---
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 1257"
citation: "Indiana HB 1257 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION", "STATE DEPARTMENT OF", "NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS", "PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Heaton", "Vaneta Becker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9aaed495-421a-4de8-91ae-0d28d2a17945"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1257"
source_hash: "64cab52315d9852eed31d72a716366b672d48c09f8ac72c3ef27dc3ee7b15133"
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 1257 (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. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1257/versions/hb1257.05.enrs)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1257/versions/hb1257.04.coms)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1257/versions/hb1257.02.comh)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1257/versions/hb1257.03.comh)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1257/versions/hb1257.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1257 - Becker - 3rd Reading — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1257 - Heaton - 3rd Reading — **92–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Robert Heaton — primary (person)
- Vaneta Becker — primary (person)
- Andy Zay — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Kruse — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Clere — coauthor (person)
- Gregory Porter — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Stoops — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Karickhoff — coauthor (person)
- Mike Bohacek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** Authored by Representative Heaton
- **2018-01-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-23** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** Representatives Porter, Karickhoff, Clere added as coauthors
- **2018-01-29** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-31** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-01** Senate sponsor: Senator Becker
- **2018-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 132: yeas 92, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-02** Referred to the Senate
- **2018-02-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-13** Senators Bohacek and Kruse added as cosponsors
- **2018-02-15** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-19** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 202: yeas 50, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-19** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-19** Senator Stoops added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-20** Senator Zay added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-21** Returned to the House without amendments
- **2018-03-01** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-05** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-07** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-08** Public Law 37

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9aaed495-421a-4de8-91ae-0d28d2a17945`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).