republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2018/hb-1017.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1017"
citation: "Indiana HB 1017 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS generally", "HEALTH", "State Department and Agencies", "HEALTH", "Disease Control"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doug Gutwein", "Ed Charbonneau", "Randall Head"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a416412-f484-4654-b91c-3f6213ae5c96"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1017"
source_hash: "3988c77793b5b2287a2bb969cddc1686213844c4049a2009bd343cd25a157387"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---

# Indiana HB 1017 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1017/versions/hb1017.06.enrs)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1017/versions/hb1017.02.comh)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1017/versions/hb1017.05.coms)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1017/versions/hb1017.04.coms)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1017/versions/hb1017.03.comh)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1017/versions/hb1017.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1017 - Charbonneau - 3rd Reading — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1017 - Gutwein - 3rd Reading — **96–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Doug Gutwein — primary (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Randall Head — primary (person)
- Anthony Cook — coauthor (person)
- B Patrick Bauer — coauthor (person)
- Brian Bosma — coauthor (person)
- Bruce Borders — coauthor (person)
- Carey Hamilton — coauthor (person)
- Charlie Brown — coauthor (person)
- Cherrish Pryor — coauthor (person)
- Chris Judy — coauthor (person)
- Chris May — coauthor (person)
- Cindy Ziemke — coauthor (person)
- Dale DeVon — coauthor (person)
- Daniel Leonard — coauthor (person)
- Dave Heine — coauthor (person)
- David Frizzell — coauthor (person)
- David Ober — coauthor (person)
- David Wolkins — coauthor (person)
- Dennis Zent — coauthor (person)
- Don Lehe — coauthor (person)
- Donna Schaibley — coauthor (person)
- Doug Miller — coauthor (person)
- Edmond Soliday — coauthor (person)
- Edward Clere — coauthor (person)
- Greg Beumer — coauthor (person)
- Gregory Porter — coauthor (person)
- Gregory Steuerwald — coauthor (person)
- Harold Slager — coauthor (person)
- Heath VanNatter — coauthor (person)
- Holli Sullivan — coauthor (person)
- Jack Jordan — coauthor (person)
- James Baird — coauthor (person)
- James Merritt — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Leising — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Thompson — coauthor (person)
- Jerry Torr — coauthor (person)
- Jim Pressel — coauthor (person)
- John Bartlett — coauthor (person)
- Julie Olthoff — coauthor (person)
- Karen Engleman — coauthor (person)
- Kathy Richardson — coauthor (person)
- Kevin Mahan — coauthor (person)
- Linda Lawson — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Carbaugh — coauthor (person)
- Matt Lehman — coauthor (person)
- Michael Karickhoff — coauthor (person)
- Mike Speedy — coauthor (person)
- Milo Smith — coauthor (person)
- Peggy Mayfield — coauthor (person)
- Randall Frye — coauthor (person)
- Randy Lyness — coauthor (person)
- Richard Hamm — coauthor (person)
- Robert Cherry — coauthor (person)
- Robert Heaton — coauthor (person)
- Robert Morris — coauthor (person)
- Ronald Bacon — coauthor (person)
- Sally Siegrist — coauthor (person)
- Sean Eberhart — coauthor (person)
- Shane Lindauer — coauthor (person)
- Sharon Negele — coauthor (person)
- Sheila Klinker — coauthor (person)
- Steve Bartels — coauthor (person)
- Steven Davisson — coauthor (person)
- Thomas Saunders — coauthor (person)
- Thomas Washburne — coauthor (person)
- Timothy Wesco — coauthor (person)
- Todd Huston — coauthor (person)
- Vaneta Becker — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Smith — coauthor (person)
- Wendy McNamara — coauthor (person)
- Wes Culver — coauthor (person)
- William Friend — coauthor (person)
- Woody Burton — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-03** Authored by Representative Gutwein
- **2018-01-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-08** Representatives Schaibley, Karickhoff, Porter added as coauthors
- **2018-01-18** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-18** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-25** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 60: yeas 96, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-29** Rule 105.1 suspended
- **2018-01-29** Representative Bosma added as coauthor
- **2018-01-29** Senate sponsors: Senators Charbonneau and Head
- **2018-01-30** Referred to the Senate
- **2018-01-30** Rule 105.1 suspended
- **2018-01-30** Representatives Bacon, Baird, Bartels, Beumer, Borders, Burton, Carbaugh, Cherry, Clere, Cook, Culver, Davisson, DeVon, Eberhart, Engleman, Friend, Frizzell, Frye, Hamm, Heaton, Heine, Huston, Judy, Lehe, Lehman, Leonard, Lindauer, Lyness , Mahan, May, McNamara, Miller, Morris, Negele, Ober, Olthoff, Pressel, Richardson, Saunders, Siegrist, Slager, Steuerwald, Smith, M., Soliday, Speedy, Sullivan, Thompson, Torr, VanNatter, Washburne, Wesco, Wolkins, Zent, Ziemke added as coauthors
- **2018-01-30** Representatives Jordan and Mayfield added as coauthors
- **2018-01-30** Representatives Bartlett, Bauer, Brown, C., Hamilton, Klinker, Lawson, Pryor, Smith, V. added as coauthors
- **2018-02-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** Senator Becker added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-15** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-02-19** Senator Leising added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-22** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-26** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 242: yeas 50, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-27** Senator Merritt added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-28** Returned to the House without amendments
- **2018-03-01** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-05** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-07** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-08** Public Law 17

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a416412-f484-4654-b91c-3f6213ae5c96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).