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type: "Bill"
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title: "Perpetual care fund deposits for columbariums."
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description: "Exempts certain veteran focused nonprofit cemeteries from certain deposit and trustee requirements with respect to a perpetual care fund."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 520"
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citation: "Indiana SB 520 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; Charitable Organizations and Nonprofits", "DEATH AND DECEASED; Cemeteries and Mausoleums", "DEATH AND DECEASED; Generally", "VETERANS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["James Tomes", "Justin Busch", "Martin Carbaugh"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-16"
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last_action: "2025-04-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19743f25-4a50-490d-9b6e-278595598f00"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0520"
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source_hash: "b33d25994252d6cb21ea8cb31e2fd1ce31c0d2291093dd11810e1d245f5472a8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana SB 520 (2025) — Perpetual care fund deposits for columbariums.
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Exempts certain veteran focused nonprofit cemeteries from certain deposit and trustee requirements with respect to a perpetual care fund.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0520/SB0520.04.ENGH.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0520/SB0520.05.ENRH.pdf)
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3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0520/SB0520.01.INTR.pdf)
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4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0520/SB0520.03.COMH.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SB 520 - Busch - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 520 - Carbaugh - 3rd Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 520 - Busch — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- James Tomes — primary (person)
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- Justin Busch — primary (person)
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- Martin Carbaugh — primary (person)
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- Chris Judy — cosponsor (person)
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- David Abbott — cosponsor (person)
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- J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
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- Renee Pack — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-16** Authored by Senator Busch
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- **2025-01-16** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and The Military `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-21** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-23** Senator Tomes added as second author
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- **2025-01-23** Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
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- **2025-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-28** House sponsor: Representative Carbaugh
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- **2025-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 37: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-29** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-17** Representative Abbott added as cosponsor
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- **2025-03-25** Amendment #1 (Carbaugh) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-03-25** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-27** Representatives Judy and Pack R added as cosponsors
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- **2025-03-28** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-03-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 322: yeas 92, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-01** Motion to concur filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-03** Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 338: yeas 48, nays 0
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- **2025-04-08** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2025-04-09** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-04-08** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-16** Public Law 82 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19743f25-4a50-490d-9b6e-278595598f00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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