republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/sb-245.md

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Bill	Tip pooling.	Specifically authorizes the use of tip pooling arrangements under certain circumstances.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	SB 245	Indiana SB 245 (2026)	bill	BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; Generally LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; Collective Bargaining Benefits and Wages LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; Generally	enacted	Aaron Freeman Heath VanNatter Linda Rogers	4	19	2	2026-01-08	2026-02-24	openstates	ocd-bill/b07646ee-3bd9-4f24-a3ca-aa59937f5143	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0245	12a8b0275cffd0462ad6569225f9a57c63c371919e59c4c2d99e6124ee993170	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 245 (2026) — Tip pooling.

Specifically authorizes the use of tip pooling arrangements under certain circumstances.

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 245 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — 44–1 (pass) · upper
• SB 245 - VanNatter - 3rd Reading — 90–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
• Heath VanNatter — primary (person)
• Linda Rogers — primary (person)
• Tony Isa — cosponsor (person)
• Victoria Garcia Wilburn — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-08 Authored by Senators Freeman, Rogers
• 2026-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-15 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-20 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-22 House sponsor: Representative VanNatter
• 2026-01-22 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 60: yeas 44, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-23 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: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-16 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-17 Representative Garcia Wilburn added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-17 Representative Isa added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-17 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 268: yeas 90, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-18 Returned to the Senate without amendments receipt
• 2026-02-19 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-02-23 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-02-24 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2026-02-24 Public Law 15 became-law
• 2026-02-24 Signed by the President of the Senate passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b07646ee-3bd9-4f24-a3ca-aa59937f5143. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).