# Indiana HB 1558: Employment of minor league baseball players. Indiana HB 1558, Employment of minor league baseball players., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) House bill sponsored by Heath VanNatter (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-10 (Public Law 67); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1558-2025 - 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 1558 - State: Indiana - Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) - Title: Employment of minor league baseball players. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-21 - Last action: 2025-04-10, Public Law 67 - Sponsor: Heath VanNatter (Republican) - Cosponsors: 8 - Subjects: employment, the senate, pensions and labor - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (137 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary Provides that a person who has entered into a contract to play baseball at the minor league level and is compensated under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement is excluded from the definition of "employee" for purposes of the minimum wage law. Provides that a record of daily and weekly hours and wages is not required for any person who has entered into a contract to play baseball at the minor league level and is compensated under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Fewer wage records for minor league players: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana excludes qualifying minor league baseball players from its wage-law definition of employee. Players must have a minor league baseball contract and receive pay under a collective bargaining agreement. That agreement must expressly set wages and working conditions. Emp… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Heath VanNatter (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Andrea Hunley (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Blake Doriot (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Brad Barrett (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Cory Criswell (Republican), House - Cosponsor: David Niezgodski (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Linda Rogers (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Mitch Gore (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Rodney Pol (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-25 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 47 | 0 | | | 2025-02-04 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 90 | 0 | | ## Actions (22) - 2025-04-10: Public Law 67 (House) - 2025-04-10: Signed by the Governor (House) - 2025-04-03: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Signed by the Speaker (House) - 2025-03-27: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Returned to the House without amendments (Senate) - 2025-03-25: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 291: yeas 47, nays 0 (Senate) - 2025-03-25: Senator Hunley added as cosponsor (Senate) - 2025-03-24: Second reading: ordered engrossed (Senate) - 2025-03-24: Senator Pol added as cosponsor (Senate) - 2025-03-24: Senator Doriot added as third sponsor (Senate) - 2025-03-24: Senator Niezgodski added as second sponsor (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Committee report: do pass, adopted (Senate) - 2025-02-19: First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Referred to the Senate (House) - 2025-02-04: Representatives Barrett, Criswell, Gore added as coauthors (House) - 2025-02-04: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 93: yeas 90, nays 0 (House) - 2025-02-04: Senate sponsor: Senator Rogers (House) - 2025-02-03: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House) - 2025-01-30: Committee report: do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-01-21: Authored by Representative VanNatter (House) - 2025-01-21: First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1558/versions/HB1558.04.ENRS?format=pdf) - House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1558/versions/HB1558.03.COMS?format=pdf) - House Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1558/versions/HB1558.02.COMH?format=pdf) - Introduced House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1558/versions/HB1558.01.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/HB1558/versions/HB1558.04.ENRS?format=pdf) - [House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1558/versions/HB1558.03.COMS?format=pdf) - [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1558/versions/HB1558.02.COMH?format=pdf) - [Introduced House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1558/versions/HB1558.01.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-HB1558-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).