republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/sb-344.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Northeast Indiana strategic development commission."
description: "Establishes the northeast Indiana strategic development fund (fund) administered by the northeast Indiana strategic development commission (commission). Prohibits money in the fund from being used for the purposes of expanding or increasing access to broadband. Adds additional purposes to be carried out by the commission in the development area. Expands the membership of the commission to include two additional voting members to be appointed by the mayors and commissioners caucus of the northeast Indiana regional development authority and specifies certain qualifications for the appointments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 344"
citation: "Indiana SB 344 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETS AND APPROPRIATIONS", "COMMISSIONS OR COUNCILS", "Existing Agencies", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT generally", "TREASURERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave Heine", "Justin Busch", "Travis Holdman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a774af8e-a5c4-46c6-bdae-b638da1161c1"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/344"
source_hash: "12216c6d1b4939a4a801d45428306ca8b734cf8d8c390284e655d884175d0cb2"
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 344 (2023) — Northeast Indiana strategic development commission.

Establishes the northeast Indiana strategic development fund (fund) administered by the northeast Indiana strategic development commission (commission). Prohibits money in the fund from being used for the purposes of expanding or increasing access to broadband. Adds additional purposes to be carried out by the commission in the development area. Expands the membership of the commission to include two additional voting members to be appointed by the mayors and commissioners caucus of the northeast Indiana regional development authority and specifies certain qualifications for the appointments.

## 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/2023/bills/SB0344/versions/SB0344.04.ENRH)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0344/versions/SB0344.01.INTR)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0344/versions/SB0344.03.COMH)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0344/versions/SB0344.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 344 - Heine - 3rd Reading — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dave Heine — primary (person)
- Justin Busch — primary (person)
- Travis Holdman — primary (person)
- Craig Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Matt Lehman — cosponsor (person)
- Philip GiaQuinta — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Authored by Senator Holdman
- **2023-01-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Senator Busch added as second author
- **2023-02-06** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** House sponsor: Representative Heine
- **2023-02-07** Cosponsor: Representative GiaQuinta
- **2023-02-07** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 83: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2023-02-09** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2023-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-10** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Representatives Lehman and Snow C added as cosponsors
- **2023-04-11** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 387: yeas 97, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
- **2023-04-18** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
- **2023-04-18** Senate dissented from House amendments
- **2023-04-18** Senate conferees appointed: Holdman and Randolph Lonnie M
- **2023-04-18** Senate advisors appointed: Melton and Busch
- **2023-04-18** House conferees appointed: Heine and GiaQuinta
- **2023-04-18** House advisors appointed: Snow, Judy and Miller K
- **2023-04-20** Representative Judy removed as advisor
- **2023-04-20** Representative Heine removed as conferee
- **2023-04-20** Representative Judy added as conferee
- **2023-04-20** Representative Heine added as advisor
- **2023-04-27** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
- **2023-04-27** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
- **2023-04-27** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 516: yeas 47, nays 0
- **2023-04-27** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 545: yeas 93, nays 1
- **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** Public Law 186 `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a774af8e-a5c4-46c6-bdae-b638da1161c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).