---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cybersecurity incidents."
description: "Requires the office of technology to maintain a repository of cybersecurity incidents. Provides that a state agency and a political subdivision shall: (1) report any cybersecurity incident to the office without unreasonable delay and not later than two business days after discovery of the cybersecurity incident in a format prescribed by the chief information officer; and (2) provide the office with the name and contact information of any individual who will act as the primary reporter of a cybersecurity incident before September 1, 2021, and before September 1 of every year thereafter. Allows the office of technology to assist a state agency with certain issues concerning information technology. Provides that if requested by a political subdivision, the office may develop a list of third party technology providers that work with the office. Requires a state educational institution to submit a quarterly analysis with certain conditions. Makes conforming changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1169"
citation: "Indiana HB 1169 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOMELAND SECURITY", "STATE AGENCIES", "TECHNOLOGY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "James Tomes", "Michael Crider", "Michael Karickhoff"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2021-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ce9ee26-fd30-4eda-b4ea-8efddeed5302"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1169"
source_hash: "e777775219cf057c38c378717260c255e70491488ebde9785cf736bc3fdc8d8a"
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 1169 (2021) — Cybersecurity incidents.

Requires the office of technology to maintain a repository of cybersecurity incidents. Provides that a state agency and a political subdivision shall: (1) report any cybersecurity incident to the office without unreasonable delay and not later than two business days after discovery of the cybersecurity incident in a format prescribed by the chief information officer; and (2) provide the office with the name and contact information of any individual who will act as the primary reporter of a cybersecurity incident before September 1, 2021, and before September 1 of every year thereafter. Allows the office of technology to assist a state agency with certain issues concerning information technology. Provides that if requested by a political subdivision, the office may develop a list of third party technology providers that work with the office. Requires a state educational institution to submit a quarterly analysis with certain conditions. Makes conforming changes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1169/versions/HB1169.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1169/versions/HB1169.02.COMH)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1169/versions/HB1169.03.COMS)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1169/versions/HB1169.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1169 - Crider - 3rd Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- James Tomes — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Michael Karickhoff — primary (person)
- Doug Miller — coauthor (person)
- Earl Harris — coauthor (person)
- J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- John Bartlett — coauthor (person)
- John Crane — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-07** Authored by Representative Karickhoff
- **2021-01-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-01** Representatives Miller and Bartlett added as coauthors
- **2021-02-01** Representative Harris added as coauthor
- **2021-02-02** Senate sponsor: Senator Crider
- **2021-02-02** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 53: yeas 95, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03** Referred to the Senate
- **2021-02-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25** Senator Doriot added as second sponsor
- **2021-03-25** Senator Tomes added as third sponsor
- **2021-03-29** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-29** Senator Crane added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 287: yeas 50, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-31** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-06** Motion to concur filed
- **2021-04-08** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 384: yeas 88, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-27** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-27** Public Law 134

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ce9ee26-fd30-4eda-b4ea-8efddeed5302`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).