republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/hb-1235.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public safety."
description: "Allows a federal enforcement officer with at least five years of service to be appointed as a police chief or deputy police chief in a city. Provides that the statewide 911 board may increase an enhanced prepaid wireless charge one time after April 1, 2020, and before July 1, 2023, in an amount not to exceed $0.10. Revises the definition of \"statewide 911 system\". Provides that the statewide 911 board may adjust the statewide 911 fee one time after April 1, 2020, and before July 1, 2023, in an amount not to exceed $0.10. Requires 60 days prior notice to the department of state revenue of any rate change to the enhanced prepaid wireless charge or the statewide 911 fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1235"
citation: "Indiana HB 1235 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "Telephone", "Television", "Radio", "and Internet", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "City Police"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Michael Crider", "Michael Karickhoff"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-13"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfe21a69-5448-4b44-9e48-69cb09c1db71"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1235"
source_hash: "837caeb1400ca89473e02e77883369e0b4a0d9f2b4249c490f6ab1ce76f07f0f"
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 1235 (2020) — Public safety.

Allows a federal enforcement officer with at least five years of service to be appointed as a police chief or deputy police chief in a city. Provides that the statewide 911 board may increase an enhanced prepaid wireless charge one time after April 1, 2020, and before July 1, 2023, in an amount not to exceed $0.10. Revises the definition of "statewide 911 system". Provides that the statewide 911 board may adjust the statewide 911 fee one time after April 1, 2020, and before July 1, 2023, in an amount not to exceed $0.10. Requires 60 days prior notice to the department of state revenue of any rate change to the enhanced prepaid wireless charge or the statewide 911 fee.

## 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/2020/bills/HB1235/versions/HB1235.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1235/versions/HB1235.03.COMS)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1235/versions/HB1235.02.COMH)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1235/versions/HB1235.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1235 - Crider - 3rd Reading — **39–11** (pass) · upper
- HB 1235 - Karickhoff - 3rd Reading — **88–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Michael Karickhoff — primary (person)
- Gregory Porter — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-13** Authored by Representative Karickhoff
- **2020-01-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-27** Representative Porter added as coauthor
- **2020-01-29** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-30** Senate sponsor: Senator Crider
- **2020-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 136: yeas 88, nays 2 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-31** Referred to the Senate
- **2020-02-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-27** Senator Doriot added as second sponsor
- **2020-03-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 302: yeas 39, nays 11 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-04** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-04** Motion to dissent filed
- **2020-03-04** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-04** House conferees appointed: Karickhoff and Porter
- **2020-03-04** House advisors appointed: Thompson, Mayfield, Campbell and Wright
- **2020-03-05** Senate conferees appointed: Crider and Niezgodski
- **2020-03-05** Senate advisors appointed: Garten, Stoops and Niemeyer
- **2020-03-11** Senator Niezgodski removed as conferee
- **2020-03-11** Senator Messmer added as conferee
- **2020-03-11** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2020-03-11** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2020-03-11** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 390: yeas 28, nays 21
- **2020-03-11** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 395: yeas 79, nays 12
- **2020-03-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2020-03-16** Signed by the Speaker
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-30** Public Law 117

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfe21a69-5448-4b44-9e48-69cb09c1db71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).