Legislative record

SJR 19STATE · IndianaIn Committee

Service on interbranch commissions.

Adds a new section to the Constitution of the State of Indiana specifying that a Senator or Representative may serve on a commission, board, committee, or similar entity organized to govern, advise, or provide oversight to an agency of the administrative or executive departments of the state. Provides that the following apply to a Senator or Representative serving on an entity under the new constitutional provision: (1) The Senator or Representative may be appointed to serve on the entity by a member of the General Assembly or a committee of the General Assembly. (2) The Senator or Representative may be a voting member, an alternate member, or a nonvoting advisory member of the entity. (3) The Senator or Representative may participate in any activity conducted in the fulfillment of the entity's duties as prescribed by law, rule, or executive order, other than the preparation or adoption of an administrative rule. Limits the number of Senators and Representatives that may be appointed to serve as voting members of an entity to: (1) one Senator from each major political party; and (2) one Representative from each major political party.

Voted 2/12/2024

Roll-call record

How representatives voted

48 yea·0 nay

Docket history

Action history

  1. 2/12/2024First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
  2. 2/2/2024Referred to the House
  3. 2/1/2024Third reading: passed; Roll Call 80: yeas 49, nays 0
  4. 2/1/2024House sponsor: Representative Jeter
  5. 2/1/2024Cosponsor: Representative Lehman
  6. 1/30/2024Amendment #3 (Messmer) prevailed; voice vote
  7. 1/30/2024Amendment #4 (Pol) prevailed; voice vote
  8. 1/30/2024Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
  9. 1/18/2024Committee report: do pass, adopted
  10. 1/10/2024Authored by Senators Messmer and Garten