---
type: "Bill"
title: "Indiana national guard matters."
description: "Provides that a court-martial of a member of the Indiana national guard may be convened by orders of the governor or the adjutant general. (Current law provides that a court-martial of a member of the Indiana national guard may be convened by orders of the governor.) Provides that a member of the Indiana national guard may not demand trial by court-martial in lieu of nonjudicial punishment. Removes a provision permitting a commanding officer to order a member of the officer's command to be confined under correctional custody for not more than eight days. Makes changes to the disciplinary punishment an officer exercising command may impose."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1076"
citation: "Indiana HB 1076 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS generally", "MILITARY FORCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Blake Doriot", "Chris Jeter"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e6df67a-cc89-4c49-ada4-8541dd8b41a3"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1076"
source_hash: "b20b66ced081964c686b50aa3898dd2ffa988d481bc68ef187f2bcb0a4dd3f06"
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 1076 (2023) — Indiana national guard matters.

Provides that a court-martial of a member of the Indiana national guard may be convened by orders of the governor or the adjutant general. (Current law provides that a court-martial of a member of the Indiana national guard may be convened by orders of the governor.) Provides that a member of the Indiana national guard may not demand trial by court-martial in lieu of nonjudicial punishment. Removes a provision permitting a commanding officer to order a member of the officer's command to be confined under correctional custody for not more than eight days. Makes changes to the disciplinary punishment an officer exercising command may impose.

## 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/HB1076/versions/HB1076.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1076/versions/HB1076.02.COMH)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1076/versions/HB1076.03.COMS)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1076/versions/HB1076.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1076 - Jeter C - 3rd Reading — **74–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- Chris Jeter — primary (person)
- Chris Judy — coauthor (person)
- Randall Frye — coauthor (person)
- Steve Bartels — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Authored by Representative Jeter
- **2023-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-12** Representatives Judy and Bartels added as coauthors
- **2023-01-19** Amendment #1 (Pack) failed; Roll Call 9: yeas 26, nays 67 `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2023-01-19** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-23** Representative Frye added as coauthor
- **2023-01-23** Senate sponsor: Senator Freeman
- **2023-01-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 19: yeas 74, nays 24 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-01-24** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2023-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and The Military `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-13** Senator Doriot added as second sponsor
- **2023-03-14** Amendment #1 (Hunley) failed; Roll Call 213: yeas 13, nays 34 `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2023-03-14** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 223: yeas 34, nays 13 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-05** Public Law 12 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e6df67a-cc89-4c49-ada4-8541dd8b41a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).