Fiscal and administrative matters.
Summary
Specifies that certain workforce related programs must be reviewed by the legislative services agency at least once rather than every five years. Requires the budget agency to biennially prepare a list of dedicated funds that have not been used in the previous two state fiscal years. Makes technical corrections to various statutes concerning rulemaking. Requires agencies to submit a copy of the notice of the first public comment period and regulatory analysis to the small business ombudsman. Provides that the legislative notice required for rule readoptions must be submitted not later than January 1 of the year preceding the year in which the rule expires. Provides that the publisher of the Indiana Register shall assign a document control number when an agency submits the legislative notice during rule readoption instead of when the agency submits the notice of proposed readoption. Provides that an agency may adopt interim rules to implement a reduction, a full or partial waiver, or an elimination of a fee, fine, or civil penalty included in an administrative rule. Requires the budget agency to transfer money in the phase out trust fund on or before June 30, 2024, to the Medicaid contingency and reserve account. Expires the phase out trust fund on July 1, 2024, and makes corresponding changes. Specifies certain deadlines within the statutes governing an agency's failure to enact required licensure rules. Requires an agency to conduct a regulatory analysis for certain proposed rules, including if the implementation and compliance costs are at least $1,000,000. Provides that if a proposed rule has implementation and compliance costs of at least $1,000,000, the following: (1) The rule cannot be published in the Indiana Register until the budget committee has reviewed the rule. (2) The budget agency and the office of management and budget may not approve any part of the proposed rule prior to review of the proposed rule by the budget committee. Provides that for a provisional rule or an interim rule that has implementation and compliance costs of at least $1,000,000, the governor may not approve a rule prior to the budget committee's review of the rule. Requires the office of management and budget to notify the legislative council of certain proposed rules that have a fiscal impact of over $1,000,000 over the course of two years. Removes references concerning the adoption of an emergency rule. Amends a reference from emergency rules to provisional or interim rules under certain circumstances. Makes conforming changes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Jan 16, 2024
Signed Mar 13, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Jan 23, 2024 · House Feb 27, 2024
How they voted
47–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 48
Jan 23, 2024
D
Democratic9
100% Yea
R
Republican39
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
40
Key actions
11
Committee
4
Amendments
3
Mar 13, 2024
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Mar 12, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President of the Senate
upper
Mar 11, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by the Speaker
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
upper
Mar 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 330: yeas 46, nays 0
upper
Mar 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 350: yeas 68, nays 25
lower
Feb 29, 2024
Introduced
Senate dissented from House amendments
upper
Feb 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 209: yeas 95, nays 0
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
Jan 23, 2024
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 19: yeas 48, nays 0
upper
Jan 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Amendment #2 (Garten) prevailed; voice vote
upper
Jan 22, 2024
Amended
Amendment #1 (Niezgodski) failed; voice vote
upper
Jan 18, 2024
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
4 primary · 19 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chris Garten
RRepublican
P
Jeff Thompson
RRepublican
P
Ryan Mishler
RRepublican
P
Travis Holdman
RRepublican
Co
Aaron Freeman
RRepublican
Co
Blake Doriot
RRepublican
Co
Brian Buchanan
RRepublican
Co
Cyndi Carrasco
RRepublican
Co
Ed Charbonneau
RRepublican
Co
Eric Bassler
RRepublican
Co
Eric Koch
RRepublican
Co
Gary Byrne
RRepublican
Co
Jack Jordan
RRepublican
Co
Jeff Raatz
RRepublican
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