---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1245"
citation: "Indiana HB 1245 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LICENSES AND LICENSING", "CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Criminal History Information"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dale DeVon", "Liz Brown", "Philip Boots"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5af355f9-d4cc-4cf4-942f-a9b1dcbb23ee"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1245"
source_hash: "1acb2f0b3748437b55977c4c703243a6b5db22745f880aba6f2f54db2db8bb5f"
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 1245 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local 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/hb1245/versions/hb1245.05.engs)
2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1245/versions/hb1245.03.engh)
3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1245/versions/hb1245.06.enrs)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1245/versions/hb1245.02.comh)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1245/versions/hb1245.04.coms)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1245/versions/hb1245.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1245 - DeVon - 3rd Reading — **54–39** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1245 - Boots - 3rd Reading — **47–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dale DeVon — primary (person)
- Liz Brown — primary (person)
- Philip Boots — primary (person)
- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Koch — cosponsor (person)
- Heath VanNatter — coauthor (person)
- Robert Morris — coauthor (person)
- Victoria Spartz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** Authored by Representative DeVon
- **2018-01-16** First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** Representative VanNatter added as coauthor
- **2018-01-23** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-23** Representative Morris added as coauthor
- **2018-02-01** Amendment #2 (DeVon) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-01** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05** Senate sponsors: Senators Boots and Brown L
- **2018-02-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 168: yeas 54, nays 39 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-06** Referred to the Senate
- **2018-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-27** Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
- **2018-03-05** Amendment #4 (Holdman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-05** Amendment #5 (Koch) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-05** Amendment #6 (Spartz) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-05** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Senator Spartz added as cosponsor
- **2018-03-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 320: yeas 47, nays 2 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-06** Senator Koch 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: DeVon and Moseley
- **2018-03-07** House advisors appointed: VanNatter, Lehman and Taylor J
- **2018-03-07** Senate conferees appointed: Boots and Niezgodski
- **2018-03-07** Senate advisors appointed: Brown L, Tallian and Spartz
- **2018-03-14** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-14** Signed by the Speaker
- **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 Senate; Roll Call 402: yeas 48, nays 1
- **2018-03-14** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 392: yeas 95, nays 1
- **2018-03-20** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-21** Public Law 182
- **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/5af355f9-d4cc-4cf4-942f-a9b1dcbb23ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).