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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public safety matters."
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description: "Provides that a unit shall provide by ordinance the number of police reserve officers a law enforcement agency may appoint. Provides that the law enforcement training board may revoke, suspend, modify, or restrict a document showing compliance and qualifications for a unit's police reserve officer who has committed misconduct. Provides that a law enforcement agency hiring a police reserve officer must contact every other law enforcement agency that employed (or employs) the applicant and request the applicant's employment file and disciplinary record. Provides that a special law enforcement officer employed by the city of Indianapolis full time after June 30, 2023, to perform park ranger duties (park ranger) is subject to the same training requirements as regular law enforcement officers. Provides that the facilities of the Indiana law enforcement academy must be used to provide a park ranger with the required basic training."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 187"
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citation: "Indiana SB 187 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT", "Academy and Training"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Jack Sandlin", "Mike Speedy"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 48
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-01-09"
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last_action: "2023-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab606080-2025-4ffc-bcda-f4639a72940f"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/187"
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source_hash: "0038def1ff1e2e74beb9e5205dda00856a03e7fe4015723934f9e9d5a92d1100"
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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 SB 187 (2023) — Public safety matters.
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Provides that a unit shall provide by ordinance the number of police reserve officers a law enforcement agency may appoint. Provides that the law enforcement training board may revoke, suspend, modify, or restrict a document showing compliance and qualifications for a unit's police reserve officer who has committed misconduct. Provides that a law enforcement agency hiring a police reserve officer must contact every other law enforcement agency that employed (or employs) the applicant and request the applicant's employment file and disciplinary record. Provides that a special law enforcement officer employed by the city of Indianapolis full time after June 30, 2023, to perform park ranger duties (park ranger) is subject to the same training requirements as regular law enforcement officers. Provides that the facilities of the Indiana law enforcement academy must be used to provide a park ranger with the required basic training.
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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. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0187/versions/SB0187.05.ENGH)
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2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0187/versions/SB0187.06.ENRH)
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3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0187/versions/SB0187.01.INTR)
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4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0187/versions/SB0187.04.COMH)
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5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0187/versions/SB0187.03.COMH)
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6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0187/versions/SB0187.02.COMS)
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## Votes
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- SB 187 - Sandlin - 3rd Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
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- Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
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- Mike Speedy — primary (person)
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- Gregory Steuerwald — cosponsor (person)
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- Randall Frye — cosponsor (person)
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- Ryan Lauer — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-09** Authored by Senator Sandlin
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- **2023-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-19** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-01-23** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-01-23** Senator Freeman added as second author
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- **2023-01-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 19: yeas 50, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-01-24** House sponsor: Representative Speedy
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- **2023-01-24** Cosponsor: Representative Steuerwald
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- **2023-01-25** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2023-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-16** Representative Frye added as cosponsor
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- **2023-03-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-20** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
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- **2023-03-21** Representative Lauer added as cosponsor
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- **2023-04-11** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-04-13** Amendment #1 (Speedy) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-04-13** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 426: yeas 98, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-18** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
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- **2023-04-18** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
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- **2023-04-18** Senate dissented from House amendments
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- **2023-04-18** Senate conferees appointed: Sandlin and Taylor G
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- **2023-04-18** Senate advisors appointed: Pol and Freeman
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- **2023-04-19** House conferees appointed: Speedy and Pack
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- **2023-04-19** House advisors appointed: Davis, Payne and Gore
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- **2023-04-24** Representative Davis removed as advisor
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- **2023-04-24** Representative Pack removed as conferee
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- **2023-04-24** Representative Davis added as conferee
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- **2023-04-25** Senator Freeman removed as advisor
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- **2023-04-25** Senator Taylor G removed as conferee
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- **2023-04-25** Senator Freeman added as conferee
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- **2023-04-25** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
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- **2023-04-25** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
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- **2023-04-25** Motion to withdraw CCR #1: prevailed
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- **2023-04-26** CCR # 2 filed in the Senate `filing`
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- **2023-04-26** Representative Speedy removed as conferee
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- **2023-04-26** Representative Smaltz added as conferee
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- **2023-04-26** Motion to withdraw CCR #2: prevailed
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- **2023-04-26** CCR # 3 filed in the Senate `filing`
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- **2023-04-26** CCR # 2 filed in the House `filing`
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- **2023-04-26** CCR # 3 filed in the House `filing`
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- **2023-04-26** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 3: adopted by the House; Roll Call 521: yeas 80, nays 13
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- **2023-04-27** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 3: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 502: yeas 41, nays 7
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- **2023-04-28** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2023-04-28** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-01** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-05-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-04** Public Law 173 `became-law`
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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/ab606080-2025-4ffc-bcda-f4639a72940f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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