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Bill	Department of homeland security.	Amends the administrative orders and procedures act to allow for an initial notice of determination to be served by electronic mail or any other method approved by the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure. (Under current law, the initial notice of determination may be served only by United States mail or personal service.) Repeals provisions concerning the division of planning and assessment, division of preparedness and training, division of emergency response and recovery, and division of fire and building safety (divisions). Assigns all duties of the divisions to the executive director of the department of homeland security (department) or the department generally. Establishes a fire chief executive training program (executive training program). Provides that after January 1, 2022, a newly appointed fire chief of a political subdivision must successfully complete the executive training program within one year of appointment. Provides that a volunteer fire chief is not required to complete the executive training program. Provides that the department of homeland security may allow any of the following individuals to enroll in the executive training program if there is available space in the course: (1) A chief officer. (2) Management level personnel. (3) A volunteer fire chief. (4) A volunteer chief officer. (5) Volunteer management level personnel. Provides that an applicable high school shall comply with all rules of the fire prevention and building safety commission applicable to the primary use of the building. Provides that schools with one or more employees shall create an emergency operations plan regarding unplanned fire alarm activations.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2021	HB 1270	Indiana HB 1270 (2021)	bill	EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FIRE MARSHALS; DEPARTMENT OF FIRE AND BUILDING SERVICES HOMELAND SECURITY	enacted	Chris Garten Michael Crider Randall Frye	6	33	0	2021-01-14	2021-04-29	openstates	ocd-bill/394b7160-2f03-4c1c-a8ff-6f967db93138	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1270	dcbfb4a6412962349217b62d544d1dd4166468e52d5e789c2a19798f84359fe6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1270 (2021) — Department of homeland security.

Amends the administrative orders and procedures act to allow for an initial notice of determination to be served by electronic mail or any other method approved by the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure. (Under current law, the initial notice of determination may be served only by United States mail or personal service.) Repeals provisions concerning the division of planning and assessment, division of preparedness and training, division of emergency response and recovery, and division of fire and building safety (divisions). Assigns all duties of the divisions to the executive director of the department of homeland security (department) or the department generally. Establishes a fire chief executive training program (executive training program). Provides that after January 1, 2022, a newly appointed fire chief of a political subdivision must successfully complete the executive training program within one year of appointment. Provides that a volunteer fire chief is not required to complete the executive training program. Provides that the department of homeland security may allow any of the following individuals to enroll in the executive training program if there is available space in the course: (1) A chief officer. (2) Management level personnel. (3) A volunteer fire chief. (4) A volunteer chief officer. (5) Volunteer management level personnel. Provides that an applicable high school shall comply with all rules of the fire prevention and building safety commission applicable to the primary use of the building. Provides that schools with one or more employees shall create an emergency operations plan regarding unplanned fire alarm activations.

Version chain

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

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

Sponsors

• Chris Garten — primary (person)
• Michael Crider — primary (person)
• Randall Frye — primary (person)
• Chris Judy — coauthor (person)
• Chris May — coauthor (person)
• Mitch Gore — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-14 Authored by Representative Frye R
• 2021-01-14 First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-02-16 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-02-17 Representatives Judy, May, Gore M added as coauthors
• 2021-02-18 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-02-22 Senate sponsor: Senator Crider
• 2021-02-22 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 222: yeas 90, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-23 Referred to the Senate
• 2021-03-01 First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-23 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-03-25 Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-04-08 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-04-12 Amendment #1 (Crider) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2021-04-12 Amendment #2 (Garten) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2021-04-12 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-04-12 Senator Garten added as second sponsor
• 2021-04-13 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 421: yeas 49, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-14 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2021-04-14 Motion to dissent filed
• 2021-04-14 House dissented from Senate amendments amendment-failure
• 2021-04-14 House conferees appointed: Frye R and Gore
• 2021-04-14 House advisors appointed: Judy, May and Pack
• 2021-04-14 Senate conferees appointed: Crider and Ford J.D.
• 2021-04-14 Senate advisors appointed: Garten and Mrvan
• 2021-04-19 CCR # 1 filed in the House
• 2021-04-19 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
• 2021-04-20 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 465: yeas 80, nays 6
• 2021-04-20 Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 462: yeas 49, nays 0
• 2021-04-22 Signed by the Speaker
• 2021-04-23 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 187

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/394b7160-2f03-4c1c-a8ff-6f967db93138. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).