Indiana · 2026 session · house
This version transforms HB 1268 from an engrossed bill to an enrolled act, incorporating committee amendments and establishing a comprehensive framework for Indiana's new FAA-designated unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) test site. The most significant changes create an entirely new statutory chapter (IC 5-28-44) governing test site operations, including exemptions from state procurement and contracting laws for the operating partner, dedicated bank account requirements for test site funds, and biannual reporting obligations to the defense task force and budget committee beginning December 2026. The bill also modifies the Indiana defense task force structure by adding legislative appointees from both chambers, designating the adjutant general as a nonvoting member, clarifying that the chairperson votes only to break ties, and streamlining annual reporting requirements. Technical changes include removing the committee report appendix and converting the preamble from engrossed to enrolled act format with an emergency clause for immediate effect upon passage.
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