Indiana 2024 Regular Session

Indiana Senate Bill SJR0019 Compare Versions

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Old	New		Differences
1	1		SJ9611
2		-	Reprinted
3		-	January 31, 2024
	2	+	January 19, 2024
4	3		SENATE JOINT
5	4		RESOLUTION No. 19
6	5		_____
7		-	DIGEST OF SJ 19 (Updated January 30, 2024 2:44 pm - DI 92)
	6	+	DIGEST OF SJ 19 (Updated January 17, 2024 3:55 pm - DI 149)
8	7
9	8		Citations Affected: Article 4 of the Constitution of the State of
10	9		Indiana.
11	10		Synopsis: Service on interbranch commissions. Adds a new section to
12	11		the Constitution of the State of Indiana specifying that a Senator or
13	12		Representative may serve on a commission, board, committee, or
14	13		similar entity organized to govern, advise, or provide oversight to an
15	14		agency of the administrative or executive departments of the state.
16	15		Provides that the following apply to a Senator or Representative
17	16		serving on an entity under the new constitutional provision: (1) The
18	17		Senator or Representative may be appointed to serve on the entity by
19	18		a member of the General Assembly or a committee of the General
20		-	Assembly. (2) The Senator or Representative may be a voting member,
21		-	an alternate member, or a nonvoting advisory member of the entity. (3)
22		-	The Senator or Representative may participate in any activity
23		-	conducted in the fulfillment of the entity's duties as prescribed by law,
24		-	rule, or executive order, other than the preparation or adoption of an
25		-	administrative rule. Limits the number of Senators and Representatives
26		-	that may be appointed to serve as voting members of an entity to: (1)
27		-	one Senator from each major political party; and (2) one Representative
28		-	from each major political party.
	19	+	Assembly. (2) The Senator or Representative may be a voting member
	20	+	of the entity. (3) The Senator or Representative may participate in any
	21	+	activity conducted in the fulfillment of the entity's duties as prescribed
	22	+	by law, rule, or executive order. (4) The Senator or Representative may
	23	+	participate in the preparation and adoption of an administrative rule by
	24	+	an agency of the administrative or executive departments of the state.
29	25		Effective: This proposed amendment must be agreed to by two
30	26		consecutive general assemblies and ratified by a majority of the state's
31	27		voters voting on the question to be effective.
32	28		Messmer, Garten
33	29		January 10, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary.
34	30		January 18, 2024, reported favorably — Do Pass.
35		-	January 30, 2024, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
36		-	SJ 19—SJ 9611/DI 92 Reprinted
37		-	January 31, 2024
	31	+	SJ 19—SJ 9611/DI 92 January 19, 2024
38	32		Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024)
39	33		PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
40	34		Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
41	35		additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
42	36		Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
43	37		provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the word
44	38		NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds a
45	39		new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
46	40		Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
47	41		between statutes enacted by the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
48	42		SENATE JOINT
49	43		RESOLUTION No. 19
50	44		A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to Article 4 of
51	45		the Constitution of the State of Indiana concerning the general
52	46		assembly.
53	47		Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
54	48		1 SECTION 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of the
55	49		2 State of Indiana is proposed and agreed to by this, the One Hundred
56	50		3 Twenty-Third General Assembly of the State of Indiana, and is referred
57	51		4 to the next General Assembly for reconsideration and agreement.
58	52		5 SECTION 2. ARTICLE 4 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
59	53		6 STATE OF INDIANA IS AMENDED BY ADDING A NEW
60		-	7 SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS: Section 31. (a~~) Subject to~~
61		-	8 ~~subsection (b), a Senator or~~ Representative may serve on a
62		-	9 ~~commission, board, committee, or~~ similar entity organized to
63		-	10 ~~govern, advise, or provide oversight to~~ an agency of the
64		-	11 ~~administrative or executive departments of the~~ state. The following
65		-	12 ~~apply to a Senator or Representative serving~~ on an entity described
	54	+	7 SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS: Section 31. A Senator or
	55	+	8 Representative may serve on a commission, board, committee, or
	56	+	9 similar entity organized to govern, advise, or provide oversight to
	57	+	10 an agency of the administrative or executive departments of the
	58	+	11 state. The following apply to a Senator or Representative serving
	59	+	12 on an entity described in this section:
66	60		SJ 19—SJ 9611/DI 92 2
67		-	1 in this subsection:
68		-	2 (1) The Senator or Representative may be appointed to serve
69		-	3 on the entity by a member of the General Assembly or a
70		-	4 committee of the General Assembly.
71		-	5 (2) The Senator or Representative may be appointed to serve
72		-	6 as:
73		-	7 (A) a voting member;
74		-	8 (B) an alternate member; or
75		-	9 (C) a nonvoting advisory member;
76		-	10 of the entity. A Senator or Representative appointed to serve
77		-	11 as an alternate member or a nonvoting advisory member of
78		-	12 an entity may participate in the activities of the entity as
79		-	13 prescribed by law.
80		-	14 (3) The Senator or Representative may participate in any
81		-	15 activity conducted in the fulfillment of the entity's duties as
82		-	16 prescribed by law, rule, or executive order, other than the
83		-	17 preparation or adoption of an administrative rule.
84		-	18 (b) The appointment of a Senator or Representative to an entity
85		-	19 described in subsection (a) is limited as follows:
86		-	20 (1) Not more than one (1) Senator from each major political
87		-	21 party may be appointed to serve as a voting member of the
88		-	22 entity.
89		-	23 (2) Not more than one (1) Representative from each major
90		-	24 political party may be appointed to serve as a voting member
91		-	25 of the entity.
	61	+	1 (1) The Senator or Representative may be appointed to serve
	62	+	2 on the entity by a member of the General Assembly or a
	63	+	3 committee of the General Assembly.
	64	+	4 (2) The Senator or Representative may be a voting member of
	65	+	5 the entity.
	66	+	6 (3) The Senator or Representative may participate in any
	67	+	7 activity conducted in the fulfillment of the entity's duties as
	68	+	8 prescribed by law, rule, or executive order.
	69	+	9 (4) The Senator or Representative may participate in the
	70	+	10 preparation and adoption of an administrative rule by an
	71	+	11 agency of the administrative or executive departments of the
	72	+	12 state.
92	73		SJ 19—SJ 9611/DI 92 3
93	74		COMMITTEE REPORT
94	75		Madam President: The Senate Committee on Judiciary, to which
95	76		was referred Senate Joint Resolution No. 19, has had the same under
96	77		consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the Senate with
97	78		the recommendation that said resolution DO PASS.
98	79		(Reference is to SJ 19 as introduced.)
99	80
100	81		BROWN L, Chairperson
101	82		Committee Vote: Yeas 8, Nays 3
102		-	_____
103		-	SENATE MOTION
104		-	Madam President: I move that Senate Joint Resolution 19 be
105		-	amended to read as follows:
106		-	Page 2, line 8, delete "order." and insert "order, other than the
107		-	preparation or adoption of an administrative rule.".
108		-	Page 2, delete lines 9 through 12.
109		-	(Reference is to SJR 19 as printed January 19, 2024.)
110		-	MESSMER
111		-	_____
112		-	SENATE MOTION
113		-	Madam President: I move that Senate Joint Resolution 19 be
114		-	amended to read as follows:
115		-	Page 1, line 7, delete "A" and insert "(a) Subject to subsection (b),
116		-	a".
117		-	Page 1, line 12, delete "section:" and insert "subsection:".
118		-	Page 2, delete lines 4 through 5, begin a new line block indented
119		-	and insert:
120		-	"(2) The Senator or Representative may be appointed to serve
121		-	as:
122		-	(A) a voting member;
123		-	(B) an alternate member; or
124		-	(C) a nonvoting advisory member;
125		-	of the entity. A Senator or Representative appointed to serve
126		-	as an alternate member or a nonvoting advisory member of
127		-	SJ 19—SJ 9611/DI 92 4
128		-	an entity may participate in the activities of the entity as
129		-	prescribed by law.".
130		-	Page 2, after line 12, begin a new paragraph and insert:
131		-	"(b) The appointment of a Senator or Representative to an
132		-	entity described in subsection (a) is limited as follows:
133		-	(1) Not more than one (1) Senator from each major political
134		-	party may be appointed to serve as a voting member of the
135		-	entity.
136		-	(2) Not more than one (1) Representative from each major
137		-	political party may be appointed to serve as a voting member
138		-	of the entity.".
139		-	(Reference is to SJR 19 as printed January 19, 2024.)
140		-
141		-	POL JR.
142	83		SJ 19—SJ 9611/DI 92