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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oversight of convention and visitor bureau."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 37"
citation: "Indiana SB 37 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES; Lake", "RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT", "TAXES; Innkeeper's Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Dernulc", "Harold Slager", "Rick Niemeyer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/249439f9-b5c7-462d-9f6f-aaef028463ec"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0037"
source_hash: "783115d1e7e2496ce02edae272a2ce5696ff970d348cf918ef4d97ac230a4507"
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 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](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0037/SB0037.03.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0037/SB0037.05.ENRH.pdf)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0037/SB0037.01.INTR.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0037/SB0037.04.COMH.pdf)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/249439f9-b5c7-462d-9f6f-aaef028463ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).