---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance and transfer on death deeds."
description: "Removes language regarding coverage under a casualty insurance policy or liability insurance policy on property transferred by a transfer on death deed. Specifies that a provision regarding insurance coverage on property transferred by a transfer on death deed does not apply to a commercial lines property insurance policy. Makes corresponding changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1213"
citation: "Indiana HB 1213 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Insurance (IDOI)", "CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Contracts and Legal Documents", "DEATH AND DECEASED; Generally", "INSURANCE; Property (Excluding Motor Vehicles)", "PROPERTY; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Lehman", "Scott Baldwin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbe98aa8-1978-4a2c-b5b6-e0d03d6a279c"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1213"
source_hash: "0a95f8a4a5c4c89f83352d4ed51480fbe958c544b3deeb352c4350898c0b80a6"
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 1213 (2025) — Insurance and transfer on death deeds.

Removes language regarding coverage under a casualty insurance policy or liability insurance policy on property transferred by a transfer on death deed. Specifies that a provision regarding insurance coverage on property transferred by a transfer on death deed does not apply to a commercial lines property insurance policy. Makes corresponding changes.

## 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/124/2025/house/bills/HB1213/HB1213.04.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1213/HB1213.03.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1213/HB1213.02.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1213/HB1213.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1213 - Lehman - 3rd Reading — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1213 - Baldwin - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Matt Lehman — primary (person)
- Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
- Martin Carbaugh — coauthor (person)
- Robin Shackleford — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Authored by Representative Lehman
- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-06** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-06** Representatives Carbaugh and Shackleford added as coauthors
- **2025-02-10** Senate sponsor: Senator Baldwin
- **2025-02-10** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 110: yeas 90, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-02-11** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2025-02-20** First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance and Financial Institutions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 228: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-25** Public Law 6 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbe98aa8-1978-4a2c-b5b6-e0d03d6a279c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).