Indiana: executive orders on regulatory reform
Indiana's new governor has issued several executive orders that affect the administration of regulatory boards:
"EO 2025-11 – Reorganize Executive Orders: This order establishes a comprehensive page listing active executive orders, thereby bolstering transparency for Hoosiers.
EO 2025-12 – Budget Discipline: Governor Braun directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) develop policies and incentives to ensure agencies operate within their budgets.
EO 2025-13 – Key Performance Metrics: This mandates the OMB to work with agencies to develop Key Performance Metrics aligned to outcomes that impact Hoosiers and create a dashboard to monitor performance.
EO 2025-14 – Replacing DEI in Government with MEI: In a crucial policy shift, government agencies are instructed to revise their operational strategies, replacing DEI initiatives with a focus on Merit, Excellence, and Innovation. This order also closes the Chief Equity Inclusion and Opportunity Office, aligning with the recent Supreme Court ruling.
EO 2025-15 – Removing Degree Requirements for State Jobs: Aiming to expand job accessibility, this order tasks the State Personnel Division (SPD) to reassess job postings, easing degree requirements in favor of skills and experience-based criteria.
EO 2025-16 – Return to Work: State employees are directed to resume office work by July 1, 2025, with provisions for exceptions to be developed in collaboration with the SPD.
EO 2025-17 – Reducing Regulation / Regulatory Sunset: Agencies are required to reduce regulatory burdens by 25% by January 1, 2029; requires a comparison of regulations to those in other states on sunset review and defaults to the least regulated option. Directs agencies to move regulations into code if not modified in over 8 years.
EO 2025-18 – Professional Licensing Deregulation: Agencies are instructed to examine professional licensing requirements and reduce them to the extent possible."