Indiana 2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted 29 R cosponsors

SB 234 — Disaster emergency.

Last action — Public Law 120

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  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.

  • 32 sponsors

    4 primary, 28 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (29 R).

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Summary

Provides that a state of disaster emergency declared by the governor: (1) that applies to the entire state may not continue for more than 60 days unless a renewal is authorized by the general assembly; and (2) that only applies to part of the state may not continue for more than 30 days unless renewed by the governor. Provides that the renewal of a statewide disaster emergency authorized by the general assembly may continue for not more than 60 days. Specifies that if a state of disaster emergency that applies to the entire state has ended, the governor may not call a new state of disaster emergency that applies to the entire state unless the new disaster is wholly unrelated to the earlier disaster. Defines "wholly unrelated".

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Public Law 120

  2. Signed by the Governor

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Signed by the Speaker

  5. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  6. Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 297: yeas 40, nays 8

  7. Motion to concur filed

  8. Returned to the Senate with amendments

  9. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 265: yeas 71, nays 27

  10. Rule 105.1 suspended

  11. Representative Barrett added as cosponsor

  12. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  13. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  14. Representative Bartels added as cosponsor

  15. First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health

  16. Referred to the House

  17. House sponsor: Representative Lehman

  18. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 26: yeas 38, nays 10

  19. Senators Niemeyer and Walker K added as coauthors

  20. Senators Crane, Tomes, Deery, Zay, Maxwell added as coauthors

  21. Cosponsors: Representatives Jeter C and Lindauer

  22. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  23. Senator Young M added as coauthor

  24. Amendment #1 (Pol) failed; voice vote

  25. Amendment #2 (Garten) prevailed; voice vote

  26. Senator Buchanan added as coauthor

  27. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  28. Senator Koch added as coauthor

  29. Senators Byrne, Doriot, Buck, Alexander, Messmer added as coauthors

  30. Senators Rogers and Goode G added as coauthors

  31. Coauthored by Senators Raatz, Glick, Baldwin, Brown L, Gaskill, Busch, Johnson T

  32. Authored by Senators Garten, Freeman, Holdman

  33. First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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4 sponsors · 28 co-sponsors · 118 not signed on

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (28)

Not signed on (118)

118 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 234 do?
Provides that a state of disaster emergency declared by the governor: (1) that applies to the entire state may not continue for more than 60 days unless a renewal is authorized by the general assembly; and (2) that only applies to part of the state may not continue for more than 30 days unless renewed by the governor. Provides that the renewal of a statewide disaster emergency authorized by the general assembly may continue for not more than 60 days. Specifies that if a state of disaster emergency that applies to the entire state has ended, the governor may not call a new state of disaster emergency that applies to the entire state unless the new disaster is wholly unrelated to the earlier disaster. Defines "wholly unrelated".
Who sponsors SB 234?
SB 234 is sponsored by Brad Barrett (Republican), Steve Bartels (Republican), Shane Lindauer (Republican), Chris Jeter (Republican), Matt Lehman (Republican), Kyle Walker (Republican), Rick Niemeyer (Republican), Randy Maxwell (Republican), Andy Zay, Spencer Deery (Republican), James Tomes (Republican), John Crane, Michael Young (Republican), Brian Buchanan (Republican), Eric Koch (Republican), Mark Messmer, Scott Alexander (Republican), James Buck (Republican), Blake Doriot (Republican), Gary Byrne (Republican), Greg Goode (Republican), Linda Rogers (Republican), Tyler Johnson (Republican), Justin Busch (Republican), Mike Gaskill (Republican), Liz Brown (Republican), Scott Baldwin (Republican), Susan Glick (Republican), Jeff Raatz (Republican), Travis Holdman (Republican), Aaron Freeman (Republican), and Chris Garten (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 234?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2024. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 234?
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