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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 391: Political subdivision budgets.

In committee 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 391 is a bill introduced in the Indiana Senate on January 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Political subdivision budgets. Primary sponsor: Mike Young (Republican), Jim Buck (Republican). Most recent recorded action (January 13, 2025): Authored by Senators Buck and Young M.

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.

Provides that, notwithstanding any growth in a political subdivision's assessed value in the previous year, a political subdivision's ad valorem property tax levy shall not exceed the ad valorem property tax levy for its last preceding annual budget, unless the fiscal body of the political subdivision adopts an affirmative tax rate and tax levy increase by ordinance following a separate public hearing. Requires a resulting decrease in tax rates for each political subdivision in which there was an increase in the political subdivision's assessed value in the previous year, subject to any affirmative tax rate and tax levy increase adopted by the fiscal body of the political subdivision.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mike YoungPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate35
Jim BuckPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate21

“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. Authored by Senators Buck and Young M
  2. First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy

Sources

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