republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2018/sb-281.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning pensions.	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning pensions.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2018	SB 281	Indiana SB 281 (2018)	bill	LAW ENFORCEMENT County Sheriffs and Sheriffs' Departments LAW ENFORCEMENT Police Pensions and Benefits INDIANA PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEM (formerly PERF)	enacted	James Buck Philip Boots Steve Bartels	4	21	2	2018-01-04	2018-03-15	openstates	ocd-bill/d54b4a78-182f-49ad-99a0-d21de28f75d2	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/281	b00cf01836846b9176443f7eecf6ac279d797c23959c5933c2c3e0e300159f3c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 281 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning pensions.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 281 - Boots - 3rd Reading — 49–0 (pass) · legislature
• SB 281 - Bartels - 3rd Reading — 95–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• James Buck — primary (person)
• Philip Boots — primary (person)
• Steve Bartels — primary (person)
• David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
• Joe Taylor — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-04 Authored by Senator Boots
• 2018-01-04 First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-01-11 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2018-01-16 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2018-01-18 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 29: yeas 49, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2018-01-18 House sponsor: Representative Bartels
• 2018-01-18 Senator Buck added as second author
• 2018-01-18 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2018-01-18 Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
• 2018-01-19 Referred to the House
• 2018-02-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-02-27 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2018-02-27 Representative Taylor J added as cosponsor
• 2018-03-01 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2018-03-05 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 310: yeas 95, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2018-03-06 Returned to the Senate without amendments
• 2018-03-12 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2018-03-13 Signed by the Speaker
• 2018-03-14 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2018-03-15 Public Law 98
• 2018-03-15 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d54b4a78-182f-49ad-99a0-d21de28f75d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).