---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning animals."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning animals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1085"
citation: "Indiana HB 1085 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS (other than Livestock)", "MOTOR VEHICLES generally", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "Immunity and Exemption from Liability"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Cook", "Brandt Hershman", "John Ruckelshaus"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf9025e7-401d-46ed-ac8d-4d9250df4779"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1085"
source_hash: "35bc2d973b8d34b2b6b3cd9fa81f5520b2aa92362ac9a6980593f36464c98671"
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 1085 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning animals.

## 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/hb1085/versions/hb1085.04.enrs)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1085/versions/hb1085.03.coms)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1085/versions/hb1085.02.comh)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1085/versions/hb1085.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1085 - Cook - 3rd Reading — **80–14** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1085 - Hershman - 3rd Reading — **39–9** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Anthony Cook — primary (person)
- Brandt Hershman — primary (person)
- John Ruckelshaus — primary (person)
- Donna Schaibley — coauthor (person)
- Linda Lawson — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Karickhoff — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-05** Authored by Representative Cook
- **2017-01-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-10** Representative Lawson added as coauthor
- **2017-02-02** Representative Schaibley added as coauthor
- **2017-02-02** Representative Karickhoff added as coauthor
- **2017-02-06** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-09** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13** Senate sponsor: Senator Hershman
- **2017-02-13** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 98: yeas 80, nays 14 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-14** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-20** First reading: referred to Committee on Civil Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-04** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-04-04** Senator Ruckelshaus added as second sponsor
- **2017-04-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 408: yeas 39, nays 9 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-06** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-10** Motion to dissent filed
- **2017-04-10** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-11** House conferees appointed: Cook and Lawson L
- **2017-04-11** House advisors appointed: Washburne, Young J and Dvorak
- **2017-04-11** Senate conferees appointed: Hershman and Randolph Lonnie M
- **2017-04-11** Senate advisors appointed: Houchin and Taylor G
- **2017-04-20** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2017-04-20** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2017-04-21** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-21** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 519: yeas 72, nays 27
- **2017-04-21** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 508: yeas 43, nays 7
- **2017-04-21** Joint Rule 20 technical correction adopted by the House
- **2017-04-21** Joint Rule 20 technical correction adopted by the Senate
- **2017-04-24** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-26** Public Law 186
- **2017-04-26** 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/cf9025e7-401d-46ed-ac8d-4d9250df4779`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).