Indiana 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 7 R · 6 D cosponsors

HB 1221 — Pension matters.

Last action — Public Law 226

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 09, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Mike Braun (Republican) on May 06, 2025.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 13 sponsors

    3 primary, 10 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (7 R · 6 D) — cross-party backing.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Summary

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.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Public Law 226

  2. Signed by the Governor

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  5. Signed by the Speaker

  6. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 514: yeas 39, nays 11

  7. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 540: yeas 90, nays 0

  8. CCR # 1 filed in the House

  9. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

  10. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

  11. Senate conferees appointed: Buchanan and Niezgodski

  12. Senate advisors appointed: Hunley and Rogers

  13. House conferees appointed: Karickhoff and Porter

  14. House advisors appointed: VanNatter, Genda, Harris and Moseley

  15. House dissented from Senate amendments

  16. Returned to the House with amendments

  17. Motion to dissent filed

  18. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 434: yeas 46, nays 3

  19. Amendment #1 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 413: yeas 18, nays 31

  20. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  21. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  22. Senator Randolph added as cosponsor

  23. Senator Maxwell added as cosponsor

  24. Senator Yoder added as cosponsor

  25. Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations

  26. Senators Pol and Donato added as cosponsors

  27. Senator Rogers added as second sponsor

  28. Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor

  29. Senator Hunley added as cosponsor

  30. First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor

  31. Referred to the Senate

  32. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 86: yeas 89, nays 0

  33. Senate sponsor: Senator Buchanan

  34. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  35. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  36. Representative Porter added as coauthor

  37. Representative VanNatter added as coauthor

  38. Reassigned to Committee on Ways and Means

  39. First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions

  40. Coauthored by Representative Smaltz

  41. Authored by Representative Karickhoff

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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3 sponsors · 10 co-sponsors · 137 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (10)

Not signed on (137)

137 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 1221 do?
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.
Who sponsors HB 1221?
HB 1221 is sponsored by Lonnie Randolph (Democrat), Randy Maxwell (Republican), Shelli Yoder (Democrat), David Niezgodski (Democrat), Stacey Donato (Republican), Rodney Pol (Democrat), Andrea Hunley (Democrat), Linda Rogers (Republican), Brian Buchanan (Republican), Gregory Porter (Democrat), Heath VanNatter (Republican), Ben Smaltz (Republican), and Michael Karickhoff (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 1221?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 09, 2025. Enacted.
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