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SB80 • 2026

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

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

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Senator Aaron Freeman
Last action
2026-03-12
Official status
Enrolled Senate Bill (S)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary does not provide detailed information on specific sections or impacts beyond resolving conflicts and organizing definitions.

Fixing Indiana's Laws

This act resolves issues in Indiana's laws by addressing unresolved amend-repeal conflicts, organizing definitions alphabetically, and resolving technical conflicts between different laws.

What This Bill Does

  • Addresses unresolved amend-repeal conflicts created during the 2025 legislative session.
  • Organizes defined terms alphabetically to facilitate future expansion of those chapters.
  • Resolves technical conflicts between SB 80-2025 and HB 1088-2025, as well as various enrolled acts passed in 2026.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who use Indiana's laws, like lawyers and judges.
  • Government agencies that follow or enforce Indiana's laws.

Terms To Know

Technical conflicts
Small problems in the law where different parts do not match up correctly.
Conforming cross-reference updates
Changes made to one part of a law when another part is changed, so everything matches and works together.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The act does not change any major laws or rules in Indiana.
  • It only addresses specific issues identified during the legislative process.

Amendments

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

SB0080.02.COMS.AMH01

Committee Senate Bill (H) • Representative Chris Jeter

Filed

Plain English: This amendment changes the Indiana Code by adding a new section related to code publication.

  • Adds a new section to the Indiana Code concerning how laws and codes are published.
  • The specific details of what this new section will contain are not provided in the given text.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-12 Senate

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2026-03-12 Senate

    Public Law 145

  3. 2026-03-06 Senate

    Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. 2026-03-05 Senate

    Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  5. 2026-03-03 House

    Signed by the Speaker

  6. 2026-02-27 Senate

    CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

  7. 2026-02-27 House

    CCR # 1 filed in the House

  8. 2026-02-27 Senate

    Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 333: yeas 46, nays 1

  9. 2026-02-27 House

    Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 432: yeas 92, nays 0

  10. 2026-02-19 Senate

    Senate dissented from House amendments

  11. 2026-02-19 Senate

    Senate advisors appointed: Randolph Lonnie M, Alexander

  12. 2026-02-19 Senate

    Senate conferees appointed: Freeman, Taylor G

  13. 2026-02-19 House

    House advisors appointed: Meltzer, Burton

  14. 2026-02-19 House

    House conferees appointed: Engleman, Garcia Wilburn

  15. 2026-02-18 Senate

    Motion to dissent filed

  16. 2026-02-10 House

    Returned to the Senate with amendments

  17. 2026-02-09 House

    Third reading: passed; Roll Call 208: yeas 94, nays 0

  18. 2026-02-05 House

    Second reading: ordered engrossed

  19. 2026-02-03 House

    Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  20. 2026-01-20 House

    First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

  21. 2026-01-09 Senate

    Referred to the House

  22. 2026-01-08 Senate

    Third reading: passed; Roll Call 15: yeas 48, nays 0

  23. 2026-01-08 Senate

    House sponsor: Representative Engleman

  24. 2026-01-06 Senate

    Second reading: ordered engrossed

  25. 2025-12-10 Senate

    Committee report: do pass, adopted

  26. 2025-12-08 Senate

    Authored by Senators Freeman, Taylor G

  27. 2025-12-08 Senate

    First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

Official Summary Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning general provisions.
Code publication.

Current Bill Text

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

Code publication.

Addresses unresolved amend-repeal conflicts created during the 2025 legislative session. Repeals and relocates the specific definitions chapters for organization of defined terms by alphabetical order and to provide for future expansion of those chapters. Makes conforming cross-reference updates. Resolves technical conflicts between SB 80-2025 and HB 1088-2025 (the annual Technical Corrections bill) and technical conflicts between various enrolled acts passed during the 2026 legislative session. Makes no substantive change to law.