Indiana HB1066: A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration.

What the bill says

A bill FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government. SUMMARY: Public work projects. Provides that a board of aviation commissioners and an airport authority are subject to the same procedures as a school corporation for certain public work projects. Provides that if a federal grant is to be issued to fund a portion of the construction on a public work project, the successful bidder has 90 days to proceed with the contract.

From the introduced text, May 16, 2026:

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government. SUMMARY: Public work projects. Provides that a board of aviation commissioners and an airport authority are subject to the same procedures as a school corporation for certain public work projects. Provides that if a federal grant is to be issued to fund a portion of the construction on a public work project, the successful bidder has 90 days to proceed with the contract.

Sponsors

• Mitch Gore (D, HD-089) · primary sponsor
• Jim Pressel (R, HD-020)
• Ben Smaltz (R, HD-052)
• Doug Miller (R, HD-048)

Latest actions

1. January 28, 2026: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2. January 28, 2026: Amendment #1 (Gore) prevailed; voice vote
3. January 22, 2026: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
4. January 8, 2026: Representative Pressel added as coauthor
5. January 8, 2026: Representative Smaltz added as coauthor