---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning pensions."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning pensions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1617"
citation: "Indiana HB 1617 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT", "Police Pensions and Benefits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Jack Sandlin", "Mike Speedy"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e81b200-190f-46c5-b52c-c078d976a976"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1617"
source_hash: "a5a71566be03c6ddb84c477cdaf11c0ade6db6ffdcdb5824b7f4aed4d4737b96"
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 1617 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning pensions.

## 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/hb1617/versions/hb1617.05.engs)
2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1617/versions/hb1617.03.engh)
3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1617/versions/hb1617.06.enrs)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1617/versions/hb1617.02.comh)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1617/versions/hb1617.04.coms)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1617/versions/hb1617.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1617 - Sandlin - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1617 - Speedy - 3rd Reading — **91–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
- Mike Speedy — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Moseley — coauthor (person)
- Cherrish Pryor — coauthor (person)
- Chris Judy — coauthor (person)
- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
- David Ober — coauthor (person)
- Dennis Zent — coauthor (person)
- Heath VanNatter — coauthor (person)
- John Bartlett — coauthor (person)
- Julie Olthoff — coauthor (person)
- Justin Moed — coauthor (person)
- Karen Engleman — coauthor (person)
- Karen Tallian — cosponsor (person)
- Karlee Macer — coauthor (person)
- Kevin Mahan — coauthor (person)
- Lloyd Arnold — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Carbaugh — coauthor (person)
- Michael Karickhoff — coauthor (person)
- Peggy Mayfield — coauthor (person)
- Robert Morris — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** Authored by Representative Speedy
- **2017-01-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Representatives Karickhoff, Pryor, VanNatter added as coauthors
- **2017-02-21** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-23** Amendment #1 (Morris) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-23** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27** Senate sponsors: Senators Sandlin and Freeman
- **2017-02-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 226: yeas 91, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-27** Rule 105.1 suspended
- **2017-02-27** Representatives Ober, Carbaugh, Bartlett, Moed, Arnold, Moseley, Mahan, Olthoff, Zent, Judy, Engleman, Macer, Mayfield, Morris added as coauthors
- **2017-02-28** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-03-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-20** Senators Niezgodski, Tallian, Doriot added as cosponsors
- **2017-03-23** Amendment #1 (Boots) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-03-23** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 296: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-27** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-28** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-06** Motion to concur filed
- **2017-04-10** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 445: yeas 92, 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 161
- **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/3e81b200-190f-46c5-b52c-c078d976a976`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).