republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/hb-1003.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Administrative law."
description: "Makes the office of administrative law proceedings the ultimate authority in any administrative proceeding under its jurisdiction. Provides certain exceptions. Provides that the bill applies to certain proceedings filed after June 30, 2024. Specifies when a state agency may be required to pay reasonable attorney's fees for judicial review proceedings. Outlines procedures for the ultimate authority regarding nonfinal orders and procedures to file objections to final orders. Permits a final order to be corrected by means of a motion to correct error. Provides that the court shall decide all questions of law, including any interpretation of a federal or state constitutional provision, state statute, or agency rule, without deference to any previous interpretation made by the state agency. Provides that a court is not bound by a finding of fact made by the ultimate authority if the finding of fact is not supported by the record. Requires the state agency to transmit the agency record to the court for judicial review. Eliminates the office of environmental adjudication and transfers proceedings to the office of administrative law proceedings. Creates requirements for administrative law judges that are assigned to certain environmental matters. Provides that until the office of administrative law proceedings adopts or amends rules related to environmental matters, it must continue to follow and implement rules under 315 IAC. Requires the office of administrative law proceedings to continue to index and make publicly available, in a substantially similar online searchable format, the final orders of contested appeals currently maintained by the office. Makes conforming changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1003"
citation: "Indiana HB 1003 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE LAW; Generally", "AGENCIES; Generally", "AGENCIES; Office of Administrative Legal Proceedings", "CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Liabilities", "Damages", "and Penalties", "COURTS; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Garten", "Cyndi Carrasco", "Eric Koch", "Gregory Steuerwald"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab61e400-c991-4856-8cc9-88bb49c0c057"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1003"
source_hash: "da2bc83f1291ad0391d54ef27806588d4f62da1fcf845dab8e3f6f78af4b29a7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---

# Indiana HB 1003 (2024) — Administrative law.

Makes the office of administrative law proceedings the ultimate authority in any administrative proceeding under its jurisdiction. Provides certain exceptions. Provides that the bill applies to certain proceedings filed after June 30, 2024. Specifies when a state agency may be required to pay reasonable attorney's fees for judicial review proceedings. Outlines procedures for the ultimate authority regarding nonfinal orders and procedures to file objections to final orders. Permits a final order to be corrected by means of a motion to correct error. Provides that the court shall decide all questions of law, including any interpretation of a federal or state constitutional provision, state statute, or agency rule, without deference to any previous interpretation made by the state agency. Provides that a court is not bound by a finding of fact made by the ultimate authority if the finding of fact is not supported by the record. Requires the state agency to transmit the agency record to the court for judicial review. Eliminates the office of environmental adjudication and transfers proceedings to the office of administrative law proceedings. Creates requirements for administrative law judges that are assigned to certain environmental matters. Provides that until the office of administrative law proceedings adopts or amends rules related to environmental matters, it must continue to follow and implement rules under 315 IAC. Requires the office of administrative law proceedings to continue to index and make publicly available, in a substantially similar online searchable format, the final orders of contested appeals currently maintained by the office. Makes conforming changes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1003/HB1003.04.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1003/HB1003.05.ENRS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1003/HB1003.03.COMS.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1003/HB1003.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1003 - Steuerwald - 3rd Reading — **85–10** (pass) · lower
- HB 1003 - Carrasco - 3rd Reading — **40–7** (pass) · upper
- HB 1003 - Steuerwald — **71–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Garten — primary (person)
- Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Jeter — coauthor (person)
- Jennifer Meltzer — coauthor (person)
- Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Bartels — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** Authored by Representative Steuerwald
- **2024-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** Coauthored by Representatives Jeter, Meltzer, DeLaney
- **2024-01-16** Representative DeLaney removed as coauthor
- **2024-01-18** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-23** Senate sponsors: Senators Carrasco, Koch, Garten
- **2024-01-23** Representative Bartels added as coauthor
- **2024-01-24** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2024-01-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 27: yeas 85, nays 10 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29** Senator Doriot added as cosponsor
- **2024-03-04** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Amendment #1 (Carrasco) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-05** Senator Rogers added as cosponsor
- **2024-03-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 273: yeas 40, nays 7 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2024-03-06** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 296: yeas 71, nays 24
- **2024-03-06** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2024-03-12** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Public Law 128 `became-law`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab61e400-c991-4856-8cc9-88bb49c0c057`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).