republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2018/hb-1359.md

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Bill	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure.	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2018	HB 1359	Indiana HB 1359 (2018)	bill	CRIMES AND OFFENSES Controlled Substances DEATH DRUGS AND MEDICINES	enacted	Aaron Freeman Erin Houchin Gregory Steuerwald Michael Young	6	23	2	2018-01-11	2018-03-22	openstates	ocd-bill/58a49d45-5060-41e9-8207-f375262868bd	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1359	11e142e0a44ae21e726a056071648369b37ca22ba253300ccfc26da2ff1dae50	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1359 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• HB 1359 - Steuerwald - 3rd Reading — 85–12 (pass) · legislature
• HB 1359 - Young M - 3rd Reading — 41–9 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
• Erin Houchin — primary (person)
• Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)
• Michael Young — primary (person)
• James Merritt — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph Zakas — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin Mahan — coauthor (person)
• Scott Pelath — coauthor (person)
• Thomas Washburne — coauthor (person)
• Travis Holdman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-11 Authored by Representative Steuerwald
• 2018-01-11 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-01-16 Representatives Washburne, Mahan, Pelath added as coauthors
• 2018-01-18 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2018-01-18 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 referral-committee
• 2018-01-22 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2018-01-25 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2018-01-29 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 66: yeas 85, nays 12 reading-3, passage
• 2018-01-29 Senate sponsors: Senators Young M, Houchin and Freeman
• 2018-01-30 Referred to the Senate
• 2018-02-01 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-02-15 Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-02-22 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2018-02-26 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2018-02-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 262: yeas 41, nays 9 reading-3, passage
• 2018-02-27 Senator Merritt added as cosponsor
• 2018-02-27 Senators Zakas and Holdman added as cosponsors
• 2018-02-28 Returned to the House without amendments
• 2018-03-08 Signed by the Speaker
• 2018-03-12 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2018-03-21 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2018-03-22 Public Law 198
• 2018-03-22 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/58a49d45-5060-41e9-8207-f375262868bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).