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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1608: E-sports industry development study.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1608 is a bill introduced in the Indiana House on January 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: E-sports industry development study. Primary sponsor: Andy Zay, Kyle Miller (Democratic). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 3, 2025): First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires the Indiana economic development corporation to study methods and strategies to allow Indiana to become a leader in the development of the e-sports industry and to submit a report on the results of the study to the governor and the general assembly.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Andy ZayPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Kyle MillerPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse82
Wendy Dant ChesserCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Bob MorrisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology
  2. Referred to the Senate
  3. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 144: yeas 74, nays 17
  4. Senate sponsor: Senator Zay
  5. Second reading: ordered engrossed
  6. Committee report: do pass, adopted
  7. Representatives Morris and Dant Chesser added as coauthors
  8. Authored by Representative Miller K
  9. First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source