---
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: "SB 223"
citation: "Indiana SB 223 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH", "Health Care Professionals", "LICENSES AND LICENSING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Charbonneau", "Randall Head", "Wendy McNamara"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3176651-e351-4d24-82c8-21d7b50a46ee"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/223"
source_hash: "22438d3cc50c1447b8fde527ef43e6827acea92647d3aa673a0dca7dfa730186"
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 223 (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 Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0223/versions/sb0223.03.engs)
2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0223/versions/sb0223.05.engh)
3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0223/versions/sb0223.06.enrh)
4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0223/versions/sb0223.01.intr)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0223/versions/sb0223.04.comh)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0223/versions/sb0223.02.coms)

## Votes

- SB 223 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — **93–0** (pass) · legislature
- SB 223 - Head - 3rd Reading — **46–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Randall Head — primary (person)
- Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
- Anthony Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Ziemke — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Mrvan — coauthor (person)
- James Tomes — coauthor (person)
- Jean Breaux — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Michael Crider — coauthor (person)
- Ryan Mishler — coauthor (person)
- Vaneta Becker — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-03** Authored by Senator Head
- **2018-01-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-30** Senators Charbonneau, Becker, Breaux, Mrvan, Mishler, Crider added as coauthors
- **2018-02-01** Amendment #1 (Head) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-01** Amendment #2 (Head) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-01** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-01** Senator Charbonneau removed as coauthor
- **2018-02-01** Senator Charbonneau added as second author
- **2018-02-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 133: yeas 46, nays 2 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-05** House sponsor: Representative McNamara
- **2018-02-05** Senator Tomes added as coauthor
- **2018-02-05** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2018-02-06** Referred to the House
- **2018-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Representative Cook added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-26** Representative Ziemke added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-26** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Amendment #1 (Carbaugh) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-01** Amendment #2 (McNamara) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-01** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 307: yeas 93, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-06** 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 376: yeas 43, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-13** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-14** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-16** Public Law 121
- **2018-03-16** 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/e3176651-e351-4d24-82c8-21d7b50a46ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).