republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2018/sb-246.md

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Bill	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning cemeteries.	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning cemeteries.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2018	SB 246	Indiana SB 246 (2018)	bill	CEMETERIES AND DEAD BODIES	enacted	Chris May Eric Koch James Buck	5	21	2	2018-01-03	2018-03-07	openstates	ocd-bill/71ff14e7-b867-45ed-8262-5fae83597968	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/246	c6f3b7248023cc18e8b1b5e857bfece1479d15290343557ce90a78db8a0b4086	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 246 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning cemeteries.

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 246 - May - 3rd Reading — 93–1 (pass) · legislature
• SB 246 - Koch - 3rd Reading — 49–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Chris May — primary (person)
• Eric Koch — primary (person)
• James Buck — primary (person)
• James Smith — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-03 Authored by Senator Koch
• 2018-01-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Civil Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-01-18 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2018-01-22 Amendment #1 (Koch) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2018-01-22 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2018-01-22 Senator Buck added as second author
• 2018-01-22 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2018-01-23 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 61: yeas 49, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2018-01-23 House sponsor: Representative May
• 2018-01-23 Senator Smith J added as coauthor
• 2018-01-26 Referred to the House
• 2018-02-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-02-15 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2018-02-19 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2018-02-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 200: yeas 93, nays 1 reading-3, passage
• 2018-02-21 Returned to the Senate without amendments
• 2018-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2018-03-01 Signed by the Speaker
• 2018-03-06 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2018-03-07 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2018-03-07 Public Law 14

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/71ff14e7-b867-45ed-8262-5fae83597968. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).