---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil proceeding advance payment contracts."
description: "Amends the law concerning civil proceeding advance payment (CPAP) transactions to provide that in a civil proceeding in which a consumer claimant has entered into a CPAP contract, the consumer claimant or the consumer claimant's attorney is required to provide to: (1) each of the other parties in the civil proceeding; and (2) each insurer that has a duty to defend another party in the civil proceeding; written notice that the consumer claimant has entered into a CPAP contract with a CPAP provider. Provides that in a civil proceeding in which a consumer claimant is a party, the existence and contents of the CPAP contract are subject to discovery under the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure by: (1) a party other than the consumer claimant; or (2) an insurer that has a duty to defend another party in the civil proceeding. Provides that a written notice concerning a CPAP contract with a CPAP provider is not admissible in a court proceeding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1124"
citation: "Indiana HB 1124 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL ACTIONS generally", "INSURANCE generally", "TRADE REGULATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liz Brown", "Mark Messmer", "Matt Lehman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/860e935f-e306-417e-9996-885e089f9423"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1124"
source_hash: "6e5ac6c0c0fa94fbd37d1806af7bdf529178726f727b385bb7cc66227dbe66aa"
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 1124 (2023) — Civil proceeding advance payment contracts.

Amends the law concerning civil proceeding advance payment (CPAP) transactions to provide that in a civil proceeding in which a consumer claimant has entered into a CPAP contract, the consumer claimant or the consumer claimant's attorney is required to provide to: (1) each of the other parties in the civil proceeding; and (2) each insurer that has a duty to defend another party in the civil proceeding; written notice that the consumer claimant has entered into a CPAP contract with a CPAP provider. Provides that in a civil proceeding in which a consumer claimant is a party, the existence and contents of the CPAP contract are subject to discovery under the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure by: (1) a party other than the consumer claimant; or (2) an insurer that has a duty to defend another party in the civil proceeding. Provides that a written notice concerning a CPAP contract with a CPAP provider is not admissible in a court proceeding.

## 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/2023/bills/HB1124/versions/HB1124.03.ENGH)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1124/versions/HB1124.05.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1124/versions/HB1124.02.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1124/versions/HB1124.04.COMS)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1124/versions/HB1124.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1124 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — **30–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Liz Brown — primary (person)
- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
- Matt Lehman — primary (person)
- Chris Jeter — coauthor (person)
- Robert Heaton — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Authored by Representative Lehman
- **2023-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Representatives Heaton and Jeter C added as coauthors
- **2023-02-09** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Amendment #1 (Lehman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 145: yeas 67, nays 27 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Senate sponsors: Senators Brown L and Messmer
- **2023-02-17** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2023-02-27** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 238: yeas 30, nays 13 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2023-03-28** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 319: yeas 71, nays 24
- **2023-04-06** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Public Law 63 `became-law`
- **2023-04-20** 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/860e935f-e306-417e-9996-885e089f9423`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).