republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/hb-1280.md

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Bill	Taxation of military income.	Exempts military pay for members of the United States Space Force, the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps from the individual income tax. Exempts military pay earned by members of an active component of the United States Space Force, the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps from the individual income tax. Adds members of the United States Space Force, the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps for purposes of eligibility for the income tax deduction for income from military retirement or survivor's benefits.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	HB 1280	Indiana HB 1280 (2025)	bill	AGENCIES; Department of Revenue (DOR) ARMED FORCES; Generally ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS (Non-Elected) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; Generally HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Advanced Practice Registered Nurses HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Dentistry HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Doctors and Physicians LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; Collective Bargaining Benefits and Wages PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS; Public Retirement System (INPRS) TAXES; Deductions TAXES; Local Income Taxes	enacted	James Tomes Mitch Gore	4	21	2	2025-01-13	2025-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/148c7a9f-f62e-47bb-a496-9f22397013d7	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1280	f5e001d575d0defd8e72378b97bf7ab270876fadf1217dfc29353ece1d9839db	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1280 (2025) — Taxation of military income.

Exempts military pay for members of the United States Space Force, the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps from the individual income tax. Exempts military pay earned by members of an active component of the United States Space Force, the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps from the individual income tax. Adds members of the United States Space Force, the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps for purposes of eligibility for the income tax deduction for income from military retirement or survivor's benefits.

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 1280 - Gore - 3rd Reading — 92–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1280 - Tomes - 3rd Reading — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• James Tomes — primary (person)
• Mitch Gore — primary (person)
• Andrea Hunley — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Matt Commons — coauthor (person)
• Renee Pack — coauthor (person)
• Steve Bartels — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-13 Authored by Representative Gore
• 2025-01-13 First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-02-04 Representatives Bartels and Pack R added as coauthors
• 2025-02-04 Representative Commons added as coauthor
• 2025-02-13 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-02-17 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-18 Senate sponsor: Senator Tomes
• 2025-02-18 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 217: yeas 92, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-02-19 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-13 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2025-03-13 Senator Hunley added as cosponsor
• 2025-03-18 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-03-20 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-03-24 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 267: yeas 47, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-03-25 Returned to the House without amendments receipt
• 2025-03-27 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2025-03-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-04-03 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2025-04-10 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2025-04-10 Public Law 58 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/148c7a9f-f62e-47bb-a496-9f22397013d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).