republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/sb-181.md

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Bill	Survivors' benefits.	Provides that a participant in the state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan (EG&C plan) who dies after January 31, 2018, is not required to have a minimum number of years of creditable service in the EG&C plan at the time of the participant's death in order for the participant's nominated survivor to be entitled to receive survivors' benefits. Provides that if a participant in the EG&C plan dies in the line of duty after January 31, 2018, the participant's nominated survivor is entitled to an annual survivors' allowance for life equal to 100% of the amount to which the participant would have been entitled had the participant retired with 25 years of service at 50 years of age. Provides that in the EG&C plan if: (1) an active participant regardless of the participant's years of creditable service and (2) an inactive participant with at least 15 years of creditable service dies other than in the line of duty after January 31, 2018, the participant's nominated survivor is entitled to an annual survivors' allowance for life equal to 50% of the amount to which the participant would have been entitled had the participant retired with 25 years of service at 50 years of age. Makes technical corrections. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on pension management oversight.)	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2020	SB 181	Indiana SB 181 (2020)	bill	LAW ENFORCEMENT Police Pensions and Benefits	enacted	Aaron Freeman Jack Sandlin Philip Boots Woody Burton	5	28	2	2020-01-06	2020-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/c962d586-d467-49e2-a574-f7d363cfb317	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/181	fbd716792ba0efb2698993bbd42bfd6fe8194f12779a6ffa73e200bca0fd6a06	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 181 (2020) — Survivors' benefits.

Provides that a participant in the state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan (EG&C plan) who dies after January 31, 2018, is not required to have a minimum number of years of creditable service in the EG&C plan at the time of the participant's death in order for the participant's nominated survivor to be entitled to receive survivors' benefits. Provides that if a participant in the EG&C plan dies in the line of duty after January 31, 2018, the participant's nominated survivor is entitled to an annual survivors' allowance for life equal to 100% of the amount to which the participant would have been entitled had the participant retired with 25 years of service at 50 years of age. Provides that in the EG&C plan if: (1) an active participant regardless of the participant's years of creditable service and (2) an inactive participant with at least 15 years of creditable service dies other than in the line of duty after January 31, 2018, the participant's nominated survivor is entitled to an annual survivors' allowance for life equal to 50% of the amount to which the participant would have been entitled had the participant retired with 25 years of service at 50 years of age. Makes technical corrections. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on pension management oversight.)

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
5. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 181 - Burton - 3rd Reading — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 181 - Sandlin - 3rd Reading — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
• Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
• Philip Boots — primary (person)
• Woody Burton — primary (person)
• Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
• David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
• Dennis Kruse — coauthor (person)
• Dollyne Sherman — cosponsor (person)
• Erin Houchin — coauthor (person)
• Ethan Manning — cosponsor (person)
• J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
• Jean Breaux — coauthor (person)
• John Crane — coauthor (person)
• John Ruckelshaus — coauthor (person)
• Karen Tallian — coauthor (person)
• Liz Brown — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-06 Coauthored by Senator Boots
• 2020-01-06 Authored by Senator Sandlin
• 2020-01-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-01-09 Senator Freeman added as second author
• 2020-01-14 Senator Houchin added as coauthor
• 2020-01-16 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2020-01-16 Senator Freeman removed as second author
• 2020-01-16 Senator Boots removed as coauthor
• 2020-01-21 Senator Boots added as second author
• 2020-01-21 Senator Freeman added as third author
• 2020-01-21 Senators Tallian, Niezgodski, Ford J.D., Doriot, Crane, Kruse added as coauthors
• 2020-01-23 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-01-23 Senators Brown L, Breaux, Ruckelshaus added as coauthors
• 2020-01-27 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 71: yeas 50, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-01-28 House sponsor: Representative Burton
• 2020-01-28 Cosponsors: Representatives Sherman D and Manning
• 2020-01-29 Referred to the House
• 2020-02-10 First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-20 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-02-24 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-25 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 207: yeas 94, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-02-26 Returned to the Senate without amendments
• 2020-03-02 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2020-03-03 Signed by the Speaker
• 2020-03-09 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-03-11 Public Law 6
• 2020-03-11 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c962d586-d467-49e2-a574-f7d363cfb317. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).