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Bill Veteran service officers. Makes changes to the duties of the Indiana department of veterans' affairs commission (commission). Makes changes to the duties of the director of the department of veterans' affairs (department). Requires, before January 1, 2026, the commission to establish and maintain certain standards for the state accreditation program. Requires, after June 30, 2026, each service officer employed by a county or city to maintain the accreditation standards to provide service on behalf of the county or city. Provides that a county executive shall employ a service officer and may employ service officer assistants. Provides, that with the approval of the commission, two or more counties may enter into an agreement to employ a service officer if each county demonstrates to the commission that the workload does not justify each county employing a separate county service officer. Requires every county or city official and department of the county or city to cooperate with the service officer and provide the service officer with information necessary in connection with the performance of the service officer's duties. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2025 SB 433 Indiana SB 433 (2025)
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AGENCIES; Department of Veteran's Affairs (DVA)
CITIES AND TOWNS; Generally
COUNTY GOVERNMENT
HOMELAND SECURITY; Fire and Public Safety Training and Certification
LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally
VETERANS
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James Tomes
Scott Baldwin
Steve Bartels
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Indiana SB 433 (2025) — Veteran service officers.

Makes changes to the duties of the Indiana department of veterans' affairs commission (commission). Makes changes to the duties of the director of the department of veterans' affairs (department). Requires, before January 1, 2026, the commission to establish and maintain certain standards for the state accreditation program. Requires, after June 30, 2026, each service officer employed by a county or city to maintain the accreditation standards to provide service on behalf of the county or city. Provides that a county executive shall employ a service officer and may employ service officer assistants. Provides, that with the approval of the commission, two or more counties may enter into an agreement to employ a service officer if each county demonstrates to the commission that the workload does not justify each county employing a separate county service officer. Requires every county or city official and department of the county or city to cooperate with the service officer and provide the service officer with information necessary in connection with the performance of the service officer's duties.

Version chain

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

  1. Engrossed Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Engrossed Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
  4. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
  5. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
  6. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SB 433 - Bartels — 880 (pass) · lower
  • SB 433 - Baldwin — 490 (pass) · upper
  • SB 433 - Bartels - 3rd Reading — 920 (pass) · lower
  • SB 433 - Baldwin - 3rd Reading — 490 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • James Tomes — primary (person)
  • Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
  • Steve Bartels — primary (person)
  • Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-13 First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and The Military reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2025-01-13 Authored by Senator Baldwin
  • 2025-01-16 Senator Tomes added as second author
  • 2025-02-11 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2025-02-13 Amendment #1 (Baldwin) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2025-02-13 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-02-17 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
  • 2025-02-21 Referred to the House referral
  • 2025-02-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 195: yeas 49, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2025-02-20 House sponsor: Representative Bartels
  • 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2025-04-03 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2025-04-07 Amendment #1 (Pack) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2025-04-07 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-04-09 Motion to dissent filed filing
  • 2025-04-08 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 403: yeas 92, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2025-04-09 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
  • 2025-04-10 Senate advisors appointed: Spencer and Tomes
  • 2025-04-10 Senate conferees appointed: Baldwin and Ford J.D.
  • 2025-04-10 Senate dissented from House amendments
  • 2025-04-14 House advisors appointed: Haggard, Lauer and Moseley
  • 2025-04-14 House conferees appointed: Bartels and Pack
  • 2025-04-17 Senator Tomes removed as advisor
  • 2025-04-17 Senator Ford J.D. removed as conferee
  • 2025-04-17 Senator Tomes added as conferee
  • 2025-04-21 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing
  • 2025-04-21 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
  • 2025-04-22 Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 483: yeas 49, nays 0
  • 2025-04-22 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 510: yeas 88, nays 0
  • 2025-04-23 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2025-04-23 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2025-05-06 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2025-04-29 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2025-05-06 Public Law 203 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d0d8d40b-a755-4815-a602-2bdd69665f3f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).