republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/sb-524.md

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Bill	The practice of law.	Allows an Indiana resident of a contiguous county to be appointed the head of the department of law.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	SB 524	Indiana SB 524 (2025)	bill	CITIES AND TOWNS; Generally COUNTY GOVERNMENT COURTS; Attorneys	enacted	Cyndi Carrasco Eric Koch Jennifer Meltzer Mike Bohacek	4	23	2	2025-01-16	2025-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/38ecb331-2ca2-4e39-a0b3-2ad560172b6c	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0524	0b47cd635ff8a47913ef61c13350220417acc7e52ddac09281c1615646c78323	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 524 (2025) — The practice of law.

Allows an Indiana resident of a contiguous county to be appointed the head of the department of law.

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
4. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 524 - Carrasco - 3rd Reading — 47–1 (pass) · upper
• SB 524 - Meltzer - 3rd Reading — 89–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
• Eric Koch — primary (person)
• Jennifer Meltzer — primary (person)
• Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
• Greg Taylor — coauthor (person)
• La Keisha Jackson — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Michelle Davis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-16 Authored by Senator Carrasco
• 2025-01-16 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-02-03 Senator Taylor G added as coauthor
• 2025-02-03 Senator Koch added as second author
• 2025-02-03 Senator Bohacek added as third author
• 2025-02-06 Senator Jackson L added as coauthor
• 2025-02-10 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-02-13 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-17 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2025-02-20 Cosponsor: Representative Davis
• 2025-02-20 House sponsor: Representative Meltzer
• 2025-02-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 211: yeas 47, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-02-21 Referred to the House referral
• 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-20 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-03-24 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-03-25 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 315: yeas 89, nays 6 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-03-26 Returned to the Senate without amendments receipt
• 2025-03-26 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-03-27 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2025-04-03 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2025-04-09 Public Law 43 became-law
• 2025-04-09 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/38ecb331-2ca2-4e39-a0b3-2ad560172b6c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).