---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning military and veterans."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning military and veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1047"
citation: "Indiana HB 1047 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIGHER EDUCATION", "Colleges and Universities", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Susan Glick", "Timothy Wesco"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bce18327-c35e-4243-a8dd-92a33e790b37"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1047"
source_hash: "4b1e4913fbc8a36113fa323297352a687c905acbebf1a97f3caaca599f28a06a"
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 1047 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning military and veterans.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1047/versions/hb1047.03.engh)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1047/versions/hb1047.05.enrs)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1047/versions/hb1047.04.coms)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1047/versions/hb1047.02.comh)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1047/versions/hb1047.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1047 - Wesco - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1047 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Susan Glick — primary (person)
- Timothy Wesco — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Melton — cosponsor (person)
- Erin Houchin — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Mrvan — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Jordan — coauthor (person)
- Jack Sandlin — cosponsor (person)
- James Tomes — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Leising — cosponsor (person)
- John Crane — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Zakas — cosponsor (person)
- Karlee Macer — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Crider — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Delph — cosponsor (person)
- Randall Frye — coauthor (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-03** Authored by Representative Wesco
- **2018-01-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Representative Frye added as coauthor
- **2018-01-10** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-16** Amendment #1 (Wesco) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-01-16** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-16** Representatives Jordan and Macer added as coauthors
- **2018-01-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 14: yeas 95, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-18** Senate sponsor: Senator Freeman
- **2018-01-22** Referred to the Senate
- **2018-02-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and The Military `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Senator Glick added as second sponsor
- **2018-02-20** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-20** Senators Sandlin, Niemeyer, Doriot, Delph, Mrvan, Melton added as cosponsors
- **2018-02-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22** Senator Zakas added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-26** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 226: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-26** Senator Houchin added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-26** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2018-03-01** Senators Crane, Tomes, Leising, Crider added as cosponsors
- **2018-03-02** Returned to the House without amendments
- **2018-03-05** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-05** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-07** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-08** Public Law 22

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bce18327-c35e-4243-a8dd-92a33e790b37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).