---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning probate."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning probate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1303"
citation: "Indiana HB 1303 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "TRUSTS AND FIDUCIARIES", "ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS", "PROBATE COURTS AND PROCEEDINGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gregory Steuerwald", "Joseph Zakas", "Rodric Bray", "Timothy Lanane"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1104d35d-2ff7-4da9-b4ef-467118930c6a"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1303"
source_hash: "7c304a3f5935162e3c64dd2fa38f20117315c0ed8060973a4313a6d0e981de21"
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 1303 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning probate.

## 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/hb1303/versions/hb1303.03.engh)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1303/versions/hb1303.05.enrs)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1303/versions/hb1303.04.coms)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1303/versions/hb1303.02.comh)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1303/versions/hb1303.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1303 - Bray - 3rd Reading — **49–1** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1303 - Steuerwald - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)
- Joseph Zakas — primary (person)
- Rodric Bray — primary (person)
- Timothy Lanane — primary (person)
- Edward DeLaney — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Hatfield — coauthor (person)
- Thomas Washburne — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** Authored by Representative Steuerwald
- **2018-01-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-25** Amendment #1 (Washburne) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-01-25** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-29** Representative DeLaney added as coauthor
- **2018-01-29** Senate sponsors: Senators Bray and Lanane
- **2018-01-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 63: yeas 95, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-29** Representatives Washburne and Hatfield added as coauthors
- **2018-01-30** Referred to the Senate
- **2018-02-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** Senator Zakas added as third sponsor
- **2018-02-22** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-26** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 259: yeas 49, nays 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **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 40

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1104d35d-2ff7-4da9-b4ef-467118930c6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).