republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2018/sb-139.md

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Bill	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government.	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2018	SB 139	Indiana SB 139 (2018)	bill	CORONERS DRUGS Testing HEALTH State Department and Agencies	enacted	Ed Charbonneau James Merritt John Ruckelshaus Steven Davisson	6	30	2	2018-01-03	2018-03-22	openstates	ocd-bill/d0401875-8780-499a-875f-766f13253537	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/139	6e1344b7d64e2fa03b17eb8f64b1586c6f910b35a6580261398d4dc4082cd70e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 139 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 139 - Davisson - 3rd Reading — 95–0 (pass) · legislature
• SB 139 - Merritt - 3rd Reading — 47–2 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
• James Merritt — primary (person)
• John Ruckelshaus — primary (person)
• Steven Davisson — primary (person)
• Charlie Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Dennis Zent — cosponsor (person)
• Jean Breaux — coauthor (person)
• Jeff Raatz — coauthor (person)
• Joseph Zakas — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-03 Authored by Senator Merritt
• 2018-01-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-01-11 Senator Charbonneau added as second author
• 2018-01-18 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2018-01-22 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2018-01-22 Senator Ruckelshaus added as third author
• 2018-01-22 Senator Raatz added as coauthor
• 2018-01-22 Senator Breaux added as coauthor
• 2018-01-23 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 51: yeas 47, nays 2 reading-3, passage
• 2018-01-23 House sponsor: Representative Davisson
• 2018-01-23 Senator Zakas added as coauthor
• 2018-01-26 Referred to the House
• 2018-02-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-02-15 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2018-02-15 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 referral-committee
• 2018-02-15 Representative Brown, C. added as cosponsor
• 2018-02-15 Representative Zent added as cosponsor
• 2018-02-22 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2018-02-26 Amendment #1 (Davisson) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2018-02-26 Amendment #2 (Bacon) failed; voice vote amendment-failure
• 2018-02-26 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2018-02-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 230: yeas 95, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2018-02-28 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
• 2018-02-28 Motion to concur filed
• 2018-03-06 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 339: yeas 46, nays 3 amendment-failure
• 2018-03-12 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2018-03-13 Signed by the Speaker
• 2018-03-21 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2018-03-22 Public Law 193
• 2018-03-22 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d0401875-8780-499a-875f-766f13253537. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).