---
type: "Bill"
title: "General legislative matters."
description: "Eliminates certain duplicate section headings. Defines \"SECTION\". Specifies when a SECTION of an act is effective. Repeals a chapter that concerns the effective date of a bill that is passed by the general assembly over the governor's veto. Removes obsolete provisions and conforms certain statutory provisions to the rules of the house and senate. Specifies that a bill passed during a regular or special legislative session must be presented to the governor within seven days of sine die adjournment. Specifies when bills passed over the governor's veto take effect."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1682"
citation: "Indiana HB 1682 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cyndi Carrasco", "Karen Engleman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e48dce7-fca5-46c6-ad9e-e4c716ff094f"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1682"
source_hash: "228979b69077aad4faa963dc90193feca1a68081550b3932f6d7f1e3be74e9eb"
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 HB 1682 (2025) — General legislative matters.

Eliminates certain duplicate section headings. Defines "SECTION". Specifies when a SECTION of an act is effective. Repeals a chapter that concerns the effective date of a bill that is passed by the general assembly over the governor's veto. Removes obsolete provisions and conforms certain statutory provisions to the rules of the house and senate. Specifies that a bill passed during a regular or special legislative session must be presented to the governor within seven days of sine die adjournment. Specifies when bills passed over the governor's veto take effect.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1682/HB1682.04.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1682/HB1682.03.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1682/HB1682.02.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1682/HB1682.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1682 - Engleman - 3rd Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1682 - Carrasco — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1682 - Carrasco - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1682 - Engleman — **85–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
- Karen Engleman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** Authored by Representative Engleman
- **2025-01-21** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 254: yeas 92, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-02-20** Senate sponsor: Senator Carrasco
- **2025-02-21** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-03-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 253: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-03-19** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2025-03-20** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
- **2025-03-20** House dissented from Senate amendments
- **2025-04-10** Senate advisors appointed: Randolph Lonnie M and Koch
- **2025-04-10** Senate conferees appointed: Carrasco and Taylor G
- **2025-04-10** House conferees appointed: Engleman and Pierce M
- **2025-04-10** House advisor appointed: Meltzer
- **2025-05-06** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Public Law 242 `became-law`
- **2025-04-24** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
- **2025-04-24** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
- **2025-04-24** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 554: yeas 85, nays 0
- **2025-04-24** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 522: yeas 50, nays 0

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e48dce7-fca5-46c6-ad9e-e4c716ff094f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).