---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning telecommunications."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning telecommunications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1444"
citation: "Indiana HB 1444 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPUTERS", "CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Offenses Against Persons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andy Zay", "Blake Doriot", "Chris Judy", "Randall Head"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fc95d02-b30e-4714-8c24-f4d4d2af0540"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1444"
source_hash: "46b6e17c5ce98e367d4646a299b08db382fa1acc747894fb0a09006648eabe16"
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 1444 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning telecommunications.

## 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/hb1444/versions/hb1444.05.engs)
2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1444/versions/hb1444.03.engh)
3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1444/versions/hb1444.06.enrs)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1444/versions/hb1444.02.comh)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1444/versions/hb1444.04.coms)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1444/versions/hb1444.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1444 - Judy - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1444 - Zay - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Andy Zay — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- Chris Judy — primary (person)
- Randall Head — primary (person)
- Brandt Hershman — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Schaibley — coauthor (person)
- Greg Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Speedy — coauthor (person)
- Robert Morris — coauthor (person)
- Ryan Dvorak — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** Authored by Representative Judy
- **2017-01-17** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-20** Representative Dvorak added as coauthor
- **2017-02-21** Amendment #1 (Dvorak) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-21** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** Representatives Morris and Speedy added as coauthors
- **2017-02-22** Rule 105.1 suspended
- **2017-02-22** Representative Schaibley added as coauthor
- **2017-02-22** Senate sponsors: Senators Zay, Doriot and Head
- **2017-02-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 200: yeas 94, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-23** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-27** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Senator Hershman added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-04** Senator Taylor G added as cosponsor
- **2017-04-04** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2017-04-05** Amendment #1 (Hershman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-05** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 420: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-06** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-17** Motion to concur filed
- **2017-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 490: yeas 88, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-19** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-20** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-24** Public Law 153
- **2017-04-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-24** Signed by the President of the Senate

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9fc95d02-b30e-4714-8c24-f4d4d2af0540`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).