republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/hb-1004.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Small business restart grant program."
description: "Establishes the Hoosier hospitality small business restart grant program (program) to provide grants to eligible entities to accelerate economic recovery from the impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Establishes the small business restart grant fund (fund). Provides that the Indiana economic development corporation (corporation) administers the program and fund. Allows the corporation to award grants from the fund. Provides parameters for the program. However, authorizes the corporation to change the parameters of the program, which, if a change is made, must be reviewed by the budget committee at the meeting following the change. Makes an appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1004"
citation: "Indiana HB 1004 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETS AND APPROPRIATIONS", "SMALL BUSINESSES", "SPECIAL RELIEF"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Messmer", "Ryan Mishler", "Shane Lindauer", "Travis Holdman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e41b8300-6a77-4b74-a248-8bcd488f34ee"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1004"
source_hash: "5e706d58ca4a93f6f9cf54e7067207e08228ae9f0571aacedb8c66290fb52dbe"
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 1004 (2021) — Small business restart grant program.

Establishes the Hoosier hospitality small business restart grant program (program) to provide grants to eligible entities to accelerate economic recovery from the impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Establishes the small business restart grant fund (fund). Provides that the Indiana economic development corporation (corporation) administers the program and fund. Allows the corporation to award grants from the fund. Provides parameters for the program. However, authorizes the corporation to change the parameters of the program, which, if a change is made, must be reviewed by the budget committee at the meeting following the change. Makes an appropriation.

## 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/HB1004/versions/HB1004.04.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1004/versions/HB1004.05.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1004/versions/HB1004.02.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1004/versions/HB1004.03.COMS)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1004/versions/HB1004.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1004 - Mishler - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
- Ryan Mishler — primary (person)
- Shane Lindauer — primary (person)
- Travis Holdman — primary (person)
- Alan Morrison — coauthor (person)
- Cherrish Pryor — coauthor (person)
- Chris Garten — cosponsor (person)
- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Melton — cosponsor (person)
- Fady Qaddoura — cosponsor (person)
- J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- James Buck — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Negele — coauthor (person)
- Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** Coauthored by Representatives Negele and Morrison
- **2021-01-14** Authored by Representative Lindauer
- **2021-01-14** First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** Amendment #2 (Porter) failed; Roll Call 15: yeas 29, nays 68 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-02-01** Amendment #3 (Moed) failed; Roll Call 16: yeas 30, nays 67 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-02-01** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** Senate sponsors: Senators Mishler, Messmer, Holdman
- **2021-02-02** Representative Pryor added as coauthor
- **2021-02-02** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 31: yeas 93, nays 3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03** Referred to the Senate
- **2021-02-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Appropriations `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Senator Brown L added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-04** Senator Ford Jon added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-04** Senator Garten added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-04** Senator Melton added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-04** Senator Qaddoura added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-08** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15** Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-15** Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-16** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-16** Senator Yoder added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-18** Amendment #1 (Mishler) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** Senator Buck added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 241: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-23** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-01** Motion to concur filed
- **2021-04-05** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 348: yeas 94, nays 3 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-07** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-08** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-19** Public Law 82
- **2021-04-19** Signed by the President of the Senate

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e41b8300-6a77-4b74-a248-8bcd488f34ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).