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Bill Department of workforce development. Removes vacation pay and sick pay from the definition of "deductible income". Amends the definition of "suitable work" to apply solely to extended benefit claims. Amends the definition of "employment" with respect to certain religious, charitable, or educational organizations. Provides that the department of workforce development may make certain direct deposit disbursements under limited circumstances. Provides that the date a determination of eligibility is sent is prima facie evidence of proper service. Codifies certain administrative rules with respect to benefit payments, the filing of claims, and notice. Removes outdated or expired provisions. Removes references to dependents' allowances for purposes of calculating extended benefits. Provides that an individual who files a disaster unemployment assistance claim may be eligible for additional benefits under certain circumstances. Makes conforming changes. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2026 SB 162 Indiana SB 162 (2026)
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AGENCIES; Department of Workforce Development (DWD)
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; Collective Bargaining
Benefits
and Wages
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; Unemployment
TAXES; Credits
TAXES; Deductions
enacted
Blake Doriot
Jake Teshka
Linda Rogers
5 28 3 2026-01-05 2026-03-05 openstates ocd-bill/c4227f38-659f-4f1f-8c95-a863dec3b8d1 https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0162 806c1bdb4fd1e25f049aed839f61d17ac1952479fc081de9e0a7b6e01d764c73 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Indiana SB 162 (2026) — Department of workforce development.

Removes vacation pay and sick pay from the definition of "deductible income". Amends the definition of "suitable work" to apply solely to extended benefit claims. Amends the definition of "employment" with respect to certain religious, charitable, or educational organizations. Provides that the department of workforce development may make certain direct deposit disbursements under limited circumstances. Provides that the date a determination of eligibility is sent is prima facie evidence of proper service. Codifies certain administrative rules with respect to benefit payments, the filing of claims, and notice. Removes outdated or expired provisions. Removes references to dependents' allowances for purposes of calculating extended benefits. Provides that an individual who files a disaster unemployment assistance claim may be eligible for additional benefits 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 (H) (committee substitute) — source
  5. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SB 162 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — 460 (pass) · upper
  • SB 162 - Rogers — 480 (pass) · upper
  • SB 162 - Teshka - 3rd Reading — 970 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Blake Doriot — primary (person)
  • Jake Teshka — primary (person)
  • Linda Rogers — primary (person)
  • Becky Cash — cosponsor (person)
  • David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
  • Heath VanNatter — cosponsor (person)
  • Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
  • Rodney Pol — coauthor (person)
  • Victoria Garcia Wilburn — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-05 Authored by Senator Rogers
  • 2026-01-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2026-01-05 Senator Doriot added as second author
  • 2026-01-08 Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
  • 2026-01-08 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2026-01-15 Amendment #1 (Rogers) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2026-01-15 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
  • 2026-01-15 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-01-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 38: yeas 46, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2026-01-20 Senator Pol added as coauthor
  • 2026-01-20 House sponsor: Representative Teshka
  • 2026-01-20 Cosponsors: Representatives VanNatter, Garcia Wilburn
  • 2026-01-22 Referred to the House referral
  • 2026-01-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2026-02-12 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2026-02-12 Representative Cash added as cosponsor
  • 2026-02-12 Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
  • 2026-02-18 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2026-02-23 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-02-24 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 343: yeas 97, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2026-02-25 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
  • 2026-02-25 Motion to concur filed filing
  • 2026-02-25 Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 294: yeas 48, nays 0
  • 2026-03-05 Public Law 113 became-law
  • 2026-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2026-03-05 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2026-02-27 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c4227f38-659f-4f1f-8c95-a863dec3b8d1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).