---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tip pooling."
description: "Specifically authorizes the use of tip pooling arrangements under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 245"
citation: "Indiana SB 245 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; Generally", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; Collective Bargaining", "Benefits", "and Wages", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Heath VanNatter", "Linda Rogers"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b07646ee-3bd9-4f24-a3ca-aa59937f5143"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0245"
source_hash: "12a8b0275cffd0462ad6569225f9a57c63c371919e59c4c2d99e6124ee993170"
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 245 (2026) — Tip pooling.

Specifically authorizes the use of tip pooling arrangements under certain circumstances.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0245/SB0245.04.ENRH.pdf)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0245/SB0245.01.INTR.pdf)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0245/SB0245.02.COMS.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0245/SB0245.03.COMH.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 245 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 245 - VanNatter - 3rd Reading — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Heath VanNatter — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Tony Isa — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria Garcia Wilburn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-08** Authored by Senators Freeman, Rogers
- **2026-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-22** House sponsor: Representative VanNatter
- **2026-01-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 60: yeas 44, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-01-23** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2026-01-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Representative Garcia Wilburn added as cosponsor
- **2026-02-17** Representative Isa added as cosponsor
- **2026-02-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 268: yeas 90, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
- **2026-02-19** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2026-02-23** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-24** Public Law 15 `became-law`
- **2026-02-24** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b07646ee-3bd9-4f24-a3ca-aa59937f5143`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).