IN SB 8

died on adjournment

Library budgets.

Indiana · 2026 Regular Session (2nd Regular Session, 124th General Assembly) · upper

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Did IN SB 8 pass?

No. IN SB 8 died when the 2026 Regular Session (2nd Regular Session, 124th General Assembly) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-01-28): First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means

What is IN SB 8 about?

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.

Who sponsors IN SB 8?

J.D. Prescott, Ryan Mishler, Chris Garten and 1 others are the primary sponsors of IN SB 8, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-01-28 — First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-01-28
First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-27
Referred to the House
referral
2026-01-26
Senator Schmitt added as coauthor
2026-01-26
House sponsor: Representative Prescott
2026-01-26
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 68: yeas 31, nays 13
passage,reading-3,reading-3
2026-01-26
Senator Garten added as second author
2026-01-26
Senator Baldwin added as coauthor
2026-01-26
Senator Young M added as coauthor
2026-01-26
Senator Mishler added as third author
2026-01-26
Senators Johnson T, Buchanan added as coauthors
2026-01-22
Second reading: ordered engrossed
reading-2
2026-01-20
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
committee-passage
2025-12-08
Authored by Senator Byrne
2025-12-08
First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
reading-1,referral-committee

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Votes

SB 8 - Byrne - 3rd Reading
2026-01-26 · pass · 31-13
Member-level votes (49)
- Alexander: yes
- Carrasco: yes
- Garten: yes
- Raatz: yes
- Baldwin: yes
- Charbonneau: yes
- Gaskill: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Bray: yes
- Clark: yes
- Goode: yes
- Schmitt: yes
- Brown: yes
- Crider: yes
- Holdman: yes
- Tomes: yes
- Buchanan: yes
- Deery: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Walker G: yes
- Buck: yes
- Dernulc: yes
- Koch: yes
- Walker K: yes
- Busch: yes
- Doriot: yes
- Maxwell: yes
- Young: yes
- Byrne: yes
- Freeman: yes
- Mishler: yes
- Alting: no
- Hunley: no
- Pol: no
- Yoder: no
- Bohacek: no
- Leising: no
- Qaddoura: no
- Donato: no
- Niemeyer: no
- Spencer: no
- Glick: no
- Niezgodski: no
- Taylor: no
- Bassler: excused
- Ford J.D.: excused
- Jackson, L: excused
- Randolph: excused
- Becker: excused

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https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0008

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