Indiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 6 R · 4 D cosponsors

SB 10 — State employee retirement benefits.

Last action — Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced December 08, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the House.

Odds of enactment

Moderate chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Advancing 54% · moderate confidence

  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 10 sponsors

    4 primary, 6 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (6 R · 4 D) — cross-party backing.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Summary

Requires the state to make contributions after December 31, 2026, that match, dollar for dollar, each state employee's deferred compensation contributions, not to exceed $28 per paycheck. Specifies limitations on state contributions, including the availability of biennial appropriations. Allows in certain circumstances the budget agency to suspend contributions, resume contributions, and make contributions that were missed due to suspension. Specifies a process by which portions of the funding sources for the retirement medical benefits account must be transferred to the state comptroller for the purpose of making matching contributions. Provides as a default rule that after December 31, 2026, each participant's membership in the retirement medical benefits account is terminated, participant subaccounts are forfeited, and subaccount amounts must be transferred to the state general fund. Specifies exceptions. Requires the state comptroller to transfer certain amounts from the state general fund to each participant's defined contribution plan. Specifies a time frame within which a participant in the retirement medical benefits account may elect to remain a participant. Establishes the 2027 retiree health benefit trust. Provides that the retiree health benefit trust fund will be terminated when certain conditions are met. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on pension management oversight.)

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3

  2. Committee report: do pass, adopted

  3. Representatives VanNatter, Moseley added as cosponsors

  4. First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions

  5. Referred to the House

  6. House sponsor: Representative Lopez

  7. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 117: yeas 47, nays 0

  8. Cosponsor: Representative Jordan

  9. Amendment #1 (Rogers) prevailed; voice vote

  10. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  11. Senator Randolph added as coauthor

  12. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  13. Senator Doriot added as coauthor

  14. Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations

  15. Senator Hunley added as coauthor

  16. Authored by Senators Rogers, Buchanan, Niezgodski

  17. First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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4 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 140 not signed on

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (6)

Not signed on (140)

140 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 10 do?
Requires the state to make contributions after December 31, 2026, that match, dollar for dollar, each state employee's deferred compensation contributions, not to exceed $28 per paycheck. Specifies limitations on state contributions, including the availability of biennial appropriations. Allows in certain circumstances the budget agency to suspend contributions, resume contributions, and make contributions that were missed due to suspension. Specifies a process by which portions of the funding sources for the retirement medical benefits account must be transferred to the state comptroller for the purpose of making matching contributions. Provides as a default rule that after December 31, 2026, each participant's membership in the retirement medical benefits account is terminated, participant subaccounts are forfeited, and subaccount amounts must be transferred to the state general fund. Specifies exceptions. Requires the state comptroller to transfer certain amounts from the state general fund to each participant's defined contribution plan. Specifies a time frame within which a participant in the retirement medical benefits account may elect to remain a participant. Establishes the 2027 retiree health benefit trust. Provides that the retiree health benefit trust fund will be terminated when certain conditions are met. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on pension management oversight.)
Who sponsors SB 10?
SB 10 is sponsored by Chuck Moseley (Democrat), Heath VanNatter (Republican), Jack Jordan (Republican), Danny Lopez (Republican), Lonnie Randolph (Democrat), Blake Doriot (Republican), Andrea Hunley (Democrat), David Niezgodski (Democrat), Brian Buchanan (Republican), and Linda Rogers (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 10?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced December 08, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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