republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/hb-1516.md

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Bill	Licensure of behavior analysts.	Establishes the behavior analyst committee (committee) with oversight by the medical licensing board of Indiana (board). Requires the committee to recommend proposed rules to the board concerning the practice of behavior analysis and continuing education requirements for behavior analysts and assistant behavior analysts. Requires the board to establish fees upon consideration of recommendations from the committee. Provides for the licensing of behavior analysts and assistant behavior analysts. Requires a licensed behavior analyst or licensed assistant behavior analyst to comply with a professional code published by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board, Inc. Makes it a Class A misdemeanor for an unlicensed individual to profess to be a licensed behavior analyst or licensed assistant behavior analyst, but provides that certain types of individuals may use applied behavior analysis techniques without being licensed.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2021	HB 1516	Indiana HB 1516 (2021)	bill	HEALTH generally HUMAN SERVICES LICENSES AND LICENSING	enacted	Chris Judy Ed Charbonneau Justin Busch Liz Brown	5	25	1	2021-01-14	2021-04-29	openstates	ocd-bill/2e902d7a-97eb-42af-8984-91bf12d37ec5	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1516	fea8348fa7d60207616d0d283fcc9b225eaeebda4eebecc3d0d6f0e28c1141cf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1516 (2021) — Licensure of behavior analysts.

Establishes the behavior analyst committee (committee) with oversight by the medical licensing board of Indiana (board). Requires the committee to recommend proposed rules to the board concerning the practice of behavior analysis and continuing education requirements for behavior analysts and assistant behavior analysts. Requires the board to establish fees upon consideration of recommendations from the committee. Provides for the licensing of behavior analysts and assistant behavior analysts. Requires a licensed behavior analyst or licensed assistant behavior analyst to comply with a professional code published by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board, Inc. Makes it a Class A misdemeanor for an unlicensed individual to profess to be a licensed behavior analyst or licensed assistant behavior analyst, but provides that certain types of individuals may use applied behavior analysis techniques without being licensed.

Version chain

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

1. Engrossed House Bill (H) (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. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1516 - Charbonneau - 3rd Reading — 46–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chris Judy — primary (person)
• Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
• Justin Busch — primary (person)
• Liz Brown — primary (person)
• Andy Zay — cosponsor (person)
• Fady Qaddoura — cosponsor (person)
• Heath VanNatter — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Morris — coauthor (person)
• Shane Lindauer — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-14 Coauthored by Representatives VanNatter, Morris, Lindauer
• 2021-01-14 Authored by Representative Judy
• 2021-01-14 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-02-02 Reassigned to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions referral-committee
• 2021-02-09 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-02-16 Amendment #2 (Clere) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2021-02-16 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-02-18 Senate sponsors: Senators Charbonneau, Brown L, Busch
• 2021-02-18 Cosponsor: Senator Zay
• 2021-02-18 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 186: yeas 69, nays 9 passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-19 Referred to the Senate
• 2021-03-04 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-18 Senator Qaddoura added as cosponsor
• 2021-03-25 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-03-29 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-03-30 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 297: yeas 46, nays 4 passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-30 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2021-03-31 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2021-04-06 Motion to concur filed
• 2021-04-08 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 394: yeas 81, nays 5 amendment-failure
• 2021-04-13 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 212

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2e902d7a-97eb-42af-8984-91bf12d37ec5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).