SB0378: A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state offices and administration and to make an appropriation.

Page last updated: Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM (America/Indianapolis).

General Information

• Stage: Introduced Senate Bill (S)
• Current Chamber: senate
• Origin Chamber: senate
• Description: Semiquincentennial commission.

Legislators

Actions (2 total)

• Jan 13, 2025, 11:36 AM: First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
• Jan 13, 2025, 11:36 AM: Authored by Senator Goode

Digest

Changes the membership of the semiquincentennial commission (commission). Requires the department of natural resources to provide staff support to the commission beginning June 1, 2025. Designates Indiana's United States Senators as honorary co-chairpersons of the commission. Establishes the semiquincentennial advisory committee to advise the commission on carrying out the commission's duties. Repeals the statute specifying the duties of the commission under current law. Specifies that the commission's duties are to do the following: (1) Plan, develop, and conduct at least one event in each Indiana state park before June 30, 2027, in commemoration of the semiquincentennial. (2) Promote programs developed by state agencies, municipalities, school corporations, and Indiana's colleges and universities that commemorate the semiquincentennial. Makes conforming changes. Extends the commission law until July 1, 2027. Makes an appropriation.