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type: "Bill"
title: "Indiana behavioral health commission."
description: "Establishes the Indiana behavioral health commission (commission). Specifies the membership of the commission. Requires the commission to prepare: (1) an interim report not later than October 1, 2020; and (2) a final report not later than October 1, 2022. Specifies the issues and topics to be discussed in the commission reports. Requires commission reports to be issued to the following parties: (1) The governor. (2) The legislative council. (3) Any other party specified by the commission chairperson. Requires commission reports to be issued in an electronic format. Abolishes the commission on December 31, 2022. Defines certain terms. Makes conforming amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 273"
citation: "Indiana SB 273 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HUMAN SERVICES", "COMMISSIONS OR COUNCILS", "Creation of New Agencies", "MENTAL HEALTH", "State Department and Institutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cindy Kirchhofer", "John Ruckelshaus", "Michael Crider"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-09"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c563668-6322-4603-ad48-af1d323f229c"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/273"
source_hash: "11c8fdd9ac451895fc6fd5e73c6b5d73c26b03ded79c954437a6bf61aadabb37"
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 273 (2020) — Indiana behavioral health commission.
Establishes the Indiana behavioral health commission (commission). Specifies the membership of the commission. Requires the commission to prepare: (1) an interim report not later than October 1, 2020; and (2) a final report not later than October 1, 2022. Specifies the issues and topics to be discussed in the commission reports. Requires commission reports to be issued to the following parties: (1) The governor. (2) The legislative council. (3) Any other party specified by the commission chairperson. Requires commission reports to be issued in an electronic format. Abolishes the commission on December 31, 2022. Defines certain terms. Makes conforming amendments.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0273/versions/SB0273.04.ENRH)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0273/versions/SB0273.01.INTR)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0273/versions/SB0273.02.COMS)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0273/versions/SB0273.03.COMH)
## Votes
- SB 273 - Kirchhofer - 3rd Reading — **923** (pass) · lower
- SB 273 - Crider - 3rd Reading — **490** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cindy Kirchhofer — primary (person)
- John Ruckelshaus — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
- John Crane — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Robert Cherry — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald Grooms — coauthor (person)
- Ryan Hatfield — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Goodin — cosponsor (person)
- Vaneta Becker — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-09** Authored by Senator Crider
- **2020-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Senator Ruckelshaus added as second author
- **2020-01-30** Senators Becker and Grooms added as coauthors
- **2020-02-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-03** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2020-02-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 155: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-04** House sponsor: Representative Kirchhofer
- **2020-02-04** Cosponsor: Representative Cherry
- **2020-02-04** Senator Crane added as coauthor
- **2020-02-04** Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
- **2020-02-05** Referred to the House
- **2020-02-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-17** Representative Hatfield added as cosponsor
- **2020-02-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 189: yeas 92, nays 3 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-18** Representative Goodin added as cosponsor
- **2020-02-19** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-03** Motion to concur filed
- **2020-03-04** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 330: yeas 49, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2020-03-16** Signed by the Speaker
- **2020-03-18** Public Law 75
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c563668-6322-4603-ad48-af1d323f229c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).