---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning general provisions."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning general provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1020"
citation: "Indiana HB 1020 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INDIANA CODE", "CRIMES AND OFFENSES generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Tomes", "Michael Young", "Thomas Washburne"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-04"
last_action: "2017-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82a9fa6b-1df0-4a8f-8583-def7366892c8"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1020"
source_hash: "78fdcfe6c42c671e2e76dad9cc3971d42504e0e1fd27005d5b63cbda17fbd9cf"
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 HB 1020 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning general provisions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1020/versions/hb1020.04.enrs)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1020/versions/hb1020.03.coms)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1020/versions/hb1020.02.comh)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1020/versions/hb1020.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1020 - Washburne - 3rd Reading — **83–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1020 - Young M - 3rd Reading — **50–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- James Tomes — primary (person)
- Michael Young — primary (person)
- Thomas Washburne — primary (person)
- Greg Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Pierce — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-04** Authored by Representative Washburne
- **2017-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-12** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-12** Representative Pierce added as coauthor
- **2017-01-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-18** Senate sponsors: Senators Young M and Tomes
- **2017-01-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 10: yeas 83, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-19** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-20** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 267: yeas 50, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-20** Senator Taylor G added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-20** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-21** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-03-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-03-21** Returned to the House without amendments
- **2017-03-27** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-03-29** Public Law 9
- **2017-03-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82a9fa6b-1df0-4a8f-8583-def7366892c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).