---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning human services."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning human services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1335"
citation: "Indiana HB 1335 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HUMAN SERVICES", "Regulation and Licensing of Professionals", "MENTAL HEALTH", "State Department and Institutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cindy Kirchhofer", "Ed Charbonneau", "Michael Crider"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4024c323-eab6-461f-af67-3f7839e4c4c3"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1335"
source_hash: "23b5c34ed51171742d6482026cc56fccf9716c701cdd37352cb1e803f4dd93a6"
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 1335 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning human services.

## 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/hb1335/versions/hb1335.03.engh)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1335/versions/hb1335.05.enrs)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1335/versions/hb1335.02.comh)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1335/versions/hb1335.04.coms)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1335/versions/hb1335.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1335 - Crider - 3rd Reading — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1335 - Kirchhofer - 3rd Reading — **97–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cindy Kirchhofer — primary (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Dan Forestal — coauthor (person)
- Dennis Zent — coauthor (person)
- Frank Mrvan — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** Authored by Representative Kirchhofer
- **2017-01-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-30** Representative Zent added as coauthor
- **2017-02-06** Amendment #2 (Kirchhofer) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-06** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-07** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 71: yeas 97, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-07** Senate sponsors: Senators Crider and Charbonneau
- **2017-02-08** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-09** Representative Forestal added as coauthor
- **2017-02-20** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-20** Senator Mrvan added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 278: yeas 50, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-21** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-22** Returned to the House without amendments
- **2017-03-23** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-03-23** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-03-27** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-03-29** Public Law 19
- **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/4024c323-eab6-461f-af67-3f7839e4c4c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).