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HB1268Introduced in the House

Indiana defense matters.

Passed

Introduced by Steve Bartels, District 74

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Indiana defense matters. Adds one voting member to the Indiana defense task force (task force) appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate and one voting member to the task force appointed by the speaker of the house. Adds the adjutant general of the Indiana National Guard or the adjutant general's designee as a nonvoting member of the task force. Provides that, on or before May 1, 2026, and each May 1 thereafter, the task force shall submit a report to the Indiana economic development corporation's office of defense development and the budget committee. Provides that the report shall identify the task force's identified priorities for expenditures for the following state fiscal year. Provides that on or before August 1, 2027, and each August 1 thereafter, the corporation's office of defense development shall submit a report to the task force and the budget committee that details expenditures from amounts appropriated to the corporation's office of defense development for priorities identified by the task force for the previous state fiscal year. Provides that, beginning with the 2026-2027 state fiscal year, and each state fiscal year thereafter, the corporation's office of defense development shall consider and incorporate, to the extent practicable, the task force's identified priorities for expenditures when the corporation's office of defense development formulates its annual budget. Provides that the IEDC and an operating partner shall administer the federal Unmanned Aircraft System Test Site program Indiana.

Where it stands

Public Law 87

March 4, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 · February 27, 2026

94

Yes

1

No

5

Absent or Not Voting

100 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Carolyn Jackson1Yes
Earl Harris2Yes
Ragen Hatcher3Absent
Edmond Soliday4Yes
Dale DeVon5Yes
Maureen Bauer6Yes
Jake Teshka7Yes
Ryan Dvorak8No
Randy Novak9Yes
Charles Moseley10Yes

Bill history

  1. Authored by Representative Bartels

  2. First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety

  3. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  4. Representative Lindauer added as coauthor

  5. Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3

  6. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  7. Representative DeLaney added as coauthor

  8. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  9. Representative Judy added as coauthor

  10. Senate sponsors: Senators Goode, Schmitt

  11. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 178: yeas 85, nays 0

  12. Referred to the Senate

  13. First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and The Military

  14. Committee report: do pass, adopted

  15. Senators Charbonneau, Doriot, Maxwell added as cosponsors

  16. Amendment #1 (Goode) prevailed; voice vote

  17. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  18. Senators Tomes, Crider, Buck, Byrne added as cosponsors

  19. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 247: yeas 47, nays 0

  20. Senators Becker, Koch, Donato added as cosponsors

  21. Returned to the House with amendments

  22. Motion to dissent filed

  23. House dissented from Senate amendments

  24. Senate conferees appointed: Goode, Spencer

  25. Senate advisors appointed: Schmitt, Ford J.D.

  26. House conferees appointed: Bartels, DeLaney

  27. House advisors appointed: Lindauer, Judy, Lopez, Pack

  28. Signed by the Speaker

  29. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  30. Signed by the President of the Senate

  31. CCR # 1 filed in the House

  32. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

  33. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 317: yeas 48, nays 0

  34. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 408: yeas 94, nays 1

  35. Signed by the Governor

  36. Public Law 87

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