House adopts committee reports en masse, sets adjournment for March 13

The House adopted committee reports en masse and voted to adjourn until March 13, 2025, at 11 a.m., the chamber announced during a brief session.

The action advances a group of Senate bills and concurrent resolutions reported out of committee and clears the way for scheduled committee hearings on several issues including health care, utilities and energy, education, courts and criminal code matters, elections and apportionment, tax and budgetary proposals, and family and child services. Roll call recorded 92 members present; Representatives Green, Moed and Porter were excused.

House leadership recognized David A. Groves, national president of the nonprofit Blacks in Government, who the chair noted was celebrating the organization’s 50th anniversary.

“The motion is adopted,” the presiding officer said after members voted on both the committee reports and the adjournment motion. Representative Layman moved to adjourn until March 13 at 11 a.m.; the motion was seconded and carried by voice vote.

The committee reports taken en masse covered the following items as read into the record: Senate Bill 80; Senate Bill 222; Senate Bill 421; Senate Bill 422; Senate Bill 484; Senate Joint Resolution 21; Senate Concurrent Resolutions 10, 11, 12 and 13. (The transcript listed these committee reports collectively for adoption; the House recorded the en masse adoption rather than individual roll-call votes on each bill.)

Members and staff also announced committee hearing schedules for March 11–12 and March 19, 2025. Highlights included:

- Tuesday, March 11 — Public Health (8:30 a.m., Room 156A): Senate Bill 176 (licensed practical nurses, Rep. Barrett), Senate Bill 181 (nurse training and trauma-informed care, Rep. Goss Reeves), Senate Bill 216 (mental health professionals, Rep. Goss Reeves), Senate Bill 486 (family and social services, Rep. McGuire), Senate Bill 505 (emergency transport to appropriate facility, Rep. Goss Reeves).

- Tuesday, March 11 — Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications (10:30 a.m., Room 156A): Senate Bill 457 (carbon dioxide sequestration, Rep. Salade, amended vote only), Senate Bill 178 (natural gas and propane as clean energy resources, Rep. Miller), Senate Bill 424 (small modular nuclear reactor development cost, Rep. Salade), Senate Bill 426 (water utilities, Rep. Salade).

- Tuesday, March 11 — Veterans Affairs and Public Safety (1:30 p.m., Room 156B): Senate Bill 95 (law enforcement training cost reimbursement, Rep. Bartels), Senate Bill 144 (county police pension trust fund, Rep. McNamara), Senate Bill 430 (grants for participation in the 287(g) program, Rep. Jeter), Senate Bill 520 (perpetual care fund deposits for columbariums, Rep. Carball).

- Wednesday, March 12 — Education (8:30 a.m., House Chamber): Senate Bill 358 (various education matters, Rep. Baining, amended vote only), Senate Bill 365 (education matters, Rep. Teschka, amended vote only), Senate Bill 146 (teacher compensation, Rep. Teschka), Senate Bill 373 (Department of Education matters, Rep. Baining).

- Wednesday, March 12 — Natural Resources (8:30 a.m., Room 1506C): Senate Bill 28 (groundwater emergencies, Rep. Lindauer), Senate Bill 211 (Clean Water Indiana program, Rep. Abbott), Senate Bill 280 (deer hunting, Rep. Lindauer), Senate Bill 477 (lowhead dams, Rep. Manning).

- Wednesday, March 12 — Courts and Criminal Code (10:30 a.m., Room 1506A): Senate Bill 159 (procedures for obtaining a warrant, Rep. Bascom), Senate Bill 120 (DNA samples at time of arrest, Rep. McNamara), Senate Bill 218 (electronic monitoring, Rep. McNamara), Senate Bill 219 (trespass, Rep. Haggard), Senate Bill 138 (sale of low-THC products to persons under 21, Rep. Bartels), Senate Bill 231 (various corrections matters, Rep. Bartels), Senate Bill 74 (extension of lifeline law immunity, Rep. McNamara).

- Wednesday, March 12 — Elections and Apportionment (10:30 a.m., Room 156B): Senate Bill 10 (voter registration, Rep. Culp), Senate Bill 199 (conduct of a primary election, Rep. Westco), Senate Bill 287 (school board matters, Rep. Prescott, amended vote only), Senate Bill 526 (absentee ballot retraction, Rep. Westco).

- Wednesday, March 12 — Ways and Means (1:30 p.m., Room 404): Senate Bill 314 (pass-through entity tax, Rep. Snow, hearing amend and vote), Senate Bill 451 (income tax rate, Rep. Thompson, hearing only), Senate Bill 453 (various tax matters, Rep. Snow, hearing only), Senate Bill 1 (property tax relief, Rep. Thompson, hearing on committee amendment related to House Bill 1402).

- Wednesday, March 19 — Family, Children and Human Affairs (8:30 a.m., Room 1506B): Senate Bill 463 (childcare matters, Rep. Devon) and Senate Bill 498 (child services, Rep. Roe Ray).

During the session the House noted Rule 75 — the chamber rule allowing members to change a recorded vote — and recorded a member’s petition to change a prior voting record pursuant to House procedures. The transcript did not record roll-call tallies for the individual bills that were adopted as part of the en masse committee-report action.

The House adjourned and planned to reconvene at 2:30 p.m. the same day for training before resuming business on March 13 at 11 a.m.