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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Semiquincentennial commission."
+description: "Establishes a commission to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 12"
+citation: "Indiana SB 12 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COMMISSIONS OR COUNCILS", "Creation of New Agencies", "HISTORICAL ORGANIZATIONS; HISTORIC SITES AND PRESERVATION"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Kruse", "Jeff Raatz", "Jerry Torr"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-01-04"
+last_action: "2022-03-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3083f0a-8278-4583-9573-c8e7642b3e44"
+source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/12"
+source_hash: "574ace67cf794250d25fc4ab2f5657dc0ce627ae1f53f051d6fe91fa5691d3ec"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
+---
+
+# Indiana SB 12 (2022) — Semiquincentennial commission.
+
+Establishes a commission to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0012/versions/SB0012.04.ENGS)
+2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0012/versions/SB0012.06.ENRH)
+3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0012/versions/SB0012.01.INTR)
+4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0012/versions/SB0012.05.COMH)
+5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0012/versions/SB0012.02.COMS)
+6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0012/versions/SB0012.03.COMS)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SB 12 - Torr - 3rd Reading — **91–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dennis Kruse — primary (person)
+- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
+- Jerry Torr — primary (person)
+- Greg Taylor — coauthor (person)
+- J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
+- J.D. Prescott — cosponsor (person)
+- James Tomes — coauthor (person)
+- John Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
+- Kevin Boehnlein — coauthor (person)
+- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
+- Matt Lehman — cosponsor (person)
+- Susan Glick — coauthor (person)
+- Vaneta Becker — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-04** Authored by Senator Kruse
+- **2022-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-11** Senator Raatz added as second author
+- **2022-01-13** Senator Tomes added as coauthor
+- **2022-01-18** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-20** Senators Taylor G, Becker, Boehnlein, Ford J.D. added as coauthors
+- **2022-01-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2022-01-27** Senator Glick added as coauthor
+- **2022-01-31** Amendment #1 (Ford J.D.) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
+- **2022-01-31** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2022-01-31** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
+- **2022-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 138: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-02-01** House sponsor: Representative Torr
+- **2022-02-01** Cosponsors: Representatives Lehman, Bartlett, Prescott
+- **2022-02-02** Referred to the House
+- **2022-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-17** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-21** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 223: yeas 91, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-02-23** Returned to the Senate without amendments
+- **2022-03-01** Signed by the Speaker
+- **2022-03-01** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
+- **2022-03-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-03-07** Public Law 3
+- **2022-03-07** Signed by the President of the Senate
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3083f0a-8278-4583-9573-c8e7642b3e44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+