republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1293.md

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Bill	Coroners.	Provides that if a person dies under certain circumstances in a county that is not the county where the incident occurred resulting in the death, the county coroner where the death occurred may not bill the county where the incident occurred for the costs of the autopsy, unless the coroners of both counties agree as to the necessity of an autopsy. Provides the following: (1) Allows a coroner to determine the means of copying an original record of the coroner. (2) With the exception of a record concerning a death subject to a criminal investigation or proceeding, allows a coroner to destroy or transfer the original record at the time determined by the coroner after copying the record. Provides that a coroner is immune from criminal liability for destroying a public record if the coroner acts in accordance with the coroner's authority to copy and destroy the coroner's records. Removes a requirement that the county fix the compensation of a coroner who is a licensed physician at 1.5 times the compensation of a coroner who is not a licensed physician for coroners who are elected or reelected in the 2024 general election and thereafter.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2023	HB 1293	Indiana HB 1293 (2023)	bill	CORONERS DEATH HEALTH Health Care Professionals HEALTH Medical Records and Bills	enacted	Heath VanNatter Mike Bohacek Ryan Mishler	5	21	1	2023-01-11	2023-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/b9d64f2f-b1bd-4555-88ca-c3d3c4a3e207	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1293	7a137942d6ade19c5b66c69c388528b6c276d358112602a06752bf625e47bace	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1293 (2023) — Coroners.

Provides that if a person dies under certain circumstances in a county that is not the county where the incident occurred resulting in the death, the county coroner where the death occurred may not bill the county where the incident occurred for the costs of the autopsy, unless the coroners of both counties agree as to the necessity of an autopsy. Provides the following: (1) Allows a coroner to determine the means of copying an original record of the coroner. (2) With the exception of a record concerning a death subject to a criminal investigation or proceeding, allows a coroner to destroy or transfer the original record at the time determined by the coroner after copying the record. Provides that a coroner is immune from criminal liability for destroying a public record if the coroner acts in accordance with the coroner's authority to copy and destroy the coroner's records. Removes a requirement that the county fix the compensation of a coroner who is a licensed physician at 1.5 times the compensation of a coroner who is not a licensed physician for coroners who are elected or reelected in the 2024 general election and thereafter.

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 1293 - VanNatter - 3rd Reading — 94–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Heath VanNatter — primary (person)
• Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
• Ryan Mishler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-11 Authored by Representative VanNatter
• 2023-01-11 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-01-24 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-01-26 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-01-30 Senate sponsor: Senator Mishler
• 2023-01-30 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 42: yeas 94, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-01-31 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2023-02-23 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-03-13 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-03-13 Senator Bohacek added as second sponsor
• 2023-03-20 Amendment #1 (Bohacek) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2023-03-20 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-03-21 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 243: yeas 41, nays 2 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-03-22 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2023-04-04 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2023-04-06 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 372: yeas 89, nays 0
• 2023-04-11 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2023-04-13 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2023-04-18 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2023-04-20 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2023-04-20 Public Law 73 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b9d64f2f-b1bd-4555-88ca-c3d3c4a3e207. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).