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type: "Bill"
title: "Blockchain technology."
description: "Provides that not later than March 1, 2026, the department of administration (department) may issue a request for information for purposes of exploring how the use of blockchain technology could be used by a state agency to: (1) achieve greater cost efficiency and cost effectiveness; and (2) improve consumer convenience, experience, data security, and data privacy. Requires the department to compile a report concerning the request for information and submit the report to the legislative council not later than October 1, 2026."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1322"
citation: "Indiana HB 1322 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Administration (IDOA)", "AGENCIES; Public Retirement System (INPRS)", "TECHNOLOGY; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jake Teshka", "Justin Busch", "Kyle Walker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e22486c-21b3-4306-9cb6-f60284498cbe"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1322"
source_hash: "0311be400148ca40ee50908283a6b0eecbfa55f4623d8d76225d403eaa8e9c8b"
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 1322 (2025) — Blockchain technology.
Provides that not later than March 1, 2026, the department of administration (department) may issue a request for information for purposes of exploring how the use of blockchain technology could be used by a state agency to: (1) achieve greater cost efficiency and cost effectiveness; and (2) improve consumer convenience, experience, data security, and data privacy. Requires the department to compile a report concerning the request for information and submit the report to the legislative council not later than October 1, 2026.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1322/HB1322.03.ENGH.pdf)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1322/HB1322.05.ENRS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1322/HB1322.04.COMS.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1322/HB1322.01.INTR.pdf)
## Votes
- HB 1322 - Teshka - 3rd Reading — **869** (pass) · lower
- HB 1322 - Walker K - 3rd Reading — **470** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Jake Teshka — primary (person)
- Justin Busch — primary (person)
- Kyle Walker — primary (person)
- Cory Criswell — coauthor (person)
- Eric Koch — cosponsor (person)
- J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Pierce — coauthor (person)
- Shane Lindauer — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-13** Coauthored by Representatives Teshka and Lindauer
- **2025-01-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** Authored by Representative Criswell
- **2025-01-27** Representative Teshka removed as coauthor
- **2025-01-27** Representative Criswell added as coauthor
- **2025-01-27** Representative Criswell removed as author
- **2025-01-27** Representative Teshka added as author
- **2025-02-03** Representative Pierce K added as coauthor
- **2025-02-10** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-13** Amendment #1 (DeLaney) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Senate sponsor: Senator Walker K
- **2025-02-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 172: yeas 86, nays 9 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-20** Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
- **2025-03-20** Senator Koch added as cosponsor
- **2025-03-24** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Senator Busch added as second sponsor
- **2025-03-26** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
- **2025-03-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 284: yeas 47, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Public Law 60 `became-law`
- **2025-04-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e22486c-21b3-4306-9cb6-f60284498cbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).