---
type: "Bill"
title: "Semiquincentennial commission."
description: "Establishes a commission to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 12"
citation: "Indiana SB 12 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS OR COUNCILS", "Creation of New Agencies", "HISTORICAL ORGANIZATIONS; HISTORIC SITES AND PRESERVATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Kruse", "Jeff Raatz", "Jerry Torr"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-04"
last_action: "2022-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3083f0a-8278-4583-9573-c8e7642b3e44"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/12"
source_hash: "574ace67cf794250d25fc4ab2f5657dc0ce627ae1f53f051d6fe91fa5691d3ec"
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 12 (2022) — Semiquincentennial commission.

Establishes a commission to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

## 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/2022/bills/SB0012/versions/SB0012.04.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0012/versions/SB0012.06.ENRH)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0012/versions/SB0012.01.INTR)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0012/versions/SB0012.05.COMH)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0012/versions/SB0012.02.COMS)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0012/versions/SB0012.03.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 12 - Torr - 3rd Reading — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dennis Kruse — primary (person)
- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
- Jerry Torr — primary (person)
- Greg Taylor — coauthor (person)
- J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
- J.D. Prescott — cosponsor (person)
- James Tomes — coauthor (person)
- John Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Boehnlein — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Matt Lehman — cosponsor (person)
- Susan Glick — coauthor (person)
- Vaneta Becker — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-04** Authored by Senator Kruse
- **2022-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Senator Raatz added as second author
- **2022-01-13** Senator Tomes added as coauthor
- **2022-01-18** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Senators Taylor G, Becker, Boehnlein, Ford J.D. added as coauthors
- **2022-01-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Senator Glick added as coauthor
- **2022-01-31** Amendment #1 (Ford J.D.) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-31** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-31** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2022-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 138: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** House sponsor: Representative Torr
- **2022-02-01** Cosponsors: Representatives Lehman, Bartlett, Prescott
- **2022-02-02** Referred to the House
- **2022-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-21** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 223: yeas 91, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** Returned to the Senate without amendments
- **2022-03-01** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-01** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-07** Public Law 3
- **2022-03-07** 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/c3083f0a-8278-4583-9573-c8e7642b3e44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).