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type: "Bill"
title: "Fire protection."
description: "Provides that an individual who is certified as a fire inspector may conduct a fire inspection. Provides that an individual who is certified as a fire inspector and not an employee of the fire department may conduct a fire inspection after completing additional requirements. Requires a structure constructed or initially converted or remodeled after June 30, 2023, for use as an animal facility to have a fire alarm system or staff on duty any time a dog or cat is present on the premises. Authorizes periodic local or state fire inspections to determine compliance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 277"
citation: "Indiana SB 277 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND DISTRICTS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PUBLIC SAFETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Jack Sandlin", "Mike Speedy"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33ad9c51-47e1-40c3-a78c-98eac07f91a5"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/277"
source_hash: "66cdfd0901dec6e27848073d80a8f65ff8394640b64b7aebd3c6c48b4695eb7f"
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 SB 277 (2023) — Fire protection.
Provides that an individual who is certified as a fire inspector may conduct a fire inspection. Provides that an individual who is certified as a fire inspector and not an employee of the fire department may conduct a fire inspection after completing additional requirements. Requires a structure constructed or initially converted or remodeled after June 30, 2023, for use as an animal facility to have a fire alarm system or staff on duty any time a dog or cat is present on the premises. Authorizes periodic local or state fire inspections to determine compliance.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0277/versions/SB0277.05.ENGH)
2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0277/versions/SB0277.03.ENGS)
3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0277/versions/SB0277.06.ENRH)
4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0277/versions/SB0277.01.INTR)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0277/versions/SB0277.04.COMH)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0277/versions/SB0277.02.COMS)
## Votes
- SB 277 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — **490** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
- Mike Speedy — primary (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Mike Andrade — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-11** Authored by Senator Freeman
- **2023-01-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23** Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-23** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** Senator Sandlin added as second author
- **2023-02-23** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2023-02-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 170: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** House sponsor: Representative Speedy
- **2023-02-28** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2023-03-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-21** Representative Andrade M added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-28** Amendment #2 (Speedy) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-28** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 329: yeas 90, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2023-04-10** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 353: yeas 48, nays 0
- **2023-04-13** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Public Law 107 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33ad9c51-47e1-40c3-a78c-98eac07f91a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).