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160 lines
11 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Administrative authority; COVID-19 immunizations."
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description: "Allows the secretary of family and social services (secretary) to issue a waiver of human services statutory provisions and administrative rules if the secretary determines that the waiver is necessary to claim certain enhanced federal matching funds available to the Medicaid program. Allows the secretary to issue an emergency declaration for purposes of participating in specified authorized federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) emergency allotments. Requires the secretary to prepare and submit any waivers or emergency declarations to the budget committee. Allows the state health commissioner of the state department of health or the commissioner's designated public health authority to issue standing orders, prescriptions, or protocols to administer or dispense certain immunizations for individuals who are at least five years old (current law limits the age for the commissioner's issuance of standing orders, prescriptions, and protocols for individuals who are at least 11 years old). Defines \"Indiana governmental entity\" and specifies that an Indiana governmental entity (current law refers to a state or local unit) may not issue or require an immunization passport. Provides that an individual is not disqualified from unemployment benefits if the individual has complied with the requirements for seeking an exemption from an employer's COVID-19 immunization requirements and was discharged from employment for failing or refusing to receive an immunization against COVID-19. Provides that an employer may not impose a requirement that employees receive an immunization against COVID-19 unless the employer provides individual exemptions that allow an employee to opt out of the requirement on the basis of medical reasons, religious reasons, or immunity from COVID-19 acquired from a prior infection with COVID-19."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 1001"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1001 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["FAMILY AND SOCIAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION", "HEALTH", "Disease Control", "WELFARE", "Medicaid", "WELFARE", "SNAP Program"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ed Charbonneau", "Mark Messmer", "Matt Lehman"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-01-04"
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last_action: "2022-03-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/330de5b7-0568-47d6-80cc-79061b9f7eab"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1001"
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source_hash: "caf63964b7a1f4a1813acfb14f48e6e904b1a6c7d84cdd892f706a179fa1afde"
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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 1001 (2022) — Administrative authority; COVID-19 immunizations.
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Allows the secretary of family and social services (secretary) to issue a waiver of human services statutory provisions and administrative rules if the secretary determines that the waiver is necessary to claim certain enhanced federal matching funds available to the Medicaid program. Allows the secretary to issue an emergency declaration for purposes of participating in specified authorized federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) emergency allotments. Requires the secretary to prepare and submit any waivers or emergency declarations to the budget committee. Allows the state health commissioner of the state department of health or the commissioner's designated public health authority to issue standing orders, prescriptions, or protocols to administer or dispense certain immunizations for individuals who are at least five years old (current law limits the age for the commissioner's issuance of standing orders, prescriptions, and protocols for individuals who are at least 11 years old). Defines "Indiana governmental entity" and specifies that an Indiana governmental entity (current law refers to a state or local unit) may not issue or require an immunization passport. Provides that an individual is not disqualified from unemployment benefits if the individual has complied with the requirements for seeking an exemption from an employer's COVID-19 immunization requirements and was discharged from employment for failing or refusing to receive an immunization against COVID-19. Provides that an employer may not impose a requirement that employees receive an immunization against COVID-19 unless the employer provides individual exemptions that allow an employee to opt out of the requirement on the basis of medical reasons, religious reasons, or immunity from COVID-19 acquired from a prior infection with COVID-19.
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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. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1001/versions/HB1001.03.ENGH)
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2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1001/versions/HB1001.05.ENGS)
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3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1001/versions/HB1001.06.ENRS)
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4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1001/versions/HB1001.02.COMH)
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5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1001/versions/HB1001.04.COMS)
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6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1001/versions/HB1001.01.INTR)
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## Votes
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- HB 1001 - Messmer - 3rd Reading — **32–18** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
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- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
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- Matt Lehman — primary (person)
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- Alan Morrison — coauthor (person)
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- Anthony Cook — coauthor (person)
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- Beau Baird — coauthor (person)
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- Ben Smaltz — coauthor (person)
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- Brad Barrett — coauthor (person)
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- Bruce Borders — coauthor (person)
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- Chris Jeter — coauthor (person)
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- Chris Judy — coauthor (person)
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- Chris May — coauthor (person)
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- Chuck Goodrich — coauthor (person)
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- Cindy Ledbetter — coauthor (person)
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- Craig Snow — coauthor (person)
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- Dale DeVon — coauthor (person)
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- Daniel Leonard — coauthor (person)
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- Dave Heine — coauthor (person)
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- David Abbott — coauthor (person)
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- Dennis Zent — coauthor (person)
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- Donna Schaibley — coauthor (person)
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- Doug Gutwein — coauthor (person)
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- Doug Miller — coauthor (person)
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- Edmond Soliday — coauthor (person)
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- Elizabeth Rowray — coauthor (person)
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- Ethan Manning — coauthor (person)
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- Gregory Steuerwald — coauthor (person)
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- Harold Slager — coauthor (person)
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- Heath VanNatter — coauthor (person)
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- J.D. Prescott — coauthor (person)
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- Jack Jordan — coauthor (person)
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- Jake Teshka — coauthor (person)
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- Jeff Ellington — coauthor (person)
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- Jeffrey Thompson — coauthor (person)
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- Jerry Torr — coauthor (person)
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- Jim Pressel — coauthor (person)
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- Joanna King — coauthor (person)
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- John Young — coauthor (person)
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- Julie Olthoff — coauthor (person)
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- Karen Engleman — coauthor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
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- Martin Carbaugh — coauthor (person)
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- Michael Karickhoff — coauthor (person)
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- Michelle Davis — coauthor (person)
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- Mike Speedy — coauthor (person)
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- Peggy Mayfield — coauthor (person)
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- Randall Frye — coauthor (person)
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- Randy Lyness — coauthor (person)
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- Robert Behning — coauthor (person)
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- Robert Cherry — coauthor (person)
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- Robert Heaton — coauthor (person)
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- Robert Morris — coauthor (person)
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- Ryan Lauer — coauthor (person)
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- Sean Eberhart — coauthor (person)
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- Shane Lindauer — coauthor (person)
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- Sharon Negele — coauthor (person)
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- Steve Bartels — coauthor (person)
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- Timothy O'Brien — coauthor (person)
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- Timothy Wesco — coauthor (person)
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- Todd Huston — coauthor (person)
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- Wendy McNamara — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-04** Coauthored by Representatives Barrett, Jeter, Huston, Steuerwald, Abbott, Baird, Bartels, Behning, Borders, Carbaugh, Cherry, Cook, Davis, DeVon, Ellington, Engleman, Frye R, Goodrich, Gutwein, Heaton, Heine, Jordan, Judy, Karickhoff, King, Lauer, Leonard, Lindauer, Lyness, Manning, May, McNamara, Miller D, Morris, Morrison, Negele, O'Brien, Olthoff, Prescott, Pressel, Rowray, Schaibley, Slager, Smaltz, Snow, Soliday, Speedy, Teshka, Thompson, Torr, VanNatter, Wesco, Zent, Young J, Mayfield
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- **2022-01-04** Authored by Representative Lehman
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- **2022-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-06** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-10** Rule 105.2 suspended
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- **2022-01-10** Representatives Eberhart and Ledbetter C added as coauthors
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- **2022-01-13** Amendment #19 (Leonard) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
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- **2022-01-13** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-13** Amendment #4 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 12: yeas 26, nays 61 `amendment-failure`
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- **2022-01-13** Amendment #14 (Nisly) failed; Roll Call 13: yeas 5, nays 83 `amendment-failure`
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- **2022-01-13** Amendment #29 (Goodrich) prevailed; Roll Call 14: yeas 65, nays 23 `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
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- **2022-01-13** Amendment #23 (Jacob) ruled out of order `amendment-failure`
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- **2022-01-18** Senate sponsors: Senators Messmer and Charbonneau
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- **2022-01-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 23: yeas 58, nays 35 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-01-19** Referred to the Senate
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- **2022-02-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-17** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-17** Senator Doriot added as cosponsor
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- **2022-02-24** Amendment #5 (Taylor G) failed; Roll Call 250: yeas 20, nays 28 `amendment-failure`
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- **2022-02-24** Amendment #6 (Messmer) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
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- **2022-02-24** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-28** Senator Doriot removed as cosponsor
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- **2022-02-28** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
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- **2022-03-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 276: yeas 32, nays 18 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-03-02** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
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- **2022-03-02** Motion to dissent filed
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- **2022-03-02** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
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- **2022-03-02** House conferees appointed: Lehman and Hatfield
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- **2022-03-02** House advisors appointed: Goodrich, Jeter, Slager, Austin and DeLaney
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- **2022-03-02** Motion to concur filed
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- **2022-03-03** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2022-03-03** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2022-03-03** Public Law 1
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- **2022-03-03** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-03-03** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2022-03-03** Senate conferees appointed: Messmer and Yoder
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- **2022-03-03** Senate advisors appointed: Charbonneau, Taylor G, Melton and Doriot
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- **2022-03-03** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 339: yeas 78, nays 10 `amendment-failure`
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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/330de5b7-0568-47d6-80cc-79061b9f7eab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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