Indiana House Bill 1256 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: Passed on May 4 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-04 - Public Law 222
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Archives and record administration. Amends related definitions. Allows the attorney general to retain and publish records and opinions in electronic format. Amends various duties for the Indiana archives and records administration (administration). Removes the requirement that the administration follow procedures and forms prescribed by the federal government in implementing a forms management program. Requires the administration to establish standards for the design, redesign, numbering, standardization, consolidation, or elimination of forms used by state government. Provides that the administration must apply the definition of "record" to certain governmental materials. Requires a state agency to do the following: (1) Submit recommended retention schedules to the administration. (2) Follow the standards developed by the administration when creating and revising state forms. (3) Designate an agency forms coordinator to manage the creation and revision of state forms belonging to the agency and serve as a liaison between the agency and the administration. (4) Designate an agency records coordinator to coordinate the creation and revision of agency records retention schedules, educate agency staff on records management processes, and serve as a liaison between the agency and the administration. Removes certain duties of the oversight committee on public records. Makes conforming changes.

Archives and record administration.

Rep. Matt Pierce [D]	Rep. Matthew Lehman [R]	Rep. Edward Clere [R]	Rep. Doug Miller [R]
Sen. Ronnie Alting [R]	Sen. Andrea Hunley [D]

2023-04-26 - Senate - Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 90 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2023-04-04 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-06 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-04	House	Public Law 222
2023-05-04	House	Signed by the Governor
2023-05-01	House	Signed by the Speaker
2023-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2023-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2023-04-26	Senate	Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 496: yeas 50, nays 0
2023-04-26	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 507: yeas 91, nays 0
2023-04-25	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2023-04-25	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2023-04-13	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Ford J.D. and Buck
2023-04-13	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Alting and Pol
2023-04-06	House	House advisors appointed: Clere, Abbott and Miller K
2023-04-06	House	House conferees appointed: Lehman and Pierce M
2023-04-06	House	House dissented from Senate amendments
2023-04-06	House	Motion to dissent filed
2023-04-05	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2023-04-04	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 305: yeas 48, nays 0
2023-03-30	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2023-03-30	Senate	Amendment #1 (Alting) prevailed; voice vote
2023-03-27	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2023-02-27	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
2023-02-07	House	Referred to the Senate
2023-02-06	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 74: yeas 97, nays 0
2023-02-06	House	Senate sponsors: Senators Alting and Hunley
2023-02-02	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-01-31	House	Representative Miller D added as coauthor
2023-01-31	House	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2023-01-30	House	Representative Clere added as coauthor
2023-01-11	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform
2023-01-11	House	Authored by Representative Pierce M
2023-01-11	House	Coauthored by Representative Lehman

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1256/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1256/#1.INTR
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1256/#2.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1256/#3.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1256/#4.ENGS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1256/#5.ENRS
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1256/#H74
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1256/#S305
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1256/#H507
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1256/#S496