---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning pensions."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning pensions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 265"
citation: "Indiana SB 265 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INDIANA PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEM (formerly PERF)", "PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Niezgodski", "Greg Walker", "Martin Carbaugh"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2017-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4f21e61-b75b-40ae-9b3f-4bdb74a0f1d2"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/265"
source_hash: "70a4b46d9d2214d01f05c8c2c46605381c7d2b72d9deaa3a8f0a60e44a2ef6d7"
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 265 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning pensions.

## 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/sb0265/versions/sb0265.06.enrh)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0265/versions/sb0265.01.intr)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0265/versions/sb0265.04.comh)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0265/versions/sb0265.03.coms)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0265/versions/sb0265.05.comh)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0265/versions/sb0265.02.coms)

## Votes

- SB 265 - Walker - 3rd Reading — **47–1** (pass) · legislature
- SB 265 - Carbaugh - 3rd Reading — **90–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- David Niezgodski — primary (person)
- Greg Walker — primary (person)
- Martin Carbaugh — primary (person)
- Daniel Leonard — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Speedy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09** Authored by Senator Walker
- **2017-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-30** Senator Niezgodski added as second author
- **2017-02-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 144: yeas 47, nays 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-20** House sponsor: Representative Carbaugh
- **2017-02-20** Cosponsors: Representatives Leonard and Speedy
- **2017-02-21** Referred to the House
- **2017-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** Representative Taylor J added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-14** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-14** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 334: yeas 90, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-29** Returned to the Senate without amendments
- **2017-03-30** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-10** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-12** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-13** Public Law 57
- **2017-04-13** 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/a4f21e61-b75b-40ae-9b3f-4bdb74a0f1d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).