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At a glance: Resolutions and bills adopted by the Indiana Senate April 3, 2025
Summary
The Senate adopted several ceremonial resolutions and approved motions and bills with limited floor debate. This roundup lists key adopted measures and recorded votes noted in the transcript excerpt.
The Indiana Senate took action on a range of resolutions and bills on April 3, 2025. The measures below were adopted or moved forward with the outcomes recorded on the floor. This item summarizes those actions and the recorded vote tallies where provided.
Ceremonial and special resolutions
- Senate Resolution 54: Honored Judge Patricia A. Riley on her retirement from the Indiana Court of Appeals. The chamber adopted the resolution by voice vote; unanimous consent was given to add all senators to the resolution. (action: adopted; recorded as adopted by voice vote.)
- Senate Concurrent Resolution 38: Honored Jaden O'Brien for winning her third consecutive NCAA indoor pentathlon title. Adopted by voice vote; Senate ordered notification to the House. (action: adopted.)
- Senate Resolution 51: A resolution raising concern about national debt levels and urging congressional action. The Senate adopted the resolution after floor discussion; roll-call not recorded in the excerpt for the final tally but the transcript records the resolution as adopted.
- Senate Concurrent Resolution 32: Acknowledged persecution of Christians in the Artsakh region and urged federal action; adopted by voice vote.
Selected bills placed on passage, engrossment or passed (votes as recorded in transcript)
- House Bill 11-26 (third reading): Development of a watershed commission; passed 49-0 on third reading.
- House Bill 12-53 (child care licensing technical fix): Passed 48-1 on third reading.
- House Bill 14-12 (child-protection reporting changes): Passed 31-18 (roll-call recorded on third reading).
- House Bill 14-48 (gaming revenue restitution to East Chicago and Michigan City): Passed 49-0; fiscal schedule included multiyear repayments and withholdings described on the fiscal report.
- House Bill 16-70 (Veterans Empowerment Act): Passed 48-0 on third reading.
- House Bill 16-33 (study of election scheduling and vote centers): Passed 35-13 (see separate article for details).
- Senate concurrence motions: Multiple concurrence motions were adopted, including Senate Bill 306 (motion to concur passed 48-0) and Senate Bill 498 (motion to concur passed 44-4). Motions to concur on several other bills passed by recorded roll calls noted in the transcript.
Process notes
Where the transcript lists bills with passage but does not include a roll-call tally in this excerpt, the item is marked "adopted/passed" and vote details are "not specified". For bills and amendments that received extended debate and a recorded roll-call, tallies are included above.
Ending: This roundup captures the primary floor actions recorded in the transcript excerpt. For any specific bill, the legislative journals and the Secretary of the Senate provide the official vote tallies and final enrolled texts.
