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type: "Bill"
title: "Firefighters and police officers."
description: "Provides that a political subdivision served by a volunteer fire department may make contributions to the public employees' defined contribution plan for the members of the volunteer fire department in an amount determined by the governing body of the political subdivision. Provides that a unit's obligation to provide insurance coverage for a volunteer firefighter or member of an emergency medical services personnel supersedes the obligation of another medical insurance carrier. Increases the maximum age for police officers to begin membership in the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund from 35 to 39 years of age."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1043"
citation: "Indiana HB 1043 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIREFIGHTERS; FIREFIGHTERS' PENSIONS AND BENEFITS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erin Houchin", "Philip Boots", "Steven Davisson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c17175fb-6bb0-4ff6-b521-57986a312288"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1043"
source_hash: "0a819e82fad723cc1ad3c77a75c54c0432a6ce4781158e9803d06b00223a9dc1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---
# Indiana HB 1043 (2020) — Firefighters and police officers.
Provides that a political subdivision served by a volunteer fire department may make contributions to the public employees' defined contribution plan for the members of the volunteer fire department in an amount determined by the governing body of the political subdivision. Provides that a unit's obligation to provide insurance coverage for a volunteer firefighter or member of an emergency medical services personnel supersedes the obligation of another medical insurance carrier. Increases the maximum age for police officers to begin membership in the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund from 35 to 39 years of age.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1043/versions/HB1043.03.ENGH)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1043/versions/HB1043.05.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1043/versions/HB1043.04.COMS)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1043/versions/HB1043.02.COMH)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1043/versions/HB1043.01.INTR)
## Votes
- HB 1043 - Davisson - 3rd Reading — **873** (pass) · lower
- HB 1043 - Boots - 3rd Reading — **500** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Erin Houchin — primary (person)
- Philip Boots — primary (person)
- Steven Davisson — primary (person)
- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
- Karlee Macer — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Randall Frye — coauthor (person)
- Steve Bartels — coauthor (person)
- Susan Glick — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-06** Coauthored by Representative Bartels
- **2020-01-06** Authored by Representative Davisson
- **2020-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Representative Macer added as coauthor
- **2020-01-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-29** Amendment #1 (Bartels) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2020-01-29** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-30** Representative Frye added as coauthor
- **2020-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 147: yeas 87, nays 3 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-30** Senate sponsors: Senators Boots and Houchin
- **2020-01-31** Referred to the Senate
- **2020-02-17** 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
- **2020-03-02** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02** Senator Glick added as cosponsor
- **2020-03-02** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2020-03-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 276: yeas 50, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-04** Returned to the House without amendments
- **2020-03-05** Signed by the Speaker
- **2020-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-30** Public Law 96
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c17175fb-6bb0-4ff6-b521-57986a312288`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).