republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1016.md

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Bill	Police and fire merit systems.	Allows a fire protection district or fire protection territory to establish a merit system. Provides that unless a resolution or ordinance to establish a merit system is rejected not later than December 31, 2024, a merit system is established on January 1, 2025, for eligible: (1) city and town police and fire departments and township fire departments; and (2) fire protection districts and fire protection territories. Provides that the merit system may be dissolved after January 1, 2025. Requires a unit, district, or territory to vote to either retain or dissolve the merit system after January 1, 2029, and before January 31, 2029. Repeals a provision containing definitions and moves the definitions to another location.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2023	HB 1016	Indiana HB 1016 (2023)	bill	FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND DISTRICTS FIREFIGHTERS; FIREFIGHTERS' PENSIONS AND BENEFITS LAW ENFORCEMENT City Police LAW ENFORCEMENT Police Pensions and Benefits LOCAL GOVERNMENT	enacted	Jack Sandlin Jim Pressel Linda Rogers	5	34	1	2023-01-09	2023-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/e6edaada-5143-4cc5-b1f8-ccd92f44eaea	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1016	10ed957ecb2ada6f1b3acea5615b6b0f79ba7c54bcf6cd73caa13a6edcddbdc8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1016 (2023) — Police and fire merit systems.

Allows a fire protection district or fire protection territory to establish a merit system. Provides that unless a resolution or ordinance to establish a merit system is rejected not later than December 31, 2024, a merit system is established on January 1, 2025, for eligible: (1) city and town police and fire departments and township fire departments; and (2) fire protection districts and fire protection territories. Provides that the merit system may be dissolved after January 1, 2025. Requires a unit, district, or territory to vote to either retain or dissolve the merit system after January 1, 2029, and before January 31, 2029. Repeals a provision containing definitions and moves the definitions to another location.

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. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1016 - Sandlin - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
• Jim Pressel — primary (person)
• Linda Rogers — primary (person)
• Chris Campbell — coauthor (person)
• Randall Frye — coauthor (person)
• Steve Bartels — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-09 Coauthored by Representatives Frye R, Bartels, Campbell
• 2023-01-09 Authored by Representative Pressel
• 2023-01-09 First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-01-19 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-01-23 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-01-24 Senate sponsor: Senator Sandlin
• 2023-01-24 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 25: yeas 96, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-01-25 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2023-02-23 First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-03-30 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-03-30 Senator Rogers added as second sponsor
• 2023-04-03 Amendment #1 (Sandlin) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2023-04-03 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-04-04 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 302: yeas 48, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-04-05 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2023-04-06 Motion to dissent filed filing
• 2023-04-06 House dissented from Senate amendments
• 2023-04-11 House conferees appointed: Pressel and Gore
• 2023-04-11 House advisors appointed: Frye R, Haggard and Campbell
• 2023-04-13 Senate conferees appointed: Sandlin and Niezgodski
• 2023-04-13 Senate advisors appointed: Pol and Rogers
• 2023-04-19 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
• 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 460: yeas 90, nays 1
• 2023-04-20 Motion to withdraw CCR #1: prevailed
• 2023-04-25 CCR # 2 filed in the House filing
• 2023-04-25 CCR # 2 filed in the Senate filing
• 2023-04-26 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 2: adopted by the House; Roll Call 505: yeas 87, nays 1
• 2023-04-26 Conference Committee Report 2: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 494: yeas 32, nays 18
• 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 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-04 Public Law 207 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e6edaada-5143-4cc5-b1f8-ccd92f44eaea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).