---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning professions and occupations."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning professions and occupations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1384"
citation: "Indiana HB 1384 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHIROPRACTORS", "LICENSES AND LICENSING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Beumer", "Mark Messmer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/388d9fb2-4fca-43e2-8fe6-5ef3c73f4b91"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1384"
source_hash: "d034e3c6b60d6884d5547545fb1208fdd13e420b93cd0574cfc47d2dc4d85613"
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 1384 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning professions and occupations.

## 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/hb1384/versions/hb1384.05.engs)
2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1384/versions/hb1384.03.engh)
3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1384/versions/hb1384.06.enrs)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1384/versions/hb1384.02.comh)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1384/versions/hb1384.04.coms)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1384/versions/hb1384.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1384 - Beumer - 3rd Reading — **85–10** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1384 - Messmer - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Greg Beumer — primary (person)
- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — cosponsor (person)
- Chip Perfect — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Bassler — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Koch — cosponsor (person)
- Heath VanNatter — coauthor (person)
- James Tomes — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Shackleford — coauthor (person)
- Ron Alting — cosponsor (person)
- Sheila Klinker — coauthor (person)
- Vaneta Becker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** Coauthored by Representatives VanNatter and Shackleford
- **2018-01-16** Authored by Representative Beumer
- **2018-01-16** First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-25** Amendment #1 (Beumer) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-01-25** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-29** Senate sponsor: Senator Messmer
- **2018-01-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 67: yeas 85, nays 10 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-30** Referred to the Senate
- **2018-01-30** Representative Klinker added as coauthor
- **2018-02-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-13** Senators Alting, Bassler, Becker, Doriot, Koch, Perfect, Tomes added as cosponsors
- **2018-02-19** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-22** Amendment #1 (Messmer) 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 239: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-27** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-05** Motion to concur filed
- **2018-03-06** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 336: yeas 79, nays 17 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-07** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-07** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-12** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-14** Public Law 85
- **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/388d9fb2-4fca-43e2-8fe6-5ef3c73f4b91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).