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---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning probate."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning probate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 247"
citation: "Indiana SB 247 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROBATE COURTS AND PROCEEDINGS", "WELFARE", "Medicaid", "TRUSTS AND FIDUCIARIES", "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric Koch", "Gregory Steuerwald", "Joseph Zakas", "Michael Young"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/232b630d-1eee-47f8-bd57-f8b6c383b634"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/247"
source_hash: "c10867f169ad97ef73f5cf89d421b1a313a8b83ed98404e4f45effc90223c39a"
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 SB 247 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning probate.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0247/versions/sb0247.03.engs)
2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0247/versions/sb0247.05.engh)
3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0247/versions/sb0247.06.enrh)
4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0247/versions/sb0247.01.intr)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0247/versions/sb0247.04.comh)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0247/versions/sb0247.02.coms)
## Votes
- SB 247 - Koch - 3rd Reading — **480** (pass) · legislature
- SB 247 - Steuerwald - 3rd Reading — **950** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)
- Joseph Zakas — primary (person)
- Michael Young — primary (person)
- Edward DeLaney — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-03** Authored by Senator Koch
- **2018-01-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-01** Senator Zakas added as second author
- **2018-02-01** Senator Young M added as third author
- **2018-02-05** Amendment #1 (Koch) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-05** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 175: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-06** House sponsor: Representative Steuerwald
- **2018-02-07** Referred to the House
- **2018-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Representative DeLaney added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-26** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28** Amendment #1 (Steuerwald) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-28** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 285: yeas 95, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-02** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-08** Motion to dissent filed
- **2018-03-08** Senate conferees appointed: Koch and Randolph Lonnie M
- **2018-03-08** Senate advisors appointed: Zakas, Taylor G and Young M
- **2018-03-08** Senate dissented from House amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-08** House conferees appointed: Steuerwald and DeLaney
- **2018-03-08** House advisors appointed: Engleman, Washburne and Hatfield
- **2018-03-12** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2018-03-13** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2018-03-13** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2018-03-14** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 384: yeas 48, nays 0
- **2018-03-14** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 394: yeas 98, nays 0
- **2018-03-15** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-19** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-20** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-21** Public Law 163
- **2018-03-21** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/232b630d-1eee-47f8-bd57-f8b6c383b634`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).