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2	2	Introduced Version
3	3	SENATE BILL No. 31
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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. Changes the legislative
9	9	session cycle beginning in 2026 to: (1) eliminate the second regular
10	10	session of the general assembly; and (2) require a regular session of the
11	11	general assembly to adjourn sine die not later than May 15 of any
12	12	odd-numbered year thereafter. Makes technical and conforming
13	13	changes.
14	14	Effective: Upon passage.
15	15	Buck
16	16	January 8, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative
17	17	Procedure.
18	18	2025 IN 31—LS 6275/DI 92 Introduced
19	19	First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
20	20	PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
21	21	Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
22	22	additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
23	23	Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
24	24	provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
25	25	word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
26	26	a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
27	27	Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
28	28	between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
29	29	SENATE BILL No. 31
30	30	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning the
31	31	general assembly.
32	32	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
33	33	1 SECTION 1. IC 2-2.1-1-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.201-2023,
34	34	2 SECTION 36, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
35	35	3 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 2. (a) The first regular session of each term of
36	36	4 the general assembly shall convene on the third Tuesday after the first
37	37	5 Monday of November of each even-numbered year to do the following:
38	38	6 (1) Organize itself.
39	39	7 (2) Elect its officers.
40	40	8 (3) Receive the oath of office.
41	41	9 (b) If a special session is called before the date set in subsection (a),
42	42	10 then the organization, election, and receiving the oath of office shall be
43	43	11 held on the first day of the special session.
44	44	12 (c) The general assembly shall then adjourn until a day:
45	45	13 (1) certain fixed by a concurrent resolution; or
46	46	14 (2) when the gavel of each house falls in the presence of a quorum
47	47	15 whether or not a day certain to reconvene in session has been
48	48	16 fixed.
49	49	17 (d) The general assembly shall reconvene in session no later than
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51	51	1 the fourth Monday in January of the following year.
52	52	2 (e) The first regular session of each term of the general assembly
53	53	3 shall adjourn sine die not later than the following:
54	54	4 (1) April 29 in any odd-numbered year beginning after December
55	55	5 31, 2022, and ending before January 1, 2026.
56	56	6 (2) May 15 in any odd-numbered year beginning after
57	57	7 December 31, 2026.
58	58	8 SECTION 2. IC 2-2.1-1-2.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.201-2023,
59	59	9 SECTION 37, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
60	60	10 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 2.5. (a) The first regular technical session of
61	61	11 the general assembly shall convene on the second Tuesday after the
62	62	12 first Monday in June of each odd-numbered year.
63	63	13 (b) Only the following may be considered and acted upon during a
64	64	14 first regular technical session:
65	65	15 (1) Bills enacted during the first regular session vetoed by the
66	66	16 governor.
67	67	17 (2) Bills to correct conflicts among bills enacted during the first
68	68	18 regular session.
69	69	19 (3) Bills to correct technical errors in bills enacted during the first
70	70	20 regular session.
71	71	21 (c) The first regular technical session must adjourn sine die before
72	72	22 midnight after it convenes.
73	73	23 (d) The first regular technical session is not required to convene if
74	74	24 the speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro
75	75	25 tempore of the senate jointly issue an order finding that the purposes
76	76	26 for which a regular technical session may meet under subsection (b) do
77	77	27 not justify the cost and inconvenience of meeting in a regular technical
78	78	28 session.
79	79	29 (e) If the general assembly does not meet in a regular technical
80	80	30 session under this section, the general assembly shall consider and act
81	81	31 upon vetoes of bills enacted during the first regular session at the next
82	82	32 second regular session.
83	83	33 (f) For purposes of Article 5, Section 14 of the Constitution of the
84	84	34 State of Indiana, the first regular technical session is not considered a
85	85	35 regular session if the general assembly does not consider or act upon
86	86	36 vetoes of bills enacted during the first regular session under this
87	87	37 section.
88	88	38 SECTION 3. IC 2-2.1-1-3 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE UPON
89	89	39 PASSAGE]. Sec. 3. (a) The second regular session of each term of the
90	90	40 general assembly shall convene on the third Tuesday after the first
91	91	41 Monday of November of each odd-numbered year. The general
92	92	42 assembly shall then adjourn until a day:
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94	94	1 (1) certain fixed by a concurrent resolution; or
95	95	2 (2) when the gavel of each house falls in the presence of a quorum
96	96	3 whether or not a day certain to reconvene in session has been
97	97	4 fixed.
98	98	5 (b) The general assembly shall reconvene in session no later than
99	99	6 the fourth Monday in January of the following year. The second regular
100	100	7 session of each term of the general assembly shall adjourn sine die not
101	101	8 later than March 14 in any even-numbered year.
102	102	9 SECTION 4. IC 2-2.1-1-3.5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE UPON
103	103	10 PASSAGE]. Sec. 3.5. (a) The second regular technical session of the
104	104	11 general assembly shall convene on the second Tuesday after the first
105	105	12 Monday in May of each even-numbered year.
106	106	13 (b) Only the following may be considered and acted upon during a
107	107	14 second regular technical session:
108	108	15 (1) Bills enacted during the second regular session vetoed by the
109	109	16 governor.
110	110	17 (2) Bills to correct conflicts among bills enacted during the
111	111	18 second regular session.
112	112	19 (3) Bills to correct technical errors in bills enacted during the
113	113	20 second regular session.
114	114	21 (c) The second regular technical session must adjourn sine die
115	115	22 before midnight after it convenes.
116	116	23 (d) The second regular technical session is not required to convene
117	117	24 if the speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro
118	118	25 tempore of the senate jointly issue an order finding that the purposes
119	119	26 for which a regular technical session may meet under subsection (b) do
120	120	27 not justify the cost and inconvenience of meeting in a regular technical
121	121	28 session.
122	122	29 (e) If the general assembly does not meet in a regular technical
123	123	30 session under this section, the general assembly may consider and act
124	124	31 upon vetoes of bills enacted during the second regular session at the
125	125	32 next first regular session.
126	126	33 (f) For purposes of Article 5, Section 14 of the Constitution of the
127	127	34 State of Indiana, the second regular technical session is not considered
128	128	35 a regular session if the general assembly does not consider or act upon
129	129	36 vetoes of bills enacted during the second regular session under this
130	130	37 section.
131	131	38 SECTION 5. IC 2-2.1-1-9 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
132	132	39 FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 9. Procedures:
133	133	40 Standing Committee Appointments. (a) By not later than ten (10) days
134	134	41 after the election of officers as provided in sections 6 and 7 of this
135	135	42 chapter, the appointments to the standing committees of the two (2)
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137	137	1 houses of the General Assembly shall be made and announced by the
138	138	2 Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro
139	139	3 Tempore of the Senate, respectively.
140	140	4 (b) At the reconvening in January of the first regular session, of the
141	141	5 term, the lists of appointments to the standing committees shall be read
142	142	6 in their respective houses and recorded in the journals thereof.
143	143	7 (c) The members of the standing committees shall serve for the term
144	144	8 of the General Assembly in which they are appointed, unless removed,
145	145	9 suspended, or unable to serve.
146	146	10 SECTION 6. IC 2-2.1-4-4, AS ADDED BY P.L.229-2011,
147	147	11 SECTION 37, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
148	148	12 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "final day of
149	149	13 session" means either of the following:
150	150	14 (1) In the case of a regular session ending in a calendar year
151	151	15 ending before January 1, 2026, April 29 in odd-numbered years
152	152	16 and March 14 in even-numbered years or
153	153	17 (2) a date earlier than April 29 in odd-numbered years and March
154	154	18 14 in even-numbered years, if unless the presiding officers of
155	155	19 each body have:
156	156	20 (A) jointly agreed; and
157	157	21 (B) publicly announced;
158	158	22 that the an earlier date will be the final day of session.
159	159	23 (2) In the case of a regular session beginning after October 31,
160	160	24 2026, May 15 in each odd-numbered year unless the presiding
161	161	25 officers of each body have:
162	162	26 (A) jointly agreed; and
163	163	27 (B) publicly announced;
164	164	28 that an earlier date will be the final day of session.
165	165	29 SECTION 7. IC 2-5-1.1-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
166	166	30 FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 1. There is hereby
167	167	31 created a legislative council which shall be composed of sixteen (16)
168	168	32 members of the general assembly as follows:
169	169	33 (a) From the senate: The president pro tempore, the minority leader,
170	170	34 the majority caucus chairman, the minority caucus chairman, three (3)
171	171	35 members appointed by the president pro tempore, and one (1) member
172	172	36 appointed by the minority leader.
173	173	37 (b) From the house of representatives: The speaker of the house, the
174	174	38 majority leader, the minority leader, the majority caucus chairman, the
175	175	39 minority caucus chairman, two (2) members appointed by the speaker,
176	176	40 and one (1) member appointed by the minority leader.
177	177	41 (c) The president of the senate may serve as an ex officio non-voting
178	178	42 nonvoting member of the council.
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180	180	1 (d) The members of the council who serve by virtue of their office
181	181	2 shall serve until their successors are selected.
182	182	3 (e) The appointed members shall serve from the date of their
183	183	4 appointment until the next general election at which they run for
184	184	5 reelection, or until the convening of the first regular session of the next
185	185	6 general assembly, whichever is first to occur. The president pro
186	186	7 tempore, speaker, and minority leaders shall appoint their members not
187	187	8 later than five (5) days after the close of a first regular session of a
188	188	9 general assembly.
189	189	10 SECTION 8. IC 3-3-2-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
190	190	11 [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 1. Congressional districts shall
191	191	12 be established by law at the first regular session of the general
192	192	13 assembly convening immediately following the United States decennial
193	193	14 census.
194	194	15 SECTION 9. IC 15-13-6-2, AS ADDED BY P.L.2-2008, SECTION
195	195	16 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON
196	196	17 PASSAGE]: Sec. 2. (a) The advisory committee consists of the
197	197	18 following members appointed after the first day of each regular
198	198	19 session of the general assembly and before January 1 of the ensuing
199	199	20 calendar year:
200	200	21 (1) Four (4) members of the senate, not more than two (2) of
201	201	22 whom are members of the same political party, appointed by the
202	202	23 president pro tempore of the senate.
203	203	24 (2) Four (4) members of the house of representatives, not more
204	204	25 than two (2) of whom are members of the same political party,
205	205	26 appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
206	206	27 (b) A member appointed under subsection (a) begins serving on
207	207	28 January 1 and serves until the first day of the first regular session of
208	208	29 the next general assembly following the member's appointment.
209	209	30 (c) A vacancy on the advisory committee shall be filled for the
210	210	31 unexpired term by the appointing authority who appointed the member
211	211	32 whose position is vacant.
212	212	33 (d) After appointment of the members of the advisory committee
213	213	34 under subsection (a), the:
214	214	35 (1) speaker of the house of representatives shall name one (1) of
215	215	36 the members as chairperson; and
216	216	37 (2) president pro tempore of the senate shall name another
217	217	38 member as vice chairperson.
218	218	39 The chairperson and the vice chairperson serve until the first day of the
219	219	40 second regular session of that general assembly. January 1 of the
220	220	41 calendar year following the calendar year in which the terms of the
221	221	42 members of the advisory committee began under subsection (a).
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223	223	1 The vice chairperson during the first session year of the members'
224	224	2 term then becomes the chairperson for the second year, and the
225	225	3 chairperson during the first session year of the members' term
226	226	4 becomes the vice chairperson for the second year. The appointing
227	227	5 authority may name a different chairperson or vice chairperson at any
228	228	6 time.
229	229	7 SECTION 10. IC 21-18-16-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.201-2023,
230	230	8 SECTION 226, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
231	231	9 [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 2. (a) The commission shall
232	232	10 create a higher educational operating funding outcomes based formula
233	233	11 that aligns with the goals outlined in the commission's long range plan
234	234	12 for postsecondary education under IC 21-18-8.
235	235	13 (b) The commission shall create a separate higher educational
236	236	14 operating funding outcomes based formula for Ivy Tech Community
237	237	15 College that:
238	238	16 (1) aligns with the goals outlined in the commission's long range
239	239	17 plan for postsecondary education under IC 21-18-8; and
240	240	18 (2) focuses on employer needs, positive wage outcomes, and
241	241	19 stackable credentials.
242	242	20 (c) An outcomes based funding formula must be created and
243	243	21 approved by the commission at a meeting of the commission on or
244	244	22 before October 1 of each even-numbered year. prior to each
245	245	23 odd-numbered year in which the general assembly will reconvene in a
246	246	24 first regular session and consider a state budget bill.
247	247	25 (d) The commission shall approve the metrics used for an outcomes
248	248	26 based funding formula created under this chapter.
249	249	27 SECTION 11. An emergency is declared for this act.
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