---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning gaming."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning gaming."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 134"
citation: "Indiana SB 134 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GAMBLING AND GAMES OF CHANCE", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Pressel", "Jon Ford", "Mike Bohacek", "Ron Alting"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c21150a1-90e4-4a8e-8b92-a172dd972c89"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/134"
source_hash: "e77c5f02406497f8b7345a1505630883c5b834ae2bb0108467456a39f690fa21"
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 134 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning gaming.

## 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/sb0134/versions/sb0134.03.engs)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0134/versions/sb0134.05.enrh)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0134/versions/sb0134.01.intr)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0134/versions/sb0134.02.coms)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0134/versions/sb0134.04.comh)

## Votes

- SB 134 - Bohacek - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
- SB 134 - Pressel - 3rd Reading — **92–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jim Pressel — primary (person)
- Jon Ford — primary (person)
- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
- Ron Alting — primary (person)
- Ben Smaltz — cosponsor (person)
- David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
- Greg Taylor — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Sally Siegrist — cosponsor (person)
- Sheila Klinker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-03** Authored by Senator Bohacek
- **2018-01-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Senator Ford added as second author
- **2018-01-09** Senator Alting added as third author
- **2018-01-10** Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
- **2018-01-11** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-16** Senators Taylor G and Randolph added as coauthors
- **2018-01-23** Amendment #4 (Alting) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-01-23** Amendment #3 (Bohacek) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-01-23** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 68: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-25** House sponsor: Representative Smaltz
- **2018-01-25** Cosponsors: Representatives Pressel, Siegrist and Klinker
- **2018-01-29** Referred to the House
- **2018-02-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Representative Smaltz removed as sponsor
- **2018-02-20** Representative Pressel added as sponsor
- **2018-02-20** Representative Pressel removed as cosponsor
- **2018-02-20** Representative Smaltz added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 228: yeas 92, nays 3 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-28** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-08** Motion to concur filed
- **2018-03-12** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 372: yeas 46, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-13** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-20** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-21** Public Law 157
- **2018-03-21** 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/c21150a1-90e4-4a8e-8b92-a172dd972c89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).