republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/hb-1026.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commission, committee, and board administration."
description: "Specifies certain duties and responsibilities relating to the operations of various task forces, committees, boards, and councils (statutory entities). Renames the Indiana code revision commission, probate code study commission, and other statutory entities. Specifies that certain statutory entities are subject to the general law governing legislative committees rather than to the law governing the statutory list of interim study committees. Authorizes a designee of the revisor of statutes to serve as a member of the uniform law commission (ULC). Repeals statutes governing the Medicaid oversight committee and relocates them to the law governing interim study committees. Identifies certain state employees serving on statutory entities by their specific job titles. Provides for the reimbursement of expenses of state employees, lay persons, and members of the general assembly serving on statutory entities. Specifies the expiration dates of the terms of members of certain statutory entities. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the code revision commission.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1026"
citation: "Indiana HB 1026 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "AND COUNCILS; Generally", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Members", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Uniform Laws and Compacts", "HEALTH; Medicaid", "STATE GOVERNMENT; Employees", "TASK FORCES AND COMMITTEES; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Karen Engleman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c572767-1b70-44bf-a1dd-909d1f8b6d7a"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1026"
source_hash: "5a98d96b74bb488ef20a83c6765f4c3fd1d861ce816e8f2c724e7ae8aba7ca3d"
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 1026 (2024) — Commission, committee, and board administration.

Specifies certain duties and responsibilities relating to the operations of various task forces, committees, boards, and councils (statutory entities). Renames the Indiana code revision commission, probate code study commission, and other statutory entities. Specifies that certain statutory entities are subject to the general law governing legislative committees rather than to the law governing the statutory list of interim study committees. Authorizes a designee of the revisor of statutes to serve as a member of the uniform law commission (ULC). Repeals statutes governing the Medicaid oversight committee and relocates them to the law governing interim study committees. Identifies certain state employees serving on statutory entities by their specific job titles. Provides for the reimbursement of expenses of state employees, lay persons, and members of the general assembly serving on statutory entities. Specifies the expiration dates of the terms of members of certain statutory entities. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the code revision commission.)

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1026/HB1026.04.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1026/HB1026.03.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1026/HB1026.02.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1026/HB1026.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1026 - Engleman — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1026 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1026 - Engleman - 3rd Reading — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Karen Engleman — primary (person)
- Edward DeLaney — coauthor (person)
- Kyle Pierce — coauthor (person)
- Pat Boy — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** Authored by Representative Engleman
- **2024-01-08** Coauthored by Representatives Pierce K, Boy and DeLaney
- **2024-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-18** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 18: yeas 93, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-01-22** Senate sponsor: Senator Freeman
- **2024-01-23** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2024-01-25** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2024-02-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 201: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 240: yeas 89, nays 0
- **2024-02-28** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2024-03-04** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Public Law 42 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c572767-1b70-44bf-a1dd-909d1f8b6d7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).