---
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 1370"
citation: "Indiana HB 1370 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIREFIGHTERS; FIREFIGHTERS' PENSIONS AND BENEFITS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Walker", "Milo Smith"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcb4704c-2590-40d8-81b5-59a8dcb6225d"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1370"
source_hash: "342b440b912d553dc868b7b866ac1bfebd3c0a228da06e65a6f972f2849df9c5"
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 1370 (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. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1370/versions/hb1370.04.engs)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1370/versions/hb1370.05.enrs)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1370/versions/hb1370.02.comh)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1370/versions/hb1370.03.coms)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1370/versions/hb1370.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1370 - Smith, M. - 3rd Reading — **92–1** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1370 - Walker - 3rd Reading — **50–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Greg Walker — primary (person)
- Milo Smith — primary (person)
- Dan Forestal — coauthor (person)
- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
- Karlee Macer — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Randall Frye — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** Authored by Representative Smith M
- **2017-01-17** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Representative Macer added as coauthor
- **2017-02-06** Representatives Frye and Forestal added as coauthors
- **2017-02-07** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-09** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13** Senate sponsor: Senator Walker
- **2017-02-13** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 104: yeas 92, nays 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-14** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-20** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-27** Amendment #1 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-03-27** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-27** Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-27** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 312: yeas 50, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-29** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-10** Motion to concur filed
- **2017-04-11** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 461: 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** Public Law 90
- **2017-04-20** 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/dcb4704c-2590-40d8-81b5-59a8dcb6225d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).