---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning pensions."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning pensions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 27"
citation: "Indiana SB 27 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT", "Police Pensions and Benefits", "FIREFIGHTERS; FIREFIGHTERS' PENSIONS AND BENEFITS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Karen Tallian", "Philip Boots", "Woody Burton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2f9b857-bc79-47a7-a0a3-92d1f4df64a1"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/27"
source_hash: "b0e4b6c1b52b9a1d347f7fdf3bfcdca4c552265131ae2c99bf328c12cc98901e"
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 27 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning pensions.

## 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/sb0027/versions/sb0027.04.enrh)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0027/versions/sb0027.01.intr)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0027/versions/sb0027.02.coms)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0027/versions/sb0027.03.comh)

## Votes

- SB 27 - Burton - 3rd Reading — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- SB 27 - Boots - 3rd Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- Karen Tallian — primary (person)
- Philip Boots — primary (person)
- Woody Burton — primary (person)
- Eddie Melton — coauthor (person)
- Joe Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-03** Authored by Senator Boots
- **2018-01-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-04** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-08** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-09** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 7: yeas 47, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-09** House sponsor: Representative Burton
- **2018-01-09** Senator Doriot added as second author
- **2018-01-09** Senator Tallian added as third author
- **2018-01-09** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2018-01-10** Senator Melton added as coauthor
- **2018-01-12** Referred to the House
- **2018-02-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-26** Representative Taylor J added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-26** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 216: yeas 97, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-27** Returned to the Senate without amendments
- **2018-03-06** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-12** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-13** Public Law 43

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2f9b857-bc79-47a7-a0a3-92d1f4df64a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).