republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/sb-272.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Indiana economic development corporation."
description: "Provides that the secretary of commerce or the secretary's designee is a member of the Indiana defense task force and a member of the governor's workforce cabinet. Abolishes the Indiana office of defense development. Provides that if the governor is unable to chair a meeting of the Indiana economic development corporation board, the governor may designate a board member as acting chairperson. Provides that the secretary of commerce or the secretary's designee has certain duties currently assigned to the president of the Indiana economic development corporation to sign warrants drawn by the auditor of state. Provides that the term \"taxpayer\" includes an assignee as opposed to a lessee for purposes of the industrial recovery tax credit. Revises the terms for assigning an industrial recovery tax credit. Eliminates the tax credit for fostering of employment of students who participate in a course of study that includes a cooperative arrangement between an educational institution and an employer. Makes conforming changes for the elimination of the tax credit. (Under current law, the tax credit applied to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014, and before January 1, 2019.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 272"
citation: "Indiana SB 272 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION", "INDIANA", "MILITARY FORCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerry Torr", "Jon Ford", "Mark Messmer", "Ronald Grooms"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-09"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/056993fc-351e-416d-950f-8bcffccd504f"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/272"
source_hash: "618d8430124c14830d42604272b79b6d3d37224e17053a5039034aa4ce281200"
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 272 (2020) — Indiana economic development corporation.

Provides that the secretary of commerce or the secretary's designee is a member of the Indiana defense task force and a member of the governor's workforce cabinet. Abolishes the Indiana office of defense development. Provides that if the governor is unable to chair a meeting of the Indiana economic development corporation board, the governor may designate a board member as acting chairperson. Provides that the secretary of commerce or the secretary's designee has certain duties currently assigned to the president of the Indiana economic development corporation to sign warrants drawn by the auditor of state. Provides that the term "taxpayer" includes an assignee as opposed to a lessee for purposes of the industrial recovery tax credit. Revises the terms for assigning an industrial recovery tax credit. Eliminates the tax credit for fostering of employment of students who participate in a course of study that includes a cooperative arrangement between an educational institution and an employer. Makes conforming changes for the elimination of the tax credit. (Under current law, the tax credit applied to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014, and before January 1, 2019.)

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0272/versions/SB0272.04.ENGH)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0272/versions/SB0272.05.ENRH)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0272/versions/SB0272.01.INTR)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0272/versions/SB0272.03.COMH)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0272/versions/SB0272.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 272 - Torr - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 272 - Ford Jon - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jerry Torr — primary (person)
- Jon Ford — primary (person)
- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
- Ronald Grooms — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-09** Authored by Senator Ford Jon
- **2020-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-28** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-28** Senator Messmer added as second author
- **2020-01-28** Senator Grooms added as third author
- **2020-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 101: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-30** House sponsor: Representative Torr
- **2020-01-31** Referred to the House
- **2020-02-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Amendment #6 (Lehman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-02** Amendment #2 (Pryor) ruled out of order `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-02** Amendment #1 (Chyung) failed; Roll Call 250: yeas 30, nays 63 `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-02** Amendment #3 (Pryor) ruled out of order `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-02** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02** Appeal the ruling of the chair (Pryor); ruling of the chair sustained Roll Call 251: yeas 63, nays 30
- **2020-03-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 289: yeas 95, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-04** Motion to concur filed
- **2020-03-04** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-05** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 340: yeas 41, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2020-03-16** Signed by the Speaker
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Public Law 74

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/056993fc-351e-416d-950f-8bcffccd504f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).