---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning estates."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning estates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 516"
citation: "Indiana SB 516 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH", "Medical Records and Bills", "GUARDIANSHIPS AND CONSERVATORSHIPS", "PROBATE COURTS AND PROCEEDINGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric Koch", "Jean Breaux", "Robin Shackleford", "Rodric Bray"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4e448d5-c697-47f5-ad43-71e93c181c64"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/516"
source_hash: "134868b9d11b99b244a585006a30c1966e877a381e92ada71b628ac23351b30c"
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 516 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning estates.

## 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/sb0516/versions/sb0516.04.enrh)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0516/versions/sb0516.01.intr)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0516/versions/sb0516.02.coms)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0516/versions/sb0516.03.comh)

## Votes

- SB 516 - Shackleford - 3rd Reading — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- SB 516 - Breaux - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- Jean Breaux — primary (person)
- Robin Shackleford — primary (person)
- Rodric Bray — primary (person)
- Edward Clere — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Beumer — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** Authored by Senator Breaux
- **2017-01-17** First reading: referred to Committee on Civil Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Senator Bray added as second author
- **2017-02-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-16** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2017-02-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 170: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-21** House sponsor: Representative Shackleford
- **2017-02-21** Cosponsors: Representatives Clere and Beumer
- **2017-02-22** Referred to the House
- **2017-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-05** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 420: yeas 97, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-07** 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`
- **2017-04-10** House advisors appointed: May and Bauer
- **2017-04-10** House conferees appointed: Washburne and Shackleford
- **2017-04-11** Senate conferees appointed: Bray and Breaux
- **2017-04-11** Senate advisors appointed: Koch and Taylor G
- **2017-04-11** Senator Koch added as third author
- **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 531: yeas 97, nays 0
- **2017-04-21** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 503: yeas 50, nays 0
- **2017-04-25** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-28** Public Law 240
- **2017-04-28** 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/a4e448d5-c697-47f5-ad43-71e93c181c64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).