Indiana 2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted 22 R cosponsors

SB 4 — Fiscal and administrative matters.

Last action — Signed by the Governor

  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 16, 2024. Enacted.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 62% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 24 sponsors

    4 primary, 20 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (22 R).

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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.

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor

  2. Public Law 93

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Signed by the Speaker

  5. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  6. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

  7. CCR # 1 filed in the House

  8. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 330: yeas 46, nays 0

  9. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 350: yeas 68, nays 25

  10. Representative Jordan added as conferee

  11. Representative Campbell removed as conferee

  12. Representative Jordan removed as advisor

  13. House advisors appointed: Jordan, Pierce K and Harris

  14. House conferees appointed: Thompson and Campbell

  15. Senate advisors appointed: Yoder, Mishler and Holdman

  16. Senate conferees appointed: Garten and Niezgodski

  17. Motion to dissent filed

  18. Senate dissented from House amendments

  19. Returned to the Senate with amendments

  20. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 209: yeas 95, nays 0

  21. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  22. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  23. First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  24. Referred to the House

  25. House sponsor: Representative Thompson

  26. Cosponsors: Representatives Jordan and Pierce K

  27. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 19: yeas 48, nays 0

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

  29. Amendment #1 (Niezgodski) failed; voice vote

  30. Senator Bassler added as coauthor

  31. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  32. Senators Byrne, Doriot, Messmer added as coauthors

  33. Senator Buchanan added as coauthor

  34. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  35. Senator Carrasco added as coauthor

  36. Coauthored by Senators Charbonneau, Brown L, Raatz, Freeman, Busch, Baldwin, Glick, Gaskill, Walker K and Koch

  37. First reading: referred to Committee on Appropriations

  38. Authored by Senators Garten, Mishler, Holdman

  39. Senator Johnson T added as coauthor

  40. Senator Crane added as coauthor

Sponsors

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4 sponsors · 20 co-sponsors · 126 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (20)

Not signed on (126)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 4 do?
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.
Who sponsors SB 4?
SB 4 is sponsored by Kyle Pierce (Republican), Jack Jordan (Republican), Jeffrey Thompson (Republican), Mark Messmer, Blake Doriot (Republican), Gary Byrne (Republican), Brian Buchanan (Republican), Eric Bassler (Republican), Tyler Johnson (Republican), John Crane, Cyndi Carrasco (Republican), Eric Koch (Republican), Kyle Walker (Republican), Mike Gaskill (Republican), Susan Glick (Republican), Scott Baldwin (Republican), Justin Busch (Republican), Aaron Freeman (Republican), Jeff Raatz (Republican), Liz Brown (Republican), Ed Charbonneau (Republican), Travis Holdman (Republican), Ryan Mishler (Republican), and Chris Garten (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 4?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 16, 2024. Enacted.
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