Indiana House Bill 1387 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Passed on May 13 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-05-13 - Public Law 169
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Creates the Indiana Funeral Honors Ribbon to be awarded to members and retired members of the Indiana Air National Guard and the Indiana Army National Guard and members of veterans' organizations who: (1) are trained and certified for; and (2) provide honorable and distinguished service in; the performance of military funerals and similar activities within Indiana. Provides that county and city service officers must be certified by the Indiana department of veterans' affairs (department). Requires the veterans' affairs commission to: (1) establish standards for certification of county and city service officers; and (2) establish and administer a written examination for renewal of the certification of county and city service officers. Requires a county or city service officer to obtain certification from the department within 30 days after becoming employed as a service officer. Requires a new county or city service officer, within one year after becoming employed as a service officer, to attend a course and become accredited to represent veterans. Requires a county or city service officer employed prior to July 1, 2013, to attend a course and become accredited to represent veterans by July 1, 2015. Requires the veterans' affairs commission to administer a grant program to reimburse service officers for training expenses and to reimburse counties and cities employing service officers for computer equipment and software. Transfers $180,000 from the veterans' affairs trust fund to the military family relief fund. Appropriates the $180,000 for the grant program. Provides that funding the grants is a purpose of the military family relief fund.

Veterans' affairs.

Rep. Mike Speedy [R]

Rep. Steven Davisson [R]

Rep. Mara Reardon [D]

2013-04-24 - House - House - Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the House (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2013-04-24 - Senate - Senate - Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the Senate (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2013-03-18 - Senate - Senate - Third reading: passed (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2013-02-18 - House - House - Third reading: passed (Y: 97 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-13	House	Public Law 169
2013-05-07	House	Signed by the Governor
2013-04-29	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2013-04-25	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2013-04-25	House	Signed by the Speaker
2013-04-24	Senate	Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 520: yeas 49, nays 0
2013-04-24	House	Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the House; Roll Call 580: yeas 96, nays 0
2013-04-24	House	Rules suspended
2013-04-09	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Merritt, Breaux and Banks
2013-04-09	Senate	Senate conferee appointed: Wyss and Arnold
2013-04-09	House	House advisors appointed: Davisson, Kirchhofer, Moseley and Candelaria Reardon
2013-04-09	House	House conferees appointed: Speedy and Macer
2013-04-09	House	House dissented from Senate amendments
2013-03-18	Senate	Senators Grooms and Paul added as cosponsors
2013-03-18	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2013-03-18	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 276: yeas 47 and nays 0
2013-03-14	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2013-03-12	Senate	Senators Arnold and Crider added as cosponsors
2013-03-12	Senate	Senator Merritt added as second sponsor
2013-03-12	Senate	Senator Banks added as cosponsor
2013-03-12	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2013-02-25	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security, Transportation and Veterans Affairs
2013-02-18	House	Senate sponsor: Senator Wyss
2013-02-18	House	Referred to the Senate
2013-02-18	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 144: yeas 97, nays 1
2013-02-14	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2013-02-12	House	Representative Candelaria Reardon added as coauthor
2013-02-12	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2013-01-31	House	Representative Davisson added as coauthor
2013-01-31	House	Referred to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
2013-01-31	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2013-01-22	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
2013-01-22	House	Authored by Representative Speedy

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2013&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1387
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/IN/IN1387.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/HB/HB1387.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/HB/HB1387.2.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/EH/EH1387.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/HE/HE1387.1.html
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/PDF/Hrollcal/0144.PDF.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/PDF/Srollcal/0276.PDF.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/PDF/Srollcal/0520.PDF.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/PDF/Hrollcal/0580.PDF.pdf