Title 2, GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sec. 2. All subpoenae and other processes issued by any such committee or by the general assembly shall be served by the chief doorkeeper of the house or the chief doorkeeper of the senate and shall be signed by the speaker of the house or the president of the senate. All such su…

Sec. 3. The president of the senate, the speaker of the house or the chairman of the committee of the whole, or the chairman or any member of any committee of either the house or the senate of the general assembly of Indiana is empowered to administer oaths to witnesses in any ca…

Sec. 4. A person who, having been summoned as a witness by the authority of either the house or senate of the general assembly of the state of Indiana, to give testimony or to produce papers upon any matter under inquiry before either the house or the senate or any committee of e…

Sec. 0.1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this article. As added by P.L.58-2010, SEC.4.

Sec. 1. "Activity report" means the activity report provided for by IC 2-7-3. As added by Acts 1981, P.L.9, SEC.1.

Sec. 1.3. "Candidate" refers to a candidate for election to the general assembly. As added by P.L.58-2010, SEC.5.

Sec. 1.7. (a) "Close relative" refers to the following relatives of an individual: (1) The individual's parent. (2) The individual's spouse. (3) The individual's children. (b) A relative by adoption, half-blood, marriage, or remarriage is considered as a relative of whole kinship…

Sec. 1.9. "Commission" refers to the Indiana lobby registration commission established by IC 2-7-1.6-1. As added by P.L.58-2010, SEC.7.

Sec. 10. (a) "Lobbyist" means any person who: (1) engages in lobbying; and (2) in any registration year, receives or expends an aggregate of at least five hundred dollars ($500) in compensation or expenditures reportable under this article for lobbying, whether the compensation o…

Sec. 10.5. "Member", except as used in section 8(5) of this chapter, IC 2-7-3-3(a), and IC 2-7-7-8, refers to a member of the general assembly. As added by P.L.58-2010, SEC.14.

Sec. 11. (a) "Payment" means a payment, compensation, reimbursement, distribution, transfer, loan, advance, conveyance, deposit, gift, pledge, subscription, or other rendering of money, property, services, or anything else of value, whether tangible or intangible, and any contrac…

Sec. 12. "Person" means a human being, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, firm, or educational institution. As added by Acts 1981, P.L.9, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.8-1993, SEC.3.

Sec. 13. "Public employee" means an employee of the state or federal government or a political subdivision of either of those governments and does include an official or employee of a state educational institution. As added by Acts 1981, P.L.9, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.2-2007, SEC.5…

Sec. 14. "Public official" means an individual who holds office in the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of the state or federal government or a political subdivision of either of those governments and includes an official or employee of a state educational institution. …

Sec. 16. "Registration statement" means the registration statement provided for by IC 2-7-2. As added by Acts 1981, P.L.9, SEC.1.

Sec. 16.5. "Relative" of an individual has the meaning set forth in IC 2-2.2-1-17. As added by P.L.123-2015, SEC.7.

Sec. 18. "Reporting year" means the period from November 1 of the immediately preceding calendar year through October 31 of the following calendar year. As added by P.L.229-2011, SEC.40.

Sec. 2. "Compensation" means anything of value given as payment for doing or refraining from doing an activity. As added by Acts 1981, P.L.9, SEC.1.

Sec. 3. "Expenditure" means any advance, conveyance, deposit, distribution, transfer of funds, loan, payment, honorarium, pledge, or subscription of money or anything of value, and any contract, agreement, promise, or other obligation, whether or not legally enforceable, to make …

Sec. 3.5. "Family business" means a business entity in which an individual and the individual's spouse own at least eighty percent (80%) of the business, either of the voting stock or other measure of ownership of that type of business entity, regardless of whether all or a porti…

Sec. 4. (a) "Gift" means the voluntary transfer of anything of value without consideration. (b) The term does not include a contribution (as defined in IC 3-5-2.1-27). As added by Acts 1981, P.L.9, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.9-1993, SEC.3; P.L.58-2010, SEC.8; P.L.186-2025, SEC.3.

Sec. 6. "Influencing legislative action" means promoting, supporting, influencing, modifying, opposing, or delaying any legislative action by any means. As added by Acts 1981, P.L.9, SEC.1.

Sec. 7. "Legislative action" means any matter within the authority of the general assembly; it includes the drafting, introduction, consideration, modification, enactment, or defeat of any bill, resolution, amendment, report, or other matter by the general assembly or by either h…

Sec. 7.2. "Legislative body" refers to any of the following: (1) The general assembly. (2) The house of representatives. (3) The senate. (4) A standing or other committee established by the rules of the house of representatives or the senate. (5) A committee established by statut…

Sec. 8. "Legislative person" means any of the following: (1) A member. (2) A candidate. (3) An officer of the general assembly. (4) An employee of the legislative department of state government. (5) A close relative of anyone described in subdivision (1), (2), (3), or (4). Howeve…

Sec. 9. "Lobbying" means communicating by any means, or paying others to communicate by any means, with any legislative person with the purpose of influencing any legislative action. As added by Acts 1981, P.L.9, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.58-2010, SEC.12.

Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter: (1) "Bill" includes a bill and a joint resolution. (2) "Term of the general assembly" means that two (2) year period of time extending from the first Wednesday after the first Monday in November of any even-numbered…

Sec. 10. Bills and resolutions may be filed and assigned to committees according to the rules of each house. During any session the standing committees of the House and Senate may announce and hold public hearings on any bill or resolution assigned to them upon the authorization …

Sec. 11. The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall prepare a calendar in accordance with the rules of the House and Senate, respectively. Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.6, SEC.2. As amended by P.L.242-2025, SEC.14.

Sec. 12. (a) This section does not apply to bills passed during a regular technical session. (b) The presiding officers of the house of representatives and the senate shall sign each bill or joint resolution passed under Article 4, Section 25 of the Constitution of the State of I…

Sec. 13. (a) This section applies only to bills passed during a regular technical session. (b) The presiding officers of the house and senate shall sign each bill passed under Article 4, Section 25 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana not later than the next business day a…

Sec. 2. (a) The first regular session of each term of the general assembly shall convene on the third Tuesday after the first Monday of November of each even-numbered year to do the following: (1) Organize itself. (2) Elect its officers. (3) Receive the oath of office. (b) If a s…

Sec. 2.5. (a) The first regular technical session of the general assembly shall convene on the second Tuesday after the first Monday in June of each odd-numbered year. (b) Only the following may be considered and acted upon during a first regular technical session: (1) Bills enac…

Sec. 3. (a) The second regular session of each term of the general assembly shall convene on the third Tuesday after the first Monday of November of each odd-numbered year. The general assembly shall then adjourn until a day: (1) certain fixed by a concurrent resolution; or (2) w…

Sec. 3.5. (a) The second regular technical session of the general assembly shall convene on the second Tuesday after the first Monday in May of each even-numbered year. (b) Only the following may be considered and acted upon during a second regular technical session: (1) Bills en…

Sec. 4. A special session of the general assembly, called by the governor as provided in Article 4, Section 9 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana, shall continue for not more than thirty (30) session days nor more than forty (40) calendar days following the day upon which…

Sec. 6. (a) The president of the senate shall preside at the organizational meeting during the election of the president pro tempore and other officers of the senate. (b) The oath of office shall be administered to senators-elect by the chief justice of the supreme court of India…

Sec. 7. (a) The Secretary of State shall preside at the organizational meeting during the election of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (b) The oath of office shall be administered to representatives-elect by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana, or an ass…

Sec. 7.5. (a) This section applies only if the number of members of the house of representatives affiliated with one (1) political party equals the number of members of the house of representatives affiliated with a different political party. (b) For purposes of this section, an …

Sec. 8. (a) Upon the election of the officers in each house, the membership of each house shall adopt standing rules and orders for their respective houses, and joint rules for conducting the business in the two houses. (b) Each house, by rule, shall determine such other business…

Sec. 9. (a) The appointments to the standing committees of the two houses of the general assembly shall be made and announced by the speaker and the president pro tempore, in accordance with the rules of each chamber, respectively. (b) At the reconvening in January of the first s…

Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this article. As added by P.L.123-2015, SEC.2.

Sec. 10. "Legislative matter" means a bill, a resolution, an issue, or a proposal presented in, or considered by, the house or senate or any committee or subcommittee of the house or the senate. As added by P.L.123-2015, SEC.2.

Sec. 11. "Lobbyist" refers to a lobbyist (as defined in IC 2-7-1-10) registered under IC 2-7-2. As added by P.L.123-2015, SEC.2.

Sec. 12. "Member" refers to either of the following: (1) A member of the house. (2) A member of the senate. As added by P.L.123-2015, SEC.2.

Sec. 13. "Minority leader" refers to the leader of the caucus of the party of the house or the senate that has the greatest number of members fewer than the caucus of the house or senate that has the greatest number of members. As added by P.L.123-2015, SEC.2.