Indiana House Bill 1173 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: Passed on March 30 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-30 - Public Law 42
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Indiana department of veterans' affairs. Requires the director of veterans' affairs to be a resident of Indiana for at least two cumulative years prior to being appointed. Requires certain veterans' affairs service officers (officers) to be a resident of Indiana or to become a resident of Indiana not more than six months after the officer's start date and to: (1) be an honorably discharged veteran with at least six months of active service in the armed forces of the United States; or (2) be a service officer assistant (assistant) with at least two years of experience. Requires an assistant to be a resident of Indiana or become a resident of Indiana not later than six months after the assistant's start date and to: (1) satisfy certain officer eligibility requirements; or (2) be the spouse, surviving spouse, parent, or child of an officer that satisfies certain eligibility requirements. Allows county recorders to keep an electronic record of discharges. Requires the department of veterans' affairs (department) to develop a process concerning the release of discharge records by county recorders. Provides the department with rulemaking authority, including emergency rulemaking authority, for the purpose of developing and implementing a discharge record process. Revises certain program eligibility provisions to reference participants more precisely. Repeals statutes related to unused programs. Makes technical changes.

Indiana department of veterans' affairs.

Rep. Randall Frye [R]	Rep. Christopher Judy [R]	Rep. Dennis Zent [R]	Rep. Karlee Macer [D]
Sen. James Tomes [R]	Sen. Michael Crider [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]

2020-03-04 - House - House - House concurred in Senate amendments (Y: 59 N: 28 NV: 5 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 44 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2020-02-18 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2020-01-21 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2020-01-14 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-30	House	Public Law 42
2020-03-14	House	Signed by the Governor
2020-03-11	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2020-03-09	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2020-03-05	House	Signed by the Speaker
2020-03-04	House	House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 311: yeas 59, nays 28
2020-03-03	House	Motion to concur filed
2020-02-26	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2020-02-25	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 244: yeas 44, nays 0
2020-02-24	Senate	Amendment #2 (Tomes) prevailed; voice vote
2020-02-24	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2020-02-20	Senate	Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
2020-02-20	Senate	Senator Crider added as second sponsor
2020-02-18	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2020-02-05	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and The Military
2020-01-22	House	Referred to the Senate
2020-01-21	House	Senate sponsor: Senator Tomes
2020-01-21	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 38: yeas 97, nays 0
2020-01-16	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2020-01-14	House	Representatives Judy, Zent, Macer added as coauthors
2020-01-14	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2020-01-08	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
2020-01-08	House	Authored by Representative Frye R

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1173/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/f/e/c/1fec09dc/HB1173.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/2/5/0/32500766/HB1173.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/2/b/f/52bfa4af/HB1173.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/2/e/c/82eca3de/HB1173.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/3/c/e/03cea482/HB1173.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/e/0/1/1e0111ec/HB1173.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/0/5/1/c051fe7b/HB1173.04.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/d/e/4/dde47059/HB1173.04.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/7/c/6/57c6581c/HB1173.05.ENRS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/6/9/7/2697857f/HB1173.01.INTR.02.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/8/1/a/281ae28e/HB1173.38_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/7/3/b/273b6770/HB1173.02.COMH.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/6/d/3/c6d39166/HB1173.244_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/d/7/8/3d78565e/HB1173.311_H.pdf