Department of workforce development.

Removed the header indicating this was an 'Enrolled Senate Bill' and the associated printing code instructions.

Added a legislative digest summarizing the bill's purpose, affected statutes, and effective date.

Replaced the original act title and preamble with the standard 'A BILL FOR AN ACT' format and committee referral history.

The document header was updated to reflect the 'Second Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2026)' and changed the title from 'Engrossed Senate Bill' to 'Senate Enrolled Act', indicating final passage.

New definitions were added to the Indiana Code for terms including 'American vessel', 'approved training', 'employee', 'full time', 'governmental entity', 'instructional', 'instrumentality', 'political subdivision', 'principal administrative', 'research', and 'vessel'.

The definition of 'political subdivision' was expanded to explicitly include 'town' as a distinct category.

Minor formatting adjustments were made to the layout and spacing of the text, including the removal of line numbers and the reorganization of the printing code instructions.

Added the House sponsor name (Lawson) and the specific dates and actions taken by the House to pass the bill.

Updated the bill digest to reflect the engrossed status, final dates, and corrected the list of affected code citations.

Changed the bill header from 'Introduced' to 'Engrossed' and updated the reprint date to February 17, 2026.