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type: "Bill"
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title: "Veteran service officers."
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description: "Makes changes to the duties of the Indiana department of veterans' affairs commission (commission). Makes changes to the duties of the director of the department of veterans' affairs (department). Requires, before January 1, 2026, the commission to establish and maintain certain standards for the state accreditation program. Requires, after June 30, 2026, each service officer employed by a county or city to maintain the accreditation standards to provide service on behalf of the county or city. Provides that a county executive shall employ a service officer and may employ service officer assistants. Provides, that with the approval of the commission, two or more counties may enter into an agreement to employ a service officer if each county demonstrates to the commission that the workload does not justify each county employing a separate county service officer. Requires every county or city official and department of the county or city to cooperate with the service officer and provide the service officer with information necessary in connection with the performance of the service officer's duties."
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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: "SB 433"
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citation: "Indiana SB 433 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Veteran's Affairs (DVA)", "CITIES AND TOWNS; Generally", "COUNTY GOVERNMENT", "HOMELAND SECURITY; Fire and Public Safety Training and Certification", "LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally", "VETERANS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["James Tomes", "Scott Baldwin", "Steve Bartels"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-01-13"
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last_action: "2025-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0d8d40b-a755-4815-a602-2bdd69665f3f"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0433"
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source_hash: "c04c0e9701ff4f9d32a2e504a59b69c2b1289dc9716291d157a0e49b1c42c5d3"
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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 433 (2025) — Veteran service officers.
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Makes changes to the duties of the Indiana department of veterans' affairs commission (commission). Makes changes to the duties of the director of the department of veterans' affairs (department). Requires, before January 1, 2026, the commission to establish and maintain certain standards for the state accreditation program. Requires, after June 30, 2026, each service officer employed by a county or city to maintain the accreditation standards to provide service on behalf of the county or city. Provides that a county executive shall employ a service officer and may employ service officer assistants. Provides, that with the approval of the commission, two or more counties may enter into an agreement to employ a service officer if each county demonstrates to the commission that the workload does not justify each county employing a separate county service officer. Requires every county or city official and department of the county or city to cooperate with the service officer and provide the service officer with information necessary in connection with the performance of the service officer's duties.
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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](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0433/SB0433.04.ENGS.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0433/SB0433.06.ENGH.pdf)
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3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0433/SB0433.07.ENRH.pdf)
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4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0433/SB0433.01.INTR.pdf)
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5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0433/SB0433.05.COMH.pdf)
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6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0433/SB0433.03.COMS.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SB 433 - Bartels — **88–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 433 - Baldwin — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 433 - Bartels - 3rd Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 433 - Baldwin - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- James Tomes — primary (person)
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- Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
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- Steve Bartels — primary (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and The Military `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-13** Authored by Senator Baldwin
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- **2025-01-16** Senator Tomes added as second author
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- **2025-02-11** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-13** Amendment #1 (Baldwin) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-13** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-17** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
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- **2025-02-21** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2025-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 195: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-20** House sponsor: Representative Bartels
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- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-03** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Amendment #1 (Pack) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-09** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-08** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 403: yeas 92, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-09** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-04-10** Senate advisors appointed: Spencer and Tomes
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- **2025-04-10** Senate conferees appointed: Baldwin and Ford J.D.
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- **2025-04-10** Senate dissented from House amendments
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- **2025-04-14** House advisors appointed: Haggard, Lauer and Moseley
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- **2025-04-14** House conferees appointed: Bartels and Pack
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- **2025-04-17** Senator Tomes removed as advisor
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- **2025-04-17** Senator Ford J.D. removed as conferee
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- **2025-04-17** Senator Tomes added as conferee
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- **2025-04-21** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
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- **2025-04-21** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
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- **2025-04-22** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 483: yeas 49, nays 0
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- **2025-04-22** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 510: yeas 88, nays 0
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- **2025-04-23** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2025-04-23** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-05-06** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-29** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-06** Public Law 203 `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/d0d8d40b-a755-4815-a602-2bdd69665f3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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