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type: "Bill"
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title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning human services."
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description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning human services."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 154"
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citation: "Indiana SB 154 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["FAMILY AND SOCIAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION", "HUMAN SERVICES", "STUDY COMMITTEES", "WELFARE generally", "WELFARE", "SNAP Program", "LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL; LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["James Merritt", "Jon Ford", "Julie Olthoff", "Vaneta Becker"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-01-04"
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last_action: "2017-04-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c71d51d-5e28-4b58-a1b9-debdd4138862"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/154"
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source_hash: "7c2eee18255c6b2b315a5345b25697ab20b995f94371507b5a7e8d058f9ddf5f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana SB 154 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning human services.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0154/versions/sb0154.03.engs)
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2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0154/versions/sb0154.05.enrh)
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3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0154/versions/sb0154.01.intr)
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4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0154/versions/sb0154.02.coms)
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5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0154/versions/sb0154.04.comh)
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## Votes
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- SB 154 - Olthoff - 3rd Reading — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- SB 154 - Merritt - 3rd Reading — **34–16** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- James Merritt — primary (person)
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- Jon Ford — primary (person)
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- Julie Olthoff — primary (person)
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- Vaneta Becker — primary (person)
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- Cindy Ziemke — cosponsor (person)
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- David Frizzell — cosponsor (person)
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- Linda Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
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- Mark Stoops — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-04** Senator Becker added as second author
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- **2017-01-04** Authored by Senator Merritt
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- **2017-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-24** Senator Stoops added as coauthor
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- **2017-01-26** Senator Ford added as third author
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- **2017-02-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2017-02-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-16** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
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- **2017-02-23** Placed back on second reading `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-27** Amendment #1 (Merritt) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
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- **2017-02-27** Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 216: yeas 34, nays 16 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2017-02-28** House sponsor: Representative Olthoff
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- **2017-02-28** Cosponsor: Representative Frizzell
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- **2017-03-01** Referred to the House
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- **2017-03-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2017-03-30** Representative Lawson added as cosponsor
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- **2017-04-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-04-03** Representative Ziemke added as cosponsor
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- **2017-04-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 374: yeas 97, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2017-04-05** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
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- **2017-04-12** Motion to concur filed
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- **2017-04-17** Senate concurred in House Amendments; Roll Call 471: yeas 28, nays 17 `amendment-failure`
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- **2017-04-21** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2017-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2017-04-25** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2017-04-27** Public Law 207
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- **2017-04-27** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c71d51d-5e28-4b58-a1b9-debdd4138862`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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