---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic document filing."
description: "Provides that an executive branch state agency may allow a person to electronically file or submit a document to the state agency as an option in addition to any other means of filing or submitting a document that is required or allowed by statute or rule. Provides that methods to collect electronic filings or submissions must be approved by the office of technology."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1093"
citation: "Indiana HB 1093 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE AGENCIES", "ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chip Perfect", "Cindy Ziemke", "Eric Bassler"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23c33e29-13c3-41ef-873a-76572653e198"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1093"
source_hash: "17fec1d650944f3411f126be94342474c97fb4a6e916c5c2c105deef626970b4"
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 1093 (2020) — Electronic document filing.

Provides that an executive branch state agency may allow a person to electronically file or submit a document to the state agency as an option in addition to any other means of filing or submitting a document that is required or allowed by statute or rule. Provides that methods to collect electronic filings or submissions must be approved by the office of technology.

## 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/2020/bills/HB1093/versions/HB1093.04.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1093/versions/HB1093.05.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1093/versions/HB1093.02.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1093/versions/HB1093.03.COMS)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1093/versions/HB1093.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1093 - Perfect - 3rd Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1093 - Ziemke - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chip Perfect — primary (person)
- Cindy Ziemke — primary (person)
- Eric Bassler — primary (person)
- Doug Miller — coauthor (person)
- Jim Pressel — coauthor (person)
- Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Terri Jo Austin — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Coauthored by Representative Pressel
- **2020-01-07** Authored by Representative Ziemke
- **2020-01-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Representative Miller added as coauthor
- **2020-01-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** Representative Austin added as coauthor
- **2020-01-28** Senate sponsor: Senator Perfect
- **2020-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 82: yeas 95, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-29** Referred to the Senate
- **2020-02-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2020-02-18** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-24** Amendment #1 (Perfect) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2020-02-24** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 241: yeas 45, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-25** Senator Bassler added as second sponsor
- **2020-02-25** Senator Rogers added as cosponsor
- **2020-02-26** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-03** Motion to concur filed
- **2020-03-04** Signed by the Speaker
- **2020-03-04** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 306: yeas 91, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-30** Public Law 39

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23c33e29-13c3-41ef-873a-76572653e198`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).