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Bill	Prohibition on microchipping employees.	Provides that the definition of an "employer" subject to the prohibition against requiring the implantation of devices includes the state or any individual, partnership, association, limited liability company, corporation, business trust, or other governmental entity or political subdivision that has one or more employees.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2021	HB 1156	Indiana HB 1156 (2021)	bill	MEDICAL ISSUES generally SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY	enacted	Alan Morrison Dennis Kruse Jeff Raatz Jon Ford	4	21	1	2021-01-07	2021-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/a04073ca-7829-407e-9caa-7be97deb0bcb	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1156	b9a92272dec1a06dee00ca30f8c8d021b5f1866982a7102316d640b28fb9f1c0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1156 (2021) — Prohibition on microchipping employees.

Provides that the definition of an "employer" subject to the prohibition against requiring the implantation of devices includes the state or any individual, partnership, association, limited liability company, corporation, business trust, or other governmental entity or political subdivision that has one or more employees.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
3. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1156 - Morrison - 3rd Reading — 94–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alan Morrison — primary (person)
• Dennis Kruse — primary (person)
• Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
• Jon Ford — primary (person)
• Chris Judy — coauthor (person)
• Chuck Goodrich — coauthor (person)
• Robert Morris — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-07 Coauthored by Representatives Morris and Goodrich
• 2021-01-07 Authored by Representative Morrison
• 2021-01-07 First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-01-28 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-02-01 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-02-02 Senate sponsor: Senator Ford Jon
• 2021-02-02 Representative Judy added as coauthor
• 2021-02-02 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 43: yeas 94, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-03 Referred to the Senate
• 2021-02-18 First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-18 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-03-22 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-03-23 Senator Raatz added as second sponsor
• 2021-03-23 Senator Kruse added as third sponsor
• 2021-03-23 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 258: yeas 48, nays 1 passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-24 Returned to the House without amendments
• 2021-03-29 Signed by the Speaker
• 2021-03-31 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2021-04-07 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-04-08 Public Law 35
• 2021-04-08 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a04073ca-7829-407e-9caa-7be97deb0bcb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).