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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Licensure of behavior analysts."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1516"
citation: "Indiana HB 1516 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH generally", "HUMAN SERVICES", "LICENSES AND LICENSING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Judy", "Ed Charbonneau", "Justin Busch", "Liz Brown"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e902d7a-97eb-42af-8984-91bf12d37ec5"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1516"
source_hash: "fea8348fa7d60207616d0d283fcc9b225eaeebda4eebecc3d0d6f0e28c1141cf"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1516/versions/HB1516.03.ENGH)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1516/versions/HB1516.05.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1516/versions/HB1516.02.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1516/versions/HB1516.04.COMS)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1516/versions/HB1516.01.INTR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e902d7a-97eb-42af-8984-91bf12d37ec5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).