2025 Regular SessionIndiana Legislature

HB1134: Executive sessions.

Legislative Summary

Executive sessions. Allows meetings of a state or local agency governing body concerning the following topics to be held in executive session: (1) Employee health care options with respect to special exceptions to coverage. (2) Employee specific compensation or employment matters of individual employees (excluding general discussion of employee compensation during a budget process). (3) Employee handbook changes. (3) Review of negotiations on the performance of publicly bid contracts, when public knowledge may result in increased cost. (4) Solicitation of contract proposals containing a bidder's proprietary information.

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Bill History

1/8/2025
Coauthored by Representative Davis
House of Representatives
1/8/2025
Authored by Representative Smaltz
House of Representatives
1/8/2025
First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform
House of Representatives
2/10/2025
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
House of Representatives
2/13/2025
Amendment #1 (Smaltz) prevailed; voice vote
House of Representatives
2/13/2025
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
House of Representatives
2/17/2025
Senate sponsor: Senator Buck
House of Representatives
2/17/2025
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 167: yeas 91, nays 4
House of Representatives
2/18/2025
Referred to the Senate
House of Representatives
3/3/2025
First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
Senate
3/27/2025
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Senate
3/31/2025
Second reading: ordered engrossed
Senate
4/1/2025
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 324: yeas 47, nays 1
Senate
4/2/2025
Returned to the House with amendments
Senate
4/15/2025
Motion to concur filed
House of Representatives
4/16/2025
House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 465: yeas 67, nays 13
House of Representatives
4/17/2025
Signed by the Speaker
House of Representatives
4/21/2025
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
Senate
4/23/2025
Signed by the President of the Senate
Senate

Amendments

Senate Local Government Amendment #6

Senate Local Government Amendment #6

3/27/2025Not Adopted

Senate Local Government Amendment #3

Senate Local Government Amendment #3

3/27/2025Not Adopted

House Amendment #1

House Amendment #1

2/13/2025Not Adopted

House Government and Regulatory Reform Amendment #2

House Government and Regulatory Reform Amendment #2

2/10/2025Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

House - House concurred with Senate amendments
4/16/2025
67
Yea
13
Nay
4
Not Voting
16
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate - Third reading
4/1/2025
47
Yea
1
Nay
2
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House - Third reading
2/17/2025
91
Yea
4
Nay
1
Not Voting
4
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Enrolled(4/2/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Sponsors

Republican: 3

Primary Sponsor

Ben Smaltz
Ben Smaltz
Republican

Documents

Enrolled
Bill Text4/16/2025121.0 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text3/27/2025221.8 KB
Engrossed
Bill Text2/13/2025287.4 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text2/10/2025286.3 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/7/2025123.5 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note4/16/202554.4 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note4/1/202554.4 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note3/31/202554.2 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note3/28/202554.2 KB
Misc
Misc3/27/202522.6 KB
Misc
Misc3/27/202543.6 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note2/17/202563.5 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note2/13/202563.4 KB
Misc
Misc2/10/202522.4 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note2/10/202563.4 KB
Misc
Misc2/10/202599.0 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note1/7/202548.4 KB