---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contracting and purchasing."
description: "Provides that a political subdivision may make advance payments to contractors to enable the contractors to purchase materials needed for a public works project of the political subdivision. Provides that a political subdivision may make advance payments for goods or services before the goods are delivered or services are completed if the fiscal body of the political subdivision authorizes advance payments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 317"
citation: "Indiana SB 317 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETS AND APPROPRIATIONS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PUBLIC WORKS AND IMPROVEMENTS; PUBLIC BUILDINGS; PUBLIC PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andy Zay", "Chris May", "Mike Bohacek", "Rodney Pol"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8769d60f-ca7b-46ff-a29f-fb6bb499caea"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/317"
source_hash: "19174c41611c3f04bae81909c53c5c1da790fceb9292998197dd2d192777e18c"
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 317 (2023) — Contracting and purchasing.

Provides that a political subdivision may make advance payments to contractors to enable the contractors to purchase materials needed for a public works project of the political subdivision. Provides that a political subdivision may make advance payments for goods or services before the goods are delivered or services are completed if the fiscal body of the political subdivision authorizes advance payments.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0317/versions/SB0317.05.ENGH)
2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0317/versions/SB0317.03.ENGS)
3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0317/versions/SB0317.06.ENRH)
4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0317/versions/SB0317.01.INTR)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0317/versions/SB0317.04.COMH)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0317/versions/SB0317.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 317 - Zay - 3rd Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andy Zay — primary (person)
- Chris May — primary (person)
- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
- Rodney Pol — primary (person)
- Doug Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Melton — coauthor (person)
- J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
- Lorissa Sweet — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Authored by Senator Zay
- **2023-01-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-24** Senator Bohacek added as second author
- **2023-01-24** Senator Pol added as third author
- **2023-01-24** Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
- **2023-01-26** Amendment #1 (Zay) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 38: yeas 44, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-01-30** House sponsor: Representative May
- **2023-01-30** Cosponsor: Representative Sweet L
- **2023-01-31** Senator Melton added as coauthor
- **2023-02-02** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2023-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14** Representative Miller D added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20** Placed back on second reading
- **2023-03-28** Amendment #4 (May) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-28** Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 330: yeas 89, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
- **2023-04-13** Senate dissented from House amendments
- **2023-04-14** House conferees appointed: May and Johnson
- **2023-04-14** House advisors appointed: Miller D, Sweet and Moed
- **2023-04-18** Senate conferees appointed: Zay and Pol
- **2023-04-18** Senate advisors appointed: Ford J.D. and Bohacek
- **2023-04-24** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
- **2023-04-24** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
- **2023-04-25** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 499: yeas 82, nays 0
- **2023-04-25** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 478: yeas 49, nays 0
- **2023-04-26** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-01** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Public Law 181 `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** 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/8769d60f-ca7b-46ff-a29f-fb6bb499caea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).