---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning public safety."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning public safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1535"
citation: "Indiana HB 1535 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT", "Academy and Training"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Delph", "Rodric Bray", "Wendy McNamara"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ca27fcd-931b-49a2-ace6-be530983b43b"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1535"
source_hash: "c9a2498b70ca4cd07d9531b2f647c524cb9db8b5c9515d9d54f3ee7b61f6d893"
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 1535 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning public safety.

## 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/hb1535/versions/hb1535.04.enrs)
2. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1535/versions/hb1535.03.coms)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1535/versions/hb1535.02.comh)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1535/versions/hb1535.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1535 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1535 - Bray - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Michael Delph — primary (person)
- Rodric Bray — primary (person)
- Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Melton — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Sandlin — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Mahan — coauthor (person)
- Linda Lawson — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Crider — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Karickhoff — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** Authored by Representative McNamara
- **2017-01-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** Representatives Lawson, Mahan, Karickhoff added as coauthors
- **2017-02-14** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-20** Senate sponsor: Senator Bray
- **2017-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 148: yeas 96, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-21** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-30** Senator Delph added as second sponsor
- **2017-03-30** Senators Crider, Sandlin, Melton added as cosponsors
- **2017-03-30** Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
- **2017-04-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-04-03** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2017-04-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 381: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-05** Returned to the House without amendments
- **2017-04-06** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-10** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-11** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-12** Public Law 31
- **2017-04-12** 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/4ca27fcd-931b-49a2-ace6-be530983b43b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).