---
type: "Bill"
title: "Device implantation as a condition of employment."
description: "Prohibits an employer from requiring a candidate for employment or an employee to have a device implanted or otherwise incorporated into the candidate's or employee's body as a condition of employment, as a condition of employment in a particular position, or as a condition of receiving additional compensation or benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1143"
citation: "Indiana HB 1143 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT", "Work Environment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Morrison", "Blake Doriot", "Jon Ford", "Michael Young"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b1eb686-9e29-4b8b-9517-0fdc5e934c5b"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1143"
source_hash: "e66ff9c0cf5c693b4d7e5d0c493e5c53b04e8bf76176a4e5d23cb35acbba5c1d"
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 1143 (2020) — Device implantation as a condition of employment.

Prohibits an employer from requiring a candidate for employment or an employee to have a device implanted or otherwise incorporated into the candidate's or employee's body as a condition of employment, as a condition of employment in a particular position, or as a condition of receiving additional compensation or benefits.

## 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/2020/bills/HB1143/versions/HB1143.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1143/versions/HB1143.03.COMS)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1143/versions/HB1143.02.COMH)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1143/versions/HB1143.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1143 - Ford Jon - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1143 - Morrison - 3rd Reading — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alan Morrison — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- Jon Ford — primary (person)
- Michael Young — primary (person)
- Chris Judy — coauthor (person)
- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Raatz — cosponsor (person)
- John Bartlett — coauthor (person)
- John Crane — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Morris — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Authored by Representative Morrison
- **2020-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-14** Representatives Morris, Judy, Bartlett added as coauthors
- **2020-01-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 35: yeas 97, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-21** Senate sponsor: Senator Ford Jon
- **2020-01-22** Referred to the Senate
- **2020-02-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** Senator Doriot added as second sponsor
- **2020-02-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-17** Senator Young M added as third sponsor
- **2020-02-17** Senators Crane and Niezgodski added as cosponsors
- **2020-02-17** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2020-02-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 213: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-18** Senator Raatz added as cosponsor
- **2020-02-19** Returned to the House without amendments
- **2020-03-03** Signed by the Speaker
- **2020-03-03** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2020-03-09** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-30** Public Law 20

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b1eb686-9e29-4b8b-9517-0fdc5e934c5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).