| HB1001 | STATE BIENNIAL BUDGET (BROWN T) Appropriates money for capital expenditures, the operation of the state, the delivery of Medicaid and other services, and various other distributions and purposes. Specifies higher education capital projects authorized to be constructed using bonds. Establishes a historic preservation grant program and provides that the income tax credit for historic preservation does not apply to expenditures made after June 30, 2016. Specifies that the budget report must include a list of tax expenditure items. Specifies that for financial reporting purposes, the state's combined general fund reserves include the balances of the general fund, the Medicaid contingency and reserve account, the state tuition reserve account, and the counter-cyclical revenue and economic stabilization fund (less any outstanding loans). Changes the name of the state tuition reserve fund to an account within the state general fund. Prohibits the budget agency from enforcing a policy or procedure against certain agencies and officials by refusing to allot money from the personal services/fringe benefits contingency fund to the official or agency. Establishes the securities rating settlement fund for the purpose of depositing and distributing money received under a multistate agreement related to litigation concerning securities rating agencies. Specifies that money received by the state under such an agreement shall be distributed by the auditor of state as follows: (1) 67.67% shall be transferred to the state general fund. (2) 16.165% shall be transferred to the securities division enforcement account. (3) 16.165% shall be transferred to the homeowner protection unit account. Prohibits the budget agency from withholding appropriations for a state educational institution without review by the budget committee. Establishes the state bicentennial capital account to provide funds for capital projects that commemorate the bicentennial of Indiana's statehood. Provides that the budget agency shall administer the account. Provides that money generated from the lease of communications systems infrastructure (including under a public-private partnership) shall be transferred to the account to be used for capital projects that commemorate the bicentennial of Indiana's statehood. Establishes the office of state based initiatives. Increases the fee for taxing units for state board of accounts audits from $45 per day to $175 per day. Specifies that the fee for state colleges and universities is the direct and indirect cost of an examination (now $83 per hour). Permits a state college or university to have its examination performed by an independent certified public accounting firm. Provides that fees collected for audits are to be deposited in the state board of accounts trust and agency fund. Makes the fund a dedicated fund that can be used to cover expenses of doing audits...REVIEW FULL DIGEST IN THE MISC. DOCUMENTS SECTION BELOW |
| | Current Status: | 5/7/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/29/2015 - Conference Committee Report Adopted CCR #1 (69-30)
4/29/2015 - Conference Committee Report Adopted CCR #1 (40-9)
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1001 |
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| HB1002 | ETHICS. (BOSMA B) Makes the following changes in the laws governing legislative ethics, lobbyist and legislative liaison reporting, and executive agency ethics: (1) Reenacts the legislative ethics statute in a different Indiana Code location and makes changes, including the following: Expands the interests that must be disclosed in a statement of economic interests filed by a legislator or legislative candidate. Requires a filer to report the name of a lobbyist who is a relative of the filer. Requires both the house and the senate to adopt a code of ethics, provide ethics education to members, and review filed statements of economic interests. Sets term and appointment procedures for the house and senate ethics committees. Sets procedures related to filing and reviewing complaints. Establishes the office of legislative ethics in the legislative services agency. (2) Makes changes in the lobbyist registration and reporting law, including the following: Relocates definitions and defines family business. Requires reporting the name of any legislator who is a close relative of the lobbyist. Specifies that failure to file statements and reports constitutes a Level 6 felony if the omission is not corrected within 10 days after being notified of the violation by the lobby registration commission. (3) Moves provisions related to legislative liaison reporting to a different Indiana Code location and makes the following changes: Eliminates the reporting of lobbying expenditures by legislative liaisons in the executive branch and for state educational institutions. Requires state educational institutions to report certain expenses related to lobbying by their employees and related foundations. (4) Makes changes in the ethics statute applicable to state agencies, including the following: Changes the definition of employer. Limits the circumstances in which post employment restrictions on employees of the executive branch may be waived. Makes changes to the restrictions on post employment and consulting activity of state officers, employees, and special state appointees. Provides that a state officer, state employee, or special state appointee may not use state materials, funds, property, personnel, facilities, or equipment for purposes other than official state business unless the use is expressly permitted by a general written policy or regulation that has been approved by the state ethics commission or the use is to coordinate the state officer's official, personal, and political calendars, to provide transportation and security for the state officer and any employee or special state appointee who accompanies the state officer, or for incidental or de minimus political communications or activity involving the state officer. Repeals the existing legislative ethics and legislative liaison reporting statutes. |
| | Current Status: | 5/4/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 5/1/2015 - received by Governor
4/29/2015 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1002 |
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| HB1006 | CRIMINAL JUSTICE FUNDING. (STEUERWALD G) Establishes the justice reinvestment advisory council (advisory council) to review and evaluate local corrections programs, grant applications, and the processes used to award grants. Requires the department to compile certain information and submit reports to the budget committee and advisory council. Specifies the purposes for which the department may award financial aid. Repeals the county corrections fund that provides funding to each county for operation of the county's jail, jail programs, or other local correctional facilities or community based programs. Requires a probation officer to consult with community corrections concerning programs available to the defendant in preparing the presentence report. Permits a court to delegate the terms of placement in community corrections to the community corrections program director, and permits the director to change the terms of placement or reassign a person in community corrections. Provides that after December 31, 2015, a court may not commit a person convicted of a Level 6 felony to the department of correction, with certain exceptions. Requires the department of correction, the division of mental health and addiction, and a community corrections advisory board to submit grant applications to the advisory council for review. Provides that the advisory council shall meet to: (1) work with the department of correction and the division of mental health and addiction to establish the grant criteria; and (2) make recommendations to the department of correction and the division of mental health and addiction concerning the award of grants. Establishes the mental health and addiction forensic treatment services account within the statutes governing the division of mental health and addiction and provides that the division may use money in the account to fund grants and vouchers for mental health and addiction forensic treatment services. Permits the department of correction to accept an offender convicted of a misdemeanor if the offender has at least 547 days remaining before the person's earliest release date as the result of a sentencing enhancement applied to a misdemeanor sentence. Specifies that a sheriff is entitled to a per diem and medical expense reimbursement from the department of correction for the cost of incarcerating certain persons in the county jail. Makes permanent certain provisions permitting the department of correction to award grants from operational savings attributable to HEA 1006-2014, and provides that these funds may only be used for community corrections or court supervised recidivism reduction programs. Specifies that certain funds may not be used to construct or renovate community corrections facilities. Resolves conflicts. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/29/2015 - Conference Committee Report Adopted CCR #1 (46-3)
4/29/2015 - Senate Rules & Legislative Procedure, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1006 |
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| HB1015 | BENEFIT CORPORATIONS. (COX C) Allows a business entity to incorporate as a benefit corporation under Indiana law. |
| | Current Status: | 4/30/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/30/2015 - received by Governor
4/27/2015 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1015 |
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| HB1017 | MOTOR VEHICLE MATTERS. (CHERRY R) Defines: (1) "commercial motor vehicle", "gross combination weight rating", "gross combination weight", and "gross vehicle weight rating" for purposes of commercial motor vehicles to comply with federal standards; and (2) "gross vehicle weight" for purposes of commercial motor vehicles. Provides for an exception relating to overweight vehicles for certain vehicles transporting logs, wood chips, bark, and sawdust. Amends the definition of "farm tractor" to include farm tractors in the definition of "implement of agriculture". Excludes wagons, trailers, and other vehicles pulled by a farm tractor from the definition of "farm tractor". Makes technical corrections. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/14/2015 - received by Governor
4/14/2015 - Signed by the President of the Senate
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1017 |
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| HB1018 | TAX INCREMENT FINANCING. (CHERRY R) Provides that if a redevelopment commission adopts a declaratory resolution or amendment after June 30, 2015, that establishes, renews, or expands an allocation provision or area, the base assessed value used to determine the amount of allocated tax proceeds for the redevelopment district must be increased each year so that the incremental assessed value is 50% of the incremental assessed value in the allocation area without the increase. Provides that for the allocation area in Marion County that is identified as the Consolidated Allocation Area, the expiration date for the allocation area is June 30, 2026, or the last date of any obligations that are outstanding on July 1, 2016, whichever is later. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/4/2015 - House Ways and Means, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
2/3/2015 - Representative Pryor added as coauthor
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1018 |
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| HB1019 | COMMON CONSTRUCTION WAGE AND PUBLIC WORKS. (TORR J) Repeals the common construction wage statute. Repeals related statutes superseded by the repeal of the common construction wage statute. Increases the "small project" cap for a public works project from $150,000 to $300,000. Unless required by federal or state law, prohibits a public agency from establishing, mandating, or otherwise requiring a wage scale or wage schedule for a public works project. Provides that the following apply to all public works projects, except public-private, design-build, and construction manager as constructor agreements: (1) Provides that a public works contract may not be structured other than in four contractor tiers. (2) Provides that each prime contractor on a public works project must perform at least 15% of the total contract price, as determined at the time the contract is awarded, with its own labor, services, or materials. (3) Requires each contractor in each contractor tier to maintain general liability insurance. (4) Requires each contractor in each contractor tier to be qualified by the department of administration or the department of transportation before doing any work on a public works project. (5) Requires certain employees of a public works contract to be "e-verified". (6) Provides that a contractor on a public works project may not pay its employees in cash. (7) Requires a contractor to comply with certain federal and Indiana laws relating to labor. (8) Requires: (A) a contractor on a public works project that employs 10 or more employees to provide access to a training program applicable to the tasks to be performed by the employees in the normal course of their employment; and (B) a tier 1 or tier 2 contractor that employs 50 or more journeymen to participate in an apprenticeship training program that meets the standards established by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training. (9) For a public works contract awarded after June 30, 2016, requires that the payroll and related records of a contractor in any contractor tier must be preserved by the contractor for 3 years after completion of the project work and be open to inspection by the department of workforce development (DWD), which must maintain the confidentiality of all records inspected. For a public works contract awarded after June 30, 2016, provides that a public agency that suspects the misclassification of one or more workers on the public agency's public works project may request in writing that DWD investigate the suspected misclassification, and if DWD finds information or records supporting the misclassification, DWD may refer the matter to an appropriate agency for further action. Provides that a public agency that reasonably suspects a contractor has violated these requirements shall refer certain violations to the appropriate agency for investigation or require the contractor to remedy certain violations not later than 30 days after the agency notifies the contractor of the violation. If the contractor fails to remedy the violation, requires the public agency to find the contractor to be not responsible for a period based on the severity of the violation, but for not more than 48 months. Provides that a finding that the contractor is not responsible may not be used by another public agency in making a determination as to whether that contractor is responsible. Provides that a determination that a contractor is not responsible is final and conclusive and subject to judicial review under IC 34-13-5. Provides that a person who, with intent to avoid the obligation to obtain worker's compensation coverage, falsely classifies an employee as a non-employee commits worker's compensation fraud. Provides for classification of this crime at various levels. Requires a contractor that, after June 30, 2015, is awarded a public works contract with an estimated cost of at least $150,000 by a political subdivision to have an employee drug testing program. Requires the Indiana department of labor to submit to the general assembly not later than July 1, 2021, a report concerning the effects of the repeal of the common construction wage statute. Makes an appropriation to the Indiana Construction Roundtable Foundation of $1 million dollars in each of the next two state fiscal years for the Foundation's use in conducting an educational marketing campaign in Indiana. Makes conforming amendments. |
| | Current Status: | 5/6/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/30/2015 - received by Governor
4/23/2015 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1019 |
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| HB1037 | IVY TECH QUALIFIED ENERGY SAVINGS CONTRACTS. (MORRISON A) Provides that certain requirements relating to issuance of bonds for qualified energy savings contracts by a state educational institution apply to Ivy Tech Community College. (Under current law, if the amount of bonds outstanding for a qualified energy savings project by a state educational institution exceeds $15,000,000, the operating savings to the state educational institution arising from the implementation of that project must at least equal the original amount of bonds issued for that project in not more than ten years. Under current law, this requirement does not apply to bonds issued by Ivy Tech for a qualified energy savings project.) |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1037 |
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| HB1040 | SPEED LIMIT FOR LARGER MOTOR VEHICLES. (WASHBURNE T) Provides that the maximum speed limit for a vehicle having a declared gross weight greater than 26,000 pounds operated on a highway that is: (1) on the national system of interstate and defense highways located outside an urbanized area (as defined in 23 U.S.C. 101) with a population of at least 50,000; or (2) the responsibility of the Indiana finance authority; is 70 miles per hour. (Current law provides that the speed limit for those vehicles (other than a bus) is 65 miles per hour.) |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to House Roads and Transportation
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1040 |
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| HB1042 | EDUCATION LOAN INFORMATION. (COX C) Requires a postsecondary educational institution that enrolls students who receive state financial aid to annually provide each student with certain information concerning the student's education loans. Provides that an eligible institution does not incur liability for any information provided to students. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/14/2015 - received by Governor
4/14/2015 - Signed by the President of the Senate
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1042 |
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| HB1043 | MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CAPS. (TORR J) Increases the medical malpractice cap from $1,250,000 to $1,650,000 for claims arising after June 30, 2015. Provides that payments from the patient's compensation fund are to be disbursed not later than 60 days after the issuance of a final, nonappealable judgment. Increases pay for medical review panel members from $350 to $500. Increases potential pay for the medical review panel chairperson from $2,000 to $2,500. Increases the maximum potential liability of a qualified health care provider for an occurrence of malpractice from $250,000 to: (1) $300,000; or (2) $400,000 if the action against the health care provider results in a final judgment in favor of the plaintiff. Eliminates provisions under which the liability of a qualified health care provider or the qualified health care provider's insurer could be discharged through a periodic payments agreement under which the cost borne by the qualified health care provider or the qualified health care provider's insurer (consisting of the present payment and the cost of future payments) could be less than the cost of discharging the liability solely through an immediate payment. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/24/2015 - House Bills on Second Reading
2/23/2015 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1043 |
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| HB1048 | CREDIT SCORING. (LEHMAN M) Generally prohibits an insurer from considering credit information in connection with the renewal of a personal insurance policy. Provides that: (1) if an insurer uses a credit report or insurance score to re-underwrite or re-rate a personal insurance policy at the request of the insured or the insured's agent at annual renewal; and (2) if the result is that the insured is eligible to be placed in a less favorably priced tier; the insurer is required to maintain the insured in the insured's current tier. Removes a disclosure exemption. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to House Insurance
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1048 |
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| HB1054 | HIGHER EDUCATION CO-OP AND INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS. (OBER D) Establishes the Indiana cooperative education pilot program. Establishes the Indiana cooperative education pilot program fund. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/20/2015 - Representatives Truitt, Carbaugh, and Austin added as coauthors
1/20/2015 - Truitt, Carbaugh, and Austin added as coauthor
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1054 |
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| HB1056 | STUDENT TRANSFERS. (SOLIDAY E) Provides that a student may transfer to a school corporation if the student's parent is an employee of the school corporation and the school corporation has the capacity to accept the student. Provides that an elementary school student who attended an accredited nonpublic elementary school in the attendance area of a school corporation in which the student does not have legal settlement may attend a high school in the school corporation if the school corporation: (1) has the capacity to accept the student and the majority of the students in the same grade as the transferring student at the accredited nonpublic school have legal settlement in the transferee school corporation; (2) has only one high school; and (3) does not have a policy to accept transfer students. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/14/2015 - received by Governor
4/14/2015 - Signed by the President of the Senate
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1056 |
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| HB1060 | VALUABLE METAL DEALERS. (GUTWEIN D) Makes it a Class C misdemeanor instead of a Class A infraction for a valuable metal dealer to knowingly or intentionally fail to comply with the law concerning regulation of valuable metal dealers. Makes it a Class C misdemeanor instead of a Class A infraction for a person to knowingly or intentionally sell or attempt to sell valuable metal to a valuable metal dealer that fails to comply with the law concerning regulation of valuable metal dealers. Requires the secretary of state to revoke a person's license issued under the law concerning licensing of vehicle salvaging if the person has at least three criminal convictions for violating the law concerning valuable metal dealers. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to House Courts and Criminal Code
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1060 |
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| HB1066 | WORK SHARING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. (OBER D) Establishes a work sharing unemployment insurance program. Requires an employer that wishes to participate in the work sharing unemployment insurance program to submit a work sharing plan for approval by the commissioner of the department of workforce development. Establishes the work sharing benefit as equal to an affected employee's unemployment benefit reduced by a percentage that is equivalent to the number of hours by which an affected employee's normal weekly work hours are reduced divided by the employer's number of normal weekly work hours. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Coauthored by Representatives Carbaugh and Macer
1/6/2015 - Referred to House Employment, Labor and Pensions
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1066 |
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| HB1070 | UTILITY FACILITY RELOCATION. (THOMPSON J) Makes changes to the statutes concerning: (1) emergency repairs to the state highway system by the department of transportation; and (2) utility facility relocations necessitated by projects on the state highway system; to allow communications service providers to recover certain costs incurred toward the cost of relocation of utility facilities necessitated by state highway projects. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1070 |
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| HB1071 | 911 FUNDING. (THOMPSON J) Authorizes the Hendricks County commissioners to adopt an ordinance establishing an emergency communications services system for a three year pilot program. Provides that the Hendricks County council may certify a special assessment on property in the county for deposit in the district's emergency communications services fund. Specifies the purposes for which money in the fund may be spent. Provides that Hendricks County voice communications subscribers are exempt from the fees imposed under the statewide 911 system while the pilot program is in effect. Specifies that funds that remain in a fund or account established for the deposit of distributions received under the statewide 911 system are transferred to the emergency communications services funds. Makes conforming amendments. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1071 |
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| HB1072 | VARIOUS EDUCATION MATTERS. (THOMPSON J) Provides that the department of education (department) shall provide any data to the state board of education (state board) that the state board determines is necessary to perform the state board's duties under law. Makes changes to the provision requiring school corporations to establish plans for evaluations of certificated employees. Provides that a school corporation may adopt the department's model plan or any other model plan approved by the department and the state board. Requires the education roundtable to make recommendations to the state board regarding the passing scores required at the various grade levels tested under the ISTEP program. Provides that the state board may place a school in a category or designation of school performance only if: (1) the department has provided each school the opportunity to review, add to, or supplement the data, and to correct any errors in the data; and (2) the state board's authorized representatives have had an opportunity to review and analyze the school and corporation level data. Provides that the state board may obtain assistance from the legislative services agency with the approval of the legislative council or another entity to ensure the validity and reliability of the performance category or designation placements calculated by the department. Makes various changes to provisions relating to the assessment of school performance. Makes various changes to the administration of the ISTEP program. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/24/2015 - Third reading defeated; Roll Call 235: yeas 42, nays 51
2/24/2015 - House Bills on Third Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1072 |
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| HB1083 | WORK SHARING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT. (MACER K) Establishes a work sharing unemployment insurance program. Requires an employer to submit a work sharing plan for approval by the commissioner of the department of workforce development. Establishes the work sharing benefit as equal to an employee's unemployment benefit reduced by a percentage that is equivalent to the number of hours by which the employee's normal weekly work hours are reduced. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to House Employment, Labor and Pensions
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1083 |
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| HB1087 | TAX CREDITS FOR MEDIA PRODUCTION. (HALE C) Reestablishes the media production expenditure tax credit (which expired in 2012), with certain changes. Provides a refundable tax credit to taxpayers that make qualified production expenditures in Indiana. Provides that the tax credit may be granted only if qualified production expenditures are at least $50,000. Provides that in the case of a taxpayer that claims the tax credit for qualified production expenditures of less than $6,000,000, the amount of the credit equals a percentage of the taxpayer's qualified production expenditures. Specifies that the percentage is: (1) 40%, in the case of qualified production expenditures paid to an individual or entity located in an economically distressed municipality or county; or (2) 35%, in the case of other qualified production expenditures. Provides that in the case of a taxpayer that claims the tax credit for qualified production expenditures of at least $6,000,000: (1) the amount of the credit equals the taxpayer's qualified production expenditures multiplied by a percentage (not more than 15%) determined by the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC); and (2) the taxpayer must, before incurring or making the qualified production expenditures, apply to the IEDC for approval of the tax credit. Provides that the maximum amount of media production expenditure tax credits that may be allowed during a state fiscal year for all taxpayers is $2,500,000. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1087 |
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| HB1089 | TAX CREDITS FOR HIRING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS. (HALE C) Provides a tax credit against state tax liability for a small business that hires an eligible individual as a full-time employee in Indiana. Defines an "eligible individual" as a veteran, an individual who is at least 50 years of age, an individual with a physical or developmental disability, or an individual who has been totally unemployed for each of the 26 weeks preceding the hiring date. Specifies that the amount of the credit for hiring an eligible individual is the lesser of: (1) the amount of the unreimbursed training expenses incurred by the taxpayer in hiring the eligible individual; or (2) $1,000. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1089 |
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| HB1092 | SALES TAX EXEMPTION. (OBER D) Sales tax exemption. Exempts food sold through a vending machine from the state gross retail tax. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Coauthored by Representatives Carbaugh and Thompson
1/6/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1092 |
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| HB1093 | INFORMATION CONCERNING CERTAIN DISABILITIES. (BACON R) Requires the state department of health to collect certain information to be disseminated by health care facilities and health care providers to parents who receive prenatal test results for Down syndrome or any other condition diagnosed prenatally. |
| | Current Status: | 4/27/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/27/2015 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/21/2015 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1093 |
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| HB1094 | MOTOR CARRIER FUEL TAXES. (FRYE R) Provides that biodiesel fuel that is manufactured in Indiana and shipped out of state is exempt from the special fuel tax and motor carrier fuel tax. (Under current law, a refund must be claimed.) Specifies that the motor carrier fuel surcharge tax must be paid on all motor fuel and at the same time the gasoline or special fuel tax is paid instead of being paid on only taxable motor fuel using a quarterly return. Provides for a refund for taxes paid on motor fuel used in vehicles exempt from the surcharge tax. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1094 |
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| HB1098 | ILLIANA EXPRESSWAY PUBLIC SAFETY EXPENSES. (AYLESWORTH M) Requires the operator of the Illiana Expressway to enter into agreements with units of local government concerning public safety and emergency services on the Illiana Expressway. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to House Roads and Transportation
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1098 |
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| HB1101 | BROADBAND READY COMMUNITIES. (KOCH E) Establishes the broadband ready communities development center (center) within the Indiana economic development corporation to facilitate certain communications projects. Provides that the center may designate a unit of local government as a broadband ready community if the unit establishes a procedure to review applications and issue permits for the communications projects. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/14/2015 - received by Governor
4/14/2015 - Signed by the President of the Senate
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1101 |
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| HB1102 | PATENT PROTECTION. (KOCH E) Prohibits a person from asserting a claim of patent infringement in bad faith. Provides that a court may, upon motion, require a person to post a bond if the target establishes a reasonable likelihood that the person has made an assertion of patent infringement in bad faith. Establishes remedies and damages. Exempts certain: (1) approved postsecondary educational institutions; (2) technology transfer organizations owned by or affiliated with approved postsecondary educational institutions; and (3) licensees holding patents from postsecondary educational institutions or technology transfer organizations owned by or affiliated with postsecondary educational institutions; from the provisions regarding bad faith assertions of patent infringement. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/29/2015 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/29/2015 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1102 |
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| HB1115 | BAN ON SALE OR USE OF COAL TAR PAVEMENT PRODUCTS. (NIEZGODSKI D) Prohibits the: (1) sale; and (2) application to pavement; of a coal tar pavement product (a tar formed from the distillation of bituminous coal) except as required for purposes of research on the effects of the coal tar pavement product on the environment. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/8/2015 - Referred to House Environmental Affairs
1/8/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1115 |
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| HB1120 | INDIANA NANOTECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE. (DVORAK R) Allows the award of grants or loans from the twenty-first century research and technology fund to support proposals for economic development in nanotechnology. Provides a personal property tax exemption for certain nanotechnology equipment. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/8/2015 - Referred to House Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development
1/8/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1120 |
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| HB1121 | RENEWABLE ENERGY STANDARDS. (DVORAK R) Requires an electricity supplier to supply a certain percentage of its total electricity supply from renewable energy resources. Establishes the renewable energy resources fund to receive penalties paid by electricity suppliers that fail to supply electricity from renewable energy resources. Continuously appropriates money in the fund. Requires the utility regulatory commission to adopt guidelines to assist electricity suppliers that participated in the CEPS program in complying with the new renewable energy standards. Repeals IC 8-1-37 (voluntary clean energy portfolio standard (CEPS) program). |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/8/2015 - Referred to Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications
1/8/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1121 |
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| HB1123 | DONATIONS TO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS. (PORTER G) Reenacts a provision (which expired in 2012) that authorizes a school corporation to donate up to $25,000 per year from any fund of the school corporation from which the donation may be made legally to a public school endowment corporation or nonprofit charitable community foundation if the donation is matched by a private donor. Specifies that the principal and income from the donation shall be distributed only to the school corporation as directed by resolution of the governing body of the school corporation, and that the school corporation may use the distributions only for programs and activities that enhance the quality of education or extend learning opportunities for students of the school corporation. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/15/2015 - Representative Karickhoff added as coauthor
1/15/2015 - Karickhoff added as coauthor
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1123 |
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| HB1125 | LAND CLASSIFICATION FOR TAX PURPOSES. (CHERRY R) Specifies the criteria for classifying land as agricultural land for property tax assessment purposes. Provides that certain undeveloped lands must be assessed as agricultural land regardless of the motives of the owner at the time the owner acquired the land, the zoning designation of the land, or whether the owner uses the land for growing crops or raising livestock or is otherwise engaged in the business of farming. Requires assessing officials to review for compliance with the new criteria the assessments of lands that had been classified as excess residential property for the 2005 through 2015 assessment dates and to reclassify as agricultural land as necessary for the 2016 assessment date. Authorizes refunds for excessive tax payments attributable to the reclassification of land during that period. Provides that the limitations on contracts for the discovery of undervalued or omitted property apply to a contract concerning the reclassification of parcels, including the prohibition on contracts paid on a percentage basis. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/5/2015 - Representative Wright removed as coauthor
1/26/2015 - Representative Cherry added as coauthor
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1125 |
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| HB1127 | COUNTY FISCAL BODY SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS. (CHERRY R) Allows an executive of a county (other than St. Joseph County) to adopt an ordinance during an odd-numbered year to establish single-member districts for the county fiscal body that take effect for the second general election after the year in which the districts are drawn. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/8/2015 - Referred to House Government and Regulatory Reform
1/8/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1127 |
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| HB1128 | LIFELONG LEARNING ACCOUNTS. (ERRINGTON S) Requires the education savings authority (authority) to establish and administer a lifelong learning account program. Specifies that a lifelong learning account established for a participating individual must: (1) be an account in a financial institution; and (2) allow a participating individual to deposit, from the individual's earned income, money that may be matched by the participating individual's employer, a financial institution, the state, or any other entity, and that will be used by the participating individual for education and training costs at a postsecondary educational institution, a vocational school, or a training program that may lead to employment for the individual. Requires the authority to seek grants and other funding for the program from public and private entities. Provides that money withdrawn from a participating individual's lifelong learning account is not subject to state income taxation if the money is used by the participating individual for specified education and training costs. Provides a state tax credit to an individual or an individual's employer for contributions to a lifelong learning account. Specifies that money in a participating individual's lifelong learning account may not be considered: (1) an asset of the participating individual when determining the individual's eligibility for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program; or (2) a countable asset for purposes of township assistance. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/8/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
1/8/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1128 |
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| HB1135 | LOCAL OPTION INCOME TAXES. (PRYOR C) Provides that an individual who has a principal place of employment or business in a county other than the individual's county of residence shall pay a county adjusted gross income tax, county option income tax, or county economic development income tax imposed by the county where the individual maintains the principal place of employment or business at a rate that is one-half of the sum of the tax rates imposed on residents of the county under those taxes. Provides a credit against any tax liability imposed by the individual's county of residence equal to the amount of the tax paid to the county where the individual has the individual's principal place of employment or business. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/8/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
1/8/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1135 |
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| HB1142 | TAX ISSUES. (KOCH E) Specifies that the legislative services agency (rather than the commission on state tax and financing policy or its successor committee, under current law) shall before October 1 of each year conduct the review, analysis, and evaluation of all tax incentives under House Enrolled Act 1020-2014, according to a schedule developed by the legislative services agency. Requires the legislative services agency to submit the results of the review, analysis, and evaluation to the legislative council and the interim study committee on fiscal policy. Requires the interim study committee on fiscal policy to hold an annual public hearing after September 30 and before November 1 of each year at which: (1) the legislative services agency presents its review, analysis, and evaluation of tax incentives; and (2) the interim study committee receives information concerning tax incentives. Requires the interim study committee on fiscal policy to submit to the legislative council any recommendations made by the interim study committee that are related to the legislative services agency's review, analysis, and evaluation of tax incentives prepared under this section. Requires the legislative services agency to provide information to be used by the general assembly to make certain determinations regarding tax incentives. (Current law requires the legislative services agency to make these determinations.) Requires the legislative services agency to prepare and publish a tax expenditure report before November 1 of each even numbered year. Specifies the required elements of the tax expenditure report. Repeals the home insulation deduction and the solar powered roof vent and fan deduction. |
| | Current Status: | 4/17/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/17/2015 - received by Governor
4/7/2015 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1142 |
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| HB1151 | COMPENSABLE HOURS OF WORK. (MOSELEY C) Requires an employer subject to Indiana's minimum wage law to pay an employee for all compensable hours of work, which includes time an employee spends immediately before or after a work shift performing activities that are integral and indispensable to the employee's principal work activities or that are required as a condition of employment. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/8/2015 - Referred to House Employment, Labor and Pensions
1/8/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1151 |
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| HB1154 | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WIND TURBINES. (MOSELEY C) Establishes the Hoosier heritage innovative industry loan fund. Authorizes interest free loans, reduced income tax rates, and enhanced economic development for a growing economy (EDGE) tax credits to encourage the manufacturing of wind turbine components in Indiana using steel produced in the United States. Transfers $1,000,000 from the Indiana twenty-first century research and technology fund to the Hoosier heritage innovative industry loan fund. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/12/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
1/12/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1154 |
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| HB1166 | STATE AGENCY PURCHASES. (FINE B) Requires a minimum of 35% of an executive branch state agency's annual nonpayroll expenditures to be made on purchases from Indiana businesses. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/12/2015 - Referred to House Government and Regulatory Reform
1/12/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1166 |
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| HB1167 | TARGETED BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION. (FINE B) Provides that a county income tax council may designate a geographic territory within a county in which the 100% exemption for new business personal property tax applies. Requires the taxpayer to apply for the exemption as prescribed by the department. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/12/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
1/12/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1167 |
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| HB1179 | LOCAL OPTION INCOME TAXES. (KARICKHOFF M) Provides that an individual who has a principal place of employment or business in a county other than the individual's county of residence shall pay a county adjusted gross income tax, county option income tax, or county economic development income tax imposed by the county where the individual maintains the principal place of employment or business at a rate that is one-fourth of the sum of certain tax rates imposed on residents of the county under those taxes. Excludes certain county adjusted gross income tax rates, county option income tax rates, and county economic development income tax rates for capital improvements from the calculation of the tax rate imposed on the nonresident individual. Provides a credit against any tax liability imposed by the individual's county of residence equal to the amount of the tax paid to the county where the individual has the individual's principal place of employment or business. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/22/2015 - Representative Pryor added as coauthor
1/12/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1179 |
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| HB1184 | CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. (DAVISSON S) Authorizes optometrists who meet certain requirements to prescribe Tramadol. Adds Tramadol as a schedule IV controlled substance. Includes hydrocodone combination products as schedule II controlled substances. Removes dihydrocodeinone from the schedule III controlled substance list. |
| | Current Status: | 4/23/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/21/2015 - received by Governor
4/7/2015 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1184 |
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| HB1186 | UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. (LEONARD D) Provides that any part of an unemployment insurance surcharge not used to pay interest on the advances made to the state from the federal unemployment trust fund must be credited against the total amount of benefits charged to the state's unemployment insurance trust fund before determining each employer's share of those benefits. Removes language that requires the extra surcharge amount be credited to each employer's experience account in proportion to the amount of the surcharge the employer paid. Requires the department of workforce development (department) to establish an unemployment benefit overpayment not later than four years from the date of the overpayment, if the overpayment is for a reason other than an individual knowingly making a false statement or representation of a material fact, knowingly failing to disclose a material fact, or failing to report wages or the receipt of deductible income and removes language concerning certain other time frames related to overpayments. Repeals certain provisions concerning overpayments and establishes procedures for the department to require the employer to withhold amounts from the earnings of an individual for whom a benefit overpayment is established and to pay those amounts to the department to satisfy the overpayment, subject to certain conditions that apply to garnishments.
Provides that an employer may not use income withholding as the basis for refusing to hire, discharging, or taking disciplinary action against an individual, and establishes civil penalties for an employer that refuses to withhold income or knowingly misrepresents an employee's income.
Provides that an individual may contest an income withholding and request a hearing by an administrative law judge. Provides that an employer that is required to withhold income may collect a fee under certain circumstances. Requires as a condition precedent to the payment of benefits in a year immediately following a year in which benefits were paid or following a period of disqualification for failure to apply for or accept suitable work that an individual: (1) perform insured work; (2) earn remuneration in employment in at least each of eight weeks; and (3) earn remuneration at least equal to the product of the individual's weekly benefit amount multiplied by eight. Provides that, if an employer does not have a rule regarding attendance, an individual's unsatisfactory attendance is just cause for discharge, if good cause for the absences or tardiness is not established. (Currently, the individual must show good cause for the absences or tardiness.)
Establishes that a crime committed using the Internet or another computer network may be prosecuted in any county: (1) from which or to which access to the Internet or another computer network was made; or (2) in which a computer, computer data, computer software, or computer network used to access the Internet or another computer network is located. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study commission or committee during the 2015 legislative interim the task of studying fraud and benefit overpayments occurring in the unemployment insurance program in Indiana. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/21/2015 - Signed by the Speaker
4/16/2015 - House Concurred in Senate Amendments (65-20)
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1186 |
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| HB1192 | UNINSURED MOTORIST DAMAGES. (MAHAN K) Specifies that an insurer may not pay noneconomic damages on a motor vehicle insurance claim for a loss incurred by an uninsured motorist who, during the immediately preceding five years, has been required to provide proof of future financial responsibility. Provides that an uninsured motorist who sustained bodily injury or property damage as the result of a motor vehicle accident and who, during the immediately preceding five years, has been required to provide proof of future financial responsibility may not recover noneconomic damages. Makes certain exceptions. |
| | Current Status: | 5/4/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 5/1/2015 - received by Governor
4/21/2015 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1192 |
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| HB1212 | SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION. (FRIEND W) Provides for a sales and use tax exemption that applies to construction materials used in the construction and final build out of a building that will be located on a former military base within Indiana. Establishes a process for a redevelopment commission or military base reuse authority to apply to the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) for approval of the building to be constructed and the granting of the exemption. Establishes standards for a building to qualify. Provides that the IEDC has discretion in determining whether to approve an exemption application and the items that will be covered by the exemption. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/22/2015 - Representative Morrison added as coauthor
1/13/2015 - Coauthored by Representative Ubelhor
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1212 |
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| HB1218 | VARIOUS EDUCATION MATTERS. (TRUITT R) Makes comprehensive revisions to the Indiana Code relating to all aspects of the administration of schools and school corporations and the education of students from prekindergarten through grade 12. Repeals various obsolete provisions and provisions that limit local control of schools. Makes conforming and technical amendments. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/4/2015 - Senator Yoder added as sponsor
1/13/2015 - Referred to House Education
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1218 |
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| HB1221 | GRANTS AND TAX CREDITS FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION. (CLERE E) Authorizes the office of community and rural affairs (office) to administer a grant program for the preservation of historic properties. Provides that the income tax credit for the preservation of historic properties applies to the preservation or rehabilitation of historic properties that have been vacant for at least one year. Establishes four new methodologies for determining the amount of the tax credit. Provides that a property's adjusted basis is not reduced by the amount of the credit if a person is entitled to a federal low income housing tax credit. Changes numerous spending floors and caps relating to the tax credit. Phases in increases to the annual statewide cap on the tax credit until the cap is $10,000,000. Allows the tax credit to be assigned. Specifies that the office may adopt emergency rules. Voids a rule providing that the maximum amount of tax credits for a particular project is $100,000. Prohibits the office from reallocating available tax credits from year to year. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/13/2015 - Coauthored by Representatives Negele, Soliday and Dvorak
1/13/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1221 |
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| HB1222 | STEM PATHWAY NETWORK. (TRUITT R) Establishes the STEM pathways program to: (1) establish education support networks; (2) provide curricular material and support to schools; (3) provide professional development to educators; (4) evaluate schools and teachers; and (5) organize leadership support and professional development; in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Establishes the STEM pathways fund to carry out the purposes of the STEM pathways programs. Makes an appropriation. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/9/2015 - Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
2/9/2015 - Committee Report do pass, adopted
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1222 |
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| HB1227 | HIGHWAY FUNDING AND MOTOR FUEL TAXATION. (WESCO T) Increases the amount of sales tax collections to be deposited in the motor vehicle highway account from 1% to 2%. Decreases the amount deposited in the state general fund by 1%. Indexes the gasoline and special fuel tax rates for inflation beginning in 2018. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/13/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
1/13/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1227 |
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| HB1234 | PROPERTY TAX STUDY. (DELANEY E) Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on fiscal policy the task of studying the impact on the finances of political subdivisions in Indiana of: (1) levy limits; (2) recent trends in assessed valuation; and (3) circuit breaker property tax credits. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/13/2015 - Referred to House Rules and Legislative Procedures
1/13/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1234 |
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| HB1237 | NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT. (GIAQUINTA P) Amends the definition of "qualified investment" for purposes of an enterprise zone investment deduction to include new information technology equipment. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/13/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
1/13/2015 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1237 |
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| HB1238 | RITE PROGRAM GRANTS. (GIAQUINTA P) Provides that the education roundtable, with approval by the state board of education, shall develop the rewarding innovation, technology, and excellence (RITE) program to award grants to school corporations whose schools have exhibited improvement toward benchmarks developed by the state board of education. Provides that a school corporation that applies for a grant under the RITE program must demonstrate how the school corporation's: (1) innovation; (2) use of technology; or (3) other efforts to achieve excellence; have led to improvement in meeting the benchmarks. Specifies that grants under the RITE program must be made from the state general fund. Provides that the amounts necessary to make grants under the RITE program are appropriated from the state general fund. Provides that a school corporation receiving a grant under the RITE program must match the grant at a rate that is at least $1 of local money for each $1 granted to the school corporation. Limits to $50,000 the total amount of all grants that may be made to a particular school corporation under the RITE program. Limits to $1,000,000 the total amount of all grants that may be made to all school corporations under the RITE program for all state fiscal years. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/13/2015 - Referred to House Education
1/13/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1238 |
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| HB1244 | FIREARMS ON BUSINESS PREMISES. (LUCAS J) Permits a person to bring an action for damages against a business entity having a policy of barring possession of a firearm on the entity's property, if: (1) the person suffers a loss due to criminal activity on the entity's property; and (2) the loss could have been avoided or reduced if the business entity did not prohibit possession of a firearm on its property. Provides that a person who does not prohibit: (1) an individual from possessing a firearm on the person's property; or (2) the person's employees from possessing a firearm while the employees are acting within the scope of their employment; is immune from civil liability with respect to any claim based on the person's failure to adopt such a policy. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/13/2015 - Coauthored by Representative VanNatter
1/13/2015 - Referred to House Public Policy
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1244 |
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| HB1262 | RETURN AND COMPLETE GRANT. (DERMODY T) Requires the commission for higher education (commission), in consultation with postsecondary educational institutions, to adopt, not later than August 1, 2015, guidelines for postsecondary educational institutions concerning the administration of the return and complete project. Requires the commission, in collaboration with the postsecondary educational institutions, to compile certain information. Requires the commission, beginning in 2016, to annually report to the legislative council certain information. Establishes the return and complete grant fund to fund grants for eligible students who: (1) are Indiana residents; (2) earned some course credit from a postsecondary educational institution before January 1, 2014; (3) have not earned an associate or baccalaureate degree as of January 1, 2015; and (4) have not been enrolled in any postsecondary educational institutions since January 1, 2014. Establishes the eligibility requirements for the grant. Requires the commission to administer the grant as a financial aid award. Provides that: (1) the amount of a complete and return grant awarded may not be reduced because the student receives other scholarships or forms of financial aid; and (2) the amount of any other state financial aid received by a student may not be reduced because the student receives a return and complete grant. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/12/2015 - Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
2/12/2015 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1262 |
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| HB1287 | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND TRADE REGULATION. (BURTON W) Makes various changes to the laws concerning: (1) first lien mortgage lenders; (2) persons licensed under the Uniform Consumer Credit Code; (3) rental purchase agreements; (4) debt management companies; (5) financial institutions; (6) pawnbrokers; (7) money transmitters; and (8) check cashers. Repeals a provision providing an alternative regular reserve formula for certain credit unions. Makes conforming amendments. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/16/2015 - House Concurred in Senate Amendments (90-0)
4/16/2015 - Concurrences Eligible for Action
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1287 |
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| HB1290 | NULLIFICATION OF EPA REGULATIONS IN INDIANA. (JUDY C) Nullifies all regulations imposed in Indiana by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Provides that the department of environmental management shall provide environmental protection for the citizens of Indiana. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/22/2015 - Representative Miller D added as coauthor
1/13/2015 - Representative Ubelhor added as coauthor
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1290 |
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| HB1297 | NEW MARKETS TAX CREDIT. (TORR J) Provides for an Indiana new markets tax credit against state taxes for investments in qualified community development entities that is similar to the federal new markets tax credit. Provides that the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) may not approve more than $80,000,000 of qualified equity investments each state fiscal year. Requires the IEDC to submit an annual report on the Indiana new markets tax credit to the budget committee. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/13/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
1/13/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1297 |
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| HB1309 | DISSOLUTION OF TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT. (ZIEMKE C) Provides that on January 1, 2019, in all counties (except Marion County) the following occur: (1) All township governments are dissolved and all township powers and duties are transferred to the county (including township assistance, fire protection, cemetery maintenance, weed control, parks, fence viewing, and any township libraries). (2) The duties and responsibilities of the township trustee are transferred to the county executive or the county executive's designee. (3) The duties and responsibilities of the township board are transferred to the county fiscal body. Provides that on January 1, 2019, in all counties (except Marion County) the following occur: (1) The transfer of powers and duties between a township and a county results in the transfer of the township's property, equipment, records, rights, contracts, and indebtedness. (2) All assets, debts, and contracts of a township are transferred to the county and the county assumes all township indebtedness. (3) The county may levy property taxes to pay township indebtedness or lease rental obligations incurred by a township only in the geographic area of the township that originally issued the debt or entered into the lease rental agreement, which comprises a taxing district for the payment of township indebtedness existing at the time of the transfer. Requires a county (excluding Marion County) to specify which township employees responsible for performing the duties and responsibilities of the township before its dissolution become county employees on January 1, 2019, responsible for performing the transferred township duties and responsibilities for the county. Changes all references to "township assistance" in the Indiana Code to "local assistance". Provides that local assistance is administered by an administrator as follows: (1) Before January 1, 2019, the administrator is the township trustee. (2) On January 1, 2019, the administrator is: (A) the township trustee of a township in Marion County; and (B) the county executive or county executive's designee of all other counties. Changes references in the Indiana Code from township trustee to administrator. Provides that beginning January 1, 2019, in all counties (except Marion County), the county executive administers the local assistance fund for the county in accordance with: (1) a county plan prepared and adopted by the county legislative body; and (2) local assistance standards. Beginning January 1, 2019, allows the county auditor of all counties (except Marion County) to make payments for claims payable from the county local assistance fund in advance of an allowance by the county executive. Makes provisions concerning distressed townships expire on January 1, 2019. Provides that effective January 1, 2019, in all counties (except Marion County), the county executive is responsible for providing fire protection and emergency services in the unincorporated areas of the county, and the powers and duties of township government and the township trustee related to providing fire protection and emergency services in the unincorporated areas of the county are transferred to the county. Requires the county legislative body to propose and adopt a county plan for provision of fire protection and emergency services in the unincorporated areas of the county through any combination of: (1) operating a county fire department; (2) contracting with or otherwise cooperating with any municipality, county, fire protection district, volunteer fire department, fire protection territory, or other entity; or (3) entering into mutual aid agreements. Provides that if a township is a participating unit in a fire protection territory or fire protection district, the county, on January 1, 2019: (1) shall assume the powers, duties, rights, responsibilities, and obligations of the township; and (2) may withdraw all or part of the township from the territory or district in accordance with the county fire plan. Provides that on January 1, 2019, for all counties (except Marion County): (1) establishes a county firefighting fund and maximum property tax levy for the county's firefighting fund; (2) establishes county firefighting powers and duties that are similar to the current township firefighting powers and duties; and (3) allows a county that establishes a county fire department to establish a merit system for the county fire department. Requires the department of local government finance to adjust maximum permissible property tax levies and property tax rates as necessary to account for transfers of duties, powers, and obligations. Makes provisions allowing townships to merge expire on January 1, 2019. (Under current law, these provisions do not apply to townships in Marion County.) |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/13/2015 - Referred to House Government and Regulatory Reform
1/13/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1309 |
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| HB1317 | PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF INTERNET ACCESS. (KOCH E) Provides that neither the state nor a political subdivision may impose, assess, collect, or attempt to collect a tax on Internet access or the use of Internet access. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/15/2015 - Representative Hale added as coauthor
1/15/2015 - Hale added as coauthor
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1317 |
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| HB1318 | COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES AND ENERGY PRODUCTION. (KOCH E) Eliminates the state requirement that a communications service provider allow a physical connection by other providers to its system. Establishes a uniform statewide procedure for applications for and issuance of permits for the construction and modification of structures and facilities for the provision of wireless communications service. Specifies that local planning and zoning laws apply to the issuance of permits for communications structures and facilities under the new provisions. Requires applications for permits to show evidence of compliance with criteria set forth in applicable zoning ordinances with respect to special exceptions, special uses, contingent uses, conditional uses, and variances. Provides that a permit authority may not: (1) require an applicant to submit information about; or (2) evaluate; certain business decisions of the applicant. Specifies that the Indiana department of transportation, the Indiana finance authority, the state of Indiana (and its agencies, departments, boards, commissions, authorities, and instrumentalities), and the director of the department of natural resources (DNR) are not permit authorities for purposes of the provisions. Defines "utility" for purposes of the law concerning utility easements across land under the jurisdiction of the DNR to include a communications service provider. Provides that the director of the DNR may not impose a charge to issue a permit to erect or construct a utility line upon or across a public highway right-of-way that passes through state land. Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications (committee) the topic of amending Indiana's statute concerning alternate energy production, cogeneration, and small hydro facilities to: (1) include as private generation projects under the statute certain cogeneration facilities; and (2) include as eligible facilities under the statute certain alternate energy production facilities, cogeneration facilities, and small hydro facilities. Provides that if the topic is assigned to the committee, the committee shall issue a final report, including any recommendations for legislation, to the legislative council not later than November 1, 2015. |
| | Current Status: | 5/4/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 5/1/2015 - received by Governor
4/27/2015 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1318 |
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| HB1341 | INSURANCE MATTERS. (LEHMAN M) Requires disregard of a spouse's assets in Medicaid eligibility determinations related to long term care insurance. Corrects a conflict concerning payment of expenses of the department of insurance (department) from the general fund. Amends the law concerning internal audits of domestic insurer and insurer group financial statements. Requires an insurer or insurance group to file with the commissioner of insurance an annual corporate governance disclosure. Specifies requirements concerning use and disclosure of information related to the annual corporate governance disclosure. Removes a requirement for placement of the insurance commissioner's (commissioner) signature on approval of a proposed insurer. Defines "designated home state license" and provides for the licensure for certain out of state insurance producers. Specifies a designated home state license fee. Adds certain: (1) guarantees made by an insurer; and (2) acquisitions or investments; to the list of transactions between a domestic insurer and another person in an insurance holding company system that require prior notice to the commissioner. Repeals and replaces a section of the public adjuster law concerning public adjuster violations and penalties. Excludes information related to title insurance from the law concerning electronic posting or delivery of insurance notices and documents. Removes a requirement that a policy insure more than four automobiles for purposes of application of the law concerning cancellation of automobile insurance policies. Provides for issuance of group casualty and liability insurance in certain circumstances. Allows the department to adopt emergency rules to conform the definition of "small employer" to federal law. Provides for registration renewal annually on the last day of the month of issuance, rather than on June 30 of each year, for claim review agents and utilization review agents. Removes an annual reporting requirement by the police benefit fund to the department of insurance. |
| | Current Status: | 5/4/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 5/1/2015 - received by Governor
4/21/2015 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1341 |
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| HB1347 | DEFINITION OF ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME. (LEONARD D) Eliminates the adjustment based on the federal deduction for amounts spent on certain depreciable property under Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code in the definition of "adjusted gross income" for purposes of the Indiana adjusted gross income tax and the financial institutions tax. Eliminates the add back of the federal deduction for domestic production activities under Section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code in the definition of "adjusted gross income" for purposes of the Indiana adjusted gross income tax and the financial institutions tax. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/13/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
1/13/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1347 |
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| HB1349 | VARIOUS TAX MATTERS. (HUSTON T) Provides that the equipment eligible for the double direct sales tax exemption includes material handling equipment purchased for the purpose of transporting materials into production activities from an onsite location. Specifies that the double direct sales tax exemption applies to agricultural machinery, tools, and equipment that is acquired for timber harvesting. Eliminates various adjustments to income for purposes of determining Indiana adjusted gross income. Eliminates various income tax exemptions, deductions, and credits. Specifies that certain tax credits for the preservation or rehabilitation of historic property certified before 2016 may be claimed or carried forward in future taxable years notwithstanding the elimination of the tax credit in 2016. Provides that business income is all income apportionable to the state under the Constitution of the United States. Provides that, for purposes of the sales factor, sales of tangible personal property are not considered to be made in this state if the property is shipped from the location of a third-party logistics services provider in this state. Broadens the addback to Indiana adjusted gross income related to intercompany interest expenses. Provides for a tax amnesty program. Makes technical corrections and conforming amendments. |
| | Current Status: | 4/20/2015 - Senate Conferees appointed Hershman and Broden
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| | Recent Status: | 4/20/2015 - Senate Advisors appointed Eckerty, Tallian and Perfect
4/20/2015 - House Conferees appointed Huston and Porter
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1349 |
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| HB1350 | ENVIRONMENTAL VARIANCES AND OTHER MATTERS. (WOLKINS D) Makes the following changes concerning variances from environmental rules: (1) If a variance would be in effect for more than one year: (A) the application for the variance must include a demonstration of how the applicant would come into compliance with the rule within the period for which the variance would be in effect; and (B) the variance, if granted, must include a compliance schedule requiring that compliance be achieved while the variance is in effect; and (C) the variance may be revoked for failure to comply with the compliance schedule. (2) Eliminates the renewal of variances, except for variances from certain water quality standards. Authorizes the department of environmental management (department) to require the submission of information or documents electronically. Requires the department to offer certification examinations for certain water treatment plant operator and water distribution system operator certifications at least once per year. Authorizes the commissioner of the department to authorize independent third parties to administer additional certification examinations. Allows the commissioner to provide certain notices to persons by a means other than by mail. Provides that the offsite location of compensatory mitigation required of a person proposing a wetland activity in a state regulated wetland may be within a designated service area established in an approved in lieu fee mitigation program. Provides for solid waste disposal fees and state solid waste management fees to be remitted to the department on a quarterly basis and for hazardous waste disposal fees to be paid to the department on or before March 1 of the year following the year in which they accrue. Provides that a recycler that elects to report its recycling activities on an annual basis shall, before March 1 of 2016 and of each succeeding calendar year, submit to the commissioner a report on the recycling activities conducted by the recycler during the previous calendar year. Eliminates the requirement that a manufacturer of video display devices report annually to the department the total weight of video display devices sold to households. |
| | Current Status: | 5/4/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 5/1/2015 - received by Governor
4/29/2015 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1350 |
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| HB1351 | AGENCY RULEMAKING AND POLICYMAKING. (WOLKINS D) Provides that an agency's statutory authority to regulate and implement programs does not include rulemaking or policymaking authority that is not based upon a federal requirement or that exceeds the authority granted to a federal or state agency under federal statutory authority. Provides an exception that rules, guidelines, standards, or other policies that are not based upon a federal requirement or specific statutory authority may be based upon: (1) the general authority of an agency, subject to limits in the grant of the authority and upon the subject matter; or (2) the power to adopt emergency rules. Requires the legislative services agency (LSA) to review proposed and adopted agency rules, guidelines, standards or other policies. Provides that it is not the intent of the general assembly to have the findings or opinions of the LSA regarding legislative intent or an agency's legal authority to be: (1) used as evidence in any investigation or proceeding; or (2) imputed to the general assembly. Makes changes to the statute requiring distribution of agency statements. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline for House bills (Rule 79(b))
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| | Recent Status: | 2/24/2015 - Referred to committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
2/24/2015 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1351 |
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| HB1355 | LOCAL SERVICE FEES ON TAX EXEMPT PROPERTY. (SAUNDERS T) Allows a county fiscal body to impose a local service fee on tax exempt property within the county (other than a building used for religious worship and the parcel of land on which such a building is located). Provides that after June 30, 2016, a municipal fiscal body may impose a local service fee on such tax exempt property within the municipality if the county fiscal body has not imposed a local service fee. Provides that the fiscal body of a county or municipality imposing a local service fee shall determine the amount of the fee to be imposed. Authorizes a fiscal body to exercise reasonable discretion in adopting different schedules of local service fee rates or making classifications in schedules of local service fee rates, based on variations in the costs of furnishing basic and essential government services, including capital expenditures required. Provides that the revenue from a local service fee shall be distributed to the county, the municipality (if any), and the township in which the tax exempt property is located. Specifies that the revenue shall be distributed proportionally based on the county's, the municipality's, and the township's tax rate. Specifies that the revenue from a local service fee may be used for any legal or corporate purpose of the county, municipality, or township to which the revenue is distributed. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/14/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
1/14/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1355 |
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| HB1356 | CERTIFIED TECHNOLOGY PARKS. (COX C) Provides that a certified technology park may capture up to $5,000,000 of incremental income tax and sales tax revenue every four years. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/14/2015 - Coauthored by Representative Ober
1/14/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1356 |
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| HB1357 | ALLEN COUNTY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD AND BEVERAGE TAX. (COX C) Requires the department of state revenue to annually determine and report to the
Allen County auditor the percentage amount of the Allen County supplemental food and beverage tax that is collected in the preceding year in: (1) each municipality; and (2) the unincorporated territory of the county. Provides that the Allen County auditor shall disclose upon request any information contained in a report from the department of state revenue and shall also furnish a copy of a report from the
department of state revenue to the fiscal officer of each municipality included in the report. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/14/2015 - Coauthored by Representative Smaltz
1/14/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1357 |
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| HB1368 | UNIFORM MUNICIPAL FOOD AND BEVERAGE TAX. (PRICE J) Authorizes a municipal legislative body to impose by ordinance a municipal food and beverage tax. Provides that the tax may not exceed 1% of the gross retail income received from retail food and beverage transactions. Provides that the tax does not apply to a transaction that is exempt from the sales tax. Provides that the tax does not apply to a consolidated city, a municipality that has imposed a food and beverage tax under current law, or a municipality that is receiving county food and beverage tax revenue. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/14/2015 - Representative Heaton added as coauthor
1/14/2015 - Coauthored by Representative Morrison
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1368 |
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| HB1382 | EPHEDRINE AND PSEUDOEPHEDRINE. (RIECKEN G) Provides that materials, compounds, mixtures, or preparations that contain ephedrine or pseudoephedrine are schedule III controlled substances that may be dispensed only by prescription. Repeals: (1) the law concerning the sale of drugs that contain ephedrine and pseudoephedrine without a prescription; and (2) provisions related to that law. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/14/2015 - Referred to House Public Health
1/14/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1382 |
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| HB1391 | CREDIT FOR INCOME TAXES PAID TO ANOTHER STATE. (FINE B) Provides that the maximum income tax credit that an Indiana resident may take for income taxes paid to another state includes the Indiana local option income tax rate in addition to the Indiana state adjusted gross income tax rate (applies when the state of employment does not have a reciprocity agreement with Indiana). |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/14/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
1/14/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1391 |
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| HB1395 | STATEWIDE 911 SERVICES. (SOLIDAY E) Provides that a majority of members of a local public safety communications commission that collects and processes criminal justice information must represent criminal justice agencies. Provides that the executive director of the department of homeland security serves as the chairperson of the statewide 911 board. (Current law provides that the treasurer of state serves as chairperson of the board.) Increases the statewide 911 fee for a standard user from $0.90 to $1. Provides that an interlocal agreement for the operation of a PSAP must be amended not later than December 31, 2015, to require a political subdivision that is a party to the interlocal agreement to pay for at least 50% of the costs associated with dispatching emergency services to respond to 911 calls that originate within the political subdivision. Extends the sunset of the statewide 911 fee from June 30, 2015, to June 30, 2020. Makes a technical correction. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/10/2015 - House Ways and Means, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
1/27/2015 - Reassigned to committee on Ways and Means
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1395 |
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| HB1403 | REGIONAL CITIES. (TORR J) Establishes the Indiana regional city fund (fund) to provide grants and loans to regional development authorities. Provides that the Indiana economic development corporation administers the fund. Broadens the definition of "project" under the regional development authority statute to include any project that enhances a region with the goal of attracting people or business. Specifies that the board of the Indiana economic development corporation (board) may not approve an application for a grant unless: (1) the budget committee has reviewed the application; (2) the board finds that approving the application will have an overall positive return on investment for the state; and (3) the application has received a positive recommendation from the strategic review committee. Provides that when the board awards a grant or makes a loan from the fund, the Indiana finance authority, upon request of the board, may determine that part of the grant or loan shall be made from the environmental remediation revolving loan fund if: (1) sufficient money has been transferred from the excess liability fund to the environmental remediation revolving loan fund; (2) the application requests funds for the elimination or mitigation of a release of petroleum from an underground storage tank; (3) the project is ineligible for assistance from the excess liability fund; and (4) the project meets applicable eligibility requirements established by the Indiana finance authority for assistance from the environmental remediation revolving loan fund. Provides that third class cities and towns may become members of a regional development authority. Changes the rules governing the membership of a board of a regional development authority. Requires a regional development authority to report various types of information to the Indiana economic development corporation. Replaces mandatory contributions to a regional development authority by a member county or municipality as a condition of membership with contributions for the support of specific projects that have been agreed to by some or all of the member counties and municipalities. |
| | Current Status: | 5/6/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/29/2015 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/29/2015 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1403 |
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| HB1431 | FUNDING COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS. (WESCO T) Increases the photocopying fee for sheriffs' departments from $0.10 per page to $0.20 per page. Appropriates $64,893,128 to the department of correction for the purpose of funding community corrections programs. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/14/2015 - Coauthored by Representative DeVon
1/14/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1431 |
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| HB1433 | SHERIFF'S MERIT BOARD. (MAHAN K) Prohibit a relative of: (1) an active county police officer; or (2) the sheriff; from serving as a member of the sheriff's merit board. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline for House bills (Rule 79(b))
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| | Recent Status: | 4/14/2015 - House Bills on Second Reading
4/13/2015 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1433 |
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| HB1445 | LIFE SCHOLARSHIPS. (KLINKER S) Establishes the lifelong learning incentive for excellence (LIFE) scholarship program to provide scholarships to Indiana residents for postsecondary education. Provides for administration of the program by the commission for higher education. Establishes the LIFE scholarship fund consisting of: (1) appropriations made to the fund from other sources; and (2) grants, gifts, and donations intended for deposit in the fund. Sets forth the amount of a scholarship award, subject to the amount of money in the LIFE scholarship fund. Provides eligibility criteria for potential recipients. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/14/2015 - Referred to House Education
1/14/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1445 |
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| HB1455 | PURDUE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES. (KLINKER S) Provides that the full-time student appointed as a member of the board of trustees of Purdue University may be a full-time graduate or undergraduate student. Provides that the elected student government representatives of the student body who choose students to participate on the search and screen committee include both the elected graduate and undergraduate student government representatives of the student body. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/14/2015 - Referred to House Education
1/14/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1455 |
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| HB1457 | HIGHER EDUCATION. (TRUITT R) Permits the board of trustees of a state educational institution that has a research intensive campus to directly hold equity in a private entity under certain conditions. Permits a public benefit corporation to merge with a state educational institution, without court approval, if the public benefit corporation is controlled by the state educational institution. Permits the Indiana economic development corporation to designate a university innovation district for a research intensive campus in which the incremental income taxes from employees working in the district are distributed to the research intensive campus for dedicated purposes. Provides that a certified technology park that is associated with a research intensive campus may be reclassified as a university innovation district under certain conditions. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/12/2015 - Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
2/12/2015 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1457 |
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| HB1465 | INTERN ELIGIBILITY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. (CARBAUGH M) Provides that "employment", for purposes of unemployment benefits, does not include service by an individual during an internship with a duration of not more than 90 days. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/14/2015 - Coauthored by Representatives Ober and Morris
1/14/2015 - Referred to House Employment, Labor and Pensions
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1465 |
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| HB1467 | PERFORMANCE FUNDING. (CARBAUGH M) Requires that, if the commission for higher education includes in the performance based formula a metric for on time graduation rates, the metric for four year state educational institutions must be based on students included in the formula who graduate with a baccalaureate degree in six or fewer years. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/14/2015 - Referred to House Education
1/14/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1467 |
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| HB1469 | WAGE PAYMENT AND WAGE ASSIGNMENT. (OBER D) Provides that an employer who fails to make timely payment of wages or withholds wages shall pay the wages due, a reasonable fee for the plaintiff's attorney, and court costs. Provides that if a court finds that the failure to pay the employee was not in good faith, the court shall order that the employee be paid an amount equal to two times the amount of wages due the employee as liquidated damages. Provides that an employee may assign wages for: (1) the purchase, rental, or use of uniforms or equipment necessary to fulfill the duties of employment, provided that the total amount of wages assigned may not exceed the lesser of: (A) $2,500 per year; or (B) 5% of the employee's weekly disposable earnings; (2) reimbursement for education or employee skills training, unless the education or employee skills training were provided through an economic development incentive from a federal, state, or local program; (3) an advance for payroll or vacation pay; and (4) merchandise, goods, or food offered by the employer, for the employee's benefit, use, or consumption, at the written request of the employee. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/29/2015 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/29/2015 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1469 |
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| HB1470 | INCOME APPORTIONMENT FOR INCOME TAX PURPOSES. (OBER D) Eliminates the throwback rule that is used in determining income subject to taxation by Indiana. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/14/2015 - Coauthored by Representative Leonard
1/14/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1470 |
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| HB1472 | SPECIFIES THAT AN ATTORNEY EMPLOYED BY A STATE AGENCY IS SUBJECT TO THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT AND WORK PRODUCT PRIVILEGES. (NEGELE S) Permits a county council to impose a local service fee on each person that has business personal property exempt from taxation because the person's business personal property in the county has an acquisition cost of less than $20,000. Authorizes the department of local government finance (DLGF) to increase the maximum property tax levy of Brown Township, Jackson Township, and Blue River Township in Hancock County if the township submits a petition to the DLGF requesting the increase. Specifies the maximum increase that may be granted. Allows Brown County to impose an additional property tax levy of $478,115 each year in 2016 and 2017. Defines "licensed practitioner" for purposes of the sales and use tax law. Specifies that the definition of "storage" for purposes of the use tax does not include temporary storage of property for not more than 180 days for the purpose of the subsequent use of the property solely outside Indiana. Removes the 36 month rolling time limit on filing refund claims for utility purchases exempt from sales and use tax. Amends the sales tax exemption for medical equipment, supplies, and devices to: (1) restate the application of the sales tax exemption for medical equipment, supplies, and devices; and (2) provide a sales tax exemption for food, food ingredients, and dietary supplements that are sold by a licensed practitioner or pharmacist. Amends the sales tax exemption for drugs, insulin, oxygen, blood, or blood plasma to restate the application of the sales tax exemption. Repeals the sales tax exemption for food and food ingredients prescribed as medically necessary by a physician. Amends the definition of "research and development activities" for purposes of the sales tax exemption for research and development equipment and property. Modifies the sales tax exemption for receiving recycling materials. Adds recycling carts to the sales tax exemption for certain recycling equipment. Makes changes regarding sales or use tax collection and manufacturers that have meters exempt or partially exempt from sales and use tax. Provides guidance on when a retail merchant's certificate may be revoked. Updates references to the Internal Revenue Code. Provides that "base amount" and "qualified research expense" for purposes of the state research expense income tax credit have the same meaning as those terms are defined under the Internal Revenue Code and that the federal research and development credit used for purposes of calculating the Indiana research expense income tax credit is the same as the federal research and development credit allowed under the Internal Revenue Code. Removes outdated references to earned income tax advance payments. Provides that, when construction of jail facilities are complete and bonds and leases are fully paid, the county adjusted gross income tax rate in Marshall County shall be established at a rate such that the revenue from the tax does not exceed the costs of operating and maintaining the jail facilities. Authorizes Tipton County to impose an additional county adjusted gross income tax rate of not more than 0.4% for constructing and equipping a jail and related facilities and renovating the county courthouse. Authorizes Rush County to impose an additional county adjusted gross income tax rate of not more than 0.6% for constructing, equipping, operating, and maintaining a jail and related facilities. Provides that the maximum combined county economic development income tax (CEDIT) and county option income tax (COIT) rates in Greene County may not exceed 1.25% (rather than 1%, under current law). Reduces the maximum public safety local option income tax (LOIT) rate otherwise applicable (0.25%) in Greene County by the amount that the combined CEDIT and COIT tax rates exceed 1%. Requires an employer to file annual withholding tax reports (Form WH-3) not later than 31 days after the end of the calendar year. Amends the definition of "captive insurer" for insurance regulation and taxation purposes. Permits the department to deny an application for a motor carrier in certain situations. Requires the department to enter into an agreement with the fiscal officer of a capital improvement board of managers to provide the fiscal officer with certain information. Establishes standards governing the date by which a taxpayer must notify the department of state revenue (department) of a modification of a taxpayer's federal income tax return or tax liability for a taxable year. Makes changes concerning the withholding of income taxes for nonresident partners, shareholders, and trust beneficiaries. Provides that the time limit to appeal: (1) letters of findings; and (2) a denial of a refund claim; may be extended according to terms of a written agreement. Aligns the administrative procedures for protesting refund denials and proposed assessments. Provides that the interest required to be paid on an overpayment of tax begins to accrue: (1) on the date the tax was due; or (2) the date the tax was paid; whichever is later. Provides that a tax judgment may be released and a tax warrant expunged if the commissioner of the department determines that the release of the tax judgment and the expungement of the tax warrant are in the best interest of the state. Requires the department to adopt rules to define the circumstances under which a release and expungement may be granted based on a finding that the release and expungement would be in the best interest of the state. Authorizes the DLGF to increase the maximum school corporation transportation fund levy for the New Durham Township School Corporation and the North Vermillion Community School Corporation, if the school corporation submits a petition to the DLGF requesting the increase. Specifies the maximum increase that may be granted. Provides that a tax increment financing area established by a redevelopment authority that has a United States government military base that is scheduled for closing or is completely or partially inactive or closed does not expire before July 1, 2016. Requires the legislative services agency to conduct a study to determine the amount of statutory tax relief that C corporations have realized in the calendar years from 2011 through 2014 and are anticipated to realize from 2015 through 2021. Requires the legislative services agency to submit a report of the study by December 31, 2016. Requires the department of state revenue to: (1) study the department's current information systems; (2) develop a plan for modernizing the department's information systems; and (3) submit a report of the study and plan to the budget committee and the legislative council. |
| | Current Status: | 5/6/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/29/2015 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/29/2015 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1472 |
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| HB1485 | LOCAL TAXATION. (THOMPSON J) Provides for a transition from the county adjusted gross income tax (CAGIT), the county option income tax (COIT), the county economic development income tax (CEDIT), and the various local income taxes for special purposes and special projects to a single local income tax with three rate components. Retains special distributions. Specifies that the transition is to take effect in 2017. Provides for a report by the office of management and budget to the legislative council in 2015 showing the effect of the transition on taxing units and taxpayers. Authorizes Rush County to impose a CAGIT tax rate for the construction, renovation, operation, or maintenance of a county jail. Provides that the tax rate adopted by the county may range from 0.15% to 0.6%. Urges the legislative council to assign to the fiscal policy interim study committee a study of COIT councils and a review of changes to the Indiana Code that are necessary to bring provisions into conformity with this act, including those laws enacted during the 2015 regular session of the general assembly. |
| | Current Status: | 5/6/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/29/2015 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/29/2015 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1485 |
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| HB1497 | REEMPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR UNEMPLOYMENT RECIPIENTS. (BEUMER G) Provides that certain individuals who have been determined by the department of workforce development to need reemployment services may be required to participate in certain additional services provided by the department of workforce development. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/21/2015 - Signed by the Speaker
4/16/2015 - House Concurred in Senate Amendments (62-24)
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1497 |
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| HB1507 | STATE BUILDING COMMISSIONER. (VANNATTER H) Requires the state building commissioner: (1) to have at least 10 years of experience in the building trades industry, at least five years of management experience, and a bachelor's degree in a construction related field; or (2) to have at least five years of industry experience, at least five years of management experience, and to be a registered or licensed architect or engineer or have a master's degree in a construction related field. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline for House bills (Rule 79(b))
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| | Recent Status: | 3/12/2015 - Senate Commerce & Technology, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
2/24/2015 - Referred to Senate Commerce & Technology
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1507 |
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| HB1508 | PERFORMANCE BONDS OF LAND DEVELOPERS. (VANNATTER H) Prohibits a unit of local government from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, rule, or other policy requiring a land developer of Class 1 or Class 2 structures to do the following: (1) With certain exceptions, obtain a performance bond or other surety before an approved secondary subdivision plat is recorded. (2) Obtain a maintenance bond that has an effective period of greater than three years. Authorizes a unit of local government to require the land developer, as a condition precedent to recording the secondary plat, to obtain a performance bond or other surety for incomplete or unfinished streets, sanitary piping, storm water piping systems, water mains, sidewalks and ornamental landscaping in common areas, and erosion control. Provides, that an ordinance, rule, or policy requiring a land developer to obtain a performance bond or other surety must include a provision for: (1) the release of the bond or other surety upon completion to the satisfaction of the local unit of the subject matter upon which the bond or other surety was obtained; and (2) the partial release of the bond or other surety on an annual basis in accordance with a partial release schedule. |
| | Current Status: | 4/30/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/30/2015 - received by Governor
4/21/2015 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1508 |
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| HB1518 | SUPPORT FOR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES. (HEATON R) Provides that a child support order or educational support order may not include amounts for a child's educational expenses at a postsecondary educational institution unless the party to whom the order applies has entered into an agreement to pay amounts for the child's educational expenses at a postsecondary educational institution. Makes provisions in an order that include amounts for educational expenses at a postsecondary educational institution void unless the party to whom the order applies has entered into an agreement to pay those expenses. Makes conforming changes to remove references to educational support for postsecondary education. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/20/2015 - Referred to House Judiciary
1/20/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1518 |
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| HB1521 | COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AREA. (HEATON R) Provides that a city or town may establish a special taxing district known as a community development area. Provides for the capture of sales taxes collected by taxpayers operating in a community development area. Provides that the tax revenue captured by a community development area must be used to pay for capital improvements in the community development area. Provides that a community development area expires 30 years after the community development area is established. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/22/2015 - Representative Morrison added as coauthor
1/20/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1521 |
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| HB1525 | RESIDENCE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. (BROWN C) Requires municipal police officers to reside within the municipality that they serve. Creates exceptions for state and county police officers. Provides that police officers residing outside a city or town before the adoption of a residency ordinance are exempt from the residency ordinance. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/20/2015 - Referred to House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
1/20/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1525 |
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| HB1536 | SALES TAX HOLIDAY. (STEUERWALD G) Provides a sales and use tax exemption each year beginning on the second Friday of August 2015 and August 2016 through the following Sundays (sales tax holiday) for the following items: (1) Clothing, if the sales price does not exceed $100. (2) A school supply, school art supply, or school instructional material, if the sales price does not exceed $15. Incorporates the definitions of these items as set forth in the May 24, 2012, Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/20/2015 - Coauthored by Representative GiaQuinta
1/20/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1536 |
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| HB1541 | ENTERPRISE ZONES. (DERMODY T) Provides that the fiscal body of a municipality may adopt a resolution renewing an enterprise zone for an additional five years after the date on which the enterprise zone is set to expire. Provides that new municipal enterprise zones may not be added after December 31, 2020. (Under current law, the board of the Indiana economic development corporation may not add any new municipal enterprise zones after December 31, 2015.) Amends the definition of "qualified investment" for purposes of an enterprise zone investment deduction after 2015 to include new information technology equipment, new research and development equipment, and new logical distribution equipment. Provides that all enterprise zones expire and must be phased out by December 31, 2030. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline for House bills (Rule 79(b))
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| | Recent Status: | 2/24/2015 - Referred to Senate Commerce & Technology
2/24/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1541 |
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| HB1543 | INDIANA TOLL ROAD FOOD AND BEVERAGE TAX. (DERMODY T) Authorizes Elkhart, LaGrange, LaPorte, Porter, and Steuben counties to adopt a food and beverage tax that is imposed only within a travel plaza located next to the Indiana toll road. Provides that the tax rate equals 1%. Specifies that the receipts from the food and beverage tax shall be distributed to the Northern Indiana Tourism Development Commission. Specifies the uses to which receipts from the food and beverage tax may be applied. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/20/2015 - Coauthored by Representative Culver
1/20/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1543 |
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| HB1544 | HIGH SCHOOL CAREER AND TECHNICAL PROGRAMS. (DERMODY T) Provides that a high school may: (1) offer a career or technical program that is not offered by a career and technical center located in the same county; and (2) allow students from other high schools in the county to attend the program; and receive a share of the career and technical center's state funding for offering the program. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/20/2015 - Coauthored by Representative Truitt
1/20/2015 - Referred to House Education
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1544 |
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| HB1554 | HOSPITAL LIENS. (LEHMAN M) Amends the law concerning hospital liens to allow a hospital lien to apply to a judgment, cause of action, suit, or claim accruing to a patient under: (1) a policy of disability insurance; or (2) automobile or homeowner's insurance that provides for medical payments. Makes a conforming amendment. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/20/2015 - Representatives Morris, and Carbaugh added as coauthors
1/20/2015 - Morris, and Carbaugh added as coauthor
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1554 |
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| HB1561 | ANNEXATION AND SERVICE AGREEMENTS. (MAHAN K) Provides the following for annexations for which an annexation ordinance is adopted after June 30, 2015: (1) Provides that the annexation fiscal plan is similar to plans required for local government mergers and reorganizations. (2) Prohibits the fiscal plan from being amended after a remonstrance petition is filed, unless the amendment is consented to by remonstrators.(3) Requires a municipality to conduct an outreach program to inform citizens about a proposed annexation. (4) Allows remonstrators who prevail at a remonstrance hearing to recover expenses incurred in filing the remonstrance, including appeal costs and reasonable attorney's fees, in an amount not to exceed $40,000. (5) Provides the circumstances under which a public highway or rights of way of a public highway that is annexed may be considered contiguous and may be used for further annexations. (6) Allows a municipality to exempt property from property tax liability for municipal purposes if the property is used for agricultural purposes (instead of classified as agricultural for zoning purposes). (7) Allows a municipality to annex noncontiguous territory occupied by a commercial or industrial economic development project. (8) Provides that a petition for remonstrance or to request annexation may be signed by at least 51% of the owners of land in the territory or 60% of the total assessed value of the land for property tax purposes. (9) Requires a municipality to give notice of an annexation hearing to a landowner whose agricultural property is exempted from property taxes for municipal purposes. Removes an annexation procedure applicable only to a municipality in St. Joseph County. Provides common names for the different annexation procedures. Provides that a county has the responsibility and authority to provide police protection, fire protection, water, sewer, and street and road maintenance to the unincorporated area of the county unless the county and municipality enter into an interlocal agreement that authorizes the municipality to provide services. Provides that police and fire services that are provided under written mutual aid agreements executed before July 1, 2015, or a written agreement for services provided by a municipality to an unincorporated area are unaffected after June 30, 2015, if the municipality initially provided the services before July 1, 2015 and the municipality files the written agreement with the county executive before January 1, 2016. Provides that a municipality under the advisory planning law may still exercise planning and zoning in the two mile area outside the municipality. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/25/2015 - Third reading call withdrawn
2/25/2015 - House Bills on Third Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1561 |
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| HB1566 | TAX DEDUCTION FOR MECHANICAL INSULATION PROPERTY. (MOED J) Provides an income tax deduction for depreciable costs incurred by a taxpayer to install mechanical insulation property. Defines "mechanical insulation property" as insulation materials used for thermal, acoustical, and personal safety requirements for mechanical piping and equipment, hot and cold applications, and heating, venting, and air conditioning applications. Provides that the amount of the deduction is the lesser of: (1) 30%; or (2) the percentage of excess energy savings from the installed mechanical insulation property when compared to the minimum energy savings requirements for buildings as published by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (standard 90.1-2007). |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/20/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
1/20/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1566 |
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| HB1570 | USE OF TIF PROCEEDS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. (SMITH V) Provides that a redevelopment commission outside Marion County may use tax increment finance (TIF) proceeds to pay expenses related to public safety or to make transfers of revenue to assist a county or municipality in paying such expenses, if the redevelopment commission by resolution makes a determination that paying the expenses or transferring the revenue will enhance redevelopment opportunities or economic development opportunities. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/20/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
1/20/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1570 |
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| HB1575 | TAX CREDIT FOR NEW SMALL BUSINESSES. (WRIGHT M) Provides that a taxpayer that is a qualified small business startup is entitled to a graduated tax credit against adjusted gross income tax liability. Defines a "qualified small business startup" as a business that: (1) is not part of an affiliated group of corporations or under common control; (2) has fewer than 10 full-time employees; (3) has sales of not more than $1,000,000; (4) is not publicly traded; and (5) during the preceding five years, was in the first year of employer compliance concerning worker's compensation requirements. The amount of the graduated tax credit is: (1) 100% of adjusted gross income tax liability for the first taxable year of the qualified small business startup; (2) 80% of adjusted gross income tax liability for the second consecutive taxable year of the qualified small business startup; (3) 60% of adjusted gross income tax liability for the third consecutive taxable year of the qualified small business startup; (4) 40% of adjusted gross income tax liability for the fourth consecutive taxable year of the qualified small business startup; and (5) 20% of adjusted gross income tax liability for the fifth consecutive taxable year of the qualified small business startup. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/20/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
1/20/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1575 |
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| HB1581 | UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITIES. (NIEZGODSKI D) Provides that if an entity, including a political subdivision, participates in the public employees' retirement fund (PERF) at the discretion of the entity and then takes an action that would restrict employee membership in PERF, the entity becomes liable for the future benefits payable to the entity's current and former employees. Provides that if an entity (other than a political subdivision) that has discretion to participate in PERF seeks to withdraw from PERF, the entity becomes liable for the future benefits payable to the entity's current and former employees. Eliminates an obsolete provision that is no longer applicable to governmental retirement plans under the Internal Revenue Code. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/20/2015 - Referred to House Employment, Labor and Pensions
1/20/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1581 |
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| HB1590 | EARN MORE INDIANA SCHOLARSHIP. (AUSTIN T) Establishes the earn more Indiana scholarship program and fund for students attending postsecondary educational institutions immediately after high school to earn associate degrees. Sets forth qualification requirements. Provides for $36 million annual funding as follows: (1) $12 million from the state general fund. (2) $12 million from Indiana state lottery revenue. (3) $12 million from riverboat wagering taxes. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/20/2015 - Referred to House Education
1/20/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1590 |
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| HB1600 | USE OF CONSUMER REPORTS BY EMPLOYERS. (SUMMERS V) Prohibits an employer from using a consumer report for employment purposes unless certain conditions apply. Allows a consumer to bring a civil action against an employer for a violation of this provision. Provides that if the attorney general has reason to believe that an employer has violated the provision, the attorney general may bring one or both of the following: (1) An action to enjoin the violation. (2) An action to recover damages sustained by Indiana residents as a result of the violation. Makes it: (1) a Class B infraction for a knowing or intentional violation of the provision; or (2) a Class A infraction if an employer has a prior unrelated judgment for a violation of the provision. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/20/2015 - Referred to House Employment, Labor and Pensions
1/20/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1600 |
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| HB1603 | PROPERTY TAX APPEALS. (SMALTZ B) Provides that when a deadline imposed upon a political subdivision, the department of local government finance, or the Indiana board in the property tax statutes is not a business day, the last day for the political subdivision, the department of local government finance, or the Indiana board to take the action required is the first business day after the stated deadline. Allows the fiscal officer of a taxing unit to establish a property tax assessment appeals fund to hold property tax receipts that are attributable to an increase in the taxing unit's tax rate caused by a reduction in the taxing unit's net assessed value (as permitted under current law). Provides that money in the account may be used only to pay a county assessor's appeal expenses and property tax refunds. Provides that the balance in a taxing unit's property tax assessment appeals fund may not exceed 5% of the amount budgeted by the taxing unit for a particular year. Provides that money deposited in the fund is not considered miscellaneous revenue and is disregarded for purposes of determining the taxing unit's property tax levy, property tax rate, and budget. Provides that a county assessor shall quarterly send a notice to the fiscal officer of each taxing unit affected by a property tax appeal. Specifies the information that must be included in the notice. Provides that each township assessor (if any) shall furnish to the county assessor all requested information necessary for purposes of providing the quarterly notices. |
| | Current Status: | 5/6/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/29/2015 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/29/2015 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1603 |
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| HB1604 | VENTURE CAPITAL TAX CREDITS. (SMALTZ B) Increases the maximum amount of tax credits available under the venture capital investment tax credit for the provision of qualified investment capital to a particular qualified Indiana business to be the lesser of: (1) the total amount of qualified investment capital provided to the qualified business multiplied by 25%; or (2) $1,500,000; for calendar years after 2015. Removes a provision that prohibits a taxpayer from being entitled to a credit for providing qualified investment capital to a qualified Indiana business after December 31, 2016. Increases the total amount of tax credits that may be approved by the Indiana economic development corporation for qualified investment capital from $12,500,000 to $15,000,000. Increases the amount of credit a taxpayer is entitled to equal 25% multiplied by the amount of the qualified investment capital. Provides that the credit is assignable. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/2/2015 - Representatives Sullivan and Stemler added as coauthor
1/20/2015 - Coauthored by Representative Ober
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1604 |
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| HB1605 | TAX CREDIT FOR MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURERS. (SMALTZ B) Provides a tax credit against adjusted gross income tax liability for taxpayers who: (1) are subject to the federal medical device excise tax; and (2) receive certification of a credit amount from the Indiana economic development corporation based on the taxpayer's creation or retention of jobs in Indiana. Provides that the tax credit: (1) applies to taxable years after December 31, 2014, and before January 1, 2017; (2) may not be awarded after the date on which the federal medical device excise tax is repealed or expires under the Internal Revenue Code; and (3) shall not exceed the amount of federal medical device excise tax the corporation paid for the previous calendar year. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/12/2015 - Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
2/12/2015 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1605 |
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| HB1606 | RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AREA INCENTIVES. (SMALTZ B) Permits the office of community and rural affairs (office) to designate an applicant rural county as a rural entrepreneurship area development incentives area (READI area). Provides for the distribution of adjusted gross income taxes paid annually by employees working in an area for a new business or paid annually by additional employees in an existing business and by the new business itself to the rural county for the development of new business opportunities in the rural county, including transfers to local or regional venture capital funds. Limits the amount that may be distributed to a particular county in a state fiscal year to $250,000. Limits the total amount that may be distributed to all counties in a state fiscal year to $5,000,000. Requires matching local funds to qualify for a distribution. Specifies the authorized sources of the matching local funds. Appropriates money collected from counties with a READI area for distribution to those counties. Specifies the types of projects that may be funded from a county's rural entrepreneurship area development incentives fund, upon appropriation by the county fiscal body and after recommendation by a local economic development organization in the county. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/12/2015 - Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
2/12/2015 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1606 |
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| HB1608 | DEDUCTION FOR INVESTMENT INTEREST. (SMALTZ B) Allows an individual to subtract investment interest payments in the calculation of the individual's Indiana adjusted gross income if the investment interest payments are: (1) made with respect to tangible property held for investment in Indiana; and (2) deducted from federal adjusted gross income for federal income tax purposes. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/20/2015 - Coauthored by Representative Slager
1/20/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1608 |
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| HB1618 | SOUTH SHORE LINE EXTENSION. (SLAGER H) Creates a program to provide state matching grants to the northwest Indiana regional development authority (RDA) for projects extending the Chicago, South Shore, and South Bend Railway (Railway). Requires the RDA to make certain commitments in order to receive a grant. Requires a return on investment analysis. Requires review of grant applications by the budget committee and approval by the budget agency. Establishes the South Shore line transit oriented development fund (fund). Provides that the RDA administers the fund. Provides that a political subdivision that contributes county economic development income tax revenue received by the political subdivision to the extension of the Railway may apply for a grant from the fund for a project that conforms with the plan to extend the Railway. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline for House bills (Rule 79(b))
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2015 - Committee Report do pass adopted; reassigned to committee on Appropriations
3/31/2015 - COMMITTEE STATUS: DO PASS Yeas: 9; Nays: 0
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1618 |
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| HB1619 | SOUTH SHORE SALES TAX INCREMENT DISTRICT. (SLAGER H) Provides for a Chicago, South Shore, and South Bend Railway sales tax increment financing corridor that exists through 2045. Provides that 75% of the sales and use taxes collected within the corridor above the amount collected in 2014 is to be allocated to the northwest Indiana regional development authority. Provides that up to 67% of the allocation may be used for project financing and the remainder must be used to provide dollar for dollar matching grants for any eligible municipality or political subdivision that commits to participate in the Westlake corridor improvement project using local income tax revenue to match the grant. Requires the northwest Indiana regional development authority board to approve projects. Requires budget agency findings and approval of projects. Requires annual reports to the state. Requires the office of management and budget to do a review and report in 2030. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/22/2015 - Coauthored by Representative Soliday
1/22/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1619 |
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| HB1627 | INDIANA UNIVERSITY - PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE AS A METROPOLITAN CAMPUS. (MORRIS R) Defines "metropolitan campus". Requires the commission for higher education to designate Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne as a metropolitan campus. Requires that a governance agreement or an operational contract for a metropolitan campus must contain certain provisions, and provides that a metropolitan campus is eligible for high impact degree funding. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/12/2015 - Representative GiaQuinta added as coauthor
1/22/2015 - Referred to House Education
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1627 |
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| HB1628 | PUBLIC SAFETY LOCAL OPTION INCOME TAX. (MORRIS R) Provides that for the first two years after a local option income tax for public safety (public safety LOIT) is adopted, a county or municipality that receives revenue from a public safety LOIT may use the public safety LOIT only to increase the total amount available for expenditure for public safety purposes. Provides that for the first two years after a public safety LOIT is adopted, the public safety LOIT may not be used to reduce or replace revenue devoted to public safety purposes from any other source of revenue. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/22/2015 - Coauthored by Representative Leonard
1/22/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | HB1628 |
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| SB17 | RIGHT TO RESCIND PURCHASE OF USED MOTOR VEHICLE. (RANDOLPH L) Right to rescind purchase of used motor vehicle. Permits the purchaser of a used motor vehicle purchased from a dealer to rescind the purchase of the vehicle within 72 hours after purchase under certain circumstances if the vehicle has a defect that substantially impairs the use, market value, or safety of the vehicle. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to Senate Civil Law
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB17 |
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| SB20 | MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER TRAINING. (RANDOLPH L) Motor vehicle dealer training. Requires the secretary of state to establish a training program for dealers, transfer dealers, and wholesale dealers of motor vehicles that provides instruction upon the initial application for a license. Provides that the training program must include instruction regarding the duties pertinent to a license authorizing business as a dealer, transfer dealer, or wholesale dealer of motor vehicles. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to Senate Commerce & Technology
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB20 |
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| SB21 | MEDIA PRODUCTION EXPENDITURE TAX CREDIT. (RANDOLPH L) Media production expenditure tax credit. Reestablishes the media production expenditure tax credit (which expired in 2012), with certain changes. Provides a refundable tax credit to taxpayers that make qualified production expenditures in Indiana. Provides that the tax credit may be granted only if qualified production expenditures are at least $50,000. Provides that in the case of a taxpayer that claims the tax credit for qualified production expenditures of less than $6,000,000, the amount of the credit equals a percentage of the taxpayer's qualified production expenditures. Specifies that the percentage is: (1) 40%, in the case of qualified production expenditures paid to an individual or entity located in an economically distressed municipality or county; or (2) 35%, in the case of other qualified production expenditures. Provides that in the case of a taxpayer that claims the tax credit for qualified production expenditures of at least $6,000,000: (1) the amount of the credit equals the taxpayer's qualified production expenditures multiplied by a percentage (not more than 15%) determined by the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC); and (2) the taxpayer must, before incurring or making the qualified production expenditures, apply to the IEDC for approval of the tax credit. Provides that the maximum amount of media production expenditure tax credits that may be allowed during a state fiscal year for all taxpayers is $2,500,000. Specifies that these tax credits may not be awarded for a taxable year ending after December 31, 2018. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/20/2015 - Senator Schneider added as second author
1/6/2015 - Referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB21 |
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| SB23 | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY. (RANDOLPH L) Economic development incentive accountability. Renames the annual "economic incentives and compliance report" in current law to the "job creation incentives and compliance report" (report). Adds various job and employee definitions to the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) laws. Requires an incentive recipient to submit an annual compliance report on the number of jobs created or retained, employee pay, and various other information concerning the use of the incentives, and requires the IEDC to compile this information and include it in the IEDC's annual report. Provides that information submitted in an incentive recipient's annual compliance report and other information maintained by the IEDC is publicly available in accordance with the open records law. Repeals and relocates several definitions without change to maintain alphabetical order. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB23 |
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| SB30 | CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS. (KRUSE D) Provides that a vehicle dealer that fails to deliver a certificate of title to the purchaser or transferee within 21 days after the date of sale or transfer is subject to the following civil penalties: (1) $1,000 for the first violation in a calendar year. (2) $1,500 for the second violation in a calendar year. (3) $2,000 for all subsequent violations in a calendar year. (Current law provides for civil penalties of $100, $250, and $500.) |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to Senate Civil Law
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB30 |
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| SB31 | TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT. (ZAKAS J) Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the topic of transportation corridor development. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/2/2015 - Referred to House Rules and Legislative Procedures
3/2/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB31 |
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| SB33 | WORKER'S COMPENSATION. (BOOTS P) Allows an officer of a corporation who is also an owner of any interest in the corporation to elect not to be an employee of the corporation under worker's compensation. Urges the legislative council to assign to an interim study committee for the 2015 interim period the topic of worker's compensation reimbursement to all providers of worker's compensation related claims outside of hospitals, including the study of a common baseline of the providers' Medicare reimbursement rate plus a reimbursement above the Medicare level, seeking fair reimbursement. Removes outdated language. |
| | Current Status: | 5/7/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/29/2015 - Signed by the Speaker
4/29/2015 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB33 |
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| SB41 | MINIMUM WAGE. (TALLIAN K) Increases the state minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB41 |
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| SB42 | ADMINISTRATION OF COUNTY INCOME TAXES. (KRUSE D) Provides that for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015, a county imposing a county income tax (rather than the department of state revenue) has the authority and responsibility for the administration, collection, and enforcement of the tax. Requires taxpayers to file county income tax returns with the county treasurer of the county that imposed the tax. Requires taxpayers to pay county income tax to the county treasurer of the county that imposed the tax. Provides that withholdings of county income taxes shall be remitted to the county treasurer of the county that imposed the tax. Repeals provisions related to: (1) the state collection of county income taxes; and (2) the calculation and distribution by the state of certified distributions of county income taxes. Specifies that certain provisions related to the department of state revenue's administration of state taxes also apply to a county administering a county income tax. Provides that on February 1, 2016, and on November 1, 2016, the auditor of state shall transfer to each county 95% of the balance on those dates of county income tax collections held by the state. Specifies that: (1) the balances remaining after making those transfers shall be used by the state to pay any refunds of county taxes for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2016; and (2) on January 1, 2019, any remaining balances shall be transferred to the county. Makes technical corrections. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB42 |
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| SB52 | STATE RESPONSE TO FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES. (BUCK J) Establishes the federal natural resource policy account for influencing, litigating, or mitigating federal natural resource policy decisions. Specifies the permitted uses of the account. Requires annual reporting on the use of the account. Appropriates $1,000,000 to the account. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to Senate Environmental Affairs
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB52 |
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| SB53 | APPROVAL OF ANNEXATION AGREEMENTS. (BUCK J) Establishes requirements for an annexation agreement that is executed and recorded after June 30, 2015. Requires that the agreement must be signed by: (1) the owners of real property who are parties to the agreement; or (2) a representative appointed from among the owners of real property who are parties to the agreement. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to Senate Local Government
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB53 |
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| SB54 | ARTISAN DISTILLER'S PERMIT. (STEELE B) Removes and repeals certain permit requirements for artisan distillers. Allows the holder of an artisan distiller's permit to: (1) sell liquor for carryout on Sunday; and (2) upon approval, conduct business at three additional locations that are separate from the premises on which the artisan distiller manufactures liquor. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 2/18/2015 - Senate Public Policy, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
1/6/2015 - Referred to Senate Public Policy
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB54 |
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| SB55 | MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ACTIONS. (STEELE B) Permits a patient to bring an action against a health care provider without submitting the complaint to the medical review board if: (1) the amount of the claim is not more than $15,000; (2) the cause of action is based on the removal of the wrong body part; or (3) the cause of action is based on the existence of a foreign object in the patient's body. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 2/16/2015 - Third reading defeated; Roll Call 156: yeas 22, nays 27
2/16/2015 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | SB55 |
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| SB80 | TAXATION OF INTERNET ACCESS. (CRIDER M) Provides that neither the state nor a political subdivision may impose, assess, collect, or attempt to collect a tax on Internet access or the use of Internet access. |
| | Current Status: | 4/23/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/22/2015 - received by Governor
4/9/2015 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB80 |
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| SB108 | HOME IMPROVEMENT SUPPLIER REGISTRY. (ZAKAS J) Requires the consumer protection division of the office of the attorney general (division) to establish and administer a voluntary home improvement supplier registry to allow persons that: (1) execute at least five home improvement contracts in Indiana in a calendar year; and (2) meet the specified requirements for registration; to register with the division and appear on a listing maintained by the division. Sets forth the requirements for registration. Requires the division to make the listing of registered home improvement suppliers available to the public on the attorney general's Internet web site. Allows the division to adopt rules, including emergency rules, to implement the establishment and administration of the registry. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted, reassigned to Commerce & Technology
1/6/2015 - Referred to Rules and Legislative Procedure
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB108 |
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| SB111 | UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE OVERPAYMENTS. (TALLIAN K) Requires the department of workforce development (department) to waive repayment of unemployment benefit overpayments made: (1) during the pendency of an appeal under which the individual is determined to be ineligible for benefits; or (2) because of an error by the department. Waives liability for repayment of unemployment benefits that were paid after July 1, 2011, to an individual who was not entitled to receive the benefits solely because of changes to the unemployment insurance law made by HEA 1450-2011 (P.L.2-2011). |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to Pensions and Labor
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB111 |
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| SB118 | PROPERTY TAX APPEALS. (KRUSE D) Requires the county assessor, with regard to each notice filed of a property tax assessment appeal of commercial or industrial property, to do the following: (1) Make a list of affected taxing units and information about the taxpayer and the property's assessed value. (2) Make the information available for the inspection of the fiscal officer of each of the affected taxing units. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/2/2015 - Referred to House Local Government
3/2/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB118 |
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| SB120 | INVASIVE SPECIES COUNCIL. (GLICK S) Postpones the expiration of the law establishing the invasive species council from July 1, 2015, to July 1, 2023. Changes references to the entity within which the invasive species council is established to reflect the change of that entity's name to the Purdue University College of Agriculture. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/2/2015 - Referred to House Natural Resources
3/2/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB120 |
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| SB123 | HIGHER EDUCATION. (BECKER V) Revises the law setting forth the locations and names for centers for comprehensive medical education. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/29/2015 - Conference Committee Report Adopted CCR #1 (46-0)
4/29/2015 - Senate Conference Committees Eligible for Action CCR #1
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB123 |
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| SB125 | PROPERTY OR CASUALTY INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR INNOCENT COINSURED. (CRIDER M) Urges the legislative council to assign the topic of property or casualty insurance coverage for an innocent coinsured to an interim study committee during the 2015 interim. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/5/2015 - Representative Lehman added as cosponsor
3/5/2015 - Referred to House Rules and Legislative Procedures
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB125 |
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| SB128 | SEWAGE AND WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS. (HOLDMAN T) Provides that the county executive of a county in which a regional sewage district was formed in response to an agreed order entered into after August 31, 2005, may elect to transform the regional sewage district into a county onsite waste management district. Establishes a procedure under which the regional sewage district may be transformed into a county onsite waste management district if the county executive decides to make that transformation. Provides that the primary purpose of the county onsite waste management district, if formed, will be resolving the environmental problems described in the agreed order. Amends the Indiana Code section under which point source discharges of treated sewage from an onsite residential sewage system are allowed if certain conditions are met to make that Indiana Code section apply to the county in which the regional sewage district was formed in response to an agreed order if the county executive of the county elects to transform the regional sewage district into an onsite waste management district. (That Indiana Code section presently applies only to Allen County.) Amends an Indiana Code provision prohibiting a regional sewage district from requiring a homeowner to connect to the district sewer system if the homeowner's property exceeds a certain area so that, in the county in which the regional sewage district was formed in response to an agreed order, the prohibition against requiring a homeowner to connect applies if the area of the homeowner's property is at least one-half acre. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/5/2015 - Referred to House Environmental Affairs
3/5/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB128 |
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| SB140 | TAX CREDIT FOR HIRING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS. (RANDOLPH L) Provides a nonrefundable tax credit to a small business for employing an individual who is receiving unemployment benefits or returning from military service (qualified new employee). Provides that the small business must employ a greater number of full-time employees in Indiana in the taxable year than the small business employed in Indiana, on average, in the small business's base employment period (generally January 1, 2014, through June 30, 2014). Provides that the employee must be hired full time. Provides that the credit applies only to taxable years beginning in 2015 through 2017. Provides that the credit is $3,000 per qualified new employee, not to exceed $100,000 per small business. Provides that the small business may carry any excess credit over to not more than three subsequent taxable years. Provides that the small business forfeits 50% of the amount of the tax credits attributable to the employment of a qualified new employee, if within 18 months after the qualified new employee was initially hired: (1) the qualified new employee is terminated, laid off, or otherwise reclassified to a position that is not a full-time employment position with the small business; or (2) the position created for the qualified new employee is eliminated. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to Tax and Fiscal Policy
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB140 |
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| SB141 | SMALL BUSINESS COUNCIL ESTABLISHED. (RANDOLPH L) Establishes the small business council (council) to provide oversight and guidance to the office of small business and entrepreneurship (office). Designates the membership of the council. Specifies the duties of the council. Requires the office to report to the council and the council to meet at least twice each year to hear the office's reports. Requires the council to submit an annual report to the legislative council. Specifies that the office may not refuse to provide assistance or information to an individual or entity because of the individual's or entity's income or other compensation, credit history, credit score, employment history, or criminal history. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to Senate Commerce & Technology
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB141 |
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| SB142 | BEVERAGE CONTAINER DEPOSITS. (RANDOLPH L) Requires returnable beverage containers to be used beginning in 2016. Requires a $0.10 refundable deposit on each container. Allows manufacturers or distributors to be the originator of the deposit. Requires retailers to make cash refunds to consumers. Requires distributors to make cash refunds to retailers. Requires an originator of deposits to file a deposit report with the state and pay any excess deposits the originator collects. Provides that excess deposits are to be used to compensate retailers for taking returns, to cover administrative costs of the state, and to provide revenue to the recycling promotion and assistance fund. Provides that the department of state revenue is the administrator of the beverage container deposit program. Imposes a penalty for a general violation of the law of at least $100 but not more than $1,000 plus costs and attorney's fees associated with a civil action filed to collect the penalty. Provides that a person who returns or attempts to return nonreturnable containers commits either: (1) a Class C infraction if it involves at least 25 but not more than 100 nonreturnable containers; or (2) a Class C misdemeanor if it involves more than 100 nonreturnable containers or is a second or subsequent violation. Requires that the person must also pay the amount of loss caused to the retailer by the violation. Requires retailers to post a sign setting forth these penalties. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to Senate Commerce & Technology
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB142 |
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| SB145 | INDIANA EITC. (TALLIAN K) Increases the amount of the Indiana earned income tax credit from 9% to 10% of the federal earned income tax credit. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/8/2015 - Senator Tallian added as first author
1/8/2015 - Senator Lanane removed as first author
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB145 |
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| SB160 | MINIMUM WAGE FOR CERTAIN INDIANA EMPLOYEES. (MRVAN F) After: (1) June 30, 2015, increases the minimum wage paid to certain employees in Indiana from $7.25 to $8.50; and (2) June 30, 2016, increases the minimum wage paid to certain employees in Indiana from $8.50 to $10; an hour. Makes technical corrections and corresponding changes. Removes outdated language. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to Pensions and Labor
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB160 |
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| SB162 | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY. (MRVAN F) Adds various job and employee definitions to the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) laws. Requires that all records related to taxpayer funded economic development incentives must be disclosed under the open records law. Requires that the IEDC's annual job creation incentives and compliance report must be published on the Indiana transparency portal Internet web site. Requires the IEDC and the department of state revenue to compile information on all job creation incentives granted, including the total amount of uncollected or diverted state tax revenues resulting from each incentive, and requires that this information must be included as part of the IEDC's annual job creation incentives and compliance report. Requires the IEDC to recapture job creation incentives from a recipient that: (1) fails to make the level of capital investment; (2) fails to create or retain the promised number of jobs; or (3) pays less in wages; than specified in an incentive agreement. Requires the IEDC to compile information on all recapture activities and incentives recouped from unfulfilled commitments and to include the information as part of the IEDC's annual job creation incentives and compliance report. Requires incentive recipients to prepare an annual compliance report on the number of jobs created or retained, employee pay, and various other information concerning the use of the incentives, and requires the IEDC to compile this information and include it in the IEDC's annual job creation incentives and compliance report. Repeals and replaces the definition of "job creation incentive" without change to maintain alphabetical order. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to Tax and Fiscal Policy
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB162 |
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| SB163 | IMPROPER WORKER CLASSIFICATION. (MRVAN F) Authorizes the department of state revenue, the department of labor, the worker's compensation board, and the department of workforce development to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of records and to question witnesses under oath when conducting an investigation of any suspected improper worker classification by a construction contractor. Allows the worker's compensation board to issue a stop work order as an additional remedy against an employer that does not have the required insurance and has not furnished satisfactory proof of self-insurance. Provides that service of a stop work order on a work site is effective as to the employer's operations on that work site, and that service of a stop work order on an employer is effective as to all of the employer's work sites where the employer has not complied with the insurance or self-insurance requirements. Provides a civil penalty of $1,000 for each day an employer violates a stop work order. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to Pensions and Labor
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB163 |
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| SB178 | NUCLEAR ENERGY PROJECTS. (MERRITT J) Provides that projects involving the construction of nuclear energy production or generating facilities qualify for the financial incentives available for clean energy projects. (Current law provides that only projects involving the life cycle management of such facilities qualify for the incentives.) For purposes of the statute governing the incentives, amends the definition of: (1) "nuclear energy production or generating facility" to include a facility constructed in Indiana after June 30, 2015; and (2) "qualified utility system expenses" to specify that the term includes preconstruction costs and applies to a new energy production or generating facility or a new nuclear energy production or generating facility. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to Senate Utilities
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | SB178 |
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| SB187 | DONATIONS TO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS. (WALTZ B) Reenacts a provision (which expired in 2012) that authorizes a school corporation to donate up to $25,000 per year from any fund of the school corporation from which the donation may be legally made to a public school endowment corporation or nonprofit charitable community foundation if the donation is matched by a private donor. Specifies that the principal and income from the donation shall be distributed only to the school corporation as directed by resolution of the governing body of the school corporation, and that the school corporation may use the distributions for supplies, services, or other expenses directly related to programs or activities that improve student outcomes, learning, or performance, or assist teachers. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/15/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee Tax and Fiscal Policy
1/15/2015 - reassigned to the Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB187 |
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| SB189 | ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. (ARNOLD J) Provides that each member of the county executive is elected only by the voters of the respective county commissioner districts instead of by all the voters of the county if the county executive adopts an ordinance providing for this method of election. Provides that if 20% of the total number of voters of the county who voted in the most recent election for secretary of state in the county petition the county executive to adopt such an ordinance, the county executive is required to adopt the ordinance. Provides that if the county executive adopts such an ordinance, a public question is placed on the ballot at the next general election of the county asking the voters of the county whether each of the members of the executive should be elected only by the voters of their respective commissioner districts instead of by all the voters of the county. Makes technical changes in the statutes relating to election of members of the county executive. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/8/2015 - Senator Niemeyer added as second author
1/8/2015 - Sen. Niemeyer added as second author
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB189 |
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| SB196 | PROPRIETARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. (YODER C) Provides that a postsecondary proprietary educational institution that: (1) is domiciled and has its principal offices and the majority of its operations in Indiana; (2) provides an organized two year or longer program of collegiate level classes that are directly creditable toward a baccalaureate degree; and (3) is authorized to conduct business by the board for proprietary education and is accredited by a regional accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education; is an approved postsecondary educational institution for purposes of higher education awards and receives awards at the same level as a four year state educational institution. Makes corresponding changes to related sections. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to Education and Career Development
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB196 |
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| SB198 | REPEAL COMMON CONSTRUCTION WAGE STATUTE. (YODER C) Repeals the common construction wage statute. Repeals related statutes superseded by the repeal of the common construction wage statute. Makes conforming amendments. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to Pensions and Labor
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | SB198 |
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| SB204 | USE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICES WHILE DRIVING. (MILLER P) Requires a person to use hands free or voice operated technology to place or receive a telephone call while operating a moving motor vehicle, unless the device is used to call 911 to report a bona fide emergency. Revises the term "telecommunications device" for purposes related to motor vehicle operation. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to Senate Homeland Security & Transportation
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB204 |
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| SB211 | DEBT COLLECTION. (MILLER P) Amends the statute concerning deceptive consumer sales as follows: (1) Defines the term "debt buyer". (2) Specifies that a debt buyer is a debt collector for purposes of the statute. (3) Requires a debt collector to make certain disclosures to an Indiana debtor. (4) Provides that the failure to make the required disclosures constitutes a deceptive act under the statute. (5) Specifies that the attorney general's authority to recover a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000 for knowing violations of the provisions concerning debt collection practices applies to each violation of the provisions per consumer, subject to a cap of $25,000 in total civil penalties that may be imposed for each violation. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/2/2015 - Referred to House Judiciary
3/2/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB211 |
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| SB241 | COUNTY INCOME TAX COUNCIL. (SMITH J) Replaces the county income tax council with the county council, or city-county council in the case of Marion County, for purposes of the county option income tax, the county economic development income tax, the county motor vehicle excise surtax, and the county wheel tax. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to Tax and Fiscal Policy
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB241 |
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| SB249 | AGRICULTURAL MATTERS. (LEISING J) Authorizes the department of agriculture (department) to establish a farm commodities and market news service as a pilot program for the 2015-2017 biennium. Authorizes the department to expand the program beginning July 1, 2017. Provides that a program established by the department must be funded from the livestock industry promotion and development fund. Allows the feeding of garbage to swine if the garbage is treated to kill disease organisms in accordance with rules adopted by the Indiana Board of Animal Health (board) and the processing occurs at a facility operated by a person holding a valid license issued by the board. Requires the Purdue Cooperative Extension Service and the Purdue University College of Agriculture to study the impact of local land use ordinances on the construction of buildings or other structures used in the breeding, feeding, and housing of livestock. Makes certain changes to the exemptions to the food establishment requirements concerning eggs and poultry. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/29/2015 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (26-22)
4/29/2015 - Senate Conference Committees Eligible for Action CCR #1
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB249 |
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| SB251 | CONTROLLED PROJECTS. (KENLEY L) Provides that for purposes of determining whether a capital project by a political subdivision located in Hamilton County, other than a school corporation, is a controlled project for purposes of the petition and remonstrance process or the referendum process, the cost of the project does not include any expenditures that will be paid from money that has accumulated or has been deposited by the political subdivision in a fund. Specifies that the political subdivision must, before the preliminary determination is made for the capital project, segregate the money as provided in a capital improvement plan, a capital development plan, or a similar plan adopted by the political subdivision. (Current law also excludes any expenditures that will be paid from donations or other gifts.) Provides that a person that owns property within a political subdivision or a person that is a registered voter residing within a political subdivision may file a petition with the department of local government finance (DLGF) objecting that the political subdivision has artificially divided a capital project into multiple capital projects in order to avoid the petition and remonstrance requirements or the referendum requirements. (Current law prohibits the artificial division of capital projects for such a purpose.) Requires the DLGF to make a final determination not later than 30 days after receiving the petition. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/29/2015 - Signed by the Speaker
4/29/2015 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB251 |
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| SB259 | STEM EDUCATION. (GROOMS R) Establishes an early learning STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) associate degree model program. Provides for the selection of 10 high schools from around Indiana to participate. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/2/2015 - Referred to House Education
3/2/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB259 |
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| SB260 | SMALL EMPLOYER WELLNESS PROGRAM TAX CREDITS. (GROOMS R) Extends the income tax credit for small employers that provide a qualified wellness program for their employees. Provides that the credit may be claimed for costs incurred in 2012 through 2015. (Current law provides that costs incurred after 2011 are not eligible for the credit.) Allows the credit to be carried forward through 2019. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 2/10/2015 - Senator Becker added as second author
2/9/2015 - Committee Report do pass adopted; reassigned to committee on Appropriations
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB260 |
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| SB268 | FOOD AND BEVERAGE TAXES. (KRUSE D) Provides that a fiscal officer of a municipality in which a food and beverage tax is imposed and collected may request from the department of state revenue a statement of the percentage amount of food and beverage tax collected within the municipality in the preceding year. Requires the department of state revenue, upon receipt of a request, to: (1) determine the percentage amount of food and beverage tax collected within the municipality; and (2) furnish the fiscal officer of the municipality with a statement of the percentage amount not more than 30 days after the department receives the request. Provides that the department of state revenue may divulge in a statement to a fiscal officer of a municipality information that may otherwise be confidential. Provides that a fiscal officer of a municipality to which a statement is furnished may publicly disclose the information contained in the statement. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/7/2015 - Referred to Tax and Fiscal Policy
1/7/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB268 |
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| SB290 | EPHEDRINE AND PSEUDOEPHEDRINE. (GLICK S) Provides that materials, compounds, mixtures, or preparations that contain ephedrine or pseudoephedrine are schedule III controlled substances that may be dispensed only by prescription. Repeals: (1) the law allowing the dispensing of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine without a prescription subject to certain restrictions; and (2) provisions related to that law. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/8/2015 - Referred to Senate Corrections & Criminal Law
1/8/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB290 |
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| SB295 | DEDUCTION FOR SMALL BUSINESS INVESTOR INCOME. (BUCK J) Provides an individual income tax deduction for small business investor income received from Indiana small businesses. Specifies that the amount of the deduction is equal to 50% of the total amount of small business investor income received in the taxable year by the individual, but not to exceed $62,500 (in the case of an individual who files a single return) or $125,000 (in the case of spouses who file a joint return). Provides that an individual may receive such a deduction for small business investor income from a particular Indiana small business for not more than 10 years. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/8/2015 - Referred to Tax and Fiscal Policy
1/8/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | SB295 |
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| SB309 | ELECTRICITY SUPPLIERS' SERVICE AREAS. (CRIDER M) Provides that after May 19, 2015, a municipality that: (1) owns and operates an electric utility; and (2) annexes an area beyond the assigned service area of its municipally owned electric utility; may not petition the utility regulatory commission (IURC) to change the assigned service area of the municipally owned electric utility to include the annexed area according to certain procedures permitted under current law. Provides that the prohibition does not affect a petition that is: (1) filed with the IURC before May 20, 2015, according to the procedures permitted under current law; and (2) pending before the commission on May 20, 2015. |
| | Current Status: | 4/17/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/16/2015 - received by Governor
4/7/2015 - Senate concurred in House Amendments; Roll Call 386: yeas 44, nays 3
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB309 |
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| SB317 | COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS. (HEAD R) Defines an "eligible community foundation" for state income tax purposes as an organization that: (1) is a tax exempt charitable organization; (2) satisfies the public support test for public charities; (3) is an autonomous, nonsectarian philanthropic institution with component funds established by many separate donors; (4) is accredited under national standards for United States Community Foundations; and (5) supports a broad range of charitable activities in a specific area of the state. |
| | Current Status: | 4/23/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/22/2015 - received by Governor
4/21/2015 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | SB317 |
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| SB322 | FOOD DESERT GRANT PROGRAM. (HEAD R) Establishes the food desert grant program (program) within the state department of health (ISDH) to assist new and existing retail businesses in offering fresh and unprocessed foods within a "food desert" (an underserved geographic area where affordable fresh and healthy foods are difficult to obtain, as determined by the ISDH). Provides that a grant awarded under the program may be used to construct a new retail grocery store or to renovate, expand, or upgrade an existing retail business that increases the availability and quality of fresh produce and other healthy foods. Requires the ISDH to consider certain criteria when determining whether to award a grant and requires the recipient of a grant to abide by certain terms and conditions. Establishes the food deserts fund for purposes of awarding grants under the program. Appropriates $15,000,000 from the state general fund to the food deserts fund for purposes of the program. Requires the ISDH to report on the program annually to the general assembly. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 2/16/2015 - Committee Report amend do pass adopted; reassigned to committee on Appropriations
2/12/2015 - Senators Breaux, Broden and Randolph added as coauthor
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB322 |
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| SB332 | WAGE ASSIGNMENTS. (BOOTS P) Allows a wage assignment for the purchase price of goods and food offered by an employer and sold to the employee for the employee's benefit, use, or consumption. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/2/2015 - Referred to House Employment, Labor and Pensions
3/2/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | SB332 |
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| SB345 | RESIDENT TUITION RATE. (ROGERS E) Provides that an individual, except for certain nonimmigrants, who: (1) attends a high school in Indiana for at least three years; (2) registers as an entering student at or is currently enrolled in a state educational institution not earlier than the fall semester (or its equivalent, as determined by the state educational institution) of the 2015-2016 academic year; and (3) graduated from a high school located in Indiana or received the equivalent of a high school diploma in Indiana; is eligible for the resident tuition rate. Requires such an individual to verify that the individual meets the criteria to receive the resident tuition rate. Sunsets the law on June 30, 2017. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 2/24/2015 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
2/23/2015 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB345 |
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| SB346 | EXPENDITURE AND TRANSFER OF CEDIT FUNDS. (BROWN L) Provides that the executive of a county or municipality may not transfer money that has been deposited in the county or municipal economic development income tax fund unless the transfer is approved by resolution or ordinance of the county or municipal fiscal body. Specifies that county economic development income tax (CEDIT) revenue may not be expended for a purpose listed in a capital improvement plan or for any other purpose unless the county or municipal fiscal body has appropriated the money for the specific expenditure or the specific capital improvement as a separate line item. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/8/2015 - Referred to Tax and Fiscal Policy
1/8/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | SB346 |
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| SB348 | ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES. (YODER C) Imposes an annual fee on advanced technology vehicles. Deposits the fees in the motor vehicle highway account. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 2/12/2015 - Committee Report amend do pass adopted; reassigned to committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
2/10/2015 - Senate Homeland Security & Transportation, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB348 |
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| SB356 | WORK ETHIC CERTIFICATION AND GRANTS. (GROOMS R) Provides that a school corporation may establish a work ethic certification program under which a student who develops skills necessary for success in higher education or employment receives a work ethic certificate upon graduation. Provides that the state board of education, in consultation with the workforce innovation council, may adopt rules to: (1) establish model criteria for a work ethic certification program; and (2) develop a standard work ethic certificate. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/2/2015 - Referred to House Education
3/2/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | SB356 |
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| SB359 | SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR DATA WAREHOUSE EQUIPMENT. (MESSMER M) Provides a state sales tax exemption for the sale or lease of certain enterprise information technology equipment. Requires that the investment in the equipment must be at least $100,000,000. Specifies that the investment must be in a high technology district area established by a municipality or county fiscal body. Requires that the application for exemption must be reviewed by the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC). Provides that the IEDC may approve or deny an application by an eligible business for a sales tax exemption, or the IEDC may approve the application, but reduce the allowable exemption amount. Limits applicability of the sales tax exemption to two years beginning after June 30, 2015, and before July 1, 2017. Provides that the IEDC may only approve four applications for the sales tax exemption during the two year period. Limits an applicant to one sales tax exemption. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/5/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
3/5/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | SB359 |
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| SB382 | STATEWIDE 911 SYSTEM. (HERSHMAN B) Repeals a provision that: (1) required the budget committee to conduct a review of the statewide 911 system for years 2013 and 2014; and (2) provided for the July 1, 2015, expiration of the statewide 911 fee if the budget committee did not recommend continuation of the fee. Provides that the prohibition on connecting to a 911 network with an automatic alarm, automatic dialer, or other automated alerting device does not apply to a school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school that receives permission from the statewide 911 board to use the automatic alarm, dialer, or other alerting device. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/3/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
3/3/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB382 |
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| SB386 | UTILITY FACILITY RELOCATION. (HERSHMAN B) Makes changes to the statutes concerning: (1) emergency repairs to the state highway system by the department of transportation; and (2) utility facility relocations necessitated by projects on the state highway system; to allow communications service providers to recover certain costs incurred toward the cost of relocation of utility facilities necessitated by state highway projects. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/12/2015 - Referred to Senate Utilities
1/12/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB386 |
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| SB412 | INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLANS AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY. (MERRITT J) Requires a public utility to submit an integrated resource plan to the utility regulatory commission (IURC). Requires certain electricity suppliers to submit an energy efficiency plan to the IURC at least one time every three years. Provides that evaluation, measurement, and verification procedures required to be included in an electricity supplier's energy efficiency plan must include independent evaluation, measurement, and verification. Provides that the IURC may not require a third party administrator to implement an electricity supplier's energy efficiency program or plan. Provides that if the IURC finds an electricity supplier's energy efficiency plan to be reasonable, the IURC shall allow the electricity supplier to recover or receive certain energy efficiency program costs. Provides that a retail rate adjustment mechanism proposed by an electricity supplier to recover program costs may be based on a reasonable forecast. Provides that if forecasted data is used, the retail rate adjustment mechanism must include a reconciliation mechanism to correct for any variance between forecasted and actual program costs. Specifies that an industrial customer's previous opt out of an energy efficiency program of an electricity supplier constitutes an opt out of an energy efficiency program that is part of the electricity supplier's required energy efficiency plan. |
| | Current Status: | 5/6/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 5/4/2015 - received by Governor
4/9/2015 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB412 |
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| SB436 | STATE AND LOCAL TAXATION. (HERSHMAN B) Provides that if a taxpayer has personal property subject to assessment in more than one township in a county or has personal property that is subject to assessment and that is located in two or more taxing districts within the same township, the taxpayer shall file a single tax return with the county assessor. Provides that a personal property return notice must be filed with the county assessor, and not the township assessor, of the county in which the owner resides when the personal property is located in a different county. Provides a property tax exemption for taxpayers with less than $20,000 of total business personal property in a county. Removes the requirement in current law that such an exemption is effective in a county only if adopted by the county income tax council. Requires, for the $20,000 personal property exemption, that the owner's certification be notarized and signed under penalties for perjury. Extends the expiration date of the law specifying the value of outdoor signs through the 2018 assessment date. Specifies that for purposes of property tax assessment, certain land is considered to be devoted to agricultural use. Specifies that "agricultural use" includes certain uses defined as agricultural uses for purposes of planning and zoning law. Provides that the soil productivity factors used for the March 1, 2011, assessment of agricultural land must be used for the March 1, 2015, assessment date. Specifies that new soil productivity factors shall be used for assessment dates occurring after March 1, 2015. Provides that the statewide agricultural land base rate value per acre for the 2015 assessment date is $2,050 (the base rate used for the 2014 assessment date). Provides that for the 2016 assessment date and each assessment date thereafter, the statewide agricultural land base rate value per acre is equal to the base rate value for the immediately preceding assessment date, multiplied by the assessed value growth quotient. Removes the provision specifying that the statute governing the assessment of agricultural land does not apply to land purchased for residential uses. Specifies conditions for valuing big box retail properties and commercial nonincome producing real property for property tax purposes and excludes multi-tenant income producing shopping centers from both provisions. Requires the Indiana board of tax review (IBTR) to recommend that the parties settle or mediate any case pending before the board as of May 1, 2015, that has not yet received a hearing if certain conditions apply. Urges the legislative council to assign to a study committee the topic of studying the need for a definition of the term "utility of the user" under the current property tax assessment system. Specifies that in the case of a change occurring after February 28, 2015, in the classification of real property, the assessor has the burden of proving that the change is correct in any review or appeal heard by the property tax assessment board of appeals (county board) and in any appeals taken to the IBTR or to the Indiana tax court. Allows county assessors to apply negative influence factors to determine the assessed value of land classified as residential excess land. Provides that the basement of a dwelling or other building that is situated in a special flood hazard area as designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency is exempt from property taxation if: (1) the basement floor level has been elevated to mitigate the risk of flooding; and (2) as a result, the basement is rendered unusable as living space. Specifies that, to be eligible for a homestead deduction for property that an individual is buying under contract, the contract must obligate the owner to convey title to the individual upon completion of all of the individual's contract obligations. Provides that on the form forwarded by the assessor to the county auditor and the county board after a preliminary informal meeting with a taxpayer, the assessor must attest that the assessor described to the taxpayer the taxpayer's right to a review of the issues by the county board and the taxpayer's right to appeal to the IBTR and to the Indiana tax court. Provides that for property tax appeals for the 2014 assessment date, or before, a county auditor may pay refund claims greater than $100,000 over a period of five years (through 2019) by using credits against future property taxes owed on the property. Authorizes a county fiscal body to adopt an ordinance to allow political subdivisions and local agencies within the county to use a uniform property tax disclosure form. Specifies the information that must be disclosed on the form. Provides that the department of local government finance (DLGF) shall: (1) review the tax rates and levies for each fire protection territory whose establishment was effective not later than July 1, 2012; (2) make recommendations to the participating units concerning their existing tax rates and tax levies; and (3) report its findings and recommendations to the legislative council. Deletes the requirement that a county may impose the motor vehicle license excise surtax only at the same rate or amount on each motor vehicle. Authorizes counties to: (1) impose the surtax at the same rate or amount on each motor vehicle; or (2) impose the surtax at one or more different rates based on the class of vehicle (passenger vehicles, motorcycles, trucks with a declared gross weight that does not exceed 11,000 pounds, and motor driven cycles). Does the following in the case of a certified technology park that is operating jointly by multiple redevelopment commissions: (1) Increases the total maximum amount of tax increment that may be captured by the certified technology park. (2) Authorizes a party to the agreement to allocate a part of the maximum amount that may be deposited in the party's incremental tax financing fund to one or more other parties to the agreement. Provides that a redevelopment commission may enter into a written agreement with a taxpayer in which the taxpayer waives review of any assessment of the taxpayer's tangible property that is located in an allocation area. Urges the legislative council to assign to a study committee the issue of alternative means of agricultural land assessment. Provides that for purposes of the provisions in current law concerning: (1) the designation of a township as distressed; (2) the requiring of a separate township assistance benefits levy and a separate township assistance administration levy; and (3) the transfer of municipal territory to an adjacent township after a referendum; those provisions apply to a township if the township's township assistance property tax rate is more than the result of the statewide average township assistance property tax rate for the preceding year (rather than for the current year, under existing law) multiplied by 12. Urges a legislative study of methods used to determine the true tax value for nonincome producing commercial property. |
| | Current Status: | 5/6/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/29/2015 - Conference Committee Report Adopted CCR #1 (98-0)
4/29/2015 - Senate Conference Committees Eligible for Action CCR #1
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB436 |
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| SB438 | STATE AND LOCAL TAX ISSUES. (HERSHMAN B) Provides that the fiscal body of a municipality may adopt a resolution renewing an enterprise zone for an additional five years and that all enterprise zones expire and must be phased out by December 31, 2030. Provides that the cutting of steel bars into billets is to be treated as processing of tangible personal property for purposes of the sales tax exemption for certain manufacturing activities. Modifies the sales tax exemption for receiving recycling materials. Adds recycling carts to the sales tax exemption for some recycling equipment. Adds changes concerning the withholding of income taxes for nonresident partners and shareholders. Establishes standards governing the date by which a taxpayer must notify the department of state revenue (department) of a modification of a taxpayer's federal income tax return or tax liability for a taxable year. Provides that "base amount" and "qualified research expense" for purposes of the state research expense income tax credit have the same meaning as those terms are defined under the Internal Revenue Code and that the federal research and development credit used for purposes of calculating the Indiana research expense income tax credit is the same as the federal research and development credit allowed under the Internal Revenue Code. Requires the department to enter into an agreement with the fiscal officer of a capital improvement board of managers to provide the fiscal officer with certain information. Provides that the interest required to be paid on an overpayment of tax begins to accrue: (1) on the date the tax was due; or (2) the date the tax was paid; whichever is later. Amends the definition of "captive insurer" for insurance regulation and taxation purposes. Requires the department to: (1) study the department's current information systems; (2) develop a plan for modernizing the department's information systems; and (3) submit a report of the study and plan to the budget committee and the legislative council. Makes changes regarding sales or use tax collection and manufacturers that have meters exempt or partially exempt from sales and use tax. Provides that the department of state revenue may disclose to a power subsidiary or a public utility information regarding sales tax exemption certificates of a customer of the power subsidiary or public utility for the purpose of enforcing and collecting the sales or use tax. Permits Rush County to impose an income tax to provide for a county jail, related buildings, and parking facilities and for their operation. Provides that a tax increment financing area established by a redevelopment authority does not expire before July 1, 2016. Proposes that an interim study committee determine the amount of statutory tax relief that C corporations have realized in the calendar years from 2011 through 2014 and are anticipated to realize from 2015 through 2021. |
| | Current Status: | 4/22/2015 - , (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 4/21/2015 - House Advisors appointed Friend, Thompson, Smaltz, Klinker and Reicken
4/21/2015 - House Conferees appointed Brown T and Porter
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB438 |
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| SB441 | VARIOUS TAX MATTERS. (HERSHMAN B) Eliminates the World War I veteran property tax deduction for property taxes imposed for an assessment date after 2015. Provides that the equipment eligible for the double direct sales tax exemption includes material handling equipment purchased for the purpose of transporting materials into production activities from an onsite location. Provides that: (1) the cutting of steel bars into billets; and (2) the felling of trees for further use in production or for sale in the ordinary course of business; is to be treated as processing of tangible personal property for purposes of the double direct sales tax exemption for certain manufacturing activities. Eliminates the taxation of income that is attributed to a state that does not have an income tax (the "throwback rule"). Specifies that gross receipts derived from the sale of computer software shall be treated as sales of tangible personal property. Increases the maximum amount of the state income tax deduction for federal civil service annuity income to $8,000 for 2015 and $16,000 for 2016 and thereafter. Provides that the deduction is also available to a surviving spouse. Extends the sunset date of the venture capital investment tax credit and the Hoosier business investment tax credit from January 1, 2017, to January 1, 2021. Provides that upgrading or building passing lines or automated switches on a rail line is an eligible logistics investment for purposes of the Hoosier business investment tax credit. Provides that, in the case of the Hoosier business investment tax credit, the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) may under a written agreement accelerate payment (at a discounted amount) of any unused excess tax credit that certain taxpayers would otherwise be eligible to carry forward to a subsequent tax year. Provides that the total amount of such accelerated tax credits that the IEDC may approve may not exceed $17 million in a state fiscal year. Provides that after December 31, 2015, qualified investments for purposes of the community revitalization enhancement district tax credit do not include a taxpayer's expenditures made on property that is classified as residential for property tax purposes. Eliminates various add backs for purposes of determining Indiana adjusted gross income. Provides that business income is all income apportionable to the state under the Constitution of the United States. Eliminates various income tax deductions, exemptions, and credits. Broadens the add back to Indiana adjusted gross income related to intercompany interest expenses. Makes technical corrections and conforming amendments. Provides that in addition to any appropriations made in HEA 1001-2015, there is appropriated from the state general fund to the department of correction $9,000,000 in the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, for community corrections programs. |
| | Current Status: | 5/6/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/29/2015 - Conference Committee Report Adopted CCR #1 (99-0)
4/29/2015 - Senate Conference Committees Eligible for Action CCR #1
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | SB441 |
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| SB445 | EPHEDRINE AND PSEUDOEPHEDRINE. (STEELE B) Provides that materials, compounds, mixtures, or preparations that contain ephedrine or pseudoephedrine are schedule IV controlled substances that may be dispensed only by prescription, except for a product that is determined by the Indiana board of pharmacy to be an extraction resistant or conversion resistant form of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. Requires the superintendent of the state police to submit a report by July 1, 2017, regarding the impact of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine as a schedule IV controlled substance. Provides that this bill is effective from July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2018. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/15/2015 - Senator Head added as third author
1/15/2015 - Senator Glick added as second author
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB445 |
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| SB446 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL REPORTING. (HOLDMAN T) Provides that certain political subdivisions may not issue bonds unless: (1) the political subdivision has filed required annual financial reports with the state board of accounts or (in the case of a school corporation) the department of education; and (2) the annual financial reports are prepared in accordance with all generally accepted accounting principles for financial accounting and reporting as established by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. Provides that these requirements apply only as follows for school corporations: (1) After August 15, 2018, and before August 16, 2019, to a school corporation that has an average daily membership count (ADM) of greater than 25,000. (2) After August 15, 2019, to a school corporation that has an ADM of greater than 15,000. Provides that these requirements apply only as follows for counties and municipalities: (1) After June 30, 2016, and before July 1, 2018, to counties and municipalities with a population greater than 250,000. (2) After June 30, 2018, and before July 1, 2019, to a county with a population greater than 175,000 and to a municipality with a population greater than 100,000. (3) After June 30, 2019, to a county with a population greater than 100,000 and to a municipality with a population greater than 75,000. Provides that the state examiner may waive the requirement that the annual financial report comply with generally accepted accounting principles. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/5/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
3/5/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB446 |
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| SB456 | UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. (BOOTS P) Provides that any part of an unemployment insurance surcharge not used to pay interest on the advances made to the state from the federal unemployment trust fund must be credited against the total amount of benefits charged to the state's unemployment insurance trust fund before determining each employer's share of those benefits. Removes language that requires the extra surcharge amount be credited to each employer's experience account in proportion to the amount of the surcharge the employer paid. Establishes three categories of unemployment benefit overpayments: (1) overpayments because an individual knowingly makes a false statement or representation of a material fact or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact; (2) overpayments because an individual fails to report wages or the receipt of deductible income; and (3) all other benefit overpayments. Requires the department of workforce development (department) to establish an unemployment benefit overpayment not later than four years from the date of the overpayment, if the overpayment is for a reason other than an individual knowingly making a false statement or representation of a material fact, knowingly failing to disclose a material fact, or failing to report wages or the receipt of deductible income. Removes language establishing certain limitation periods for the repayment of unemployment benefit overpayments. Repeals a provision allowing an extended repayment period for benefit overpayments in certain circumstances. Establishes an administrative procedure for the department to require each employer of an individual for whom an unemployment benefit overpayment is established to withhold amounts from the individual's income and pay those amounts to the department. Provides that the amounts withheld and the limitations on withholding are established in the same manner as a garnishment. Provides that an individual may contest an income withholding and request a hearing by an administrative law judge. Provides that an employer may not use income withholding as the basis for refusing to hire, discharging, or taking disciplinary action against an individual, and establishes civil penalties for an employer that refuses to withhold income or knowingly misrepresents an employee's income. Requires as a condition precedent to the payment of benefits in a year immediately following a year in which benefits were paid or following a period of disqualification for failure to apply for or accept suitable work that an individual: (1) perform insured work; (2) earn remuneration in employment in at least each of eight weeks; and (3) earn remuneration at least equal to the product of the individual's weekly benefit amount multiplied by eight. Provides that, if an employer does not have a rule regarding attendance, an individual's unsatisfactory attendance is just cause for discharge, if good cause for the absences or tardiness is not established. (Currently, the individual must show good cause for the absences or tardiness.) Establishes that a crime committed using the Internet or another computer network may be prosecuted in any county: (1) from which or to which access to the Internet or another computer network was made; or (2) in which a computer, computer data, computer software, or computer network used to access the Internet or another computer network is located. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/3/2015 - Referred to House Employment, Labor and Pensions
3/3/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB456 |
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| SB469 | RURAL BROADBAND. (HOUCHIN E) Urges the legislative council (council) to assign to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications (committee) the topic of the provision of affordable broadband services in unserved areas in Indiana. Provides that if the topic is assigned to the committee, the committee shall: (1) consider specific strategies to encourage the provision of affordable broadband services in unserved areas in Indiana; and (2) issue a final report, including any recommendations for legislation, to the council not later than November 1, 2015. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/3/2015 - Referred to House Rules and Legislative Procedures
3/3/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | SB469 |
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| SB477 | BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CLOSING FUND. (HEAD R) Establishes the business development closing fund (fund) to provide incentives in the form of forgivable loans to be used to attract new business and economic development to Indiana and encourage expansion of existing business in Indiana. Provides that if the amount of excess reserves is more than $200 million, then up to $100 million of the excess reserves that exceed $200 million shall be transferred to the fund. Provides that the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) administers the fund. Requires the IEDC to perform the following duties: (1) Establish the criteria for awarding forgivable loans from the fund. (2) Establish the terms and conditions of forgivable loans from the fund. (3) Award forgivable loans. (4) Release an obligation to repay a forgivable loan. Requires that a forgivable loan awarded by the IEDC must include the following conditions: (1) The minimum economic development outcomes that are required to be achieved by a forgivable loan recipient (including a baseline number of jobs to be created in Indiana). (2) An obligation by the forgivable loan recipient to repay the forgivable loan. (3) The terms and conditions upon which the forgivable loan recipient must be released from its obligation to repay the forgivable loan. Provides that income attributable to the release or discharge of an obligation to repay a forgivable loan is exempt from the adjusted gross income tax. Appropriates money in the fund. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/14/2015 - Referred to Senate Appropriations
1/14/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | SB477 |
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| SB478 | TRANSPORTATION FUNDING. (BROWN L) Provides that a redevelopment commission of a municipality may provide revenue to a public transportation corporation from property tax proceeds allocated to the redevelopment commission in a tax increment financing area. Limits the amount of revenue to the amount of property tax revenue received by the municipality's redevelopment commission that is attributable to the public transportation corporation's tax rate. Requires a joint public hearing of the municipality's legislative body and the municipality's redevelopment commission and the adoption of substantially similar authorizing resolutions. Provides that a redevelopment commission may provide revenue to a school corporation, for deposit in the school corporation's transportation fund, from property tax proceeds allocated to the redevelopment commission in a tax increment financing allocation area. Specifies that the amount of revenue that may be provided to the school corporation may not exceed the amount of property tax revenue received by the redevelopment commission that is attributable to the school corporation's transportation fund tax rate. Requires approval by the legislative body of the unit that established the redevelopment commission and by the redevelopment commission. Requires a joint public hearing by the unit and the redevelopment commission. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/9/2015 - Representative GiaQuinta added as cosponsor
3/9/2015 - GiaQuinta added as cosponsor
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | SB478 |
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| SB487 | BUSINESS AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS. (GLICK S) Makes changes to business and other association laws concerning the following: (1) Filing fees for agricultural cooperative associations. (2) Requirements regarding filings and fees for certain filings with the office of the secretary of state. (3) Delivering of documents by the office of the secretary of state. (4) Meetings of shareholders of corporations, including notice requirements. (5) Merger of a parent corporation with a wholly owned subsidiary of the parent corporation. (6) Administrative dissolutions. (7) Reporting requirements. (8) Correcting documents filed with the office of the secretary of state. Repeals provisions concerning the registration of the name of a foreign corporation, foreign limited liability partnership, foreign limited partnership, foreign nonprofit corporation, or foreign limited liability company. Makes a technical correction. |
| | Current Status: | 5/4/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 5/4/2015 - received by Governor
4/9/2015 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB487 |
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| SB493 | REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TRANSFERS. (KENLEY L) Provides that in the case of a tax increment financing allocation area established or reestablished after June 30, 2015, the governing body of a school corporation containing territory within the allocation area may, before August 1 of each year, adopt a resolution providing that property taxes must be transferred by the redevelopment commission to the school corporation in the following calendar year. Specifies that the amount of property taxes that must be transferred by the redevelopment commission to the school corporation in that year is equal to a percentage determined by the school corporation multiplied by the part of the property tax proceeds that are otherwise payable to the redevelopment commission and that are attributable to the school corporation's property tax rate for its transportation fund and the school corporation's property tax rate for its school bus replacement fund. Provides that money received by a school corporation from such a transfer must be deposited in the school corporation's transportation fund and the school corporation's school bus replacement fund. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/14/2015 - Referred to Tax and Fiscal Policy
1/14/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | SB493 |
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| SB503 | NET METERING FOR ELECTRIC UTILITY CUSTOMERS. (MESSMER M) Requires the utility regulatory commission (IURC) to adopt, not later than August 1, 2015, emergency rules amending the IURC's net metering and interconnection rules for electric utilities. Provides that the amended rules must do the following: (1) Require a municipally owned electric utility under the IURC's jurisdiction to: (A) offer a net metering program to all customers classes; and (B) allow all customer classes to interconnect a customer-generator facility with a distribution facility of the utility. (2) Allow: (A) a municipally owned utility not under the IURC's jurisdiction; or (B) a rural electric membership cooperative; to offer a net metering program to one or more customer classes and allow one or more customer classes to interconnect a customer-generator facility with a distribution facility of the utility or cooperative. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/14/2015 - Referred to Senate Utilities
1/14/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB503 |
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| SB517 | TAX INCREMENT FINANCING IN MARION COUNTY. (YOUNG M) Requires the Indianapolis metropolitan development commission to establish a new base assessed value beginning in 2016 for purposes of determining the incremental tax revenue for the Marion County airport economic development area. Specifies that the base assessed value must be set at the amount that will limit the incremental revenue to 150% of the debt service of the bonds denominated as series 2007 and 2007A as of January 1, 2015. (The base assessed value is used in determining revenue for other taxing units.) |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/12/2015 - Referred to House Ways and Means
3/12/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB517 |
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| SB555 | HERO PLAN. (WALKER G) Establishes the Hoosier Employee Retirement Option plan (plan) to encourage Indiana residents to increase their rate of saving and to build assets for the use of participants and their survivors and beneficiaries after a participant's retirement. Establishes a plan board (board) with nine members: the treasurer of state, the auditor of state, the director of the office of management and budget, the commissioner of the department of labor, and five members appointed by the governor. Provides that the appointed board members serve four year terms and that the treasurer is the board chair. Requires the board to provide oversight for the plan, which is administered, operated, and managed by one or more investment managers, private financial institutions, or other financial and services providers selected by the board through a competitive bidding process. Requires the board to annually prepare and adopt a written statement of investment policy. Requires the board to submit an annual report to the governor and the general assembly concerning the operating and financial performance of the plan. Provides that the plan be audited annually by the state board of accounts, and may be audited by a certified public accountant, if the board determines it advisable. Establishes a plan administrative fund to pay any administrative expenses incurred in developing, implementing, and operating the plan. Requires that the plan be maintained as individual retirement accounts with contributions made by payroll deduction and be offered to employees who elect to enroll by employers that voluntarily choose to participate and do not offer any other kind of retirement plan. Provides that the state, the board, and participating employers are not fiduciaries for the plan and that the plan is not a debt, liability, or obligation of the state. Requires the board, before the plan takes effect, to oversee the design and dissemination to all employers eligible to participate in the plan information about the plan. Provides that the board maintain an Internet web site to assist employers in identifying private sector providers of available pension and retirement plans, if providers express interest in and provide the funding for the Internet web site. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/20/2015 - Referred to Pensions and Labor
1/20/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB555 |
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| SB558 | LAND CLASSIFICATION FOR TAX PURPOSES. (DELPH M) Specifies the criteria for classifying land as agricultural land for property tax assessment purposes. Provides that certain undeveloped lands must be assessed as agricultural land regardless of the motives of the owner at the time the owner acquired the land, the zoning designation of the land, or whether the owner uses the land for growing crops or raising livestock or is otherwise engaged in the business of farming. Requires assessing officials to review for compliance with the new criteria the assessments of lands that had been classified as excess residential property for the 2005 through 2015 assessment dates and to reclassify as agricultural land as necessary for the 2016 assessment date. Authorizes refunds for excessive tax payments attributable to the reclassification of land during that period. Provides that the limitations on contracts for the discovery of undervalued or omitted property apply to a contract concerning the reclassification of parcels, including the prohibition on contracts paid on a percentage basis. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/20/2015 - Referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
1/20/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 2 - Medium |
| | State Bill Page: | SB558 |
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| SB560 | PROPERTY TAXES AND SALES AND USE TAXES. (YOUNG M) Eliminates property taxes on primary residences (homesteads) and business personal property. Decreases the state sales and use tax rate from 7% to 5.5%. Provides that the sales and use tax applies to transactions involving services, except for legal services, health or mental health services (including insurance premiums for policies covering these services), and services provided for charitable tax exempt purposes. Deposits the increased sales and use tax revenue in the state general fund. Provides an annual state distribution to offset the property tax elimination for homesteads and business personal property based on the amount of property taxes that otherwise would be due on these homesteads and business personal property. Prohibits changes in homestead and business personal property tax deductions, credits, and abatements that were in effect December 31, 2014. Increases the maximum renter's deduction for income tax purposes from $3,000 to $8,000 per taxable year. Makes conforming changes. Makes technical corrections. Makes an ongoing appropriation. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/20/2015 - Referred to Tax and Fiscal Policy
1/20/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB560 |
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| SB563 | OPEN-MARKET PACE PROGRAMS. (STOOPS M) Authorizes the legislative body of a local governmental unit to designate an area as a clean energy improvement financing district and authorize financing of certain qualified clean energy improvements, including reduced water consumption and waste water discharges, through assessments. Requires the utility regulatory commission to adopt rules to establish technical guidelines to assist local governmental units in administering a district's program. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/20/2015 - Referred to Senate Environmental Affairs
1/20/2015 - First Reading
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| | Priority: | Tier 3 - Low |
| | State Bill Page: | SB563 |
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| SB567 | REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS AND AUTHORITIES. (MILLER P) Requires a redevelopment commission or redevelopment authority to hold an organizational meeting on a day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday and that is their first meeting day of the year. Provides that the fiscal officer of a redevelopment commission may disburse funds only after the disbursement is approved by the redevelopment commission. Allows a redevelopment commission to specify types of disbursements that the fiscal officer may make in advance of the commission's approval at its next regular meeting. Requires the treasurer of a redevelopment commission to report annually to the redevelopment commission before April 1 (rather than reporting to the fiscal body of the unit before July 1, under current law). Requires the treasurer of a redevelopment authority to report annually to the redevelopment authority before April 1 (rather than reporting to the fiscal body of the unit before July 1, under current law). Requires redevelopment commissions and redevelopment authorities to report annually to the unit's executive and fiscal body and the department of local government finance before April 15. Specifies that certain information currently reported annually by redevelopment commissions before August 1 shall instead be included with the April 15 report. Specifies information to be included in the annual report of a redevelopment authority. |
| | Current Status: | 4/29/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/27/2015 - received by Governor
4/27/2015 - Signed by the President of the Senate
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| | Priority: | Tier 1 - High |
| | State Bill Page: | SB567 |
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