---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire department work schedule."
description: "Provides that a fire department may deviate from the required maximum work hours for members of the fire department only if authorized by a collective bargaining agreement, memorandum of understanding, or other similar written mutual agreement with an exclusive recognized representative of employees of the fire department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1027"
citation: "Indiana HB 1027 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIREFIGHTERS; Fire Departments and Districts", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; Collective Bargaining", "Benefits", "and Wages", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; Generally", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; Unions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Tomes", "Matt Hostettler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28545ff4-60e4-4b15-ac57-6fbe9aa076a6"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1027"
source_hash: "d97d8781fbfad9434784e8116ff3ff4884d37e5c7d81e9731fb2ad5d7d225707"
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 1027 (2024) — Fire department work schedule.

Provides that a fire department may deviate from the required maximum work hours for members of the fire department only if authorized by a collective bargaining agreement, memorandum of understanding, or other similar written mutual agreement with an exclusive recognized representative of employees of the fire department.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1027/HB1027.04.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1027/HB1027.03.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1027/HB1027.02.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1027/HB1027.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1027 - Hostettler - 3rd Reading — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- HB 1027 - Tomes - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Tomes — primary (person)
- Matt Hostettler — primary (person)
- Blake Johnson — coauthor (person)
- Bruce Borders — coauthor (person)
- Chris May — coauthor (person)
- J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** Authored by Representative Hostettler
- **2024-01-23** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-25** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** Representatives May, Borders, Johnson added as coauthors
- **2024-01-31** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 106: yeas 93, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-01-31** Senate sponsor: Senator Tomes
- **2024-02-01** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2024-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 202: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-28** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
- **2024-03-04** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Public Law 43 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28545ff4-60e4-4b15-ac57-6fbe9aa076a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).