Indiana 2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted 9 R cosponsors

HB 1003 — Administrative law.

Last action — Public Law 128

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2024. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 62% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 9 sponsors

    4 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (9 R).

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Summary

Makes the office of administrative law proceedings the ultimate authority in any administrative proceeding under its jurisdiction. Provides certain exceptions. Provides that the bill applies to certain proceedings filed after June 30, 2024. Specifies when a state agency may be required to pay reasonable attorney's fees for judicial review proceedings. Outlines procedures for the ultimate authority regarding nonfinal orders and procedures to file objections to final orders. Permits a final order to be corrected by means of a motion to correct error. Provides that the court shall decide all questions of law, including any interpretation of a federal or state constitutional provision, state statute, or agency rule, without deference to any previous interpretation made by the state agency. Provides that a court is not bound by a finding of fact made by the ultimate authority if the finding of fact is not supported by the record. Requires the state agency to transmit the agency record to the court for judicial review. Eliminates the office of environmental adjudication and transfers proceedings to the office of administrative law proceedings. Creates requirements for administrative law judges that are assigned to certain environmental matters. Provides that until the office of administrative law proceedings adopts or amends rules related to environmental matters, it must continue to follow and implement rules under 315 IAC. Requires the office of administrative law proceedings to continue to index and make publicly available, in a substantially similar online searchable format, the final orders of contested appeals currently maintained by the office. Makes conforming changes.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Public Law 128

  2. Signed by the Governor

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  5. Signed by the Speaker

  6. Motion to concur filed

  7. House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 296: yeas 71, nays 24

  8. Returned to the House with amendments

  9. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 273: yeas 40, nays 7

  10. Senator Rogers added as cosponsor

  11. Amendment #1 (Carrasco) prevailed; voice vote

  12. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  13. Senator Doriot added as cosponsor

  14. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  15. First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

  16. Referred to the Senate

  17. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 27: yeas 85, nays 10

  18. Representative Bartels added as coauthor

  19. Senate sponsors: Senators Carrasco, Koch, Garten

  20. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  21. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  22. Representative DeLaney removed as coauthor

  23. Coauthored by Representatives Jeter, Meltzer, DeLaney

  24. First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

  25. Authored by Representative Steuerwald

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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4 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 141 not signed on

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (141)

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 1003 do?
Makes the office of administrative law proceedings the ultimate authority in any administrative proceeding under its jurisdiction. Provides certain exceptions. Provides that the bill applies to certain proceedings filed after June 30, 2024. Specifies when a state agency may be required to pay reasonable attorney's fees for judicial review proceedings. Outlines procedures for the ultimate authority regarding nonfinal orders and procedures to file objections to final orders. Permits a final order to be corrected by means of a motion to correct error. Provides that the court shall decide all questions of law, including any interpretation of a federal or state constitutional provision, state statute, or agency rule, without deference to any previous interpretation made by the state agency. Provides that a court is not bound by a finding of fact made by the ultimate authority if the finding of fact is not supported by the record. Requires the state agency to transmit the agency record to the court for judicial review. Eliminates the office of environmental adjudication and transfers proceedings to the office of administrative law proceedings. Creates requirements for administrative law judges that are assigned to certain environmental matters. Provides that until the office of administrative law proceedings adopts or amends rules related to environmental matters, it must continue to follow and implement rules under 315 IAC. Requires the office of administrative law proceedings to continue to index and make publicly available, in a substantially similar online searchable format, the final orders of contested appeals currently maintained by the office. Makes conforming changes.
Who sponsors HB 1003?
HB 1003 is sponsored by Linda Rogers (Republican), Blake Doriot (Republican), Chris Garten (Republican), Eric Koch (Republican), Cyndi Carrasco (Republican), Steve Bartels (Republican), Jennifer Meltzer (Republican), Chris Jeter (Republican), and Gregory Steuerwald (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 1003?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2024. Enacted.
Where can I track HB 1003?
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