republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/hb-1160.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil proceeding advance payment contracts and commercial litigation financing."
description: "Prevents a CPAP provider from making any decision, having any influence, or directing the consumer claimant or the consumer claimant's attorney with respect to the conduct of the underlying civil proceeding. Provides that a commercial litigation financier may not provide funding to a commercial litigation financing agreement that is financed by a foreign entity of concern. Prevents a party from sharing information subject to a court order to seal or protect that is received in the course of the civil proceeding with a commercial litigation financier. Provides that a commercial litigation financier may not make any decision, have any influence, or direct the plaintiff with respect to the underlying civil proceeding. Specifies that a commercial litigation financing agreement is subject to discovery. Requires the plaintiff or the plaintiff's attorney to provide written notice of a commercial litigation financing agreement if the agreement is directly or indirectly financed by a foreign person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1160"
citation: "Indiana HB 1160 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Contracts and Legal Documents", "COURTS; Attorneys", "INSURANCE; Generally", "TRADE REGULATIONS; Consumer Credit and Consumer Protection (Including the Uniform Consumer Credit Code (UCCC))"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liz Brown", "Mark Messmer", "Matt Lehman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a93686d0-2f2f-4ca1-81ae-fa6a6dc3677f"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1160"
source_hash: "54d82dde5904d7436affe0df851467e416e270f9084b8d109686877c7a8a2891"
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 1160 (2024) — Civil proceeding advance payment contracts and commercial litigation financing.

Prevents a CPAP provider from making any decision, having any influence, or directing the consumer claimant or the consumer claimant's attorney with respect to the conduct of the underlying civil proceeding. Provides that a commercial litigation financier may not provide funding to a commercial litigation financing agreement that is financed by a foreign entity of concern. Prevents a party from sharing information subject to a court order to seal or protect that is received in the course of the civil proceeding with a commercial litigation financier. Provides that a commercial litigation financier may not make any decision, have any influence, or direct the plaintiff with respect to the underlying civil proceeding. Specifies that a commercial litigation financing agreement is subject to discovery. Requires the plaintiff or the plaintiff's attorney to provide written notice of a commercial litigation financing agreement if the agreement is directly or indirectly financed by a foreign person.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1160/HB1160.04.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1160/HB1160.05.ENRS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1160/HB1160.03.COMS.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1160/HB1160.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1160 - Lehman - 3rd Reading — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1160 - Lehman — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1160 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — **46–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Liz Brown — primary (person)
- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
- Matt Lehman — primary (person)
- Chris Jeter — coauthor (person)
- Gregory Steuerwald — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** Authored by Representative Lehman
- **2024-01-29** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-30** Representatives Jeter and Steuerwald added as coauthors
- **2024-01-31** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 120: yeas 96, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** Senate sponsors: Senators Brown L and Messmer
- **2024-02-02** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2024-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29** Amendment #2 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-29** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 254: yeas 46, nays 2 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2024-03-05** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2024-03-06** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 287: yeas 92, nays 0
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-13** Public Law 140 `became-law`
- **2024-03-12** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-13** 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/a93686d0-2f2f-4ca1-81ae-fa6a6dc3677f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).