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type: "Bill"
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title: "Indiana defense matters."
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description: "Adds one voting member to the Indiana defense task force (task force) appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate and one voting member to the task force appointed by the speaker of the house. Adds the adjutant general of the Indiana National Guard or the adjutant general's designee as a nonvoting member of the task force. Provides that, on or before May 1, 2026, and each May 1 thereafter, the task force shall submit a report to the Indiana economic development corporation's office of defense development and the budget committee. Provides that the report shall identify the task force's identified priorities for expenditures for the following state fiscal year. Provides that on or before August 1, 2027, and each August 1 thereafter, the corporation's office of defense development shall submit a report to the task force and the budget committee that details expenditures from amounts appropriated to the corporation's office of defense development for priorities identified by the task force for the previous state fiscal year. Provides that, beginning with the 2026-2027 state fiscal year, and each state fiscal year thereafter, the corporation's office of defense development shall consider and incorporate, to the extent practicable, the task force's identified priorities for expenditures when the corporation's office of defense development formulates its annual budget. Provides that the IEDC and an operating partner shall administer the federal Unmanned Aircraft System Test Site program Indiana."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 1268"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1268 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AGENCIES; Economic Development Corporation (IEDC)", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Budget and Appropriations", "HOMELAND SECURITY; Civil Defense", "STATE GOVERNMENT; State and Local Funding", "TASK FORCES AND COMMITTEES; Generally"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Daryl Schmitt", "Greg Goode", "Steve Bartels"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2026-01-06"
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last_action: "2026-03-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/904bcfc0-632f-4a36-b020-b0f42326c46f"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1268"
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source_hash: "1244775368a1851148eced3e37e83a453f0e3df3ea2a484251c8bc60e3fd45a0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana HB 1268 (2026) — Indiana defense matters.
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Adds one voting member to the Indiana defense task force (task force) appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate and one voting member to the task force appointed by the speaker of the house. Adds the adjutant general of the Indiana National Guard or the adjutant general's designee as a nonvoting member of the task force. Provides that, on or before May 1, 2026, and each May 1 thereafter, the task force shall submit a report to the Indiana economic development corporation's office of defense development and the budget committee. Provides that the report shall identify the task force's identified priorities for expenditures for the following state fiscal year. Provides that on or before August 1, 2027, and each August 1 thereafter, the corporation's office of defense development shall submit a report to the task force and the budget committee that details expenditures from amounts appropriated to the corporation's office of defense development for priorities identified by the task force for the previous state fiscal year. Provides that, beginning with the 2026-2027 state fiscal year, and each state fiscal year thereafter, the corporation's office of defense development shall consider and incorporate, to the extent practicable, the task force's identified priorities for expenditures when the corporation's office of defense development formulates its annual budget. Provides that the IEDC and an operating partner shall administer the federal Unmanned Aircraft System Test Site program Indiana.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1268/HB1268.05.ENGS.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1268/HB1268.06.ENRS.pdf)
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3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1268/HB1268.02.COMH.pdf)
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4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1268/HB1268.04.COMS.pdf)
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5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1268/HB1268.01.INTR.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HB 1268 - Goode — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- HB 1268 - Bartels — **94–1** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1268 - Goode - 3rd Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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- HB 1268 - Bartels - 3rd Reading — **85–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Daryl Schmitt — primary (person)
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- Greg Goode — primary (person)
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- Steve Bartels — primary (person)
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- Blake Doriot — cosponsor (person)
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- Chris Judy — coauthor (person)
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- Ed Charbonneau — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward DeLaney — coauthor (person)
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- Eric Koch — cosponsor (person)
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- Gary Byrne — cosponsor (person)
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- James Buck — cosponsor (person)
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- James Tomes — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Crider — cosponsor (person)
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- Randy Maxwell — cosponsor (person)
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- Shane Lindauer — coauthor (person)
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- Stacey Donato — cosponsor (person)
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- Vaneta Becker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-06** Authored by Representative Bartels
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- **2026-01-12** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-12** Representative Lindauer added as coauthor
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- **2026-01-12** Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
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- **2026-01-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-27** Representative DeLaney added as coauthor
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- **2026-01-29** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-02** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 178: yeas 85, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-02** Representative Judy added as coauthor
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- **2026-02-02** Senate sponsors: Senators Goode, Schmitt
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- **2026-02-03** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2026-02-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and The Military `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-10** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-12** Senators Charbonneau, Doriot, Maxwell added as cosponsors
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- **2026-02-16** Amendment #1 (Goode) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-16** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-17** Senators Tomes, Crider, Buck, Byrne added as cosponsors
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- **2026-02-24** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
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- **2026-02-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 247: yeas 47, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-24** Senators Becker, Koch, Donato added as cosponsors
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- **2026-02-25** House advisors appointed: Lindauer, Judy, Lopez, Pack
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- **2026-02-25** Senate advisors appointed: Schmitt, Ford J.D.
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- **2026-02-25** Senate conferees appointed: Goode, Spencer
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- **2026-02-25** House conferees appointed: Bartels, DeLaney
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- **2026-02-25** House dissented from Senate amendments
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- **2026-02-25** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
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- **2026-02-27** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
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- **2026-03-04** Public Law 87 `became-law`
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- **2026-03-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-02-27** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 317: yeas 48, nays 0
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- **2026-02-27** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 408: yeas 94, nays 1
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2026-02-27** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/904bcfc0-632f-4a36-b020-b0f42326c46f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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