 1221 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 6 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-05-06 - Public Law 226
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Pension matters. Amends provisions regarding the surcharge rates established by the Indiana public retirement system to actuarially prefund certain postretirement benefits. Adds provisions requiring the treasurer of state to determine a surcharge amount that is to be paid into the supplemental reserve account for the state police pre-1987 and 1987 benefit systems. Provides for a thirteenth check in calendar year 2025 for certain members, participants, or beneficiaries of the: (1) Indiana state teachers' retirement fund; (2) Indiana public employees' retirement fund; (3) state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan; (4) state police pre-1987 benefit system; and (5) state police 1987 benefit system. Makes conforming changes.

Pension matters.

Rep. Michael Karickhoff [R]	Rep. Ben Smaltz [R]	Rep. Heath VanNatter [R]	Rep. Gregory Porter [D]
Sen. Brian Buchanan [R]	Sen. Linda Rogers [R]	Sen. Andrea Hunley [D]	Sen. Rodney Pol [D]
Sen. Stacey Donato [R]	Sen. David Niezgodski [D]	Sen. Shelli Yoder [D]	Sen. Randy Maxwell [R]
Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]

2025-04-24 - Senate - Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 39 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-04-23 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 90 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2025-04-15 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 46 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-04-14 - Senate - Senate - Amendment #1 (Qaddoura) failed (Y: 18 N: 31 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [FAIL]
2025-02-04 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 89 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 8) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-05-06	House	Public Law 226
2025-05-06	House	Signed by the Governor
2025-04-29	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2025-04-24	Senate	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 514: yeas 39, nays 11
2025-04-24	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2025-04-24	House	Signed by the Speaker
2025-04-23	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 540: yeas 90, nays 0
2025-04-23	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2025-04-23	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2025-04-17	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Hunley and Rogers
2025-04-17	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Buchanan and Niezgodski
2025-04-16	House	House advisors appointed: VanNatter, Genda, Harris and Moseley
2025-04-16	House	House conferees appointed: Karickhoff and Porter
2025-04-16	House	House dissented from Senate amendments
2025-04-16	House	Motion to dissent filed
2025-04-16	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2025-04-15	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 434: yeas 46, nays 3
2025-04-14	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2025-04-14	Senate	Amendment #1 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 413: yeas 18, nays 31
2025-04-10	Senate	Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
2025-04-10	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2025-04-01	Senate	Senator Maxwell added as cosponsor
2025-03-31	Senate	Senator Yoder added as cosponsor
2025-03-27	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
2025-03-20	Senate	Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
2025-03-20	Senate	Senators Pol and Donato added as cosponsors
2025-03-20	Senate	Senator Rogers added as second sponsor
2025-03-18	Senate	Senator Hunley added as cosponsor
2025-02-18	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor
2025-02-05	House	Referred to the Senate
2025-02-04	House	Senate sponsor: Senator Buchanan
2025-02-04	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 86: yeas 89, nays 0
2025-02-03	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2025-01-30	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2025-01-27	House	Representative Porter added as coauthor
2025-01-21	House	Representative VanNatter added as coauthor
2025-01-13	House	Reassigned to Committee on Ways and Means
2025-01-09	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions
2025-01-09	House	Authored by Representative Karickhoff
2025-01-09	House	Coauthored by Representative Smaltz

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/house/1221/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/HB1221.01.INTR.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/HB1221.02.COMH.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/HB1221.03.COMS.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/HB1221.04.COMS.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/HB1221.05.ENRS.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/committee-amendments/amendments/HB1221.01.INTR.AMH06.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/committee-amendments/amendments/HB1221.01.INTR.AMH04.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/committee-amendments/drafts/AM122109.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/committee-amendments/amendments/HB1221.02.COMH.AMS09.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/committee-amendments/drafts/AM122110.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/committee-amendments/amendments/HB1221.03.COMS.AMS10.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/amendments/HB1221.04.COMS.AMS001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/fiscal-notes/HB1221.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/fiscal-notes/HB1221.01.INTR.FN002.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/votesheets/HB1221.01.INTR.03.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/committee-reports/HB1221.01.INTR.CRH001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/fiscal-notes/HB1221.02.COMH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/fiscal-notes/HB1221.02.COMH.FN002.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/fiscal-notes/HB1221.02.COMH.FN003.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/votesheets/HB1221.02.COMH.00.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/committee-reports/HB1221.02.COMH.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/fiscal-notes/HB1221.03.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/votesheets/HB1221.03.COMS.00.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/committee-reports/HB1221.03.COMS.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/fiscal-notes/HB1221.04.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/fiscal-notes/HB1221.04.COMS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/fiscal-notes/HB1221.04.COMS.FN003.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/ccrs/HB1221.04.COMS.CCS001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/ccrs/HB1221.04.COMS.CCH001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/fiscal-notes/HB1221.05.ENRS.FN001.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/rollcalls/HB1221.86_H.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/rollcalls/HB1221.413_S.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/rollcalls/HB1221.434_S.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/rollcalls/HB1221.540_H.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/rollcalls/HB1221.514_S.pdf