---
type: "Bill"
title: "TANF program."
description: "Increases the state earned income tax credit to an amount equal to 10% (instead of 9%) of the federal earned income tax credit that an individual claimed for a taxable year. Provides that for purposes of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, income earned by a certain individual in the household who is participating in or pursuing a postsecondary degree, a workforce certificate, a pre-apprenticeship, or an apprenticeship may not disqualify an eligible household from receiving benefits, and may not be considered in determining the amount of assistance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1009"
citation: "Indiana HB 1009 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FAMILY AND SOCIAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION", "HUMAN SERVICES", "WELFARE", "Aid to Families with Dependent Children"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Goodrich", "John Crane", "Jon Ford", "Ronald Grooms"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cdc75f6-bc94-4374-85b0-12d4df309165"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1009"
source_hash: "20dbddf95c6d5663ed86c7e3892de275876211a50038d4a62b880323ab54a1b9"
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 HB 1009 (2021) — TANF program.

Increases the state earned income tax credit to an amount equal to 10% (instead of 9%) of the federal earned income tax credit that an individual claimed for a taxable year. Provides that for purposes of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, income earned by a certain individual in the household who is participating in or pursuing a postsecondary degree, a workforce certificate, a pre-apprenticeship, or an apprenticeship may not disqualify an eligible household from receiving benefits, and may not be considered in determining the amount of assistance.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1009/versions/HB1009.06.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1009/versions/HB1009.07.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1009/versions/HB1009.03.COMH)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1009/versions/HB1009.02.COMH)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1009/versions/HB1009.05.COMS)
6. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1009/versions/HB1009.04.COMS)
7. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1009/versions/HB1009.01.INTR)

## Sponsors

- Chuck Goodrich — primary (person)
- John Crane — primary (person)
- Jon Ford — primary (person)
- Ronald Grooms — primary (person)
- Cherrish Pryor — coauthor (person)
- Cindy Ledbetter — coauthor (person)
- Dale DeVon — coauthor (person)
- Eric Koch — cosponsor (person)
- Fady Qaddoura — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Raatz — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** Coauthored by Representatives DeVon, Ledbetter, Pryor
- **2021-01-14** Authored by Representative Goodrich
- **2021-01-14** First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09** Referred to the Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
- **2021-02-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** Senate sponsors: Senators Ford Jon and Crane
- **2021-02-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 234: yeas 93, nays 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-23** Referred to the Senate
- **2021-02-24** First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Senator Grooms added as third sponsor
- **2021-03-22** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Senator Koch added as cosponsor
- **2021-04-08** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-12** Amendment #1 (Ford Jon) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-12** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-04-12** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2021-04-13** Senator Qaddoura added as cosponsor
- **2021-04-13** Senator Raatz added as cosponsor
- **2021-04-13** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 411: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-14** Motion to dissent filed
- **2021-04-14** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-14** House conferees appointed: Goodrich and Pryor
- **2021-04-14** House advisors appointed: Ledbetter, Brown T and Summers
- **2021-04-15** Senate conferees appointed: Ford Jon and Qaddoura
- **2021-04-15** Senate advisors appointed: Crane and Ford J.D.
- **2021-04-19** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2021-04-19** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2021-04-20** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 466: yeas 88, nays 1
- **2021-04-20** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 460: yeas 48, nays 1
- **2021-04-22** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-23** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-28** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-29** Public Law 168

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cdc75f6-bc94-4374-85b0-12d4df309165`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).