# Indiana HB 1208: Administration of sheriff's commissary fund.

Indiana HB 1208, Administration of sheriff's commissary fund., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) House bill sponsored by Gregory Steuerwald (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-10 (Signed by the Governor) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Indiana HB 1208
- State: Indiana
- Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025)
- Title: Administration of sheriff's commissary fund.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-08
- Last action: 2025-04-10, Signed by the Governor
- Sponsor: Gregory Steuerwald (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Subjects: local government, the senate
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (232 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Requires the state board of accounts to establish annual or biennial training requirements for a sheriff and the sheriff's designee responsible for the oversight or administration of a jail commissary fund (fund). Requires a sheriff to provide a copy of the record of receipts and disbursements for the fund to the county fiscal body on a quarterly basis. (Current law requires the sheriff to provide a copy of the record of receipts and disbursements for the fund to the county fiscal body semiannually.) Provides that the fund may be used to pay for an audit or review of the fund by an independent certified public accountant for years in which the fund is not audited by the state board of accounts or otherwise required to be audited by an independent certified public accountant in a manner approved by the state board of accounts.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Gregory Steuerwald (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Brett Clark (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Chris May (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Daryl Schmitt (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Lonnie Randolph (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Matt Lehman (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mitch Gore (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-24 | House | House concurred with Senate amendments | pass | 95 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-18 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 49 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-03 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 88 | 0 |   |

## Actions (22)

- 2025-04-10: Signed by the Governor (House)
- 2025-04-10: Public Law 54 (House)
- 2025-04-03: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: Signed by the Speaker (House)
- 2025-03-24: House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 303: yeas 95, nays 0 (House)
- 2025-03-20: Motion to concur filed (House)
- 2025-03-19: Returned to the House with amendments (Senate)
- 2025-03-18: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 247: yeas 49, nays 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-18: Senator Schmitt added as cosponsor (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: Senator Randolph added as cosponsor (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: Second reading: ordered engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Referred to the Senate (House)
- 2025-02-03: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 67: yeas 88, nays 0 (House)
- 2025-02-03: Senate sponsor: Senator Clark (House)
- 2025-01-30: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House)
- 2025-01-28: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House)
- 2025-01-08: First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government (House)
- 2025-01-08: Coauthored by Representatives Lehman, May, Gore (House)
- 2025-01-08: Authored by Representative Steuerwald (House)

## Bill text

- Enrolled House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1208/versions/HB1208.04.ENRS?format=pdf)
- House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1208/versions/HB1208.03.COMS?format=pdf)
- House Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1208/versions/HB1208.02.COMH?format=pdf)
- Introduced House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1208/versions/HB1208.01.INTR?format=pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 324: Criminal procedures. (signed)
- SB 231: Various corrections matters. (signed)
- SB 80: Code publication. (signed)
- SB 453: Various tax matters. (signed)
- SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit. (signed)
- SB 371: Workforce matters. (signed)

## Sources
- [Enrolled House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1208/versions/HB1208.04.ENRS?format=pdf)
- [House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1208/versions/HB1208.03.COMS?format=pdf)
- [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1208/versions/HB1208.02.COMH?format=pdf)
- [Introduced House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1208/versions/HB1208.01.INTR?format=pdf)

## Related
- [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025)
- [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025)
- [SB 80: Code publication.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB80-2025)
- [SB 453: Various tax matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB453-2025)
- [SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB464-2025)
- [SB 371: Workforce matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB371-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1208-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).