| HB1001 | STATE BUDGET. (THOMPSON J) 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. Provides that the auditor of state is also known as the state comptroller. Provides that, after June 30, 2023, the auditor of state shall use the title "state comptroller" in conducting state business, in all contracts, on business cards, on stationery, and with other means of communication as necessary. Establishes the opioid settlement fund into which funds received from opioid litigation settlements must be deposited. Allows the budget committee to submit the budget report and budget bill or bills to the governor on or before the second Monday of January, or the third Monday of January in the year in which a gubernatorial election is held (instead of before that date). Requires the state personnel department to require a contractor, when contracting for health care coverage for state employees, to use value based coverage. Allows the Indiana economic development corporation to certify an applicable tax credit that exceeds the maximum allowable amount after review by the budget committee. Provides that specified expenses are eligible to be funded by the fund established under the regional economic acceleration and development initiative (READI). Provides that the READI program expires on June 30, 2026. Allows an individual to claim an increased exemption amount for a dependent child in the first year in which the exemption amount may be claimed for the child. Reduces the individual income tax rate to 2.9% by 2026 and eliminates all trigger provisions in current law. Allows a county fiscal body to impose a tax rate on the adjusted gross income of local taxpayers in the county for public health purposes. Establishes the regional public safety training fund. Repeals provisions relating to the establishment of the: (1) Indiana homeland security foundation; (2) Indiana homeland security fund; and (3) fire training infrastructure fund. Allows certain members of the public employees' retirement fund or Indiana state teachers' retirement fund to file an election to begin receiving retirement benefits while holding a position. Changes the state police pre-1987 benefit and supplemental pension benefit calculation from being based on the sixth year of service to the fourth year of service. Repeals the public mass transportation fund. Repeals the financial responsibility compliance verification fund. Changes the number of years of service on which the salary matrix for state police employees is based to 15 years (instead of 20 years). Requires the department of correction to deposit the amount appropriated for the county misdemeanant fund by a county's multiplier. Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning (office) to: (1) develop a schedule for the review of Medicaid reimbursement rates; and (2) provide a copy of the schedule to the budget committee; not later than November 1, 2023. Increases the maximum amount of a grant made under the prekindergarten pilot program. Establishes the commission on improving the status of children fund to support the staffing and operations of the commission. Provides that a part of state user fees shall be deposited in the Indiana secured school fund. Repeals the distribution schedule for appropriations made for certain child development programs. Deletes reimbursement rate parameters for reimbursement of managed care organizations under the healthy Indiana plan. Extends the sunset of the collection of hospital assessment fees and health facility quality assessment fees from June 30, 2023, to June 30, 2025. Increases the total number of adult learner students at the Excel Centers for Adult Learners and Christel House DORS centers for whom the school may receive state funding. Provides that the parent of a student or an emancipated minor who attends an accredited nonpublic school and who meets financial eligibility requirements may request reimbursement of fees charged for curricular materials. Prohibits school corporations and charter schools from charging a fee for curricular materials to students. Repeals the charter and innovation network school grant program. Establishes the innovation network school grant program. Establishes the Indiana education scholarship account donation fund to accept donations for administration of the Indiana education scholarship account program. Repeals the special education fund. Establishes the outcomes based formula fund from which the commission for higher education may annually request distributions from the outcomes based formula fund for each state educational institution. Provides that state user fees remaining after required distributions shall be distributed to the state general fund (instead of the court technology fund). Makes certain amendments to the juvenile diversion grant program, the juvenile community alternatives grant program, and the juvenile behavioral health competitive grant pilot program (programs). Requires grants for the programs to be administered by the Indiana criminal justice institute in consultation with the juvenile justice oversight committee (oversight committee) and the grant process workgroup created by the oversight committee, taking into consideration the grant program report prepared and submitted to the commission on improving the status of children in Indiana by the oversight committee. Requires the state comptroller to deposit distributions of pro bono legal services fees received from the: (1) clerk of a circuit court; (2) clerk of a city or town court; or (3) Marion County small claims court; in the pro bono legal services fund. Provides that unexpended and unencumbered amounts appropriated to the legislative services agency in a state fiscal year ending before July 1, 2024, do not revert to the state general fund. Extends the judicial and legislative branch leave conversion pilot program through June 30, 2025. Provides for the calculation of salary increases for the governor and state elected officials. Provides for the calculation of salary increases for court officers. Requires the state comptroller to transfer $80,000,000 from the tobacco master settlement agreement fund to the state construction fund on July 1, 2023. Provides that unexpended and unencumbered amounts appropriated from the federal economic stimulus fund in the state fiscal year ending before July 1, 2023, do not revert to the state general fund. Appropriates money for various purposes for the state fiscal year ending June 30, 2023. Provides that a certain amount of property tax revenue distributed to a school corporation's operations fund must be determined without regard to the property tax caps. Provides that the corresponding reduction in tax revenue to other political subdivisions must be allocated proportionately. Establishes phased-in maximum tax rates that apply to certain school corporations. Requires the state comptroller to distribute a grant amount to schools based on a targeted amount of funding and the net collected revenue the school received from its operations fund levy in the previous calendar year. Establishes the credential completion grant. Removes pathways for choice scholarship eligibility. Increases the annual income maximum for choice scholarship eligibility. Provides that a school corporation is eligible for an academic performance grant. Defines "base student fundin |
| | Current Status: | 2/27/2023 - Referred to Senate Appropriations
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| | Recent Status: | 2/27/2023 - First Reading
2/23/2023 - Senate sponsors: Senators Mishler and Garten
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| HB1002 | EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE MATTERS. (GOODRICH C) Establishes the: (1) career scholarship account program (CSA program); (2) career scholarship account program fund (CSA program fund); (3) career scholarship account administration fund; (4) connecting students with careers fund; and (5) intermediary capacity building fund. Provides that the department of education (department), in consultation with the governor's workforce cabinet (cabinet), shall designate and approve a sequence, course, modern youth apprenticeship, apprenticeship, or program of study that culminates in an approved credential and is offered by an employer that has partnered with an approved intermediary to offer the sequence, course, modern youth apprenticeship, apprenticeship, or program of study. Provides for revocation of the approval if the sequence, course, modern youth apprenticeship, apprenticeship, or program of study fails to achieve an adequate outcome, as determined by the department, in consultation with the governor's workforce cabinet. Establishes eligibility requirements to participate in the CSA program. Provides that the cabinet may approve participating entities that meet certain requirements to participate in the CSA program. Permits approved participating entities that are providing certain training and education experiences to identify and recommend skill competencies to the department. Requires the department to maintain a list on the department's website of skill competencies identified by approved participating entities. Provides that grant amounts that career scholarship students receive are not included in adjusted gross income for tax purposes. Beginning July 1, 2024, provides that certain school corporations shall include instruction for all students regarding career awareness. Provides that the state board of education (board), in consultation with the cabinet, shall create certain standards for a career awareness course. Requires the department to collect and aggregate certain data. Requires the board, in consultation with the department, to establish new high school diploma requirements. Removes a provision that provides that a student who satisfies an Indiana diploma with a Core 40 with academic honors designation through a certain alternative course shall not count toward a school's honor designation award. Requires the cabinet to create a list of approved intermediaries, employers, and labor organizations. Requires certain high school and college students to meet with an approved postsecondary educational institution, an intermediary, an employer, or a labor organization. Requires certain committed offenders and recipients of unemployment benefits to meet with an intermediary. Specifies exceptions. Allows the recipient of a: (1) higher education award; (2) freedom of choice grant; and (3) scholarship under the twenty-first century scholars program; to apply the award, grant, or scholarship to the cost of training by an approved intermediary, employer, or labor organization instead of the educational costs of a postsecondary educational institution. Provides that a twenty-first century scholarship recipient that meets certain requirements may only use a scholarship award to complete an apprenticeship or course sequence after the recipient has graduated form a secondary school. Provides that during each school year, a public high school must hold at least one career fair during regular school hours. Repeals and replaces a definition of "participating entity" with "ESA participating entity". |
| | Current Status: | 3/6/2023 - added as cosponsor Senator Rogers
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| | Recent Status: | 2/28/2023 - Referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2/28/2023 - First Reading
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| HB1003 | HEALTH MATTERS. (SNOW C) Allows a credit against the state tax liability of an employer with fewer than 50 employees if the employer has adopted a health reimbursement arrangement in lieu of a traditional employer provided health insurance plan and if the employer's contribution toward the health reimbursement arrangement meets a certain standard. Requires employers that are allowed the credit to report certain information to the department of insurance. Provides that the total amount of credits granted to employers may not exceed $10,000,000 in a taxable year. Provides that the credit may be carried over for 10 years, but may not be carried back. Provides that a health care provider that enters into: (1) a value-based health care reimbursement agreement; and (2) an electronic medical record access agreement; with a health plan may qualify to participate in the health plan's program to reduce or eliminate prior authorization requirements. Requires a health plan that establishes a program to reduce or eliminate prior authorization requirements to provide certain information to health care providers concerning the program. |
| | Current Status: | 3/16/2023 - Committee Report amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
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| | Recent Status: | 3/15/2023 - Senate Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 7; Nays: 0
3/15/2023 - Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| HB1004 | HEALTH CARE MATTERS. (SCHAIBLEY D) Allows a credit against an employer's state tax liability if the employer has adopted a health reimbursement arrangement. Requires certain employers that claim and are allowed the credit to report certain information to the department of insurance. Provides a credit against state tax liability to certain physicians who have an ownership interest in a physician practice and meet other eligibility criteria. Establishes the health care cost oversight board and sets forth duties of the board. Requires provider facilities and practitioners to include the address of the service facility location in order to obtain reimbursement for a commercial claim for health care services. Provides that specified health insurance payers are not required to accept a claim for a health care service if the claim does not contain the service facility location. Beginning in 2024, requires the department of insurance (department) to calculate a national mean price and mean price for each Indiana nonprofit hospital system as a percentage of Medicare or using another nationally recognized metric. Requires each Indiana nonprofit hospital system to submit specified information to the department. Requires the department to, beginning in 2026, take corrective action or assess a penalty against an Indiana nonprofit hospital system if the Indiana nonprofit hospital system exceeds specified percentages of the national means calculated by the department. Requires the department to annually report to the governor and the legislative council concerning the calculations and any corrective action or penalties assessed to an Indiana nonprofit hospital system. Allows for the provisional credentialing of physicians who establish or join an independent primary care practice. |
| | Current Status: | 3/29/2023 - Senate Health & Provider Services, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/1/2023 - Referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
3/1/2023 - First Reading
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| HB1005 | HOUSING. (MILLER D) Establishes the residential housing infrastructure assistance program (program) and residential housing infrastructure assistance revolving fund (fund). Provides that the Indiana finance authority (authority) shall administer the fund and program. Provides that political subdivisions may apply to the fund for loans for certain infrastructure projects related to the development of residential housing. Provides that money in the fund may not be used for: (1) debt repayment; (2) maintenance and repair projects; (3) upgrading utility poles; or (4) consulting or engineering fees for studies, reports, designs, or analyses. Provides that loans from the fund must be allocated as follows: (1) 70% of the money in the fund must be used for housing infrastructure in municipalities with a population of less than 50,000. (2) 30% of the money in the fund must be used for housing infrastructure in all other political subdivisions. Requires the authority to establish a project prioritization system for the purpose of awarding loans from the fund, and specifies the criteria that must be included in the project prioritization system. Allows the authority to establish a leveraged loan program to or for the benefit of program participants. Requires the public finance director to prepare an annual report of the fund's activities for the legislative council and the budget committee. Makes a continuing appropriation. |
| | Current Status: | 3/16/2023 - added as third sponsor Senator Raatz
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| | Recent Status: | 2/23/2023 - Referred to Senate Appropriations
2/23/2023 - First Reading
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| HB1006 | MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS. (STEUERWALD G) Specifies the circumstances under which a person may be involuntarily committed to a facility for mental health services and specifies that these services are medically necessary. Establishes a local mental health referral program to provide mental health treatment for certain persons who have been arrested. Repeals obsolete provisions. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2023 - Committee Report amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
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| | Recent Status: | 3/21/2023 - Senate Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 7; Nays: 1
3/21/2023 - Senate Corrections and Criminal Law, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| HB1013 | INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. (SNOW C) Changes references from the state department of health to the Indiana department of health. Provides directions for publication of affected provisions. Makes technical corrections. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the code revision commission.) |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2023 - added as second sponsor Senator Sandlin
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| | Recent Status: | 3/21/2023 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 236: yeas 43, nays 0
3/21/2023 - House Bills on Third Reading
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| HB1016 | POLICE AND FIRE MERIT SYSTEMS. (PRESSEL J) Allows a fire protection district or fire protection territory to establish a merit system. Provides that unless a resolution or ordinance to establish a merit system is rejected not later than July 1, 2024, a merit system is established on January 1, 2025, for eligible: (1) city and town police and fire departments and township fire departments; and (2) fire protection districts and fire protection territories. Provides that the merit system may be dissolved after January 1, 2025. Repeals a provision containing definitions and moves the definitions to another location. |
| | Current Status: | 3/29/2023 - Senate Pensions and Labor, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/8/2023 - Senate Pensions and Labor, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
2/23/2023 - Referred to Senate Pensions and Labor
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| HB1024 | PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS. (TORR J) Provides that a contractor that employs 10 or more employees on a design-build public works project must provide its employees access to a training program applicable to the tasks to be performed in the normal course of the employee's employment with the contractor on the public project. Provides that a tier 1 or tier 2 contractor that employs 50 or more journeymen must participate in an apprenticeship or training program that meets certain standards. Requires design-builders and any member of a team working on a design-build public works project to comply with certain statutes. Provides that a public agency awarding a contract for a construction manager as constructor project may not take certain actions based on a bidder's, offeror's, or contractor's entering into, refusing to enter into, adhering to, or refusing to adhere to an agreement with a labor organization. |
| | Current Status: | 3/29/2023 - Senate Pensions and Labor, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/6/2023 - Referred to Senate Pensions and Labor
3/6/2023 - First Reading
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| HB1025 | FIREFIGHTER DISCIPLINE. (TORR J) Provides that a fire department of a fire protection district or fire protection territory is subject to certain disciplinary and due process requirements. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2023 - Returned to the House without amendments
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2023 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 228: yeas 49, nays 0
3/20/2023 - House Bills on Third Reading
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| HB1034 | INCOME TAX EXEMPTION FOR MILITARY PAY. (FRYE R) Exempts military pay for members of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the national guard from the individual income tax. (Current law provides an individual income tax exemption for members of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the national guard for the period the member is mobilized and deployed.) Exempts military pay earned by members of an active component of the armed forces of the United States from the individual income tax. Phases in the exemption over four years beginning in taxable year 2024. (Current law exempts from the individual income tax the military pay earned by members of the National Guard and reserve components of the armed forces of the United States while serving on active duty.) |
| | Current Status: | 3/23/2023 - added as cosponsor Senator Qaddoura
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - added as cosponsor Senator Holdman
3/23/2023 - added as cosponsor Senator Gaskill
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| HB1035 | TOWNSHIP ASSESSORS. (PRESSEL J) Provides that, in counties that have one or more township assessors, the county election board shall place on the ballot at the November 2024 general election a public question asking whether the office of township assessor should be abolished or continued. Provides that a county election board shall tabulate the votes cast on the public question and certify the results to the department of local government finance. Provides that if a majority of the voters voting on the public question vote "yes", the office of each township assessor in the county is abolished, effective January 1, 2026. Provides that if a majority of voters voting on the public question vote "yes": (1) employment positions as of December 31, 2025, of each township assessor in the county are transferred to the county assessor; (2) real and personal property duties of each township assessor in the county are transferred to the county assessor; (3) obligations outstanding on December 31, 2025, of each township assessor in the county are transferred to the county assessor; and (4) the funds of each township assessor in the county on hand for the purpose of carrying out the property assessment duties in the amount determined by the county auditor are transferred to the county assessor. Provides that before October 1, 2025, the county assessor shall interview, or give the opportunity to interview to, each individual who: (1) is an employee of a township assessor in the county; and (2) applies before September 1, 2025, for an employment position. Provides that the township shall transfer to the county assessor all revenue received after the date of the transfer that is received by the township for the purpose of carrying out property assessment duties in the amount determined by the county auditor. |
| | Current Status: | 2/23/2023 - Referred to Senate Local Government
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| | Recent Status: | 2/23/2023 - First Reading
1/24/2023 - Referred to Senate
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| HB1038 | DATA SECURITY. (JETER C) Removes the remedies from chapter 3 of the data security breach statute and adds a reference to relief available under chapter 4 of that statute. (Under current law, the maximum civil penalty in chapter 3 is $5,000 per deceptive act.) Changes the civil penalty under chapter 4 of the data security breach statute to $500,000 per deceptive act. (Under current law, the maximum civil penalty in chapter 4 is $150,000 per deceptive act.) Adds the following to the permissible remedies available for the attorney general to seek for a deceptive act: (1) Restitution for actual harm, but not less than $100 per Indiana resident who suffered actual harm. (2) The cost of administering restitution. |
| | Current Status: | 2/23/2023 - Referred to Senate Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 2/23/2023 - First Reading
1/24/2023 - added as coauthor Representative Andrade M
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| HB1040 | REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS. (LEHMAN M) Provides that if an examination of an audited entity is unable to be performed because the audited entity's accounts, records, files, or reports are not properly maintained or reconciled, the entity may be declared unauditable. Requires an unauditable entity to bring its accounts, records, files, or reports into an auditable condition within 90 days. Requires the state board of accounts (SBOA) to publish a list of entities declared to be unauditable on the SBOA's website. Provides that if an entity is declared unauditable and the fiscal officer is unable to perform the fiscal requirements of their position, the fiscal officer is required to hire outside assistance for guidance or to perform the fiscal requirements. Clarifies an exception regarding the liability of an elected official for acts that constitute gross negligence or intentional disregard of the official's duties. Requires the SBOA to annually call a conference for: (1) city and town controllers and clerk-treasurers, newly appointed city and town controllers, and city and town clerk-treasurers elect; and (2) township trustees and township trustees elect. Provides that elected officials must attend training every two years and that the SBOA shall keep attendance of elected officials and publish it on the SBOA's website. Makes an exception for school corporation treasurer personal liability. Provides that if there is an office of town clerk-treasurer that is vacant, and the town legislative body is unable to fill the office, the town legislative body may either: (1) enter into a local agreement with the town clerk-treasurer and town legislative body of another town in the state to assist a selected town legislative body member in performing the duties of the clerk-treasurer's office; or (2) enter into a contract with a certified public accountant to assist the town legislative body member in performing the duties of the clerk-treasurer's office. (Current law provides that the town legislative body may only enter into a contract with a certified public accountant after the town legislative body is unable to reach an agreement with another town.) Provides that newly elected officials shall complete five hours of training before taking office. Provides that elected officials shall certify completion of training requirements to the SBOA annually. Excludes self-supporting school lunch and the rental or sale of curricular materials as programs that may be established as separate funds. Repeals obsolete provisions. Makes technical corrections. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - House Bills on Second Reading
3/21/2023 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| HB1041 | STATE BOARD OF ACCOUNTS. (LEHMAN M) Provides that the state board of accounts (SBOA) is designated as the independent external auditor of audited entities and is subject to applicable professional accounting standards. Requires annual reports to be prepared, verified, and filed with the state examiner as set forth in the uniform compliance guidelines. Requires all appointments of field examiners be made solely upon the ground of fitness in accordance with professional accounting and auditing standards. Provides that if an examination of an audited entity is unable to be performed because the audited entity's accounts, records, files, or reports are not properly maintained or reconciled, the audited entity may be declared to be unauditable. Provides that an audited entity that is declared unauditable shall bring its accounts, records, files, or reports into an auditable condition within 90 days. Requires the SBOA to publish a list of audited entities declared unauditable on its website. Revises conditions under which the state examiner may undertake an examination based on a violation of the law. Requires the SBOA to approve a request by an audited entity to opt out of examinations and engage a certified public accountant to conduct examinations if, within the last six years, the SBOA has not issued an examination or special investigation report critical of the audited entity's internal controls and there have been no adverse reports. Provides that the SBOA may terminate its approval of the use of a certified public accountant if certain requirements are not met. Revises the provision regarding field examiner traveling expenses. Makes changes to certain reporting, resolution, and disclosure requirements. Simplifies the provision regarding parties and a plaintiff's right of recovery. Removes provisions regarding additional powers of the state examiner and attorney general. Provides that if the attorney general brings an action against an official bond, official bonds, or a crime insurance policy, the cause may be brought in the name of the state of Indiana upon the relation of the attorney general as plaintiff. Repeals a provision regarding the withdrawal or removal of counties from solid waste management districts. Repeals a provision regarding bonds and crime policies for faithful performance. Repeals a provision regarding examination reports, requisites, performance of public works, and SBOA powers. Repeals a provision regarding copies of reports filed with libraries, public inspections, and request renewals. Makes technical and conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - House Bills on Second Reading
3/21/2023 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| HB1046 | LOCAL ROAD AND BRIDGE MATCHING GRANT FUND. (MORRISON A) Provides that a military base reuse authority (reuse authority) is qualified to receive funds for an eligible project from the local road and bridge matching grant fund (fund). Provides that the required local matching amount by the reuse authority to receive a grant from the fund is equal to 50% of the total cost of the eligible project. Provides that a transit development district may be established in a municipality that is located in a county that is a member of the development authority and has operated regularly scheduled commuter bus services to Chicago, Illinois, with prior financial assistance from the development authority, and shuttle bus services that transport riders to a train station or a regular train stop along the Chicago to South Bend line. |
| | Current Status: | 3/28/2023 - Senate Homeland Security & Transportation, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/1/2023 - Referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation
3/1/2023 - First Reading
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| HB1048 | TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. (ENGLEMAN K) Addresses technical errors in the Indiana Code, including spelling, tabulation, formatting, grammatical, and cross-reference issues. Makes conforming amendments to align the style of population parameter wording. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the code revision commission.) |
| | Current Status: | 3/23/2023 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2023 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 215: yeas 47, nays 0
3/14/2023 - House Bills on Third Reading
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| HB1049 | TRANSPORTATION MATTERS. (PRESSEL J) Provides that the department of transportation (department) may accept a proposal and award a contract for the construction, improvement, or maintenance of a road if the lowest responsive and qualified bid is less than $3,000,000. (Current law says if the lowest responsive and qualified bid is less than $1,000,000.) Provides that the department may accept a proposal and award a contract for the construction, improvement, or maintenance of a road if the lowest responsive and qualified bid is one of three or more bids received by the department for the contract. (Current law says if the lowest responsive and qualified bid is one of four or more bids received by the department for the contract.) Authorizes the department to use construction manager general contractor and progressive design-build delivery methods for certain projects. Defines a "bicycle traffic control signal". Provides that a person may cautiously enter an intersection and make a left turn if turning from the left lane or a designated left-turn lane of a one-way street into another one-way street with the flow of traffic. Provides for the requirements and explanations of colors for bicycle traffic control signals exhibiting colored lights. Urges the legislative council to assign certain topics to an existing study committee. Makes conforming and technical changes. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2023 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 237: yeas 42, nays 1
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| | Recent Status: | 3/21/2023 - House Bills on Third Reading
3/20/2023 - Second reading amended, ordered engrossed
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| HB1050 | VARIOUS MOTOR VEHICLE MATTERS. (PRESSEL J) Expands the definition of "alternative fuel" to include hydrogen, hythane, electricity, or any other fuel used to propel a motor vehicle on a highway that is not subject to certain taxes. Provides for the taxation of motor carriers using alternative fuels other than butane or propane. Provides that a carrier subject to certain imposed motor vehicle taxes is exempt from submitting to the department of state revenue (department) quarterly reports of the operations of commercial motor vehicles giving rise to the carrier's tax liability as the department may require under certain circumstances. Provides that a carrier that is exempt from the quarterly reporting requirements: (1) must continue to file a quarterly return to obtain a promotional use credit; (2) is required to keep books and records; and (3) is exempt from certain requirements regarding an annual permit, a cab card, and an emblem. Defines "lawful status". Repeals the term "credential". Defines "physical credential". Provides that the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau) may issue a driver's license, permit, or identification card to an individual granted parole in the United States under 8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5). Provides that the bureau may issue rules, including emergency rules, to provide a driver's license, permit, or identification card to an individual granted parole, as well as registrations and certificates of title for motor vehicles of individuals granted parole. Provides for when a credential issued by the bureau must be in the form of a physical credential or a mobile credential. Provides for the form of the mobile credential. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2023, and each year thereafter, the bureau is required to provide the executive director of the legislative services agency the name of a special group for whom: (1) 10 years have elapsed since the special group was admitted into the special group recognition license plate program; or (2) 10 years have elapsed since the previous review of the special group by the interim study committee on roads and transportation. Provides that if a special group was subject to a decennial review before July 1, 2023, then the next review occurs in the year which is a multiple of 10 years after the year of the special group's admittance to the special group recognition license plate program. Specifies that the supplemental fees for a hybrid vehicle and an electric vehicle for the 2024 registration year are to be determined using the gasoline tax index factor. Requires a person who drives a vehicle approaching a disabled stationary vehicle with flashing hazard warning signals to do either of the following, while proceeding with due caution: (1) Yield the right-of-way by making a lane change into a lane not adjacent to that of the disabled stationary vehicle, if possible with due regard to safety and traffic conditions, if on a highway having at least four lanes with not less than two lanes proceeding in the same direction as the approaching vehicle. (2) Reduce the speed of the vehicle to a speed at least 10 miles per hour less than the posted speed limit, maintaining a safe speed for road conditions, if changing lanes would be impossible or unsafe. Provides that a person who does not yield the right-of-way or reduce the speed of the person's vehicle commits a Class B infraction. Provides that the term "driver training school" does not include a business enterprise that educates or trains a person or prepares a person to operate a commercial motor vehicle. Provides that certain entities are immune from civil liability for an act or omission occurring during a motorcycle operator safety course that results in an injury or property damage. Provides that administrative procedures of the bureau do not apply to a hearing requested by a nonresident regarding the suspension of the driving privileges of the nonresident for failure to meet the terms of a citation. Provides that a document preparation fee that is less than $200 is permitted and does not constitute an unfair practice. Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: | 3/23/2023 - added as second sponsor Senator Charbonneau
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - Senate Appropriations, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
3/16/2023 - Committee Report amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
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| HB1055 | PUBLIC SAFETY MATTERS. (FRYE R) Increases the number of deputies, from two to six, that a town marshal may have to participate in the town marshal training program (Tier II training program) established by the law enforcement training board. Makes changes to the jurisdiction of a hospital police department. Makes changes to certain definitions of "law enforcement officer" to include officers employed by a hospital police department. Provides that a member of a city police or fire department is not subject to residency requirements. Eliminates a provision that provides that a city with a population of less than 7,500 may adopt an ordinance that requires a member of a city police or fire department to reside within the county in which the city is located. Provides that members of the police and fire departments of a town or special service district are not subject to residency requirements but must: (1) have adequate means of transportation into the jurisdiction served by the member's department; and (2) maintain telephone service to communicate with the department. Provides that members of the fire department of a township, fire protection district, or fire protection territory are not subject to residency requirements but must: (1) have adequate means of transportation into the jurisdiction served by the member's department; and (2) maintain telephone service to communicate with the department. Repeals provisions: (1) relating to the establishment of residency requirements for a police or fire department of a town with a population of less than 7,500; (2) relating to the establishment of residency requirements for a township fire department of a township with a population of less than 7,500; and (3) that exempt a member of a town police or fire department or a township fire department from residency requirements under certain circumstances. Repeals a provision relating to the jurisdiction of hospital police departments. |
| | Current Status: | 3/28/2023 - Senate Homeland Security & Transportation, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/27/2023 - Referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation
2/27/2023 - First Reading
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| HB1069 | AIRPORTS. (CHERRY R) Voids an administrative rule concerning eligibility of projects for which funding is available from the airport development grant fund (grant fund) and relocates (with stylistic changes) the contents of the voided administrative rule. Requires the Indiana department of transportation, in determining the match for a state grant for which federal grants are not available, to: (1) consider the airport classification and the type of project; and (2) require matching funds of at least 25%. |
| | Current Status: | 2/23/2023 - Referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation
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| | Recent Status: | 2/23/2023 - First Reading
1/31/2023 - Referred to Senate
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| HB1132 | LAND USE TASK FORCE. (CULP K) Creates the land use task force to study and make recommendations concerning: (1) areas where food insecurity exists; (2) development growth trends in rural, suburban, and urban communities across Indiana; and (3) other community growth issues. |
| | Current Status: | 3/30/2023 - Senate Commerce & Technology, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/27/2023 - Referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology
2/27/2023 - First Reading
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| HB1142 | LAW ENFORCEMENT RECORDINGS. (PRESCOTT J) Provides that the direct cost that a state or local agency may charge for providing a copy of a law enforcement recording (recording) includes labor costs incurred to: (1) obscure nondisclosable information in the recording; and (2) perform an administrative review of the recording to determine if all nondisclosable information has been obscured. Specifies that the costs of reviewing and obscuring nondisclosable electronic data may not exceed reasonable attorney's fees if the actions are performed by an attorney. Provides that if a court issues an order for disclosure of a law enforcement recording, any copy of the recording must be made by the public agency. Makes a technical correction. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
3/21/2023 - added as third sponsor Senator Pol
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| HB1157 | RESIDENTIAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. (MOED J) Makes the following changes regarding Marion County redevelopment: (1) Revises allocation area requirements for the redevelopment commission (commission) to establish a housing program. (2) Allows the commission to establish a residential housing development program (residential housing program) and a tax increment funding allocation area for the residential housing program, if the construction of new houses fails to reach a benchmark. Requires the department of local government finance, in cooperation with the city of Indianapolis, to determine eligibility for the residential housing program. Specifies the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities of the commission in implementing a residential housing program. |
| | Current Status: | 3/23/2023 - added as cosponsor Senator Ford J.D
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - Committee Report do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
3/23/2023 - Senate Committee recommends passage Yeas: 10; Nays: 0
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| HB1160 | WORKFORCE TRAINING PILOT PROGRAM. (CLERE E) Requires the commission for higher education to establish an education and career support services pilot program. Establishes certain requirements for the education and career support services pilot program. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (FSSA), in consultation with Erskine Green Training Institute (Erskine) and the department of workforce development, to establish a workforce training pilot program (pilot program) to provide training and other services to: (1) unemployed or underemployed individuals who are eligible to receive assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program; and (2) individuals with intellectual and other developmental disabilities. Requires Erskine to administer the pilot program. Requires the FSSA to contract with Erskine to cover the costs of the administration of the pilot program and any subsidized wages associated with the pilot program. Requires Erskine to submit an annual report to the FSSA and the legislative council. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - Senate Family and Children Services, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/27/2023 - Referred to Senate Family and Children Services
2/27/2023 - First Reading
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| HB1167 | LIVE STREAMING AND ARCHIVING MEETINGS. (SMALTZ B) Requires governing bodies of state and local agencies (excluding a state supported college or university) to provide, on a publicly accessible platform: (1) live transmissions of public meetings; and (2) an archive of copies of the live transmissions with links to any meeting agendas, minutes, or memoranda. Provides that if a governing body does not have Internet capability for live transmission of public meetings, the governing body shall record the meeting. Provides that transmissions and recordings of public meetings may be destroyed after 90 days. |
| | Current Status: | 3/23/2023 - Senate Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 8; Nays: 2
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - Senate Local Government, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
2/27/2023 - Referred to Senate Local Government
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| HB1173 | UTILITY SCALE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS. (PRESSEL J) Provides that a person may not: (1) construct a new utility scale battery energy storage system (BESS); or (2) expand the capacity of an existing BESS by more than 10% of the system's existing capacity; without the prior approval of the department of homeland security (department). Sets forth information that must be included in an application to the department for approval of the construction or expansion of a BESS. Provides that a new BESS, or an expansion of an existing BESS, must comply with the National Fire Protection Association's standard concerning stationary energy storage systems (NFPA 855). Provides that if a BESS is located less than 1/2 mile from the nearest 100 year flood plain, all of the system's equipment must be located at least two feet above the 100 year frequency flood elevation. Requires the operator of a BESS to provide a copy of the operator's emergency response plan for the BESS to the fire department responsible for providing fire protection services in the area in which the BESS is located. Authorizes the fire prevention and building safety commission (commission) to adopt rules to specify standards for the installation and operation of a BESS. Provides that the commission's rules must be consistent with NFPA 855. Provides that the commission's rules must include standards for: (A) chemical spill prevention and control; and (B) appropriate setbacks from surface water resources; for the installation and expansion of a BESS. Requires the department to issue to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunication, not later than July 31, 2023, a report regarding the progress of the commission in adopting rules addressing the installation and operation of a BESS. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
3/21/2023 - Senate Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 8; Nays: 0
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| HB1196 | CDL TRAINING REGARDING HUMAN TRAFFICKING. (MCNAMARA W) Provides that the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau) is required to provide, as part of the curriculum for a commercial driver's license, a commercial learner's permit, and any related endorsements and restrictions, industry specific training on how to recognize, prevent, and report human trafficking. Requires the bureau to work in coordination with organizations that specialize in recognizing, preventing, and reporting human trafficking, and to review and update the required training at least one time each year. |
| | Current Status: | 3/28/2023 - Senate Homeland Security & Transportation, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/23/2023 - Referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation
2/23/2023 - First Reading
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| HB1198 | SERIOUS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. (MCNAMARA W) Removes certain sentencing enhancements for battery and malicious mischief that relate to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Repeals certain offenses concerning the donation, sale, or transfer of blood or semen that contains HIV. Defines "responding safety officer" and makes battery by body waste a Level 5 felony if committed against a responding safety officer and certain other circumstances apply. Makes it a Level 6 felony for a person with a serious communicable disease who is not in compliance with a treatment plan to engage in a high risk activity with another person and not inform the other person of the disease.. Makes conforming amendments. |
| | Current Status: | 2/23/2023 - Referred to Senate Corrections and Criminal Law
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| | Recent Status: | 2/23/2023 - First Reading
1/31/2023 - Senate sponsor: Senator Glick
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| HB1200 | GOVERNMENT REFORM TASK FORCE. (BARTELS S) Establishes the government reform task force (task force). Provides for members of the task force. Requires the task force to submit a report. Prohibits the consideration of the number or amount of fines or civil penalties imposed on regulated entities by an employee in an agency's evaluation of the employee. |
| | Current Status: | 2/23/2023 - Referred to Senate Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 2/23/2023 - First Reading
1/24/2023 - Referred to Senate
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| HB1204 | ENFORCEMENT OF WEIGHT LIMITS FOR OVERWEIGHT LOADS. (KARICKHOFF M) Provides for when the department of state revenue (department) may assess a civil penalty for a vehicle or load that is in excess of the legal weight or dimensional limits. Provides for the penalties the department may charge for a violation. |
| | Current Status: | 3/28/2023 - Senate Homeland Security & Transportation, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/13/2023 - added as third sponsor Senator Garten
2/27/2023 - Referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation
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| HB1207 | 911 FEES. (KARICKHOFF M) Authorizes the statewide 911 board to increase the following fees one time in the period beginning after April 30, 2023, and ending before July 1, 2026: (1) The enhanced prepaid wireless charge. (2) The statewide 911 fee. (Current law allows the board to adopt one time increases to each fee in the period that began after April 1, 2020, and ends before July 1, 2023.) |
| | Current Status: | 3/28/2023 - Senate Homeland Security & Transportation, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/23/2023 - Referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation
2/23/2023 - First Reading
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| HB1208 | OPIOID SETTLEMENT. (KARICKHOFF M) Specifies that the distribution of funds from an opioid litigation settlement is subject to a bankruptcy court order or bankruptcy settlement. Provides that an annual distribution of less than $5,000 payable to a city or town pursuant to an opioid litigation settlement agreement must be paid instead to the county. (Under current law, the threshold is $1,000.) Specifies that amounts owed by the state for attorney's fees and costs incurred in connection with opioid litigation must be deducted from the opioid settlement distribution payable to the state. Permits a city, county, or town that receives an opioid litigation settlement payment to transfer all or part of the payment to another city, county, or town to be used for the benefit of both communities. Permits a city, county, or town that receives an opioid litigation distribution to sell the right to receive the distribution. Excludes from the agency settlement fund any amount owed for outside counsel attorney's fees, costs, or expenses. |
| | Current Status: | 2/27/2023 - Referred to Senate Appropriations
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| | Recent Status: | 2/27/2023 - First Reading
2/7/2023 - Referred to Senate
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| HB1209 | DESTINATION DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOUNDATION. (KARICKHOFF M) Allows the destination development corporation (corporation) to establish a nonprofit subsidiary corporation to solicit and accept private sector funding, gifts, donations, bequests, devises, and contributions. Provides that the state examiner may waive the examination of the corporation and a nonprofit subsidiary corporation by the state board of accounts, if the board of the corporation engages an independent certified public accounting firm to conduct an examination of: (1) the corporation and the corporation's funds, accounts, and financial affairs; and (2) a nonprofit subsidiary corporation; in accordance with the uniform compliance guidelines, directives, and standards established by the state board of accounts. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2023 - Returned to the House with amendments
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2023 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 230: yeas 49, nays 0
3/20/2023 - House Bills on Third Reading
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| HB1210 | INDIANA DESTINATION DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD. (KARICKHOFF M) Adds a member to the Indiana destination development corporation board. Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - House Bills on Third Reading
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - added as second sponsor Senator Walker K
3/23/2023 - Second reading ordered engrossed
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| HB1211 | WELDING CERTIFICATIONS ON PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS. (KARICKHOFF M) Requires that contractors on a public works project meet certain standards relating to the welding of structural steel. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2023 - House Concurred in Senate Amendments ; Roll Call 288: yeas 94, nays 0
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| | Recent Status: | 3/21/2023 - Concurrences Eligible for Action
3/20/2023 - Motion to concur filed
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| HB1252 | IMMUNITY FOR ESCORT OF A BANNED PERSON. (HATFIELD R) Specifies that under the tort claims act, a governmental entity or employee acting within the scope of employment is not liable for loss resulting from injury to a person or property of a person who is: (1) under supervision of a governmental entity; and (2) subject to a court order requiring the person to be escorted by a county police officer while the person is on or in a government building owned by a county building authority. Provides exceptions to this immunity. |
| | Current Status: | 2/23/2023 - Referred to Senate Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 2/23/2023 - First Reading
1/31/2023 - Senate sponsor: Senator Becker
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| HB1256 | ARCHIVES AND RECORD ADMINISTRATION. (PIERCE M) Amends related definitions. Amends various duties for the Indiana archives and records administration (administration). Removes the requirement that the administration follow procedures and forms prescribed by the federal government in implementing a forms management program. Requires the administration to establish standards for the design, redesign, numbering, standardization, consolidation, or elimination of forms used by state government. Provides that the administration must apply the definition of "record" to certain governmental materials. Requires a state agency or local government to do the following: (1) Submit recommended retention schedules for each form to the administration. (2) Follow the standards developed by the administration when creating and revising state forms. (3) Designate an agency forms coordinator to manage the creation and revision of state forms belonging to the agency and serve as a liaison between the agency and the administration. (4) Designate an agency records coordinator to coordinate the creation and revision of agency records retention schedules, educate agency staff on records management processes, and serve as a liaison between the agency and the administration. Removes certain duties of the oversight committee on public records. Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: | 3/23/2023 - Senate Local Government, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/27/2023 - Referred to Senate Local Government
2/27/2023 - First Reading
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| HB1266 | CYBER CIVILIAN CORPS PROGRAM ADVISORY BOARD. (JUDY C) Establishes the Indiana cyber civilian corps program advisory board (board). Provides for the membership of the board. Requires the board to provide findings and recommendations concerning the establishment of an Indiana cyber civilian corps program to the legislative council. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - House Bills on Second Reading
3/21/2023 - Committee Report do pass, adopted
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| HB1286 | TOXICOLOGY SCREENING FOR XYLAZINE. (MELTZER J) Provides that, if the coroner reasonably suspects the cause of the person's death to be accidental or intentional overdose of an opioid or if the person was administered an overdose intervention drug prior to death and was unresponsive to the overdose intervention drug, the coroner shall test certain bodily fluids to determine whether the bodily fluid contained any amount, including a trace amount, of xylazine at the time of the person's death. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - House Bills on Third Reading
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - Second reading ordered engrossed
3/23/2023 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| HB1287 | HOME DETENTION. (MELTZER J) Allows a court to place a person convicted of certain crimes directly in a community corrections program. Provides that a violation of certain terms of a community corrections program placement constitutes escape. Repeals the offense of unauthorized absence from home detention, a Class A misdemeanor. Repeals a provision that requires the court to suspend a period of an individual's sentence if placed in a community corrections program. Provides that if a person on home detention knowingly and intentionally: (1) leaves the person's home; (2) remains outside of the person's home; or (3) travels to an unauthorized location; in violation of the home detention order and without written permission commits escape, a Level 6 felony. Provides that the court may not suspend the minimum sentence for a Level 3 felony if the person has a juvenile adjudication for certain offenses committed within three years of the commission of the Level 3 felony. Specifies that a person sentenced to work release in a community corrections program receives one day of accrued time for each day the person is confined on work release. (Current law only specifies that a person on home detention earns accrued time.) Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2023 - added as cosponsor Senator Pol
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| | Recent Status: | 3/21/2023 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 242: yeas 43, nays 0
3/21/2023 - House Bills on Third Reading
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| HB1293 | CORONERS. (VANNATTER H) Provides that if a person dies under certain circumstances in a county that is not the county where the incident occurred resulting in the death, the county coroner where the death occurred may not bill the county where the incident occurred for the costs of the autopsy, unless the coroners of both counties agree as to the necessity of an autopsy. Provides the following: (1) Allows a coroner to determine the means of copying an original record of the coroner. (2) With the exception of a record concerning a death subject to a criminal investigation or proceeding, allows a coroner to destroy or transfer the original record at the time determined by the coroner after copying the record. Provides that a coroner is immune from criminal liability for destroying a public record if the coroner acts in accordance with the coroner's authority to copy and destroy the coroner's records. Removes a requirement that the county fix the compensation of a coroner who is a licensed physician at 1.5 times the compensation of a coroner who is not a licensed physician for coroners who are elected or reelected in the 2024 general election and thereafter. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2023 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 243: yeas 41, nays 2
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| | Recent Status: | 3/21/2023 - House Bills on Third Reading
3/20/2023 - Second reading amended, ordered engrossed
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| HB1306 | KILLING A LAW ENFORCEMENT ANIMAL. (JETER C) Increases the penalty for killing a law enforcement animal to a Level 5 felony. Provides that killing a law enforcement animal in the commission of a crime is an aggravating circumstance for sentencing in criminal cases. |
| | Current Status: | 2/23/2023 - Referred to Senate Corrections and Criminal Law
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| | Recent Status: | 2/23/2023 - First Reading
1/24/2023 - added as coauthor Representative VanNatter
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| HB1315 | ZONING AND HOME WARRANTIES. (MILLER D) Allows a builder to disclaim implied warranties for a new home that is first occupied by a person renting the home as a residence from the initial home buyer. Allows a builder to disclaim implied warranties on a model home in the same manner as a home that is first occupied as a residence. Prohibits a county, city, or town from exercising its planning and zoning authority in a way that differentiates between fraternity and sorority houses based upon whether the fraternity or sorority is officially approved or recognized by the college or university. |
| | Current Status: | 3/23/2023 - Senate Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 10; Nays: 0
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - Senate Local Government, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
3/16/2023 - Senate Local Government, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| HB1316 | IFA APPROVAL, REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAMS, AND NON-REVENUE WATER AUDITS. (MILLER D) Provides that a participant may issue and sell bonds to the Indiana finance authority (authority) without the requirement of an increase to the user rates and charges of the participant. Provides that the bonds must be issued under a resolution or ordinance and the proceeds must be used to carry out the purposes allowed by the program. Provides that, at the request of a state agency, the authority may establish, administer, hold, and manage special revolving loan programs to provide a source of money for grants, loans, and other financial assistance to, or for the benefit of, participants in the program. Transfers the management of non-revenue water audits from the Indiana regulatory commission to the department of environmental management. Defines the term "independent evaluator" for purposes of non-revenue water audits. Amends the definition of "water utility" to an entity that provides water service to at least 1,500 customers for a fee determined by a water meter. Requires a water utility to annually perform an audit of its water distribution system through the use of the latest version of the American Water Works Association's free water audit software or other methodology software to determine the causes of the water utility's non-revenue water. Repeals a provision requiring the authority to prepare and deliver a report to the executive director of the legislative services agency. Provides that the issuance, by the ports of Indiana, of both taxable and tax exempt revenue bonds of the state, payable solely from revenues for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of a port or project, is subject to the prior approval of the authority. Provides that the Indiana Secondary Market for Education Loans, Inc. (ISMEL), may only borrow money subject to the prior approval of the authority. Requires ISMEL to, at least 60 days prior to the issuance or placement of any bond, note, or other instrument, notify the budget committee of the proposed issuance or placement and provide the accompanying prospectuses or offering documents. |
| | Current Status: | 3/28/2023 - Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2023 - added as second sponsor Senator Koch
2/27/2023 - Referred to Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy
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| HB1321 | PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING. (GARCIA WILBURN V) Requires the law enforcement training board to establish minimum standards for basic training and annual inservice training that address the mental health and wellness of law enforcement officers. Requires the executive training program to include training in mental health and wellness and suicide prevention of law enforcement officers. Provides that the mental health and wellness training may be provided online or by other means of virtual instruction. Provides that full-time firefighters' minimum training and annual training requirements must include mental health and wellness training. Requires certain persons who provide emergency medical services to obtain mental health and wellness training as a condition of licensure and certification. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - House Bills on Second Reading
3/21/2023 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
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| HB1334 | ABSENTEE VOTING. (WESCO T) Provides that an agency of the state or a political subdivision may not provide an individual with an application for an absentee ballot unless requested by the individual or a member of the individual's family. Provides that an absentee ballot application must request that the applicant include: (1) certain identification numbers; or (2) a photocopy of: (A) the applicant's Indiana driver's license, (B) the applicant's Indiana identification card number for nondrivers, or (C) other specified proof of identification. Provides that the application form must state that an applicant may include only one of the identification numbers or one of the documents, but the application may be delayed if the county election board cannot match at least one of the numbers with the voter's registration record. Allows an individual to provide, for purposes of accessing an absentee ballot application submitted in an electronic format: (1) the individual's Indiana identification card number for nondrivers; or (2) the unique identifying number assigned to the voter's registration record in the computerized list; as an alternative to the options available under current law. (Current law requires the provision of the individual's Indiana driver's license number or the last four digits of the individual's Social Security number.) Specifies that certain information and documentation is confidential. Specifies when a county voter registration office is required to redact particular confidential information. Requires a county election board to implement specified procedures if the county election board cannot match at least one of the numbers with the voter's registration record. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles (BMV) to provide particular information to the secretary of state (secretary). Requires the secretary and the election division to provide specified information to each county voter registration office. Specifies that if certain information provided by the BMV is not a part of the voter's registration record, the county voter registration office shall update the voter's registration record to include this information. Requires a circuit court clerk or director of a board of elections and registration (clerk) to transmit certain information to an applicant who submits an application to receive an absentee ballot by mail if the application does not fully comply with particular laws. Specifies a process by which a clerk may: (1) deliver a second absentee ballot application; (2) approve a second absentee ballot application; and (3) provide an absentee ballot; to a voter who timely submits a defective application to receive an absentee ballot. Provides that a voter who receives an absentee ballot under certain provisions may return the voted ballot: (1) in person to the absentee voter board; or (2) to the county election board; before the deadline for receipt of absentee ballots. Requires uniform application if a clerk uses this provision. Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - House Bills on Second Reading
3/20/2023 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
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| HB1335 | VARIOUS ELECTION LAW MATTERS. (WESCO T) Modifies the date associated with references in the election code to a federal statute or regulation. Removes and updates obsolete date references from Indiana election law. Specifies additional requirements for a certificate of ascertainment of presidential electors. Modifies the day of the week that presidential electors must assemble to elect the President and Vice President of the United States. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - House Bills on Third Reading
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - added as second sponsor Senator Rogers
3/23/2023 - Second reading ordered engrossed
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| HB1336 | VARIOUS ELECTION LAW MATTERS. (WESCO T) Adds the U.S. Space Force to the definition of "uniformed services" in election law. Provides that electronic signatures may be used for the reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures. Provides that election form approval procedures do not apply to a form incorporated only into the statewide voter registration system. Makes other technical changes relating to approval of election forms. Provides that a statute prohibiting the use of the circuit court clerk's name on a ballot if the clerk is a candidate for an office on the ballot does not apply if the only office for which the individual is a candidate is a political party office. Requires a candidate to specify on the candidate's candidacy document each designation that the candidate wants to use on the ballot. Requires the election division to design all candidacy documents so that the form of the document enables the candidate to insert in a separate field of the document each of the separate designations that a candidate is permitted to use under election law. Provides that an individual is considered to have resigned as an elected official of a unit when the person becomes an employee of the unit the individual serves as an elected official. Provides that certain mailings required by election law be sent by first class mail with tracking rather than by certified mail. Provides that a statute that permits removal and fining of a precinct election officer who fails to perform duties is applicable to an absentee voter board member and to an absentee ballot counter. Authorizes a county election board to permit individuals who are candidates for certain political party offices and relatives of such individuals to serve as precinct election officers if the county election board finds that enough individuals are not available to serve as precinct election officers. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles commission to forward the voter registration part of an application and any declination to register to the election division for transmittal to the appropriate county voter registration office. Adds law enforcement agencies that receive voter registrations to the list of voter registration agencies that are not subject to certain requirements relating to filing voter registration applications. Provides that the statewide voter registration system must contain a feature that identifies potential nonresidential addresses submitted on voter registration applications. Provides additional procedures for updating a copy of a voter's original signature in the statewide voter registration file. Adds judges of city and town courts to the list of officials that must file a statement of economic interest before filing a candidacy document. Provides that an officeholder is not entitled to salary until a statement of economic interest is filed, if required. Provides that, for purposes of determining whether a candidate is affiliated with a particular major political party, the candidate must have voted in that party's two most recent primary elections. (Under current law, a candidate is required to have voted in the political party's most recent primary election.) Provides that if an election district is included entirely within one precinct, and does not include the entire precinct, the petition of nomination must be signed by at least five voters of the election district. Provides that if a special election to fill a vacancy in the office of United States Representative is held on the same day of the election to elect the individual to serve in the succeeding term, an individual may appear on the ballot as a candidate in both elections. Provides that in such an election for United States Representative, the ballot must list the election to fill the office vacancy immediately after the election for the next term of the office. Requires the chair of a political committee to file a final report for a treasurer if the treasurer has died or is otherwise unable to file the report. Provides that the statute requiring reporting of "large" campaign contributions does not require the reporting of a contribution unless it is accepted by the candidate's candidate committee. Provides language for printing on ballots when no candidate has filed for the office. Eliminates the requirement that counties send duplicate copies of state election returns to the election division. Provides that a county executive is not required to establish precincts so that a precinct contains not more than 2,000 active voters or 2,300 active voters if the precinct is in a county designated as a vote center county. Provides that in addition to precinct boundaries, the name of a precinct as included in the federal decennial census data becomes the official name of the precinct. Requires that a ballot be arranged so that all candidates for the same office appear on the same page or the same screen. Provides procedures for ballot layout when a candidate dies or is no longer eligible to appear on the ballot. Requires a circuit court clerk who receives an absentee ballot application from a voter who is not registered to vote in the county to send the application to the circuit court clerk of the county in which the voter is registered. Provides that the designation of a voter as an absent uniformed services voter, an overseas voter, or a voter with print disabilities expires January 1 after such a voter has submitted an absentee ballot application indicating such designation. Provides that, after December 31, 2024, all absentee ballots must be printed on security paper that incorporates features that can be used to authenticate the ballot. Provides that a voter must file residence documentation before 6 p.m. on election day. Provides that only the individuals who are permitted to be in the polls on election day are permitted to be in the room where early absentee voting is occurring. Provides that a county election board may send a signed form from a public test to the election division by electronic mail or fax. Provides that instructions posted in a voting booth or on a marking device may include instructions regarding straight party voting. Provides that an application fee for certification of a voting system does not apply if the application is for a de minimis change. Requires absentee ballot counters to begin counting absentee ballots beginning at 6:00 a.m. on election day if certain conditions are met. Provides that if there is a discrepancy on political party primary ballot choice between the federal write-in absentee ballot and the federal post card application, the federal post card application supersedes the federal write-in absentee ballot. Provides that if an individual who holds a local office is elected to another term in that office and subsequently dies or is disqualified before the next term is scheduled to begin, a vacancy is created that must be filled as otherwise provided by law. Adjusts the schedule for conducting a post-election audit if a contest or recount has been filed affecting the county. Provides that a notice of death of a local office holder is required to be filed only with the circuit court clerk. (Under current law, notice must also be filed with the prosecuting attorney.) Exempts a member of a fiscal or legislative body from assuming certain duties during a vacancy. Requires a magistrate to deposit a copy of the magistrate's oath in the office of the circuit court clerk of the county in which the magistrate resides or |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - added as second sponsor Senator Rogers
3/23/2023 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| HB1348 | DISPOSAL OF FIREARMS BY TRADE FOR NEW EQUIPMENT. (LUCAS J) Permits a law enforcement agency to dispose of certain confiscated firearms by trade with a licensed firearms dealer, a licensed firearm manufacturer, or another law enforcement agency in exchange for new firearms and other law enforcement equipment. Sets forth the recording and reporting requirements for the trade of firearms by a law enforcement agency. |
| | Current Status: | 3/6/2023 - Referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology
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| | Recent Status: | 3/6/2023 - First Reading
2/23/2023 - added as second sponsor Senator Baldwin
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| HB1349 | OUTDOOR REFRESHMENT AREAS. (LINDAUER S) Allows a city or town to designate an outdoor location as a refreshment area with the approval of the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission). Provides that if a refreshment area is approved, the commission designates retailer permittees that may sell alcoholic beverages for consumption within the refreshment area. Prohibits a refreshment area from being located near a school or church unless the school or church does not object. Allows a minor to be within the refreshment area. Makes it a Class C infraction for a participating retailer permittee or vendor to: (1) sell a person more than one alcoholic beverage at a time or an alcoholic beverage that exceeds the volume limitations; or (2) allow a person who is not wearing a wristband identification to enter the refreshment area with an alcoholic beverage. |
| | Current Status: | 2/27/2023 - Referred to Senate Public Policy
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| | Recent Status: | 2/27/2023 - First Reading
1/31/2023 - Referred to Senate
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| HB1355 | TOWNSHIP MERGER PILOT PROGRAM. (MILLER D) Establishes a pilot program that provides for: (1) the merger of townships into a single township government in Blackford County and Switzerland County; and (2) the merger of townships into not more than two township governments in Crawford County. |
| | Current Status: | 3/6/2023 - Referred to Senate Local Government
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| | Recent Status: | 3/6/2023 - First Reading
2/23/2023 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 227: yeas 80, nays 15
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| HB1401 | ASSESSMENT OF WIND POWER DEVICES. (NEGELE S) Requires a public utility company that owns or operates wind power devices after a change in ownership of the wind power devices to report, when filing its first statement of value and description of property with the department of local government finance (department), the valuation of the devices at the same valuation amount that the previous owner reported on the previous owner's last annual report before the change in ownership. Requires a public utility company that owns or operates wind power devices after a change in ownership of the wind power devices to notify the department in a timely manner of the change in ownership. Requires the new owner, for years subsequent to the first year after the change in ownership, to calculate and report the valuation of the wind power devices in accordance with: (1) the statute concerning the taxation of public utility companies; and (2) rules prescribed by the department. Provides that for any year subsequent to the first year after the change in ownership of a wind power device, the department, in determining the just value of the property, shall not consider valuations determined by another governmental agency. Requires the department to make necessary conforming changes to the annual report form. Requires the Indiana utility regulatory commission to include a provision in an order declining to exercise jurisdiction over a public utility company that: (1) owns or operates one or more wind power devices; or (2) plans to own or operate one or more wind power devices; requiring the public utility to notify the department of any change in ownership of the wind power devices. Requires that before November 1, 2024, and before November 1, 2025, the department shall prepare, submit in an electronic format, and present a report on: (1) the valuation of wind power devices; and (2) the department's progress in implementing the bill's provisions; to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications. Amends the Indiana Code provision that sets forth how the department is to determine the just value of the property of a public utility company to provide an exception from the specified procedures with respect to the determination of the just value of wind power devices. |
| | Current Status: | 2/27/2023 - Referred to Senate Utilities
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| | Recent Status: | 2/27/2023 - First Reading
2/7/2023 - Senate sponsors: Senators Leising and Niemeyer
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| HB1402 | WASTE MANAGEMENT MATTERS. (PRESSEL J) Requires: (1) a regional sewage district; or (2) certain municipalities; at least 90 days before requiring the connection of a property to a sewer system and the discontinuance of use of the property's septic system, to notify the property's owner about a statutory exemption from the requirement to connect to the sewer system that may apply to the property. As of January 1, 2023, transfers authority over 410 IAC 6-8.3, an administrative rule on residential onsite sewage systems, from the Indiana department of health to the technical review panel. Requires the technical review panel to review 410 IAC 6-8.3 and adopt amendments to 410 IAC 6-8.3 to recognize and authorize the use in Indiana of: (1) residential onsite sewage system "technology new to Indiana" that has been approved by the technical review panel; and (2) other new and technically advanced residential onsite sewage systems and technology that will potentially provide effective and sanitary solutions to residential sewage treatment and disposal problems. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - Senate Environmental Affairs, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2023 - Senate Environmental Affairs, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
3/6/2023 - Referred to Senate Environmental Affairs
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| HB1411 | SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION ON COUNTY STREETS OR HIGHWAYS. (SMALTZ B) Provides that if the county executive of a county determines that the maximum speed permitted is greater or less than reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist on a street or highway, or part of a street or highway, under the jurisdiction of the county, the county executive may determine and declare a reasonable and safe maximum limit on the street or highway, or part of the street or highway, without performing an engineering and traffic investigation. Provides that the maximum limit declared by the county executive may decrease the limit on the street or highway in the county, or part of the street or highway in the county, but not to less than 35 miles per hour. |
| | Current Status: | 2/27/2023 - Referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation
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| | Recent Status: | 2/27/2023 - First Reading
1/31/2023 - Referred to Senate
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| HB1417 | UTILITY DEFERRED COSTS AND ACCOUNTING PRACTICES. (SOLIDAY E) Amends the Indiana Code provision concerning a system of accounting for public utilities to provide the following: (1) That a public utility, municipally owned utility, or not-for-profit utility may defer for consideration by the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) and for future recovery costs incurred or to be incurred in a regulatory asset, to the extent that the specific costs are incremental and are not otherwise already included for recovery in the utility's rates. (2) That preapproval of the IURC is not required for the creation of a regulatory asset. (3) That a public utility, municipally owned utility, or not-for-profit utility may recover through the utility's rates over a reasonable period, as determined by the IURC, costs that are: (A) deferred under these provisions; and (B) found to be reasonable and prudent by the IURC. Amends the Indiana Code provision concerning a public utility's depreciation account and depreciation rates to provide the following: (1) That depreciation rates shall be calculated to recover a reasonable estimate of the future cost of removing retired assets of the public utility. (2) That in a proceeding in which the costs of a capital asset are being recognized for ratemaking purposes, a public utility may account for any asset retirement obligations and recover, through rates charged to customers, reasonably and prudently incurred costs associated with asset retirement obligations, to the extent the specific asset retirement obligation costs are incremental and have not been included in depreciation rates. (3) That the IURC shall make changes in a public utility's depreciation rates as necessary to reflect changes in: (A) the public utility's estimated asset retirement costs, including all reasonable and prudent costs of removing retired assets; and (B) the estimated retirement dates of the public utility's assets. Amends the Indiana Code chapter concerning federally mandated requirements for energy utilities to specify that recovery of the 80% of IURC-approved federally mandated costs that an energy utility may recover through a rate adjustment mechanism must commence no earlier than: (A) the date of a final agency action regarding the federally mandated requirement; or (B) in the absence of a final agency action, the date on which the federally mandated requirement becomes effective. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - Committee Report do pass, adopted
3/23/2023 - Senate Committee recommends passage Yeas: 8; Nays: 3
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| HB1418 | ANNEXATION OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS. (SOLIDAY E) Permits a third class city to annex an area that is a proposed residential development in which not all lots have been platted or dwellings have been constructed. Expands the area outside the city in which the annexation can occur from three miles to 4.5 miles. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2023 - Returned to the House without amendments
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2023 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 232: yeas 49, nays 0
3/20/2023 - House Bills on Third Reading
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| HB1420 | ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION FACILITIES. (SOLIDAY E) Amends the chapter in the Indiana Code concerning electric transmission facilities as follows: (1) Specifies that the term "electric transmission facility" does not include a line installed solely for the purpose of connecting an electric generation facility to facilities owned by a public utility. (2) Repeals the definition of "local reliability electric transmission facility" and makes conforming changes. (3) Amends the provisions concerning an incumbent electric transmission owner's right of first refusal to construct, own, operate, and maintain certain electric transmission facilities, or upgrades to certain electric transmission facilities, as follows: (A) Specifies that the right of first refusal applies with respect to: (ii) the construction; or (ii) upgrades; of electric transmission facilities if the construction or upgrades have been approved through a regional transmission organization planning process. (B) Requires an incumbent electric transmission owner that exercises its right to construct an electric transmission facility to solicit and evaluate bids for the construction. (C) Provides that in conducting the bill's prescribed bidding process, the incumbent electric transmission owner shall select the bid or combination of bids that fare most favorably in the evaluation of certain factors set forth in the bill. (D) Provides that the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) has jurisdiction to resolve any dispute that arises under the bill's prescribed bidding process and that is raised by an affected bidder. (E) Provides that if an electric transmission line has been approved for construction: (i) each incumbent electric transmission owner that has a right to construct, own, operate, and maintain the electric transmission line shall give written notice to the IURC, not later than 90 days after the construction is approved, regarding the incumbent electric transmission owner's intent to construct, own, operate, and maintain the approved electric transmission line; and (ii) if an incumbent electric transmission owner gives notice of intent not to construct the approved electric transmission line, another entity may construct the approved electric transmission line. |
| | Current Status: | 3/13/2023 - added as second sponsor Senator Leising
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| | Recent Status: | 2/28/2023 - Referred to Senate Utilities
2/28/2023 - First Reading
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| HB1421 | ENERGY PRODUCTION AND RESOURCES. (SOLIDAY E) Requires the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) to issue an order granting or denying an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity (certificate) not later than 240 days after the filing of the application and the submission of the applicant's case in chief. Authorizes the IURC to issue a general administrative order establishing guidelines regarding the information to be included in an applicant's case in chief. Amends the statute providing certain financial incentives for energy utilities in connection with clean energy projects as follows: (1) Provides that a "clean energy project" includes a project to construct or repower, after July 1, 2011, a natural gas facility to displace electricity generation from an existing coal fired generation facility. (2) Provides that an "eligible business" for purposes of eligibility for incentives authorized under the statute includes a joint agency created under the Indiana Code chapter authorizing municipal electric utility programs. (3) Provides (through an amendment to a cross-referenced definition in the Indiana Code chapter governing the Indiana voluntary clean energy portfolio standard program) that for purposes of a clean energy project involving a renewable energy resource project, a "renewable energy resource" includes gas that is derived from the decomposition of organic matter and that: (A) is fully interchangeable with; or (B) can be combined with; conventional natural gas for purposes of generating electricity. (4) Provides that the IURC may provide an incentive under the statute for a project that the IURC finds to be just and reasonable (rather than "reasonable and necessary" under current law). (5) Provides that the IURC may not approve the timely recovery of costs and expenses incurred during the construction and operation of a project unless the IURC finds that recovery of the costs and expenses: (A) is just and reasonable; and (B) will result in a gross financing costs savings over the life of the project. (6) Eliminates the incentive authorizing up to three percentage points on the return on shareholder equity that would otherwise be allowed to be earned on certain clean energy projects. (7) Amends the language prescribing the time frame within which the IURC must issue a determination as to a project's eligibility for the available financial incentives to require the IURC to issue the determination not later than: (A) 120 days after the date of the application; or (B) the time frame prescribed in the bill for the IURC to grant or deny a certificate if a certificate is required for the project. Provides, for purposes of the oil and gas law (which requires the natural resources commission to adopt rules to prevent waste and prohibits actions in the extraction of coal bed methane that would waste commercially minable coal resources), that the term "waste" does not include capturing and destroying coal bed methane for a commercial purpose, including the generation of carbon credits. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2023 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 244: yeas 31, nays 10
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| | Recent Status: | 3/21/2023 - House Bills on Third Reading
3/20/2023 - Second reading amended, ordered engrossed
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| HB1438 | PUBLICATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT NOTICES. (MILLER D) Provides that a towing service is subject to the same public notice advertising rates as a government agency if the service: (1) acts as an agent of a government agency; and (2) provides the notice required to dispose of abandoned vehicles or parts. Provides for the creation of a public notice task force (task force) to study notice publication statutes for the purpose of streamlining the process and maximizing value to Indiana citizens. Provides the following: (1) The task force must publish a report with its determinations and recommendations for legislation not later than December 1, 2023. (2) The task force expires December 31, 2023. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - House Bills on Third Reading
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - added as cosponsor Senator Ford J.D
3/23/2023 - Second reading amended, ordered engrossed
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| HB1454 | DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE. (SNOW C) Prohibits the department of local government finance (department) from approving a county reassessment plan before the assessor provides verification that the land values determination has been completed. Requires an assessor determining land values to submit the values to the county property tax assessment board of appeals (PTABOA). Repeals the provision establishing the division of data analysis of the department. Prohibits a county auditor from denying an application for a standard deduction for a homestead because the applicant does not have a valid driver's license with the address of the homestead property. Provides that when a county auditor submits a certified statement of assessed value to the department, the county auditor shall exclude the amount of assessed value for any property located in the county for which an appeal has been filed and for which there is no final disposition. Makes supplemental county property tax levy provisions for Ripley and Dearborn counties. Provides that a county auditor may appeal to the department to include the amount of assessed value under appeal within a taxing district for that calendar year. Removes the requirement that a PTABOA quorum must include at least one certified level two or level three assessor-appraiser. Prescribes additional duties for the department. Provides that, in the assessment of tangible property, confidential information may be disclosed to an official or employee of a county. Provides that the required annual visit between a representative of the department and each county may take place virtually. Requires a township or county assessor to document any changes made to the parcel characteristics of real property from the previous year's assessment in an assessment of the real property. Provides that in an appeal of the assessment, the township or county assessor has the burden of proving the validity of any change to the parcel characteristics. Changes the sunset date for the procedure for selling bonds to July 1, 2025. Provides that a township may elect to establish a township firefighting fund and a township emergency services fund in lieu of the township firefighting and emergency services fund. Clarifies the term "video service". Increases amounts for which state educational institutions and school corporations may award contracts. Makes changes to the geothermal device deduction. Removes provisions that require a county to meet certain qualifications before it is authorized to adopt an emergency medical services local income tax rate. Provides that if the sale price of distressed property exceeds $50,000, a redevelopment commission must obtain two independent appraisals before purchasing the property. Makes restrictions if a county adopting body makes any fiscal decision that has a financial impact to an underlying local taxing unit. Establishes procedures for rental property assessment appeals. Makes changes to a provision granting a property tax exemption to cemetery owners. |
| | Current Status: | 3/6/2023 - added as cosponsor Senator Niezgodski
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| | Recent Status: | 2/27/2023 - Referred to Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy
2/27/2023 - First Reading
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| HB1457 | PUBLIC HEALTH MATTERS. (BARRETT B) Establishes licensing standards for rural emergency hospitals. Provides that certain personal information is confidential if a complaint is filed with the Indiana department of health (department). Allows the department to analyze information submitted by entities regulated by the department for quality improvement purposes. Repeals the provision concerning a provisional license for certain hospice programs. Provides that the definition of "home health services" includes community based palliative care. Establishes standards for housing with services establishments that offer memory care services. Changes references from "venereal disease" to "sexually transmitted infection". Allows a local health officer to issue a birth, death, or stillbirth certificate from the electronic registration system regardless of the location of the filing of the record. Removes the requirement that the department develop educational materials concerning prenatal and neonatal transmission of HIV. Removes the requirement that the department be notified if certain emergency responders request test results following a potential exposure to a serious communicable disease. Changes the date that the department submits a report concerning childhood lead poisoning. Removes the exemption to a vendor of a farmer's market or roadside stand from the requirements relating to food products that are not potentially hazardous. Amends the criteria for a safety pin program (program) grant proposal. Provides that if the department approves a program grant proposal, the department shall determine the initial award amount and the amount to be distributed once the grantee meets certain performance metrics. Provides a preference for awarding grants from the program to populations with demonstrable higher need. Provides that the center for deaf and hard of hearing education shall provide assistance to classroom instruction and professionals. Makes technical and conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: | 3/16/2023 - added as second sponsor Senator Johnson
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| | Recent Status: | 3/1/2023 - Referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
3/1/2023 - First Reading
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| HB1493 | ELIMINATION OF COSTS AND FEES IN JUVENILE COURT. (MCNAMARA W) Provides that a parent is presumed indigent for purposes of parental payment or reimbursement for services provided by the department of child services to a child adjudicated delinquent or a child in need of services. Further provides that, when the department of correction is awarded wardship of a child, the juvenile court may not order a parent to pay or reimburse the department unless the juvenile court makes a specific finding that the parent is able to pay. Removes fees and costs associated with a child alleged to be a delinquent child from the supplemental public defender services fund and the public defense administration fee. Allows the alternative dispute resolution fund (fund) to be used for guardian ad litem services. Requires the court to determine whether, when a party is charged or convicted with a crime against the person, participation in services provided by the fund poses an unreasonable risk of harm. Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: | 3/13/2023 - added as second sponsor Senator Ford Jon
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| | Recent Status: | 3/13/2023 - Committee Report do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
3/13/2023 - Senate Committee recommends passage Yeas: 6; Nays: 0
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| HB1499 | PROPERTY TAX MATTERS. (THOMPSON J) Provides that the circuit-breaker credit is equal to the amount by which a person's property tax liability attributable to the person's homestead exceeds, for property taxes first due and payable: (1) in 2024, 0.95%; and (2) in 2025, 0.975%; of the gross assessed value of the property that is the basis for determination of the property taxes. Increases the amount of the supplemental homestead deduction for property taxes first due and payable in 2024 and 2025. Provides that if a taxpayer presents an appraisal to the county property tax assessment board of appeals (county board) that meets specified requirements, the appraisal is presumed to be correct. Provides that if the county board disagrees with the taxpayer's appraisal, the county board may seek review of the appraisal or obtain an independent appraisal. Provides that after the assignment of value, the parties shall retain their rights to appeal the assessment or assessments to the Indiana board of tax review. Provides that, notwithstanding any increase in assessed value of property from the previous assessment date, the total amount of operating referendum tax that may be levied by a school corporation for taxes first due and payable in 2024 may not increase by more than 3% over the maximum operating referendum tax that could be levied by the school corporation in the previous year. Increases the renter's state income tax deduction to $4,000. Increases the residential property state income tax deduction to $3,500. Authorizes a county fiscal body to adopt an ordinance to provide property tax relief for property tax liability attributable to homesteads for qualified individuals. Modifies the threshold amounts used for determining whether a political subdivision's project is a controlled project and whether the petition and remonstrance process or the referendum process applies based on the political subdivision's total debt service tax rate. Provides a calculation to be used in determining the maximum levy growth quotient in 2024 and 2025. |
| | Current Status: | 3/1/2023 - Referred to Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy
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| | Recent Status: | 3/1/2023 - First Reading
2/22/2023 - Referred to Senate
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| HB1512 | WASTE DIVERSION AND RECYCLING. (SPEEDY M) Renames the central Indiana waste diversion pilot project the "central Indiana waste diversion project" (project). Establishes two new purposes for the project: (1) advancing research and development to enhance existing waste diversion efforts and supporting the creation of new processes and technologies that expand upon the existing universe of waste diversion and reuse of recyclable material; and (2) supporting recycling technology or programs for the return, collection, and sorting of recyclable glass, aluminum, or plastic beverage containers that are accessible to the general public and are operated by a retail merchant, a professional sports or entertainment venue, an airport, an elementary school or high school, or an institution of higher education. Extends the duration of the project from three years to four years. Requires the beginning of a second round of grant applications and awards. Provides that, in the second round, private sector persons and companies located in Hamilton, Hancock, Shelby, Johnson, Morgan, Hendricks, and Boone Counties (in addition to Marion County) may apply for grants from the program. Requires the department of environmental management, for purposes of the second round, to develop and distribute grant application forms, accept grant applications, and make recommendations to the Indiana recycling market development board (board). Authorizes the board to request additional information from a grant applicant if the board determines that the information provided does not meet certain requirements and to reopen the application process if the board determines that none of the applications submitted meet the goals of the project. Requires the board, in the second round, to award not more than a total of $3,000,000 to grant applicants, of which not more than $1,000,000 shall be awarded to applicants seeking a grant to enable them to acquire recycling technology or conduct or participate in recycling programs that involve the return, collection, and sorting of recyclable glass, aluminum, or plastic beverage containers, that are accessible to the general public, and that are operated by a retail merchant, a professional sports or entertainment venue, an airport, an elementary school or high school, or an institution of higher education. |
| | Current Status: | 3/20/2023 - Committee Report amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2023 - Senate Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 10; Nays: 0
3/20/2023 - Senate Environmental Affairs, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| HB1513 | FSSA MATTERS. (BARRETT B) Changes the name of the bureau of developmental disabilities services to the bureau of disabilities services. Removes certain members from the 211 advisory committee. Repeals Medicaid copayment provisions that: (1) require the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) to apply a copayment for certain Medicaid services; (2) require a recipient to make a copayment upon the receipt of services and for a provider not to voluntarily waive a copayment; (3) set forth exemptions from copayment requirements; and (4) require the provider to charge the maximum allowable copayment. Allows for an enrollment fee, a premium, a copyament, or a similar charge to be imposed as a condition of an individual's eligibility for the healthy Indiana plan and the children's health insurance program. Removes a prohibition on the office from: (1) requiring certain providers to submit non-Medicaid revenue information in the provider's annual historical financial report; and (2) only requesting balance sheets from certain providers that apply directly to the provider's facility. Allows the office to implement an end of therapy reclassification methodology in a successor of the RUG-IV, 48-Group model for payment of nursing facility services. |
| | Current Status: | 2/27/2023 - Referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
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| | Recent Status: | 2/27/2023 - First Reading
2/16/2023 - Senate sponsor: Senator Charbonneau
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| HB1557 | INVENTORY OF LOST FARMLAND. (CULP K) Directs the state department of agriculture to conduct an inventory of farmland lost in Indiana from 2010 to 2022. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2023 - Returned to the House without amendments
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2023 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 233: yeas 47, nays 2
3/20/2023 - House Bills on Third Reading
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| HB1575 | RESIDENTIAL BUILDING COMMISSION. (O'BRIEN T) Establishes the residential building commission (building commission) within the department of homeland security. Provides that the building commission has exclusive jurisdiction for the review and adoption of building codes and standards that regulate the construction of dwellings. |
| | Current Status: | 3/30/2023 - Senate Local Government, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - Senate Local Government, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
3/6/2023 - Referred to Senate Local Government
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| HB1583 | HEALTH PLANS AND AMBULANCE SERVICE PROVIDERS. (HEATON R) Amends the law requiring a health plan operator to fairly negotiate rates and terms with any ambulance service provider willing to become a participating provider with respect to the operator's health plan. Provides that, if negotiations between an ambulance service provider and a health plan operator that occur after June 30, 2022, do not result in the ambulance service provider becoming a participating provider with respect to the health plan, each party, beginning May 1, 2023, is required to provide to the department of insurance (department) a written notice: (1) reporting the unsuccessful conclusion of the negotiations; and (2) stating the points that were discussed in the negotiations but on which agreement was not reached. Requires the department, not later than May 1, 2024, to submit to the legislative council and the interim study committee on public health, behavioral health, and human services a report summarizing the written notices that the department has received from ambulance service providers and health plan operators. |
| | Current Status: | 3/29/2023 - Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/27/2023 - Referred to Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions
2/27/2023 - First Reading
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| HB1601 | EXEMPTION FROM PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS. (BAIRD B) Provides that a forestry operation that conducts its operations in compliance with the Indiana Logging and Forestry Best Management Practices Field Guide published by the Indiana department of natural resources is exempt from any requirement to obtain a permit from the department of natural resources or the department of environmental management concerning forestry activities confined to a waterway that has a watershed not greater than 10 square miles. Defines forestry operation. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - House Bills on Second Reading
3/21/2023 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| HB1605 | PUBLIC DEFENDER PARTICIPATION IN PARF. (VANNATTER H) Adds a person who serves in one of the following positions on or after January 1, 2014, to the prosecuting attorneys retirement fund (PARF): (1) The state public defender or the second highest paid staff person employed by the state public defender. (2) The executive director of the public defender council of Indiana or the second highest paid staff person employed by the public defender council of Indiana. (3) The highest paid or the second highest paid staff person employed by the Indiana public defender commission. (4) A chief public defender or chief deputy public defender. Allows staff attorneys of the prosecuting attorneys council of Indiana employed on or after January 1, 2012, to participate in PARF. Changes the name of the prosecuting attorneys retirement fund to the prosecuting attorneys and public defenders retirement fund. Provides that after a participant has contributed to PARF for 22 years, the state or county shall pay the contributions to the fund for the participant. Provides that the computation of benefits is based in part on the highest salary that was paid to the participant before separation from service. Provides that 1% shall be added to the percentage used to calculate benefits for each year of service after 22 years. Provides that a reduced annual retirement benefit equals the benefit that would be payable if the participant were 65 years of age reduced by 0.10% for each month before the participant's sixty-fifth birthday. Allows a participant to receive service credit in PARF for more than one year and less than 10 years of service received by the participant in the public employees' retirement fund under certain conditions. Provides for the calculation of an offset of PARF benefits payable to a participant from a participant's public employees' retirement fund benefits based on the concurrent service and wages the participant earned in both the public employees' retirement fund and PARF. Makes corresponding changes. |
| | Current Status: | 3/16/2023 - Committee Report amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
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| | Recent Status: | 3/15/2023 - Senate Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 9; Nays: 1
3/15/2023 - Senate Pensions and Labor, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| HB1609 | WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT MATTERS. (DAVIS M) Repeals provisions concerning the work Indiana program. Defines "adult education and literacy activities" and requires that certain money appropriated by the general assembly be used for workforce preparation activities and integrated education and training. Removes or amends certain provisions regarding: (1) reimbursements to eligible providers for adult education that is provided to certain individuals; and (2) adult education grants provided to employers of eligible employees. Allows the department of workforce development to grant a specified diploma to an individual who demonstrates high school level skills through certain competency based assessments and obtains an industry recognized credential. Specifies the meaning of "authorization" for the purpose of certain provisions related to postsecondary proprietary educational institutions. Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: | 3/23/2023 - Committee Report amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
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| | Recent Status: | 3/22/2023 - Senate Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 13; Nays: 0
3/22/2023 - Senate Education & Career Development, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| HB1623 | ADMINISTRATIVE RULEMAKING. (BARTELS S) Requires: (1) authorization from the budget agency and the office of management and budget; and (2) two public comment periods of 30 days for all proposed rules (except emergency rules and agency corrections); before the rules may be adopted. Standardizes the economic and fiscal impact information that must be prepared by an agency in order to adopt a rule. Requires rules to either expire or be readopted every five years rather than every seven years. Eliminates provisions that exempt certain rules from expiring. Provides for additional information concerning a readoption action to be published with a notice of readoption. Requires an agency to conduct a hearing on a proposed readoption. Eliminates differences between readoption procedures applicable to environmental rules and other rules. Validates readoption actions that become effective before July 1, 2023. Establishes criteria for use of emergency rulemaking procedures. Provides that rules formally adopted as emergency rules to implement a change in law or certain other circumstances may be adopted through emergency rule, interim rule, or expedited rule procedures. Requires preapproval by the governor to adopt rules through these procedures in the case of emergency rules and interim rules. Requires preapproval by the office of management and budget to adopt rules through expedited rule procedures. Authorizes the attorney general or the governor to suspend the operation of these rules. Requires the attorney general to specify the basis for disapproving an emergency, interim, or expedited rule. Requires an agency to conduct one comment period before adopting a rule using the interim rulemaking procedures. Eliminates indefinite expiration dates for emergency rules and reorganizes provisions related to expiration dates and extension periods. Specifies when expedited rules expire and limits the number of times expedited rules may be extended. Indicates how to calculate the one year period in which an environmental agency must complete a rulemaking process. Provides transitional provisions. Requires the code revision commission to prepare conforming legislation for introduction in the 2024 legislative session. Provides that a party prevailing against the agency is entitled to attorney's fees if the agency has acted without legal authority having the force of or enforceable as law. Amends the law requiring the department of environmental management (department) to establish a state permit program for the implementation in Indiana of the federal standards for the disposal of coal combustion residuals (CCR) in landfills and surface impoundments (the federal CCR rule). Provides that the rules adopted by the environmental rules board concerning the disposal of CCR in landfills and surface impoundments: (1) shall be consistent with the federal CCR rule; (2) shall not impose a restriction or requirement that is more stringent than the corresponding restriction or requirement imposed under the federal CCR rule; and (3) shall not impose a restriction or requirement that is not imposed by the federal CCR rule. Defines "legacy generation resource" as an electric generating facility that is directly or indirectly owned by a corporation that was originally formed for the purpose of providing power to the federal government for use in the nation's defense or in furtherance of national interests. Provides that the authority of the department to establish requirements under the state permit program is the only authority the department has to establish requirements for a surface impoundment of CCR located on the grounds of a legacy generation resource. Provides that if an agency fails to promulgate a required rule relating to licensure, a licensee is not required to pay license fees relating to the rule and is entitled to the refund of any already paid licensure fees. Establishes a procedure to determine whether a required rule has been promulgated. Repeals superseded statutes and makes cross reference, name, and other conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: | 2/28/2023 - Referred to Senate Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 2/28/2023 - First Reading
2/21/2023 - Referred to Senate
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| HB1626 | ADMINISTRATIVE RULES CONCERNING CARBON DIOXIDE. (SOLIDAY E) Authorizes the department of natural resources (department) to adopt emergency rules to carry out the duties of the department under the article of the Indiana Code concerning carbon dioxide. Requires the natural resources commission (commission) to adopt rules to implement the article of the Indiana Code concerning carbon dioxide. Provides that the rules adopted by the commission: (1) must include the provisions necessary for the department's discharge of the duties imposed upon the department under; and (2) may establish fees for the administration and implementation of; the article of the Indiana Code concerning carbon dioxide. Specifies that any fees established by the commission for the administration and implementation of the article are subject to review by the budget committee. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2023 - added as cosponsor Senator Randolph
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2023 - Committee Report amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
3/20/2023 - Senate Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 8; Nays: 0
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| HB1627 | SALE OF TAX SALE PROPERTIES TO NONPROFITS. (BAUER M) Provides that tax sale statute concerning the sale of real property to eligible nonprofit entities for low or moderate income housing applies to St. Joseph County and a city containing a consolidated city. (Current law provides that the provision only applies to a county having a consolidated city.) |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - House Bills on Second Reading
3/20/2023 - added as cosponsor Senator Pol
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| HB1639 | WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS. (AYLESWORTH M) Provides that the executives of one or more counties may adopt ordinances designating their counties as members of a proposed watershed development commission (commission) and that the proposed commission is established as a legal entity with the counties as its members if it is recognized by the natural resources commission. Requires the natural resources commission, in deciding whether to recognize a proposed commission, to answer certain questions. Provides that a nonmember county may become a member of an established commission if its membership is accepted by the member counties and recognized by the natural resources commission. Requires the department of natural resources (department), with the approval of the natural resources commission, to certify the area of a member county that is within a commission's designated watershed. Sets forth certain flood damage reduction and drainage purposes for which a commission may be established. Provides that a commission may also have water quality purposes if the board develops a water quality improvement plan that is approved by the natural resources commission. Specifies that a water quality purpose, goal, project, or interstate agreement does not convey water quality regulatory authority to a watershed development commission. Requires a commission to develop a flood damage reduction and drainage plan for its designated watershed and grants a commission exclusive authority to perform drainage and flood damage reduction activities within the channel of the river that is the surface water outlet of the commission's designated watershed. Authorizes, however, a commission to enter into an interlocal cooperation agreement with an existing local governmental entity having some flood damage reduction authority to apportion authority and financial support between the two entities. Provides for a commission to be governed by a board that includes the director of the department (or the director's designee) and one representative of each member county. Provides that the board of a single county commission also includes the county surveyor. Establishes an advisory committee for each commission to provide counsel to the board. Provides for the funding of a commission through an annual special assessment against each taxable parcel of real property that is located: (1) in a member county; and (2) within the designated watershed of the commission. Establishes maximum assessment levels and allows the board of a commission to reduce the special assessment to lower levels. Authorizes a member county to adopt any of three alternative methods of funding the commission. Authorizes a commission to give preference to an Indiana business over an out-of-state business in contracting for public works. Allows the Maumee River basin commission, the St. Joseph River basin commission, or the Upper Wabash River basin commission to transform into a watershed development commission if the county executives of all participating counties, by vote of at least two of the three members of the county executive, approve the proposed transformation. Provides that if the St. Joseph River basin commission is transformed into a watershed development commission, the members of the St. Joseph River basin commission become members of the watershed development commission's advisory committee. Provides that the board of storm water management shall appoint an individual representing each second class city within each county on the watershed development commission. Provides that if a county does not have a second class city, the municipality with the largest population in the county shall appoint one individual. Specifies that if a second class city or the municipality with the largest population does not have a board of storm water management, then the executive of the second class city or of the municipality with the largest population shall make the appointment. |
| | Current Status: | 3/28/2023 - Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/21/2023 - Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
3/14/2023 - added as cosponsor Senator Breaux
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| HB1647 | RESIDENTIAL ONSITE SEWAGE SYSTEMS. (MORRIS R) Prohibits the installation of a residential onsite sewage system less than 25 feet from the edge of a sinkhole. Provides that if a professional soil scientist has determined that a site is suitable for the installation of the residential onsite sewage system and a registered professional engineer, a registered soil scientist, a septic system installer or inspector licensed by the county, or the designer of the system has approved the design and specifications for the residential onsite sewage system, the local health department shall issue a permit for the residential onsite sewage system not more than 30 business days after receiving a complete application for the permit. Provides that a residential onsite sewage system may be installed in a lot meeting a certain description if at least one site on the lot is determined to be suitable for the installation of the residential onsite sewage system. Provides that an officer or employee of a local health department may not enter a property to inspect a residential onsite sewage system unless the owner or occupant is given notice of the inspection by first class mail at least seven days before the day of the inspection. Provides that if a local health department determines that a residential onsite sewage system is in failure and orders that the system failure be corrected but the owner or occupant of the property enters into a contract under which an installer or inspector, onsite sewage system technician, or professional engineer will make an independent determination whether the residential onsite sewage system is in failure, the order of the local health department requiring that the system failure be corrected is stayed until 60 days after the date of the order. Provides that if the installer or inspector, technician, or engineer determines that the residential onsite sewage system is not in system failure, the local health department shall: (1) withdraw its order; or (2) conduct an investigation to make a new determination whether the residential onsite sewage system is in system failure. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - Senate Environmental Affairs, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/6/2023 - Referred to Senate Environmental Affairs
3/6/2023 - First Reading
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| SB1 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MATTERS. (CRIDER M) Provides that, subject to certain procedures and requirements, the office of the secretary of family and social services may apply to the United States Department of Health and Human Services: (1) for a Medicaid state plan amendment, a waiver, or an amendment to an existing waiver to require reimbursement for eligible certified community behavioral health clinic services; or (2) to participate in the expansion of a community mental health services demonstration program. Requires the division of mental health and addiction to establish and maintain a help line: (1) to provide confidential emotional support and referrals to certain resources to individuals who call the help line; and (2) that is accessible by calling a toll free telephone number. Establishes the Indiana behavioral health commission (commission) and sets forth the commission's membership. Changes the name of the "9-8-8 crisis hotline center" to "9-8-8 crisis response center". Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: | 3/20/2023 - added as cosponsor Representative Pryor
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2023 - Rule 105.1 suspended
3/13/2023 - Rule 105.1 suspended
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| SB3 | STATE AND LOCAL TAX REVIEW TASK FORCE. (HOLDMAN T) Establishes the state and local tax review task force (task force). Specifies the membership of the task force and the topics the task force is required to review. Makes an appropriation. |
| | Current Status: | 3/6/2023 - Referred to House Ways and Means
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| | Recent Status: | 3/6/2023 - First Reading
2/28/2023 - Referred to House
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| SB4 | PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION. (CHARBONNEAU E) Defines "core public health services" for purposes of public health laws. Adds members to the executive board of the Indiana department of health (state department). Provides that the state department may provide district or regional services to local health departments. Require each local board of health to establish a local public health services fund to receive state funding. Provides a method of allocation of state funding to local boards of health, subject to state appropriations. Allows the state department to issue guidance to local health departments. Requires the state department to make annual local health department reports available to the public. Changes the qualification requirements for a local health officer and requires certain training. Requires the state department to identify state level metrics and county level metrics and requires certain local health departments to report to the state department activities and metrics on the delivery of core public health services. Requires the state department to annually report on the metrics to the budget committee and publish information concerning the metrics on the Internet. Sets political affiliation limitations on local boards of health and adds two members to local boards of health. Requires a multiple county health department to maintain at least one physical office in each represented county. Provides that a new city health department cannot be created after December 31, 2022, but allows current city health departments to continue to operate. Creates the Indiana trauma care commission and sets forth the commission's duties. Specifies that certain vision screenings in schools for students may be performed by an physician or an optometrist. Requires vision screening in kindergarten and first grade (current law allows for the screening in either grade). Modifies the list of vision tests that may be used. Requires the school to send to the parent of a student any recommendation for further testing by the vision screener. Allows for standing orders to be used for emergency stock medication in schools. Allows the state health commissioner or designee to issue a statewide standing order, prescription, or protocol for emergency stock medication for schools. Removes the distance requirement for an access practice dentist to provide communication with a dental hygienist. |
| | Current Status: | 3/16/2023 - added as cosponsor Representative Cherry
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2023 - House Public Health, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
2/28/2023 - Referred to House Public Health
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| SB5 | CONSUMER DATA PROTECTION. (BROWN L) Establishes a new article in the Indiana Code concerning consumer data protection, to take effect January 1, 2026. Sets forth the following within the new article: (1) Definitions of various terms that apply throughout the article. (2) Exemptions from the bill's requirements concerning the responsibilities of controllers of consumers' personal data. (3) The rights of an Indiana consumer to do the following: (A) Confirm whether or not a controller is processing the consumer's personal data. (B) Correct inaccuracies in the consumer's personal data that the consumer previously provided to a controller. (C) Delete the consumer's personal data held by a controller. (D) Obtain a copy or representative summary of the consumer's personal data that the consumer previously provided to the controller. (E) Opt out of the processing of the consumer's personal data for certain purposes. (4) The responsibilities of controllers of consumers' personal data. (5) The roles of controllers and processors with respect to a consumer's personal data. (6) Requirements for data protection impact assessments by controllers of consumers' personal data. (7) Requirements for processing de-identified data or pseudonymous data. (8) Limitations as to the scope of the new article. (9) The authority of the attorney general to investigate and enforce suspected or actual violations of the new article. (10) The preemption of local rules, regulations, and laws regarding the processing of personal data. |
| | Current Status: | 3/15/2023 - House Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/13/2023 - added as cosponsors Representatives Jeter C and Hamilton
2/28/2023 - Referred to House Judiciary
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| SB20 | DESIGNATED OUTDOOR REFRESHMENT AREAS. (BROWN L) Allows a city or town to designate an outdoor location as a refreshment area with the approval of the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission). Provides that if a refreshment area is approved, the commission designates retailer permittees that may sell alcoholic beverages for consumption within the refreshment area. Prohibits a refreshment area from being located near a school or church unless the school or church does not object. Allows a minor to be within the refreshment area. Makes it a Class C misdemeanor for a participating retailer permittee or vendor to sell a person more than two alcoholic beverage at a time or an alcoholic beverage that exceeds the volume limitations. |
| | Current Status: | 3/14/2023 - added as cosponsor Representative Lyness
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2023 - Rule 105.1 suspended
3/13/2023 - added as cosponsor Representative Meltzer J
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| SB33 | SOLAR PANEL AND WIND POWER EQUIPMENT DISPOSAL STUDY. (WALKER G) Directs the Indiana department of environmental management (IDEM) to conduct a study concerning the decommissioning and disposal of solar panels and wind power equipment. Sets forth certain topics that IDEM must consider in conducting the study. Provides that IDEM may consult with the Indiana utility regulatory commission as necessary to conduct the study. Requires IDEM to: (1) file a report on its findings and recommendations resulting from the study with the chairman of the legislative council; and (2) present the report to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications; not later than October 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - Second reading ordered engrossed
3/23/2023 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
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| SB37 | FOOD AND BEVERAGE TAXES. (GASKILL M) Requires each local unit that imposes a food and beverage tax to annually report information concerning distributions and expenditures of amounts received from the food and beverage tax. Provides that food and beverage taxes currently authorized under IC 6-9 and that do not otherwise contain an expiration date (other than the stadium and convention building authority food and beverage tax and the historic hotels food and beverage tax) shall expire on the later of: (1) January 1, 2045; or (2) the date on which all bonds or lease agreements outstanding on May 7, 2023, are completely paid. Requires each local unit that imposes a food and beverage tax that is subject to the expiration provision to provide to the department of local government finance (department) a list of each bond or lease agreement outstanding on May 7, 2023, and the date on which each will be completely paid. Requires the department to publish the information on the gateway website. Declares the intention of the general assembly to only authorize local units to impose new food and beverage taxes based on specified criteria. |
| | Current Status: | 2/7/2023 - Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
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| | Recent Status: | 2/7/2023 - First Reading
1/24/2023 - added as coauthor Senator Niezgodski
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| SB43 | RESIDENCY OF 911 OPERATORS. (SANDLIN J) Provides that a public safety agency may not establish or maintain residency requirements for a public safety telecommunicator employed by a public safety agency. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - Second reading ordered engrossed
3/23/2023 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
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| SB46 | COUNTY OPTION CIRCUIT BREAKER TAX CREDIT. (SANDLIN J) Authorizes a county fiscal body to adopt an ordinance to provide a credit against property tax liability for qualified individuals. Defines a "qualified individual" for purposes of the credit. Provides that the ordinance may designate: (1) all of the territory of the county; or (2) one or more specific geographic territories within the county; as an area in which qualified individuals may apply for the credit. Provides that the credit amount is equal to the amount by which property taxes on the property increased by at least 2% but not more than 5% from the prior year (excluding any property tax liability imposed in a voter approved referendum levy). Provides that the credit does not affect the allocation of taxes to a referendum fund. Requires a qualified individual who desires to claim the credit to file a certified statement with the county auditor. Provides that the county auditor shall apply the credit in succeeding years after the certified statement is filed unless the auditor determines that the individual is no longer eligible for the credit or the county fiscal body rescinds the ordinance. Provides a penalty for wrongly receiving the credit that is the same as the penalty for wrongly receiving the homestead standard deduction. |
| | Current Status: | 3/22/2023 - House Ways and Means, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/28/2023 - Referred to House Ways and Means
2/28/2023 - First Reading
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| SB65 | ELECTED OFFICIALS TRAINING FUND. (NIEMEYER R) Allows a county treasurer, upon the county fiscal body's determination that money in the county elected officials training fund (fund) is in excess of the fund's expenses, to transfer the excess money to the county recorder's records perpetuation fund. Provides that the transfer must be made not later than December 31, 2023. |
| | Current Status: | 3/22/2023 - House Ways and Means, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/14/2023 - added as cosponsors Representatives Slager and Andrade M
2/13/2023 - Representatives Olthoff and Andrade M removed as cosponsors
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| SB74 | LOCAL USE OF RESTRICTED FUNDS. (ALEXANDER S) Defines "preservation" for purposes of provisions that require counties, cities, and towns to use at least 50% of the money distributed from the motor vehicle highway account for construction, reconstruction, and preservation of highways. Requires the local technical assistance program at Purdue University (LTAP), in conjunction with the Indiana department of transportation (department), to analyze data for calendar years 2018 through 2022 regarding the use of motor vehicle highway account allocations to counties, cities, and towns. Specifies the contents of the analysis and requires LTAP, in conjunction with the department, to present the results of the analysis in a report to the budget committee. |
| | Current Status: | 3/15/2023 - House Ways and Means, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/28/2023 - Referred to House Ways and Means
2/28/2023 - First Reading
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| SB78 | DISTRIBUTIONS OF PUBLIC SAFETY INCOME TAX REVENUE. (NIEMEYER R) Requires that part of a certified distribution allocated to a county (other than Marion County), subject to a qualified township's application, be allocated among the qualified townships in the county. Provides the calculation for the amount of the allocation. Provides that a qualified township and various fire entities may apply to the county adopting body for a distribution of tax revenue. Provides that the county adopting body shall review an application and shall, before September 1 of a year, adopt a resolution requiring tax revenue to be distributed to a qualified applicant or applicants. Provides that the county adopting body shall provide a copy of the resolution to the county auditor and the department of local government finance. Provides that an adopted resolution submitted in a timely manner to the county auditor and the department of local government finance applies to distributions of tax revenue to the qualified applicant in the following calendar year and each calendar year thereafter until the qualified applicant rescinds the application. Provides that a qualified applicant that wishes to rescind its application under this subsection must notify the county adopting body in writing. Provides that if the county adopting body receives a qualified applicant's written notice to rescind its application, the county adopting body shall adopt a resolution rescinding the qualified applicant's distribution before September 1 of a year and shall provide a copy of the resolution to the county auditor and the department of local government finance. |
| | Current Status: | 3/22/2023 - House Ways and Means, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/13/2023 - added as cosponsor Representative Andrade M
2/28/2023 - Referred to House Ways and Means
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| SB106 | LOCAL POWERS CONCERNING ELECTIONS. (BUCK J) Provides that a unit does not have the power to adopt an ordinance, a resolution, or an order concerning certain elections, or otherwise conduct an election, except as expressly granted by statute. Specifies that an ordinance, a resolution, or an order concerning certain elections that was adopted before January 1, 2023, is void unless a statute expressly granted the unit the power to adopt the ordinance, resolution, or order. |
| | Current Status: | 3/14/2023 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 259: yeas 92, nays 0
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2023 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
3/13/2023 - added as cosponsors Representatives Cherry, Pryor, Boy
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| SB134 | RETAIL SALE OF DOGS. (DORIOT B) Enacts an article concerning the retail sale of dogs. Provides that restrictions on ordinances concerning the retail sale of dogs do not apply to a city or incorporated town that adopts an ordinance before January 1, 2023. Defines a "hobby breeder". Provides that restrictions on the retail sale of dogs apply to certain cities and incorporated towns. Defines a "kennel" to include an establishment that is liable for the payment of a county option dog tax. |
| | Current Status: | 3/20/2023 - House Agriculture and Rural Development, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/28/2023 - Referred to House Agriculture and Rural Development
2/28/2023 - First Reading
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| SB154 | CERTAIN COUNTIES PURCHASING AND DATA PROCESSING. (NIEMEYER R) Provides that the county executive of Lake County has jurisdiction over the county purchasing agency and the county data processing agency. Provides that the county executive of St. Joseph County has jurisdiction over the county purchasing agency. (Under current law, the legislative body of Lake County has jurisdiction over both the county purchasing agency and the county data processing agency, and the legislative body of St. Joseph County has jurisdiction over the county purchasing agency.) |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
3/21/2023 - Committee Report do pass, adopted
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| SB156 | TAX SALES. (NIEMEYER R) Provides that a person who acquires a certificate of sale (certificate) may not assign the certificate to a person who was not eligible under the tax sale laws to bid on or purchase real property at a tax sale until the person satisfies the eligibility requirements as determined by the county auditor. Requires a person to acknowledge that the person will not assign a certificate for any real property purchased to a person who is prohibited from bidding on or purchasing real property at a tax sale. Requires the county auditor to determine that an assignee of a certificate is eligible to receive the assignment for an assignment to be valid. Provides that assignments of a certificate must be included on the county auditor's tax sale record. Requires the county, the county auditor, or a county vendor to list certain information concerning tax sales on the website of the county, county auditor, or county vendor for a specified period of time. Specifies that a county or a county vendor is not liable for an act or omission related to making information available on a website. |
| | Current Status: | 3/23/2023 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 294: yeas 89, nays 1
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
3/21/2023 - Second reading amended, ordered engrossed
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| SB157 | PARCELS OFFERED AT SUCCESSIVE TAX SALES. (NIEMEYER R) Requires that the county auditor's notice of tax sale include a statement providing that if a tract or item of real property has been offered for sale at a county treasurer's tax sale (treasurer's sale) and a county executive's tax sale (executive's sale) on two or more occasions without a bid, the tract or item of real property may be subject to an ordinance authorized by the bill. Adds a person who claims a substantial property interest of public record to a statute concerning the county auditor's provision of notice of tax sale to certain persons who annually request a copy of the notice. Provides that a person who owns any tract or item of real property that has been offered for sale at a treasurer's sale and executive's sale on two or more occasions without a bid is prohibited from bidding on or purchasing tracts offered for sale. Adds language that allows a county legislative body to adopt an ordinance with respect to parcels of real property that have been offered for sale at a treasurer's sale and an executive's sale on two or more occasions without a bid. Specifies that such a parcel (subject to certain criteria) is considered a public hazard. Establishes a procedure for a county to transfer a tax sale certificate to a municipality or retain a tax sale certificate and for a county or municipality to file a petition with the circuit court (court) requesting the issuance of a deed for the property to the requesting county or municipality. Provides that, at the request of a municipality, the county auditor and county treasurer (subject to available funding) shall enter into a mutual agreement for the county auditor to perform certain duties concerning notification of a party's right to redeem such a parcel and the filing of a petition to the court for issuance of a tax deed for the parcel. Provides that the court shall hold a hearing on the petition for issuance of a tax deed. Provides requirements that apply to a quiet title action with respect to a parcel placed into the name of a county or municipality. Provides that an owner of a parcel of real property that has been offered for sale at a treasurer's sale and an executive's sale on two or more occasions without a bid may transfer the real property, subject to any liens and encumbrances, by warranty deed to a county or municipality. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - Second reading ordered engrossed
3/23/2023 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
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| SB168 | STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT RESULTS. (LEISING J) Requires (rather than permits) the department of education to include in a contract with a statewide assessment vendor entered into or renewed after June 30, 2023, a requirement that the vendor provide a summary of a student's statewide assessment results. Makes a conforming change and a technical correction. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - Committee Report do pass, adopted
3/22/2023 - House Committee recommends passage Yeas: 12; Nays: 0
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| SB178 | CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION STATUS. (KOCH E) Provides that, if the attorney general determines probable cause exists, the attorney general, rather than any person lawfully domiciled in Indiana, may bring an action to compel a governmental body or postsecondary educational institution to comply with statutes requiring cooperation with federal immigration officials. Requires a court to apply a preponderance of the evidence standard to enjoin the violation of those statutes. |
| | Current Status: | 3/6/2023 - Referred to House Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 3/6/2023 - First Reading
3/1/2023 - Referred to House
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| SB180 | ALLOCATION OF WASTEWATER UTILITY COSTS. (KOCH E) Allows a utility company that: (1) provides both water and wastewater service; and (2) has acquired wastewater utility property; to request, in the context of a petition by the utility company to the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) for preapproval of a plan for proposed service enhancement improvements to the utility company's wastewater utility property, authorization from the IURC to allocate a portion of the eligible costs of the utility company's wastewater utility property to the utility company's water customers. Provides that if the petition includes such a request for an allocation of costs, the utility company shall provide a copy of: (1) the petition; and (2) the utility company's case in chief; to each intervenor in the utility company's last general rate case. Provides that the IURC may approve the request if the IURC finds that: (1) because of reasonable and necessary improvements that are proposed for the wastewater utility property, the resulting rates charged to wastewater customers would reach levels necessitating the provision of financial assistance to those customers; (2) the total rates charged by the utility company for water service will not increase unreasonably as a result of the allocation; (3) the utility company has included information in its proposal regarding the availability of grants or low interest loans and whether the utility company considered using grants or low interest loans to help finance or reduce the cost of the service enhancement improvements; and (4) the utility company has developed an asset management program. Provides that an increase in the total rates charged for water service by the utility company as a result of the allocation is not unreasonable to the extent the allocation results in an increase in authorized total revenues of 2% or less. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
3/21/2023 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
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| SB181 | CAUSE OF ACTION CONCERNING RESTRAINT OF TRADE. (KOCH E) Amends the statute concerning combinations restraining trade as follows: (1) Provides that the attorney general may bring an action for the following on behalf of the state or a political subdivision in connection with a violation of the statute: (A) Appropriate injunctive or other equitable relief, including disgorgement of any gains derived from the violation. (B) A civil penalty. (Current law provides only that the attorney general may bring an action for injuries or damages sustained directly or indirectly by the state or political subdivision as a result of the violation.) (2) Provides that the attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state as parens patriae on behalf of one or more natural persons residing in Indiana for one or more of these same remedies, in connection with a violation of the statute. (3) Specifies that in an action brought under these provisions, the attorney general may recover costs and expenses of the suit, including reasonable attorney's fees and expert fees. (Current law does not specify that the attorney general may recover expenses and expert fees.) (4) Provides that in an action brought under these provisions after June 30, 2023, the attorney general may recover a civil penalty of not more than: (A) $100,000 per violation from any natural person who violates the statute; or (B) $1,000,000 from any other person, other than a natural person, that violates the statute. |
| | Current Status: | 3/14/2023 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 260: yeas 93, nays 0
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2023 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
3/13/2023 - Second reading ordered engrossed
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| SB182 | TOWNSHIP MERGERS. (KOCH E) Allows a township that does not have a township trustee or township board to merge with another township, if identical resolutions approving the merger are adopted by the following: (1) The township trustee and legislative body of the other township. (2) The county executive. |
| | Current Status: | 2/28/2023 - Referred to House Local Government
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| | Recent Status: | 2/28/2023 - First Reading
1/30/2023 - added as coauthor Senator Pol
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| SB187 | PUBLIC SAFETY MATTERS. (SANDLIN J) Provides that a unit shall provide by ordinance the number of police reserve officers a law enforcement agency may appoint. Provides that the law enforcement training board may revoke, suspend, modify, or restrict a document showing compliance and qualifications for a unit's police reserve officer who has committed misconduct. Provides that a law enforcement agency hiring a police reserve officer must contact every other law enforcement agency that employed (or employs) the applicant and request the applicant's employment file and disciplinary record. Provides that a special law enforcement officer employed by the city of Indianapolis full time after June 30, 2023, to perform park ranger duties (park ranger) is subject to the same training requirements as regular law enforcement officers. Provides that the facilities of the Indiana law enforcement academy must be used to provide a park ranger with the required basic training. Provides that a park ranger is eligible for a line of duty death benefit from the state special death benefit fund. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2023 - added as cosponsor Representative Lauer
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2023 - Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
3/20/2023 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
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| SB202 | STUDY COMMITTEE. (QADDOURA F) Urges the legislative council to assign the topic of various housing matters to the appropriate interim study committee. |
| | Current Status: | 2/28/2023 - Referred to House Rules and Legislative Procedures
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| | Recent Status: | 2/28/2023 - First Reading
2/21/2023 - added as coauthor Senator Randolph
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| SB219 | ANNEXATION. (BUCK J) With certain exceptions, requires a municipality that initiates an annexation to file with the court an annexation petition approved by the signatures of: (1) at least 51% of the owners of non-tax exempt land in the annexation territory; or (2) the owners of at least 75% in assessed valuation of non-tax exempt land in the annexation territory. Requires the court to hold a hearing if the petition has enough signatures. Adds provisions for determining the validity of signatures. Eliminates the following: (1) Remonstrances and remonstrance waivers. (2) Reimbursement of remonstrator's attorney's fees and costs. (3) Adoption of a fiscal plan for annexations requested by 100% of landowners in the annexation territory. (4) Settlement agreements in lieu of annexation. (5) Provisions regarding contiguity of a public highway. |
| | Current Status: | 2/28/2023 - Referred to House Local Government
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| | Recent Status: | 2/28/2023 - First Reading
2/9/2023 - House sponsor: Representative May
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| SB241 | REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES. (LEISING J) Requires the bureau of motor vehicles to submit a report annually to the Indiana utility regulatory commission that includes information regarding the number of electric vehicles registered by county. |
| | Current Status: | 2/7/2023 - Referred to House Roads and Transportation
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| | Recent Status: | 2/7/2023 - First Reading
1/24/2023 - Referred to House
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| SB271 | CERTIFIED TECHNOLOGY PARKS. (BUCHANAN B) Specifies additional information that a certified technology park (park) is required to provide to the Indiana economic development corporation (corporation) in the course of a review. Provides that if a park has reached the limit on deposits and maintains its certification, the park shall become a Level 2 park. Increases, from $100,000 to $500,000, the annual additional incremental income tax deposit amount that a park captures once it has reached its limit on deposits. Clarifies the calculation of the additional incremental income tax deposit amount in the year in which a park reaches its limit on deposits. Provides that when the corporation certifies a Level 2 park, the corporation shall make a determination of whether the park shall continue to be designated as a Level 2 park. Requires the corporation to report to the budget committee certain information pertaining to businesses located in each park on a biennial basis. |
| | Current Status: | 3/22/2023 - House Ways and Means, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2023 - added as cosponsors Representatives Rowray E and Heine
2/28/2023 - Referred to House Ways and Means
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| SB274 | TAX EXEMPT PROPERTY. (JOHNSON T) Provides that a building is exempt from property taxation if it is owned by a nonprofit entity and is: (1) registered as a continuing care retirement community; or (2) licensed as a health care facility. Makes various changes to a provision granting a property tax exemption to cemetery owners. |
| | Current Status: | 3/14/2023 - added as cosponsor Representative Lehman
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| | Recent Status: | 2/28/2023 - Referred to House Ways and Means
2/28/2023 - First Reading
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| SB283 | MARION COUNTY ROAD FUNDING. (FREEMAN A) Provides that, for purposes of determining the right of the consolidated city of Indianapolis to receive a distribution of money from the motor vehicle highway account based on population, the population of all the territory of the consolidated city is considered its population. |
| | Current Status: | 2/28/2023 - Referred to House Roads and Transportation
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| | Recent Status: | 2/28/2023 - First Reading
2/14/2023 - Referred to House
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| SB292 | INPRS INVESTMENTS. (HOLDMAN T) Requires the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system (board) to make investment decisions with the primary purpose of maximizing the target rate of return on the board's investments. Prohibits the board from making an investment decision with the purpose of influencing any social or environmental policy or attempting to influence the governance of any corporation for nonpecuniary purposes. Specifies an exception. Requires the board to adopt a policy that ensures proxy voting and engagement is based primarily on maximizing the target rate of return on the board's investments. Provides certain guidelines and reporting requirements for proxy voting in relation to the administration of the public pension and retirement funds of the system. |
| | Current Status: | 2/28/2023 - Referred to House Financial Institutions
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| | Recent Status: | 2/28/2023 - First Reading
2/21/2023 - Referred to House
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| SB296 | SALE OF TAX DELINQUENT REAL PROPERTY. (KOCH E) Defines the term "severed interest" as an improvement,
mineral rights, air rights, water rights, or other rights in property in, on, under, or above the land for which the owner or holder of the interest identified in the current real property tax records of the county auditor is sent a separate property tax statement. Provides that the estate in fee simple that is vested in a grantee by a tax deed executed under the law on the sale of tax delinquent property is subject to a lease shown by public record if the tax deed conveys only a severed interest located in, on, under, or above the land. Provides that the rights that an owner of land has in the land, in a lease shown by public record, or in a memorandum of a lease shown by public record are not limited or abrogated by a tax deed conveying an interest in one or more severed improvements. |
| | Current Status: | 3/16/2023 - Returned to the Senate without amendments
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| | Recent Status: | 3/16/2023 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 266: yeas 88, nays 0
3/16/2023 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
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| SB300 | RESIDENTIAL TAX INCREMENT FINANCING. (ROGERS L) Removes the threshold conditions for establishing a residential housing development program and a tax increment allocation area for the program, including the condition that the governing body of each school corporation affected by the program pass a resolution approving the program before the program may go into effect. Provides that the fiscal body of a county may adopt an ordinance to designate an economic development target area. |
| | Current Status: | 2/28/2023 - Referred to House Ways and Means
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| | Recent Status: | 2/28/2023 - First Reading
2/2/2023 - added as coauthors Senators Doriot and Ford Jon
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| SB302 | REGULATION OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. (BROWN L) Prohibits a state agency or a state official from imposing on a charitable organization any filing or reporting requirements that are more stringent or burdensome than those imposed by, or authorized under, state or federal law. Provides that this limitation does not apply: (1) to requirements imposed in connection with: (A) state grants or contracts; or (B) fraud investigations; or (2) in connection with an enforcement action against a specific charitable organization. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2023 - Returned to the Senate without amendments
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2023 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 274: yeas 93, nays 1
3/20/2023 - added as cosponsor Representative Pack R
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| SB316 | COMPUTER AIDED EMERGENCY DISPATCH SYSTEMS. (WALKER K) Provides that the statewide 911 board (board) may conduct a feasibility study on potential ways in which the computer aided dispatch (CAD) systems used by public safety answering points (PSAPs) in Indiana could be made interoperable to facilitate the standard dispatch of EMS resources based on using the EMS resource that represents the closest and most appropriate EMS resource to respond to an emergency. Provides that the board may submit a report on the study to the following not later than July 1, 2024: (1) The executive director of the legislative services agency to distribute to members of the general assembly. (2) The department of homeland security. (3) The integrated public safety commission. (4) The Indiana department of health. Sets forth information that may be included in the report. Provides that these provisions expire January 1, 2025. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2023 - Returned to the Senate without amendments
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2023 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 275: yeas 94, nays 0
3/20/2023 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
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| SB317 | CONTRACTING AND PURCHASING. (ZAY A) Provides that a political subdivision may make advance payments to contractors to enable the contractors to purchase materials needed for a public works project of the political subdivision. Provides that a political subdivision may make advance payments for goods or services before the goods are delivered or services are completed if the fiscal body of the political subdivision authorizes advance payments. Provides that provisions pertaining to the disposition of surplus personal property by a governmental body do not apply to the sale, lease, or disposal of property under a fleet management or equipment leasing agreement entered into pursuant to a request for proposals. Provides that the county executive must negotiate and execute all contracts. Provides that the county executive has sole authority to enter into contracts for the purchase of supplies or services or for public works projects for the county. Provides that the county executive must exercise or perform other powers and duties of the county that are executive or administrative in nature. Provides that the county executive has the authority to review the accounting of the jail commissary fund on a biannual basis and execute all contracts paid for by commissary funds. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
3/21/2023 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
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| SB320 | BROWNFIELDS INVENTORY. (ZAY A) Allows the Indiana brownfields fund to be used to pay for assessments or studies conducted under the Indiana brownfields program. Authorizes the Indiana finance authority (finance authority) to create and maintain an inventory of brownfields located in Indiana. Authorizes the finance authority: (1) to contract with one or more state supported colleges or universities for assistance in creating and maintaining the inventory; and (2) to pay costs arising from the creation and maintenance of the inventory with funds appropriated to the Indiana brownfields fund. Provides that, if the inventory is created, the finance authority shall report the contents of the inventory to the interim study committee on environmental affairs in 2024 and in each succeeding even-numbered calendar year. |
| | Current Status: | 3/6/2023 - Referred to House Environmental Affairs
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| | Recent Status: | 3/6/2023 - First Reading
2/28/2023 - Referred to House
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| SB325 | HOMESTEAD STANDARD DEDUCTION. (BUCHANAN B) Modifies the definition of "homestead" for purposes of the homestead standard deduction. Makes corresponding changes. |
| | Current Status: | 3/15/2023 - House Ways and Means, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/6/2023 - Referred to House Ways and Means
3/6/2023 - First Reading
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| SB332 | PLANNING AND ZONING AFFECTING MILITARY BASES. (MESSMER M) Allows a unit to establish a military impact zoning district for an area adversely impacted by the effects of military operations. Establishes a state area of interest that is comprised of land within one or both of the following: (1) Within three miles of certain military installations. (2) Within a military impact zoning district. Makes planning, zoning, and development activity (activity) in a state area of interest subject to the military installation commander's determination regarding the activity's impact on military operations. Allows a representative of the military installation to serve as a nonvoting adviser to the unit's plan commission. Requires a lease or real estate sales disclosure form to disclose that the property is within a state area of interest. Provides that the responsibility for the disclosure required by the owner that the property is located near a military installation rests solely with the owner of the property and no liability for the owner's failure to make the required disclosure shall accrue to any third party. |
| | Current Status: | 3/23/2023 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 295: yeas 90, nays 0
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
3/21/2023 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
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| SB344 | NORTHEAST INDIANA STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION. (HOLDMAN T) Establishes the northeast Indiana strategic development fund (fund) administered by the northeast Indiana strategic development commission (commission). Prohibits money in the fund from being used for the purposes of expanding or increasing access to broadband. Adds additional purposes to be carried out by the commission in the development area. Expands the membership of the commission to include two additional voting members to be appointed by the northeast Indiana local economic development organization council. |
| | Current Status: | 2/28/2023 - Referred to House Ways and Means
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| | Recent Status: | 2/28/2023 - First Reading
2/9/2023 - Referred to House
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| SB349 | OVERLAPPING ALLOCATION AREAS. (BALDWIN S) Permits counties and municipalities in a case in which a municipality annexes an area in the county after the county has established a redevelopment district in that area to approve ordinances regarding the allocation of property tax proceeds derived from the municipality's component of the tax rate applied to the allocation area to be transferred to the redevelopment commission of the annexing municipality. |
| | Current Status: | 2/28/2023 - Referred to House Ways and Means
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| | Recent Status: | 2/28/2023 - First Reading
2/16/2023 - Cosponsors: Representatives Judy and Miller D
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| SB350 | PROFESSIONAL LICENSING. (RAATZ J) Defines a "board". Provides that a political subdivision may not regulate the performance of services by a person who is either: (1) subject to licensure; or (2) exempted from licensure; by the board. Specifies that a political subdivision may not regulate the performance of behavioral health and human services by a person who is: (1) licensed or certified by the state; or (2) exempted from licensure or certification by the state. |
| | Current Status: | 3/6/2023 - Referred to House Employment, Labor and Pensions
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| | Recent Status: | 3/6/2023 - First Reading
3/1/2023 - Referred to House
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| SB353 | RISK MANAGEMENT AND CATASTROPHIC LIABILITY FUNDS. (CHARBONNEAU E) Authorizes the insurance commissioner to cease operation of the political subdivision risk management fund upon a determination by the insurance commissioner that: (1) all political subdivisions that were members of the fund have withdrawn from the fund; and (2) all payment of the liabilities of former members of the fund have been determined and finalized. Authorizes the insurance commissioner to cease operation of the political subdivision catastrophic liability fund upon a determination by the insurance commissioner that: (1) all political subdivisions that were members of the fund have withdrawn from the fund; and (2) all payment of the liabilities of former members of the fund have been determined and finalized. Requires the insurance commissioner, when ceasing operation of one of the funds, to distribute the balance in the fund to former members of the fund, distributing to each former member an amount proportional to the total of assessments and (in the case of the political subdivision risk management fund) surcharges paid by the former member. Provides that the laws establishing the political subdivision risk management fund and the political subdivision catastrophic liability fund expire when the insurance commissioner certifies to the executive director of the legislative services agency that: (1) the funds have no remaining members; (2) all payments of liabilities of former members of the funds have been determined and finalized; and (3) the balances in the funds have been distributed to former members of the funds. Amends a provision of the law concerning tort claims against governmental entities to provide that giving notice of a tort claim against a political subdivision to the political subdivision risk management commission is not required if the law establishing the political subdivision risk management commission has expired. |
| | Current Status: | 3/23/2023 - Referred to House Ways and Means
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - Committee Report do pass, adopted
3/22/2023 - House Committee recommends passage Yeas: 12; Nays: 0
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| SB373 | ASSISTANCE FOR FUNERAL AND CEMETERY EXPENSES. (KOCH E) Raises the dollar amounts considered when determining Medicaid payments for funeral director expenses and cemetery expenses. Requires the division to raise the dollar amounts considered when determining Medicaid payments for funeral director expenses and cemetery expenses by $100 each year for three years beginning on July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: | 3/13/2023 - added as cosponsor Representative Criswell C
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| | Recent Status: | 2/28/2023 - Referred to House Public Health
2/28/2023 - First Reading
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| SB374 | REGIONAL WATER, SEWAGE, OR SOLID WASTE DISTRICTS. (KOCH E) Increases the maximum amount that may be paid to a member of the board of trustees of a regional water, sewage, or solid waste district from $50 to $150 per day. Removes a provision that allows for the payment of not more than $125 per day to members of the board of trustees of a regional water and sewage district that meets certain requirements. |
| | Current Status: | 3/13/2023 - Returned to the Senate without amendments
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| | Recent Status: | 3/13/2023 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 256: yeas 91, nays 0
3/13/2023 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
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| SB388 | FOOD AND BEVERAGE TAXES. (HOLDMAN T) Requires each local unit that imposes a food and beverage tax to annually report information concerning distributions and expenditures of amounts received from the food and beverage tax. Authorizes the city of Columbia City to impose a food and beverage tax. |
| | Current Status: | 2/28/2023 - Referred to House Ways and Means
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| | Recent Status: | 2/28/2023 - First Reading
2/9/2023 - Referred to House
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| SB390 | COMMERCIAL SOLAR AND WIND ENERGY READY COMMUNITIES. (MESSMER M) Provides that the commercial solar and wind energy ready communities development center (center) may be established within the Indiana office of energy development (office). Provides that the center, if established, shall: (1) provide comprehensive, easily accessible information concerning permits required for commercial solar projects and wind power projects; and (2) work with permit authorities concerning those projects. Requires the center to create and administer a program to certify counties and municipalities as commercial solar energy ready communities and wind energy ready communities. Requires the office to certify a county or municipality as a commercial solar energy ready community or a wind energy ready community if the county or municipality meets certain requirements, including the adoption of a commercial solar regulation or wind power regulation that includes standards that are not more restrictive than the default standards established by Indiana law. Provides that a commercial solar and wind energy ready communities incentive fund (fund) may be established by the office. Provides that if: (1) a county or municipality receives certification as a commercial solar energy ready community or a wind energy ready community; (2) a project owner constructs a commercial solar project or wind power project in the county or municipality; (3) the fund is established; and (4) there is a sufficient balance in the fund; the office may authorize the county or municipality to receive from the fund, for a period of 10 years, $1 per megawatt hour of electricity generated by the commercial solar project or wind power project. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
3/21/2023 - Committee Report do pass, adopted
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| SB414 | ONSITE SEWAGE SYSTEMS AND HOLDING TANKS. (BYRNE G) Defines "onsite residential sewage discharging disposal system" to provide that the term includes a system that employs advanced treatment components not used in standard septic systems to reduce the concentration of the pathogenic constituents of the effluent to an acceptable level before the effluent is discharged. Provides that point source discharge of treated sewage from an onsite residential sewage discharging disposal system to provide that the law applies to any county onsite waste management district instead of applying only to one particular county. Allows a local health department to issue an operating permit for an onsite residential sewage discharging disposal system within a county onsite waste management district: (1) to authorize the technical review panel, the Indiana department of health, or the environmental rules board to adopt guidelines for purposes of guiding local health departments in taking the actions and making the determinations required when issuing an operating permit for an onsite residential sewage discharging disposal system; (2) to provide that, if the amendment of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permit issued by the department of environmental management for the purposes of the county onsite waste management district law is necessary or advisable to enable onsite waste management districts established after June 30, 2023, to function properly and effectively, the department shall amend the general permit as soon as reasonably possible after June 30, 2023; and (3) to authorize the county executives of two or more counties to establish a single county onsite waste management district by entering into an interlocal cooperation agreement. Provides that septage that originates from a residential or commercial source may be held in one or more holding tanks of not more than 10,000 gallons until removed and transported from the site. Establishes requirements for septage holding tanks. Requires a permit from the local health department for the operation of a septage holding tank. Requires a septage tank owner to enter into a written contract with a septage management vehicle operator for regular removal of septage from the tank, to provide a copy of the contract to the local health department, and to provide proof to the local health department that the tank owner is regularly paying for the removal of septage from the holding tank. Requires a local health department to report to IDEM concerning the septage tanks in its jurisdiction. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2023 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
3/22/2023 - House Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 8; Nays: 4
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| SB417 | VARIOUS TAX MATTERS. (BALDWIN S) Makes certain changes to the nonprofit organization sales tax exemption threshold after which nonprofit organizations are required to collect state sales tax. Authorizes a county to impose a local income tax (LIT) rate for county staff expenses of the state judicial system in the county. Provides that the expenses paid from the LIT revenue may not comprise more than 50% of the county's total budgeted operational staffing expenses related to the state judicial system in any given year. Requires certain reporting requirements related to the use of the LIT revenue. Specifies a three business day grace period following the postmark date of a document during which the department of state revenue will consider the document received to be timely filed for purposes of a due date. |
| | Current Status: | 3/22/2023 - House Ways and Means, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/6/2023 - Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
3/6/2023 - First Reading
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| SB423 | ANIMAL IMPOUNDMENT. (LEISING J) Defines "impound agency" for purposes of the law concerning offenses related to animals. Specifies requirements for an impound agency and care of an impounded animal. Requires the impound agency to make a reasonable attempt to notify the owner 10 business days after the animal is euthanized. Provides that the notice to an owner must set forth the reason or reasons why the animal was euthanized. Provides certain civil immunity for a veterinarian acting within the scope of the veterinarian's duties. |
| | Current Status: | 3/23/2023 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 296: yeas 90, nays 0
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2023 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
3/21/2023 - Second reading amended, ordered engrossed
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| SB428 | FOOD AND BEVERAGE TAXES. (MESSMER M) Authorizes the following municipalities to impose a food and beverage tax: (1) The town of Merrillville. (2) The city of Jasper. |
| | Current Status: | 3/6/2023 - Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
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| | Recent Status: | 3/6/2023 - First Reading
2/28/2023 - Referred to House
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| SB447 | CHARITY GAMING MATTERS. (BUSCH J) Defines the term "professional sports team foundation" for purposes of the charity gaming law. Specifies that a professional sports team foundation is a qualified organization. Specifies that qualified organizations may conduct unlicensed allowable events at facilities leased or owned by the capital improvement board of managers of Marion County (CIB). (Current law allows qualified organizations to conduct charity gaming events without a license if the value of all prizes awarded is less than $2,500 for a single event and $7,500 for all unlicensed events conducted during a calendar year.) Authorizes payment by credit card for a chance to enter an allowable event conducted at a facility leased or owned by the CIB. (Current law limits the sale of entries by credit card to a specified annual event conducted by a charitable government services organization (CGSO)). Specifies that the provision of ongoing programming and support for children is a permissible use of the proceeds of entries purchased by credit card from a CGSO. |
| | Current Status: | 2/28/2023 - Referred to House Public Policy
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| | Recent Status: | 2/28/2023 - First Reading
2/20/2023 - added as cosponsor Representative Haggard C
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| SB449 | REGULATION OF COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS. (ROGERS L) Provides that if an NPDES permit holder has submitted an approved long term control plan for its combined sewers, water samples used to assess the permit holder's compliance with water quality standards and water quality based effluent limitations for discharges from combined sewer overflows must not be collected: (1) within 96 hours after a combined sewer overflow discharge that is consistent with the approved long term control plan; or (2) during or following excessive precipitation conditions. Requires the environmental rules board to adopt rules, including emergency rules, to implement the limitation on water samples used to assess a permit holder's compliance. |
| | Current Status: | 2/28/2023 - Referred to House Environmental Affairs
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| | Recent Status: | 2/28/2023 - First Reading
2/23/2023 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 155: yeas 48, nays 0
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| SB451 | CARBON SEQUESTRATION PILOT PROJECT. (FORD J) Defines the term "pore space". Corrects a spelling error in the address of the carbon sequestration pilot project (pilot project). Provides that the pilot project will construct, operate, or use not more than two (2) carbon dioxide pipelines and will maintain operations only in Vigo and Vermillion counties. Requires the director of the department of natural resources to designate the operator of the carbon sequestration pilot project not more than 30 days after the Class VI well permit authorizing the operation of carbon dioxide injection wells at the site of the pilot project is issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Provides that, for purposes of the pilot project, the title to pore space is vested in the person who holds in fee simple the surface interest in the land or water, as identified by the property records of the county, except in case of an explicit conveyance, exception, or reservation through a recorded conveyance to another person. Requires the pilot project operator, before the anticipated migration of injected carbon dioxide into pore space to notify the person who owns the pore space in fee simple of the anticipated migration of the carbon dioxide. Requires the carbon sequestration pilot project operator to make an offer of compensation to a pore space owner to provide that the offer of compensation must be at least a yearly payment of 40% of the average estimated cash rent per acre for the area of Indiana and the class of land, according to the Farmland Values and Cash Rents Survey Results published by Purdue University most recently before the offer of compensation is made, every year until the cessation of injection of carbon dioxide. Provides that a person who claims ownership of pore space may initiate non-binding mediation of the dispute with the pilot project operator concerning the pore space. Establishes a procedure for mediation and allows the pilot project operator to consolidate multiple requests for mediation into one or more mediation proceedings. Provides that if a person who claims ownership of pore space is unable to reach an agreement with the pilot project operator concerning the acquisition, lease, or occupancy of the pore space through negotiation or mediation, the person may pursue a civil action against the pilot project operator. Provides that, generally, in a civil action against the pilot project operator, the court may not grant injunctive relief, an order of possession, or monetary relief that exceeds the fair market value of pore space in Indiana. Provides, however, that these limits on monetary recovery do not apply in case of direct and tangible physical injury or damage to a person, tangible property, or an animal or in case of an effect of the pilot project on the sources of the public water supply used by a public utility. Provides that the code section authorizing the establishment of the carbon sequestration pilot project expires July 1, 2028, if the operator of the carbon sequestration pilot project is not issued a Class VI permit by the United States Environmental Protection Agency by that date. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2023 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 286: yeas 73, nays 22
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| | Recent Status: | 3/21/2023 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
3/20/2023 - Second reading ordered engrossed
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| SB472 | ADVANCED RECYCLING. (MESSMER M) Defines "advanced recycling" as a manufacturing process for the conversion of post-use polymers and recovered feedstocks into basic raw materials, feedstocks, chemicals, and other products. Defines "advanced recycling facility" as a manufacturing facility that: (1) receives, stores, and converts post-use polymers and recovered feedstocks resulting from advanced recycling; and (2) is subject to manufacturing regulation by the department of environmental management. Provides: (1) that post-use polymers and recovered feedstocks that are converted at an advanced recycling facility or held at an advanced recycling facility before conversion are not within the definition of "solid waste"; (2) that an advanced recycling facility is not within the definition of "solid waste disposal facility"; (3) that the activities undertaken at an advanced recycling facility are not within the definition of "solid waste management"; and (4) that an advanced recycling facility is not within the definition of "solid waste disposal facility" or the definition of "solid waste processing facility". Provides that certain solid waste management laws do not apply to advanced recycling facilities. Provides, for purposes of Indiana environmental law, that products sold as fuel are not considered recycled products. |
| | Current Status: | 3/23/2023 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | Recent Status: | 3/21/2023 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 287: yeas 94, nays 1
3/21/2023 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
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