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SB172 • 2026

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

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

Budget
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Senator Tyler Johnson
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
Senate Bill (H)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide specific details on what happens if the budget committee disagrees with a proposed rule.

Indiana Rule Review Act

This act changes how Indiana reviews rules with implementation and compliance costs exceeding $100,000 over two years.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the budget committee to review any rule with costs over $100,000 before it can be published in the Indiana Register.
  • Prevents the budget agency and office of management from approving parts of a proposed rule until the budget committee reviews it.
  • Stops the governor from approving provisional or interim rules without the budget committee's review if they cost more than $100,000 over two years.
  • Limits when agencies can adopt new rules by requiring them to show certain conditions exist to the governor’s satisfaction.
  • Sets a limit of $500,000 for provisional and interim rulemaking costs over two years.

Who It Names or Affects

  • State agencies that make rules
  • The budget committee
  • Businesses, units, and individuals affected by the rules

Terms To Know

provisional rule
A temporary rule made to address an urgent situation.
interim rule
A short-term rule used when a permanent rule is needed quickly.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if the budget committee disagrees with a proposed rule.
  • It's unclear how this change will affect existing rules that cost more than $100,000 but less than $500,000 over two years.

Amendments

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

SB0172.01.INTR.AMS04

Committee Introduced Senate Bill (S) • Senator Chris Garten

Filed

Plain English: The amendment aims to add a new section to the Indiana Code that would require administrative rules to be reviewed periodically.

  • Adds a requirement for periodic reviews of administrative rules.
  • The specific details and frequency of these reviews are not provided in the amendment text, making it unclear how this new section will operate in practice.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 House

    Reassigned to Committee on Ways and Means

  2. 2026-01-29 House

    First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. 2026-01-28 Senate

    Referred to the House

  4. 2026-01-27 Senate

    Third reading: passed; Roll Call 98: yeas 46, nays 0

  5. 2026-01-27 Senate

    House sponsor: Representative Miller D

  6. 2026-01-27 Senate

    Cosponsor: Representative Bascom

  7. 2026-01-27 Senate

    Senator Koch added as coauthor

  8. 2026-01-27 Senate

    Senators Freeman, Charbonneau added as coauthors

  9. 2026-01-26 Senate

    Second reading: ordered engrossed

  10. 2026-01-22 Senate

    Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  11. 2026-01-22 Senate

    Senator Garten added as second author

  12. 2026-01-22 Senate

    Senator Brown L added as third author

  13. 2026-01-05 Senate

    Authored by Senator Johnson T

  14. 2026-01-05 Senate

    First reading: referred to Committee on Appropriations

Official Summary Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state offices and administration.
Administrative rulemaking.

Current Bill Text

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

Administrative rulemaking.

Provides that if the implementation and compliance costs of a proposed rule, provisional rule, or interim rule exceed $100,000 (instead of $1,000,000) over a two year period: (1) the rule cannot be published in the Indiana Register until the budget committee has reviewed the rule; (2) the budget agency and the office of management and budget may not approve any part of the proposed rule prior to review by the budget committee; and (3) in the case of a provisional rule or an interim rule, the governor may not approve a rule prior to the budget committee's review of the rule. Provides that an agency may adopt a rule only if the agency has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the governor that certain circumstances exist. Specifies that provisional and interim rulemaking may be used only under specified circumstances if the combined implementation and compliance costs would not exceed $500,000 for businesses, units, and individuals if effective over a two year period.