Appropriation of donated money.
Summary
Adds language specifying that a political subdivision that conducts or administers an election may not accept private money donations to prepare, administer, or conduct elections or to employ individuals on a temporary basis for preparing, administering, or conducting elections, including registering voters. Requires all state agencies to submit to the budget agency a report of each individual state employee employed by the state agency whose salary is funded in whole or in part from donated money. Provides that if the donation of money is to the secretary of state, the report shall specify whether the money was or will be distributed to political subdivisions for preparing, administering, or conducting elections, and, if so, the specific types of uses for which the donated money will be used by those political subdivisions. Requires the budget agency to annually submit to the budget committee a report of the information that specifies and identifies each individual state employee whose salary is funded in whole or in part from donated money, which must be posted and made available on the Indiana transparency portal. Requires all local units of government to submit to the state board of accounts (SBA) a report of each individual local unit of government employee employed by the local unit of government whose salary is funded in whole or in part from donated money. Requires the SBA to annually submit to the budget committee a report of the information that specifies and identifies each individual local unit of government employee whose salary is funded in whole or in part from donated money, which must be made available to the public. Defines "local unit of government" for purposes of the reporting requirement. Specifies that the term does not include hospitals.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Jan 2022
House Passage
Feb 2022
Signed into Law
Mar 2022
Introduced Mar 2, 2022
Signed Mar 11, 2022
Floor votes · House Feb 22, 2022
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Amendments
3
Mar 11, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Mar 3, 2022
Amended
Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 332: yeas 43, nays 4
upper
Mar 2, 2022
Introduced
Motion to concur filed
upper
Feb 23, 2022
Amended
Returned to the Senate with amendments
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 253: yeas 67, nays 25
lower
Feb 17, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
Feb 1, 2022
Committee
Referred to the House
upper
Jan 31, 2022
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 104: yeas 49, nays 0
upper
Jan 27, 2022
Amended
Amendment #1 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote
upper
Jan 18, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
3 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
DL
Dan Leonard
RRepublican
P
Jon Ford
RRepublican
P
Liz Brown
RRepublican
Co
DL
Don Lehe
RRepublican
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