# Indiana SB 5: State fiscal and contracting matters. Indiana SB 5, State fiscal and contracting matters., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Scott Baldwin (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-06 (Signed by the Governor) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB5-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Indiana SB 5 - State: Indiana - Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) - Title: State fiscal and contracting matters. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-14 - Last action: 2025-05-06, Signed by the Governor - Sponsor: Scott Baldwin (Republican) - Cosponsors: 37 - Subjects: appropriations, the house, ways and means - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 7 (475 yes, 87 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 6 ## Summary Allows a state agency to use artificial intelligence software to prepare information and projections for the state budget. Requires a state agency to provide a quarterly report to the budget committee that details the requests submitted by the state agency for new federal funds or to participate in a new federal program. Provides that, in addition to the quarterly reports, a state agency may not immediately accept an award of new federal funds in certain circumstances or participate in a new federal program before a report has been reviewed by the budget committee. Specifies the contents of the report that must be submitted for budget committee review. Requires a state agency to provide the state comptroller with a contract for inclusion in the Indiana transparency website not later than 30 days after the contract is fully executed. Requires that permanent full-time positions which have been vacant for 90 days or more be reviewed and either reauthorized or eliminated by the budget director. Requires the budget director to provide a quarterly report to the governor's office regarding those positions that were reauthorized or eliminated by the budget director in the preceding three months. Requires a state agency to provide quarterly reports to the budget committee regarding the state agency's active contracts. Provides for the reversion of funds appropriated to a state agency for expenses related to a contract that are unused after the end of the contract term. Requires the department of administration (department) to develop certain contract language to be included in state contracts of $500,000 or more. Requires a state agency to provide a report to the budget committee concerning amendments to a contract that: (1) increase the maximum contract amount by not less than $500,000; or (2) for a contract with an initial maximum contract amount of not less than $500,000, extend the term of the contract by not less than six months. Prohibits a state agency from entering into a nonpublic contract. Requires all contract opportunities of state agencies to be posted in the form of a request for proposals or a request for quotations on the department's website at least 30 days prior to the contract being awarded. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services and the office of Medicaid policy and planning to do the following: (1) Review monthly reports on the Medicaid program service utilization to identify trends and risks within the state Medicaid program. (2) Post publicly on the office of the secretary of family and social services's website monthly financial reports or expenditures and revenues for each state Medicaid program and commentary providing context for each monthly financial report. (3) Submit a quarterly report to the budget committee. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Easier public access to state contracts: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, agencies must send contracts covered by transparency rules to the Department of Administration within 30 days of full signing. Posted contracts must be downloadable, with search results available as accessible spreadsheets without row limits. Active contracts using state-app… - More public bidding for state contracts: benefit, low. State agencies must post covered contract opportunities on the Department of Administration’s website at least 30 days before award. Agencies generally cannot award contracts without seeking proposals or using competitive purchasing, subject to other legal requirements. Posting exceptions include l… - Stronger safeguards for large state contracts: benefit, low. Covered state contracts with an original maximum value of at least $500,000 must include performance safeguards. This applies to contracts entered into, renewed, or amended after June 30, 2026. Where practical, contracts must set clear work goals and success measures, with remedies for missed deadl… - Agencies lose unused contract spending authority: cost, low. This rule applies to state fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, or later. Agencies lose access to appropriated contract money still unused 90 days after the contract term ends. The money returns to its original fund on the following June 30. Another law can provide an exception. - State agencies face federal funding reviews: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, covered agencies face budget committee review before accepting certain new federal funds or joining new programs. The review applies when participation requires state matching money, more permanent full-time staff, or new state requirements. New funds include federal aid Ind… - New reviews before filling state jobs: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, permanent full-time state jobs vacant for at least 90 days need budget director approval before filling. At the budget director’s request, the civil-service director must review those jobs and either reclassify or eliminate them. Reclassification must reflect the job’s curre… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Scott Baldwin (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Aaron Freeman (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Andy Zay - Cosponsor: Blake Doriot (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Brett Clark (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Brian Buchanan (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Chris Garten (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Craig Snow (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Cyndi Carrasco (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Dan Dernulc (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Danny Lopez (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Daryl Schmitt (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: David Niezgodski (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Eric Bassler (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Eric Koch (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Gary Byrne (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Greg Goode (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Greg Walker (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: James Buck (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: James Tomes (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jean Leising (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jeff Raatz (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Justin Busch (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Kyle Walker (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Lonnie Randolph (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Matt Lehman (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Michael Young (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Mike Bohacek (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Mike Gaskill (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Randy Maxwell (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Ron Alting (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Ryan Mishler (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Scott Alexander (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Spencer Deery (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Stacey Donato (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Susan Glick (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Travis Holdman (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Tyler Johnson (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-23 | House | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House | pass | 90 | 1 | | | 2025-04-23 | Senate | Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate | pass | 48 | 0 | | | 2025-04-08 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 92 | 1 | | | 2025-04-07 | House | Amendment #5 (Lehman) prevailed | pass | 68 | 27 | | | 2025-04-07 | House | Appeal the ruling of the chair (Porter); ruling of the chair sustained | pass | 63 | 28 | | | 2025-04-07 | House | Amendment #2 (Lopez) prevailed | pass | 65 | 30 | | | 2025-01-28 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 49 | 0 | | ## Actions (44) - 2025-05-06: Signed by the Governor (Senate) - 2025-05-06: Public Law 182 (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Signed by the Speaker (House) - 2025-04-23: Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 524: yeas 90, nays 1 (House) - 2025-04-23: Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 488: yeas 48, nays 0 (Senate) - 2025-04-22: CCR # 1 filed in the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-22: CCR # 1 filed in the House (House) - 2025-04-14: Senate conferees appointed: Baldwin and Niezgodski (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Senate advisors appointed: Pol and Garten (Senate) - 2025-04-14: House advisors appointed: Snow, Lopez and Porter (House) - 2025-04-14: House conferees appointed: Lehman and DeLaney (House) - 2025-04-10: Senate dissented from House amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Returned to the Senate with amendments (House) - 2025-04-09: Motion to dissent filed (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 388: yeas 92, nays 1 (House) - 2025-04-07: Amendment #5 (Lehman) prevailed; Roll Call 383: yeas 68, nays 27 (House) - 2025-04-07: Amendment #1 (Porter) ruled out of order (House) - 2025-04-07: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed (House) - 2025-04-07: Amendment #2 (Lopez) prevailed; Roll Call 385: yeas 65, nays 30 (House) - 2025-04-07: Appeal the ruling of the chair (Porter); ruling of the chair sustained Roll Call 384: yeas 63, nays 28 (House) - 2025-03-27: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-03-20: Representative Lopez added as cosponsor (House) - 2025-03-03: First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means (House) - 2025-01-29: Referred to the House (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Senators Raatz, Carrasco, Dernulc, Johnson T, Tomes added as coauthors (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Senators Maxwell, Koch, Gaskill, Alting, Niezgodski added as coauthors (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Senators Buck, Walker G, Byrne, Bohacek added as coauthors (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Senators Alexander, Buchanan, Busch, Leising, Donato added as coauthors (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Cosponsor: Representative Snow (Senate) - 2025-01-28: House sponsor: Representative Lehman (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 27: yeas 49, nays 0 (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Senators Walker K, Goode, Young M added as coauthors (Senate) - 2025-01-27: Senators Freeman, Clark, Glick added as coauthors (Senate) - 2025-01-27: Second reading: ordered engrossed (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Senators Doriot, Zay, Deery added as coauthors (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Senators Randolph, Holdman, Bassler added as coauthors (Senate) - 2025-01-16: Senator Schmitt added as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-01-14: Authored by Senator Baldwin (Senate) - 2025-01-14: First reading: referred to Committee on Appropriations (Senate) - 2025-01-14: Senator Garten added as second author (Senate) - 2025-01-14: Senator Mishler added as third author (Senate) ## Bill text - Engrossed Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0005/versions/SB0005.04.ENGH?format=pdf) - Enrolled Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0005/versions/SB0005.05.ENRH?format=pdf) - Introduced Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0005/versions/SB0005.01.INTR?format=pdf) - Senate Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0005/versions/SB0005.02.COMS?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0005/versions/SB0005.03.COMH?format=pdf) ## Related bills - SB 324: Criminal procedures. (signed) - SB 231: Various corrections matters. (signed) - SB 80: Code publication. (signed) - SB 453: Various tax matters. (signed) - SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit. (signed) - SB 371: Workforce matters. (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0005/versions/SB0005.04.ENGH?format=pdf) - [Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0005/versions/SB0005.05.ENRH?format=pdf) - [Introduced Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0005/versions/SB0005.01.INTR?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0005/versions/SB0005.02.COMS?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0005/versions/SB0005.03.COMH?format=pdf) ## Related - [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025) - [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025) - [SB 80: Code publication.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB80-2025) - [SB 453: Various tax matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB453-2025) - [SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB464-2025) - [SB 371: Workforce matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB371-2025) - [Indiana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana/bills) - [Indiana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB5-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).