# Indiana HB 1453: Cancer research and treatment grants. Indiana HB 1453, Cancer research and treatment grants., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) House bill sponsored by Timothy O'Brien (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-01 (Signed by the Governor) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1453-2025 - 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 1453 - State: Indiana - Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) - Title: Cancer research and treatment grants. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-21 - Last action: 2025-05-01, Signed by the Governor - Sponsor: Timothy O'Brien (Republican) - Cosponsors: 14 - Subjects: public health, the senate, health and provider services, appropriations - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (231 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Provides that a program may be established to provide grants to cancer centers in Indiana to increase breast cancer research projects or breast cancer clinical trials. Provides that a pediatric cancer research and treatment grant program may be established. Establishes the breast cancer research fund and the pediatric cancer research and treatment fund. Prioritizes use of the funds to be on innovative research and treatments with the potential of resulting in novel therapies for pediatric cancer. Requires the state department to submit an annual report to the governor and legislative council concerning the grant program and publish the report on the state department's website. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Timothy O'Brien (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Dan Dernulc (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Daryl Schmitt (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Ed Charbonneau (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Fady Qaddoura (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Garrett Bascom (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Greg Goode (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: J.D. Ford (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: La Keisha Jackson (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Lonnie Randolph (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Michael Crider (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Robb Greene (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ryan Lauer (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Shelli Yoder (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Vaneta Becker (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-17 | House | House concurred with Senate amendments | pass | 90 | 0 | | | 2025-04-15 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 48 | 0 | | | 2025-02-20 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 93 | 0 | | ## Actions (28) - 2025-05-01: Signed by the Governor (House) - 2025-05-01: Public Law 170 (House) - 2025-04-23: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate) - 2025-04-21: Signed by the Speaker (House) - 2025-04-17: House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 485: yeas 90, nays 0 (House) - 2025-04-16: Returned to the House with amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Motion to concur filed (House) - 2025-04-15: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 441: yeas 48, nays 0 (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Second reading: ordered engrossed (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Senator Randolph added as cosponsor (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Senators Goode and Charbonneau added as cosponsors (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Senators Yoder, Jackson L, Becker, Crider added as cosponsors (Senate) - 2025-03-03: First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Referred to the Senate (House) - 2025-02-20: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 248: yeas 93, nays 0 (House) - 2025-02-20: Senate sponsors: Senators Dernulc, Schmitt, Qaddoura (House) - 2025-02-19: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House) - 2025-02-17: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-02-13: Representative Bascom G added as coauthor (House) - 2025-01-27: Committee report: do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-01-27: Recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3 (House) - 2025-01-21: First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health (House) - 2025-01-21: Coauthored by Representatives Lauer and Greene (House) - 2025-01-21: Authored by Representative O'Brien (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1453/versions/HB1453.06.ENRS?format=pdf) - House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1453/versions/HB1453.02.COMH?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1453/versions/HB1453.05.COMS?format=pdf) - House Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1453/versions/HB1453.03.COMH?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1453/versions/HB1453.04.COMS?format=pdf) - Introduced House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1453/versions/HB1453.01.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/HB1453/versions/HB1453.06.ENRS?format=pdf) - [House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1453/versions/HB1453.02.COMH?format=pdf) - [House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1453/versions/HB1453.05.COMS?format=pdf) - [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1453/versions/HB1453.03.COMH?format=pdf) - [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1453/versions/HB1453.04.COMS?format=pdf) - [Introduced House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1453/versions/HB1453.01.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) - [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-HB1453-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).