---
type: "Bill"
title: "Study of location of gambling operations."
description: "Requires the Indiana gaming commission (commission) to contract with an independent, qualified gaming industry research firm to conduct a study to identify the top two regions in the state where an owner's license for a riverboat could locate gaming operations. Requires the commission to present the results of the study to the state budget committee not later than November 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 43"
citation: "Indiana SB 43 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Gaming Commission (IGC)", "BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "AND COUNCILS; Budget Committee", "GAMBLING", "GAMING", "AND WAGERING; Casinos and Riverboats", "GAMBLING", "GAMING", "AND WAGERING; Generally", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Legislative Council"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andy Zay", "Ethan Manning", "Ron Alting"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63757dba-49ae-4a06-a0ed-135582eec864"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0043"
source_hash: "e03ab0009893f7efd68353f6fa1668a4c94274fedd7ac9a841d4a283406c8556"
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 43 (2025) — Study of location of gambling operations.

Requires the Indiana gaming commission (commission) to contract with an independent, qualified gaming industry research firm to conduct a study to identify the top two regions in the state where an owner's license for a riverboat could locate gaming operations. Requires the commission to present the results of the study to the state budget committee not later than November 1, 2025.

## 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/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0043/SB0043.05.ENRH.pdf)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0043/SB0043.01.INTR.pdf)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0043/SB0043.03.COMS.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0043/SB0043.04.COMH.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 43 - Zay — **37–11** (pass) · upper
- SB 43 - Zay - 3rd Reading — **33–16** (pass) · upper
- SB 43 - Manning - 3rd Reading — **64–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andy Zay — primary (person)
- Ethan Manning — primary (person)
- Ron Alting — primary (person)
- Kyle Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Authored by Senator Bray
- **2025-02-04** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Senator Bray removed as author
- **2025-02-04** Senator Zay added as author
- **2025-02-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2025-02-17** Senator Alting added as second author
- **2025-02-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18** Cosponsors: Representatives Bascom and Zimmerman
- **2025-02-18** House sponsor: Representative Manning
- **2025-02-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 145: yeas 33, nays 16 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2025-02-19** Representative Zimmerman removed as cosponsor
- **2025-02-20** Representative Bascom removed as cosponsor
- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Representative Miller K added as cosponsor
- **2025-03-25** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 331: yeas 64, nays 26 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
- **2025-04-22** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2025-04-23** Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 487: yeas 37, nays 11
- **2025-04-29** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Public Law 184 `became-law`
- **2025-05-06** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63757dba-49ae-4a06-a0ed-135582eec864`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).