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type: "Bill"
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title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health."
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description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health."
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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 446"
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citation: "Indiana SB 446 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["DRUGS", "Treatment of Drug and Other Substance Abuse", "HEALTH", "State Department and Agencies", "BUDGETS AND APPROPRIATIONS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cindy Kirchhofer", "Ed Charbonneau", "James Merritt"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-01-12"
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last_action: "2017-04-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fcb42d4-c10d-4322-afc6-b8091e520e9c"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/446"
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source_hash: "f8c85ca11841eb079fb4e99bfd7802bbfac34332053b9b2f284dd8fc21a8102e"
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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 446 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health.
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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. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0446/versions/sb0446.05.enrh)
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2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0446/versions/sb0446.01.intr)
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3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0446/versions/sb0446.03.coms)
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4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0446/versions/sb0446.04.comh)
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5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0446/versions/sb0446.02.coms)
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## Votes
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- SB 446 - Merritt - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
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- SB 446 - Kirchhofer - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Cindy Kirchhofer — primary (person)
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- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
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- James Merritt — primary (person)
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- Charlie Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Dennis Zent — cosponsor (person)
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- Jean Breaux — coauthor (person)
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- Robin Shackleford — cosponsor (person)
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- Steven Davisson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-12** Authored by Senator Merritt
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- **2017-01-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-24** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2017-01-26** Senator Breaux added as coauthor
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- **2017-02-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2017-02-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-20** Senator Charbonneau added as second author
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- **2017-02-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 163: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2017-02-21** House sponsor: Representative Kirchhofer
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- **2017-02-21** Cosponsor: Representative Davisson
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- **2017-02-22** Referred to the House
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- **2017-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2017-03-23** Representatives Zent and Brown, C. added as cosponsors
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- **2017-03-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 323: yeas 95, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2017-03-28** Rule 105.1 suspended
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- **2017-03-28** Representative Shackleford added as cosponsor
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- **2017-03-29** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
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- **2017-04-17** Motion to concur filed
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- **2017-04-18** Senate concurred in House Amendments; Roll Call 477: yeas 49, nays 0 `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** Public Law 174
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- **2017-04-25** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-04-25** Signed by the President of the Senate
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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/2fcb42d4-c10d-4322-afc6-b8091e520e9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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