Indiana / State / 124th General Assembly, 2025 Regular Session
House Enrolled Act 1111 (P.L.155-2025) Raised the Guard funeral benefit from $8,800 to $20,000 and brought Guard members on state active duty into the $100,000 state employee death benefit
Amended IC 10-16-7-19(b) so the state pays reasonable funeral expenses up to $20,000, from $8,800, when a Guard member dies in the active service of the state; amended IC 5-10-11-3 so a Guard member on state active duty is a state employee for the $100,000 line-of-duty death benefit; made members on state duty state employees for workers' compensation; and opened the National Guard tuition supplement to credential, licensing, trade and apprenticeship programs. Approved May 1, 2025; the funeral figure took effect July 1, 2025. Flagged because the Army benefits library still prints $8,800.
Progress
Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature
- Introduced Done, House
- In committee Done, House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety, then Senate Veterans Affairs and The Military and Appropriations
- Passed one chamber Done, House, 90-0
- Passed both chambers Done, Senate, 49-0
- Signed by the governor Done, Public Law 155
- In effect Done,
Sponsors
- Steve Bartels
- Ethan Lawson
- Timothy O'Brien
- Chuck Moseley
- Scott Baldwin
- James Tomes
- Greg Goode
- J.D. Ford
- Eric Bassler
- Jeff Raatz
- Lonnie Randolph
- La Keisha Jackson
What it touches
- IC 10-16-7-19
- IC 5-10-11-3
- IC 10-16-7-18
- IC 21-13-4-2
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Official record
Read House Enrolled Act 1111 (P.L.155-2025) on the jurisdiction's own record