---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning public safety."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning public safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 231"
citation: "Indiana SB 231 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETS AND APPROPRIATIONS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT generally", "MENTAL HEALTH", "State Department and Institutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harold Slager", "Jeff Raatz", "Michael Crider"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2017-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5dfb79e5-a3f6-4a83-ab74-941827113b14"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/231"
source_hash: "6a04a0dc2e29c0f5611998a1bd24abe27c7d8138970c5f7d3efbbfa205b05b0a"
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 231 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning public safety.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0231/versions/sb0231.05.enrh)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0231/versions/sb0231.01.intr)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0231/versions/sb0231.03.coms)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0231/versions/sb0231.02.coms)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0231/versions/sb0231.04.comh)

## Votes

- SB 231 - Crider - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
- SB 231 - Slager - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Harold Slager — primary (person)
- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
- Greg Taylor — coauthor (person)
- James Merritt — coauthor (person)
- Kevin Mahan — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Mark Stoops — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09** Authored by Senator Crider
- **2017-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-26** Senators Merritt, Doriot, Stoops added as coauthors
- **2017-02-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-20** Senator Raatz added as second author
- **2017-02-20** Senator Taylor G added as coauthor
- **2017-02-20** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2017-02-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 152: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-21** House sponsor: Representative Slager
- **2017-02-21** Cosponsors: Representatives Mahan and Lawson
- **2017-02-22** Referred to the House
- **2017-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-30** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-04-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 353: yeas 94, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-04** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-05** Motion to concur filed
- **2017-04-10** Senate concurred in House Amendments; Roll Call 433: yeas 49, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-13** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-19** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-20** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-21** Public Law 102
- **2017-04-21** 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/5dfb79e5-a3f6-4a83-ab74-941827113b14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).