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| 2 | + | Introduced Version | |
| 3 | 3 | HOUSE BILL No. 1608 | |
| 4 | 4 | _____ | |
| 5 | - | DIGEST OF | |
| 5 | + | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL | |
| 6 | 6 | Citations Affected: Noncode. | |
| 7 | 7 | Synopsis: E-sports industry development study. Requires the Indiana | |
| 8 | 8 | economic development corporation to study methods and strategies to | |
| 9 | 9 | allow Indiana to become a leader in the development of the e-sports | |
| 10 | 10 | industry and to submit a report on the results of the study to the | |
| 11 | 11 | governor and the general assembly. | |
| 12 | 12 | Effective: Upon passage. | |
| 13 | - | Miller K | |
| 13 | + | Miller K | |
| 14 | 14 | January 21, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Commerce, Small Business | |
| 15 | 15 | and Economic Development. | |
| 16 | - | February 6, 2025, reported — Do Pass. | |
| 17 | - | HB 1608—LS 6859/DI 129 February 6, 2025 | |
| 16 | + | 2025 IN 1608—LS 6859/DI 129 Introduced | |
| 18 | 17 | First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025) | |
| 19 | 18 | PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana | |
| 20 | 19 | Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, | |
| 21 | 20 | additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type. | |
| 22 | 21 | Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional | |
| 23 | 22 | provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the | |
| 24 | 23 | word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds | |
| 25 | 24 | a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution. | |
| 26 | 25 | Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts | |
| 27 | 26 | between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. | |
| 28 | 27 | HOUSE BILL No. 1608 | |
| 29 | 28 | A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning economic development. | |
| 30 | 29 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: | |
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| 30 | + | SECTION 1. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE] (a) As used in this1 | |
| 32 | 31 | 2 SECTION, "corporation" means the Indiana economic | |
| 33 | 32 | 3 development corporation established by IC 5-28-3-1. | |
| 34 | 33 | 4 (b) As used in this SECTION, "e-sports" means a single player | |
| 35 | 34 | 5 or multiplayer video game played competitively, typically by | |
| 36 | 35 | 6 professional gamers. | |
| 37 | 36 | 7 (c) The corporation shall study methods and strategies to allow | |
| 38 | 37 | 8 Indiana to become a leader in the development of the e-sports | |
| 39 | 38 | 9 industry. | |
| 40 | 39 | 10 (d) Before November 1, 2025, the corporation shall submit a | |
| 41 | 40 | 11 report on the results of the study conducted under subsection (c) to | |
| 42 | 41 | 12 the governor and the general assembly. The report submitted to | |
| 43 | 42 | 13 the general assembly must be in an electronic format under | |
| 44 | 43 | 14 IC 5-14-6. | |
| 45 | 44 | 15 (e) This SECTION expires January 1, 2026. | |
| 46 | 45 | 16 SECTION 2. An emergency is declared for this act. | |
| 47 | - | HB 1608—LS 6859/DI 129 2 | |
| 48 | - | COMMITTEE REPORT | |
| 49 | - | Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Commerce, Small Business and | |
| 50 | - | Economic Development, to which was referred House Bill 1608, has | |
| 51 | - | had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same | |
| 52 | - | back to the House with the recommendation that said bill do pass. | |
| 53 | - | (Reference is to HB 1608 as introduced.) | |
| 54 | - | MORRIS | |
| 55 | - | Committee Vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0 | |
| 56 | - | HB 1608—LS 6859/DI 129 | |
| 46 | + | 2025 IN 1608—LS 6859/DI 129 |