HB 1015 Indiana House · 2020 Regular Session

Rights of professional firefighters.

Summary
Provides that a full-time, paid, nonprobationary firefighter has certain minimum protections in addition to any protections provided by contract or other law with regard to the following: (1) The conduct of an interview of the firefighter by the fire department (department) regarding a complaint or internal investigation. (2) The giving of notice by the department to the firefighter of a personnel reassignment, personnel action, or disciplinary action. (3) The disclosure of the firefighter's personal financial information for purposes of a personnel assignment or action. (4) The firefighter's engagement in or refusal to engage in political activity. (Currently these statutes apply only to police officers and police departments.) Repeals a provision that makes the provisions applicable only to police officers.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 16, 2020 Signed Mar 14, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Mar 3, 2020 · House Feb 3, 2020

How they voted

410
Passed
Total votes 41
Mar 3, 2020
D Democratic8
8 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican33
33 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Mar 14, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Mar 4, 2020
Introduced
Returned to the House without amendments
upper
Mar 3, 2020
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (41-0)
senate
Feb 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Committee
Referred to the Senate
lower
Feb 3, 2020
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (85-0-7)
house
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
lower
3 primary · 8 co-sponsors

Sponsors