republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1006.md

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Bill	Mental health programs.	Specifies the circumstances under which a person may be involuntarily committed to a facility for mental health services and specifies that these services are medically necessary when provided in accordance with generally accepted clinical care guidelines. Establishes a local mental health referral program to provide mental health treatment for certain persons who have been arrested. Repeals obsolete provisions and makes technical corrections.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2023	HB 1006	Indiana HB 1006 (2023)	bill	CORRECTION Institutions and Inmates COURTS generally CRIMES AND OFFENSES Criminal Courts and Court Procedures HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL FACILITIES LAW ENFORCEMENT generally MENTAL HEALTH Local Agencies and Programs	enacted	Aaron Freeman Eric Koch Gregory Steuerwald Michael Crider	6	35	1	2023-01-12	2023-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/7b28c6e9-7e4b-4f08-a573-f3667b6ab0f2	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1006	55029be723cd35299919e509a1697091a37acd5d2136b0835baa03349d0a9398	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1006 (2023) — Mental health programs.

Specifies the circumstances under which a person may be involuntarily committed to a facility for mental health services and specifies that these services are medically necessary when provided in accordance with generally accepted clinical care guidelines. Establishes a local mental health referral program to provide mental health treatment for certain persons who have been arrested. Repeals obsolete provisions and makes technical corrections.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• HB 1006 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
• Eric Koch — primary (person)
• Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)
• Michael Crider — primary (person)
• Chris Jeter — coauthor (person)
• Chuck Moseley — coauthor (person)
• Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Ron Alting — cosponsor (person)
• Tyler Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Vaneta Becker — cosponsor (person)
• Wendy McNamara — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-12 Coauthored by Representatives McNamara, Jeter and Moseley
• 2023-01-12 Authored by Representative Steuerwald
• 2023-01-12 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-01-26 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-01-30 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-01-31 Senate sponsors: Senators Freeman, Crider, Koch
• 2023-01-31 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 49: yeas 99, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-02-01 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2023-02-23 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-02-28 Senator Becker added as cosponsor
• 2023-03-13 Senator Johnson added as cosponsor
• 2023-03-13 Senator Rogers added as cosponsor
• 2023-03-21 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-06 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-04-06 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2023-04-10 Amendment #1 (Johnson) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2023-04-10 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-04-11 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 367: yeas 48, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-04-11 Senator Alting added as cosponsor
• 2023-04-12 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2023-04-17 Motion to dissent filed filing
• 2023-04-17 House dissented from Senate amendments
• 2023-04-18 House conferees appointed: Steuerwald and Moseley
• 2023-04-18 House advisors appointed: McNamara, Thompson, Jordan and Gore
• 2023-04-18 Senate conferees appointed: Freeman and Randolph Lonnie M
• 2023-04-18 Senate advisors appointed: Pol and Crider
• 2023-04-19 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing
• 2023-04-20 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 459: yeas 91, nays 0
• 2023-04-20 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
• 2023-04-24 Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 470: yeas 39, nays 7
• 2023-04-28 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2023-04-28 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2023-05-01 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2023-05-04 Public Law 205 became-law
• 2023-05-04 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7b28c6e9-7e4b-4f08-a573-f3667b6ab0f2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).