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Bill Archives and record administration. Amends related definitions. Allows the attorney general to retain and publish records and opinions in electronic format. Amends various duties for the Indiana archives and records administration (administration). Removes the requirement that the administration follow procedures and forms prescribed by the federal government in implementing a forms management program. Requires the administration to establish standards for the design, redesign, numbering, standardization, consolidation, or elimination of forms used by state government. Provides that the administration must apply the definition of "record" to certain governmental materials. Requires a state agency to do the following: (1) Submit recommended retention schedules to the administration. (2) Follow the standards developed by the administration when creating and revising state forms. (3) Designate an agency forms coordinator to manage the creation and revision of state forms belonging to the agency and serve as a liaison between the agency and the administration. (4) Designate an agency records coordinator to coordinate the creation and revision of agency records retention schedules, educate agency staff on records management processes, and serve as a liaison between the agency and the administration. Removes certain duties of the oversight committee on public records. Makes conforming changes. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2023 HB 1256 Indiana HB 1256 (2023)
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ADMINISTRATION
STATE DEPARTMENT OF
ATTORNEY GENERAL
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Work Training
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
OPEN DOOR LAW
PUBLIC RECORDS
STATE AGENCIES
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Andrea Hunley
Matt Pierce
Ron Alting
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Indiana HB 1256 (2023) — Archives and record administration.

Amends related definitions. Allows the attorney general to retain and publish records and opinions in electronic format. Amends various duties for the Indiana archives and records administration (administration). Removes the requirement that the administration follow procedures and forms prescribed by the federal government in implementing a forms management program. Requires the administration to establish standards for the design, redesign, numbering, standardization, consolidation, or elimination of forms used by state government. Provides that the administration must apply the definition of "record" to certain governmental materials. Requires a state agency to do the following: (1) Submit recommended retention schedules to the administration. (2) Follow the standards developed by the administration when creating and revising state forms. (3) Designate an agency forms coordinator to manage the creation and revision of state forms belonging to the agency and serve as a liaison between the agency and the administration. (4) Designate an agency records coordinator to coordinate the creation and revision of agency records retention schedules, educate agency staff on records management processes, and serve as a liaison between the agency and the administration. Removes certain duties of the oversight committee on public records. Makes conforming changes.

Version chain

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

  1. Engrossed House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
  4. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
  5. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HB 1256 - Alting - 3rd Reading — 480 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Andrea Hunley — primary (person)
  • Matt Pierce — primary (person)
  • Ron Alting — primary (person)
  • Doug Miller — coauthor (person)
  • Edward Clere — coauthor (person)
  • Matt Lehman — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-01-11 Coauthored by Representative Lehman
  • 2023-01-11 Authored by Representative Pierce M
  • 2023-01-11 First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2023-01-30 Representative Clere added as coauthor
  • 2023-01-31 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2023-01-31 Representative Miller D added as coauthor
  • 2023-02-02 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2023-02-06 Senate sponsors: Senators Alting and Hunley
  • 2023-02-06 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 74: yeas 97, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2023-02-07 Referred to the Senate referral
  • 2023-02-27 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2023-03-27 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2023-03-30 Amendment #1 (Alting) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2023-03-30 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2023-04-04 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 305: yeas 48, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2023-04-05 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
  • 2023-04-06 Motion to dissent filed filing
  • 2023-04-06 House dissented from Senate amendments
  • 2023-04-06 House conferees appointed: Lehman and Pierce M
  • 2023-04-06 House advisors appointed: Clere, Abbott and Miller K
  • 2023-04-13 Senate conferees appointed: Alting and Pol
  • 2023-04-13 Senate advisors appointed: Ford J.D. and Buck
  • 2023-04-25 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing
  • 2023-04-25 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
  • 2023-04-26 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 507: yeas 91, nays 0
  • 2023-04-26 Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 496: yeas 50, nays 0
  • 2023-04-28 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2023-04-28 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2023-05-01 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2023-05-04 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-05-04 Public Law 222 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bc8d65a3-70f7-4088-bc51-52b2c056e0ac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).