---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 221"
citation: "Indiana SB 221 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES", "DRUGS AND MEDICINES", "PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS", "CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Controlled Substances"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Smaltz", "Ed Charbonneau", "Erin Houchin", "Joseph Zakas"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66078309-c5b3-4477-aa65-ab10d11ea0b1"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/221"
source_hash: "c4fac160f8174bf6162b65150903910249bb438609c2820a044bf26604b4367e"
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 221 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0221/versions/sb0221.04.enrh)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0221/versions/sb0221.01.intr)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0221/versions/sb0221.02.coms)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0221/versions/sb0221.03.comh)

## Votes

- SB 221 - Houchin - 3rd Reading — **47–1** (pass) · legislature
- SB 221 - Smaltz - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ben Smaltz — primary (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Erin Houchin — primary (person)
- Joseph Zakas — primary (person)
- Andy Zay — coauthor (person)
- Charlie Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Zent — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Mrvan — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Robin Shackleford — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Alting — coauthor (person)
- Timothy Lanane — coauthor (person)
- Travis Holdman — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-03** Authored by Senators Houchin and Charbonneau
- **2018-01-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Senator Lanane added as coauthor
- **2018-01-18** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-18** Senator Zakas added as third author
- **2018-01-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-22** Senator Mrvan added as coauthor
- **2018-01-22** Senators Zay, Holdman, Alting added as coauthors
- **2018-01-23** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2018-01-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 70: yeas 47, nays 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-25** House sponsor: Representative Smaltz
- **2018-01-29** Referred to the House
- **2018-02-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26** Representatives Zent, Shackleford, Brown, C. added as cosponsors
- **2018-02-28** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 281: yeas 95, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-02** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-05** Motion to concur filed
- **2018-03-06** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 342: yeas 49, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-21** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-22** Public Law 194
- **2018-03-22** 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/66078309-c5b3-4477-aa65-ab10d11ea0b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).