republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/hb-1118.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Critical incident stress management debriefings."
description: "Provides that a first responder recipient of critical incident stress management (CISM) services may not be compelled to testify or otherwise disclose a communication made to a CISM services provider or peer support team member relating to the first responder recipient's CISM services in a civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding. Provides that a first responder recipient or the first responder recipient's employer may not be held liable for damages for any act, error, or omission committed by the first responder recipient based on a communication provided between a first responder recipient and CISM team, CISM services provider, or peer support team as part of the CISM services unless the act, error, or omission constitutes wanton, willful, or intentional misconduct."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1118"
citation: "Indiana HB 1118 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Generally", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Generally", "HEALTH; Behavioral Health; Generally", "HEALTH; Emergency Medical Services (EMS)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Baldwin", "Wendy McNamara"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a80654df-4dfc-4a79-9aac-ccfe96411d6e"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1118"
source_hash: "00d6da1444d4fc17658303d48f887044869e8516f4c9a728bce228ad30a8a9b3"
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 1118 (2025) — Critical incident stress management debriefings.

Provides that a first responder recipient of critical incident stress management (CISM) services may not be compelled to testify or otherwise disclose a communication made to a CISM services provider or peer support team member relating to the first responder recipient's CISM services in a civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding. Provides that a first responder recipient or the first responder recipient's employer may not be held liable for damages for any act, error, or omission committed by the first responder recipient based on a communication provided between a first responder recipient and CISM team, CISM services provider, or peer support team as part of the CISM services unless the act, error, or omission constitutes wanton, willful, or intentional misconduct.

## 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/124/2025/house/bills/HB1118/HB1118.04.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1118/HB1118.03.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1118/HB1118.02.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1118/HB1118.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1118 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1118 - Baldwin - 3rd Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
- Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
- Brett Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Cyndi Carrasco — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Schmitt — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Koch — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Pressel — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Mitch Gore — coauthor (person)
- Steve Bartels — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Coauthored by Representative Bartels
- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Authored by Representative McNamara
- **2025-01-21** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-27** Representatives Pressel and Gore added as coauthors
- **2025-01-28** Senate sponsor: Senator Baldwin
- **2025-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 26: yeas 90, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-01-28** Cosponsor: Senator Clark
- **2025-01-29** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2025-02-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13** Senators Koch and Carrasco added as cosponsors
- **2025-03-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2025-03-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 263: yeas 47, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-03-24** Senator Schmitt added as cosponsor
- **2025-03-25** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
- **2025-03-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-10** Public Law 51 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a80654df-4dfc-4a79-9aac-ccfe96411d6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).