| HB1001 | STATE BUDGET. (HUSTON T) Appropriates money for capital expenditures, the operation of the state, K-12 and higher education, the delivery of Medicaid and other services, and various other distributions and purposes. Renames the build Indiana fund the lottery surplus fund. Eliminates all the build Indiana fund accounts. Declares the policy of the state that no person may be denied coverage for a preexisting condition under a plan of health coverage offered or administered by the state. Specifies that the preexisting condition exclusion provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) are in effect and enforced in Indiana, regardless of the legal status of the PPACA. Establishes the Indiana-Michigan boundary line commission to administer and oversee a survey and remonumentation of the Indiana-Michigan border. Eliminates the office of state based initiatives. Makes the budget agency responsible for coordinating federal assistance to state agencies. Prohibits certain state agency action regarding federal assistance. Requires state agencies to provide federal assistance information to the budget agency. Requires the budget agency to: (1) prepare an annual report summarizing the federal assistance received by state agencies during the preceding federal fiscal year; (2) publish a comprehensive federal assistance review plan; and (3) perform a review of the current impact and projected future impact of federal mandates and regulations on Indiana. Makes the budget agency the state's single point of contact to review and coordinate proposed federal financial assistance and direct federal development. Adds the two deputy budget directors as alternate members of the budget committee, and specifies that one of the deputy directors shall take the place of the budget director when the budget director is not present. Removes the restriction on the Indiana horse racing commission using money distributed under a distribution agreement for administrative purposes. Requires 0.45% of the adjusted gross receipts from each casino to be deposited in the horse racing commission's operating fund. Establishes the problem gambling program fund. Specifies that the part of the problem gambling fee that is retained annually by the Indiana gaming commission must be deposited into the fund. Provides that the money in the fund is continuously appropriated. Permits the trust fund for self-insurance for employees, including retired employees, for the state police department, conservation officers of the department of natural resources, and the state excise police to invest in the same investments as the state police pension plan instead of the public employees' retirement fund (the trust fund could not invest in equity securities). Permits the retiree health benefit trust fund to invest in the same investments as the public employees' retirement fund instead of in the same manner as public deposits may be invested. Requires a periodic actuarial study of the retiree health benefit trust fund. Provides that employer contributions to the retirement medical benefits account (RMBA) on behalf of a participant must be sufficient to provide the specified benefit. Changes the administration and investment decisions for the RMBA from the budget agency to the Indiana public retirement system (INPRS). Changes responsibility for reports concerning other post-employment benefits (OPEB) from the office of management and budget (OMB) to the INPRS. Changes responsibility for reports concerning local pensions from the OMB to the INPRS. Changes references to Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statements that apply to OPEB reports. Repeals the Indiana technology fund. Provides that a taxpayer may submit, beginning in 2021, a personal property tax return using an online submission system established by the department of local government finance in collaboration with county assessors. Replaces the postwar construction fund with a fund named the state construction fund. Dedicates $1,800,000 to the state construction fund from a part of the cigarette tax revenue formerly appropriated to the department of natural resources. Repeals the state police building account and directs the revenue formerly deposited in the account to the state construction fund. Establishes requirements to be eligible to claim the Indiana research expense income tax credit effective January 1, 2019. Increases the cap on the scholarship granting organization scholarship tax credit from $14,000,000 to $15,000,000 for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and to $16,500,000 for state fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2020. Repeals the income tax credit for property taxes paid by a for-profit acute care hospital. Provides various tax exemptions for the College Football Playoff Group for the College Football Playoff National Championship, including ancillary events. Provides that money in the department of state revenue pilot program fund for functions related to motor carrier services is continuously appropriated. Allocates a percentage of St. Joseph County innkeeper's tax revenue: (1) for the development and operation of an indoor sports complex in the city of Mishawaka; and (2) to finance projects for the Potawatomi Zoo in the city of South Bend. Expires both of these allocations and decreases the innkeeper's tax rate by the percentage allocated for the respective purposes on the later of: (1) July 1, 2024; or (2) a specified date to occur. Removes the reduction from the motor vehicle highway account fund for the appropriation to the department of transportation for traffic safety. Transfers $325,000 each month to the motor carrier regulation fund from the motor vehicle highway account fund. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles to determine the allocation to counties from the motor vehicle highway account fund that is based on motor vehicle registrations. Provides that proceeds received under the First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Indiana Toll Road Concession and Lease Agreement entered on September 21, 2018, are to be deposited in a new fund known as the toll road lease amendment proceeds fund for certain state highway projects. Appropriates $239,400,000 from the toll road lease amendment proceeds fund in state fiscal year 2019 to be used for the purposes of the fund. Terminates the appropriation to the state police department of part of the handgun license fees as of July 1, 2019. Transfers any balance remaining in the fund holding these fees to the state general fund on June 30, 2021. Requires the division of disability and rehabilitative services to establish a cost participation schedule for purposes of the first steps program. Repeals the statutory cost participation schedule. Provides that the money in the division of family resources child care fund is continuously appropriated. Removes the requirement that a school corporation distribute to the state general fund 3% of the federal reimbursement for claims paid under the federal Medicaid program. (Under current law, these funds distributed to the state general fund are dedicated for consulting to encourage school participation in the Medicaid program.) Extends the prohibition on the office of Medicaid policy and planning from including certain Medicaid recipients who receive nursing facility services in a Medicaid risk based managed care program or a capitated managed care program through June 30, 2020. Specifies conditions that apply to a Medicaid disproportionate |
| | Current Status: | 4/29/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1001 |
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| HB1115 | TOURISM DEVELOPMENT. (KARICKHOFF M) Expires the office of tourism development (office) on July 1, 2020. Modifies the office's duties and administrative structure and transfers the duties to the Indiana destination development corporation (corporation) after June 30, 2020. Establishes the corporation as a public body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the state. Provides that the corporation is governed by a board composed of the following individuals: (1) The governor or governor's designee. (2) The president of the Indiana economic development corporation or president's designee. (3) Five members of the private sector tourism industry, appointed by the governor. Sets forth the corporation's powers and duties. Makes corresponding changes. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1115 |
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| HB1123 | TELEPHONE SOLICITATION. (ELLINGTON J) Adds to the list of telephone calls that are exempt from the "do not call" statute any telephone call made to a consumer by a caller that: (1) is: (A) a communications service provider that offers broadband internet service; or (B) a financial institution or a person licensed by the department of financial institutions to engage in first lien mortgage transactions or consumer credit transactions; and (2) has an established business relationship with the consumer. Requires the consumer protection division of the attorney general's office (division) to notify Indiana residents of the following: (1) The prohibition under federal law against a person making any call using an: (A) automatic telephone dialing system; or (B) artificial or prerecorded voice; to any telephone number assigned to a mobile telecommunications service. (2) The prohibition under federal law against a person initiating any telephone call to any residential telephone line using an artificial or prerecorded voice to deliver a message without the prior consent of the called party. (3) Information concerning the placement of a telephone number on the National Do Not Call Registry operated by the Federal Trade Commission. Allows the division to use the consumer protection division telephone solicitation fund (fund) to: (1) administer the statutes concerning: (A) the registration of telephone solicitors; and (B) the regulation of automatic dialing machines; and (2) reimburse county prosecutors for expenses incurred in extraditing violators of these and other state and federal statutes concerning telephone solicitations. (Current law provides that the fund may be used only to administer: (1) the state's "do not call" statute; (2) the federal statute concerning restrictions on the use of telephone equipment; and (3) the state statute concerning misleading or inaccurate caller identification (caller ID statute).) Provides that certain civil penalties recovered by the attorney general for violations of the statutes concerning: (1) the registration of telephone solicitors; and (2) the regulation of automatic dialing machines; shall be deposited in the fund. Defines "executive" for purposes of the "do not call" statute, and provides that an executive of a person that violates the "do not call" statute commits a separate deceptive act actionable by the division. Provides that the attorney general can collect attorney fees and costs in a civil action for a violation of the caller ID statute. Amends the definition of "seller" for purposes of the statute requiring telephone solicitors to register with the division, so that the definition includes any person making a telephone solicitation. (Current law includes only persons making specified false representations in a telephone solicitation.) Provides that all sellers that make telephone solicitations must register with the division. (Under current law, registration is required only if the seller makes a solicitation involving consideration of more than $100 and less than $50,000.) Makes technical changes to the deceptive consumer sales act concerning violations of the caller ID statute. Allows the attorney general to collect a civil penalty of not more than: (1) $10,000 for the first violation; and (2) $25,000 for each subsequent violation; of the statute regulating automatic dialing machines. Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on corrections and criminal code the task of studying the following: (1) Whether existing criminal penalties for violations of specified telephone solicitation statutes should be increased. (2) The potential effects of increasing criminal penalties for violations of the statutes on: (A) the ability of the office of the attorney general to enforce compliance with the statutes; and (B) the state's criminal justice system. (3) Reconciling state and federal laws concerning the Do Not Call registry and other telephone privacy laws. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1123 |
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| HB1269 | ADMINISTRATIVE BOARDS. (GUTWEIN D) Establishes the governor's security council. Abolishes the counterterrorism and security council and transfers the council's duties to the governor's security council. Abolishes the emergency alert system advisory committee. Abolishes: (1) the boiler and pressure vessel rules board; and (2) the regulated amusement device safety board; and transfers the boards' duties to the fire prevention and building safety commission (commission). Abolishes the emergency medical commission's technical advisory committee. Provides that the department of homeland security (department) may grant waivers to: (1) certain rules adopted by the Indiana emergency medical services commission; and (2) rules adopted by the board of firefighting personnel standards and education. Makes the following changes to the process for obtaining a variance to fire safety, building, and equipment rules: (1) Provides that the department and the commission may grant variances to rules adopted by the commission. (2) Provides that the department shall make each application for a variance available for review on a public portal. (3) Provides that local fire and building officials shall receive notice of variance applications filed within their respective jurisdictions. (4) Provides that a local fire official, local building official, or other interested party may submit documentation regarding a variance application to the department or the commission for review and consideration prior to an initial determination being made on the application by the department or the commission. (5) Provides that the department or commission shall wait at least five business days after a variance application is filed before making an initial determination on the application. (6) Provides that the commission may adopt emergency rules to implement the bill's changes to the variance application process. Provides that the department may engage in studies and consult with any person to implement fire safety, building, and equipment laws and rules, and that the commission may consult with industry experts or call a special meeting to discuss boiler and pressure vessels or regulated amusement devices. Requires the state building commissioner to create a data base cataloging variance rulings. (Current law allows the commissioner to create the data base.) Abolishes the Indiana dietitians certification board and transfers the board's duties to the medical licensing board of Indiana. Provides that members appointed to boards staffed by the professional licensing agency: (1) have four year term limits; (2) may serve multiple terms; (3) in certain instances, may not have more than two members from the same congressional district; (4) serve at the pleasure of the governor; and (5) must be removed under certain circumstances. Restructures the membership of the following boards: (1) Indiana board of accountancy. (2) Board of registration for architects and landscape architects. (3) Indiana athletic trainers board. (4) Indiana auctioneer commission. (5) Board of chiropractic examiners. (6) State board of funeral and cemetery service. (7) Indiana state board of health facility administrators. (8) Home inspectors licensing board. (9) State board of registration for professional surveyors. (10) State board of massage therapy. (11) Midwifery committee. (12) Behavioral health and human services licensing board. (13) Manufactured home installer licensing board. (14) Indiana optometry board. (15) Indiana plumbing commission. (16) Board of podiatric medicine. (17) Private investigator and security guard licensing board. (18) State psychology board. (19) Real estate appraiser licensure and certification board. (20) Speech-language pathology and audiology board. Amends professional experience qualifications for appointment of registered architects and registered landscape architects to the board of registration for architects and landscape architects to provide that the professional experience qualifications are preferences rather than requirements. Provides that to the extent possible, the governor shall appoint to the state board of registration for professional engineers individuals who serve or have served in diverse areas of professional practice. Makes technical changes. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1269 |
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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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| | State Bill Page: | HB1517 |
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| SB393 | CHARITY GAMING. (HOUCHIN E) Allows the Indiana gaming commission (commission) to issue annual casino night licenses to certain bona fide civic organizations. Limits the number of bona fide civic organizations that may hold an annual casino night license to one in each county and establishes criteria for the commission to apply in awarding a license. Removes requirements that certain operators be a resident of Indiana. Provides requirements for an operator of a qualified organization. Specifies that a license is valid for two years. |
| | Current Status: | 5/2/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | State Bill Page: | SB393 |
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| SB621 | NONPROFIT PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION. (BREAUX J) Provides a property tax exemption to a nonprofit corporation that owns real property in Marion County that was acquired for the primary purpose of using the real property as part of a community redevelopment project in an economically distressed area. |
| | Current Status: | 4/18/2019 - Public Law 42
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| | State Bill Page: | SB621 |
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