| 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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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 657: yeas 67, nays 31; Rules Suspended
4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 625: yeas 41, nays 8; Rules Suspended
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| HB1002 | CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. (SULLIVAN H) Makes various changes concerning the following: (1) The membership, duties, meetings, and deadlines of certain requirements concerning the governor's workforce cabinet (cabinet). (2) Eligibility and requirements regarding certain grants: (A) from the skills enhancement fund; and (B) under the next level jobs employer training grant program. (3) Eligibility for supplemental payment for certain teachers. (4) Requirements to renew a practitioner license or accomplished practitioner license. (5) Grant amounts, additional fund distributions (if funds are available), and the eligibility of instructor salary costs for grants and additional fund distributions under the work Indiana program. (6) Eligibility requirements to receive a high value workforce ready credit-bearing grant. (7) Requirements regarding a student's graduation plan. Establishes the career coaching grant program and fund. Provides that the cabinet shall receive, distribute, and account for all funds received for career and technical education under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act. Provides that, after June 30, 2019, a school corporation, school, or secondary school vocational program may employ an instructor who does not have a license if the instructor meets certain occupational and training requirements. Requires: (1) a public school to include a summary on implementing certain career curriculum in a public school's improvement plan; (2) the budget agency to estimate the costs incurred to implement the curriculum for each school corporation and submit a report regarding the costs; and (3) the department of education (department) to review the plans and assist schools in incorporating best practices. Allows a governing body of a school corporation to include a postsecondary level career and technical education course in the high school curriculum of certain schools. Provides that a contract between a career and technical education center and a school or school corporation is a public record under Indiana's open door law. Provides that: (1) a school that has entered into an agreement for a joint program of career and technical education may add a new career and technical education course to its curriculum without being approved by the joint program board or the governing body overseeing the joint program if the course is being offered in partnership with certain entities; and (2) if the added career and technical education course is offered after June 30, 2018, the course is eligible for career and technical education funding. Requires the Indiana economic development corporation to assemble and provide to the commission for higher education and the department of workforce development information concerning the economic benefits of residing and working in Indiana. Provides for certification by the cabinet of an industry collaboration organization (ICO). Provides that an organization qualifies as an ICO if the organization meets certain qualification requirements. Provides that contributions to an ICO may be used by the ICO for the following purposes: (1) To support the development and implementation of high school graduation pathways. (2) To provide money to the ICO to establish and operate a career counseling program for students. (3) To enhance career and technical education and training programs. (4) To expand apprenticeships and work based learning opportunities. (5) To provide grants to schools to be used by the school to pay the transportation costs for students to attend an eligible training program. (6) To provide grants for any other course or program, if the course or program leads to the attainment of a specific employment related credential that documents the student's skills for employment success. (7) To partner with other ICOs, nonprofits, public foundations, or other entities to provide workforce related educational programs or training for students. Requires that an ICO report certain information to the cabinet. Requires the cabinet to support an ICO in sharing and scaling best practices on a statewide basis by: (1) conducting an annual survey of the business, education, and community organizations participating in the ICO, in consultation with the management performance hub; and (2) convening the ICOs on an ongoing basis in collaboration with Indiana's statewide business and industry associations. Provides that the cabinet shall annually compile lists of the: (1) industry sectors and geographic regions in which ICOs are operating, disaggregated by industry category and region; and (2) business, educational institutions, and community organizations affiliated with the ICOs established under this chapter, disaggregated by industry category and region. Provides that a high school may count: (1) an approved work based learning course, program, or experience; or (2) an approved career and technical education course, program, or experience; as satisfying an Indiana diploma with a Core 40 with academic honors designation or another designation requirement. Establishes the school accountability panel to study the topic of aligning school accountability with graduation pathways and recommend new indicators of school performance. Amends the definition of "work based learning course" for purposes of determining career and technical education funding. Provides that the commission for higher education, in consultation with the department of workforce development, shall consider a program's impact on public safety when determining which certificate programs are eligible for the high value workforce ready credit-bearing grant. Requires, not later than July 1, 2020, the state board of education to adopt teacher licensing examinations to replace the teacher licensing examinations administered on July 1, 2019. Requires, not later than September 1, 2021, the department to implement the adopted teacher licensing examinations. Requires the commission for higher education (commission) to establish, in coordination with the department of workforce development (department) and the Indiana economic development corporation (corporation), the Let Indiana Work for You program (program) to: (1) provide to colleges and universities information concerning workforce opportunities in Indiana and other benefits of residing and working in Indiana after graduating from the college or university; and (2) implement the program. Provides that, if a college or university approves of the information under the program for distribution to students of the college or university, the: (1) commission, in coordination with the department and the corporation, shall provide the information to the college or university; and (2) college or university shall present in person or use other communication mediums to provide the information to students of the college or university. Requires the corporation to assemble and provide to the commission and the department information concerning the economic benefits of residing and working in Indiana. Voids an administrative rule that requires a school corporation to ensure that a teacher of a secondary school vocational program is licensed by the department. Resolves a conflict between HEA 1074-2018 and HEA 1002-2018. |
| | Current Status: | 4/30/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 581: yeas 39, nays 9; Rules Suspended
4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 601: yeas 64, nays 30; Rules Suspended
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| HB1003 | SCHOOL CORPORATION EXPENDITURE TARGETS. (DEVON D) Provides that a school must specify in its proposed budget the anticipated amount it will transfer from its education fund to its operations fund during the budget year and requires an acknowledgment at its budget hearing of whether it will transfer more than 15% from its education fund to its operations fund. Requires the Indiana education employment relations board to annually prepare, publish, and submit a report to the budget committee and the legislative council that covers various employment information for school employees. Provides that a school corporation shall make every reasonable effort to budget and spend for its education fund so that not more than 15% of the revenue deposited in its education fund is transferred to its operations fund. Requires the department of education (department) to identify and notify those school corporations that transfer more than the 15% amount for the previous calendar year beginning in 2020. Requires a school corporation's governing body to publicly acknowledge receipt of a notice that the school corporation is on the list and publish on the school corporation's Internet web site that it is on the list along with related items. Requires the Indiana education employment relations board and the division of finance of the department to be available to provide assistance to each school corporation that is included on the list. Requires a school corporation that is not on the list to publish this fact on the school corporation's Internet web site. Provides that, if a school corporation is over the transfer target, the school corporation is required to explain its expenditures to the department and the fiscal and qualitative indicators committee. Provides that the department may require the school corporation to present its explanation to the fiscal and qualitative indicators committee at a public meeting. Permits the fiscal and qualitative indicators committee to issue a recommendation to the school corporation, and requires posting of the recommendation on the school corporation's Internet web site. |
| | Current Status: | 5/1/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 574: yeas 34, nays 14; Rules Suspended
4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 597: yeas 67, nays 28; Rules Suspended
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| HB1004 | SCHOOL SAFETY. (MCNAMARA W) Provides that the Indiana safe schools fund may not be used to provide grants to employ a school resource officer or a law enforcement officer. Provides that an Indiana secured school fund matching grant may be used to employ a law enforcement officer. Provides that an accredited nonpublic school may receive a grant from the Indiana secured school fund (fund). Makes changes to the maximum grant amounts that a school corporation, charter school, accredited nonpublic school, or coalition of schools may receive from the fund. Provides that a virtual charter school or a virtual accredited nonpublic school may not receive a grant from the fund. Establishes minimum grant match percentages necessary to be eligible to receive a grant from the fund. Provides that, before July 1, 2021, each school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school shall certify to the department of homeland security that the school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school has conducted a threat assessment for each school building used by the school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school before applying for a fund matching grant. Requires that at least one of the manmade disaster drills that is required to be conducted by each school in a school corporation during each semester must be an active shooter drill and must be conducted within 90 days after the beginning of the school year. Provides that each: (1) accredited nonpublic school; and (2) charter school; must conduct at least one active shooter drill during each school year. |
| | Current Status: | 5/2/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 575: yeas 46, nays 2; Rules Suspended
4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 598: yeas 92, nays 1; Rules Suspended
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| HB1062 | UNEMPLOYMENT MATTERS. (LEONARD D) Makes various changes to unemployment compensation law concerning confidentiality, the method of sending notices to claimants and employers, the cap on expenditures from the special employment and training services fund, employing units subject to the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, and appeals regarding seasonal determinations. Updates and eliminates outdated language. Makes technical corrections. |
| | Current Status: | 4/29/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/16/2019 - House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 536: yeas 65, nays 28
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| HB1114 | CRIMINAL MATTERS. (MILLER D) Provides that a person commits interfering with law enforcement, a Class B misdemeanor, if, after being denied entry by a law enforcement officer, the person enters an area that is marked off with barrier tape or other physical barriers. Provides a defense if the person enters the prohibited area due to a reasonable belief that certain family members were injured or were at risk of injury. Increases the penalty if the person uses a vehicle, draws or uses a deadly weapon, or causes injury or death to another person. Provides that resisting or interfering with law enforcement is enhanced to a Level 6 felony if the person uses a vehicle to commit the offense. (Under current law, the felony enhancement to resisting law enforcement applies only if the person flees from law enforcement using a vehicle.) |
| | Current Status: | 5/2/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 584: yeas 48, nays 0; Rules Suspended
4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 603: yeas 91, nays 0; Rules Suspended
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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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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/2/2019 - added as cosponsor Senator Rogers
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| HB1116 | VARIOUS LOCAL GOVERNMENT MATTERS. (KARICKHOFF M) Allows the governing body of a state or local government agency to discuss in an executive session strategy regarding a real estate transaction by the governing body. Allows the fiscal officer of a political subdivision to appropriate funds received from any private entity or individual for the purpose of repairing or replacing damaged property. (Current law allows only appropriation of funds from an insurance company.) Eliminates political party affiliation requirements for members of a utility service board or storm water management board. Allows a political subdivision to receive electronic bids for public work projects that exceed a certain amount, if the bid solicitation states the procedure for transmitting the electronic bid and the means of transmission protects the bid contents. Requires a political subdivision that receives electronic bids to provide electronic access to the notice of the bid solicitation through the computer gateway administered by the state office of technology in addition to newspaper publication. Provides that a hazardous tract of land containing a building that is not an unsafe building constitutes an unsafe premises and is subject to the unsafe building law. Specifies the procedure for notice by publication under the unsafe building law. Eliminates the requirement that a negotiable note for a public work project or eligible efficiency project be repaid by a political subdivision on January 1 and July 1 of each year of the note's term. Allows a drainage board to send written invitations for bids for construction work by electronic means. Resolves conflicts with HEA 1019-2019 and HEA 1115-2019. |
| | Current Status: | 5/1/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/22/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/18/2019 - House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 565: yeas 87, nays 0
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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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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/18/2019 - House reconsidered and concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 553: yeas 91, nays 1
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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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| | Recent Status: | 4/9/2019 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/4/2019 - House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 412: yeas 65, nays 30
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| HB1225 | SAFE SCHOOLS. (STEUERWALD G) Provides that school corporations, charter schools, and accredited nonpublic schools with the sheriff for the county in which the school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school is located, may apply for a grant from the Indiana secured school fund to provide for the initial set up costs for an active event warning system. Requires guidelines published by the department of homeland security to include information about implementing: (1) universal electronic access to school property for law enforcement in all schools within each county; and (2) access to closed circuit cameras from a central location to be used in an emergency situation. |
| | Current Status: | 4/18/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/17/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/28/2019 - Returned to the House without amendments
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| HB1343 | LIBRARIES. (LEONARD D) Provides that, in the case of a public library outside Marion County, the fiscal body of a city, town, or county that established the public library, the governing body of which is not comprised of a majority of officials who are elected to serve on the governing body, may adopt a resolution to require the public library to submit its proposed budget and property tax levy to the city, town, or county fiscal body for binding review and approval in the same manner that is required under current law if the public library's cash on hand plus its expected revenues is greater than 150% of the public library's proposed budget. (These amounts exclude gifts, bequests, and philanthropic funds and debt funds.) Provides that the fiscal body of the city, town, or county may not reduce the public library's proposed operating budget or tax levy in a budget year by more than 10% of the public library's operating levy. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 652: yeas 57, nays 39; Rules Suspended
4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 619: yeas 29, nays 20; Rules Suspended
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| HB1344 | NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT. (CLERE E) Specifies requirements for participation by the state in a multistate nurse licensure compact, including provisions concerning: (1) nurse qualifications, practice, and participation; (2) a compact commission; (3) interstate commission and state board of nursing authority and rulemaking; (4) a coordinated licensure information system; (5) oversight and enforcement; and (6) termination or withdrawal from the compact. Provides that an additional fee of $25 must be paid at the time of application and renewal of a license if the license is a multistate license. |
| | Current Status: | 4/29/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/17/2019 - House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 547: yeas 88, nays 4
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| HB1345 | PROPERTY TAX MATTERS. (MILLER D) Provides that if a for-profit land developer acquires land in inventory from a school corporation or a local unit of government, the land in inventory shall be assessed as agricultural land at the agricultural land base rate on the first assessment date immediately following the date on which the land developer acquires title to the land in inventory, and thereafter the land in inventory is subject to the usual provisions for reassessment of a land developer's land in inventory. Restores the property tax exemption for certain real property that is acquired for the purpose of erecting, renovating, or improving a single family residential structure that is to be given away or sold: (1) in a charitable manner; (2) by a nonprofit organization; and (3) to low income individuals who will use the land as a family residence.
Provides a property tax exemption for assessment dates occurring after December 31, 2016, for certain property owned by an Indiana nonprofit public benefit corporation exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code if: (1) the property is used in the operation of a nonprofit health, fitness, aquatics, and community center; and (2) the acquisition and development of the property are provided in part under the regional cities initiative of the Indiana economic development corporation. Allows a refund for any property taxes paid in 2018 and 2019 for property that qualifies for the exemption. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/28/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
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| HB1398 | INFORMATION CONCERNING THREATS TO SCHOOL SAFETY. (COOK A) Permits a law enforcement agency or private university police department to share private investigatory records with a school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school for the purpose of enhancing the safety of a student or school facility, without losing the discretion to keep the records confidential from other records requesters. Provides that a school corporation or other entity to which the education records privacy provisions of the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act apply may disclose or report on the education records of a child, including personally identifiable information contained in the education records, without the consent of the child's parent to appropriate officials in cases of health and safety emergencies as determined by school officials. Provides immunity from civil liability concerning the disclosure or report of education records of a student. Provides that in the case of a health or safety emergency, a law enforcement officer shall disclose or report a child's personally identifiable information contained in law enforcement records to a school corporation or an appropriate official. Provides that information concerning any suspicious activity or potential criminal activity related to a child that is shared between a law enforcement officer and a school corporation or an appropriate official shall not be stored or maintained in any type of data base. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/22/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/18/2019 - House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 564: yeas 86, nays 1
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| HB1405 | TAXATION OF DATA CENTERS. (SOLIDAY E) Provides that a county or municipal fiscal body may designate an area in which a property tax exemption will be provided for certain enterprise information technology equipment. Provides a state sales and use tax exemption (exemption) for the purchase of certain data center equipment that is located in a data center that results in a minimum qualified investment within five years, ranging from at least $25,000,000 to more than $150,000,000 depending on the population of the county in which the data center is located. Provides that costs that meet the requirement are exempt from the state gross retail tax. Requires a qualified data center user to apply to the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) for a specific transaction award certificate (award certificate). Requires a qualified data center user to enter into an agreement with the IEDC as a condition of receiving an award certificate. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/18/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 544: yeas 44, nays 0
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| HB1427 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT MATTERS. (LEONARD D) Provides that, if a political subdivision publishes or submits to the department of local government finance's (DLGF) computer gateway a notice that contains an error or omission that inaccurately reflects the tax rate, tax levy, or budget actually proposed or fixed by the political subdivision by an amount that is less than 0.1%, the notice is a valid notice and the DLGF shall correct the error or omission. Provides that the state board of accounts, instead of the budget agency, is to approve audits for regional development authorities and allows for private examiners to perform audits. Excludes political subdivisions that do not have the power to impose property taxes from the requirement to upload a digital copy of certain contracts on the Indiana transparency Internet web site. Specifies the deadlines for county auditors to submit property tax settlement and distribution information to the DLGF. Repeals the electronic digital signature act. Specifies the calculation of the acquisition cost of depreciable personal property acquired in like kind exchange for personal property tax purposes. Removes the provision in current law that requires the DLGF to be a party to any contract in which a county assessor employs professional appraisers as technical advisers for assessments. Provides that the standard contract to employ professional appraisers is void if: (1) the appraiser is not certified at the time the contract is executed; or (2) the DLGF subsequently revokes the appraiser's certification. Eliminates the permissive written demand to a county resident who is delinquent in the payment of personal property taxes during the period from May 10 to October 31. Changes the time period from at least 21 to 30 days for the county treasurer's notice of the sale of a mobile home. Makes the filing deadlines for property tax deductions applicable to mobile homes and manufactured homes that are not assessed as real property the same as the filing deadlines for property tax deductions applicable to real property. Amends the definition of "owner" (for purposes of the property tax statutes) to delete the provision specifying that an owner of tangible property includes the holder of a tenancy for a term of years. Requires county auditors to submit data on deductions applicable to the current tax year to the homestead property data base on or before March 15 of each year, in a manner prescribed by the DLGF. Specifies that if a penalty is imposed on a taxpayer for failing to declare on the taxpayer's tax return that the taxpayer is entitled to the exemption for business personal property, the county shall include the penalty on a property tax bill associated with the tax district in which the majority value of the taxpayer's business personal property within the county is located. Eliminates (effective retroactive to July 1, 2017) several property tax deduction and credit reapplication requirements that were added by HEA 1450-2017 concerning unmarried taxpayers who married, married taxpayers who divorced, and taxpayers who came to own their property jointly or as tenants in common with another individual. Provides that a person seeking a property tax exemption for property used for a charitable purpose may file an exemption application up to 30 days following the statutory deadline for the exemption application if the person pays a late filing fee. Makes changes to the time frame for the board of tax review to conduct a hearing and issue a determination. Requires that the budget notice that political subdivisions must publish on the DLGF's computer gateway must also include information concerning the percentage change between the current and proposed tax levies of each fund. Specifies that a political subdivision shall file the budget adopted by the political subdivision with the DLGF not later than five business days after the budget is adopted. Authorizes the DLGF to adopt rules for procedures related to local government budgeting. Specifies that the adoption, amendment, or repeal of such a rule by the DLGF may not take effect before March 1 or after July 31 of a particular year. Requires a political subdivision to adopt the needed changes to its budget, tax levy, or rate in a public meeting if the political subdivision's tax levy is increased by the DLGF to an amount that exceeds the amount originally advertised or adopted by the political subdivision. Provides for an extension of time to submit a city's budget in the case of a veto after October 1. Provides that Highland Township in Greene County may increase its maximum township property tax levy for 2020 and thereafter. Provides that Taylor Township in Greene County may increase its maximum township property tax levy and its maximum fire protection and emergency services property tax levy for 2020 and thereafter. Allows Green Township in Hancock County to increase its maximum levy for the township's general fund to offset the reduction in the maximum levy that occurred beginning in 2003 that was based on the township's actual levy (levy banked amount). Requires the DLGF to increase the North Harrison fire protection territory provider unit's maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy for purposes of IC 36-8-19 for property taxes due and payable in 2020 if a petition requesting an increase is filed. Provides that a civil taxing unit may not request permission to impose a property tax on account of revenue shortfalls, if the revenue shortfall preceded the most recent certified budget for the civil taxing unit by more than five years. Requires a statement in the county treasurer's notice of intention to sell mobile homes that the county treasurer will apply for a court judgment against the mobile homes for an amount that is set by the county executive and that includes collection expenses. Provides that whenever no bid is received on a mobile home, the taxpayer who is delinquent in the payment of taxes causing the tax sale maintains ownership of the mobile home and liability for the delinquent taxes. Repeals the statute providing for a county board of tax adjustment. Repeals provisions related to the county board of tax adjustment and the local budgeting process. Specifies that: (1) rules adopted by the DLGF for the appraisal of real property may not apply to any appraisal contemporaneously being conducted under a county's reassessment plan; and (2) rules adopted by the DLGF may first apply to the reassessment phase beginning in the following calendar year under a county's reassessment plan. Requires a county that enters into a contract for computer software and with a software provider to upload the contract to the Indiana transparency Internet web site. Specifies that for purposes of attributing the amount of a property tax deduction or exemption to the gross assessed value of a property: (1) a deduction or exemption that is specific to an improvement shall be applied only to the assessed value allocation pertaining to that improvement; and (2) to the extent that a deduction or exemption is not specific to an improvement, the deduction or exemption shall be applied in the order that will maximize the benefit of the deduction or exemption to the taxpayer. Provides that the county executive (instead of the DLGF) may cancel any property taxes assessed against real property owned by a county, township, city, town, or body corporate and politic under certain circumstances. Removes local income tax economic development |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 656: yeas 91, nays 6; Rules Suspended
4/24/2019 - House Conference Committees Eligible for Action
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| HB1518 | ALCOHOLIC MATTERS AND TOBACCO CERTIFICATES. (SMALTZ B) Amends for consistency provisions allowing a manufacturer that has two types of production facilities in one building to serve alcohol from a single bar. Specifies that a person with an interest in an artisan distiller's permit may have an interest in other manufacturer's permits. Allows a patron to carry wine into an art instruction studio. Requires the alcohol and tobacco commission (ATC) to post on its Internet web site quarterly reports of permittee noncompliance. Disqualifies persons having certain criminal convictions from receiving certain alcoholic beverage permits or being appointed to the ATC or local ATC board. Provides that expunged criminal convictions may not be considered in determining an individual's eligibility to: (1) receive certain alcoholic beverage permits; or (2) be appointed to the ATC or to a local ATC board. Allows a hotel, restaurant, caterer, and private club to allow a customer to run a tab for alcohol purchases. Allows a brewery or farm winery to sell their product to a supplemental caterer for an outdoor event held at the brewery or farm winery. Amends the definition of "entertainment complex" to apply to: (1) all municipalities and facilities that have permanent seating for at least 800 individuals; and (2) certain facilities with seating for 200 individuals located within a mile of the center of Indianapolis. Removes provisions restricting the permits issued for civic centers, auditoriums, marinas, stadiums, exhibition halls, convention centers, community centers, or social centers to political subdivisions of a certain population. Makes the following changes regarding permit ownership transfers: (1) Requires ATC review of an itemized purchase agreement. (2) Requires the ATC to maintain a public data base of information regarding private sales. Provides that a retailer's permit with carryout privileges that is exempt from gross retail requirements remains exempt if the permit is transferred to a new location. Provides that the money collected for various fees is distributed to the ATC's enforcement and administration fund. Provides the following regarding deposit of a permit in escrow: (1) A permit may be placed in escrow for an initial two year term. (2) Subject to the ATC's approval, the permit holder may receive up to three 12 month extensions of the initial two year escrow period. Makes conforming amendments concerning permits currently escrowed. Repeals provisions regarding the following: (1) Malt manufacturer's permit. (2) Malt wholesaler's permit. (3) Malt dealer's permit. (4) Malt excise tax. (5) Seasonal resort hotel permit. Allows the ATC to issue retailer's permits for: (1) a three-way retailer's permit (a master food hall permit) for a food hall containing multiple food and beverage vendors for an initial fee of $50,000; and (2) a one-, two-, or three-way permit (food hall vendor's permit) for a person that has vendor food and beverage space within a food hall for an initial fee of $2,500 or $5,000. Provides that for a vending space that is more than 2,000 square feet, a one-way, two-way, or three-way permit must be purchased subject to availability under the quota. Allows the holder of a food hall vendor's permit to have an interest in a farm winery, artisan distiller, or brewer's permit. Provides requirements for an outdoor beer garden. Regulates the sale of alcohol on jumbo boats. Provides that an application for renewal of a permit may be filed not later than six months (instead of one year) after the permit expires. Provides that an alcoholic beverage retailer's permit may be issued for proposed premises located at least 85 feet from a church if the church is separated from the retailer by a road having a width of 30 feet. Allows a supplemental caterer operating at certain collegiate stadiums to purchase alcoholic beverages and have the alcoholic beverages stored in areas approved by the ATC to be later served at the stadium. Adds a county that owns a marina to the units that may receive an alcoholic beverage permit for the marina. Provides that a holder of a permit for the state fair grounds that is a small brewery, farm winery, or artisan distillery, may, at the discretion of the state fair commission, sell alcoholic beverages produced by the permit holder for carryout at a trade show or exposition but not during the state fair. Specifies that if a small brewery, farm winery, or artisan distillery: (1) has two production facilities in one building and serves both types of products from a single bar; and (2) the law applicable to one of the permits regarding the presence of minors in the bar area is more prohibitive or restrictive than the law applicable to the other permit, the more prohibitive or restrictive law applies. Allows a brewery to can and carbonate liquor for a distillery in the same county. Permits a farm winery or the holder of a vintner's permit to manufacture wine and place it in boxes or bulk containers. Allows liquor to be sold from a golf cart at a golf course under the club permit. Allows additional permits for a specified manufacturing complex that is part of a redevelopment project. Allows outdoor bars at civic centers and certain retailers with a gross business of at least $1 million in food. Allows the ATC to revoke or suspend tobacco certificates. Permits an alcohol manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer to provide free or discounted rides to a consumer for the purpose of furthering public safety. Specifies that the provision of a free or discounted ride may not be conditioned on the purchase of an alcoholic beverage. |
| | Current Status: | 5/6/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 603: yeas 40, nays 9; Rules Suspended
4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 622: yeas 83, nays 6; Rules Suspended
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| HB1627 | CURRICULUM MATTERS. (BEHNING R) Provides that a school corporation that is a member of the coalition of continuous improvement school districts may replace high school courses on the high school transcript with courses on the same subject matter with equal or greater rigor to the required high school course and may count such a course as satisfying the equivalent diploma requirements established by IC 20 and any applicable state board of education administrative rules or requirements. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/18/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/17/2019 - Returned to the House without amendments
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1627 |
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| HB1628 | PREKINDERGARTEN PILOT PROGRAM. (BEHNING R) Provides that, after June 30, 2019, in addition to the counties currently participating in the prekindergarten pilot program (program), the program includes eligible providers in any county in Indiana. Amends the definition of an "eligible child". Adds definitions of: (1) "extended enrollment period"; (2) "priority enrollment period"; and (3) "limited eligibility child". Provides that up to 20% of the grants provided may be used to provide grants to limited eligibility children. Provides that, during the priority enrollment period, the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) shall provide grants to eligible children in the program on a first-come, first-served basis. Provides that, during the extended enrollment period, the office shall provide grants to eligible children and limited eligibility children in the program on a first-come, first-served basis to the extent of available funding. Requires the office to post monthly on the office's Internet web site the total enrollment of and number of grants awarded to: (1) all eligible children (before January 1, 2020); and (2) all eligible children and all limited eligibility children (after December 31, 2019); for each county that participates in the program. Provides that a limited eligibility child may qualify for the grant if the child resides with a parent or guardian who receives Social Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income benefits. Provides that the office may use money in the prekindergarten pilot program fund that is allocated for expansion plans to meet any state match amounts required for certain federal grants. Requires the office to include certain information in the office's annual report regarding the prekindergarten pilot program. Repeals a provision relating to income eligibility requirements to participate in the program. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 606: yeas 78, nays 11; Rules Suspended
4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 579: yeas 40, nays 8; Rules Suspended
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| HB1651 | JUDICIAL EVALUATION OF DANGEROUS INDIVIDUALS AND FIREARMS. (SCHAIBLEY D) Provides that a judicial finding of dangerousness may be used to initiate temporary commitment proceedings. Provides that a dangerous person is not a proper person for the purpose of: (1) applying for; or (2) receiving; a license to carry a handgun. Provides that a dangerous person who knowingly or intentionally: (1) rents; (2) purchases; (3) receives transfer of; (4) owns; or (5) possesses; a firearm commits dangerous possession of a firearm, a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally: (1) rents; (2) transfers; (3) sells; or (4) offers for sale; a firearm to a person that a court has found to be dangerous or prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm commits dangerous transfer of a firearm, a Level 5 felony. Requires a law enforcement officer (officer) who seizes a firearm from a person believed to be dangerous without a warrant to provide an affidavit to a court with jurisdiction over the person at issue: (1) not later than 48 hours after the seizure or attempted seizure of the firearm; and (2) for each seizure or attempted seizure of a firearm from the person. Requires a court to order the retention of a seized firearm by a law enforcement agency if the court: (1) finds; or (2) has previously found; the person to be dangerous. Requires a court to determine if a person is dangerous by conducting a hearing. Provides that if a court finds that an individual is not dangerous or no longer dangerous, the court shall order the law enforcement agency having custody of the firearm confiscated, recovered, or seized from the individual to return the firearm to the individual as quickly as practicable, but not later than five days after the court's order. Provides that a dangerous person may petition a court for a court order vacating the person's designation as a dangerous individual 180 days after being found dangerous by a circuit or superior court. Defines "responsible third party". Requires a responsible third party to: (1) safely and responsibly care for and store a firearm that is entrusted to the third party; and (2) prevent dangerous persons from accessing any firearm entrusted to the third party. Makes conforming amendments. |
| | Current Status: | 5/6/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 594: yeas 46, nays 2; Rules Suspended
4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 618: yeas 93, nays 1; Rules Suspended
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| SB33 | COMPREHENSIVE ADDICTION RECOVERY CENTERS. (MERRITT J) Establishes certification and a grant program for comprehensive addiction recovery centers to be administered by the division of mental health and addiction (division). Sets forth requirements for certification and a grant. Requires entities that are awarded a grant to report specified data to the division. Establishes the comprehensive addiction recovery center fund. |
| | Current Status: | 5/1/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/18/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 537: yeas 44, nays 0
4/18/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 559: yeas 91, nays 0; Rules Suspended
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| SB99 | WAGE ASSIGNMENTS FOR CLOTHING AND TOOLS. (BOOTS P) Provides that a wage assignment may be made for the rental of uniform shirts, pants, and job-related clothing. Provides that a wage assignment may be made for the purchase of equipment or tools necessary to fulfill the duties of employment. Provides that an employee shall not be charged or subject to a wage assignment for personal protective equipment except for those instances provided under federal rules. Provides that the total amount of wages subject to assignment for the purchase of uniforms and equipment or rental of uniform shirts, pants and job-related clothing may not exceed certain amounts. Legalizes deductions made before the passage of the bill by an employer from the wages of an employee for the rental of uniforms, shirts, pants, or other job-related clothing. |
| | Current Status: | 5/1/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 557: yeas 48, nays 0
4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 590: yeas 96, nays 0; Rules Suspended
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| SB119 | MACHINE GUNS. (TOMES J) Defines "machine gun". Provides that a person may not sell, give, or in any other manner transfer ownership or possession of a machine gun to any person under 18 years of age. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally sells, provides, or in any other manner transfers ownership or possession of a machine gun to a person under 18 years of age commits a: (1) Level 5 felony; (2) Level 4 felony if the person has a prior conviction for the offense; or (3) Level 3 felony if a person under 18 years of age uses the machine gun to commit murder. Makes conforming amendments and a technical correction. |
| | Current Status: | 5/2/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/22/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 550: yeas 45, nays 3
4/22/2019 - , (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing); Time & Location: 2:30 PM, Rm. 404
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| SB127 | REFERENDUM FOR SCHOOL SAFETY LEVY. (HOLDMAN T) Allows a school corporation to adopt a resolution to place a referendum on the ballot to impose a school safety referendum tax levy to improve school safety.
Allows a school corporation to impose a school safety referendum tax levy if approved by a majority of the voters. Requires a school corporation to certify a copy of: (1) the resolution to place a referendum for a school safety referendum tax levy on the ballot; and (2) the language for the question; to the department of local government finance (department) for review and approval. Provides that voters may not approve a school safety referendum tax levy that is imposed for more than 8 years. Provides that a school safety referendum tax levy may be reimposed or extended. Requires a county auditor to distribute proceeds attributable to property taxes imposed after being approved by the voters in a referendum to the school corporation.
Specifies when a referendum is to be held. Requires the circuit court clerk of each county to certify the results of the referendum for a school safety referendum tax levy to the department.
Provides that if a school safety referendum tax levy is approved by the voters in a school corporation in a calendar year, another school safety referendum levy question may not be placed on the ballot in the school corporation in the following calendar year. Provides that if a school corporation imposes a school safety referendum tax levy approved in a referendum, the school corporation may not simultaneously impose more than one additional school safety referendum tax levy approved in a subsequent referendum. Provides that during the period beginning with the adoption of a resolution by a school corporation to place a school safety referendum tax levy question on the ballot and continuing through the day on which the referendum is submitted to the voters, the school corporation may not promote a position on the referendum by taking certain actions. Provides that a school board member, school corporation superintendent, school corporation assistant superintendent, or chief school business official of a school corporation may discuss and personally advocate a position on a referendum for a school safety referendum tax levy outside a regular school day as long as public funds are not used. Requires the governing body of a school corporation for which a school safety referendum tax levy is approved to establish a school safety referendum tax levy fund (fund). Specifies purposes for which money from the fund may be used. Requires the governing body of a school corporation for which a school safety referendum tax levy is approved to establish a school safety referendum debt service fund. Specifies purposes for which money from the school safety referendum debt service fund may be used. Provides that if a school safety referendum tax levy has been approved by the voters in a school corporation at any time in the previous three years, the school corporation may not adopt a resolution to place a school referendum tax levy on the ballot. Requires a school corporation to include in a controlled project any capital improvements necessary to complete components of the most recent threat assessment of the buildings within the school corporation or school safety plan that have not been completed or that require additional funding to be completed. Expands the use of a matching grant from the Indiana secured school fund by a school corporation or charter school (school) to allow the school to use the matching grant to provide a response to a threat in a manner that the school sees fit, including the use of firearms training or other self-defense training. Requires that a school resource officer participate in the development of programs designed to identify, assess, and provide assistance to troubled youth. |
| | Current Status: | 5/6/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Rules Suspended. Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 566: yeas 41, nays 8
4/23/2019 - Concurrences Eligible for Action
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| SB130 | UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE MATTERS. (DORIOT B) Includes in the definition of "employment", for the purposes of the unemployment compensation system, service performed by a driver who provides drive away operations, if the driver is employed by a state or local government entity, a federally recognized Indiana tribe, or a nonprofit organization. Excludes from the definition of "employment", for purposes of the unemployment compensation system, service performed by a driver who provides drive away operations when: (1) the vehicle being driven is the commodity being delivered; and (2) the driver has entered into an agreement with the party arranging for the transportation that specifies the driver is an independent contractor and not an employee. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/2/2019 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| SB171 | STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION. (HOLDMAN T) Makes the filing deadlines for property tax deductions applicable to mobile homes and manufactured homes that are not assessed as real property the same as the filing deadlines for property tax deductions applicable to real property. Repeals the coal conversion system property tax deduction, the coal combustion product property tax deduction, the recycled coal combustion byproduct personal property tax deduction, the aircraft property tax deduction, the intrastate aircraft property tax deduction, the Hoosier alternative fuel vehicle manufacturer investment income tax credit, and the local income tax option hiring incentive credit. Extends the legislative services agency tax incentive review schedule from five to seven years. Provides that a redevelopment commission or other entity that creates a tax increment financing area shall file the resolution and supporting documents that create the tax increment financing area with both the county auditor in which the tax increment financing area is located and the department of local government finance within 30 days after the redevelopment commission or other entity takes final action on the resolution. Provides that if a redevelopment commission or other entity that creates a tax increment financing area files the resolution and supporting documents with either the county auditor and the department of local government finance after the first anniversary of the effective date of the tax increment financing area, the county auditor shall compute the base assessed value of the tax increment financing area using the assessment date immediately preceding the later of the date on which the documents were filed with the county auditor or the date on which the documents were filed with the department of local government finance. Urges the study of the advisability of eliminating the mortgage property tax deduction and the advisability of increasing the homestead standard deduction. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 626: yeas 94, nays 0; Rules Suspended
4/24/2019 - Senate Conference Committees Eligible for Action
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| SB179 | ALCOHOL REGULATION. (ALTING R) Amends the definition of "entertainment" for purposes of alcohol regulation to include meals, beverages, and ground transportation provided in connection with entertainment. Amends the definition of "entertainment complex" to apply to: (1) all municipalities and facilities that have permanent seating for at least 800 individuals; and (2) certain facilities with seating for 200 individuals located within a mile of the center of Indianapolis. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 607: yeas 80, nays 13; Rules Suspended
4/23/2019 - Senate Conference Committees Eligible for Action
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| SB198 | SENTENCING. (BOHACEK M) Makes committing a controlled substance offense on the property of a penal facility or juvenile facility an enhancing circumstance. Makes it an aggravating circumstance that a crime was committed because of certain perceived or actual characteristics of the victim. |
| | Current Status: | 4/3/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/2/2019 - added as third author Senator Glick
4/2/2019 - removed as third author Senator Young M
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| SB233 | BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION. (FREEMAN A) Provides that not later than 30 days prior to the filing date, the appropriate assessor shall provide notification to each person whose personal property is subject to assessment. Increases, from $20,000 to $40,000, the acquisition cost threshold for the business personal property tax exemption. Specifies that a taxpayer who is eligible for a personal property tax exemption must include on the taxpayer's personal property tax return: (1) information concerning whether the taxpayer's business personal property within the county is in one location or multiple locations; and (2) an address for the location of the property. Provides that the appropriate county officer designated by the county executive (rather than the assessor, under current law) is responsible for: (1) maintaining data files of the geographic information system characteristics of each parcel in the county as of each assessment date; and (2) submitting those files to the geographic information office of the office of technology. Repeals provisions in current law that allow a county council to impose a local service fee on each person that has exempt business personal property because the business personal property does not exceed the acquisition threshold. Removes outdated provisions. |
| | Current Status: | 5/6/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 609: yeas 68, nays 25; Rules Suspended
4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 582: yeas 39, nays 9; Rules Suspended
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| SB324 | DISABLED VETERANS PARKING PLACARDS. (CRIDER M) Requires the bureau of motor vehicles to design a parking placard that designates that the placard has been issued to a person who has been issued or is otherwise eligible to receive a disabled Hoosier veteran plate. Provides that the placard does not have an expiration date. Provides that a person who is qualified to receive a disabled Hoosier veteran plate and has been issued a permanent parking placard may not be charged a fee for parking in a metered space or assessed a penalty for parking in a metered space for longer than the time permitted. |
| | Current Status: | 4/10/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/9/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/2/2019 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| SB325 | STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH. (CRIDER M) Adds additional purposes for which matching grants made under the Indiana secured school fund (fund) may be used. Amends the uses relating to school security for which the fund may be used. Establishes the student and parent support services grant program. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying school districts, within and outside of Indiana, that have: (1) implemented trauma informed approaches in the school districts; and (2) worked with community partners to provide systems of care for students. |
| | Current Status: | 5/1/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/18/2019 - Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 529: yeas 46, nays 0
4/17/2019 - Concurrences Eligible for Action
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| SB460 | BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT. (MESSMER M) Establishes the rural broadband fund for the purpose of awarding grants: (1) before August 1, 2019, under the existing statute governing grants for qualified broadband projects for unserved areas in Indiana; and (2) after July 31, 2019, under new procedures governing grants for eligible broadband projects for rural areas in Indiana. Requires the office of community and rural affairs (office) to establish procedures for the awarding of grants from the fund after July 31, 2019, by state agencies to eligible broadband service providers for eligible broadband projects in rural areas of Indiana. Provides that the procedures established by the office must establish specified priorities for the awarding of grants, based on the available Internet speeds in a particular area. Provides that the procedures established by the office may not permit the awarding of a grant from the fund for any proposed broadband project in an area in which eligible broadband service is available. Provides that the procedures established by the office may not permit the office to award a grant from the fund for any project in a rural area for which funding has been allocated from certain federal funding programs. Provides that the procedures established by the office must establish a system of priorities for awarding grants, weighted as determined by the office in guidelines adopted by the office, that gives preference to eligible broadband projects that meet certain specified criteria. Requires an eligible broadband service provider awarded a grant to sign with the office a grant agreement that: (1) outlines a start date and an end date for completion of the project; and (2) conditions the release of any grant funds on the progressive completion of the project. Beginning in 2020, requires the office to submit to the general assembly an annual report on the awarding of grants under these procedures during the most recent state fiscal year. Provides that every three years, beginning in 2021, the state board of accounts shall conduct an audit of the awarding of grants from the fund during the most recent three state fiscal years. Provides that a communications service provider that holds a certificate of territorial authority shall be designated as a public utility solely as that term is used in federal law that allows a state to exempt a public utility from the federal law's requirement that the state must charge fair market value for the use of real property acquired by the state using federal transportation funding. Provides that the department of transportation (INDOT) may not charge an access rate or any other recurring charge or recurring fee for communications infrastructure that is located before May 1, 2019, in any rights-of-way that are owned or controlled by INDOT. Specifies that INDOT may charge routine right-of-way permit fees to enter INDOT's rights-of-way for the maintenance of existing facilities. Provides that the department may create a broadband corridor program to manage communications infrastructure along or within limited access highway rights-of-way. Specifies that for purposes of the broadband corridor program, "communications infrastructure" does not include privately owned vertical structures used primarily for providing wireless communications service. Provides that: (1) INDOT may not unreasonably discriminate among entities requesting access to broadband corridors or other INDOT controlled rights-of-way; and (2) the bill's provisions prohibiting INDOT from discriminating among such entities do not abrogate or limit INDOT's statutory authority to safely and efficiently manage and operate the state highway system and associated highway rights-of-way. Provides that, before July 1, 2020, INDOT shall adopt rules to provide that, as used throughout the department's administrative code regarding utility facility relocation for purposes of construction contracts, "utility" has the meaning set forth in federal law concerning utility relocations, adjustments, and reimbursement. |
| | Current Status: | 5/2/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/18/2019 - Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 532: yeas 46, nays 0
4/18/2019 - Concurrences Eligible for Action
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| SB512 | EXEMPTION FROM OVERTIME PAY. (NIEZGODSKI D) Provides that the requirement to pay an employee who works more than 40 hours in a work week at least 150% of the employee's regular rate for the overtime hours does not apply to an employee of an air carrier to the extent that the hours worked by the employee during a work week in excess of 40 hours are not required by the air carrier but are arranged through a voluntary agreement between employees to trade or reassign their scheduled work hours. Removes outdated language. Relocates language concerning the tip credit. Makes conforming amendments. |
| | Current Status: | 4/18/2019 - Public Law 38
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| | Recent Status: | 4/18/2019 - Signed by the Governor
4/17/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
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| SB535 | EXTRATERRITORIAL POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES. (BOOTS P) Repeals the general authority of a city or town (municipality) to regulate conduct or property use endangering public health, safety, and welfare within four miles outside of its municipal boundaries and provides that the repeal: (1) does not void such an ordinance or resolution adopted before January 1, 2019, or prevent the validity of such an ordinance or resolution from being challenged in a legal proceeding; and (2) voids such an ordinance or resolution adopted after December 31, 2018. Repeals the general authority of a municipality to: (1) impose restrictions upon persons or animals in order to prevent injury or disease; and (2) capture and destroy animals; within four miles outside its boundaries. Voids any such ordinances or resolutions adopted by a municipality before July 1, 2019. Provides that a municipality may only exercise eminent domain within the municipality unless a statute expressly provides otherwise. Eliminates the express authority of a municipal park board to acquire property outside its boundaries by eminent domain. Provides that a municipal airport board may exercise eminent domain: (1) within four miles outside its municipal boundaries; and (2) more than four miles outside its municipal boundaries in order to acquire land contiguous to an airport that existed on January 1, 2019. Repeals the general authority of a municipality to do the following with regard to watercourses located within 10 miles outside the municipal boundaries: (1) Change the channel of, dam, dredge, remove an obstruction in, straighten, and widen a watercourse. (2) Regulate the taking of water, or causing or permitting water to escape, from a watercourse. (3) Regulate conduct that might alter the temperature of water, or affect the flow of water, in a watercourse. (4) Regulate the introduction of any substance into a watercourse or onto its banks. (5) Purify the water in a watercourse. Provides that the repeal of the powers in (1) through (5) regarding watercourses: (1) voids any municipal ordinances or resolutions adopted before July 1, 2019, that exercise those powers; (2) does not affect a municipality's ability to take water from a watercourse within the 10 mile area outside its boundaries; and (3) does not affect a municipality's authority under these sections with regard to a municipal park existing on June 30, 2019, that is located within 10 miles outside the municipal boundaries. Allows a municipality to continue to exercise eminent domain to acquire property outside its boundaries, if it has reached a specified point in the eminent domain proceedings on January 1, 2019. Provides that for comprehensive plans that were initially adopted before July 1, 2019, if the municipal plan commission provided in its comprehensive plan for the development of a contiguous unincorporated area, the municipal plan commission may continue to exercise territorial jurisdiction over that area unless the jurisdiction of the municipal plan commission is terminated as provided by law. Provides that for comprehensive plans that are initially adopted after June 30, 2019: (1) If the municipality is located in a county that has not adopted a comprehensive plan covering the contiguous unincorporated area and the municipality is providing municipal services to the contiguous unincorporated area, the municipal plan commission may exercise territorial jurisdiction over that area by filing certain notices. (2) If the municipality is located in a county that has adopted a comprehensive plan and ordinance covering the contiguous unincorporated area, the municipal plan commission may exercise territorial jurisdiction over that area only if it obtains the approval of the county legislative body of each affected county. Provides that the power to aid, maintain, and operate public parks, playgrounds, and recreation facilities and programs may be exercised by a municipality with regard to a municipal park located within 10 miles outside the boundaries of the municipality that exists on June 30, 2019. |
| | Current Status: | 5/6/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 638: yeas 94, nays 3; Rules Suspended
4/24/2019 - Senate Conference Committees Eligible for Action
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| SB549 | SCHOOL FINANCIAL MATTERS. (SPARTZ V) Requires the superintendent of a school corporation to submit a written report to the local board of finance for the school corporation. Provides that the report must assess the financial condition of the school corporation using certain fiscal and qualitative indicators. Provides that the report must be received and reviewed at the annual meeting of the local board of finance for the school corporation. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the task of identifying and studying best practices in: (1) the governance structure and oversight of tax increment financing to promote transparency and economic development in Indiana; and (2) reporting mechanisms between local government units to facilitate better collaboration and decision making. |
| | Current Status: | 4/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/16/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
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| SB563 | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. (HOLDMAN T) Establishes the small business innovation voucher program (program) to provide vouchers to eligible small businesses to be used by the business to purchase research and development support or other forms of technical assistance and services from an Indiana institution of higher education or other authorized research provider. Provides that the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) shall administer the program. Provides that the program is subject to appropriation from the general assembly. Amends the definition of "sales" and adds a definition of "telecommunication services" and "broadcast services" under the state adjusted gross income tax provisions. Amends the provisions for determining when sales, other than sales of tangible personal property, are derived from sources within Indiana for purposes of determining the state adjusted gross income of corporations and nonresident persons. Provides that the IEDC may enter into an agreement for mutual economic assistance and a payment agreement with a similar agency or body of a state bordering Indiana. Provides that a taxpayer (with certain exceptions) is not entitled to receive an industrial recovery tax credit for a qualified investment made after December 31, 2019. Amends the definition of "incremental income tax withholdings" for purposes of the EDGE tax credit to accommodate nonresident employees covered by a mutual economic assistance agreement and payment agreement. Permits a taxpayer to claim an income tax credit for qualified investments made after a community revitalization enhancement district has expired if the taxpayer satisfies certain conditions. Allows a taxpayer to assign all or part of a venture capital investment tax credit, subject to certain limitations. Amends the definition of "qualified investment" under the Hoosier business investment tax credit to include the purchase of: (1) retooled or refurbished machinery; (2) new energy conservation and pollution control equipment; and (3) new onsite digital manufacturing equipment. Provides that the Hoosier business tax investment credit for new onsite digital manufacturing equipment for a tax credit is not to exceed 15% of the qualified investment and is for a limited time period. Amends the headquarters relocation tax credit to extend the credit to an eligible business that: (1) acquired at least $4,000,000 in venture capital within either six months prior to or six months after applying for the credit; and (2) commits to: (A) relocating its headquarters to Indiana; or (B) relocating the number of jobs that equals 80% of the business's payroll to Indiana. Provides that the total amount of headquarters relocation tax credits that may be approved in a state fiscal year for all eligible businesses that qualify for the tax credit under the new provision may not exceed $5,000,000. Establishes the redevelopment tax credit (credit). Requires a taxpayer to apply to the IEDC for the credit. Provides that a taxpayer may claim a credit against state tax liability if: (1) the taxpayer makes a qualified investment for the redevelopment or rehabilitation of real property located within a qualified redevelopment site; and (2) the qualified investment is approved by the IEDC. Provides that the amount of the credit is equal to: (1) the qualified investment made by the taxpayer and approved by the IEDC in an agreement; multiplied by (2) the applicable credit percentage determined by the IEDC. Specifies the maximum applicable credit percentages that apply to qualified investments. Caps the redevelopment tax credit at $50,000,000 per state fiscal year with certain exceptions. Allows a taxpayer to assign all or part of a redevelopment tax credit, subject to certain limitations. Authorizes the IEDC to include in an agreement for the tax credit provisions that require the taxpayer to repay all or part of a credit awarded over a period of years. Provides that an agreement for the redevelopment tax credit must include a repayment provision for the amount of any credit award that exceeds $7,000,000. Requires the IEDC to establish measurements for evaluating the performance of the redevelopment tax credit and evaluate the tax credit program on a biennial basis. Requires the IEDC to collect data on the effectiveness of an assignment of both the venture capital investment tax credit and the redevelopment tax credit and report its findings to the legislative council before November 1, 2022. Changes the recertification period for certified technology parks from three years to four years. Provides that once a certified technology park reaches its cap, an additional amount equal to a specified amount of incremental income taxes shall be captured. Requires a redevelopment commission that has designated a third party manager or operator of a certified technology park to transfer to the manager or operator the amount owed within 30 days of receiving a distribution. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying the development of regional airports throughout Indiana. Makes an appropriation. |
| | Current Status: | 5/1/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 640: yeas 97, nays 1; Rules Suspended
4/24/2019 - Senate Conference Committees Eligible for Action
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| SB565 | VARIOUS TAX MATTERS. (HOLDMAN T) Provides that the department of state revenue (department) may deny an application for a registered retail merchant's certificate in certain circumstances. Specifies the requirements necessary for a taxpayer to discontinue filing a combined income tax return. Requires a partnership, or an estate or trust, to file certain information returns electronically. Amends motor carrier fuel tax provisions retroactively to July 1, 2018, to specify the rates that apply to the imposition of the tax. Requires a taxpayer to retain books and records during the period of a judicial proceeding or appeal that extends beyond the three year retention period under current law. Requires a sheriff that collects a judgment on a tax warrant to notify the department of the name of the taxpayer and the amount of the payment within seven days of receipt of the payment. Allows the department to waive or toll tax penalties and interest imposed on a taxpayer who is or has been incarcerated for a period of at least 180 days. Provides that if the department does not: (1) issue a timely demand notice; (2) file a timely tax warrant; or (3) renew tax warrants; the tax liability is extinguished. Provides that the department may release tax withholding or other tax information statements to certain individuals. Provides that the department may domesticate a valid tax warrant in one or more other states or countries, or in the political subunits of other states or countries. Provides that a judgment on a tax warrant must be filed in at least one Indiana county not later than 10 years after the first date on which a demand notice could be issued. Provides that if a judgment on a tax warrant is entered in at least one Indiana county, the department may file an additional tax warrant in one or more Indiana counties during the period in which one or more tax warrants are valid. Updates the income tax reference to the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) in effect on January 1, 2019. Revises provisions concerning income under Section 118, Section 163, and Section 965 of the IRC. Clarifies the treatment of a loss for a taxable year disallowed because of Section 461(l) of the IRC in determining an Indiana net operating loss deduction. Modifies the adjustment to Indiana adjusted gross income for certain property involved in a like-kind exchange for which a taxpayer claims a federal deduction under Section 179 of the IRC. Modifies, for purposes of determining Indiana adjusted gross income, an amount treated as bonus depreciation under IRC Section 168(k) for certain property involved in a like-kind exchange. Changes the order in which the department is required to apply a taxpayer's partial payment to the taxpayer's tax liability, penalties, and interest. Provides that the revised ordering of payments applies to taxable periods beginning after December 31, 2019. Specifies the taxable years to which the adjusted gross income tax changes and the financial institutions tax changes apply. Provides that the heavy equipment rental excise tax is imposed upon the rental of heavy rental equipment from a retail merchant in Indiana and received from the retail merchant in Indiana. Requires a retail merchant to collect and remit the heavy equipment rental excise tax. Provides that in the event of a misclassification, a person shall receive a credit for any property tax paid on the rental of heavy equipment for a calendar year against any excise tax owed on the equipment in the same calendar year and for any excise tax paid on the equipment for a calendar year against any property tax owed on the equipment in the same calendar year. Requires the department, beginning January 1, 2021, to establish an annual tax rate for the utility receipts tax and the utility services use tax by determining a tax rate that would maintain tax revenue at the state fiscal year 2018 amount. Removes the provision in current law that requires a claim for a unified tax credit for the elderly to be filed within six months following the close of the claimant's taxable year or within the extension period if an extension of time for filing the return has been granted, whichever is later. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 641: yeas 67, nays 28; Rules Suspended
4/24/2019 - , (Bill Scheduled for
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| SB607 | WORKFORCE DIPLOMA REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM. (RAATZ J) Provides that the governor's workforce cabinet (cabinet), in coordination with the department of workforce development (department), shall administer the program. Provides that the purpose of the fund is to provide payments to eligible program providers that assist adults who are more than 22 years of age in: (1) developing employability and career technical skills; and (2) obtaining high school diplomas. Provides that: (1) the cabinet shall approve eligible program providers to participate in the program; and (2) the department shall publish a list of approved eligible program providers and other information concerning the program on the department's Internet web site. Requires the cabinet to include in the report the cabinet submits concerning workforce related programs the cabinet's review, analysis, and evaluation of the program, including the cabinet's and department's activities related to the development of the program. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House;; Rules Suspended
4/24/2019 - Senate Conference Committees Eligible for Action
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| SB609 | ALCOHOL MATTERS. (GROOMS R) For purposes of the law regarding farm wineries, specifies that: (1) "bottle" means a standard wine container that meets the design, fill, and headspace requirements under federal law; and (2) "bulk", with regard to bulk wine purchases and sales, means a container of more than 60 liters. Allows a farm winery permit holder or an artisan distiller's permit holder to: (1) be the proprietor of a restaurant; (2) transfer wine or liquor from the farm winery or artisan distillery to the restaurant; (3) have a window between the farm winery or artisan distillery and the restaurant; and (4) have a doorway or other opening between the farm winery or artisan distillery and the restaurant. Provides that the restaurant of a microbrewery, farm winery, or artisan distillery is not required to sell the minimum amount of food required to provide separation between the bar area and the family room by means of a structure or barrier (instead of providing separation by a nontransparent wall). Provides that a minor may be on the premises of a farm winery under certain circumstances. Allows the holder of a retailer's (restaurant) permit to have an interest in an artisan distiller's permit and a farm winery permit. Allows distillers and rectifiers to have an interest in a beer permit. Repeals the crime prohibiting artisan distillers, distillers, and rectifiers from owning stock of a corporation that holds a retailer's permit. |
| | Current Status: | 5/6/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House;; Rules Suspended
4/24/2019 - Senate Conference Committees Eligible for Action
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| SR19 | CONGRATULATING THE CARMEL H.S. MARCHING BAND. (FORD J) A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating the Carmel High School Marching Band's third consecutive Bands of America national title. |
| | Current Status: | 1/24/2019 - adopted voice vote
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| | Recent Status: | 1/24/2019 - First Reading
1/24/2019 - Authored By J.D. Ford
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| | State Bill Page: | SR19 |
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