Votes at a glance: Key Tax & Fiscal Policy Committee actions (Oct. 28, 2025)

The Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee considered and moved a number of bills. Below are the committee actions and any roll-call tallies recorded on the transcript. Where the committee roll call did not produce a numerical tally in the transcript, the outcome is listed as “moved to the floor; tally not specified.”

Votes and outcomes reported in committee - Senate Bill 1 (Property-tax relief, Amendment 17): Moved to the floor; committee tally recorded as 10–3 (approved). - Recommit/annexation bill (New Albany / fire protection district; Senator Buck): Moved to the floor; committee tally recorded as 13–0 (approved by roll call announced in transcript). - Senate Bill 290 (local income tax allocation / Fishers equalization): Moved to the floor as amended; tally not specified in the transcript excerpt provided (sponsors indicated amendments were adopted by consent). - Senate Bill 304 (Rural business growth program / rural fund tax credit): Moved to the floor; committee recorded approval 12–1 in roll call. - Senate Bill 346 (food & beverage tax technical corrections folded into larger tax bill): Moved to the floor as amended; tally not specified. - Senate Bill 465 (Certified Technology Parks level‑3 / Westgate at Crane): Adopted with a Chair amendment that temporarily reduced the credit for procedural reasons; committee recorded roll-call approval (chair announced bill moves to the floor; tally recorded as unanimous in transcript reporting). - Senate Bill 453 (Department of Revenue technical changes including titling fees, motor carrier fund deposits, and a new heated‑tobacco tax category): Moved to the floor; committee roll call recorded as 11–1 in favor. - Senate Bill 327 (Marion County small claims filing fee increase): Moved to the floor; committee roll-call recorded as unanimous (chair announced bill moves to the floor, tally indicated all available votes in favor). - Senate Bill 478 (craft hemp / Delta‑9 regulation and retail licensing): Amendment(s) adopted to restrict advertising and sales near schools; bill moved to the floor; roll-call tally recorded as 11–1 (approved as amended in committee roll call). - Senate Bill 497 (newborn tax credit): Moved to the floor as amended (appropriation amendment reduced the credit in committee to keep the bill moving); tally recorded in transcript as 14–0 in committee. - Senate Bill 518 (school property‑tax sharing with charters, as amended): Moved to the floor; committee tally recorded as 10–4 (approved as amended).

Notes and caveats - This list summarizes actions called on the committee floor during the hearing. For some bills the transcript records roll-call tallies; for other bills the transcript notes that amendments were adopted and that the bill “moves to the floor” without printing a numeric tally. In those cases the outcome in committee is reported as “moved to the floor” and staff or clerk records should be consulted for the precise roll-call breakdown if required for audit purposes.

Speakers on votes and procedural motions included committee chair Chairman Holman and multiple sponsors including Senators Baldwin, Rogers, Walker and others. Several bills advanced with amendments adopted by consent; multiple bills will return to the Senate calendar for full-floor debate.

If you need a downloadable table of the recorded committee roll-call results and the amendment text, committee staff indicated they will post the official minutes and roll-call on the legislative website later the same day.