republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1293.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Coroners."
description: "Provides that if a person dies under certain circumstances in a county that is not the county where the incident occurred resulting in the death, the county coroner where the death occurred may not bill the county where the incident occurred for the costs of the autopsy, unless the coroners of both counties agree as to the necessity of an autopsy. Provides the following: (1) Allows a coroner to determine the means of copying an original record of the coroner. (2) With the exception of a record concerning a death subject to a criminal investigation or proceeding, allows a coroner to destroy or transfer the original record at the time determined by the coroner after copying the record. Provides that a coroner is immune from criminal liability for destroying a public record if the coroner acts in accordance with the coroner's authority to copy and destroy the coroner's records. Removes a requirement that the county fix the compensation of a coroner who is a licensed physician at 1.5 times the compensation of a coroner who is not a licensed physician for coroners who are elected or reelected in the 2024 general election and thereafter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1293"
citation: "Indiana HB 1293 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORONERS", "DEATH", "HEALTH", "Health Care Professionals", "HEALTH", "Medical Records and Bills"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heath VanNatter", "Mike Bohacek", "Ryan Mishler"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9d64f2f-b1bd-4555-88ca-c3d3c4a3e207"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1293"
source_hash: "7a137942d6ade19c5b66c69c388528b6c276d358112602a06752bf625e47bace"
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 1293 (2023) — Coroners.

Provides that if a person dies under certain circumstances in a county that is not the county where the incident occurred resulting in the death, the county coroner where the death occurred may not bill the county where the incident occurred for the costs of the autopsy, unless the coroners of both counties agree as to the necessity of an autopsy. Provides the following: (1) Allows a coroner to determine the means of copying an original record of the coroner. (2) With the exception of a record concerning a death subject to a criminal investigation or proceeding, allows a coroner to destroy or transfer the original record at the time determined by the coroner after copying the record. Provides that a coroner is immune from criminal liability for destroying a public record if the coroner acts in accordance with the coroner's authority to copy and destroy the coroner's records. Removes a requirement that the county fix the compensation of a coroner who is a licensed physician at 1.5 times the compensation of a coroner who is not a licensed physician for coroners who are elected or reelected in the 2024 general election and thereafter.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1293/versions/HB1293.04.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1293/versions/HB1293.05.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1293/versions/HB1293.02.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1293/versions/HB1293.03.COMS)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1293/versions/HB1293.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1293 - VanNatter - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Heath VanNatter — primary (person)
- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
- Ryan Mishler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Authored by Representative VanNatter
- **2023-01-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Senate sponsor: Senator Mishler
- **2023-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 42: yeas 94, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2023-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-13** Senator Bohacek added as second sponsor
- **2023-03-20** Amendment #1 (Bohacek) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-20** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 243: yeas 41, nays 2 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2023-04-04** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2023-04-06** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 372: yeas 89, nays 0
- **2023-04-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Public Law 73 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9d64f2f-b1bd-4555-88ca-c3d3c4a3e207`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).