Indiana Senate Bill 239 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 15 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-03-15 - Public Law 128
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Practitioner advertising. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2023, certain practitioners are subject to disciplinary sanctions if the practitioner communicates or disseminates to the general public an advertisement that includes deceptive or misleading information or does not prominently state the profession or license held by the practitioner. Establishes certain exceptions. Provides, for purposes of the law prohibiting the unlawful practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine, that "the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine" includes attaching to an individual's name additional terms or other specified words that identify a member of a medical specialty. Establishes certain exceptions. Specifies that the exclusions to the practice of medicine and osteopathic medicine do not allow a person to use words or abbreviations that indicate or induce an individual to believe that the person is engaged in the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine.

Practitioner advertising.

Sen. Kevin Boehnlein [R]	Sen. Elizabeth Brown [R]	Sen. Eddie Melton [D]	Sen. Jean Leising [R]
Sen. Vaneta Becker [R]	Sen. Shelli Yoder [D]	Sen. J.D. Ford [D]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]
Sen. Rodney Pol [D]	Rep. Dennis Zent [R]	Rep. Jack Jordan [R]	Rep. Bradford Barrett [R]
Rep. Rita Fleming [D]

2022-03-08 - Senate - Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 40 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-03-07 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 88 N: 6 NV: 1 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2022-02-24 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 84 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 14) [PASS]
2022-02-16 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2022-02-01 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-01-26 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-15	Senate	Public Law 128
2022-03-15	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2022-03-15	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2022-03-09	House	Signed by the Speaker
2022-03-09	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2022-03-08	Senate	Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 346: yeas 40, nays 10
2022-03-07	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 356: yeas 88, nays 6
2022-03-07	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2022-03-07	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2022-03-01	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Boehnlein and Melton
2022-03-01	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Brown L and Ford J.D.
2022-02-28	House	Representative Jordan added as advisor
2022-02-28	House	Representative Barrett added as conferee
2022-02-28	House	Representative Zent removed as conferee
2022-02-28	House	Representative Barrett removed as advisor
2022-02-28	House	House advisors appointed: Barrett, Lehe and Shackleford
2022-02-28	House	House conferees appointed: Zent and Fleming
2022-02-28	Senate	Senate dissented from House amendments
2022-02-28	Senate	Motion to dissent filed
2022-02-25	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2022-02-24	House	Representative Fleming added as cosponsor
2022-02-24	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 271: yeas 84, nays 1
2022-02-23	House	Amendment #2 (Zent) prevailed; voice vote
2022-02-23	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2022-02-22	House	Representatives Jordan and Barrett added as cosponsors
2022-02-17	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2022-02-07	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
2022-02-02	Senate	Referred to the House
2022-02-01	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Zent
2022-02-01	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 162: yeas 49, nays 0
2022-02-01	Senate	Senator Pol added as coauthor
2022-01-31	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2022-01-31	Senate	Amendment #1 (Boehnlein) prevailed; voice vote
2022-01-31	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2022-01-27	Senate	Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
2022-01-27	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2022-01-24	Senate	Senator Brown L added as second author
2022-01-24	Senate	Senator Brown L removed as coauthor
2022-01-20	Senate	Senators Leising, Brown L, Becker, Yoder added as coauthors
2022-01-13	Senate	Senator Melton added as coauthor
2022-01-10	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
2022-01-10	Senate	Authored by Senator Boehnlein

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/239/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/c/5/8/5c58ee0b/SB0239.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/3/a/5/53a5636c/SB0239.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/c/a/b/fcab34a8/SB0239.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/a/a/4/0aa424b1/SB0239.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/0/f/f/40ff1048/SB0239.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/c/e/1/5ce12bd1/SB0239.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/5/c/e/65ceef2f/SB0239.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/f/5/9/2f599f57/SB0239.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/a/f/9/eaf913a1/SB0239.05.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/0/5/f/c05f3f18/SB0239.05.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/4/c/5/84c59fbc/SB0239.06.ENRH.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/e/5/4/2e54dd96/SB0239.02.COMS.AMS001.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/d/d/0/4dd06c43/SB0239.04.COMH.AMH001.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/e/1/9/6e19dd1d/SB0239.04.COMH.AMH002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/5/6/2/e562d740/SB0239.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/d/a/9/3da9d7ad/SB0239.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/a/3/f/ca3f3be7/SB0239.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/e/9/4/1e944271/SB0239.03.ENGS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/b/a/8/cba8545f/SB0239.03.ENGS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/7/1/6/f716dbb1/SB0239.03.ENGS.CRH001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/c/f/3/3cf3788a/SB0239.04.COMH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/d/5/1/1d51f107/SB0239.05.ENGH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/a/c/e/2aced87d/SB0239.05.ENGH.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/7/2/f/c72f5436/SB0239.05.ENGH.DIS01.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/c/3/d/fc3d1dc8/SB0239.06.ENRH.FN001.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/3/0/c/630c8d52/SB0239.01.INTR.04.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/d/7/6/8d7644e1/SB0239.162_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/9/6/9/8969bb73/SB0239.03.ENGS.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/6/8/7/8687388e/SB0239.271_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/4/d/3/14d37798/SB0239.356_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/5/b/e/b5be11e6/SB0239.346_S.pdf