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Bill	Fiscal and administrative matters.	Specifies that certain workforce related programs must be reviewed by the legislative services agency at least once rather than every five years. Requires the budget agency to biennially prepare a list of dedicated funds that have not been used in the previous two state fiscal years. Makes technical corrections to various statutes concerning rulemaking. Requires agencies to submit a copy of the notice of the first public comment period and regulatory analysis to the small business ombudsman. Provides that the legislative notice required for rule readoptions must be submitted not later than January 1 of the year preceding the year in which the rule expires. Provides that the publisher of the Indiana Register shall assign a document control number when an agency submits the legislative notice during rule readoption instead of when the agency submits the notice of proposed readoption. Provides that an agency may adopt interim rules to implement a reduction, a full or partial waiver, or an elimination of a fee, fine, or civil penalty included in an administrative rule. Requires the budget agency to transfer money in the phase out trust fund on or before June 30, 2024, to the Medicaid contingency and reserve account. Expires the phase out trust fund on July 1, 2024, and makes corresponding changes. Specifies certain deadlines within the statutes governing an agency's failure to enact required licensure rules. Requires an agency to conduct a regulatory analysis for certain proposed rules, including if the implementation and compliance costs are at least $1,000,000. Provides that if a proposed rule has implementation and compliance costs of at least $1,000,000, the following: (1) The rule cannot be published in the Indiana Register until the budget committee has reviewed the rule. (2) The budget agency and the office of management and budget may not approve any part of the proposed rule prior to review of the proposed rule by the budget committee. Provides that for a provisional rule or an interim rule that has implementation and compliance costs of at least $1,000,000, the governor may not approve a rule prior to the budget committee's review of the rule. Requires the office of management and budget to notify the legislative council of certain proposed rules that have a fiscal impact of over $1,000,000 over the course of two years. Removes references concerning the adoption of an emergency rule. Amends a reference from emergency rules to provisional or interim rules under certain circumstances. Makes conforming changes.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	SB 4	Indiana SB 4 (2024)	bill	ADMINISTRATIVE LAW; Administrative Law Judges ADMINISTRATIVE LAW; Generally AGENCIES; Generally AGENCIES; State Budget Agency (SBA) BOARDS COMMISSIONS AND COUNCILS; Budget Committee GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Legislative Council GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Legislative Services Agency HEALTH; Medicaid STATE GOVERNMENT; Administrative Code STATE GOVERNMENT; State and Local Funding TASK FORCES AND COMMITTEES; Generally	enacted	Chris Garten Jeffrey Thompson Ryan Mishler Travis Holdman	4	40	4	2024-01-16	2024-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/dd2292dd-f9e7-42e2-8a53-93cb515ad051	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0004	be9c7d6016857c2d97f8ff6856468e6a40d71a1b4aedcd8dbd336fe29ed8683c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 4 (2024) — Fiscal and administrative matters.

Specifies that certain workforce related programs must be reviewed by the legislative services agency at least once rather than every five years. Requires the budget agency to biennially prepare a list of dedicated funds that have not been used in the previous two state fiscal years. Makes technical corrections to various statutes concerning rulemaking. Requires agencies to submit a copy of the notice of the first public comment period and regulatory analysis to the small business ombudsman. Provides that the legislative notice required for rule readoptions must be submitted not later than January 1 of the year preceding the year in which the rule expires. Provides that the publisher of the Indiana Register shall assign a document control number when an agency submits the legislative notice during rule readoption instead of when the agency submits the notice of proposed readoption. Provides that an agency may adopt interim rules to implement a reduction, a full or partial waiver, or an elimination of a fee, fine, or civil penalty included in an administrative rule. Requires the budget agency to transfer money in the phase out trust fund on or before June 30, 2024, to the Medicaid contingency and reserve account. Expires the phase out trust fund on July 1, 2024, and makes corresponding changes. Specifies certain deadlines within the statutes governing an agency's failure to enact required licensure rules. Requires an agency to conduct a regulatory analysis for certain proposed rules, including if the implementation and compliance costs are at least $1,000,000. Provides that if a proposed rule has implementation and compliance costs of at least $1,000,000, the following: (1) The rule cannot be published in the Indiana Register until the budget committee has reviewed the rule. (2) The budget agency and the office of management and budget may not approve any part of the proposed rule prior to review of the proposed rule by the budget committee. Provides that for a provisional rule or an interim rule that has implementation and compliance costs of at least $1,000,000, the governor may not approve a rule prior to the budget committee's review of the rule. Requires the office of management and budget to notify the legislative council of certain proposed rules that have a fiscal impact of over $1,000,000 over the course of two years. Removes references concerning the adoption of an emergency rule. Amends a reference from emergency rules to provisional or interim rules under certain circumstances. Makes conforming changes.

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 4 - Thompson — 68–25 (pass) · lower
• SB 4 - Garten - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 4 - Thompson - 3rd Reading — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 4 - Garten — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chris Garten — primary (person)
• Jeffrey Thompson — primary (person)
• Ryan Mishler — primary (person)
• Travis Holdman — primary (person)
• Aaron Freeman — coauthor (person)
• Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
• Brian Buchanan — coauthor (person)
• Cyndi Carrasco — coauthor (person)
• Ed Charbonneau — coauthor (person)
• Eric Bassler — coauthor (person)
• Eric Koch — coauthor (person)
• Gary Byrne — coauthor (person)
• Jack Jordan — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Raatz — coauthor (person)
• John Crane — coauthor (person)
• Justin Busch — coauthor (person)
• Kyle Pierce — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Walker — coauthor (person)
• Liz Brown — coauthor (person)
• Mark Messmer — coauthor (person)
• Mike Gaskill — coauthor (person)
• Scott Baldwin — coauthor (person)
• Susan Glick — coauthor (person)
• Tyler Johnson — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-16 Senator Crane added as coauthor
• 2024-01-16 Senator Johnson T added as coauthor
• 2024-01-16 Authored by Senators Garten, Mishler, Holdman
• 2024-01-16 First reading: referred to Committee on Appropriations reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Coauthored by Senators Charbonneau, Brown L, Raatz, Freeman, Busch, Baldwin, Glick, Gaskill, Walker K and Koch
• 2024-01-16 Senator Carrasco added as coauthor
• 2024-01-18 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-01-22 Senator Buchanan added as coauthor
• 2024-01-22 Senators Byrne, Doriot, Messmer added as coauthors
• 2024-01-22 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-22 Senator Bassler added as coauthor
• 2024-01-22 Amendment #1 (Niezgodski) failed; voice vote amendment-failure, failure
• 2024-01-22 Amendment #2 (Garten) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-01-23 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 19: yeas 48, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-01-23 Cosponsors: Representatives Jordan and Pierce K
• 2024-01-23 House sponsor: Representative Thompson
• 2024-01-24 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 209: yeas 95, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2024-02-29 Senate dissented from House amendments
• 2024-02-29 Motion to dissent filed filing
• 2024-02-29 Senate conferees appointed: Garten and Niezgodski
• 2024-02-29 Senate advisors appointed: Yoder, Mishler and Holdman
• 2024-02-29 House conferees appointed: Thompson and Campbell
• 2024-02-29 House advisors appointed: Jordan, Pierce K and Harris
• 2024-03-13 Public Law 93 became-law
• 2024-03-08 Representative Jordan removed as advisor
• 2024-03-08 Representative Campbell removed as conferee
• 2024-03-08 Representative Jordan added as conferee
• 2024-03-08 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 350: yeas 68, nays 25
• 2024-03-08 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 330: yeas 46, nays 0
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2024-03-12 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-13 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-03-08 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing
• 2024-03-08 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dd2292dd-f9e7-42e2-8a53-93cb515ad051. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).