republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/hb-1002.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil immunity related to COVID-19."
description: "Protects health care providers from professional discipline for certain acts or omissions arising from a disaster emergency unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence, willful or wanton misconduct, or intentional misrepresentation. Provides that a health care provider is not protected from professional discipline for actions that are outside the skills, education, and training of the health care provider, unless certain circumstances apply. Specifies that orders and recommendations issued by local, state, and federal government agencies and officials during a state disaster emergency do not create new causes of action or new legal duties. Specifies that the orders and recommendations are presumed irrelevant to the issue of the existence of a duty or breach of a duty. Prohibits filing a class action lawsuit against a defendant in a civil action allowed by the statute. Specifies that a governmental entity or employee is not liable if a loss results from an act or omission arising from COVID-19 unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence, willful or wanton misconduct, or intentional misrepresentation. Provides that a person is not liable to a claimant for loss, damage, injury, or death arising from COVID-19 unless the claimant proves that the person caused the loss, damage, injury, or death by an act or omission constituting gross negligence, willful or wanton misconduct, or intentional misrepresentation. Provides immunity from civil liability to certain persons, entities, and facilities providing health care and other services for certain acts or omissions related to the provision of health care services and other services during a state disaster emergency. Extends COVID-19 health care immunity during periods of disaster emergency after February 29, 2020, and before April 1, 2022. Resolves conflicts between SEA 1 and HB 1002."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1002"
citation: "Indiana HB 1002 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL ACTIONS", "Immunity and Exemption from Liability", "CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Offenses Against Persons", "HEALTH", "Health Care Professionals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Jerry Torr", "Liz Brown", "Mark Messmer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f0d26f0-cb67-4ccc-b62c-52721fc54c44"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1002"
source_hash: "6594edb8e47a760fea651ff1c9728eb275ca01a7139282f19d442a47c55d9250"
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 1002 (2021) — Civil immunity related to COVID-19.

Protects health care providers from professional discipline for certain acts or omissions arising from a disaster emergency unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence, willful or wanton misconduct, or intentional misrepresentation. Provides that a health care provider is not protected from professional discipline for actions that are outside the skills, education, and training of the health care provider, unless certain circumstances apply. Specifies that orders and recommendations issued by local, state, and federal government agencies and officials during a state disaster emergency do not create new causes of action or new legal duties. Specifies that the orders and recommendations are presumed irrelevant to the issue of the existence of a duty or breach of a duty. Prohibits filing a class action lawsuit against a defendant in a civil action allowed by the statute. Specifies that a governmental entity or employee is not liable if a loss results from an act or omission arising from COVID-19 unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence, willful or wanton misconduct, or intentional misrepresentation. Provides that a person is not liable to a claimant for loss, damage, injury, or death arising from COVID-19 unless the claimant proves that the person caused the loss, damage, injury, or death by an act or omission constituting gross negligence, willful or wanton misconduct, or intentional misrepresentation. Provides immunity from civil liability to certain persons, entities, and facilities providing health care and other services for certain acts or omissions related to the provision of health care services and other services during a state disaster emergency. Extends COVID-19 health care immunity during periods of disaster emergency after February 29, 2020, and before April 1, 2022. Resolves conflicts between SEA 1 and HB 1002.

## 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/2021/bills/HB1002/versions/HB1002.04.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1002/versions/HB1002.05.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1002/versions/HB1002.02.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1002/versions/HB1002.03.COMS)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1002/versions/HB1002.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1002 - Messmer - 3rd Reading — **41–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Jerry Torr — primary (person)
- Liz Brown — primary (person)
- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
- Chris Jeter — coauthor (person)
- Dennis Kruse — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Koch — cosponsor (person)
- John Young — coauthor (person)
- Matt Lehman — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Coauthored by Representatives Young J, Jeter, Lehman
- **2021-01-04** Authored by Representative Torr
- **2021-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28** Amendment #2 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 11: yeas 28, nays 65 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-01-28** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 23: yeas 76, nays 21 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-01** Senate sponsors: Senators Messmer, Brown L, Freeman
- **2021-02-02** Referred to the Senate
- **2021-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-05** Amendment #1 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-05** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-04-05** Senator Kruse added as cosponsor
- **2021-04-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 349: yeas 41, nays 9 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06** Senator Koch added as cosponsor
- **2021-04-07** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-14** Motion to concur filed
- **2021-04-14** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 443: yeas 58, nays 21 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-16** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-20** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-28** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-29** Public Law 166

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f0d26f0-cb67-4ccc-b62c-52721fc54c44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).