Indiana Senate Bill 433

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-11 - Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

Veteran service officers. Makes changes to the duties of the Indiana department of veterans' affairs commission (commission). Makes changes to the duties of the director of the department of veterans' affairs (department). Requires, before July 1, 2026, the commission to establish and maintain certain standards for the state accreditation program. Requires, after June 30, 2026, each service officer employed by a county or city to maintain the accreditation standards to provide service on behalf of the county or city. Provides that a county executive shall employ a service officer and may employ service officer assistants. Provides, that with the approval of the commission, two or more counties may enter into an agreement to employ a service officer if each county demonstrates to the commission that the workload does not justify each county employing a separate county service officer. Requires every county or city official and department of the county or city to cooperate with the service officer and provide the service officer with information necessary in connection with the performance of the service officer's duties.

Veteran service officers.

Sen. Scott Baldwin [R]

Sen. James Tomes [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-11	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2025-01-16	Senate	Senator Tomes added as second author
2025-01-13	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and The Military
2025-01-13	Senate	Authored by Senator Baldwin

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/433/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0433/SB0433.01.INTR.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0433/SB0433.02.COMS.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0433/SB0433.03.COMS.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0433/committee-amendments/amendments/SB0433.01.INTR.AMS03.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0433/fiscal-notes/SB0433.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0433/fiscal-notes/SB0433.01.INTR.FN002.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0433/votesheets/SB0433.01.INTR.03.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0433/committee-reports/SB0433.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0433/fiscal-notes/SB0433.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0433/fiscal-notes/SB0433.03.COMS.FN001.pdf