republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/hb-1174.md

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Bill	Special death benefit.	Requires the long term and short term disability plans for state employees to provide on a biweekly basis, after a seven day elimination period, 100% of qualified wages for a correctional officer employed by the department of correction who is disabled by injuries resulting from certain tortious acts. Requires the state personnel department to amend a section of the Indiana Administrative Code. Provides as follows beginning July 1, 2023: (1) Specifies the meaning of a death in the line of duty as it relates to a county coroner or deputy county coroner. (2) Adds county coroners and deputy county coroners to the list of: (A) public safety officers whose relative receives a special death benefit if the officer dies in the line of duty; and (B) employees who may qualify for a presumption of disability or death in the line of duty. (3) Adds county coroners and deputy county coroners to the list of designated Indiana first responders. Makes conforming technical corrections.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2022	HB 1174	Indiana HB 1174 (2022)	bill	CORONERS CORRECTION Department of LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT Wages Arbitration and Benefits STATE GOVERNMENT	enacted	Heath VanNatter Kevin Boehnlein Ryan Mishler	6	37	1	2022-01-06	2022-03-14	openstates	ocd-bill/e4876c60-2a80-437b-8270-fbbd3f213dbd	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1174	d0352ca43a1a1c2de78aab147d78a228b969ea5eef92e00d340e7a2d8cfe7209	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1174 (2022) — Special death benefit.

Requires the long term and short term disability plans for state employees to provide on a biweekly basis, after a seven day elimination period, 100% of qualified wages for a correctional officer employed by the department of correction who is disabled by injuries resulting from certain tortious acts. Requires the state personnel department to amend a section of the Indiana Administrative Code. Provides as follows beginning July 1, 2023: (1) Specifies the meaning of a death in the line of duty as it relates to a county coroner or deputy county coroner. (2) Adds county coroners and deputy county coroners to the list of: (A) public safety officers whose relative receives a special death benefit if the officer dies in the line of duty; and (B) employees who may qualify for a presumption of disability or death in the line of duty. (3) Adds county coroners and deputy county coroners to the list of designated Indiana first responders. Makes conforming technical corrections.

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 (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

Votes

• HB 1174 - Mishler - 3rd Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Heath VanNatter — primary (person)
• Kevin Boehnlein — primary (person)
• Ryan Mishler — primary (person)
• Jeff Ellington — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Steve Bartels — coauthor (person)
• Thomas Saunders — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-06 Coauthored by Representative Saunders
• 2022-01-06 Authored by Representative VanNatter
• 2022-01-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-01-11 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-01-11 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 referral-committee
• 2022-01-13 Representative Bartels added as coauthor
• 2022-01-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-01-24 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-01-25 Representative Ellington added as coauthor
• 2022-01-25 Senate sponsor: Senator Mishler
• 2022-01-25 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 75: yeas 91, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2022-01-26 Referred to the Senate
• 2022-02-02 First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-02-17 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-02-24 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-02-28 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-28 Senator Boehnlein added as cosponsor
• 2022-02-28 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2022-03-01 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 293: yeas 44, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-01 Senator Boehnlein removed as cosponsor
• 2022-03-01 Senator Boehnlein added as second sponsor
• 2022-03-02 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2022-03-02 Motion to dissent filed
• 2022-03-02 House dissented from Senate amendments amendment-failure
• 2022-03-02 House conferees appointed: VanNatter and Moseley
• 2022-03-02 House advisors appointed: Saunders, Bartels, Gore and Pack
• 2022-03-03 Senate conferees appointed: Mishler and Niezgodski
• 2022-03-03 Senate advisors appointed: Boots and Qaddoura
• 2022-03-08 CCR # 1 filed in the House
• 2022-03-08 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
• 2022-03-08 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 365: yeas 94, nays 1
• 2022-03-08 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 361: yeas 50, nays 0
• 2022-03-09 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2022-03-09 Signed by the Speaker
• 2022-03-14 Public Law 119
• 2022-03-14 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2022-03-14 Signed by the President of the Senate

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e4876c60-2a80-437b-8270-fbbd3f213dbd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).