---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 100"
citation: "Indiana SB 100 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES generally", "SAFETY generally", "FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND DISTRICTS", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "Immunity and Exemption from Liability"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Merritt", "Michael Crider", "Michael Delph", "Woody Burton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b0e0995-8e34-474b-9e35-e26271a36b80"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/100"
source_hash: "6ce89918dad3248175d1744bd0bab8faaedbfba886901e05d3a0f6bfb981fde2"
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 SB 100 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0100/versions/sb0100.03.engs)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0100/versions/sb0100.05.enrh)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0100/versions/sb0100.01.intr)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0100/versions/sb0100.04.comh)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0100/versions/sb0100.02.coms)

## Votes

- SB 100 - Burton - 3rd Reading — **92–0** (pass) · legislature
- SB 100 - Delph - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- James Merritt — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Michael Delph — primary (person)
- Woody Burton — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
- Jack Sandlin — coauthor (person)
- Joe Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- John Crane — coauthor (person)
- Jon Ford — coauthor (person)
- Karlee Macer — cosponsor (person)
- Randall Frye — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-03** Authored by Senator Delph
- **2018-01-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-18** Amendment #1 (Delph) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-01-18** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-18** Senator Crider added as second author
- **2018-01-18** Senator Merritt added as third author
- **2018-01-18** Senators Doriot, Ford, Sandlin added as coauthors
- **2018-01-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 48: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-23** House sponsor: Representative Burton
- **2018-01-23** Cosponsor: Representative Macer
- **2018-01-23** Senator Crane added as coauthor
- **2018-01-26** Referred to the House
- **2018-02-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-19** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-19** Representatives Frye and Taylor J added as cosponsors
- **2018-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 192: yeas 92, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-21** Returned to the Senate without amendments
- **2018-02-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-01** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-06** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-07** Public Law 8

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b0e0995-8e34-474b-9e35-e26271a36b80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).