---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning public safety."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning public safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 393"
citation: "Indiana SB 393 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Douglas Eckerty", "James Tomes", "Jim Pressel"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-08"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb073dc2-9c91-4787-9069-71bf8c2e1f0b"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/393"
source_hash: "7c5c31c3222e5509a0d768e5b1ded97ef7e5249f48f9217d08710fd4a5de8d8c"
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 393 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning public safety.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0393/versions/sb0393.04.engh)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0393/versions/sb0393.05.enrh)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0393/versions/sb0393.01.intr)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0393/versions/sb0393.02.coms)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0393/versions/sb0393.03.comh)

## Votes

- SB 393 - Eckerty - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- SB 393 - Pressel - 3rd Reading — **93–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Douglas Eckerty — primary (person)
- James Tomes — primary (person)
- Jim Pressel — primary (person)
- Charles Moseley — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Forestal — cosponsor (person)
- Erin Houchin — coauthor (person)
- Jon Ford — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Randall Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Alting — coauthor (person)
- Timothy Lanane — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-08** Authored by Senator Eckerty
- **2018-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Senator Tomes added as second author
- **2018-01-25** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-25** Senator Houchin added as coauthor
- **2018-01-29** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-29** Senators Randolph and Lanane added as coauthors
- **2018-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 112: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-30** House sponsor: Representative Pressel
- **2018-01-30** Senator Ford added as coauthor
- **2018-02-01** Senator Alting added as coauthor
- **2018-02-01** Referred to the House
- **2018-02-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Representatives Frye and Forestal added as cosponsors
- **2018-02-12** Representative Moseley added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28** Amendment #2 (Pressel) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-28** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 291: yeas 93, nays 1 `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 352: yeas 47, nays 2 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-14** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-15** Public Law 104
- **2018-03-15** 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/bb073dc2-9c91-4787-9069-71bf8c2e1f0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).