---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certificate of public advantage."
description: "Prohibits the submission of an application for a certificate of public advantage (application) after May 13, 2025. Changes the time frame in which the Indiana department of health has to review and make a determination on an application filed during a specified time frame."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 119"
citation: "Indiana SB 119 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Health (IDOH)", "AGENCIES; Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA)", "CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Contracts and Legal Documents", "CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Generally", "FINANCIAL SERVICES; Investments and Securities", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Hospitals", "STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS; Attorney General"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Barrett", "Ed Charbonneau", "Tyler Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f67b7cc1-56d9-4fcc-9a06-cfd34a9df14c"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0119"
source_hash: "cff32f16f1528d2e06362c6324207f659f54ebe9a2d5ff7ce452b58823060991"
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 119 (2025) — Certificate of public advantage.

Prohibits the submission of an application for a certificate of public advantage (application) after May 13, 2025. Changes the time frame in which the Indiana department of health has to review and make a determination on an application filed during a specified time frame.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0119/SB0119.03.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0119/SB0119.05.ENRH.pdf)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0119/SB0119.01.INTR.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0119/SB0119.04.COMH.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 119 - Barrett - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 119 - Charbonneau — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 119 - Charbonneau - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brad Barrett — primary (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
- Beau Baird — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Robert Heaton — cosponsor (person)
- Tonya Pfaff — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Authored by Senator Charbonneau
- **2025-01-16** Senator Johnson T added as second author
- **2025-02-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2025-02-19** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** Amendment #3 (Charbonneau) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 174: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2025-02-20** Cosponsor: Representative Heaton
- **2025-02-20** House sponsor: Representative Barrett
- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Representatives Baird and Pfaff added as cosponsors
- **2025-04-01** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-04-07** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 372: yeas 95, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
- **2025-04-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-04-08** Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 370: yeas 46, nays 1
- **2025-04-08** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2025-04-09** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-22** Public Law 100 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f67b7cc1-56d9-4fcc-9a06-cfd34a9df14c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).