---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health programs."
description: "Specifies the circumstances under which a person may be involuntarily committed to a facility for mental health services and specifies that these services are medically necessary when provided in accordance with generally accepted clinical care guidelines. Establishes a local mental health referral program to provide mental health treatment for certain persons who have been arrested. Repeals obsolete provisions and makes technical corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1006"
citation: "Indiana HB 1006 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTION", "Institutions and Inmates", "COURTS generally", "CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Criminal Courts and Court Procedures", "HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL FACILITIES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT generally", "MENTAL HEALTH", "Local Agencies and Programs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Eric Koch", "Gregory Steuerwald", "Michael Crider"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b28c6e9-7e4b-4f08-a573-f3667b6ab0f2"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1006"
source_hash: "55029be723cd35299919e509a1697091a37acd5d2136b0835baa03349d0a9398"
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 1006 (2023) — Mental health programs.

Specifies the circumstances under which a person may be involuntarily committed to a facility for mental health services and specifies that these services are medically necessary when provided in accordance with generally accepted clinical care guidelines. Establishes a local mental health referral program to provide mental health treatment for certain persons who have been arrested. Repeals obsolete provisions and makes technical corrections.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1006/versions/HB1006.05.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1006/versions/HB1006.06.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1006/versions/HB1006.02.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1006/versions/HB1006.03.COMS)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1006/versions/HB1006.04.COMS)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1006/versions/HB1006.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1006 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Chris Jeter — coauthor (person)
- Chuck Moseley — coauthor (person)
- Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Alting — cosponsor (person)
- Tyler Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Vaneta Becker — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy McNamara — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Coauthored by Representatives McNamara, Jeter and Moseley
- **2023-01-12** Authored by Representative Steuerwald
- **2023-01-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** Senate sponsors: Senators Freeman, Crider, Koch
- **2023-01-31** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 49: yeas 99, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2023-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Senator Becker added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-13** Senator Johnson added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-13** Senator Rogers added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-21** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2023-04-10** Amendment #1 (Johnson) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-10** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 367: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** Senator Alting added as cosponsor
- **2023-04-12** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2023-04-17** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
- **2023-04-17** House dissented from Senate amendments
- **2023-04-18** House conferees appointed: Steuerwald and Moseley
- **2023-04-18** House advisors appointed: McNamara, Thompson, Jordan and Gore
- **2023-04-18** Senate conferees appointed: Freeman and Randolph Lonnie M
- **2023-04-18** Senate advisors appointed: Pol and Crider
- **2023-04-19** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
- **2023-04-20** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 459: yeas 91, nays 0
- **2023-04-20** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
- **2023-04-24** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 470: yeas 39, nays 7
- **2023-04-28** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-05-01** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Public Law 205 `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** 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/7b28c6e9-7e4b-4f08-a573-f3667b6ab0f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).