republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/hb-1153.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Worker's compensation."
description: "Provides that if, after the occurrence of an accident, compensation is paid for temporary total disability or temporary partial disability, then the two year limitation period to file an application for adjustment of claim begins to run on the last date for which the compensation was paid. Increases benefits for injuries and disablements by 3% each year for four years, beginning on July 1, 2023. Adds an ambulatory outpatient surgical center to the definition of \"medical service facility\" under the worker's compensation law. Makes certain changes to the definition of \"pecuniary liability\". Establishes clean claim payment requirements related to worker's compensation claims. Removes outdated language. Makes conforming amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1153"
citation: "Indiana HB 1153 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL FACILITIES", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT", "Worker's Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Chip Perfect", "Matt Lehman", "Philip Boots"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-06"
last_action: "2022-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e4553d7-3576-4e4b-affb-ea005b35057e"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1153"
source_hash: "037b80b2fca4861cf1a09105b6ae13bbcb9d7a1931ad8ed86a8c1da14f0e89e4"
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 1153 (2022) — Worker's compensation.

Provides that if, after the occurrence of an accident, compensation is paid for temporary total disability or temporary partial disability, then the two year limitation period to file an application for adjustment of claim begins to run on the last date for which the compensation was paid. Increases benefits for injuries and disablements by 3% each year for four years, beginning on July 1, 2023. Adds an ambulatory outpatient surgical center to the definition of "medical service facility" under the worker's compensation law. Makes certain changes to the definition of "pecuniary liability". Establishes clean claim payment requirements related to worker's compensation claims. Removes outdated language. Makes conforming amendments.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1153/versions/HB1153.03.ENGH)
2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1153/versions/HB1153.06.ENGS)
3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1153/versions/HB1153.07.ENRS)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1153/versions/HB1153.02.COMH)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1153/versions/HB1153.04.COMS)
6. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1153/versions/HB1153.05.COMS)
7. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1153/versions/HB1153.01.INTR)

## Sponsors

- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- Chip Perfect — primary (person)
- Matt Lehman — primary (person)
- Philip Boots — primary (person)
- Chuck Moseley — coauthor (person)
- Heath VanNatter — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06** Coauthored by Representative VanNatter
- **2022-01-06** Authored by Representative Lehman
- **2022-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-25** Amendment #5 (Lehman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-25** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-25** Amendment #3 (Moseley) failed; Roll Call 95: yeas 28, nays 62 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-01-26** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 115: yeas 67, nays 29 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-26** Senate sponsor: Senator Boots
- **2022-01-27** Referred to the Senate
- **2022-02-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Amendment #1 (Pol) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-28** Amendment #4 (Mishler) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 290: yeas 44, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Senator Perfect added as second sponsor
- **2022-03-01** Senator Doriot added as third sponsor
- **2022-03-02** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-03** Motion to concur filed
- **2022-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 344: yeas 92, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-07** Representative Moseley added as coauthor
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-15** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-18** Public Law 160

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e4553d7-3576-4e4b-affb-ea005b35057e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).