republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/sb-226.md

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Bill	Indiana department of administration.	Allows the Indiana department of administration (department) to implement category management for purchasing and contracting by state agencies. Amends the nomination and appointment process for a state agency's purchasing representative. Requires the department to establish and maintain an independent verification and validation oversight program for contracts entered into by state agencies. Requires state agencies to submit an annual procurement and purchasing plan to the department and the budget agency. Repeals provisions concerning the ability of the Indiana war memorials commission to enter into contracts.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	SB 226	Indiana SB 226 (2026)	bill	AGENCIES; Department of Administration (IDOA) AGENCIES; Generally AGENCIES; State Budget Agency (SBA) ARMED FORCES; Generally BOARDS COMMISSIONS AND COUNCILS; Generally CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Contracts and Legal Documents STATE GOVERNMENT; Contracts Procurements and Purchases STATE GOVERNMENT; History Culture and Preservation	enacted	Chris Garten Matt Lehman Scott Baldwin	4	22	4	2026-01-08	2026-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/12a1ad40-5757-4bcd-b31a-cc2a4b3dc005	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0226	2ad5f08f2fc91a5864732952b4c061a77c82f56b04d82b9861194a4fa1b959a9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 226 (2026) — Indiana department of administration.

Allows the Indiana department of administration (department) to implement category management for purchasing and contracting by state agencies. Amends the nomination and appointment process for a state agency's purchasing representative. Requires the department to establish and maintain an independent verification and validation oversight program for contracts entered into by state agencies. Requires state agencies to submit an annual procurement and purchasing plan to the department and the budget agency. Repeals provisions concerning the ability of the Indiana war memorials commission to enter into contracts.

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 226 - Lehman - 2nd Reading — 33–54 (fail) · lower
• SB 226 - Baldwin - 3rd Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 226 - Lehman - 3rd Reading — 91–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 226 - Baldwin — 49–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chris Garten — primary (person)
• Matt Lehman — primary (person)
• Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
• Alaina Shonkwiler — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Appropriations reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-08 Authored by Senator Baldwin
• 2026-01-22 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-26 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-26 Senator Garten added as second author
• 2026-01-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 112: yeas 45, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-27 House sponsor: Representative Lehman
• 2026-01-28 Referred to the House referral
• 2026-01-29 First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-09 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-09 Representative Shonkwiler added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-12 Amendment #1 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 239: yeas 33, nays 54 amendment-failure, failure
• 2026-02-12 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-16 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 255: yeas 91, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-17 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2026-02-26 Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 305: yeas 49, nays 1
• 2026-02-26 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2026-03-05 Public Law 125 became-law
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 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

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/12a1ad40-5757-4bcd-b31a-cc2a4b3dc005. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).