HB1226 • 2026

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Representative Shane Lindauer
Last action: 2026-02-02
Official status: Engrossed House Bill (S)
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide specific details on the amount of additional discounts for Indiana businesses.

Indiana Business Preference Act

This act changes how Indiana buys things by giving extra benefits to businesses that make products in Indiana or the U.S.

What This Bill Does

Provides a price preference to non-Indiana companies if they offer supplies made, assembled, or produced in Indiana.
Adds an additional price preference for Indiana companies offering supplies made, assembled, or produced in Indiana when bidding on state contracts.
Allows this extra discount even if there is only one bid from a company, not just when two or more bids are equal.
Gives a 25% price preference to buy American-made flags.

Who It Names or Affects

State agencies in Indiana
Indiana businesses
Non-Indiana businesses that make products in Indiana

Terms To Know

price preference: A discount or advantage given to a business when the state buys things.
bid: An offer made by a company to provide goods or services at a certain price.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how much the additional discount is for Indiana businesses.
It's unclear if there are any limits on which types of supplies qualify for these discounts.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HB1226.02.COMH.AMH001

Filed House Bill (H) • Representative Chuck Moseley

Passed

Plain English: This amendment changes the Indiana Code to add a new requirement for state and local administration.

Adds a new provision in the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration, but the specific details of what this new provision entails are not provided in the given text.

The official amendment text does not provide enough information to specify exactly what changes will be made to the Indiana Code.

Bill History

2026-02-02 Senate
First reading: referred to Committee on Appropriations
2026-01-29 House
Referred to the Senate
2026-01-28 House
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 137: yeas 89, nays 0
2026-01-28 House
Senate sponsor: Senator Schmitt
2026-01-20 House
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2026-01-20 House
Amendment #1 (Moseley) prevailed; Roll Call 50: yeas 85, nays 0
2026-01-14 House
Committee report: do pass, adopted
2026-01-13 House
Representative Miller D added as coauthor
2026-01-12 House
Representative Bartels added as coauthor
2026-01-05 House
Authored by Representative Lindauer
2026-01-05 House
First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform

Official Summary Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration.
Public purchasing from Indiana businesses.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration.

Public purchasing from Indiana businesses.

Provides a price preference to a business that is not an Indiana business but offers to provide supplies manufactured, assembled, or produced in Indiana. Provides that an Indiana business that offers to provide supplies manufactured, assembled, or produced in Indiana is eligible for an additional price preference for a contract awarded by a state agency. (Under current law, the additional price preference applies only when two or more equal bids are submitted.) Provides a 25% price preference for the purchase of flags that are manufactured in the United States.