Executive Order 26-12: Directing the Indiana Department of Child Services to Preserve Federal Earned Benefits for Eligible Youth in State Care

The executive order prohibits the Indiana Department of Child Services from using any portion of a child's federal survivors' benefits to reimburse itself for the cost of a child's care while in the custody of the state. It directs the Indiana Department of Child Services to adjust and develop internal policies accordingly.       

Executive Order 26-11: Extension of Energy Emergency and Waiver of Gas sales and Excise Taxes

The executive order extends the energy emergency for all Indiana counties declared on April 8, 2026, in Executive Order 26-09. It extends the suspension the Gasoline Use Tax established under Indiana law.       
  

Executive Order 26-10: Waiver of Enhanced Fuel Requirements in Clark and Floyd Counties to Prevent Motor Fuel Supply Disruption

This executive order declares an energy emergency for Clark and Floyd counties until June 12, 2026. It directs the Commissioners of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and the Indiana Department of Health to waive for the duration of the energy emergency certain inspection and enforcement requirements under Indiana law. The executive order requires the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and the Indiana Department of Health to permanently rescind certain state requirements for lower Reid vapor pressure fuel in Clark and Floyd Counties by summer 2027.   
    

Executive Order 26-09: Declaration of Energy Emergency and Waiver of Gas Sales Tax

The executive order declares unless terminated or extended by the governor an energy emergency for all counties in Indiana. It suspends for the duration of the energy emergency the Gasoline Use Tax established under Indiana law.    

Executive Order 26-08: Declaring a Disaster Emergency in Jasper, Newton, and Starke Counties Due to Severe Weather and Tornadic Activity

This executive order declares a state of disaster emergency in Jasper, Newton, and Starke counties for a period of 30 days. It directs the Indiana Department of Homeland Security to coordinate the state's emergency response efforts.     

Executive Order 36-07: Waiver of Hours of Service Regulations Relating to Motor Carriers and Drivers Transporting Composting Materials

The executive order temporarily exempts motor carriers and drivers transporting requisite composting materials to certain Indiana counties from regulations restricting their hours of service. The exemption is effective until April 1, 2026.      

Executive Order 26-06: Fostering Indiana’s Faith-Based Institutions

The executive order establishes the Faith-Based Institutions Initiative to encourage such institutions to better serve Hoosiers. It charges the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to spearhead the initiative and requires a report be submitted annually to the governor on the progress of the initiative.    

Executive Order 26-05: Waiver of Hours of Service Regulations Relating to Motor Carriers and Drivers Transporting Propane Gas

This executive order temporarily exempts motor carriers and drivers transporting propane gas from certain regulations restricting their hours of service. The exemption is until March 1, 2026.    

Executive Order 26-04: Protecting Hoosier Taxpayer Dollars by Coordinating Fraud Prevention Across State Government

This executive order establishes the Indiana Council on Fraud Detection and Prevention to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in federal programs administered by state agencies. The Council is directed to focus on Medicaid, SNAP, TANF, Federally Funded School and Community Nutrition Programs, CCDF, Older Youth Initiative (OYI), WIC, and Federally Funded Special Education Programs. The order directs the council to meet quarterly and to report annually to the governor on the regulatory activities of agencies related to fraud prevention and detection.    

Executive Order 26-03: Declaration of a Statewide Disaster Emergency Due to a Severe Winter Storm

This executive order declared a statewide disaster emergency due to a winter storm for a period of sixty (60) days and directed the Indiana Department of Homeland Security to coordinate the state's emergency response efforts.    

Executive Order 26-02: Waiver of Hours of Service Regulations Relating to Motor Carriers and Drivers Transporting Propane Gas and Crucial Agriculture Products

This executive order granted temporary regulatory flexibility to exempt motor carriers and drivers transporting propane gas, poultry, livestock, or feed for the care of poultry or livestock from existing restrictions on hours of service due to extraordinary snow and cold weather. The exemption runs through February 7, 2026.    

Executive Order 26-01: Updating the Code of Ethics for the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission and Prioritizing Hoosier Ratepayers

This executive order adopts an updated Code of Ethics for the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission of Indiana governing the conduct of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission and its employees. The order supersedes a prior Code of Ethics from EO 93-12.    

Executive Order 25-77: Reconstitution of the State Workforce Development Board Under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act as Administered by the Department of Workforce Development

The executive order reconstitutes the State Workforce Development Board.

Executive Order 25-76: The Effectiveness of Population Information from the United States Census Bureau for State Law Purposes

The executive order serves as an acknowledgement of a special tabulation regarding census population count.

Executive Order 25-75: Extension of Waiver of Hours of Service Regulations Relating to Motor Carriers and Drivers Transporting Propane Gas

This executive order extends the temporary exemption under EO 25-74.

Executive Order 25-74: Waiver of Hours of Service Regulations Relating to Motor Carriers and Drivers Transporting Propane Gas

The executive order temporarily exempts motor carriers and drivers transporting propane gas in the state of Indiana from certain regulations.  

Executive Order 25-73: Establishing the Indiana Initiative for Drone Dominance Task Force to Support the Federal Government's Goal of American Drone Dominance

This executive order establishes the Indiana Initiative for Drone Dominance Task Force and charges it to position Indiana as a national asset in the drone sector. It requires that task force to submit its recommendations and strategic plan to the governor no later than July 31, 2026.    

Executive Order 25-72: Postponing the Expiration of an Administrative Rule

The executive order postpones the expiration of an administrative rule regarding health and safety standards.  

Executive Order 25-71: Postponing the Expiration of Certain Administrative Rules

The executive order postpones the expiration of certain administrative rules of the Indiana Civil Rights Commission.    

Executive Order 25-70: Postponing the Expiration of an Administrative Rule

The rule postpones the expiration of an administrative rule regarding prequalification of contractors and bidding.    

Executive Order 25-69: Granting Extension on Expiration of Professional Licensing Agency Regulations in Accordance with EO 25-18

This rule postpones the expiration of certain professional licensing regulations.    

Executive Order 25-68: Granting Extension on Expiration of FSSA Childcare Regulations

The executive order postpones the expiration of certain administrative rules regarding childcare.    

Executive Order 25-67: Postponing the Expiration of Certain Administrative Rules

This rule extends a provisional administrative rule of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration concerning emergency closure of a childcare facility for failure to report suspected child abuse or neglect.    

Executive Order 25-66: Creating a State Energy Strategy to Meet Growing Demand and Support Reliability and Affordability

This executive order seeks to develop an Energy Growth Plan for Indiana that focuses on reliability and affordability, opportunities for energy exports, and the development of nuclear energy. It creates the Strategic Energy Growth Task Force and charges it to collaborate with utilities, other stakeholders, and state agencies and to deliver a plan to the governor no later than May 29, 2026.

Executive Order 25-65: Continuing the Serve Indiana Commission as a Division of the Department of Workforce Development

This executive order continues the Office of Faith-Based and Community Service Initiatives, first created in 2005, as Serve Indiana, a division of the Department of Workforce Development. Serve Indiana will continue to promote volunteer involvement and citizen participation throughout Indiana and is directed to prepare statewide plans for promoting volunteer involvement and citizen participation in Indiana. The program is directed to apply for funding through AmeriCorps and work closely with faith-based and community-based groups and charitable organizations. The executive order continues the Indiana Commission on Community Service and Volunteerism (ICCSV) as the Serve Indiana Commission and outlines membership and appointments by the governor.

Executive Order 25-64: Protecting Critical Infrastructure and Hoosier Resources by Increasing Prohibitions on Dealing with Certain Foreign Adversaries

This executive order seeks to bolster and expand protections for Hoosiers against foreign adversaries. It directs or requests state agencies, state educational institutions, separately elected officials, and the judicial and legislative departments of state government to adhere to certain contracting, personnel, and reporting protocols.  

Business; Government Affairs; Workplace Solutions; Higher Education; Private Equity

Executive Order 25-63: Ensuring Future Economic Prosperity and Opportunity for Hoosiers by the Development of a Statewide Water Inventory and Management Plan

This executive order requires an analysis of Indiana’s water resources to identify current usage and future demand. This work must also include a framework for a statewide water plan, including recommendations to improve measuring and managing Indiana’s water resources. It requires a written report be delivered to the governor no later than December 31, 2026.    

Executive Order 25-62: Supporting Environmental Health and Economic Leadership Through Recovery of Rare Earth Metals and Critical Materials from Indiana Coal Sites

This executive order creates the Indiana Rare Earth Recovery Council to advance the development of a coal site reclamation and clean-up program. The council is tasked with collaborating with industry partners, evaluating the potential for local and/or regional refining operations, and collaborating with Indiana universities and educational institutions to create a workforce development program. It requires the council deliver a final to the governor no later than December 31, 2026.

Executive Order 25-60: Assuring Prudent Use of Taxpayer Funds by Ensuring Integrity in the Indiana Medicaid Program

This executive order requires the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration to take certain actions to enhance determinations of eligibility for the Indiana Medicaid program. It requires the agency provide quarterly progress reports to the governor.

Health Care; Business; Government Affairs; Private Equity; Trusts & Estates; Workplace Solutions

Executive Order 25-59: Making Indiana Healthy Again by Promoting the Health and Wellness of Hoosier Students

This executive order directs the Indiana Secretary of Education to establish a Governor's Fitness Test and a School Fitness Month by September 30, 2025. The Secretary of Education must also develop recommendations, in consultation with the State Health Commissioner and the Director of the State Department of Agriculture, to encourage healthier, local food options by increasing locally sourced and farm-to-school programs. The executive order requires the Secretary of Education to also create recommendations on how to highlight the harmful effects of excessive cell phone and social media usage on the cognitive development of children. Moreover, a written report shall be provided to the governor by December 31, 2025, on matters designed to improve children's health, such as requesting food service providers to supply schools with food that does not include artificial food dyes.  

Executive Order 25-58: Making Indiana Healthy Again by Increasing Hoosier Access to Local Foods

This executive order requires a study of Hoosiers' access to local foods and direct-to-consumer good sales from Indiana farmers. It requires a written report be provided to the governor by July 1, 2026.    

Executive Order 25-57: Making Indiana Healthy Again by Developing a Comprehensive Diet-Related Chronic Disease Plan

This executive order directs the Indiana Secretary of Health and Family Services to conduct a comprehensive study on diet-related chronic disease in Indiana, especially among children. The study must include budget, efficacy, and regulatory information about existing state programs related to nutrition, physical activity, and chronic disease management. The study must further detail opportunities to improve nutrition and diet-related chronic disease education for students, in coordination with the Indiana Secretary of Education. A written report shall be provided to the governor by July 1, 2026, detailing the study's findings and making recommendations to reduce obesity rates, prevent chronic disease, and promote healthy lifestyles.    

Executive Order 25-56: Making Indiana Healthy Again by Increasing Consumer Transparency Related to Food Dyes and Additives

This executive order requires an analysis and report on the health impacts of artificial food dyes and additives, including their prevalence in food products consumed by Hoosiers and develop recommendations for implementing restrictions on harmful food dyes and additives in the state. The report must be delivered to the governor no later than July 1, 2026.    

Executive Order 25-55: Making Indiana Healthy Again by Enhancing Nutrition in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

This executive order directs the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) to submit a request for a waiver to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to exclude candy and soft drinks from the definition of eligible foods under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The executive order also requires the Indiana Secretary of Health and Family Services to develop recommendations to exclude additional items from the definition of eligible foods under SNAP that have low nutritional value and a positive correlation with weight gain and obesity-related diseases in consideration of the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission. FSSA must provide quarterly updates to the governor.    

Executive Order 25-54: Informing Federal Lawmakers on Enabling Entrepreneurial Administration of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits by the States

This executive order requires a review and report assessing whether and how federal statutes limit the effectiveness of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) goals, including the effectiveness in providing nutritious foods and promoting self-sufficiency. Such report is due to the governor and various federal bodies not later than December 31, 2025.    

Executive Order 25-53: Increasing State Accountability Through Supplemental Nutrition Program Asset Verification

This executive order directs the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) to take all necessary steps to ensure that all households undergo an asset test to determine eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The Secretary of FSSA is also directed to develop recommendations to streamline and make more predictable the asset verification process for SNAP including digital data verification solutions and exemptions to comply with work requirements. FSSA must provide quarterly progress reports to the governor.    

Executive Order 25-52: Promoting Long-Term Growth and Flourishing for Hoosiers on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by Workforce Encouragement

The executive order aims to expand employment and training requirements for participation in Indiana’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to all individuals who are not exempt under federal law. It directs the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration to pursue the necessary federal approvals and to implement measurable outcome metrics as part of the program’s administration.    

Executive Order 25-51: Removing Government-Imposed Tax Penalties on Marriage

This executive order directs the Indiana Department of Revenue to review all tax laws and policies to identify any laws and policies that disincentivize marriage. A written report shall be provided to the governor by May 1, 2025, and the Legislative Council by July 1, 2025. The report must estimate the amount of financial disincentive the current tax laws place on marriage and recommend changes. Additionally, every executive state agency that administers a welfare or benefit program shall evaluate each program to consider whether marriage disincentives exist in terms of program eligibility, benefit amounts, or other terms, and recommend changes that incentivize marriage’ A written report must be provided to the governor by May 1, 2026, and to the Legislative Council by July 1, 2026.    

Tax; Health Care

Executive Order 25-50: Ensuring Economic Opportunity and Indiana's Energy Future by Supporting Life Extensions for Coal Energy Generation and Assessing Natural Gas Supplies

The executive order requires the Indiana Secretary of Energy and Natural Resources to conduct an evaluation to consider extending the lives of the remaining coal-based electric generation plants in Indiana. It requires the secretary to coordinate with relevant state entities and to report progress updates and recommendations to the governor annually.      

Environmental; Business; Construction; Private Equity; Real Estate

Executive Order 25-49: Encouraging Practical Approaches to Climate and Energy Solutions by Rejecting Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases and Climate Action Plans

This executive order prohibits state agencies from developing or issuing state regulations, fees, or other pricing mechanisms for greenhouse gases without explicit authorization from the General Assembly and the governor. Moreover, state agencies are directed to identify and address regulatory and other barriers to environmentally beneficial projects, including unnecessary red tape for building new or retrofitting existing facilities, that will reduce emissions in Indiana and enable greater conservation. State agencies are prohibited from incorporating a social cost of greenhouse gases into regulatory or cost-benefit analyses or permitting activities. Agencies are directed to revisit and consider rescinding climate action plans developed under federal programs by December 31, 2025.    

Executive Order 25-48: Creating Economic Opportunity and Securing Indiana's Energy Future Through Advanced Nuclear Development

This executive order aims to advance the development of nuclear energy and small modular reactors in Indiana. It creates the Nuclear Indiana Coalition and requires the council provide its findings and recommendations to the governor by December 31 of each year.    

Executive Order 25-46: Improving Opportunity and Reducing Recidivism by Improving the Path for Reentry Within the Department of Corrections

This executive order directs the Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Corrections to conduct a review and prepare a report on factors that may contribute to the issues of housing instability and unemployment faced by incarcerated individuals or those who have been recently released. The report shall be submitted to the governor no later than June 30, 2026.        

Workplace Solutions; Real Estate

Executive Order 25-47: Promoting Public Safety and Prison Security by Directing the Indiana Department of Corrections to Implement Strategies to Improve Employee Retention

This executive order directs the Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Corrections to develop a comprehensive retention plan for corrections officers. The commissioner will also evaluate the effectiveness of onboarding and new employee training practices, including establishing a "pre-service" academic program and maintaining a performance measurement process used to evaluate training programs, employee engagement, and retention. A written report with these findings, as well as the steps taken to improve retention, shall be submitted to the governor by June 30, 2026.      

Executive Order 25-45: Standardizing Workforce and Economic Development Regions in Indiana

This executive order directs the Indiana Secretary of Commerce to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the unique strengths and assets within each economic development region in Indiana in consultation with local and regional economic development officials, business representatives, and local elected officials. Additionally, by December 31, 2025, the secretary shall make recommendations for a regional map that will apply to workforce and economic development functions and identify the resources necessary to maximize economic development efforts.    

Executive Order 25-44: Prioritizing Wage Growth and Job Creation in Economic Development Initiatives

This executive order establishes that the number of jobs and average wage of jobs created will be the primary measure of success in the state's economic development efforts.    

Executive Order 25-43: Providing Transparency for State Government-Affiliated Foundations

This executive order directs all state agencies to ensure that any affiliated non-profit foundations, corporations, or other entities created to support an agency are complying with mandated reporting requirements in Indiana law. The state agencies are directed to ensure any previously missed reports, including the IRS Form 990, for the last ten years are filed by December 31, 2025. All state agencies must provide verification of compliance to the governor and the Legislative Council by December 31 of each year.

Executive Order 25-42: Maintaining Best-In-Class Customer Service and Ensuring Prudent Use of Taxpayer Funds by Reforming Permitting Along Indiana's Transportation Network

This executive order seeks to improve and better standardize the Indiana Department of Transportation's permitting processes. It requires a review of the department's current processes and the respective findings be submitted in a written report to the governor no later than October 31, 2025. It also directs the development and implementation of statewide standards to review permit applications and other measures to improve customer service.    

Business; Construction; Government Affairs

Executive Order 25-41: Maintaining Best-In-Class Customer Service and Ensuring Prudent Use of Taxpayer Funds by Establishing a 5-Year Strategy for Digital and Technological Advancement of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles

This executive order directs the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles to develop a five-year strategy to modernize its various digital and technological systems, including the System Tracking and Record Support (STARS) system, and complete a comprehensive review of its current systems. A final report with recommendations, projected costs, and potential impacts on customers should be submitted to the governor by October 31, 2025, and the Legislative Council by December 31, 2025.

Executive Order 25-40: Increasing Opportunity for Indiana's Businesses and Hoosiers Through Permitting Transparency and Accountability

The executive order aims to improve transparency of certain state agencies' permitting metrics. It requires the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to post certain performance metrics on their respective websites and to conduct regular reviews for compliance with certain performance standards.    

Environmental; Business; Construction; Government Affairs; Real Estate

Executive Order 25-39: Ensuring Student Safety as State Educational Institutions

This executive order directs the Indiana Commission for Higher Education to fully cooperate with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights' efforts to ensure that Indiana's state educational institutions fulfill their obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to protect Jewish students. A written report shall be prepared regarding the policies of Indiana's state educational institutions related to anti-Semitic actions and speech and delivered to the governor and Legislative Council by November 30, 2025. The commission shall conduct a follow-up review in 2026 concerning policy changes and any response to the 2025 report.     

Higher Education; Litigation

Executive Order 25-38: Creating Opportunity Through Reduction of Excessive Environmental Regulation

The executive order aims to streamline Indiana's environmental regulations. It prohibits the state's adoption of new environmental rules, regulations, and programs that are more stringent than applicable federal standards unless deemed necessary. It also requires relevant state agencies to review their existing regulations and policies and deliver a report to the governor not later than July 1, 2025, identifying opportunities to revisit or rescind such regulations and policies that are burdensome and unnecessary.    

Construction; Environmental; Business; Real Estate

Executive Order 25-37: Prohibiting the Use of Environmental Justice in Permitting, Enforcement, or Grant Decisions

This executive order prohibits all state agencies or officials involved in the process of permitting or enforcement from using "environmental justice" as a determining factor in their decision-making. This includes, but is not limited to, considerations of race, ethnicity, educational attainment, or other social factors when making permitting, enforcement, or grant decisions. The executive order establishes that it is the position of the State of Indiana that there is no legal foundation that federal laws such as the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, etc. do not mandate considerations based on racial, ethnic, or other social factors when evaluating environmental risks or approving permits. State agencies are directed to use the best available scientific evidence to guide decisions.    

Executive Order 25-36: Respecting the Biological Dichotomy Between Men and Women as a Fundamental & Deeply Rooted Legal Principle Embedded in Indiana Law

This executive order directs Indiana's executive branch to adhere to certain requirements regarding the biological binary of man and woman.    

Workplace Solutions; Litigation

Executive Order 25-35: Ensuring Compliance with Common-Sense Protections for Women and Girls in Education and Sports

This executive order directs the Indiana Commission for Higher Education to review the policies of the state's educational institutions related to post-secondary athletic programs to ensure compliance with the 2020 Title IX rule instead of the 2024 Title IX rule. The review must be completed by September 30, 2025, with a report provided to the governor and Legislative Council by December 31, 2025. The commission is directed to conduct a follow-up review in 2026 to evaluate any changes made to policies as a result.    

Executive Order 25-34: Promoting Families and Strengthening the State Workforce Through New Parent Leave and Childbirth Recovery Leave for State Employees

The executive order seeks to bolster state employment policies regarding new parent leave and childbirth recovery leave.    

Workplace Solutions; Employee Benefits

Executive Order 25-33: Assuring Prudent Use of Taxpayer Funds by Conducting Data Cross Checks of Unemployment Insurance Claims

This executive order directs the Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD) to review its administration of Indiana's unemployment insurance program and implement all necessary measures to enhance the integrity of the program, reduce the rate of inappropriate payments to ineligible applicants, and combat fraud. The review must include verification of applicant eligibility through new hire directories and additional review and investigation of claims. The executive order directs the Management Performance Hub (MPH) to collaborate the DWD to develop data-crosschecking and data analysis processes and for all state agencies to cooperate with data requests from MPH and DWD. DWD must provide quarterly reports to the governor.       

Workplace Solutions; Business

Executive Order 25-32: Promoting Long-Term Growth and Flourishing Through Workforce Encouragement for Hoosiers Without Jobs

This executive order directs the Indiana Department of Workforce Development to conduct a review and prepare a report on ways to improve reemployment services. The report must be provided to the governor not later than November 30, 2025.    

Executive Order 25-31: Assuring Prudent Use of Taxpayer Funds by Evaluating Appropriate Provision of ABA Services

This executive order organizes a working group to be created by the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, in collaboration with the Indiana Department of Education, to evaluate cost containment strategies that minimize the negative impact felt by applied behavior analysis (ABA) enrollees and their families. The working group is directed to evaluate the best clinical care models to provide the right therapy, at the right age, in the right setting, to best serve children and families. The working group is directed to develop recommendations for quality metrics, caps on hours of services and number of months a child can receive services, and new provider enrollment and billing requirements, among other topics. The working group evaluation must be completed by September 30, 2025, with a written report provided to the governor by November 30, 2025, that includes three recommendations for meaningful cost containment.   

Health Care

Executive Order 25-29: Supporting Federal Immigration Policy and Protecting Hoosier Workers by Indiana's State Agencies

This executive order directs state law enforcement agencies to fully cooperate with the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and enter into agreements to perform the functions of immigration officers in relation to investigating, apprehending, and detaining individuals unlawfully present in the United States. The executive order also encourages local law enforcement agencies to do the same. Moreover, it directs statewide law enforcement agencies to report credible evidence of certain or unlawfully present individuals to the Indiana Intelligence Fusion Center. The Indiana National Guard and Indiana Department of Homeland Security are directed to coordinate on requests for response to immigration issues. The Indiana Department of Administration must evaluate the use of E-Verify by the state's vendors and modify language in state contracts to require certification of E-Verify use.    

Workplace Solutions; Business

Executive Order 25-28: Increasing Opportunity for Hoosiers by Enabling Split Risk Pools in Health Coverage

The executive order aims to increase access and reduce the cost of health care for Hoosiers. It directs the Indiana Department of Insurance to seek authorization from the federal government that would allow health insurance providers to consider enrollees of the Health Insurance Marketplace (Exchange) and enrollees of the individual marketplace outside of Exchange to be members of separate risk-pools.  

Executive Order 25-27: Increasing Opportunity for Hoosiers and Businesses by Ensuring 340B Covered Entities Meet Criteria for Eligibility

The executive order requires the Indiana Secretary of Health and Family Services investigate and prepare a report on the state’s authority to issue administrative rules and enforce requirements pertaining to the 340B Drug Pricing Program. The report is due to the governor no later than November 30, 2025.

Executive Order 25-26: Encouraging Secure Information Sharing Across State Agencies to Improve Government Efficiency and Outcomes for Hoosiers

This executive order authorizes and encourages all executive branch state agencies to share information with other executive branch state agencies. It directs state agencies comply with applicable state and federal laws regarding data security and compliance.  

Executive Order 25-25: Using Data and Innovation to Improve Hoosier Health Outcomes, Constituent Services, and Drive Government Efficiency

This executive order directs state law enforcement agencies to fully cooperate with the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and enter into agreements to perform the functions of immigration officers in relation to investigating, apprehending, and detaining individuals unlawfully present in the United States. The executive order also encourages local law enforcement agencies to do the same. Moreover, it directs statewide law enforcement agencies to report credible evidence of certain or unlawfully present individuals to the Indiana Intelligence Fusion Center. The Indiana National Guard and Indiana Department of Homeland Security are directed to coordinate on requests for response to immigration issues. The Indiana Department of Administration must evaluate the use of E-Verify by the state's vendors and modify language in state contracts to require certification of E-Verify use.

Executive Order 25-24: Assuring Prudent Use of Taxpayer Funds by Assessing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Healthcare Spending

This executive order aims to improve fraud, waste, and abuse measures in taxpayer funded health care programs. It directs the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration and the State Personnel Department to develop best practices and perform audits. It requires a written report be provided to the governor no later than November 30, 2025.    

Executive Order 25-23: Increasing Opportunity for Hoosiers and Businesses by Improving Price Affordability in Healthcare

This executive order requires the Indiana Department of Insurance to conduct a review and prepare a written report by November 30, 2025, on recommendations for how to prevent surprise medical bills. Moreover, the report must evaluate any potentially harmful practices of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and propose legislative and regulatory recommendations. The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration is similarly directed to report to the governor and Legislative Council by November 30, 2025, on alternative policies or strategies to lower prescription drug prices, such as direct negotiation with drug manufacturers.    

Executive Order 25-22: Protecting Hoosier Taxpayers by Evaluating Tax Exemptions in Relation to Hospital Charity Care

This executive order directs the Indiana Secretary of Health and Family Services to conduct an investigation and prepare a report by November 30, 2025, regarding the amount of charity care provided by each Indiana nonprofit hospital and the authority of the Indiana Department of Health to issue rules or enforce charity care requirements.    

Executive Order 25-21: Increasing Freedom and Opportunity for Hoosiers by Improving Price Transparency in Healthcare

This executive order tasks executive state agencies that utilize funds to pay for the cost of health care services to assess options to improve price transparency in health care. The health care agencies are directed to adopt rules and policies that enhance price transparency with an emphasis on ensuring patients have access to accurate, timely, and comprehensible information about health care costs. A written report must be provided to the governor and Legislative Council by November 30, 2025.    

Executive Order 25-20: Faithful Execution of Indiana's Abortion Laws

This executive order directs state agencies to ensure that Indiana's abortion laws are fully and faithfully executed and to cooperate with the Indiana Office of the Attorney General in the investigation and enforcement of such laws. It requires an evaluation and written report regarding the historic operations and changes necessary at the Indiana Department of Health to comply with the executive order.  

Executive Order 25-19: Reducing Costs and Improving Security Through Implementing RAMP Policy for Cloud Computing Services

This executive order requires the Indiana Office of Technology to implement a Risk and Authorization Management Program (RAMP) policy for cloud computing services across the executive branch by October 14, 2025. The executive order mandates that all state vendor contracts and procurements for cloud computing services ensure full compliance with the state RAMP policy.    

Data Security; Business

Executive Order 25-18: Expanding Opportunities for More Hoosiers Through Professional Regulation Reform to Reduce Unnecessary Barriers

This executive order directs relevant state agencies to conduct a review of their occupational licensing requirements and prepare a report with recommendations to reduce unnecessary barriers and create new pathways for entry into licensed professions.    

Executive Order 25-17: Promoting Freedom and Opportunity For Hoosiers by Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs

This executive order directs all state agencies to review existing rules scheduled for readoption and evaluate the continued need for the agency's regulations. The agency must also compare the requirements of any rule considered for readoption to similar requirements in existence in Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio. The executive order directs the Indiana Office of Management and Budget to oversee and implement a 25% reduction in all agency regulations by January 1, 2029. 

Executive Order 25-16: Bringing the Public Servant Workforce Back to the Office

This executive order directs all state agencies to require their full-time employees to work in-person by July 1, 2025. It requires the Indiana Office of Management and Budget and the Indiana State Personnel Department to develop respective policies.      

Executive Order 25-15: Promoting Opportunities for More Hoosiers by Reducing Unnecessary Barriers to State Jobs

This executive order directs the Indiana State Personnel Department to evaluate whether a postsecondary and/or graduate degree is necessary to perform job duties for all current and future state employee job postings, and to remove these degree requirements for state employment where appropriate. The executive order also encourages state hiring managers to prioritize skills-based hiring practices, rather than degree requirements, except where legally mandated.    

Executive Order 25-14: Ensuring All Hoosiers Have Equality of Opportunity by Eliminating DEI in State Government

This executive order directs executive branch state agencies to adhere to certain protocols and laws regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion.    

Executive Order 25-13: Using Data and Innovation to Improve Constituent Services and Drive Government Efficiency

This executive order directs the Indiana Office of Management and Budget (OMB), among other requests, to work with state agency heads to create key performance metrics aligned to outcomes that serve Hoosiers. The OMB must create a performance dashboard for the governor's cabinet and staff related to matters of data-tracking and goal-tracking. Moreover, state agencies are tasked with submitting a report to the governor by July 1, 2025, regarding opportunities to leverage data and innovation to enhance government efficiency.  

Executive Order 25-12: Establishing Incentives to Instill Budget Discipline and Sound Financial Management by State Agencies

This executive order aims to advance fiscal responsibility and efficiency across state government. It directs the Indiana Office of Management and Budget to implement fiscally sound protocols, such as collaborating with state agencies to identify cost saving opportunities. It encourages state agencies to leverage public-private partnerships and to identify and implement technological solutions to streamline operations, reduce costs, and improve customer services.  

Executive Order 25-11: Directive to Improve Transparency and Effective Governance Through Review and Reorganization of Prior Executive Orders

This executive order directs the governor's General Counsel to review all previously issued executive orders on the state's website to determine which executive orders are still active. Among other requirements, this executive order directs the Indiana Office of Technology to create a webpage for all active executive orders and update this information quarterly.  

Executive Order 25-10: Continuing the Indiana Executive Council on Cybersecurity

This executive order re-establishes the Indiana Executive Council on Cybersecurity. It charges the council to establish and maintain a strategic framework for high-level cybersecurity goals for the state, including an effective governance structure, incident response capabilities, and partnerships across public and private sectors. The executive order also prescribes the membership of the council and places the council under the supervision of the Indiana Secretary for Public Safety.    

Data Security; Business

Executive Order 25-09: Creation of the Office of Business Affairs

This executive order creates the Indiana Office of Business Affairs, which oversees the State of Indiana's relationship with key regulated industries. The office is led by the Indiana Secretary of Business Affairs, who is appointed by the governor and serves at the pleasure of the governor.    

Executive Order 25-08: Creation of the Office of Transportation and Infrastructure

This executive order creates the Indiana Office of Transportation and Infrastructure and appoints the Secretary to the governor's cabinet. It prescribes the secretary's responsibilities, such as overseeing the Indiana Department of Transportation, Indiana Regional Development Authority, Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and the Broadband Office.    

Executive Order 25-07: Creation of the Office of Education

This executive order creates the Indiana Office of Education, which will oversee the State of Indiana's education of Hoosiers from pre-K to higher education. The office is led by the Indiana Secretary of Education, who is appointed by the governor and serves at the pleasure of the governor.    

Executive Order 25-06: Creation of the Office of Energy and Natural Resources

This executive order creates the Indiana Office of Energy and Natural Resources and appoints the Secretary to the governor's cabinet. It prescribes the secretary's responsibilities, such as overseeing the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, and the Office of Energy Development.    

Executive Order 25-05: Creation of the Office of the Secretary of Public Safety

This executive order creates the Office of Public Safety, which is overseen by the Indiana Secretary of Public Safety, to oversee the state’s public safety and emergency response efforts. The secretary is appointed by the governor and serves at the pleasure of the governor.

Executive Order 25-04: Creation of the Office of Health and Family Services

This executive order creates the Indiana Office of Health and Family Services and appoints the Secretary to the governor's cabinet. It prescribes the secretary's responsibilities, such as overseeing the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, the Indiana Department of Health, and the Indiana Department of Child Services.    

Executive Order 25-03: Creation of the Office Commerce

This executive order creates the Indiana Office of Commerce, which oversees Indiana's economic and workforce development efforts. The office is led by the Indiana Secretary of Commerce, who is appointed by the governor and serves at the pleasure of the governor.    

Executive Order 25-02: Creation of the Office of the Secretary of Management and Budget

This executive order creates the Indiana Office of the Secretary of Management and Budget. It appoints the secretary to the governor's cabinet and prescribes the secretary's responsibilities, such as supervising and coordinating the state's fiscal management and operational support to oversee certain state agencies and boards.    

Executive Order 25-01: Creation of Governor's Cabinet

This executive order reorganizes the Governor's Cabinet and creates eight cabinet offices or verticals. The governor's cabinet consists of the Governor, the Governor's Chief of Staff, the Lieutenant Governor, the Superintendent of the Indiana State Police, the Adjutant General of the Indiana National Guard, and the Secretaries of Cabinet Offices. The following cabinet offices were created, each overseen by a Secretary: Management and Budget, Commerce, Health and Family Services, Public Safety, Energy and Natural Resources, Education, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Business Affairs. Each cabinet secretary is appointed by the governor and serves at the pleasure of the governor. The executive order establishes the responsibilities and powers of the cabinet secretaries.