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type: "Bill"
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title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health."
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description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1438"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1438 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["DRUGS", "Treatment of Drug and Other Substance Abuse", "HEALTH", "State Department and Agencies"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cindy Kirchhofer", "Ed Charbonneau", "James Merritt"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-01-17"
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last_action: "2017-04-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26b7d857-219d-47a0-9cbf-7e77fe9d56ae"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1438"
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source_hash: "79ef591031980f0d2b849c8d446048d70b2708a2e6745d23948c0cd867f81e3e"
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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 HB 1438 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health.
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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. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1438/versions/hb1438.04.enrs)
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2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1438/versions/hb1438.03.coms)
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3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1438/versions/hb1438.02.comh)
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4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1438/versions/hb1438.01.intr)
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## Votes
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- HB 1438 - Kirchhofer - 3rd Reading — **72–26** (pass) · legislature
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- HB 1438 - Merritt - 3rd Reading — **32–16** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Cindy Kirchhofer — primary (person)
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- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
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- James Merritt — primary (person)
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- Charlie Brown — coauthor (person)
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- Dennis Zent — coauthor (person)
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- Frank Mrvan — cosponsor (person)
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- Jean Breaux — cosponsor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
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- Steven Davisson — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-17** Authored by Representative Kirchhofer
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- **2017-01-17** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-26** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2017-01-26** Representative Davisson added as coauthor
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- **2017-01-30** Representative Brown, C. added as coauthor
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- **2017-01-30** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-30** Representative Zent added as coauthor
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- **2017-01-31** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 38: yeas 72, nays 26 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2017-01-31** Senate sponsors: Senators Merritt and Charbonneau
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- **2017-02-01** Referred to the Senate
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- **2017-02-20** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-23** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2017-03-27** Senator Breaux added as cosponsor
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- **2017-03-27** Senator Mrvan added as cosponsor
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- **2017-03-27** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
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- **2017-04-04** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-04-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 419: yeas 32, nays 16 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2017-04-06** Returned to the House without amendments
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- **2017-04-10** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2017-04-11** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2017-04-25** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2017-04-26** Public Law 198
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- **2017-04-26** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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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/26b7d857-219d-47a0-9cbf-7e77fe9d56ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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