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Votes at a glance: Indiana Senate clears a package of bills, March 11, 2025
Summary
The Indiana Senate adopted a series of bills on third reading and other measures by unanimous consent or recorded roll calls. Bills ranged from routine technical corrections to changes to controlled substances schedules, thresholds for local public works contracts and provisions on expungement for certain red-flag findings.
INDIANAPOLIS — During the March 11 session the Indiana Senate approved a set of bills on third reading and adopted multiple routine motions. Several items on the floor drew minimal debate and passed by recorded votes or unanimous consent.
Key outcomes: - House Bill 10 50 (annual technical corrections): Passed; roll call recorded 48 ayes, 0 nos. - House Bill 10 56 (controlled substances update; adds two drugs to controlled-substances list): Passed; roll call recorded 49 ayes, 1 no. - House Bill 10 88 (annual probate technical bill): Passed; roll call recorded 49 ayes, 1 no. - House Bill 11 37 (expungement for certain red-flag determinations): Passed; roll call recorded 49 ayes, 0 nos. Sponsors described it as allowing expungement or shielding from public view for people found not dangerous after due process, while keeping law enforcement access to records. - House Bill 11 98 (raises local public works competitive bidding threshold from $250,000 to $375,000 and ties future adjustments to CPI): Passed; roll call recorded 46 ayes, 3 nos. - House Bill 12 13 (technical fix to transfer-on-death language distinguishing real property from personal property): Passed; roll call recorded 49 ayes, 0 nos. - House Bill 12 89 (adopts the federal definition of an employment social enterprise to expand eligibility for federal workforce funding): Passed; roll call recorded 49 ayes, 0 nos. - House Bill 16 26 (child custody order language and findings of fact): Passed; roll call recorded 50 ayes, 0 nos.
Other procedural actions: The Senate adopted nine committee reports by single-consent motion, placed author motions on the record by unanimous consent, and adjourned to March 13, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.
Several bills were characterized on the floor as non-substantive or technical fixes; two bills prompted brief sponsor remarks explaining their purposes. Recorded vote tallies are taken from the session ledger and the clerk’s roll-call announcements on the floor.
Votes listed above reflect the roll-call tallies announced in the transcript for each bill. If a tally was not recorded in the transcript for a particular item, the outcome is described as passed by unanimous consent or "not specified."
