---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1244"
citation: "Indiana HB 1244 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT generally", "HEALTH", "Disease Control"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dale DeVon", "Joseph Zakas", "Michael Crider"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1be29033-0c4e-4cd5-b22e-a864951f6dbb"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1244"
source_hash: "a34cb18c7262233614865ae439d22212e5f43c3e7eb58f28db6608135ba09855"
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 1244 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health.

## 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/2018/bills/hb1244/versions/hb1244.04.engs)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1244/versions/hb1244.05.enrs)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1244/versions/hb1244.03.coms)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1244/versions/hb1244.02.comh)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1244/versions/hb1244.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1244 - DeVon - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1244 - Zakas - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dale DeVon — primary (person)
- Joseph Zakas — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — cosponsor (person)
- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Melton — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Mrvan — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Sandlin — cosponsor (person)
- James Merritt — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Taylor — coauthor (person)
- Jon Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Delph — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bohacek — cosponsor (person)
- Randall Frye — coauthor (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Bartels — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** Authored by Representative DeVon
- **2018-01-16** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Representative Taylor J added as coauthor
- **2018-01-22** Representative Frye added as coauthor
- **2018-01-22** Representative Bartels added as coauthor
- **2018-01-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-25** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 62: yeas 94, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-29** Senate sponsor: Senator Zakas
- **2018-01-30** Referred to the Senate
- **2018-02-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-27** Senator Crider added as second sponsor
- **2018-02-27** Senators Niezgodski, Delph, Merritt, Ford, Sandlin, Mrvan, Niemeyer added as cosponsors
- **2018-02-27** Senators Doriot and Melton added as cosponsors
- **2018-03-01** Amendment #1 (Zakas) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-01** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 294: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-05** Senator Bohacek added as cosponsor
- **2018-03-06** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-07** Motion to concur filed
- **2018-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 347: yeas 93, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-15** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-16** Public Law 131
- **2018-03-16** 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/1be29033-0c4e-4cd5-b22e-a864951f6dbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).