republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/sb-221.md

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Bill	State board of accounts.	Limits the authority of the director of the special investigations department to investigations involving public monies that are the subject of financial examinations undertaken by the state board. Provides that an internal audit or risk assessment conducted by or on behalf of the state shall remain confidential, and that the state and other individuals may not divulge information related to an internal audit or risk assessment unless required to do so in accordance with a judicial order. Provides an exception allowing the state and other individuals to divulge information related to an internal audit or risk assessment to: (1) the state examiner; (2) the director of the office of management and budget; (3) an external auditor, in accordance with professional auditing standards; or (4) any other individual for any reason that constitutes good cause as determined by the state examiner and approved by the director of the office of management and budget. Provides that if a majority of a governing body is present during an exit conference, or any conference initiated by the state examiner to discuss an examination status, the governing body shall be considered in an executive session.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	SB 221	Indiana SB 221 (2024)	bill	AGENCIES; Office of Management and Budget (OMB) AGENCIES; State Board of Accounts (SBOA) AUDITS AND AUDITORS (Non-Elected) LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS; Auditors STATE GOVERNMENT; Contracts Procurements and Purchases	enacted	Eric Bassler Matt Lehman Mike Gaskill	3	22	3	2024-01-09	2024-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/93047397-5ee2-4391-be88-0812f83d7506	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0221	b9c37138bde89e6d15ab80060f66478ba4d9e693c67618b5f757cde3594a742e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 221 (2024) — State board of accounts.

Limits the authority of the director of the special investigations department to investigations involving public monies that are the subject of financial examinations undertaken by the state board. Provides that an internal audit or risk assessment conducted by or on behalf of the state shall remain confidential, and that the state and other individuals may not divulge information related to an internal audit or risk assessment unless required to do so in accordance with a judicial order. Provides an exception allowing the state and other individuals to divulge information related to an internal audit or risk assessment to: (1) the state examiner; (2) the director of the office of management and budget; (3) an external auditor, in accordance with professional auditing standards; or (4) any other individual for any reason that constitutes good cause as determined by the state examiner and approved by the director of the office of management and budget. Provides that if a majority of a governing body is present during an exit conference, or any conference initiated by the state examiner to discuss an examination status, the governing body shall be considered in an executive session.

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 221 - Lehman - 3rd Reading — 88–6 (pass) · lower
• SB 221 - Bassler - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 221 - Lehman - 2nd Reading — 27–54 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Eric Bassler — primary (person)
• Matt Lehman — primary (person)
• Mike Gaskill — primary (person)
• Greg Walker — coauthor (person)
• Gregory Porter — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-09 Authored by Senator Bassler
• 2024-01-30 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-01 Senator Walker G added as coauthor
• 2024-02-01 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2024-02-05 Senator Gaskill added as second author
• 2024-02-05 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-06 House sponsor: Representative Lehman
• 2024-02-06 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 136: yeas 48, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-07 Referred to the House referral
• 2024-02-12 First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-13 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-15 Amendment #1 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 151: yeas 27, nays 54 amendment-failure, failure
• 2024-02-15 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-19 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 161: yeas 88, nays 6 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-20 Representative Porter added as cosponsor
• 2024-02-20 Returned to the Senate without amendments receipt
• 2024-02-29 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-04 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2024-03-12 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-03-12 Public Law 78 became-law
• 2024-03-08 Signed by the President of the Senate passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/93047397-5ee2-4391-be88-0812f83d7506. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).