---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning human services."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning human services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1117"
citation: "Indiana HB 1117 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NURSING HOMES", "WELFARE", "Medicaid"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Frizzell", "Ed Charbonneau"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-04"
last_action: "2018-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3854f601-fb6a-40be-99c2-bdb7aef06c18"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1117"
source_hash: "1efc44b2e6f5856570728950d54d34033986a6cadabd236e2405618865ae2432"
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 1117 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning human services.

## 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/2018/bills/hb1117/versions/hb1117.04.enrs)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1117/versions/hb1117.03.coms)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1117/versions/hb1117.02.comh)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1117/versions/hb1117.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1117 - Frizzell - 3rd Reading — **88–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1117 - Charbonneau - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- David Frizzell — primary (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Jean Leising — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Shackleford — coauthor (person)
- Sean Eberhart — coauthor (person)
- Terri Jo Austin — coauthor (person)
- Vaneta Becker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-04** Authored by Representative Frizzell
- **2018-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Representative Shackleford added as coauthor
- **2018-01-25** Representative Eberhart added as coauthor
- **2018-01-25** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-30** Representative Austin added as coauthor
- **2018-01-30** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-31** Senate sponsor: Senator Charbonneau
- **2018-01-31** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 99: yeas 88, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-01** Referred to the Senate
- **2018-02-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-19** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-19** Senators Becker and Leising added as cosponsors
- **2018-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 214: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-20** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-21** Returned to the House without amendments
- **2018-03-01** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-05** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-07** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-08** Public Law 31

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3854f601-fb6a-40be-99c2-bdb7aef06c18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).