---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning general provisions."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning general provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1181"
citation: "Indiana HB 1181 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INDIANA CODE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clyde Kersey", "Joseph Zakas", "Michael Young"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2017-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f112cb0-2545-4e3b-8eed-3ecfaf4b26d1"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1181"
source_hash: "49e88c493611128befaf9286ce8eb0f5e950d4516c7237f1f99f2cdac5a21a3b"
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 1181 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning general provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1181/versions/hb1181.03.engh)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1181/versions/hb1181.05.enrs)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1181/versions/hb1181.04.coms)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1181/versions/hb1181.02.comh)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1181/versions/hb1181.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1181 - Young M - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1181 - Kersey - 3rd Reading — **96–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Clyde Kersey — primary (person)
- Joseph Zakas — primary (person)
- Michael Young — primary (person)
- Charles Moseley — coauthor (person)
- Gregory Steuerwald — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Washburne — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09** Authored by Representative Kersey
- **2017-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** Representatives Steuerwald, Washburne, Moseley added as coauthors
- **2017-02-06** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-16** Amendment #2 (Kersey) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-16** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-20** Senate sponsors: Senators Young M and Zakas
- **2017-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 153: yeas 96, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-21** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-14** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 260: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-14** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-15** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-11** Motion to concur filed
- **2017-04-11** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 465: yeas 89, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-17** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-18** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-19** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-20** Public Law 85

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f112cb0-2545-4e3b-8eed-3ecfaf4b26d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).