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2024 Indiana legislative session
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| 2024 Indiana legislative session |
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| General information |
| Scheduled session start: Jan. 8, 2024 Scheduled session end: March 14, 2024 |
| Leadership |
| Senate President Suzanne Crouch (R) House Speaker |
| Elections |
| Next Election: November 5, 2024 Last Election: November 8, 2022 |
| Previous legislative sessions |
| 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 |
| Other 2024 legislative sessions |
In 2024, the Indiana State Legislature was scheduled to convene on January 8 and adjourn on March 14.
The legislators serving in this session took office following the 2022 elections. Republicans won a 40-10 majority in the Senate and a 70-30 majority in the House. The party also controlled the governorship, creating a Republican state government trifecta. At the start of the 2024 session, Indiana was one of 20 state legislatures where Republicans had a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers.
Leadership in 2024
Indiana State Senate
- Senate president: Suzanne Crouch (R)
- Majority leader: Chris Garten (R)
- Minority leader: Greg Taylor (D)
Indiana House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House: Todd Huston (R)
- Majority leader: Matthew Lehman (R)
- Minority leader: Phil GiaQuinta (D)
Partisan control in 2024
- See also: State government trifectas
Indiana was one of 23 Republican state government trifectas at the start of 2024 legislative sessions. A state government trifecta occurs when one political party holds the governor's office, a majority in the state Senate, and a majority in the state House. For more information about state government trifectas, click here.
Indiana was also one of 20 state legislatures where Republicans had a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers. Veto overrides occur when a legislature votes to reverse a veto issued by an executive such as a governor or the president. If one party has a majority in a state legislature that is large enough to override a gubernatorial veto without any votes from members of the minority party, it is called a veto-proof majority or, sometimes, a supermajority. To read more about veto-proof supermajorities in state legislatures, click here.
The following tables show the partisan breakdown of the Indiana State Legislature in the 2024 legislative session.
Indiana State Senate
| Party | As of January 2024 | |
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| Democratic Party | 10 | |
| Republican Party | 40 | |
| Total | 50 | |
Indiana House of Representatives
| Party | As of January 2024 | |
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| Democratic Party | 30 | |
| Republican Party | 70 | |
| Total | 100 | |
Standing legislative committees
A standing committee of a state legislature is a committee that exists on a more-or-less permanent basis, from legislative session to session, that considers and refines legislative bills that fall under the committee's subject matter.
At the beginning of the 2024 legislative session, there were 44 standing committees in Indiana's state government, including 22 state Senate committees and 22 state House committees.
Senate committees
- Agriculture Committee
- Appropriations Committee
- Commerce and Technology Committee
- Corrections and Criminal Law Committee
- Education and Career Development Committee
- Elections Committee
- Ethics Committee
- Family & Children Services Committee
- Health and Provider Services Committee
- Homeland Security and Transportation Committee
- Insurance and Financial Institutions Committee
- Pensions and Labor Committee
- Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee
- Senate Environmental Affairs Committee
- Senate Joint Rules Committee
- Senate Judiciary Committee
- Senate Local Government Committee
- Senate Natural Resources Committee
- Senate Public Policy Committee
- Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee
- Utilities Committee
- Veterans Affairs and the Military Committee
House committees
- Agriculture and Rural Development Committee
- Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development Committee
- Courts and Criminal Code Committee
- Education Committee
- Elections and Apportionment Committee
- Employment, Labor and Pensions Committee
- Family, Children and Human Affairs Committee
- Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee
- Government and Regulatory Reform Committee
- House Environmental Affairs Committee
- House Joint Rules Committee
- House Judiciary Committee
- House Local Government Committee
- House Natural Resources Committee
- House Public Policy Committee
- Public Health Committee
- Roads and Transportation Committee
- Rules and Legislative Procedures Committee
- Statutory Committee on Ethics Committee
- Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications Committee
- Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee
- Ways and Means Committee
Legislation
Enacted legislation
The list below shows up to 25 pieces of legislation in the 2024 legislative session that most recently passed both chambers of the legislature, were signed by the governor, or were approved by the legislature in a veto override. If no bills are displayed below, no legislation met these criteria in 2024. This information is provided by BillTrack50.
Election administration legislation
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The table below lists 2024 election-related legislation in Indiana. The following information is included for each bill:
- Bill number
- Official name or caption
- Most recent action date
- Legislative status
- Topics dealt with by the bill
Bills are organized by bill number. The table displays up to 100 results by default. To view additional results, use the arrows in the upper-right corner of the table. For more information about a particular bill, simply click the bill number. This will open a separate page with additional information.
Legislatively referred constitutional amendments
In every state but Delaware, voter approval is required to enact a constitutional amendment. In each state, the legislature has a process for referring constitutional amendments before voters. In 18 states, initiated constitutional amendments can be put on the ballot through a signature petition drive. There are also many other types of statewide measures.
The methods by which the Indiana Constitution can be amended:
The Indiana Constitution provides for a legislative process to amend the constitution.
Legislature
A simple majority vote is required during two successive legislative sessions for the Indiana State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 51 votes in the Indiana House of Representatives and 26 votes in the Indiana State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
Historical partisan control
The table below depicts the historical trifecta status of Indiana.
Indiana Party Control: 1992-2025
No Democratic trifectas • Seventeen years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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| Governor | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| Senate | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| House | D | D | D | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Historical Senate control
Republicans won control of the Indiana State Senate in 1978. In 2022, they won a 40-10 majority.
The table below shows the partisan history of the Indiana Senate following every general election from 1992 to 2022. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (McFarland Press, 2007). Data after 2006 was compiled by Ballotpedia staff.
Indiana State Senate election results: 1992-2022
| Year | '92 | '94 | '96 | '98 | '00 | '02 | '04 | '06 | '08 | '10 | '12 | '14 | '16 | '18 | '20 | '22 |
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| Democrats | 22 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
| Republicans | 28 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 36 | 37 | 40 | 41 | 40 | 39 | 40 |
The Indiana State Senate switched partisan control 11 times from 1900 to 2022.
Historical House control
Republicans won control of the Indiana House of Representatives in 2010. In 2022, they won a 70-30 majority.
The table below shows the partisan history of the Indiana House following every general election from 1992 to 2022. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (McFarland Press, 2007). Data after 2006 was compiled by Ballotpedia staff.
Indiana House of Representatives election results: 1992-2022
| Year | '92 | '94 | '96 | '98 | '00 | '02 | '04 | '06 | '08 | '10 | '12 | '14 | '16 | '18 | '20 | '22 |
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| Democrats | 55 | 44 | 50* | 53 | 53 | 51 | 48 | 51 | 52 | 40 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 33 | 29 | 30 |
| Republicans | 45 | 56 | 50 | 47 | 47 | 49 | 52 | 49 | 48 | 60 | 69 | 71 | 70 | 67 | 71 | 70 |
*Democrat John Gregg served as speaker of the house because the governor's race was won by Frank O'Bannon (D) and a 1989 law said the party that won the governor's race was to elect the speaker of a tied chamber.
The Indiana House of Representatives changed partisan control 15 times from 1900 to 2022.
See also
| Elections | Indiana State Government | State Legislatures | State Politics |
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