---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning probate."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning probate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1407"
citation: "Indiana HB 1407 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROBATE COURTS AND PROCEEDINGS", "TRUSTS AND FIDUCIARIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric Koch", "Rodric Bray", "Thomas Washburne"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3aa5e02f-ec58-4ba3-b92a-6a1d9bbd85d7"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1407"
source_hash: "9a0493288bbda8b21f18ed232cd97a20e2f6fe1a63a6901aac1115f225625c4b"
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 1407 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning probate.

## 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/hb1407/versions/hb1407.04.enrs)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1407/versions/hb1407.03.coms)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1407/versions/hb1407.02.comh)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1407/versions/hb1407.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1407 - Washburne - 3rd Reading — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1407 - Bray - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- Rodric Bray — primary (person)
- Thomas Washburne — primary (person)
- John Young — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Dvorak — coauthor (person)
- Ryan Hatfield — coauthor (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 Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-24** Representatives Dvorak, Hatfield, Young J added as coauthors
- **2017-01-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 33: yeas 99, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-30** Senate sponsor: Senator Bray
- **2017-01-31** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-20** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Senator Koch added as second sponsor
- **2017-03-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-30** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2017-04-05** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 418: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-06** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-10** Motion to dissent filed
- **2017-04-10** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-10** House advisors appointed: Engleman, Young J and Dvorak
- **2017-04-10** House conferees appointed: Washburne and Hatfield
- **2017-04-11** Senate advisors appointed: Koch, Taylor G, Freeman and Zakas
- **2017-04-11** Senate conferees appointed: Bray and Randolph Lonnie M
- **2017-04-20** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2017-04-20** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2017-04-21** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-21** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 523: yeas 98, nays 0
- **2017-04-21** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 511: yeas 50, nays 0
- **2017-04-24** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-26** Public Law 194
- **2017-04-26** 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/3aa5e02f-ec58-4ba3-b92a-6a1d9bbd85d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).