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type: "Bill"
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title: "Pension matters."
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description: "Amends provisions regarding the surcharge rates established by the Indiana public retirement system to actuarially prefund certain postretirement benefits. Adds provisions requiring the treasurer of state to determine a surcharge amount that is to be paid into the supplemental reserve account for the state police pre-1987 and 1987 benefit systems. Provides for a thirteenth check in calendar year 2025 for certain members, participants, or beneficiaries of the: (1) Indiana state teachers' retirement fund; (2) Indiana public employees' retirement fund; (3) state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan; (4) state police pre-1987 benefit system; and (5) state police 1987 benefit system. Makes conforming changes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1221"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1221 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS; Public Retirement System (INPRS)", "STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS; Treasurer"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Buchanan", "Linda Rogers", "Michael Karickhoff"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-01-09"
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last_action: "2025-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d812708f-ebe4-440b-9529-37b13de6715d"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1221"
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source_hash: "879a447beb97455e2e7678235c740a6fde1a62273658d82ccd4eb28771b80913"
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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 HB 1221 (2025) — Pension matters.
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Amends provisions regarding the surcharge rates established by the Indiana public retirement system to actuarially prefund certain postretirement benefits. Adds provisions requiring the treasurer of state to determine a surcharge amount that is to be paid into the supplemental reserve account for the state police pre-1987 and 1987 benefit systems. Provides for a thirteenth check in calendar year 2025 for certain members, participants, or beneficiaries of the: (1) Indiana state teachers' retirement fund; (2) Indiana public employees' retirement fund; (3) state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan; (4) state police pre-1987 benefit system; and (5) state police 1987 benefit system. Makes conforming changes.
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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. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/HB1221.05.ENRS.pdf)
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2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/HB1221.04.COMS.pdf)
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3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/HB1221.03.COMS.pdf)
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4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1221/HB1221.01.INTR.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HB 1221 - Karickhoff — **90–0** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1221 - Buchanan — **39–11** (pass) · upper
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- HB 1221 - Karickhoff - 3rd Reading — **89–0** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1221 - Buchanan - 2nd Reading — **18–31** (fail) · upper
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- HB 1221 - Buchanan - 3rd Reading — **46–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Buchanan — primary (person)
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- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
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- Michael Karickhoff — primary (person)
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- Andrea Hunley — cosponsor (person)
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- Ben Smaltz — coauthor (person)
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- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregory Porter — coauthor (person)
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- Heath VanNatter — coauthor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
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- Randy Maxwell — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney Pol — cosponsor (person)
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- Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)
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- Stacey Donato — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-09** Authored by Representative Karickhoff
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- **2025-01-09** Coauthored by Representative Smaltz
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- **2025-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-13** Reassigned to Committee on Ways and Means
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- **2025-01-21** Representative VanNatter added as coauthor
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- **2025-01-27** Representative Porter added as coauthor
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- **2025-01-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2025-02-04** Senate sponsor: Senator Buchanan
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- **2025-02-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 86: yeas 89, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-18** Senator Hunley added as cosponsor
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- **2025-03-20** Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
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- **2025-03-20** Senator Rogers added as second sponsor
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- **2025-03-20** Senators Pol and Donato added as cosponsors
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- **2025-03-27** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-31** Senator Yoder added as cosponsor
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- **2025-04-01** Senator Maxwell added as cosponsor
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- **2025-04-10** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
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- **2025-04-10** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-14** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-23** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
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- **2025-04-14** Amendment #1 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 413: yeas 18, nays 31 `amendment-failure, failure`
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- **2025-04-15** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 434: yeas 46, nays 3 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-16** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-04-16** House dissented from Senate amendments
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- **2025-04-16** House advisors appointed: VanNatter, Genda, Harris and Moseley
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- **2025-04-16** House conferees appointed: Karickhoff and Porter
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- **2025-04-17** Senate advisors appointed: Hunley and Rogers
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- **2025-04-17** Senate conferees appointed: Buchanan and Niezgodski
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- **2025-04-23** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
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- **2025-04-23** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
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- **2025-04-23** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 540: yeas 90, nays 0
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- **2025-05-06** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-24** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 514: yeas 39, nays 11
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- **2025-04-29** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-06** Public Law 226 `became-law`
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- **2025-04-24** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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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/d812708f-ebe4-440b-9529-37b13de6715d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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