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2	2	Introduced Version
3	3	SENATE BILL No. 158
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5	5	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
6	6	Citations Affected: IC 2-2.1; IC 2-5-1.1-1; IC 3-3-2-1; IC 15-13-6-2;
7	7	IC 21-18-16-2.
8	8	Synopsis: Sessions of the general assembly. Eliminates the second
9	9	regular session and the second regular technical session of the general
10	10	assembly. Provides that a regular session of the general assembly shall
11	11	adjourn sine die not later than May 15 of any odd-numbered year.
12	12	Makes technical and conforming changes.
13	13	Effective: Upon passage.
14	14	Buck
15	15	January 8, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative
16	16	Procedure.
17	17	2024 IN 158—LS 6590/DI 92 Introduced
18	18	Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024)
19	19	PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
20	20	Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
21	21	additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
22	22	Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
23	23	provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
24	24	word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
25	25	a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
26	26	Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
27	27	between statutes enacted by the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
28	28	SENATE BILL No. 158
29	29	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning the
30	30	general assembly.
31	31	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
32	32	1 SECTION 1. IC 2-2.1-1-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.201-2023,
33	33	2 SECTION 36, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
34	34	3 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 2. (a) The first regular session of each term of
35	35	4 the general assembly shall convene on the third Tuesday after the first
36	36	5 Monday of November of each even-numbered year to do the following:
37	37	6 (1) Organize itself.
38	38	7 (2) Elect its officers.
39	39	8 (3) Receive the oath of office.
40	40	9 (b) If a special session is called before the date set in subsection (a),
41	41	10 then the organization, election, and receiving the oath of office shall be
42	42	11 held on the first day of the special session.
43	43	12 (c) The general assembly shall then adjourn until a day:
44	44	13 (1) certain fixed by a concurrent resolution; or
45	45	14 (2) when the gavel of each house falls in the presence of a quorum
46	46	15 whether or not a day certain to reconvene in session has been
47	47	16 fixed.
48	48	17 (d) The general assembly shall reconvene in session no later than
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50	50	1 the fourth Monday in January of the following year.
51	51	2 (e) The first regular session of each term of the general assembly
52	52	3 shall adjourn sine die not later than April 29 May 15 in any
53	53	4 odd-numbered year beginning after December 31, 2022. 2024.
54	54	5 SECTION 2. IC 2-2.1-1-2.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.201-2023,
55	55	6 SECTION 37, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
56	56	7 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 2.5. (a) The first regular technical session of
57	57	8 the general assembly shall convene on the second Tuesday after the
58	58	9 first Monday in June of each odd-numbered year.
59	59	10 (b) Only the following may be considered and acted upon during a
60	60	11 first regular technical session:
61	61	12 (1) Bills enacted during the first regular session vetoed by the
62	62	13 governor.
63	63	14 (2) Bills to correct conflicts among bills enacted during the first
64	64	15 regular session.
65	65	16 (3) Bills to correct technical errors in bills enacted during the first
66	66	17 regular session.
67	67	18 (c) The first regular technical session must adjourn sine die before
68	68	19 midnight after it convenes.
69	69	20 (d) The first regular technical session is not required to convene if
70	70	21 the speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro
71	71	22 tempore of the senate jointly issue an order finding that the purposes
72	72	23 for which a regular technical session may meet under subsection (b) do
73	73	24 not justify the cost and inconvenience of meeting in a regular technical
74	74	25 session.
75	75	26 (e) If the general assembly does not meet in a regular technical
76	76	27 session under this section, the general assembly shall consider and act
77	77	28 upon vetoes of bills enacted during the first regular session at the next
78	78	29 second regular session.
79	79	30 (f) For purposes of Article 5, Section 14 of the Constitution of the
80	80	31 State of Indiana, the first regular technical session is not considered a
81	81	32 regular session if the general assembly does not consider or act upon
82	82	33 vetoes of bills enacted during the first regular session under this
83	83	34 section.
84	84	35 SECTION 3. IC 2-2.1-1-3 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE UPON
85	85	36 PASSAGE]. Sec. 3. (a) The second regular session of each term of the
86	86	37 general assembly shall convene on the third Tuesday after the first
87	87	38 Monday of November of each odd-numbered year. The general
88	88	39 assembly shall then adjourn until a day:
89	89	40 (1) certain fixed by a concurrent resolution; or
90	90	41 (2) when the gavel of each house falls in the presence of a quorum
91	91	42 whether or not a day certain to reconvene in session has been
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93	93	1 fixed.
94	94	2 (b) The general assembly shall reconvene in session no later than
95	95	3 the fourth Monday in January of the following year. The second regular
96	96	4 session of each term of the general assembly shall adjourn sine die not
97	97	5 later than March 14 in any even-numbered year.
98	98	6 SECTION 4. IC 2-2.1-1-3.5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE UPON
99	99	7 PASSAGE]. Sec. 3.5. (a) The second regular technical session of the
100	100	8 general assembly shall convene on the second Tuesday after the first
101	101	9 Monday in May of each even-numbered year.
102	102	10 (b) Only the following may be considered and acted upon during a
103	103	11 second regular technical session:
104	104	12 (1) Bills enacted during the second regular session vetoed by the
105	105	13 governor.
106	106	14 (2) Bills to correct conflicts among bills enacted during the
107	107	15 second regular session.
108	108	16 (3) Bills to correct technical errors in bills enacted during the
109	109	17 second regular session.
110	110	18 (c) The second regular technical session must adjourn sine die
111	111	19 before midnight after it convenes.
112	112	20 (d) The second regular technical session is not required to convene
113	113	21 if the speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro
114	114	22 tempore of the senate jointly issue an order finding that the purposes
115	115	23 for which a regular technical session may meet under subsection (b) do
116	116	24 not justify the cost and inconvenience of meeting in a regular technical
117	117	25 session.
118	118	26 (e) If the general assembly does not meet in a regular technical
119	119	27 session under this section, the general assembly may consider and act
120	120	28 upon vetoes of bills enacted during the second regular session at the
121	121	29 next first regular session.
122	122	30 (f) For purposes of Article 5, Section 14 of the Constitution of the
123	123	31 State of Indiana, the second regular technical session is not considered
124	124	32 a regular session if the general assembly does not consider or act upon
125	125	33 vetoes of bills enacted during the second regular session under this
126	126	34 section.
127	127	35 SECTION 5. IC 2-2.1-1-9 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
128	128	36 FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 9. Procedures:
129	129	37 Standing Committee Appointments. (a) By not later than ten (10) days
130	130	38 after the election of officers as provided in sections 6 and 7 of this
131	131	39 chapter, the appointments to the standing committees of the two (2)
132	132	40 houses of the General Assembly shall be made and announced by the
133	133	41 Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro
134	134	42 Tempore of the Senate, respectively.
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136	136	1 (b) At the reconvening in January of the first regular session, of the
137	137	2 term, the lists of appointments to the standing committees shall be read
138	138	3 in their respective houses and recorded in the journals thereof.
139	139	4 (c) The members of the standing committees shall serve for the term
140	140	5 of the General Assembly in which they are appointed, unless removed,
141	141	6 suspended, or unable to serve.
142	142	7 SECTION 6. IC 2-2.1-4-4, AS ADDED BY P.L.229-2011,
143	143	8 SECTION 37, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
144	144	9 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "final day of
145	145	10 session" means either of the following:
146	146	11 (1) For a regular session convening before January 1, 2024,
147	147	12 April 29 in odd-numbered years and March 14 in even-numbered
148	148	13 years or
149	149	14 (2) a date earlier than April 29 in odd-numbered years and March
150	150	15 14 in even-numbered years, if unless the presiding officers of
151	151	16 each body have:
152	152	17 (A) jointly agreed; and
153	153	18 (B) publicly announced;
154	154	19 that the an earlier date will be the final day of session.
155	155	20 (2) For a regular session convening after October 31, 2024,
156	156	21 May 15 in odd-numbered years unless the presiding officers
157	157	22 of each body have:
158	158	23 (A) jointly agreed; and
159	159	24 (B) publicly announced;
160	160	25 that an earlier date will be the final day of session.
161	161	26 SECTION 7. IC 2-5-1.1-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
162	162	27 FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 1. There is hereby
163	163	28 created a legislative council which shall be composed of sixteen (16)
164	164	29 members of the general assembly as follows:
165	165	30 (a) From the senate: The president pro tempore, the minority leader,
166	166	31 the majority caucus chairman, the minority caucus chairman, three (3)
167	167	32 members appointed by the president pro tempore, and one (1) member
168	168	33 appointed by the minority leader.
169	169	34 (b) From the house of representatives: The speaker of the house, the
170	170	35 majority leader, the minority leader, the majority caucus chairman, the
171	171	36 minority caucus chairman, two (2) members appointed by the speaker,
172	172	37 and one (1) member appointed by the minority leader.
173	173	38 (c) The president of the senate may serve as an ex officio non-voting
174	174	39 nonvoting member of the council.
175	175	40 (d) The members of the council who serve by virtue of their office
176	176	41 shall serve until their successors are selected.
177	177	42 (e) The appointed members shall serve from the date of their
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179	179	1 appointment until the next general election at which they run for
180	180	2 reelection, or until the convening of the first regular session of the next
181	181	3 general assembly, whichever is first to occur. The president pro
182	182	4 tempore, speaker, and minority leaders shall appoint their members not
183	183	5 later than five (5) days after the close of a first regular session of a
184	184	6 general assembly.
185	185	7 SECTION 8. IC 3-3-2-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
186	186	8 [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 1. Congressional districts shall
187	187	9 be established by law at the first regular session of the general
188	188	10 assembly convening immediately following the United States decennial
189	189	11 census.
190	190	12 SECTION 9. IC 15-13-6-2, AS ADDED BY P.L.2-2008, SECTION
191	191	13 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON
192	192	14 PASSAGE]: Sec. 2. (a) The advisory committee consists of the
193	193	15 following members appointed after the first day of each regular
194	194	16 session of the general assembly and before January 1 of the ensuing
195	195	17 calendar year:
196	196	18 (1) Four (4) members of the senate, not more than two (2) of
197	197	19 whom are members of the same political party, appointed by the
198	198	20 president pro tempore of the senate.
199	199	21 (2) Four (4) members of the house of representatives, not more
200	200	22 than two (2) of whom are members of the same political party,
201	201	23 appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
202	202	24 (b) A member appointed under subsection (a) begins serving on
203	203	25 January 1 and serves until the first day of the first regular session of
204	204	26 the next general assembly following the member's appointment.
205	205	27 (c) A vacancy on the advisory committee shall be filled for the
206	206	28 unexpired term by the appointing authority who appointed the member
207	207	29 whose position is vacant.
208	208	30 (d) After appointment of the members of the advisory committee
209	209	31 under subsection (a), the:
210	210	32 (1) speaker of the house of representatives shall name one (1) of
211	211	33 the members as chairperson; and
212	212	34 (2) president pro tempore of the senate shall name another
213	213	35 member as vice chairperson.
214	214	36 The chairperson and the vice chairperson serve until the first day of the
215	215	37 second regular session of that general assembly. January 1 of the
216	216	38 calendar year following the calendar year in which the terms of the
217	217	39 members of the advisory committee began under subsection (a).
218	218	40 The vice chairperson during the first session year of the members'
219	219	41 term then becomes the chairperson for the second year, and the
220	220	42 chairperson during the first session year of the members' term
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222	222	1 becomes the vice chairperson for the second year. The appointing
223	223	2 authority may name a different chairperson or vice chairperson at any
224	224	3 time.
225	225	4 SECTION 10. IC 21-18-16-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.201-2023,
226	226	5 SECTION 226, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
227	227	6 [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 2. (a) The commission shall
228	228	7 create a higher educational operating funding outcomes based formula
229	229	8 that aligns with the goals outlined in the commission's long range plan
230	230	9 for postsecondary education under IC 21-18-8.
231	231	10 (b) The commission shall create a separate higher educational
232	232	11 operating funding outcomes based formula for Ivy Tech Community
233	233	12 College that:
234	234	13 (1) aligns with the goals outlined in the commission's long range
235	235	14 plan for postsecondary education under IC 21-18-8; and
236	236	15 (2) focuses on employer needs, positive wage outcomes, and
237	237	16 stackable credentials.
238	238	17 (c) An outcomes based funding formula must be created and
239	239	18 approved by the commission at a meeting of the commission on or
240	240	19 before October 1 of each even-numbered year. prior to each
241	241	20 odd-numbered year in which the general assembly will reconvene in a
242	242	21 first regular session and consider a state budget bill.
243	243	22 (d) The commission shall approve the metrics used for an outcomes
244	244	23 based funding formula created under this chapter.
245	245	24 SECTION 11. An emergency is declared for this act.
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