HB 1268 IN

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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.

• Steve Bartels Republican · author
• Greg Goode Republican · sponsor
• Daryl Schmitt Republican · sponsor

1. Jan 6, 2026 First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety · lower
2. Jan 6, 2026 Authored by Representative Bartels · lower
3. Jan 12, 2026 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · lower
4. Jan 12, 2026 Representative Lindauer added as coauthor · lower
5. Jan 12, 2026 Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3 · lower
6. Jan 27, 2026 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · lower
7. Jan 27, 2026 Representative DeLaney added as coauthor · lower
8. Jan 29, 2026 Second reading: ordered engrossed · lower
9. Feb 2, 2026 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 178: yeas 85, nays 0 · lower
10. Feb 2, 2026 Representative Judy added as coauthor · lower
11. Feb 2, 2026 Senate sponsors: Senators Goode, Schmitt · lower
12. Feb 3, 2026 Referred to the Senate · lower
13. Feb 5, 2026 First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and The Military · upper
14. Feb 10, 2026 Committee report: do pass, adopted · upper
15. Feb 12, 2026 Senators Charbonneau, Doriot, Maxwell added as cosponsors · upper
16. Feb 16, 2026 Amendment #1 (Goode) prevailed; voice vote · upper
17. Feb 16, 2026 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed · upper
18. Feb 17, 2026 Senators Tomes, Crider, Buck, Byrne added as cosponsors · upper
19. Feb 24, 2026 Returned to the House with amendments · upper
20. Feb 24, 2026 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 247: yeas 47, nays 0 · upper
21. Feb 24, 2026 Senators Becker, Koch, Donato added as cosponsors · upper
22. Feb 25, 2026 House advisors appointed: Lindauer, Judy, Lopez, Pack · lower
23. Feb 25, 2026 Senate advisors appointed: Schmitt, Ford J.D. · upper
24. Feb 25, 2026 Senate conferees appointed: Goode, Spencer · upper
25. Feb 25, 2026 House conferees appointed: Bartels, DeLaney · lower
26. Feb 25, 2026 House dissented from Senate amendments · lower
27. Feb 25, 2026 Motion to dissent filed · lower
28. Feb 27, 2026 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate · upper
29. Mar 4, 2026 Public Law 87 · lower
30. Mar 4, 2026 Signed by the Governor · executive
31. Feb 27, 2026 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 317: yeas 48, nays 0 · upper
32. Feb 27, 2026 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 408: yeas 94, nays 1 · lower
33. Feb 27, 2026 Signed by the Speaker · lower
34. Feb 27, 2026 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
35. Feb 27, 2026 Signed by the President Pro Tempore · upper
36. Feb 27, 2026 CCR # 1 filed in the House · lower