Indiana 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 35 R · 2 D cosponsors

SB 5 — State fiscal and contracting 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 14, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Mike Braun (Republican) on May 06, 2025.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 38 sponsors

    4 primary, 34 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (35 R · 2 D) — cross-party backing.

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Summary

Allows a state agency to use artificial intelligence software to prepare information and projections for the state budget. Requires a state agency to provide a quarterly report to the budget committee that details the requests submitted by the state agency for new federal funds or to participate in a new federal program. Provides that, in addition to the quarterly reports, a state agency may not immediately accept an award of new federal funds in certain circumstances or participate in a new federal program before a report has been reviewed by the budget committee. Specifies the contents of the report that must be submitted for budget committee review. Requires a state agency to provide the state comptroller with a contract for inclusion in the Indiana transparency website not later than 30 days after the contract is fully executed. Requires that permanent full-time positions which have been vacant for 90 days or more be reviewed and either reauthorized or eliminated by the budget director. Requires the budget director to provide a quarterly report to the governor's office regarding those positions that were reauthorized or eliminated by the budget director in the preceding three months. Requires a state agency to provide quarterly reports to the budget committee regarding the state agency's active contracts. Provides for the reversion of funds appropriated to a state agency for expenses related to a contract that are unused after the end of the contract term. Requires the department of administration (department) to develop certain contract language to be included in state contracts of $500,000 or more. Requires a state agency to provide a report to the budget committee concerning amendments to a contract that: (1) increase the maximum contract amount by not less than $500,000; or (2) for a contract with an initial maximum contract amount of not less than $500,000, extend the term of the contract by not less than six months. Prohibits a state agency from entering into a nonpublic contract. Requires all contract opportunities of state agencies to be posted in the form of a request for proposals or a request for quotations on the department's website at least 30 days prior to the contract being awarded. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services and the office of Medicaid policy and planning to do the following: (1) Review monthly reports on the Medicaid program service utilization to identify trends and risks within the state Medicaid program. (2) Post publicly on the office of the secretary of family and social services's website monthly financial reports or expenditures and revenues for each state Medicaid program and commentary providing context for each monthly financial report. (3) Submit a quarterly report to the budget committee.

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor

  2. Public Law 182

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  5. Signed by the Speaker

  6. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 524: yeas 90, nays 1

  7. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 488: yeas 48, nays 0

  8. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

  9. CCR # 1 filed in the House

  10. Senate conferees appointed: Baldwin and Niezgodski

  11. Senate advisors appointed: Pol and Garten

  12. House advisors appointed: Snow, Lopez and Porter

  13. House conferees appointed: Lehman and DeLaney

  14. Senate dissented from House amendments

  15. Returned to the Senate with amendments

  16. Motion to dissent filed

  17. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 388: yeas 92, nays 1

  18. Amendment #5 (Lehman) prevailed; Roll Call 383: yeas 68, nays 27

  19. Amendment #1 (Porter) ruled out of order

  20. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  21. Amendment #2 (Lopez) prevailed; Roll Call 385: yeas 65, nays 30

  22. Appeal the ruling of the chair (Porter); ruling of the chair sustained Roll Call 384: yeas 63, nays 28

  23. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  24. Representative Lopez added as cosponsor

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

  26. Referred to the House

  27. Senators Raatz, Carrasco, Dernulc, Johnson T, Tomes added as coauthors

  28. Senators Maxwell, Koch, Gaskill, Alting, Niezgodski added as coauthors

  29. Senators Buck, Walker G, Byrne, Bohacek added as coauthors

  30. Senators Alexander, Buchanan, Busch, Leising, Donato added as coauthors

  31. Cosponsor: Representative Snow

  32. House sponsor: Representative Lehman

  33. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 27: yeas 49, nays 0

  34. Senators Walker K, Goode, Young M added as coauthors

  35. Senators Freeman, Clark, Glick added as coauthors

  36. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  37. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  38. Senators Doriot, Zay, Deery added as coauthors

  39. Senators Randolph, Holdman, Bassler added as coauthors

  40. Senator Schmitt added as coauthor

  41. Authored by Senator Baldwin

  42. First reading: referred to Committee on Appropriations

  43. Senator Garten added as second author

  44. Senator Mishler added as third author

Sponsors

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4 sponsors · 34 co-sponsors · 112 not signed on

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (34)

Not signed on (112)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 5 do?
Allows a state agency to use artificial intelligence software to prepare information and projections for the state budget. Requires a state agency to provide a quarterly report to the budget committee that details the requests submitted by the state agency for new federal funds or to participate in a new federal program. Provides that, in addition to the quarterly reports, a state agency may not immediately accept an award of new federal funds in certain circumstances or participate in a new federal program before a report has been reviewed by the budget committee. Specifies the contents of the report that must be submitted for budget committee review. Requires a state agency to provide the state comptroller with a contract for inclusion in the Indiana transparency website not later than 30 days after the contract is fully executed. Requires that permanent full-time positions which have been vacant for 90 days or more be reviewed and either reauthorized or eliminated by the budget director. Requires the budget director to provide a quarterly report to the governor's office regarding those positions that were reauthorized or eliminated by the budget director in the preceding three months. Requires a state agency to provide quarterly reports to the budget committee regarding the state agency's active contracts. Provides for the reversion of funds appropriated to a state agency for expenses related to a contract that are unused after the end of the contract term. Requires the department of administration (department) to develop certain contract language to be included in state contracts of $500,000 or more. Requires a state agency to provide a report to the budget committee concerning amendments to a contract that: (1) increase the maximum contract amount by not less than $500,000; or (2) for a contract with an initial maximum contract amount of not less than $500,000, extend the term of the contract by not less than six months. Prohibits a state agency from entering into a nonpublic contract. Requires all contract opportunities of state agencies to be posted in the form of a request for proposals or a request for quotations on the department's website at least 30 days prior to the contract being awarded. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services and the office of Medicaid policy and planning to do the following: (1) Review monthly reports on the Medicaid program service utilization to identify trends and risks within the state Medicaid program. (2) Post publicly on the office of the secretary of family and social services's website monthly financial reports or expenditures and revenues for each state Medicaid program and commentary providing context for each monthly financial report. (3) Submit a quarterly report to the budget committee.
Who sponsors SB 5?
SB 5 is sponsored by Danny Lopez (Republican), Craig Snow (Republican), Matt Lehman (Republican), Michael Young (Republican), Greg Goode (Republican), Kyle Walker (Republican), James Tomes (Republican), Tyler Johnson (Republican), Dan Dernulc (Republican), Cyndi Carrasco (Republican), Jeff Raatz (Republican), David Niezgodski (Democrat), Ron Alting (Republican), Mike Gaskill (Republican), Eric Koch (Republican), Randy Maxwell (Republican), Mike Bohacek (Republican), Gary Byrne (Republican), Greg Walker (Republican), James Buck (Republican), Stacey Donato (Republican), Jean Leising (Republican), Justin Busch (Republican), Brian Buchanan (Republican), Scott Alexander (Republican), Susan Glick (Republican), Brett Clark (Republican), Aaron Freeman (Republican), Eric Bassler (Republican), Travis Holdman (Republican), Lonnie Randolph (Democrat), Spencer Deery (Republican), Andy Zay, Blake Doriot (Republican), Daryl Schmitt (Republican), Ryan Mishler (Republican), Chris Garten (Republican), and Scott Baldwin (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 5?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 14, 2025. Enacted.
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