republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/hb-1015.md

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Bill	Rights of professional firefighters.	Provides that a full-time, paid, nonprobationary firefighter has certain minimum protections in addition to any protections provided by contract or other law with regard to the following: (1) The conduct of an interview of the firefighter by the fire department (department) regarding a complaint or internal investigation. (2) The giving of notice by the department to the firefighter of a personnel reassignment, personnel action, or disciplinary action. (3) The disclosure of the firefighter's personal financial information for purposes of a personnel assignment or action. (4) The firefighter's engagement in or refusal to engage in political activity. (Currently these statutes apply only to police officers and police departments.) Repeals a provision that makes the provisions applicable only to police officers.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2020	HB 1015	Indiana HB 1015 (2020)	bill	FIREFIGHTERS; FIREFIGHTERS' PENSIONS AND BENEFITS	enacted	Jack Sandlin Jim Pressel Mike Bohacek	4	24	2	2020-01-16	2020-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/d0fbae3b-a7f8-4af0-91cb-e3aa8de8131b	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1015	e09327610858369ce48c0574877ccad04bbd9b39ed851feca84f3a030975ce41	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1015 (2020) — Rights of professional firefighters.

Provides that a full-time, paid, nonprobationary firefighter has certain minimum protections in addition to any protections provided by contract or other law with regard to the following: (1) The conduct of an interview of the firefighter by the fire department (department) regarding a complaint or internal investigation. (2) The giving of notice by the department to the firefighter of a personnel reassignment, personnel action, or disciplinary action. (3) The disclosure of the firefighter's personal financial information for purposes of a personnel assignment or action. (4) The firefighter's engagement in or refusal to engage in political activity. (Currently these statutes apply only to police officers and police departments.) Repeals a provision that makes the provisions applicable only to police officers.

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 (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1015 - Pressel - 3rd Reading — 90–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1015 - Sandlin - 3rd Reading — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
• Jim Pressel — primary (person)
• Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
• David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
• J.D. Prescott — coauthor (person)
• John Crane — cosponsor (person)
• Jon Ford — cosponsor (person)
• Karen Tallian — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Pat Boy — coauthor (person)
• Randall Frye — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-16 Authored by Representative Pressel
• 2020-01-16 First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-01-21 Representative Frye added as coauthor
• 2020-01-28 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-01-30 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-30 Representatives Prescott and Boy added as coauthors
• 2020-02-03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 152: yeas 90, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-02-03 Senate sponsors: Senators Sandlin and Bohacek
• 2020-02-04 Referred to the Senate
• 2020-02-18 First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-27 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-02-27 Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
• 2020-02-27 Senator Tallian added as cosponsor
• 2020-03-02 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-03-02 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2020-03-03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 274: yeas 50, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-03-03 Senator Crane added as cosponsor
• 2020-03-03 Senator Ford Jon added as cosponsor
• 2020-03-04 Signed by the Speaker
• 2020-03-04 Returned to the House without amendments
• 2020-03-09 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2020-03-11 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-03-14 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2020-03-30 Public Law 33

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d0fbae3b-a7f8-4af0-91cb-e3aa8de8131b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).