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type: "Bill"
title: "Statewide sports and tourism bid fund."
description: "Establishes the statewide sports and tourism bid fund (fund) to provide funding for the purpose of organizing and holding sports and tourism events in Indiana. Provides that the Indiana destination development corporation (IDDC) shall administer the fund. Requires the IDDC to distribute to the Indiana Sports Corporation a grant amount equal to the amount appropriated by the general assembly to the fund. Provides that the Indiana Sports Corporation shall manage the funds in accordance with the general laws of the state relating to the handling of public funds. Requires that the Indiana Sports Corporation ensure that not less than 30% of the money received by the Indiana Sports Corporation each biennium is used for events that are conducted outside of Marion County. Authorizes the Indiana Sports Corporation to award grants to other eligible entities for the purpose of organizing and holding an event in Indiana. Requires the Indiana Sports Corporation to annually report to the budget committee on the use of the money received from the fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 245"
citation: "Indiana SB 245 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT generally", "PUBLIC FUNDS", "SPORTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave Heine", "Kyle Walker", "Ryan Mishler", "Travis Holdman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b95365a9-edca-444c-9e77-d3bde20d3edd"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/245"
source_hash: "80f566e1c17fe635c38e8aecce1b30e7be8eda88311d4932e8034eee7bc7647c"
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 (2022) — Statewide sports and tourism bid fund.
Establishes the statewide sports and tourism bid fund (fund) to provide funding for the purpose of organizing and holding sports and tourism events in Indiana. Provides that the Indiana destination development corporation (IDDC) shall administer the fund. Requires the IDDC to distribute to the Indiana Sports Corporation a grant amount equal to the amount appropriated by the general assembly to the fund. Provides that the Indiana Sports Corporation shall manage the funds in accordance with the general laws of the state relating to the handling of public funds. Requires that the Indiana Sports Corporation ensure that not less than 30% of the money received by the Indiana Sports Corporation each biennium is used for events that are conducted outside of Marion County. Authorizes the Indiana Sports Corporation to award grants to other eligible entities for the purpose of organizing and holding an event in Indiana. Requires the Indiana Sports Corporation to annually report to the budget committee on the use of the money received from the fund.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0245/versions/SB0245.04.ENRH)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0245/versions/SB0245.01.INTR)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0245/versions/SB0245.03.COMH)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0245/versions/SB0245.02.COMS)
## Votes
- SB 245 - Heine - 3rd Reading — **866** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Dave Heine — primary (person)
- Kyle Walker — primary (person)
- Ryan Mishler — primary (person)
- Travis Holdman — primary (person)
- Aaron Freeman — coauthor (person)
- Carey Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Garten — coauthor (person)
- David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — coauthor (person)
- Eddie Melton — coauthor (person)
- Eric Bassler — coauthor (person)
- Fady Qaddoura — coauthor (person)
- Greg Taylor — coauthor (person)
- Gregory Porter — cosponsor (person)
- J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
- Jon Ford — coauthor (person)
- Michael Crider — coauthor (person)
- Robert Cherry — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Baldwin — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-10** Authored by Senators Walker K, Mishler, Holdman
- **2022-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Appropriations `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Senator Ford Jon added as coauthor
- **2022-01-18** Senator Qaddoura added as coauthor
- **2022-01-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-20** Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
- **2022-01-24** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-24** Senators Garten, Crider, Charbonneau, Melton added as coauthors
- **2022-01-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 71: yeas 46, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-25** House sponsor: Representative Heine
- **2022-01-25** Cosponsor: Representative Porter
- **2022-01-25** Senator Baldwin added as coauthor
- **2022-01-25** Senator Bassler added as coauthor
- **2022-01-25** Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
- **2022-01-25** Senator Taylor G added as coauthor
- **2022-01-26** Referred to the House
- **2022-02-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Representatives Cherry and Hamilton added as cosponsors
- **2022-02-17** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-21** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 236: yeas 86, nays 6 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-23** Motion to concur filed
- **2022-02-24** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 266: yeas 47, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-28** Senator Freeman added as coauthor
- **2022-03-01** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-04** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-10** Public Law 58
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b95365a9-edca-444c-9e77-d3bde20d3edd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).