republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/sb-1.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil immunity related to COVID-19."
description: "Provides civil tort immunity for damages arising from COVID-19 on the premises owned or operated by a person, on any premises on which the person or an employee or agent of the person provided property or services to the individual, or during an activity managed, organized, or sponsored by the person, except for an act or omission that constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct (including fraud and intentionally tortious acts). Defines \"COVID-19 protective product\" and provides civil tort immunity for harm that results from the design, manufacture, labeling, sale, distribution, or donation of a COVID-19 protective product, except for an act or omission that constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct (including fraud and intentionally tortious acts). Prohibits class action suits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "Indiana SB 1 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL ACTIONS", "Immunity and Exemption from Liability", "PUBLIC HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric Koch", "Jerry Torr", "Liz Brown", "Mark Messmer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-02-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f296dd43-2dd5-46c1-9704-d063aef03e4e"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/1"
source_hash: "c5bc32b0c7832003cab166c18698c6d39125ed77ce194139e32900ac49f4cfdb"
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 SB 1 (2021) — Civil immunity related to COVID-19.

Provides civil tort immunity for damages arising from COVID-19 on the premises owned or operated by a person, on any premises on which the person or an employee or agent of the person provided property or services to the individual, or during an activity managed, organized, or sponsored by the person, except for an act or omission that constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct (including fraud and intentionally tortious acts). Defines "COVID-19 protective product" and provides civil tort immunity for harm that results from the design, manufacture, labeling, sale, distribution, or donation of a COVID-19 protective product, except for an act or omission that constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct (including fraud and intentionally tortious acts). Prohibits class action suits.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0001/versions/SB0001.05.ENGH)
2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0001/versions/SB0001.03.ENGS)
3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0001/versions/SB0001.06.ENRH)
4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0001/versions/SB0001.01.INTR)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0001/versions/SB0001.04.COMH)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0001/versions/SB0001.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 1 - Torr - 3rd Reading — **72–21** (pass) · lower
- SB 1 - Messmer - 3rd Reading — **40–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- Jerry Torr — primary (person)
- Liz Brown — primary (person)
- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
- Aaron Freeman — coauthor (person)
- Andy Zay — coauthor (person)
- Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
- Brian Buchanan — coauthor (person)
- Chip Perfect — coauthor (person)
- Chris Garten — coauthor (person)
- Chris Jeter — cosponsor (person)
- David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
- Dennis Kruse — coauthor (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — coauthor (person)
- Eric Bassler — coauthor (person)
- Erin Houchin — coauthor (person)
- James Buck — coauthor (person)
- James Tomes — coauthor (person)
- Jeff Raatz — coauthor (person)
- John Young — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Rogers — coauthor (person)
- Matt Lehman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Crider — coauthor (person)
- Mike Gaskill — coauthor (person)
- Philip Boots — coauthor (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — coauthor (person)
- Ron Alting — coauthor (person)
- Ronald Grooms — coauthor (person)
- Scott Baldwin — coauthor (person)
- Travis Holdman — coauthor (person)
- Vaneta Becker — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Coauthored by Senator Zay
- **2021-01-04** Authored by Senators Messmer, Koch, Brown L
- **2021-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-05** Senators Buchanan and Rogers added as coauthors
- **2021-01-11** Senator Becker added as coauthor
- **2021-01-14** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-14** Senator Houchin added as coauthor
- **2021-01-14** Senator Kruse added as coauthor
- **2021-01-25** Senator Freeman added as coauthor
- **2021-01-26** Amendment #3 (Messmer) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-26** Amendment #2 (Lanane) failed; Roll Call 15: yeas 11, nays 38 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-01-26** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-26** Senators Charbonneau, Alting, Gaskill, Garten, Buck, Bassler added as coauthors
- **2021-01-26** Senators Doriot, Baldwin S, Crider, Holdman added as coauthors
- **2021-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 25: yeas 40, nays 8 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28** Senators Niemeyer, Grooms, Boots, Perfect added as coauthors
- **2021-01-28** Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
- **2021-01-28** Senator Tomes added as coauthor
- **2021-01-28** Referred to the House
- **2021-01-28** Senator Raatz added as coauthor
- **2021-01-28** House sponsor: Representative Torr
- **2021-01-28** Cosponsors: Representatives Lehman, Jeter C, Young J
- **2021-02-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09** Amendment #7 (Torr) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-09** Amendment #1 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 96: yeas 29, nays 62 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-02-09** Amendment #4 (Nisly) failed; Roll Call 97: yeas 3, nays 90 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-02-09** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-11** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 117: yeas 72, nays 21 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-12** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-02-12** Motion to concur filed
- **2021-02-15** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-02-15** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-02-15** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 99: yeas 39, nays 7 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-02-17** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-02-18** Public Law 1
- **2021-02-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f296dd43-2dd5-46c1-9704-d063aef03e4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).