---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning criminal law and procedure."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning criminal law and procedure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 408"
citation: "Indiana SB 408 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRUGS AND MEDICINES", "DRUGS", "Treatment of Drug and Other Substance Abuse", "LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL; LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY", "PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES", "STUDY COMMITTEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Zent", "Ed Charbonneau", "Erin Houchin", "James Merritt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4682a85-e8c6-4905-a585-b8ef2c9078db"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/408"
source_hash: "8652aa942473e6f1a6278c062e537f49d056070cf4a8310d7db6edd00ead328b"
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 408 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning criminal law and procedure.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0408/versions/sb0408.03.engs)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0408/versions/sb0408.05.enrh)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0408/versions/sb0408.01.intr)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0408/versions/sb0408.04.comh)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0408/versions/sb0408.02.coms)

## Votes

- SB 408 - Houchin - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- SB 408 - Zent - 3rd Reading — **88–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dennis Zent — primary (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Erin Houchin — primary (person)
- James Merritt — primary (person)
- Greg Walker — coauthor (person)
- Jean Breaux — coauthor (person)
- Jon Ford — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Michael Crider — coauthor (person)
- Randall Head — coauthor (person)
- Ron Alting — coauthor (person)
- Ronald Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald Grooms — coauthor (person)
- Steven Davisson — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Goodin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** Authored by Senator Houchin
- **2017-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Senator Charbonneau added as second author
- **2017-01-24** Senator Merritt added as third author
- **2017-01-24** Senators Grooms, Walker, Alting, Crider, Head added as coauthors
- **2017-02-09** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-13** Senator Breaux added as coauthor
- **2017-02-13** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2017-02-14** Amendment #3 (Houchin) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-14** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 146: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-20** House sponsor: Representative Zent
- **2017-02-20** Cosponsors: Representatives Davisson and Bacon
- **2017-02-20** Senator Ford added as coauthor
- **2017-02-21** Referred to the House
- **2017-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-04** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-04-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 391: yeas 88, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-05** Representative Goodin added as cosponsor
- **2017-04-06** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-10** Motion to dissent filed
- **2017-04-10** Senate dissented from House amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-11** Senate conferees appointed: Houchin and Mrvan
- **2017-04-11** Senate advisors appointed: Merritt, Breaux and Charbonneau
- **2017-04-11** House conferees appointed: Zent and Shackleford
- **2017-04-11** House advisors appointed: Kirchhofer, Bacon, Davisson and Goodin
- **2017-04-11** Senator Head added as advisor
- **2017-04-20** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2017-04-20** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2017-04-21** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-21** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 496: yeas 50, nays 0
- **2017-04-21** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 529: yeas 98, nays 0
- **2017-04-25** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-27** Public Law 213
- **2017-04-27** 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/b4682a85-e8c6-4905-a585-b8ef2c9078db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).