republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/sb-37.md

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Bill	Oversight of convention and visitor bureau.	Provides that, in making appointments to the convention and visitor bureau, the appointing authority shall give sole consideration to individuals who are employed as executives or managers in certain businesses (instead of either knowledgeable about or employed as executives or managers). Provides that Before December 20 of each year, the convention and visitor bureau ("bureau") shall prepare a budget for expenditures during the following year, taking into consideration the recommendations made by a qualified corporation and submit the budget to the county council for its review and approval. Provides that an expenditure may not be made unless it is in accordance with an appropriation made by the county council in the manner provided by law. Provides that a budget prepared by the bureau and approved by the county council must be published on the department of state revenue's interactive and searchable website. Provides that the bureau may expend money from the alternate revenue fund to promote and encourage conventions, trade shows, visitors, special events, sporting events, and exhibitions in the county. Delays the date by which a proposal for the development, operation, and an ownership share in a Lake County convention and event center is considered timely.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	SB 37	Indiana SB 37 (2024)	bill	COUNTIES; Lake RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT TAXES; Innkeeper's Taxes	enacted	Dan Dernulc Harold Slager Rick Niemeyer	4	24	3	2024-01-08	2024-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/249439f9-b5c7-462d-9f6f-aaef028463ec	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0037	783115d1e7e2496ce02edae272a2ce5696ff970d348cf918ef4d97ac230a4507	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 37 (2024) — Oversight of convention and visitor bureau.

Provides that, in making appointments to the convention and visitor bureau, the appointing authority shall give sole consideration to individuals who are employed as executives or managers in certain businesses (instead of either knowledgeable about or employed as executives or managers). Provides that Before December 20 of each year, the convention and visitor bureau ("bureau") shall prepare a budget for expenditures during the following year, taking into consideration the recommendations made by a qualified corporation and submit the budget to the county council for its review and approval. Provides that an expenditure may not be made unless it is in accordance with an appropriation made by the county council in the manner provided by law. Provides that a budget prepared by the bureau and approved by the county council must be published on the department of state revenue's interactive and searchable website. Provides that the bureau may expend money from the alternate revenue fund to promote and encourage conventions, trade shows, visitors, special events, sporting events, and exhibitions in the county. Delays the date by which a proposal for the development, operation, and an ownership share in a Lake County convention and event center is considered timely.

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 37 - Slager - 3rd Reading — 90–4 (pass) · lower
• SB 37 - Niemeyer - 3rd Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 37 - Niemeyer — 37–11 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dan Dernulc — primary (person)
• Harold Slager — primary (person)
• Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
• Julie Olthoff — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-08 Authored by Senators Niemeyer and Dernulc
• 2024-01-16 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-01-23 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-23 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2024-01-23 Amendment #1 (Dernulc) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-01-25 Senator Pol added as coauthor
• 2024-01-25 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 33: yeas 46, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-01-25 House sponsor: Representative Slager
• 2024-01-25 Cosponsor: Representative Olthoff
• 2024-01-26 Referred to the House referral
• 2024-02-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-26 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 218: yeas 90, nays 4 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2024-03-04 Senator Pol removed as coauthor
• 2024-03-04 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2024-03-04 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 267: yeas 37, nays 11
• 2024-03-07 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-12 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-13 Public Law 102 became-law
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2024-03-13 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/249439f9-b5c7-462d-9f6f-aaef028463ec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).