# Indiana HB 1221: Pension matters. Indiana HB 1221, Pension matters., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) House bill sponsored by Michael Karickhoff (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-06 (Public Law 226); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1221-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Indiana HB 1221 - State: Indiana - Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) - Title: Pension matters. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-09 - Last action: 2025-05-06, Public Law 226 - Sponsor: Michael Karickhoff (Republican) - Cosponsors: 12 - Subjects: employment, ways and means, the senate, pensions and labor, appropriations - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 5 (282 yes, 45 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## 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 overview: provisions PRIA read - Extra checks for public pension retirees: benefit, low. The law provides one-time checks by October 1, 2025, from supplemental allowance reserve accounts for three Indiana retirement plans. These cover teachers, public employees, and state excise police, gaming, and conservation officers, including eligible survivors and beneficiaries. The member must h… - Extra checks for state police retirees: benefit, low. Eligible beneficiaries of Indiana’s pre-1987 and 1987 state police pension systems receive one-time checks by October 1, 2025. They must have retired or become disabled before July 2, 2024, and qualify for monthly benefits on September 1, 2025. For the 1987 system, retirement or disability must als… - Pension surcharges fund future retiree benefits: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, pre-1987 state police employees and employers pay a separate pension surcharge set by Indiana’s treasurer. The state provides an equal amount from its general fund to supplemental allowance reserve accounts; no surcharge amount is specified. The retirement board must set sur… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Michael Karickhoff (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Andrea Hunley (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Ben Smaltz (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Brian Buchanan (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: David Niezgodski (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Gregory Porter (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Heath VanNatter (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Linda Rogers (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Lonnie Randolph (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Randy Maxwell (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Rodney Pol (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Shelli Yoder (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Stacey Donato (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-24 | Senate | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate | pass | 39 | 11 | | | 2025-04-23 | House | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House | pass | 90 | 0 | | | 2025-04-15 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 46 | 3 | | | 2025-04-14 | Senate | Amendment #1 (Qaddoura) failed | fail | 18 | 31 | | | 2025-02-04 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 89 | 0 | | ## Actions (41) - 2025-05-06: Public Law 226 (House) - 2025-05-06: Signed by the Governor (House) - 2025-04-29: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Signed by the Speaker (House) - 2025-04-24: Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 514: yeas 39, nays 11 (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 540: yeas 90, nays 0 (House) - 2025-04-23: CCR # 1 filed in the House (House) - 2025-04-23: CCR # 1 filed in the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-23: CCR # 1 filed in the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Senate conferees appointed: Buchanan and Niezgodski (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Senate advisors appointed: Hunley and Rogers (Senate) - 2025-04-16: House conferees appointed: Karickhoff and Porter (House) - 2025-04-16: House advisors appointed: VanNatter, Genda, Harris and Moseley (House) - 2025-04-16: House dissented from Senate amendments (House) - 2025-04-16: Returned to the House with amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Motion to dissent filed (House) - 2025-04-15: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 434: yeas 46, nays 3 (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Amendment #1 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 413: yeas 18, nays 31 (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Second reading: ordered engrossed (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Senator Randolph added as cosponsor (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Senator Maxwell added as cosponsor (Senate) - 2025-03-31: Senator Yoder added as cosponsor (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Senators Pol and Donato added as cosponsors (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Senator Rogers added as second sponsor (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Senator Hunley added as cosponsor (Senate) - 2025-02-18: First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Referred to the Senate (House) - 2025-02-04: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 86: yeas 89, nays 0 (House) - 2025-02-04: Senate sponsor: Senator Buchanan (House) - 2025-02-03: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House) - 2025-01-30: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-01-27: Representative Porter added as coauthor (House) - 2025-01-21: Representative VanNatter added as coauthor (House) - 2025-01-13: Reassigned to Committee on Ways and Means (House) - 2025-01-09: First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions (House) - 2025-01-09: Coauthored by Representative Smaltz (House) - 2025-01-09: Authored by Representative Karickhoff (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1221/versions/HB1221.05.ENRS?format=pdf) - House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1221/versions/HB1221.04.COMS?format=pdf) - House Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1221/versions/HB1221.02.COMH?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1221/versions/HB1221.03.COMS?format=pdf) - Introduced House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1221/versions/HB1221.01.INTR?format=pdf) ## Related bills - SB 231: Various corrections matters. (signed) - SB 324: Criminal procedures. (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/HB1221/versions/HB1221.05.ENRS?format=pdf) - [House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1221/versions/HB1221.04.COMS?format=pdf) - [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1221/versions/HB1221.02.COMH?format=pdf) - [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1221/versions/HB1221.03.COMS?format=pdf) - [Introduced House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1221/versions/HB1221.01.INTR?format=pdf) ## Related - [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025) - [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025) - [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) - [Indiana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana/bills) - [Indiana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1221-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).