republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/sb-427.md

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Bill	Provisional occupational license.	Allows a person who: (1) is the spouse of an active duty member of the armed forces assigned to Indiana; (2) affirms certain information concerning the person's licensure in the other state; (3) submits verification that the person is licensed in a regulated occupation in at least one other state; (4) has passed a national criminal background check; and (5) submits an application and pays any application fee; to be issued a provisional license for the regulated occupation at the same practice level allowed by the license held by the person in the other state. Provides that provisional licensing does not apply to a license that is established or recognized through an interstate compact, a reciprocity agreement, or a comity agreement that is established by a board or by law. Establishes penalties for submission of false information for purposes of obtaining a provisional license.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2020	SB 427	Indiana SB 427 (2020)	bill	LICENSES AND LICENSING MILITARY FORCES VETERANS	enacted	Brian Buchanan Dennis Zent Mark Messmer	5	26	2	2020-01-15	2020-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/97c595eb-9119-43a9-b73f-03bee6717c7c	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/427	f8427cb3471dc5ccc7b367d5574d8421101351ec7f0262712f36cb1997426493	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 427 (2020) — Provisional occupational license.

Allows a person who: (1) is the spouse of an active duty member of the armed forces assigned to Indiana; (2) affirms certain information concerning the person's licensure in the other state; (3) submits verification that the person is licensed in a regulated occupation in at least one other state; (4) has passed a national criminal background check; and (5) submits an application and pays any application fee; to be issued a provisional license for the regulated occupation at the same practice level allowed by the license held by the person in the other state. Provides that provisional licensing does not apply to a license that is established or recognized through an interstate compact, a reciprocity agreement, or a comity agreement that is established by a board or by law. Establishes penalties for submission of false information for purposes of obtaining a provisional license.

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 427 - Buchanan - 3rd Reading — 47–2 (pass) · upper
• SB 427 - Zent - 3rd Reading — 89–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Buchanan — primary (person)
• Dennis Zent — primary (person)
• Mark Messmer — primary (person)
• James Buck — coauthor (person)
• John Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Steve Bartels — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Victoria Spartz — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-15 Authored by Senator Buchanan
• 2020-01-15 First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Senator Messmer added as second author
• 2020-01-30 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-02-03 Amendment #1 (Buchanan) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2020-02-03 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-03 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2020-02-04 Senator Spartz added as coauthor
• 2020-02-04 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 190: yeas 47, nays 2 reading-3, passage
• 2020-02-04 House sponsor: Representative Zent
• 2020-02-04 Cosponsor: Representative Brown, T.
• 2020-02-04 Senator Buck added as coauthor
• 2020-02-05 Referred to the House
• 2020-02-11 First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-25 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-02-25 Representatives Bartlett and Bartels added as cosponsors
• 2020-02-27 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-03-02 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 243: yeas 89, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-03-03 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
• 2020-03-03 Motion to concur filed
• 2020-03-04 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 332: yeas 49, nays 0 amendment-failure
• 2020-03-09 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2020-03-16 Signed by the Speaker
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2020-03-18 Public Law 89

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/97c595eb-9119-43a9-b73f-03bee6717c7c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).