republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1321.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public safety training."
description: "Requires the law enforcement training board to establish minimum standards for basic training and annual inservice training that address the mental health and wellness of law enforcement officers. Requires the executive training program to include training in mental health and wellness and suicide prevention of law enforcement officers. Provides that the mental health and wellness training may be provided online or by other means of virtual instruction. Provides that full-time firefighters' minimum training and annual training requirements must include mental health and wellness training. Requires certain persons who provide emergency medical services to obtain mental health and wellness training as a condition of licensure and certification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1321"
citation: "Indiana HB 1321 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIREFIGHTERS; FIREFIGHTERS' PENSIONS AND BENEFITS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "Academy and Training", "MENTAL HEALTH", "Mentally Ill or Impaired Persons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kyle Walker", "Michael Crider", "Scott Baldwin", "Victoria Garcia Wilburn"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7efb4d4-dc67-4db0-9609-724de5c74b17"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1321"
source_hash: "be23244516b94f93ea5357035f31c437cf23f040b5de18a645e5c7fe20d11e89"
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 1321 (2023) — Public safety training.

Requires the law enforcement training board to establish minimum standards for basic training and annual inservice training that address the mental health and wellness of law enforcement officers. Requires the executive training program to include training in mental health and wellness and suicide prevention of law enforcement officers. Provides that the mental health and wellness training may be provided online or by other means of virtual instruction. Provides that full-time firefighters' minimum training and annual training requirements must include mental health and wellness training. Requires certain persons who provide emergency medical services to obtain mental health and wellness training as a condition of licensure and certification.

## 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/HB1321/versions/HB1321.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1321/versions/HB1321.02.COMH)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1321/versions/HB1321.03.COMS)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1321/versions/HB1321.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1321 - Baldwin - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kyle Walker — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
- Victoria Garcia Wilburn — primary (person)
- Fady Qaddoura — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Torr — coauthor (person)
- John Crane — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Andrade — coauthor (person)
- Mitch Gore — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Coauthored by Representative Gore
- **2023-01-12** Authored by Representative Garcia Wilburn
- **2023-01-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Representative Andrade M added as coauthor
- **2023-01-24** Representative Torr added as coauthor
- **2023-02-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** Senate sponsors: Senators Baldwin, Crider, Walker K
- **2023-02-23** Cosponsor: Senator Qaddoura
- **2023-02-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 229: yeas 95, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-24** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2023-03-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 272: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28** Senator Crane added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-28** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-29** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2023-03-30** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2023-04-11** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 398: yeas 95, nays 0
- **2023-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-01** Public Law 139 `became-law`
- **2023-05-01** 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/f7efb4d4-dc67-4db0-9609-724de5c74b17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).