---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning public safety."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning public safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1193"
citation: "Indiana HB 1193 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT generally", "CONSTRUCTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Jack Sandlin", "Mike Speedy"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/799ee7e8-8c6f-45bf-a614-9bd7b2765d11"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1193"
source_hash: "e2ca4761ddb4c60632dde78e8af9e1473d373f59dbf7ec55565151e773a21bb6"
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 1193 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning public safety.

## 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/hb1193/versions/hb1193.04.engs)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1193/versions/hb1193.05.enrs)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1193/versions/hb1193.02.comh)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1193/versions/hb1193.03.coms)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1193/versions/hb1193.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1193 - Speedy - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1193 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
- Mike Speedy — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Melton — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Mrvan — cosponsor (person)
- John Bartlett — coauthor (person)
- Michael Delph — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — cosponsor (person)
- Sheila Klinker — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Authored by Representative Speedy
- **2018-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `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 Klinker added as coauthor
- **2018-01-18** Representative Bartlett added as coauthor
- **2018-01-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 32: yeas 95, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-22** Senate sponsors: Senators Freeman and Sandlin
- **2018-01-23** Referred to the Senate
- **2018-02-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-20** Senators Doriot, Delph, Niemeyer, Mrvan, Melton added as cosponsors
- **2018-02-22** Amendment #2 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-22** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-26** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 233: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-27** Returned to the House without amendments
- **2018-03-07** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-07** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-13** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-14** Public Law 79
- **2018-03-14** 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/799ee7e8-8c6f-45bf-a614-9bd7b2765d11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).