republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/sb-34.md

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Bill	Occupational licensing.	Requires the professional licensing agency (agency) to study universal occupational licensing laws enacted in other states. Requires the agency to submit a report with findings and recommendations to the general assembly not later than October 31, 2025. Extends certain dates and expands certain duties regarding the comprehensive review of occupational licensing by public agencies. Delays the date that certain individuals may begin to file a petition to repeal or modify certain occupational regulations. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on employment and labor.)	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	SB 34	Indiana SB 34 (2024)	bill	AGENCIES; Professional Licensing Agency (PLA) PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING; Generally	enacted	Andrea Hunley Doug Miller John Crane Linda Rogers	4	24	2	2024-01-08	2024-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/cdc812d0-c4f2-4c53-b635-10db8cb50e45	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0034	188bc7ab7a27fe3bcc25159d4fb32eb91e90036d514b2e0eaaa885cbc1df945a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 34 (2024) — Occupational licensing.

Requires the professional licensing agency (agency) to study universal occupational licensing laws enacted in other states. Requires the agency to submit a report with findings and recommendations to the general assembly not later than October 31, 2025. Extends certain dates and expands certain duties regarding the comprehensive review of occupational licensing by public agencies. Delays the date that certain individuals may begin to file a petition to repeal or modify certain occupational regulations. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on employment and labor.)

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 34 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 34 - Miller D - 3rd Reading — 94–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Andrea Hunley — primary (person)
• Doug Miller — primary (person)
• John Crane — primary (person)
• Linda Rogers — primary (person)
• J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
• Jake Teshka — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Maureen Bauer — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Authored by Senator Rogers
• 2024-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-09 Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
• 2024-01-10 Senator Hunley added as third author
• 2024-01-16 Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Pensions and Labor referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-01-25 Senator Crane added as second author
• 2024-01-30 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2024-02-01 Amendment #1 (Rogers) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-02-01 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-05 Cosponsors: Representatives Teshka and Bauer M
• 2024-02-05 House sponsor: Representative Miller D
• 2024-02-05 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 100: yeas 48, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-06 Referred to the House referral
• 2024-02-12 First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-26 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 217: yeas 94, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Returned to the Senate without amendments receipt
• 2024-03-04 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2024-03-08 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-03-11 Public Law 8 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cdc812d0-c4f2-4c53-b635-10db8cb50e45. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).