---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning the military and veterans."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning the military and veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1402"
citation: "Indiana HB 1402 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["VETERANS", "HOMELESS", "LANDLORDS AND TENANTS", "PROPERTY TAXES", "Credits and Deductions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Baird", "Philip Boots"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cecdf538-bedc-4c71-b6b9-1f0f1da8ec63"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1402"
source_hash: "7fafd2b54e99d989ae6f4e2730687ac58cc7142927c4fc10d82a9c2c1ed13407"
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 1402 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning the military and veterans.

## 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/hb1402/versions/hb1402.03.engh)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1402/versions/hb1402.05.enrs)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1402/versions/hb1402.04.coms)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1402/versions/hb1402.02.comh)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1402/versions/hb1402.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1402 - Boots - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1402 - Baird - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- James Baird — primary (person)
- Philip Boots — primary (person)
- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Clere — coauthor (person)
- Karlee Macer — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Sheila Klinker — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** Coauthored by Representative Clere
- **2018-01-16** Authored by Representative Baird
- **2018-01-16** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** Representatives Klinker and Macer added as coauthors
- **2018-01-25** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-29** Amendment #1 (Baird) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-01-29** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-31** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 114: yeas 94, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-31** Senate sponsor: Senator Boots
- **2018-02-01** Referred to the Senate
- **2018-02-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and The Military `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
- **2018-03-01** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2018-03-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 304: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-06** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-08** Motion to concur filed
- **2018-03-08** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 359: yeas 81, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-14** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-19** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-19** Public Law 149
- **2018-03-19** 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/cecdf538-bedc-4c71-b6b9-1f0f1da8ec63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).