republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/hb-1201.md

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Bill	Emergency transport of injured operational canine.	Provides that if there is not an individual requiring medical attention or transport, a paramedic, advanced emergency medical technician, or emergency medical technician may use emergency ambulance services to transport an operational canine injured in the line of duty to a veterinary hospital or clinic. Specifies the care that may be provided to the operational canine. Specifies who is responsible for the transportation and treatment cost of an injured operational canine. Provides that a paramedic, advanced emergency medical technician, or emergency medical technician who in the performance of their duties and in good faith renders care or transportation to an injured operational canine is not liable: (1) for any act or omission when rendering the care or transportation; or (2) to the veterinary hospital or clinic for expenses incurred for emergency care provided to the injured operational canine. Requires that a written agreement concerning the transport and care of an operational canine must specify what services are covered under the agreement.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2021	HB 1201	Indiana HB 1201 (2021)	bill	EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES LAW ENFORCEMENT generally VETERINARIANS	enacted	Michael Crider Vaneta Becker Wendy McNamara	4	20	1	2021-01-07	2021-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/0cd6efbc-bcda-427d-8b8d-ba785b1a3ebc	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1201	224cf3e1644110b8a9198c4cfecbc79e7851a68323d918f918d2d66a87d0e47b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1201 (2021) — Emergency transport of injured operational canine.

Provides that if there is not an individual requiring medical attention or transport, a paramedic, advanced emergency medical technician, or emergency medical technician may use emergency ambulance services to transport an operational canine injured in the line of duty to a veterinary hospital or clinic. Specifies the care that may be provided to the operational canine. Specifies who is responsible for the transportation and treatment cost of an injured operational canine. Provides that a paramedic, advanced emergency medical technician, or emergency medical technician who in the performance of their duties and in good faith renders care or transportation to an injured operational canine is not liable: (1) for any act or omission when rendering the care or transportation; or (2) to the veterinary hospital or clinic for expenses incurred for emergency care provided to the injured operational canine. Requires that a written agreement concerning the transport and care of an operational canine must specify what services are covered under the agreement.

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 1201 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — 91–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Michael Crider — primary (person)
• Vaneta Becker — primary (person)
• Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
• Chuck Moseley — coauthor (person)
• Cindy Ledbetter — coauthor (person)
• Steve Bartels — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-07 Authored by Representative McNamara
• 2021-01-07 First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-01-28 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-02-01 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-02-01 Representatives Bartels and Ledbetter C added as coauthors
• 2021-02-01 Representative Moseley added as coauthor
• 2021-02-02 Senate sponsor: Senator Crider
• 2021-02-02 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 45: yeas 91, nays 3 passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-03 Referred to the Senate
• 2021-03-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-18 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-03-22 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-03-22 Senator Becker added as second sponsor
• 2021-03-23 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 260: yeas 49, nays 0 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 37
• 2021-04-08 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0cd6efbc-bcda-427d-8b8d-ba785b1a3ebc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).