---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1406"
citation: "Indiana HB 1406 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Controlled Substances"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Eric Koch", "Thomas Washburne"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb58298d-0c6d-4b94-82ff-d27f45903824"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1406"
source_hash: "82e5f765bbd520273eb519285c51cfca923bc9d0e43d4d5c2a75cfc6cfaa6530"
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 1406 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure.

## 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/hb1406/versions/hb1406.04.engs)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1406/versions/hb1406.05.enrs)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1406/versions/hb1406.02.comh)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1406/versions/hb1406.03.coms)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1406/versions/hb1406.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1406 - Koch - 3rd Reading — **41–6** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1406 - Washburne - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- Thomas Washburne — primary (person)
- Julie Olthoff — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Carbaugh — coauthor (person)
- Ryan Hatfield — coauthor (person)
- Timothy Lanane — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** Authored by Representative Washburne
- **2017-01-17** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-06** Representative Hatfield added as coauthor
- **2017-02-06** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06** Representative Smaltz added as coauthor
- **2017-02-07** Senate sponsor: Senator Koch
- **2017-02-07** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 76: yeas 95, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-07** Representative Carbaugh added as coauthor
- **2017-02-08** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-20** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-30** Senator Lanane added as cosponsor
- **2017-04-04** Amendment #1 (Hershman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-04** Amendment #2 (Koch) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-04** Amendment #3 (Koch) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-04** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-04-04** Senator Freeman added as second sponsor
- **2017-04-04** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2017-04-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 400: yeas 41, nays 6 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-06** Motion to dissent filed
- **2017-04-06** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-06** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-10** Representative Smaltz removed as coauthor
- **2017-04-10** Representative Olthoff added as coauthor
- **2017-04-10** Senate advisors appointed: Freeman, Randolph Lonnie M and Young M
- **2017-04-10** Senate conferees appointed: Koch and Lanane
- **2017-04-10** House advisors appointed: Young J, Negele, DeLaney and Pierce
- **2017-04-10** House conferees appointed: Washburne and Hatfield
- **2017-04-10** Senator Houchin added as advisor
- **2017-04-19** Senator Young M added as conferee
- **2017-04-19** Senator Lanane removed as conferee
- **2017-04-19** Senator Young M removed as advisor
- **2017-04-20** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2017-04-20** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2017-04-20** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 512: yeas 87, nays 11
- **2017-04-21** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 499: yeas 41, nays 8
- **2017-04-21** Joint Rule 20 technical correction adopted by the House
- **2017-04-21** Joint Rule 20 technical correction adopted by the Senate
- **2017-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-27** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-28** Public Law 252
- **2017-04-28** 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/bb58298d-0c6d-4b94-82ff-d27f45903824`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).