| HB1053 | DISABLED HOOSIER VETERAN LICENSE PLATE. (MCNAMARA W) Requires the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau) to redesign the disabled Hoosier veteran license plate. Specifies that a disabled Hoosier veteran license plate must consist of the following elements: (1) The display of an emblem denoting the branch of service in which the veteran served. (2) A depiction of a wheelchair to indicate the disabled status of the veteran. (3) The words "Disabled Hoosier Veteran" at the bottom of the license plate. (4) Identification numerals with consecutive numbers or letters, or both, to properly identify the vehicle. (5) Any other information the bureau considers necessary. Makes conforming technical amendments. |
| | Current Status: | 4/10/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| HB1064 | IVY TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE. (FRYE R) Establishes the Ivy Tech Community College public safety officer scholarship program. Provides that a public safety officer may be eligible for a scholarship for educational costs of completing a certificate program or associate degree program at Ivy Tech Community College. Establishes the Ivy Tech public safety scholarship fund. |
| | Current Status: | 4/16/2019 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline for House bills (Rule 79(b))
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| HB1067 | FIRE ACADEMY FUNDING. (FRYE R) Provides that money in the fire and building services fund may be used to defray the expenses and capital outlay associated with the creation, development, and maintenance of: (1) a central campus for the fire and public safety training academy (academy); and (2) educational programs and training opportunities offered to public safety officers by the academy, including increasing these programs and opportunities. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2019 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| HB1177 | TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT ISSUES. (ZIEMKE C) Requires a township to prepare a capital improvement plan for at least the ensuing three years if the balance in certain capital improvement funds in the preceding year exceeds both of the following: (1) 150% of the township's annual budget estimate. (2) $200,000. Prohibits the township from collecting property taxes for certain capital improvement funds in the ensuing year unless the township has adopted a capital improvement plan. Allows a township to make a one time transfer of an excess balance or part of an excess balance between township funds. Provides that the transfer may not be completed until after the township adopts a capital improvement plan, if the township is required to adopt a capital improvement plan. Requires the transfers must be completed not later than September 1, 2020. Provides that if an eligible municipality petitions an adjacent township to accept the transfer of the territory of the eligible municipality that is within the transferor township, the legislative body of the adjacent township must accept transfer of the territory of an eligible municipality within two years (instead of one year) after the legislative body receives the petition. Repeals a provision that prohibits the transfer of territory from taking effect in the year before a federal decennial census is conducted. |
| | Current Status: | 4/29/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| HB1182 | WORKER'S COMPENSATION. (LEHMAN M) Provides that, for worker's compensation purposes, an employee who leaves work to serve as a volunteer firefighter or member of a volunteer emergency medical services association (volunteer member) is considered an employee of the firefighting unit while in the performance of duties as a volunteer firefighter or volunteer member. Increases the maximum amount of burial expenses that an employer must pay under the worker's compensation act for the burial expenses of a covered employee who dies from an injury by an accident arising out of the employee's employment from $7,500 to $10,000. Increases the maximum amount of burial expenses that an employer must pay under the worker's occupational diseases compensation act for the burial expenses of an employee who dies from an occupational disease arising out of the employee's employment from $7,500 to $10,000. |
| | Current Status: | 5/1/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| HB1185 | BUNKHOUSE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. (NEGELE S) Defines "bunkhouse". Provides that, before January 1, 2021, the commission may adopt rules to exempt bunkhouses from being required to be equipped with an automatic fire sprinkler system. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| HB1309 | STUDY OF FUNDING TOWNSHIP FIREFIGHTING. (SAUNDERS T) Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the task of studying issues related to the funding of township firefighting services. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2019 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| HB1342 | TELEPHONE CPR INSTRUCTION TRAINING. (BACON R) After July 1, 2020, requires an individual to complete a telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation (T-CPR) training program (program) approved by the division of fire and building safety (division) if the individual: (1) answers 911 emergency medical telephone calls for a state or local law enforcement agency or fire protection agency, including a volunteer fire department (agency); and (2) is authorized by the agency's protocols to provide T-CPR instructions to a caller. Provides that the division may provide programs or third parties may provide programs that are approved by the division. Requires the division to: (1) adopt minimum standards for programs that meet or exceed evidence based nationally recognized emergency cardiovascular care guidelines; and (2) establish continuing education requirements. Allows the division to collect reasonable fees for providing programs and certifications that are deposited in the fire and building services fund. Sets forth certain requirements for a public safety answering point if a public safety answering point transfers a telephone caller to a public safety telecommunicator. Provides that a public safety telecommunicator who has completed a certified training program in emergency medical dispatch call handling is exempt from completing a T-CPR training program. Provides civil immunity for damages relating to the provision of T-CPR instruction. Makes a technical correction. |
| | Current Status: | 4/18/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| HB1517 | CHARITY GAMING. (SMALTZ B) Repeals the current charity gaming article and replaces it with a reorganized and revised charity gaming article. Raises the prize limits for when a qualified organization is not required to obtain a license for an allowable activity. Consolidates the current license types into an annual activity license, single activity license, convention raffle license, and annual affiliate license. Creates an expedited application processing fee. Repeals the door prize limits and qualified drawings. Renames the comprehensive charity gaming license to the annual affiliate license. Revises fee tables for license renewals. |
| | Current Status: | 4/18/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| HCR58 | RECOGNIZING AND HONORING VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS. (FRYE R) A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing and honoring volunteer firefighters. |
| | Current Status: | 4/16/2019 - Returned to the House
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| SB121 | VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER ALLOWANCES. (TOMES J) Increases the minimum volunteer firefighter clothing and automobile allowance (allowance) that a city, town, or township (unit) is required to pay to active and participating members of a volunteer fire department from $200 to $400 per year. Requires the Indiana department of homeland security (department) to reimburse a unit $200 for each allowance that the unit submits a claim to the department for reimbursement. Provides for joint claim submission and proportional reimbursement of an allowance if a portion of the allowance is paid by more than one unit. Establishes the volunteer firefighter allowance fund as a dedicated fund administered by the department for the purpose of reimbursing units for allowances. |
| | Current Status: | 2/26/2019 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| SB221 | TOWNSHIP MERGERS. (KOCH E) Eliminates the requirement that one member of the township board of a merged township must reside within each of the townships that merged. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2019 - DEAD BILL: Fails to advance by conclusion of 2019 legislative session
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| SB248 | DISTRIBUTIONS OF PUBLIC SAFETY INCOME TAX REVENUE. (NIEMEYER R) Requires the distribution of public safety local income tax revenues to a township that provides fire protection or emergency medical services (other than a township in Marion County). Permits a qualified fire protection territory and a qualified fire protection district (other than in Marion County) to be eligible to receive distributions of public safety local income tax revenues. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2019 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
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| SB270 | RECUSAL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. (HEAD R) Provides that county, city, town, and township elected officials (local officials) may not, outside of a public meeting: (1) participate in a discussion or a vote; or (2) persuade the vote of another elected official of the unit; if the local official has a financial interest in the outcome of a decision before the body the local official serves. Provides that an elected official has a financial interest if the decision involves: (1) the transfer or authorized use of property owned or controlled by the elected official or a relative of the elected official; or (2) the procurement of services by the unit from the elected official, the elected official's employer or prospective employer, the elected official's relative, or an entity the elected official owns or controls. Provides that if disqualification of a body's members prevent a vote from being taken or cause a tie vote, the decision will be made or the tie broken by the following: (1) The mayor, in the case of a city legislative body. (2) The clerk-treasurer, in the case of a town legislative body. (3) The township trustee, in the case of a township legislative body. (4) The county fiscal body, in the case of a county executive body. (5) The county executive, in the case of a county fiscal body. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2019 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
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| SB603 | ANNEXATION. (BUCK J) Provides that property added to a fire protection district (district) is considered part of the district as of the date that the district was originally established. Provides that provisions of the existing law regarding the following apply to districts established after July 1, 1987 (instead of after June 14, 1987): (1) The effective date of an annexation of property within a district and the date that an annexed area ceases to be a part of the district. (2) A municipality's liability for indebtedness of a district that is annexed. Provides that if property is annexed within a fire district (including a district established after July 1, 1987) that has a total net assessed value of more than $1,000,000,000 on the date the annexation ordinance is adopted, the annexed property: (1) remains a part of the district after the annexation; (2) continues to receive its fire protection services from the district; and (3) shall not be taxed by the municipality for fire protection services. Provides that a special fire fund shall be created for all fire protection services provided by the municipality to property within the boundaries of the municipality that is not within the district. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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