republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/hb-1021.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Green alert for missing at risk veterans."
description: "Defines \"veteran at risk\". Creates the green alert program to provide for public notification regarding missing veterans at risk. Changes the name of the Indiana clearinghouse for information on missing children and missing endangered adults to the Indiana clearinghouse for information on missing children, missing veterans at risk, and missing endangered adults (clearinghouse). Makes conforming changes to the duties of the clearinghouse. Creates certain duties and reporting requirements for law enforcement agencies concerning missing veterans at risk. Provides immunity for a broadcaster who broadcasts, or an electronic billboard operator who displays, a green alert notification and a person who establishes or maintains a green alert website under an agreement with the state police department. Makes technical corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1021"
citation: "Indiana HB 1021 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Indiana State Police (ISP)", "LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrea Hunley", "James Tomes", "Michael Crider", "Mitch Gore"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9eefc099-192c-4baf-8831-175290a798c9"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1021"
source_hash: "296cd588fe151c2cf66f4abd8191c6f234d7ffde1429bbdbec97231472251ebf"
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 1021 (2024) — Green alert for missing at risk veterans.

Defines "veteran at risk". Creates the green alert program to provide for public notification regarding missing veterans at risk. Changes the name of the Indiana clearinghouse for information on missing children and missing endangered adults to the Indiana clearinghouse for information on missing children, missing veterans at risk, and missing endangered adults (clearinghouse). Makes conforming changes to the duties of the clearinghouse. Creates certain duties and reporting requirements for law enforcement agencies concerning missing veterans at risk. Provides immunity for a broadcaster who broadcasts, or an electronic billboard operator who displays, a green alert notification and a person who establishes or maintains a green alert website under an agreement with the state police department. Makes technical corrections.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1021/HB1021.04.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1021/HB1021.03.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1021/HB1021.02.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1021/HB1021.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1021 - Tomes - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1021 - Gore - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrea Hunley — primary (person)
- James Tomes — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Mitch Gore — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Jeter — coauthor (person)
- James Buck — cosponsor (person)
- John Crane — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Renee Pack — coauthor (person)
- Rodney Pol — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Bartels — coauthor (person)
- Vaneta Becker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** Authored by Representative Gore
- **2024-01-08** Coauthored by Representative Pack
- **2024-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Representatives Bartels and Jeter C added as coauthors
- **2024-01-29** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-31** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** Senate sponsors: Senators Tomes, Crider, Hunley
- **2024-02-02** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2024-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 116: yeas 95, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and The Military `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20** Senator Crane added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-22** Senator Pol added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-26** Senator Becker added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-26** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-26** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 186: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Senators Buck and Doriot added as cosponsors
- **2024-02-27** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
- **2024-03-04** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Public Law 40 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9eefc099-192c-4baf-8831-175290a798c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).