republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/hb-1392.md

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Bill	Occupational licensure of military spouses.	Amends as follows the law under which a provisional occupational license may be issued to the spouse of an active duty member of the armed forces assigned to Indiana: (1) Provides that the law applies to the spouse of any active military service member, including a member of a reserve component of the United States armed forces or a member of the National Guard. (2) Eliminates a provision under which a military spouse applying for a provisional occupational license is required to submit to a national criminal history background check, and provides instead that a military spouse applying for a provisional occupational license must be determined by the appropriate professional board to not have a disqualifying criminal history if a national criminal history background check is required for the regulated occupation for which the military spouse seeks a provisional license.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2021	HB 1392	Indiana HB 1392 (2021)	bill	IDENTITY LICENSES AND LICENSING VETERANS	enacted	Brian Buchanan David Niezgodski Dennis Zent	4	22	1	2021-01-14	2021-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/15198ddc-05bd-42a7-896b-78629302ea60	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1392	d48e1d7b6383ce3210f5d5d2b54489d87a9ba3c7e00921ca67610edc1e7af53f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1392 (2021) — Occupational licensure of military spouses.

Amends as follows the law under which a provisional occupational license may be issued to the spouse of an active duty member of the armed forces assigned to Indiana: (1) Provides that the law applies to the spouse of any active military service member, including a member of a reserve component of the United States armed forces or a member of the National Guard. (2) Eliminates a provision under which a military spouse applying for a provisional occupational license is required to submit to a national criminal history background check, and provides instead that a military spouse applying for a provisional occupational license must be determined by the appropriate professional board to not have a disqualifying criminal history if a national criminal history background check is required for the regulated occupation for which the military spouse seeks a provisional license.

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 1392 - Buchanan - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Buchanan — primary (person)
• David Niezgodski — primary (person)
• Dennis Zent — primary (person)
• Chris Judy — coauthor (person)
• J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Andrade — coauthor (person)
• Randall Frye — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-14 Coauthored by Representatives Frye R and Judy
• 2021-01-14 Authored by Representative Zent
• 2021-01-14 First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-02-09 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-02-11 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-02-11 Representative Andrade M added as coauthor
• 2021-02-18 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 195: yeas 95, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-18 Senate sponsors: Senators Buchanan and Niezgodski
• 2021-02-19 Referred to the Senate
• 2021-02-24 First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-16 Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
• 2021-03-18 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-03-22 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-03-23 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 265: yeas 48, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-24 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2021-04-12 Motion to concur filed
• 2021-04-13 Signed by the Speaker
• 2021-04-13 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 419: yeas 92, nays 0 amendment-failure
• 2021-04-21 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2021-04-22 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-04-23 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2021-04-23 Public Law 116

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/15198ddc-05bd-42a7-896b-78629302ea60. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).