---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state offices and administration."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state offices and administration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1002"
citation: "Indiana HB 1002 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT", "State Department and Agencies", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT", "Work Training"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Douglas Eckerty", "Eric Bassler", "Ryan Mishler", "Todd Huston"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-08"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/403935bf-4014-41a9-8e22-986ab3884e49"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1002"
source_hash: "5b3cc95cb72931bbf21e882b423818be814ae3304eb981488319c713149fe709"
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 HB 1002 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state offices and administration.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1002/versions/hb1002.05.engs)
2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1002/versions/hb1002.03.engh)
3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1002/versions/hb1002.06.enrs)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1002/versions/hb1002.02.comh)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1002/versions/hb1002.04.coms)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1002/versions/hb1002.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1002 - Huston - 3rd Reading — **70–24** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1002 - Eckerty - 3rd Reading — **48–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Douglas Eckerty — primary (person)
- Eric Bassler — primary (person)
- Ryan Mishler — primary (person)
- Todd Huston — primary (person)
- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Clere — coauthor (person)
- Holli Sullivan — coauthor (person)
- Joseph Zakas — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Delph — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-08** Coauthored by Representative Sullivan
- **2018-01-08** Authored by Representative Huston
- **2018-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Representative Clere added as coauthor
- **2018-01-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-01** Amendment #5 (Huston) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-01** Amendment #3 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 139: yeas 21, nays 63 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-01** Amendment #4 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 140: yeas 13, nays 70 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-01** Amendment #1 (Porter) ruled out of order `amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-01** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 174: yeas 70, nays 24 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-05** Senate sponsors: Senators Eckerty, Mishler and Bassler
- **2018-02-06** Referred to the Senate
- **2018-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Appropriations `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
- **2018-03-05** Amendment #1 (Eckerty) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-05** Amendment #2 (Eckerty) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-05** Amendment #3 (Eckerty) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-05** Amendment #4 (Eckerty) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-05** Amendment #5 (Eckerty) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-05** Amendment #6 (Breaux) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-05** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2018-03-05** Senator Zakas added as cosponsor
- **2018-03-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 306: yeas 48, nays 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-06** Senator Delph added as cosponsor
- **2018-03-06** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-07** Motion to dissent filed
- **2018-03-07** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-07** House conferees appointed: Huston and Stemler
- **2018-03-07** House advisors appointed: Sullivan, Clere, Heine, Porter, DeLaney and Pryor
- **2018-03-07** Senate conferees appointed: Eckerty and Niezgodski
- **2018-03-07** Senate advisors appointed: Bassler, Tallian, Perfect, Mishler and Spartz
- **2018-03-14** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2018-03-14** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2018-03-14** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 396: yeas 99, nays 0
- **2018-03-14** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 406: yeas 48, nays 0
- **2018-03-15** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-19** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-20** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-21** Public Law 174
- **2018-03-21** 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/403935bf-4014-41a9-8e22-986ab3884e49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).