---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning pensions."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning pensions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1109"
citation: "Indiana HB 1109 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PENSIONS", "SCHOOLS", "Teachers' Retirement Fund (TRF)", "INDIANA PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEM (formerly PERF)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin Carbaugh", "Philip Boots"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-04"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/110340e7-9b62-46b7-b2c2-d1e7f2b136bf"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1109"
source_hash: "727f7544c01d16099eb344d03fe363a9893214c118dd19bef1dfbda09c588262"
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 1109 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning pensions.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1109/versions/hb1109.04.enrs)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1109/versions/hb1109.03.coms)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1109/versions/hb1109.02.comh)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1109/versions/hb1109.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1109 - Boots - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1109 - Carbaugh - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Martin Carbaugh — primary (person)
- Philip Boots — primary (person)
- Charles Moseley — coauthor (person)
- Karen Tallian — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Woody Burton — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-04** Coauthored by Representative Burton
- **2018-01-04** Authored by Representative Carbaugh
- **2018-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-18** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-18** Representative Moseley added as coauthor
- **2018-01-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 29: yeas 94, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-22** Senate sponsor: Senator Boots
- **2018-01-23** Referred to the Senate
- **2018-02-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-19** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-19** Senator Tallian added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 212: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-20** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-21** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-01** Motion to dissent filed
- **2018-03-01** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-05** House conferees appointed: Carbaugh and Moseley
- **2018-03-05** House advisors appointed: Burton, Lyness and Taylor J
- **2018-03-05** Senate conferees appointed: Boots and Tallian
- **2018-03-05** Senate advisors appointed: Walker and Niezgodski
- **2018-03-12** Motion to concur filed
- **2018-03-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-13** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 368: yeas 81, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-14** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-20** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-21** Public Law 179
- **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/110340e7-9b62-46b7-b2c2-d1e7f2b136bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).