republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2017/sb-226.md

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Bill	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning professions and occupations.	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning professions and occupations.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2017	SB 226	Indiana SB 226 (2017)	bill	DRUGS AND MEDICINES PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES	enacted	Cindy Kirchhofer Ed Charbonneau James Merritt John Ruckelshaus	5	24	2	2017-01-09	2017-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/de78d976-ab64-4974-9af4-f997335e5b05	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/226	9f1260ac5636758c2547ec5f9bca58b61adfaccf34310bba9241b6d58c0358ba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 226 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning professions and occupations.

Version chain

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

1. Engrossed Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 226 - Merritt - 3rd Reading — 39–10 (pass) · legislature
• SB 226 - Kirchhofer - 3rd Reading — 97–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Cindy Kirchhofer — primary (person)
• Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
• James Merritt — primary (person)
• John Ruckelshaus — primary (person)
• Charlie Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Cindy Ziemke — cosponsor (person)
• Erin Houchin — coauthor (person)
• Frank Mrvan — coauthor (person)
• Steven Davisson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-09 Authored by Senator Merritt
• 2017-01-09 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-01-12 Senator Ruckelshaus added as second author
• 2017-01-24 Senator Charbonneau added as third author
• 2017-02-13 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2017-02-13 Senator Houchin added as coauthor
• 2017-02-16 Amendment #3 (Merritt) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2017-02-16 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 141: yeas 39, nays 10 reading-3, passage
• 2017-02-20 House sponsor: Representative Kirchhofer
• 2017-02-20 Cosponsor: Representative Davisson
• 2017-02-20 Senator Mrvan added as coauthor
• 2017-02-21 Referred to the House
• 2017-02-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-03-16 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2017-03-20 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2017-03-21 Representatives Ziemke and Brown, C. added as cosponsors
• 2017-03-21 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 286: yeas 97, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-22 Returned to the Senate without amendments
• 2017-03-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2017-04-10 Signed by the Speaker
• 2017-04-25 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-04-26 Public Law 182
• 2017-04-26 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/de78d976-ab64-4974-9af4-f997335e5b05. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).