All Roll Calls
Yes: 231 • No: 9
IndianaHB 1145Second Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2026)HouseWALLET
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Sponsored By: Michael Karickhoff (Republican)
Became Law
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Excise police pension formula and survivor choices
Beginning July 1, 2026, the excise police and related plan uses a set formula. Your allowance equals 25% of average pay plus 1 2/3% for each completed year over 10, capped at 75%. Paid monthly at normal retirement. If you retire after June 30, 2026, you may choose a joint‑and‑survivor option. That choice lowers your check. Your beneficiary can get the full reduced amount, two‑thirds, or one‑half. The board sets the actuarial reduction. For deaths not in the line of duty after January 31, 2018, a surviving parent, spouse, or eligible child gets 50% of what the participant would get with 25 years at age 50. Children split the amount; a child’s share ends at 18 or at marriage. This survivor allowance does not apply if the joint‑and‑survivor option was chosen, except as the law specifies.
One-time 13th checks for state retirees
The law provides one-time “13th checks” to eligible retirees and survivors in Indiana pension plans. Teachers, public employees, and excise/gaming/conservation plans: you must have retired or become disabled on or before December 1, 2025 and be entitled to a monthly benefit on July 1, 2026. Paid by October 1, 2026: $150 (5–9 years), $275 (10–19), $375 (20–29), or $450 (30+). Partial years do not count. State police plans: you must have retired or become disabled before July 2, 2025 (pre‑1987) or after June 30, 1987 and before July 2, 2025 (1987), and be entitled to a benefit on September 1, 2026. Paid by October 1, 2026: the amount equals 1% of the maximum basic annual pension for a trooper (20 years for pre‑1987; 25 years for 1987). These are one‑time payments, not increases to monthly pensions. Most provisions end January 1, 2028.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Michael Karickhoff
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Brian Buchanan
Republican • Senate
David Niezgodski
Democratic • Senate
Eric Koch
Republican • Senate
Fady Qaddoura
Democratic • Senate
Greg Goode
Republican • Senate
Gregory Porter
Democratic • House
Heath VanNatter
Republican • House
Jeff Raatz
Republican • Senate
Julie Olthoff
Republican • House
Linda Rogers
Republican • Senate
Lonnie Randolph
Democratic • Senate
Ron Alting
Republican • Senate
Shelli Yoder
Democratic • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 2/25/2026
Roll Call 375 on HB1145.05.COMS.CON01
Yes: 95 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/24/2026
Roll Call 236 on HB1145.05.COMS
Yes: 39 • No: 9
House vote • 2/2/2026
Roll Call 192 on HB1145.03.COMH
Yes: 97 • No: 0 • Other: 2
Actions Timeline
Public Law 79
3/4/2026HouseSigned by the Governor
3/4/2026HouseSigned by the President Pro Tempore
2/27/2026SenateSigned by the President of the Senate
2/27/2026SenateSigned by the Speaker
2/26/2026HouseMotion to concur filed
2/25/2026HouseHouse concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 375: yeas 95, nays 0
2/25/2026HouseThird reading: passed; Roll Call 236: yeas 39, nays 9
2/24/2026SenateSenator Koch added as cosponsor
2/24/2026SenateSenator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
2/24/2026SenateReturned to the House with amendments
2/24/2026SenateSenator Alting added as cosponsor
2/24/2026SenateSenator Randolph added as cosponsor
2/23/2026SenateSenator Raatz added as cosponsor
2/23/2026SenateSenator Yoder added as cosponsor
2/23/2026SenateSecond reading: ordered engrossed
2/23/2026SenateSenator Qaddoura added as cosponsor
2/19/2026SenateCommittee report: amend do pass, adopted
2/19/2026SenateSenator Rogers added as second sponsor
2/12/2026SenateCommittee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
2/12/2026SenateSenator Goode added as third sponsor
2/12/2026SenateFirst reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor
2/5/2026SenateReferred to the Senate
2/3/2026HouseSenate sponsor: Senator Buchanan
2/2/2026HouseThird reading: passed; Roll Call 192: yeas 97, nays 0
2/2/2026House
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