*SB0223.1*
January 19, 2024
SENATE BILL No. 223
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DIGEST OF SB 223 (Updated January 17, 2024 12:35 pm - DI 153)
Citations Affected: IC 2-5.
Synopsis: Construction workforce task force. Establishes the building
Indiana's construction workforce task force (task force). Establishes
quorum and voting rules for the task force. Provides that the task force
is otherwise subject to the law governing study committees and the
policies and rules of the legislative council. Specifies topics for the task
force to review. Provides that the task force expires December 31,
2027.
Effective: Upon passage.
Messmer, Doriot
January 9, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor.
January 18, 2024, amended, reported favorably — Do Pass.
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Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024)
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SENATE BILL No. 223
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning the
general assembly.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 2-5-56 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS
2 A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON
3 PASSAGE]:
4 Chapter 56. Building Indiana's Construction Workforce Task
5 Force
6 Sec. 1. The definitions set forth in IC 2-5-1.2 apply to this
7 chapter.
8 Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "task force" refers to the
9 building Indiana's construction workforce task force established by
10 section 3 of this chapter.
11 Sec. 3. The building Indiana's construction workforce task force
12 is established.
13 Sec. 4. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the task
14 force is subject to IC 2-5-1.2 and the policies and rules of the
15 legislative council.
16 Sec. 5. The task force consists of the following sixteen (16)
17 members:
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1 (1) Two (2) members of the senate appointed by the president
2 pro tempore of the senate.
3 (2) A member of the senate appointed by the minority leader
4 of the senate.
5 (3) Two (2) members of the house appointed by the speaker.
6 (4) A member of the house appointed by the minority leader
7 of the house.
8 (5) An employee of the department of labor appointed by the
9 governor.
10 (6) A member representing counties appointed by the
11 governor after considering the recommendation of the
12 Association of Indiana Counties.
13 (7) A member representing municipalities appointed by the
14 governor after considering the recommendation of Accelerate
15 Indiana Municipalities.
16 (8) A member representing construction workers appointed
17 by the governor after considering the recommendation of the
18 Indiana State Building and Construction Trades Council.
19 (9) A member representing plumbing, heating, and cooling
20 contractors appointed by the governor after considering the
21 recommendation of the Indiana Association of Plumbing
22 Heating Cooling Contractors.
23 (10) A member representing builders and contractors
24 appointed by the governor after considering the
25 recommendation of the Associated Builders and Contractors
26 of Indiana/Kentucky and the Indiana Building Contractors
27 Alliance.
28 (11) A member representing high school career and technical
29 education educators appointed by the governor after
30 considering the recommendation of the Indiana Association
31 of Career and Technical Education Districts.
32 (12) The president of Ivy Tech Community College or the
33 president's designee.
34 (13) The president of Vincennes University or the president's
35 designee.
36 (14) A member representing the construction industry
37 appointed by the governor after considering the
38 recommendation of the Indiana Construction Roundtable
39 Foundation.
40 A member appointed under subdivisions (5) through (14) may not
41 be a member of the general assembly.
42 Sec. 6. (a) Subject to subsection (c), the initial term of a
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1 legislative member of the task force expires June 30, 2025. A
2 legislative member may be reappointed to a successive term. Each
3 successive term expires December 31, 2027.
4 (b) Subject to subsection (c), the term of a member of the task
5 force appointed by the governor expires December 31, 2027.
6 (c) A member of the task force serves at the pleasure of the
7 appointing authority.
8 Sec. 7. The appropriate appointing authority shall fill a vacancy
9 on the task force in accordance with IC 2-5-1.2-9.
10 Sec. 8. Nine (9) members of the task force constitute a quorum.
11 The affirmative vote of a majority of the members present at a task
12 force meeting is necessary for the task force to take official action
13 other than to meet and take testimony.
14 Sec. 9. Subject to IC 2-5-1.2, the task force shall meet at the call
15 of the chair.
16 Sec. 10. (a) A lay or legislative member of the task force is
17 entitled to receive the same per diem, mileage, and travel
18 allowances paid to legislative members of interim study committees
19 established by the legislative council.
20 (b) A member of the task force who is:
21 (1) a state employee; and
22 (2) not a member of the general assembly;
23 is not entitled to a per diem. However, the member is entitled to
24 reimbursement for traveling expenses as provided under
25 IC 4-13-1-4 and other expenses actually incurred in connection
26 with the member's duties as provided in the state policies and
27 procedures established by the Indiana department of
28 administration and approved by the budget agency.
29 (c) Amounts paid under this section shall be paid from
30 appropriations made to the legislative council or the legislative
31 services agency.
32 Sec. 11. The task force shall review the following:
33 (1) Construction workforce trends in rural, suburban, and
34 urban communities in Indiana.
35 (2) Wages of and wage trends affecting construction workers
36 in Indiana.
37 (3) Methods and resources available for workforce
38 development in the construction industry.
39 (4) The availability of construction workforce training in K-12
40 schools.
41 (5) The availability of construction workforce training in
42 postsecondary educational institutions.
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1 (6) The available capacity of construction training programs.
2 (7) Recruiting efforts to increase participation in the available
3 programs.
4 Sec. 12. The task force shall annually report its findings and
5 recommendations concerning the topics reviewed under section 11
6 of this chapter to the legislative council in an electronic format
7 under IC 5-14-6 before November 1 of each year.
8 Sec. 13. This chapter expires December 31, 2027.
9 SECTION 2. An emergency is declared for this act.
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Madam President: The Senate Committee on Pensions and Labor,
to which was referred Senate Bill No. 223, has had the same under
consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the Senate with
the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as follows:
Page 1, line 16, delete "fifteen (15)" and insert "sixteen (16)".
Page 2, between lines 35 and 36, begin a new line block indented
and insert:
"(14) A member representing the construction industry
appointed by the governor after considering the
recommendation of the Indiana Construction Roundtable
Foundation.".
Page 2, line 36, delete "(13)" and insert "(14)".
Page 3, line 6, delete "Eight (8)" and insert "Nine (9)".
and when so amended that said bill do pass.
(Reference is to SB 223 as introduced.)
DORIOT
Committee Vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0.
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