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Adds one voting member to the Indiana defense task force (task force) appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate and one voting member to the task force appointed by the speaker of the house. Adds the adjutant general of the Indiana National Guard or the adjutant general's designee as a nonvoting member of the task force. Provides that, on or before May 1, 2026, and each May 1 thereafter, the task force shall submit a report to the Indiana economic development corporation's office of defense development and the budget committee. Provides that the report shall identify the task force's identified priorities for expenditures for the following state fiscal year. Provides that on or before August 1, 2027, and each August 1 thereafter, the corporation's office of defense development shall submit a report to the task force and the budget committee that details expenditures from amounts appropriated to the corporation's office of defense development for priorities identified by the task force for the previous state fiscal year. Provides that, beginning with the 2026-2027 state fiscal year, and each state fiscal year thereafter, the corporation's office of defense development shall consider and incorporate, to the extent practicable, the task force's identified priorities for expenditures when the corporation's office of defense development formulates its annual budget. Provides that the IEDC and an operating partner shall administer the federal Unmanned Aircraft System Test Site program Indiana.
Introduced
Jan 6, 2026
Last Action
Mar 4, 2026
Session
IN 2026
Sponsors
3 primary · 13 co
Public Law 87
Signed by the Governor
Signed by the President of the Senate
CCR # 1 filed in the House
CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 317: yeas 48, nays 0
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 408: yeas 94, nays 1
Signed by the Speaker
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
Motion to dissent filed
House dissented from Senate amendments
Senate conferees appointed: Goode, Spencer
House advisors appointed: Lindauer, Judy, Lopez, Pack
Senate advisors appointed: Schmitt, Ford J.D.
House conferees appointed: Bartels, DeLaney
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 247: yeas 47, nays 0
Senators Becker, Koch, Donato added as cosponsors
Returned to the House with amendments
Senators Tomes, Crider, Buck, Byrne added as cosponsors
Amendment #1 (Goode) prevailed; voice vote
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
Senators Charbonneau, Doriot, Maxwell added as cosponsors
Committee report: do pass, adopted
First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and The Military
Referred to the Senate
Senate sponsors: Senators Goode, Schmitt
Representative Judy added as coauthor
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 178: yeas 85, nays 0
Second reading: ordered engrossed
Representative DeLaney added as coauthor
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
Representative Lindauer added as coauthor
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Authored by Representative Bartels
First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
HB 1268 was introduced on Jan 6, 2026 by Daryl Schmitt in IN session 2026. It is currently signed. Most recent action on Mar 4, 2026: Public Law 87.
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Signed by the Governor
Edward DeLaney
James Tomes
James Buck