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Indiana · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 245: Tip pooling.

Enacted 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

SB 245 is a bill introduced in the Indiana Senate on January 8, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Tip pooling. Primary sponsor: Aaron Freeman (Republican), Linda Rogers (Republican), Heath VanNatter (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 24, 2026): Signed by the President of the Senate.

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.

Specifically authorizes the use of tip pooling arrangements under certain circumstances.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Aaron FreemanPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate32
Linda RogersPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Heath VanNatterPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Tony IsaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Victoria Garcia WilburnCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse32

“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. Signed by the President of the Senate
  2. Public Law 15
  3. Signed by the Governor
  4. Signed by the Speaker
  5. Signed by the President Pro Tempore
  6. Returned to the Senate without amendments
  7. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 268: yeas 90, nays 0
  8. Representative Isa added as cosponsor
  9. Representative Garcia Wilburn added as cosponsor
  10. Second reading: ordered engrossed
  11. Committee report: do pass, adopted
  12. First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions

Showing 12 most recent of 19 actions. Full history

Sources

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