Indiana Senate Bill 344 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: Passed on May 4 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-04 - Public Law 186
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Northeast Indiana strategic development commission. Establishes the northeast Indiana strategic development fund (fund) administered by the northeast Indiana strategic development commission (commission). Prohibits money in the fund from being used for the purposes of expanding or increasing access to broadband. Adds additional purposes to be carried out by the commission in the development area. Expands the membership of the commission to include two additional voting members to be appointed by the mayors and commissioners caucus of the northeast Indiana regional development authority and specifies certain qualifications for the appointments.

Northeast Indiana strategic development commission.

Sen. Travis Holdman [R]	Sen. Justin Busch [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Rep. Dave Heine [R]
Rep. Philip GiaQuinta [D]	Rep. Matthew Lehman [R]	Rep. Craig Snow [R]

2023-04-27 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 93 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2023-04-27 - Senate - Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-11 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-07 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-04	Senate	Public Law 186
2023-05-04	Senate	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
2023-04-27	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 545: yeas 93, nays 1
2023-04-27	Senate	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 516: yeas 47, nays 0
2023-04-27	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2023-04-27	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2023-04-20	House	Representative Heine added as advisor
2023-04-20	House	Representative Judy added as conferee
2023-04-20	House	Representative Heine removed as conferee
2023-04-20	House	Representative Judy removed as advisor
2023-04-18	House	House advisors appointed: Snow, Judy and Miller K
2023-04-18	House	House conferees appointed: Heine and GiaQuinta
2023-04-18	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Melton and Busch
2023-04-18	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Holdman and Randolph Lonnie M
2023-04-18	Senate	Senate dissented from House amendments
2023-04-18	Senate	Motion to dissent filed
2023-04-12	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2023-04-11	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 387: yeas 97, nays 0
2023-04-11	House	Representatives Lehman and Snow C added as cosponsors
2023-04-10	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-04-06	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-02-28	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
2023-02-09	Senate	Referred to the House
2023-02-07	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2023-02-07	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 83: yeas 49, nays 0
2023-02-07	Senate	Cosponsor: Representative GiaQuinta
2023-02-07	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Heine
2023-02-06	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-01-30	Senate	Senator Busch added as second author
2023-01-26	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-01-12	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
2023-01-12	Senate	Authored by Senator Holdman

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/344/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/344/#1.INTR
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/344/#2.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/344/#3.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/344/#4.ENRH
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/344/#S83
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/344/#H387
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/344/#S516
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/344/#H545