GB

Gary Byrne R

State Senator
State Senate District 47 (IN)

Committee Memberships

Agriculture (senate)
Commerce and Technology (senate)
Education and Career Development (senate)
Education, Interim Study Committee on (joint)
Energy, Utilities, and Telecommunications, Interim Study Committee on (joint)
Homeland Security and Transportation (senate)
Natural Resources (senate)
Utilities (senate)
Veterans Affairs and The Military (senate)
Agriculture (senate)
Commerce and Technology (senate)
Education and Career Development (senate)
Homeland Security and Transportation (senate)
Natural Resources (senate)
Utilities (senate)
Veterans Affairs and The Military (senate)

On Record (25)

Bill Neutral
Instruction on human sexuality. Provides that, if a school provides instruction on human sexuality or sexually transmitted infections, the instruction must include instruction concerning consent to sexual activity and a presentation on human growth and development during pregnancy. Provides that a school maintained by a school corporation may not use curricular materials to provide instruction on human sexuality that have …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Definition of sex and gender; birth certificates. Defines "sex" and "gender" for the purposes of the Indiana Code. States that the definition of "sex" and "gender" are meant to be synonymous in the Indiana Code unless specifically defined otherwise and is clarifying language. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles and the Indiana department of health (state department) to update the …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Unlawful discrimination. Repeals provisions concerning university diversity committees. Prohibits unlawful discrimination in education, public employment, and licensure. Allows participation in public contracts by a minority business enterprise, women's business enterprise, and veteran business enterprise, as currently authorized by law. Permits scholarships based on a personal characteristic of the recipient if the scholarship is not funded by state funds or resources, …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
School board matters. Requires a petition of nomination for a school board office to state one of the following: (1) The candidate's political party affiliation. (2) That the candidate is an independent candidate. (3) That the candidate elects not to disclose any affiliation with a political party or that the candidate is not affiliated with a political party and does …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Comparative college and career information. Authorizes the commission for higher education (commission) and the department of workforce development with collecting and compiling certain information concerning: (1) postsecondary education; (2) career and technical education; (3) workforce qualifications; (4) workforce earnings; and (5) workforce debt. Authorizes the commission to create an interactive website known as the student horizon dashboard to provide public …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Early voting. Reduces the period during which in person absentee voting may occur at the office of the circuit court clerk or a satellite office established by the county election board to a 14 day period ending at noon on the day before election day.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Library governance. Eliminates the authority of public libraries to impose an ad valorem property tax as a "taxing unit". Requires a public library to prepare and submit a recommended annual budget to the fiscal body of the county in which the territory of the public library is located to provide the revenues necessary for the operation and maintenance of the …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Leaves of absence for local officeholders. Allows a local officeholder to take a leave of absence from office when the local officeholder: (1) is caring for a child after the birth of the child or placement of the child with the local officeholder for adoption or foster care; (2) is caring for a spouse, child, or parent who has a …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Law enforcement training cost reimbursement. Allows the state, a state agency, or a political subdivision (public employer) to be reimbursed for the costs of employing and training a law enforcement officer by a public employer that subsequently employs the officer. Provides that the reimbursement amount decreases over time and is eliminated three years after the officer is certified by the …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Gender matters. Defines "sex" and "gender" for purposes of the Indiana Code. States that the definitions of "sex" and "gender" are meant to be synonymous in the Indiana Code unless specifically defined otherwise and is clarifying language. Sets forth requirements of a short form birth certificate and a long form birth certificate. Specifies when a short form birth certificate may …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Protection of underground facilities. Provides that the following are exempt from the law governing demolitions and excavations in the area of underground facilities: (1) Excavation that is performed: (A) only with a hand tool; (B) by a communications service provider; and (C) to a depth not greater than 12 inches; for the purpose of connecting a communications service customer's home …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Masks at public assemblies. Makes wearing a mask at a public assembly a Class C misdemeanor, and increases the penalty to a Class A misdemeanor for a second or subsequent offense. Provides a defense under certain circumstances. Increases the penalty for rioting and disorderly conduct to a Level 6 felony if the offense is committed while wearing a mask.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
School board candidates. Specifies that if there is more than one candidate for a school board office within certain designated groups of candidates, the candidates shall appear in a certain order and within the grouping and in alphabetical order according to surname.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Library budgets. Amends the percentage increase in a public library's proposed budget that determines whether the public library's proposed budget is subject to binding review by the applicable county, city, or town, fiscal body.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Masks at public assemblies. Makes wearing a mask at a public assembly a Class C misdemeanor, and increases the penalty to a Class A misdemeanor for a second or subsequent offense. Provides a defense under certain circumstances. Increases the penalty ...
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Annexation. Allows a town to annex: (1) a noncontiguous residential development; and (2) the right-of-way of a public highway connecting the development to the city. Provides that annexation is initiated by: (1) the filing of a petition requesting an...
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Gender matters. Defines "sex" and "gender" for purposes of the Indiana Code. States that the definitions of "sex" and "gender" are meant to be synonymous in the Indiana Code unless specifically defined otherwise and is clarifying language. Sets forth...
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Breast reconstruction coverage. Repeals provisions requiring a state employee health plan, policy of accident and sickness insurance, and health maintenance organization contract to provide certain post-mastectomy coverage. Requires a state employee ...
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Protection of underground facilities. Provides that the following are exempt from the law governing demolitions and excavations in the area of underground facilities: (1) Excavation that is performed: (A) only with a hand tool; (B) by a communication...
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Public notices. Requires the Indiana office of technology (office) to establish a state public notice website not later than July 1, 2028. Prohibits the office from charging a fee for publishing or viewing notices. Allows a person to satisfy any noti...
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Library budgets. Amends the percentage increase in a public library's proposed budget that determines whether the public library's proposed budget is subject to binding review by the applicable county, city, or town, fiscal body.
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Municipal elections. Moves, as a general rule, elections of town officers to even-numbered years. Allows a town with a population of more than 10,000 to opt out of the general rule by resolution. Allows a city to pass a resolution to opt in to the ge...
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Various public safety matters. Requires a vendor or provider of an ignition interlock device to register an ignition interlock device with the department of toxicology. Eliminates a requirement for the director of the state department of toxicology t...
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
School board candidates. Specifies that if there is more than one candidate for a school board office within certain designated groups of candidates, the candidates shall appear in a certain order and within the grouping and in alphabetical order acc...
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Child welfare & foster careAgriculture & farmingEnvironment & waterLocal government & county operationsState government operations
Makes various amendments to the role of supervisors on soil and conservation boards. Removes a requirement that an individual who conducted an inspection of a landfill in a soil and conservation district (district) submit a copy of the report to the division of soil conservation. Provides that a district that fails to provide a copy of each annual financial statement …
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share

Crossposts (65)

Bill crosspost
Teacher compensation. Provides that, for each school year beginning after June 30, 2027, a school corporation shall, if the school corporation determines that the school corporation cannot establish a minimum salary of $60,000 (instead of $40,000 under current law) for …
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Prior authorization. Sets forth requirements for a utilization review entity that requires prior authorization of a health care service. Prohibits a utilization review entity from requiring prior authorization for the first 12 physical therapy or chiropractic visits of each new …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Small modular nuclear reactor pilot program. Establishes the small modular nuclear reactor partnership pilot program (program). Provides that certain electric utilities (eligible utilities) may partner with one or more other specified types of partners (eligible partners) to develop one or …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Required disclosures and access of foreign media. Requires certain media entities operating in Indiana to disclose: (1) foreign ownership; (2) foreign funding; and (3) the use of foreign sourced or influenced content. Authorizes the secretary of state to impose a …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Limitations on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Establishes prohibitions and requirements on state agencies, recipients of state contracts or grants, state educational institutions, and health profession licensing boards regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion. Allows the attorney general to bring an action …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Ground water emergencies. Allows the owner or operator of a significant ground water withdrawal facility to file a complaint with the director of the department of natural resources (director) that a water well on the property of the owner of …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Signal jamming. Provides that a signal jammer may be seized. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally manufactures, offers for sale, imports, markets, sells, possesses, uses, or operates a signal jammer commits unlawful use of a signal jammer, a …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Regulation of hemp. Defines "THC" for purposes of Indiana alcohol and tobacco law. Expands certain crimes concerning alcohol and tobacco, including crimes regarding possession by minors and sales to minors, to include products containing THC. Provides that a violation of …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Abortion inducing drugs and abortion reports. Modifies the definitions of "abortion" and "abortion inducing drug". Amends the information required to be reported to the Indiana department of health (state department) concerning an abortion complication. Requires the state department to send …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Workforce related programs. Requires a state provider of a workforce related program (state provider) to include the following information in an annual report concerning the workforce related program: (1) The number of participants who participated in another workforce related program …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Shooting ranges. Provides that the maintenance, repair, renovation, modernization, or expansion of buildings, structures, or facilities used in connection with a shooting range, including improvements to safety, security accessibility, or environmental controls, is a continuation of a permitted use and …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Wireless communication device policy. Amends definitions, requirements, restrictions, and exceptions regarding wireless communication device policies adopted and implemented by school corporations and charter schools. Requires the department of education to publish model policy language and implementation guidance. Provides that, with …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Zoning overlay districts for solar projects. Provides that after December 31, 2025, a permit authority may not establish in a unit a zoning overlay district in which one or more commercial solar energy projects (CSE projects) will be located unless …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Firing squad. Authorizes the death penalty to be carried out by firing squad: (1) if execution by lethal injection cannot be carried out due to the unavailability of a required drug; or (2) upon request by the condemned person. Establishes …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
An act to amend Section 4441 of the Business and Professions Code, to amend Sections 1385.001, 1385.0011, 1385.0021, 1385.0022, and 1385.0023 of, and to add Sections 1367.2075, 1385.0026, 1385.0027, 1385.0028, 1385.0029, 1385.0031, 1385.0032, 1385.0033, and 1385.0034 to, the Health and …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Firing squad. Authorizes the death penalty to be carried out by firing squad: (1) if execution by lethal injection cannot be carried out due to the unavailability of a required drug; or (2) upon request by the condemned person. Establishes …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Redistricting. Allows the general assembly to amend congressional districts at a time other than the first regular session of the general assembly convening immediately following the United States decennial census. Specifies requirements that apply t...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Investor ownership of single family residences. Establishes the housing down payment assistance fund. Establishes a transfer tax equal to 50% of the fair market value of a single family residence for each single family residence acquired by an applic...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Zoning overlay districts for solar projects. Provides that after December 31, 2025, a permit authority may not establish in a unit a zoning overlay district in which one or more commercial solar energy projects (CSE projects) will be located unless …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Thirteenth check. Provides for a thirteenth check in calendar year 2026 for certain members, participants, or beneficiaries of the: (1) Indiana state teachers' retirement fund; (2) Indiana public employees' retirement fund; (3) state excise police, g...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Medicaid matters. Amends the duties of the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) concerning home and community based services waivers (waiver). Sets forth requirements for conducting an audit of a provider of waiver services....
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Various immigration matters. Provides that if a law enforcement officer, governmental body, or postsecondary educational institution is made a party to a civil suit and the attorney general determines that the suit has arisen out of certain acts, the...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Cannabis regulation. Permits the use of cannabis by: (1) a person at least 21 years of age; and (2) a person with a serious medical condition as determined by the person's physician. Establishes the adult use cannabis excise tax, and …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Coverage for cancer screening. Requires a state employee health plan to cover supplemental breast examinations. Requires a policy of accident and sickness insurance and a health maintenance organization to cover diagnostic breast examinations and sup...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Police pension matters. Extends eligibility for supplemental pension benefits and incentive increases to employee beneficiaries of the state police 1987 benefit system. (Current law provides eligibility to employee beneficiaries under the state polic...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Various health matters. Prohibits a person from adding a chemical to a public water supply in certain circumstances. Defines "medical intervention" and provides that a person may not require an individual to accept, undergo, or engage in a medical in...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
School technology plans and policies. Requires school corporations and charter schools (schools) to include in the school's technology plan a description of the school's plan to: (1) ensure the appropriate use of technological devices in schools; and...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Innkeeper's tax. Authorizes the city of New Haven to impose an innkeeper's tax at a flat rate that does not exceed $5 per night. Amends provisions regarding distribution and uses of the Hamilton County innkeeper's tax. Makes corresponding changes to …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Income tax deduction for theft loss. Provides an income tax deduction for theft losses that result from certain financial transactions induced by third parties and that cause the individual to incur federal gross income as a result of the theft. …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Purchase and lease of government vehicles. With certain exceptions, requires a political subdivision to procure only base model vehicles. Removes a provision that allows the Indiana department of administration to permit a state entity to procure a v...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Workforce related programs. Requires a state provider of a workforce related program (state provider) to include the following information in an annual report concerning the workforce related program: (1) The number of participants who participated i...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Abortion inducing drugs and abortion reports. Modifies the definitions of "abortion" and "abortion inducing drug". Amends the information required to be reported to the Indiana department of health (state department) concerning an abortion complicati...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Gender issues. Defines "female", "male", "gender", and "sex" for all Indiana statutes. Provides that the department of correction shall assign an offender, including a delinquent offender, to a facility or program that is based on the offender's sex....
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Education matters. Requires the Indiana department of education to elect to participate as a covered state in the federal tax credit scholarship program for elementary and secondary education under Section 25F of the Internal Revenue Code (enacted in...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Income tax credits. Requires the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) to commit $35,000,000 in redevelopment tax credits each state fiscal year among development authorities, qualified nonprofit organizations, and certain local economic de...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Regulation of hemp. Defines "THC" for purposes of Indiana alcohol and tobacco law. Expands certain crimes concerning alcohol and tobacco, including crimes regarding possession by minors and sales to minors, to include products containing THC. Provide...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Prohibition of ranked choice voting. Prohibits the use of ranked choice voting.
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Veterinary licensing. Provides that the board of veterinary medicine may issue a license or registration to a qualified applicant without an examination if the qualified applicant: (1) satisfies the requirements for reciprocity of health care profess...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Department of agriculture. Makes various amendments to the role of supervisors on soil and conservation boards. Removes a requirement that an individual who conducted an inspection of a landfill in a soil and conservation district (district) submit a...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Partnership composite returns. Removes penalty provisions that apply if a pass through entity fails to include in a composite return nonresident partners, nonresident shareholders, or nonresident beneficiaries that do not have distributive share inco...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
VFD clothing and automobile allowances. Increases, from $100 to $250, the clothing and automobile allowance for an active member of a volunteer fire department (department). Provides that a unit served by a volunteer fire department shall pay the clo...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
High school equivalency programs. Amends Indiana high school equivalency diploma program eligibility requirements for individuals under 18 years of age. Changes the expiration date of the high school equivalency pilot program from June 30, 2026, to J...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Constitutional amendment ballot question. Prescribes the ballot language for the proposed constitutional amendment concerning the residency of a city or town court judge.
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Township mergers. Requires the department of local government finance (department) not later than December 31, 2026, to compile data on each township (excluding townships in Marion County) and assign points based upon the township government's perfor...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Various property tax matters. Provides that a county board or assessing official shall not enter a property to conduct a physical inspection without first receiving the permission of the taxpayer to enter the property. Provides that under specific ci...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Insurance coverage for public safety employees. Provides that a public safety employee who: (1) becomes disabled on or after January 1, 2020; (2) receives a Class 1 or a Class 2 impairment benefit; and (3) is eligible for group health …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Department of local government finance. Requires a municipal entity that hires or retains a municipal advisor to complete a request for qualifications at least once every three years to select the municipal advisor. Requires a municipal advisor to re...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Child services matters. Adds four members to the statewide child fatality review committee, one of whom is appointed by each of the following: (1) The speaker of the house of representatives. (2) The president pro tempore of the senate. (3) …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Various dental matters; respiratory care. Amends the educational requirements for dental hygienists. Amends the requirements for administration of nitrous oxide by a dental hygienist. Allows the state board of dentistry to establish additional requir...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Elections matters. Requires each county election board to provide to the election division through a module of the computerized list, not later than 14 days after each election, the votes cast for each candidate and on each public question in …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Wireless communication device policy. Amends definitions, requirements, restrictions, and exceptions regarding wireless communication device policies adopted and implemented by school corporations and charter schools. Requires the department of educa...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Requires proxy advisory firms to disclose detailed reasoning when recommending shareholders vote against company management. Mandates conflict-of-interest disclosures and gives companies a chance to review and respond to proxy recommendations before they are published.
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Department of natural resources. Defines various terms. Amends and removes various definitions. Makes various changes to natural resources commission procedures. Makes various changes to the department of natural resources (department) powers and du...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Human services matters. Establishes the Indiana rural health transformation fund and makes allotments and expenditures from the fund subject to budget committee review before the allotment and expenditure may occur. Requires the office of the secreta...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Immigration matters. Provides that if a law enforcement officer, governmental body, or postsecondary educational institution is made a party to a civil suit and the attorney general determines that the suit has arisen out of certain immigration matte...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Indiana defense task force funding. Adds the adjutant general of the Indiana National Guard or the adjutant general's designee as a nonvoting member of the Indiana defense task force (task force). Provides that, on or before May 1, 2026, and …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Lets small farms and homestead food vendors sell food without being subject to state time-temperature safety rules. Exempts these small-scale sellers from regulations that apply to commercial food operations.
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Requires electricity companies to offer levelized billing — evening out your monthly bill so you're not slammed with a huge payment in summer or winter. Also triggers automatic IURC review when rates exceed certain thresholds. Bipartisan support. The goal: make …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Foreign agent registration, foreign terrorist organizations, and foreign adversaries. Provides that, if a contractor or a subcontractor working under the contractor for the provision of a technological product or service is a prohibited person, a qua...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Adoption and foster care matters. Prohibits a governmental entity from discriminating against a person in adoption and foster care matters based on the person's sincerely held religious belief, unless the discriminatory act as applied to the person i...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Shooting ranges. Provides that the maintenance, repair, renovation, modernization, or expansion of buildings, structures, or facilities used in connection with a shooting range, including improvements to safety, security accessibility, or environment...
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Provides that, if a contractor or a subcontractor working under the contractor for the provision of a technological product or service is a prohibited person, a qualified entity may enter into the contract if the contractor affirms the contractor and …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Provides that the board of veterinary medicine may issue a license or registration to a qualified applicant without an examination if the qualified applicant: (1) satisfies the requirements for reciprocity of health care professionals; and (2) otherwise meets the requirements …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Prohibits the use of ranked choice voting.
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Defines "female", "male", "gender", and "sex" for all Indiana statutes. Provides that the department of correction shall assign an offender, including a delinquent offender, to a facility or program that is based on the offender's sex. States that a local …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share