republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/sb-84.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Suicide and drug overdose death reporting."
description: "Provides that the state department of health (department) shall annually prepare a report concerning all suicide and overdose fatalities in Indiana that occurred during the preceding calendar year. Requires the report to include: (1) the number of fatalities that occurred in each county; (2) the number of fatalities that occurred during each month; (3) the age, sex, and race of each fatality victim; (4) the method of suicide or overdose, including the type of weapon and each substance used; and (5) if known, whether the fatality victim has served in the armed forces of the United States or the national guard. Provides that the first report must also include information from the 2020 calendar year. Requires the department to submit the report and an executive summary of the report to the general assembly and the governor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 84"
citation: "Indiana SB 84 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH", "DRUGS", "Treatment of Drug and Other Substance Abuse", "HEALTH", "State Department and Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Barrett", "Ed Charbonneau", "Jean Leising", "Vaneta Becker"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-04"
last_action: "2022-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6c7407c-ab36-454c-ba6a-7082dd965746"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/84"
source_hash: "0d9ff5e2166cce605aa36d282a40b4a005b7eb6876da206184cf6840f6c760a5"
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 84 (2022) — Suicide and drug overdose death reporting.

Provides that the state department of health (department) shall annually prepare a report concerning all suicide and overdose fatalities in Indiana that occurred during the preceding calendar year. Requires the report to include: (1) the number of fatalities that occurred in each county; (2) the number of fatalities that occurred during each month; (3) the age, sex, and race of each fatality victim; (4) the method of suicide or overdose, including the type of weapon and each substance used; and (5) if known, whether the fatality victim has served in the armed forces of the United States or the national guard. Provides that the first report must also include information from the 2020 calendar year. Requires the department to submit the report and an executive summary of the report to the general assembly and the governor.

## 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/2022/bills/SB0084/versions/SB0084.05.ENGH)
2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0084/versions/SB0084.03.ENGS)
3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0084/versions/SB0084.06.ENRH)
4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0084/versions/SB0084.01.INTR)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0084/versions/SB0084.04.COMH)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0084/versions/SB0084.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 84 - Leising - 3rd Reading — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brad Barrett — primary (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Jean Leising — primary (person)
- Vaneta Becker — primary (person)
- Andy Zay — coauthor (person)
- Cindy Ziemke — cosponsor (person)
- J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
- Jean Breaux — coauthor (person)
- Julie Olthoff — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Boehnlein — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Rita Fleming — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Pol — coauthor (person)
- Shelli Yoder — coauthor (person)
- Stacey Donato — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-04** Authored by Senator Leising
- **2022-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-12** Senator Becker added as second author
- **2022-01-13** Senator Charbonneau added as third author
- **2022-01-18** Amendment #1 (Pol) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-18** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-18** Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
- **2022-01-18** Senator Yoder added as coauthor
- **2022-01-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 24: yeas 46, nays 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-20** House sponsor: Representative Barrett
- **2022-01-20** Cosponsors: Representatives Ziemke and Fleming
- **2022-01-20** Senators Donato and Breaux added as coauthors
- **2022-01-20** Senator Pol added as coauthor
- **2022-01-24** Senator Boehnlein added as coauthor
- **2022-01-24** Senator Zay added as coauthor
- **2022-01-25** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2022-01-26** Referred to the House
- **2022-01-31** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-10** Representative Olthoff added as cosponsor
- **2022-02-14** Amendment #1 (Olthoff) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-14** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 183: yeas 93, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-16** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-21** Motion to concur filed
- **2022-02-22** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 246: yeas 48, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-01** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-01** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-08** Public Law 40
- **2022-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-08** 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/a6c7407c-ab36-454c-ba6a-7082dd965746`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).