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type: "Bill"
title: "Indiana National Guard."
description: "Increases, from $8,800 to $20,000, the amount that shall be paid by the state if a member of the Indiana National Guard dies in the active service of the state. Provides that a spouse or dependent of a member of the Indiana National Guard is eligible for a state employee death benefit if the member dies while serving on state active duty. Provides that the adjutant general may procure a medical insurance plan for members of the Indiana National Guard who are ordered to state active duty. Adds awards and decorations that may be awarded by the Indiana National Guard. Provides that members of the Indiana National Guard, while serving on state active duty, shall be considered state employees for purposes of receiving worker's compensation. Provides that a scholarship applicant of the National Guard tuition supplement program may use the scholarship for a credential-certifying program, licensing program, trade certification program, or apprenticeship program for an in-demand occupation as identified by the adjutant general and the department of workforce development, in consultation with the commission for higher education. Provides that if a scholarship applicant of the National Guard tuition supplement program receives a twenty-first century scholars program scholarship, the scholarship applicant may use a National Guard tuition supplement program scholarship awarded to pay for qualified program and educational expenses approved by the commission for higher education and room and board for two years. Makes technical corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1111"
citation: "Indiana HB 1111 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Adjutant General's Office (TAG)", "AGENCIES; Commission for Higher Education (CHE)", "AGENCIES; Department of Workforce Development (DWD)", "INSURANCE; Health Insurance", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; Worker's Compensation", "SCHOOLS; Financial Assistance (Including Vouchers", "Choice Scholarships", "and Education Savings Accounts)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Tomes", "Scott Baldwin", "Steve Bartels"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cb4a94a-7b3a-448a-a6af-4896d27a03dd"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1111"
source_hash: "885adc86ee234c03d8b81b0c765a2068fe75cf06bfa78ba7e25f54f6f3ae837e"
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 1111 (2025) — Indiana National Guard.
Increases, from $8,800 to $20,000, the amount that shall be paid by the state if a member of the Indiana National Guard dies in the active service of the state. Provides that a spouse or dependent of a member of the Indiana National Guard is eligible for a state employee death benefit if the member dies while serving on state active duty. Provides that the adjutant general may procure a medical insurance plan for members of the Indiana National Guard who are ordered to state active duty. Adds awards and decorations that may be awarded by the Indiana National Guard. Provides that members of the Indiana National Guard, while serving on state active duty, shall be considered state employees for purposes of receiving worker's compensation. Provides that a scholarship applicant of the National Guard tuition supplement program may use the scholarship for a credential-certifying program, licensing program, trade certification program, or apprenticeship program for an in-demand occupation as identified by the adjutant general and the department of workforce development, in consultation with the commission for higher education. Provides that if a scholarship applicant of the National Guard tuition supplement program receives a twenty-first century scholars program scholarship, the scholarship applicant may use a National Guard tuition supplement program scholarship awarded to pay for qualified program and educational expenses approved by the commission for higher education and room and board for two years. Makes technical corrections.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1111/HB1111.03.ENGH.pdf)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1111/HB1111.06.ENRS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1111/HB1111.05.COMS.pdf)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1111/HB1111.04.COMS.pdf)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1111/HB1111.01.INTR.pdf)
## Votes
- HB 1111 - Bartels - 3rd Reading — **900** (pass) · lower
- HB 1111 - Baldwin - 3rd Reading — **490** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- James Tomes — primary (person)
- Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
- Steve Bartels — primary (person)
- Chuck Moseley — coauthor (person)
- Eric Bassler — cosponsor (person)
- Ethan Lawson — coauthor (person)
- Greg Goode — cosponsor (person)
- J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Raatz — cosponsor (person)
- La Keisha Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy O'Brien — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-08** Coauthored by Representatives Lawson, O'Brien, Moseley
- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Authored by Representative Bartels
- **2025-01-21** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-27** Amendment #1 (Bartels) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-27** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 25: yeas 90, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-01-28** Senate sponsor: Senator Baldwin
- **2025-01-29** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2025-02-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and The Military `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Senator Tomes added as second sponsor
- **2025-02-20** Senator Goode added as cosponsor
- **2025-03-04** Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
- **2025-03-04** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Senator Bassler added as cosponsor
- **2025-04-10** Senator Raatz added as cosponsor
- **2025-04-10** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2025-04-10** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-14** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 429: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Senator Jackson L added as cosponsor
- **2025-04-16** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
- **2025-04-17** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Public Law 155 `became-law`
- **2025-05-01** 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/2cb4a94a-7b3a-448a-a6af-4896d27a03dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).