---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hoosier Spirit II designated state aircraft."
description: "Specifies that the P-47 Thunderbolt known as the Hoosier Spirit II is designated as the official state aircraft of Indiana. (Current law designates the P-47 Thunderbolt as the official state aircraft of Indiana.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1197"
citation: "Indiana HB 1197 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIRCRAFT AND AIRPORTS", "STATE HOLIDAYS; STATE SYMBOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "James Tomes", "Vaneta Becker", "Wendy McNamara"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2021-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3d279eb-530e-4653-b98c-bc8dfa504836"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1197"
source_hash: "1e490d384f867dd84484a1958482ac92b6e9d7ecff54b77ea9350f7fbcaaddaf"
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 1197 (2021) — Hoosier Spirit II designated state aircraft.

Specifies that the P-47 Thunderbolt known as the Hoosier Spirit II is designated as the official state aircraft of Indiana. (Current law designates the P-47 Thunderbolt as the official state aircraft of Indiana.)

## 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/HB1197/versions/HB1197.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1197/versions/HB1197.02.COMH)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1197/versions/HB1197.03.COMS)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1197/versions/HB1197.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1197 - Becker - 3rd Reading — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- James Tomes — primary (person)
- Vaneta Becker — primary (person)
- Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Hostettler — coauthor (person)
- Sharon Negele — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-07** Coauthored by Representatives Hostettler, Sullivan, Negele
- **2021-01-07** Authored by Representative McNamara
- **2021-01-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 13: yeas 95, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28** Senate sponsor: Senator Becker
- **2021-01-29** Referred to the Senate
- **2021-02-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Representative Sullivan removed as coauthor
- **2021-03-22** Senator Tomes added as second sponsor
- **2021-03-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Senator Doriot added as third sponsor
- **2021-03-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 277: yeas 47, nays 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-30** 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 385: 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 Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-26** Public Law 129
- **2021-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3d279eb-530e-4653-b98c-bc8dfa504836`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).