republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2017/sb-479.md

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Bill	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law.	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2017	SB 479	Indiana SB 479 (2017)	bill	MOTOR VEHICLES Traffic Violations and Penalties CRIMES AND OFFENSES Sentencing	enacted	Eric Koch John Young Joseph Zakas	5	23	2	2017-01-12	2017-04-21	openstates	ocd-bill/6d71be22-89e7-4ba6-a921-3c6211d80f17	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/479	6aa993bcb229cb50fbe274a6173cfad12a52e67cf2cee360a55f539602366c98	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 479 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law.

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 479 - Koch - 3rd Reading — 45–5 (pass) · legislature
• SB 479 - Young J - 3rd Reading — 98–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Eric Koch — primary (person)
• John Young — primary (person)
• Joseph Zakas — primary (person)
• Chris May — cosponsor (person)
• Gregory Steuerwald — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Washburne — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-12 Authored by Senator Koch
• 2017-01-12 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-02-23 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2017-02-27 Amendment #1 (Koch) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2017-02-27 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-27 Senator Zakas added as second author
• 2017-02-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 238: yeas 45, nays 5 reading-3, passage
• 2017-02-28 House sponsor: Representative Washburne
• 2017-02-28 Cosponsors: Representatives Steuerwald and May
• 2017-03-01 Referred to the House
• 2017-03-07 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-03-27 Representative Washburne removed as sponsor
• 2017-03-27 Representative Young J added as sponsor
• 2017-03-27 Representative Washburne added as cosponsor
• 2017-03-30 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2017-04-03 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2017-04-04 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 384: yeas 98, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-05 Returned to the Senate without amendments
• 2017-04-10 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2017-04-19 Signed by the Speaker
• 2017-04-20 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-04-21 Public Law 123
• 2017-04-21 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d71be22-89e7-4ba6-a921-3c6211d80f17. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).