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type: "Bill"
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title: "Special death benefit."
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description: "Requires the long term and short term disability plans for state employees to provide on a biweekly basis, after a seven day elimination period, 100% of qualified wages for a correctional officer employed by the department of correction who is disabled by injuries resulting from certain tortious acts. Requires the state personnel department to amend a section of the Indiana Administrative Code. Provides as follows beginning July 1, 2023: (1) Specifies the meaning of a death in the line of duty as it relates to a county coroner or deputy county coroner. (2) Adds county coroners and deputy county coroners to the list of: (A) public safety officers whose relative receives a special death benefit if the officer dies in the line of duty; and (B) employees who may qualify for a presumption of disability or death in the line of duty. (3) Adds county coroners and deputy county coroners to the list of designated Indiana first responders. Makes conforming technical corrections."
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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 1174"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1174 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CORONERS", "CORRECTION", "Department of", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT", "Wages", "Arbitration", "and Benefits", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Heath VanNatter", "Kevin Boehnlein", "Ryan Mishler"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-01-06"
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last_action: "2022-03-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4876c60-2a80-437b-8270-fbbd3f213dbd"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1174"
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source_hash: "d0352ca43a1a1c2de78aab147d78a228b969ea5eef92e00d340e7a2d8cfe7209"
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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 1174 (2022) — Special death benefit.
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Requires the long term and short term disability plans for state employees to provide on a biweekly basis, after a seven day elimination period, 100% of qualified wages for a correctional officer employed by the department of correction who is disabled by injuries resulting from certain tortious acts. Requires the state personnel department to amend a section of the Indiana Administrative Code. Provides as follows beginning July 1, 2023: (1) Specifies the meaning of a death in the line of duty as it relates to a county coroner or deputy county coroner. (2) Adds county coroners and deputy county coroners to the list of: (A) public safety officers whose relative receives a special death benefit if the officer dies in the line of duty; and (B) employees who may qualify for a presumption of disability or death in the line of duty. (3) Adds county coroners and deputy county coroners to the list of designated Indiana first responders. Makes conforming technical corrections.
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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. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1174/versions/HB1174.06.ENRS)
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2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1174/versions/HB1174.03.COMH)
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3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1174/versions/HB1174.02.COMH)
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4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1174/versions/HB1174.04.COMS)
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5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1174/versions/HB1174.05.COMS)
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6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1174/versions/HB1174.01.INTR)
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## Votes
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- HB 1174 - Mishler - 3rd Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Heath VanNatter — primary (person)
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- Kevin Boehnlein — primary (person)
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- Ryan Mishler — primary (person)
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- Jeff Ellington — coauthor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
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- Steve Bartels — coauthor (person)
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- Thomas Saunders — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-06** Coauthored by Representative Saunders
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- **2022-01-06** Authored by Representative VanNatter
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- **2022-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-11** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-11** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-13** Representative Bartels added as coauthor
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- **2022-01-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-24** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-25** Representative Ellington added as coauthor
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- **2022-01-25** Senate sponsor: Senator Mishler
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- **2022-01-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 75: yeas 91, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-01-26** Referred to the Senate
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- **2022-02-02** First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-17** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-24** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-28** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-28** Senator Boehnlein added 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 293: yeas 44, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-03-01** Senator Boehnlein removed as cosponsor
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- **2022-03-01** Senator Boehnlein added as second sponsor
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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: VanNatter and Moseley
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- **2022-03-02** House advisors appointed: Saunders, Bartels, Gore and Pack
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- **2022-03-03** Senate conferees appointed: Mishler and Niezgodski
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- **2022-03-03** Senate advisors appointed: Boots and Qaddoura
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- **2022-03-08** CCR # 1 filed in the House
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- **2022-03-08** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
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- **2022-03-08** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 365: yeas 94, nays 1
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- **2022-03-08** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 361: yeas 50, nays 0
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- **2022-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2022-03-09** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2022-03-14** Public Law 119
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- **2022-03-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-03-14** Signed by the President of the Senate
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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/e4876c60-2a80-437b-8270-fbbd3f213dbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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