---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning pensions and to make an appropriation."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning pensions and to make an appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 46"
citation: "Indiana SB 46 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PENSIONS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "Police Pensions and Benefits", "FIREFIGHTERS; FIREFIGHTERS' PENSIONS AND BENEFITS", "SCHOOLS", "Teachers' Retirement Fund (TRF)", "INDIANA PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEM (formerly PERF)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Walker", "Karen Tallian", "Martin Carbaugh", "Philip Boots"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-03"
last_action: "2017-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c81903f-0d3e-4b14-a455-feb497e3ba23"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/46"
source_hash: "97b98319df993f5516af46732cd4f549bc81b560ab1586419138c46a89adc98a"
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 46 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning pensions and to make an appropriation.

## 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/sb0046/versions/sb0046.04.enrh)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0046/versions/sb0046.01.intr)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0046/versions/sb0046.02.coms)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0046/versions/sb0046.03.comh)

## Votes

- SB 46 - Carbaugh - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
- SB 46 - Boots - 3rd Reading — **50–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Greg Walker — primary (person)
- Karen Tallian — primary (person)
- Martin Carbaugh — primary (person)
- Philip Boots — primary (person)
- David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
- Joe Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Woody Burton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-03** Authored by Senators Boots, Tallian and Walker
- **2017-01-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-12** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 14: yeas 50, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-23** House sponsor: Representative Carbaugh
- **2017-01-23** Cosponsor: Representative Burton
- **2017-01-23** Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
- **2017-01-23** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2017-01-25** 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
- **2017-03-21** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-23** Amendment #1 (Dvorak) failed; Roll Call 297: yeas 27, nays 57 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-03-23** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 302: yeas 95, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-28** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-03-28** Motion to concur filed
- **2017-04-03** Senate concurred in House Amendments; Roll Call 347: yeas 46, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-05** 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 40
- **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/6c81903f-0d3e-4b14-a455-feb497e3ba23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).