republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1211.md

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Bill	Welding certifications on public works projects.	Requires that contractors on a public works project meet certain standards relating to the welding of structural steel.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2023	HB 1211	Indiana HB 1211 (2023)	bill	METALS AND METAL DEALERS PUBLIC WORKS AND IMPROVEMENTS; PUBLIC BUILDINGS; PUBLIC PROPERTY	enacted	Blake Doriot Mark Messmer Michael Karickhoff	4	31	1	2023-01-10	2023-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/913f6acb-3df1-4d83-a15f-4f71e4780e8c	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1211	db4be340565704edf455fc2d1e452f6c165f7a58f0ec89d3d7ab720a9c5e7dcf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1211 (2023) — Welding certifications on public works projects.

Requires that contractors on a public works project meet certain standards relating to the welding of structural steel.

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

Votes

• HB 1211 - Doriot - 3rd Reading — 42–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Blake Doriot — primary (person)
• Mark Messmer — primary (person)
• Michael Karickhoff — primary (person)
• Dan Dernulc — cosponsor (person)
• David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
• Greg Walker — cosponsor (person)
• J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
• James Buck — cosponsor (person)
• James Tomes — cosponsor (person)
• Jean Breaux — cosponsor (person)
• Jim Pressel — coauthor (person)
• John Crane — cosponsor (person)
• Jon Ford — cosponsor (person)
• Julie Olthoff — coauthor (person)
• Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Andrade — coauthor (person)
• Mike Bohacek — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney Pol — cosponsor (person)
• Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)
• Susan Glick — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-10 Authored by Representative Karickhoff
• 2023-01-10 First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-01-12 Representative Olthoff added as coauthor
• 2023-01-12 Representatives Pressel and Andrade M added as coauthors
• 2023-01-26 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-01-30 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-01-31 Senate sponsors: Senators Doriot and Messmer
• 2023-01-31 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 53: yeas 98, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-02-01 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2023-02-27 First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-03-07 Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
• 2023-03-09 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-03-13 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-03-13 Senators Dernulc and Pol added as cosponsors
• 2023-03-13 Senator Rogers added as cosponsor
• 2023-03-13 Senator Tomes added as cosponsor
• 2023-03-14 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 216: yeas 42, nays 5 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-03-14 Senator Bohacek added as cosponsor
• 2023-03-14 Senator Buck added as cosponsor
• 2023-03-14 Senators Crane and Ford J.D. added as cosponsors
• 2023-03-14 Senator Ford Jon added as cosponsor
• 2023-03-14 Senators Glick, Yoder, Breaux added as cosponsors
• 2023-03-14 Senator Walker G added as cosponsor
• 2023-03-15 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2023-03-20 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2023-03-21 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 288: yeas 94, nays 0
• 2023-04-03 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2023-04-04 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2023-04-17 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2023-04-20 Public Law 70 became-law
• 2023-04-20 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/913f6acb-3df1-4d83-a15f-4f71e4780e8c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).