---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning public safety."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning public safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1023"
citation: "Indiana HB 1023 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIREFIGHTERS; FIREFIGHTERS' PENSIONS AND BENEFITS", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "ADMINISTRATIVE CODE; INDIANA REGISTER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Crider", "Michael Delph", "Randall Frye"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-04"
last_action: "2017-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd5256e7-f486-4938-a09f-31dbbdba5900"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1023"
source_hash: "5b662003917973ddf5152f758f7fca76d9b00bc4af8101d7227a696b108a32bc"
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 1023 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning public safety.

## 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/2017/bills/hb1023/versions/hb1023.04.enrs)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1023/versions/hb1023.03.coms)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1023/versions/hb1023.02.comh)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1023/versions/hb1023.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1023 - Frye - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1023 - Crider - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Michael Delph — primary (person)
- Randall Frye — primary (person)
- Dan Forestal — coauthor (person)
- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Zent — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Wesco — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-04** Authored by Representative Frye R
- **2017-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-10** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-12** Representative Wesco added as coauthor
- **2017-01-12** Representatives Zent and Forestal added as coauthors
- **2017-01-12** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-17** Senate sponsor: Senator Crider
- **2017-01-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 8: yeas 95, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-17** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-20** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-07** Senator Delph added as second sponsor
- **2017-03-09** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-13** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 248: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-13** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-13** Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-14** Returned to the House without amendments
- **2017-03-21** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-03-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-03-27** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-03-29** Public Law 10
- **2017-03-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd5256e7-f486-4938-a09f-31dbbdba5900`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).