---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency transport to appropriate facility."
description: "Allows, subject to a written agreement concerning the transport of individuals, an emergency medical responder, an emergency medical technician, an advanced emergency medical technician, or a paramedic (emergency medical services personnel) to transport an individual to: (1) a health care facility; (2) a mental health facility; or (3) an urgent care facility; that can provide the individual with appropriate and necessary treatment. Specifies information that must be included in a written agreement. Allows reimbursement for transporting the individual to the facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 505"
citation: "Indiana SB 505 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Contracts and Legal Documents", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Generally", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Hospitals", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; Mental Health Facilities", "HEALTH; Billing and Costs", "HEALTH; Emergency Medical Services (EMS)", "HOMELAND SECURITY; Fire and Public Safety Training and Certification"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Charbonneau", "Lori Goss-Reaves", "Spencer Deery", "Tyler Johnson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/447bfa0a-83fc-4388-9e7a-49bd226fed53"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0505"
source_hash: "bb35a6abe07ad426c92f262ee7c3a48c0ba15c259ab68dad4c7aeb70296e61dd"
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 SB 505 (2025) — Emergency transport to appropriate facility.

Allows, subject to a written agreement concerning the transport of individuals, an emergency medical responder, an emergency medical technician, an advanced emergency medical technician, or a paramedic (emergency medical services personnel) to transport an individual to: (1) a health care facility; (2) a mental health facility; or (3) an urgent care facility; that can provide the individual with appropriate and necessary treatment. Specifies information that must be included in a written agreement. Allows reimbursement for transporting the individual to the facility.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0505/SB0505.04.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0505/SB0505.07.ENRH.pdf)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0505/SB0505.01.INTR.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0505/SB0505.05.COMH.pdf)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0505/SB0505.06.COMH.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 505 - Deery - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 505 - Goss-Reaves - 3rd Reading — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Lori Goss-Reaves — primary (person)
- Spencer Deery — primary (person)
- Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
- Brad Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
- J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
- La Keisha Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Michael Crider — coauthor (person)
- Mike Andrade — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** Authored by Senator Deery
- **2025-01-16** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Senator Johnson T added as third author
- **2025-01-30** Senator Charbonneau added as second author
- **2025-02-03** Senators Crider, Ford J.D., Jackson L added as coauthors
- **2025-02-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2025-02-13** Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
- **2025-02-17** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-17** Amendment #1 (Johnson T) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2025-02-20** Cosponsor: Representative Barrett
- **2025-02-20** House sponsor: Representative Goss-Reaves
- **2025-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 208: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Representative Andrade added as cosponsor
- **2025-03-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13** Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
- **2025-04-03** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-07** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 408: yeas 93, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
- **2025-04-22** Joint Rule 15 Certification
- **2025-04-23** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-06** Public Law 210 `became-law`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/447bfa0a-83fc-4388-9e7a-49bd226fed53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).