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SB8 • 2026

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning taxation.

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning taxation.

Budget
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Senator Gary Byrne
Last action
2026-01-28
Official status
Engrossed Senate Bill (H)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details about the specific aims of the bill regarding ease or difficulty for libraries to increase their budgets.

Changing Library Budget Review Rules

This bill changes the percentage increase in a public library's budget that requires it to be reviewed by local government fiscal bodies.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the rules for when a public library's proposed budget must be reviewed by local government fiscal bodies.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Public libraries in Indiana
  • Local government fiscal bodies that oversee public library budgets

Terms To Know

Fiscal body
A group within a local government responsible for managing financial matters, including reviewing budget proposals.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify the exact new percentage limit.
  • It is unclear how this change will affect specific libraries or fiscal bodies without knowing the new percentage.

Amendments

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

SB0008.01.INTR.AMS02

Committee Introduced Senate Bill (S) • Senator Travis Holdman

Filed

Plain English: This amendment makes various unspecified changes to the Indiana Code concerning taxation.

  • The exact nature of the changes is not specified in the provided text.
  • The official amendment text does not provide specific details about what changes are being made, making it impossible to describe the concrete effects.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-28 House

    First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  2. 2026-01-27 Senate

    Referred to the House

  3. 2026-01-26 Senate

    Third reading: passed; Roll Call 68: yeas 31, nays 13

  4. 2026-01-26 Senate

    House sponsor: Representative Prescott

  5. 2026-01-26 Senate

    Senator Garten added as second author

  6. 2026-01-26 Senate

    Senator Mishler added as third author

  7. 2026-01-26 Senate

    Senator Baldwin added as coauthor

  8. 2026-01-26 Senate

    Senator Schmitt added as coauthor

  9. 2026-01-26 Senate

    Senator Young M added as coauthor

  10. 2026-01-26 Senate

    Senators Johnson T, Buchanan added as coauthors

  11. 2026-01-22 Senate

    Second reading: ordered engrossed

  12. 2026-01-20 Senate

    Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  13. 2025-12-08 Senate

    Authored by Senator Byrne

  14. 2025-12-08 Senate

    First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy

Official Summary Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning taxation.
Library budgets.

Current Bill Text

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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning taxation.

Library budgets.

Amends the percentage increase in a public library's proposed budget that determines whether the public library's proposed budget is subject to binding review by the applicable county, city, or town, fiscal body.