republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1056.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State veterans' cemeteries."
description: "Provides that the Indiana state veterans' cemetery may include more than one physical location. Provides eligibility for burial in the Indiana state veterans' cemetery to certain members of: (1) a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States; (2) the Indiana Army National Guard or the Indiana Air National Guard; and (3) the Reserve Officers' Training Corps of the United States Army, Navy, or Air Force. Provides eligibility for burial in the Indiana state veterans' cemetery to spouses of, minor children of, and unmarried adult children of certain members of: (1) a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States; (2) the Indiana Army National Guard or the Indiana Air National Guard; and (3) the Reserve Officers' Training Corps of the United States Army, Navy, or Air Force. Removes program directors of the state approving agency from the list of the employees who must satisfy certain criteria to qualify as a director of veterans' affairs. Amends language addressing one time grants provided by the military family relief fund. Provides that the Indiana department of veterans affairs may provide grants to a qualified entity that provides services to veterans and is exempt from taxation under Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code for veteran suicide prevention."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1056"
citation: "Indiana HB 1056 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CEMETERIES AND DEAD BODIES", "INCOME TAXES", "Exemptions", "MILITARY FORCES", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Garten", "Jack Sandlin", "James Tomes", "Randall Frye"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5ef4e29-1974-4a9a-b5ed-f0049662c64f"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1056"
source_hash: "b87538de2cef6cba8238ebc9f897b55042d87354ab9a308cdd84a7d22a94ff88"
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 1056 (2023) — State veterans' cemeteries.

Provides that the Indiana state veterans' cemetery may include more than one physical location. Provides eligibility for burial in the Indiana state veterans' cemetery to certain members of: (1) a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States; (2) the Indiana Army National Guard or the Indiana Air National Guard; and (3) the Reserve Officers' Training Corps of the United States Army, Navy, or Air Force. Provides eligibility for burial in the Indiana state veterans' cemetery to spouses of, minor children of, and unmarried adult children of certain members of: (1) a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States; (2) the Indiana Army National Guard or the Indiana Air National Guard; and (3) the Reserve Officers' Training Corps of the United States Army, Navy, or Air Force. Removes program directors of the state approving agency from the list of the employees who must satisfy certain criteria to qualify as a director of veterans' affairs. Amends language addressing one time grants provided by the military family relief fund. Provides that the Indiana department of veterans affairs may provide grants to a qualified entity that provides services to veterans and is exempt from taxation under Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code for veteran suicide prevention.

## 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/2023/bills/HB1056/versions/HB1056.05.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1056/versions/HB1056.02.COMH)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1056/versions/HB1056.04.COMS)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1056/versions/HB1056.03.COMS)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1056/versions/HB1056.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1056 - Tomes - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Garten — primary (person)
- Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
- James Tomes — primary (person)
- Randall Frye — primary (person)
- J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Sheila Klinker — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Authored by Representative Frye R
- **2023-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Representative Klinker added as coauthor
- **2023-02-09** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** Senate sponsor: Senator Tomes
- **2023-02-13** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 102: yeas 97, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2023-02-27** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and The Military `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-23** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-23** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Senator Garten added as second sponsor
- **2023-03-27** Senator Sandlin added as third sponsor
- **2023-03-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 265: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2023-03-30** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2023-04-03** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 341: yeas 94, nays 0
- **2023-04-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Public Law 61 `became-law`
- **2023-04-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5ef4e29-1974-4a9a-b5ed-f0049662c64f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).