---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning general provisions."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning general provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 549"
citation: "Indiana SB 549 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "HEALTH", "Medical Records and Bills"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Jack Sandlin", "Mike Speedy"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/920d06dc-64be-4881-a6f7-5d364b0d2225"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/549"
source_hash: "deecbd912a4bf03c687ad6dc7c83cd2d42d1b13f73765f116ec5106fa4ed22f2"
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 549 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning general provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0549/versions/sb0549.04.engh)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0549/versions/sb0549.05.enrh)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0549/versions/sb0549.01.intr)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0549/versions/sb0549.03.comh)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0549/versions/sb0549.02.coms)

## Votes

- SB 549 - Sandlin - 3rd Reading — **47–1** (pass) · legislature
- SB 549 - Speedy - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
- Mike Speedy — primary (person)
- Greg Taylor — coauthor (person)
- Terri Jo Austin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** Authored by Senator Sandlin
- **2017-01-17** First reading: referred to Committee on Civil Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-02** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-02** Senator Freeman added as second author
- **2017-02-02** Senator Taylor G added as coauthor
- **2017-02-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 72: yeas 47, nays 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-06** House sponsor: Representative Speedy
- **2017-02-08** Referred to the House
- **2017-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-13** Representative Austin added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-20** Amendment #1 (Speedy) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-03-20** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 295: yeas 95, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-22** 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 358: yeas 46, nays 1 `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 76
- **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/920d06dc-64be-4881-a6f7-5d364b0d2225`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).