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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Article V convention."
+description: "Changes the defined term of \"delegate\" to \"commissioner\" in reference to an individual who is appointed to represent Indiana at an Article V convention. Specifies that an individual must satisfy the following requirements to be appointed as a commissioner or alternate commissioner: (1) have resided in Indiana for the past five years; (2) may not currently be registered as a lobbyist under certain regulations or have been registered within the past five years; and (3) may not have been convicted of a crime of moral turpitude or served any part of a felony sentence within the past 10 years. Provides that it is assumed the general assembly shall appoint three commissioners to represent Indiana at an Article V convention. Requires the commissioners to select a chair for the Article V convention. Prohibits a commissioner or alternate commissioner from accepting a gratuity while serving as a commissioner or alternate commissioner. Requires the general assembly to adopt a joint resolution prohibiting commissioners and alternative commissioners from voting to amend certain provisions of the Constitution of the United States."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 450"
+citation: "Indiana SB 450 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against Public Health", "Order", "and Decency", "FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; United States Constitution", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Generally", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Lobbying and Lobbyists", "STATE GOVERNMENT; Constitution"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chris Jeter", "Mike Gaskill", "Travis Holdman", "Tyler Johnson"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-13"
+last_action: "2025-04-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df27121d-f5fa-4eaa-8bf2-e47641cbe389"
+source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0450"
+source_hash: "798731db2b752ff479e851dcfe34007b6cdd2db86d4656f990cb1e4a56ac4381"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
+---
+
+# Indiana SB 450 (2025) — Article V convention.
+
+Changes the defined term of "delegate" to "commissioner" in reference to an individual who is appointed to represent Indiana at an Article V convention. Specifies that an individual must satisfy the following requirements to be appointed as a commissioner or alternate commissioner: (1) have resided in Indiana for the past five years; (2) may not currently be registered as a lobbyist under certain regulations or have been registered within the past five years; and (3) may not have been convicted of a crime of moral turpitude or served any part of a felony sentence within the past 10 years. Provides that it is assumed the general assembly shall appoint three commissioners to represent Indiana at an Article V convention. Requires the commissioners to select a chair for the Article V convention. Prohibits a commissioner or alternate commissioner from accepting a gratuity while serving as a commissioner or alternate commissioner. Requires the general assembly to adopt a joint resolution prohibiting commissioners and alternative commissioners from voting to amend certain provisions of the Constitution of the United States.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0450/SB0450.03.ENGS.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0450/SB0450.05.ENRH.pdf)
+3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0450/SB0450.01.INTR.pdf)
+4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0450/SB0450.04.COMH.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SB 450 - Jeter - 3rd Reading — **69–27** (pass) · lower
+- SB 450 - Holdman - 3rd Reading — **33–16** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chris Jeter — primary (person)
+- Mike Gaskill — primary (person)
+- Travis Holdman — primary (person)
+- Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
+- Dave Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Eric Bassler — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-13** Authored by Senator Holdman
+- **2025-01-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-28** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-30** Senator Gaskill added as second author
+- **2025-01-30** Senator Johnson T added as third author
+- **2025-01-30** Senator Bassler added as coauthor
+- **2025-02-03** Amendment #2 (Ford J.D.) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure, failure`
+- **2025-02-03** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-03** Amendment #3 (Young M) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-02-10** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 92: yeas 33, nays 16 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-10** House sponsor: Representative Jeter
+- **2025-02-10** Cosponsor: Representative Hall
+- **2025-02-11** Referred to the House `referral`
+- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-17** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 300: yeas 69, nays 27 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-25** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
+- **2025-03-26** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
+- **2025-03-27** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-03** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-04-09** Public Law 41 `became-law`
+- **2025-04-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df27121d-f5fa-4eaa-8bf2-e47641cbe389`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+