---
type: "Bill"
title: "Welding certifications on public works projects."
description: "Requires that contractors on a public works project meet certain standards relating to the welding of structural steel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1211"
citation: "Indiana HB 1211 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["METALS AND METAL DEALERS", "PUBLIC WORKS AND IMPROVEMENTS; PUBLIC BUILDINGS; PUBLIC PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Mark Messmer", "Michael Karickhoff"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/913f6acb-3df1-4d83-a15f-4f71e4780e8c"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1211"
source_hash: "db4be340565704edf455fc2d1e452f6c165f7a58f0ec89d3d7ab720a9c5e7dcf"
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 1211 (2023) — Welding certifications on public works projects.

Requires that contractors on a public works project meet certain standards relating to the welding of structural steel.

## 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/2023/bills/HB1211/versions/HB1211.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1211/versions/HB1211.02.COMH)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1211/versions/HB1211.03.COMS)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1211/versions/HB1211.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1211 - Doriot - 3rd Reading — **42–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
- Michael Karickhoff — primary (person)
- Dan Dernulc — cosponsor (person)
- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Walker — cosponsor (person)
- J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- James Buck — cosponsor (person)
- James Tomes — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Pressel — coauthor (person)
- John Crane — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Olthoff — coauthor (person)
- Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Andrade — coauthor (person)
- Mike Bohacek — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Pol — cosponsor (person)
- Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)
- Susan Glick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Authored by Representative Karickhoff
- **2023-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Representative Olthoff added as coauthor
- **2023-01-12** Representatives Pressel and Andrade M added as coauthors
- **2023-01-26** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** Senate sponsors: Senators Doriot and Messmer
- **2023-01-31** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 53: yeas 98, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2023-02-27** First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-09** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-03-13** Senators Dernulc and Pol added as cosponsors
- **2023-03-13** Senator Rogers added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-13** Senator Tomes added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-14** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 216: yeas 42, nays 5 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14** Senator Bohacek added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-14** Senator Buck added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-14** Senators Crane and Ford J.D. added as cosponsors
- **2023-03-14** Senator Ford Jon added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-14** Senators Glick, Yoder, Breaux added as cosponsors
- **2023-03-14** Senator Walker G added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-15** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2023-03-20** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2023-03-21** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 288: yeas 94, nays 0
- **2023-04-03** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Public Law 70 `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/913f6acb-3df1-4d83-a15f-4f71e4780e8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).