§ 1-1-3-4 — Effectiveness of acts passed over governor's veto

(a) This section applies only to an act passed by
the general assembly over the governor's veto.
(b) The following definitions apply throughout this section:
(1) "Approval of the act" means the date the second house of the
general assembly votes to approve a bill over the governor's veto.
(2) "Promulgation of the act" means the publication and
circulation of an act in accordance with Article 4, Section 28 of
the Constitution of the State of Indiana.
(3) "Second house of the general assembly" means the house of
the general assembly that reconsiders a bill vetoed by the
governor after the house in which the bill originated has passed
the bill over the governor's veto.
(c) If an act declares that a SECTION of the act is effective upon
passage, that SECTION takes effect upon approval of the act.
(d) If an act declares that a SECTION of the act applies retroactively
to a specified date, that SECTION takes effect on the specified
retroactive date.
(e) Except as provided in subsection (d), if an act declares that a
SECTION of the act takes effect on a specified date that is before the
date of the approval of the act, that SECTION takes effect on the first
day of the third calendar month after the calendar month of the
approval of the act.
(f) If an act declares that a SECTION of the act takes effect on a
specified date that is on or after the date of the approval of the act, that
SECTION takes effect on that date. However, if the specified date
occurs before the promulgation of the act, then the SECTION takes
effect when promulgation of the act is completed.
(g) This subsection does not apply to a SECTION described in
section 3(d) of this chapter. If an act does not declare an effective date
for a SECTION of the act, then that SECTION takes effect on July 1
next following approval of the act.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.242-2025, SEC.7.