NAMI IN - Legislative Report
Prepared by: Adam Jackson
Report created on April 13, 2026
 
HB1001STATE 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 annual salary of the members of the general assembly shall not be increased during the biennium beginning July 1, 2025. Extends the review, analysis, and evaluation of tax incentives by the legislative services agency through 2030. Requires the legislative services agency to perform a fiscal impact analysis for each executive order issued by the governor under the emergency management and disaster law. Requires state officials to report to the budget committee expenses and funding used for trips taken in their official capacity. Provides that if the budget director determines at any time that a state agency can perform the agency's statutory obligations with less than the amount appropriated, the budget director shall, with the approval of the governor, and after notice to the state agency, reduce the amount or amounts allotted or to be allotted. Requires the budget director to withhold not less than 5% of any appropriation to a state agency to be used for salaries or other wages for state agency employees or general operating expenses of the state agency. Repeals the governor's workforce cabinet. Makes conforming changes. Requires the department of natural resources (not the Indiana department of veterans' affairs under current law) to provide staff support to the Indiana semiquincentennial commission and repeals provisions requiring certain meetings and events of the commission to be held at the World War Memorial in Indianapolis. Removes a requirement to include certain services in a lease between the Indiana department of administration and the Indiana historical society for use of a building. Makes an appropriation from the Pokagon Band Tribal-state compact fund to the Midwest continental divide commission fund. Establishes the Indiana local government investment pool board for the purpose of establishing policies governing the investment of funds contributed to the local government investment pool. Removes political affiliation requirements that apply to members appointed by the governor to the board for depositories. Allows the Indiana finance authority to begin a project related to the Learning and Training Center in Boone County beginning July 1, 2027 if certain conditions are met. Provides that a price preference for certain businesses applies to any proposal, contract, project, or agreement of the Indiana department of transportation, including state highway contracts, to the extent that the bid does not exceed the estimated cost of the project. Provides that the Indiana department of administration has sole control and jurisdiction over the policies governing and the usage of the Beth Bowen Meditation Room in the state capitol building. Exempts the Indiana board of tax review from requirements concerning live transmissions of meetings. Removes the statewide innovation development district fund as a funding source for an agreement between the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) and a taxpayer to receive payment in lieu of claiming an economic development for a growing economy tax credit. Amends the cap on the aggregate amount of tax credits the IEDC may certify each year. Requires the department of state revenue to establish an amnesty program for taxpayers who have an unpaid tax liability for a listed tax that was due and payable before January 1, 2023. Increases the cigarette tax by $2 per pack on cigarettes weighing not more than three pounds per 1,000 and by a proportionate amount on cigarettes weighing more than three pounds per 1,000. Increases the tax rate imposed on the sale of closed system cartridges, open system electronic cigarettes, moist snuff, alternative tobacco products, other tobacco products, and cigars. Specifies penalties for the underpayment of certain estimated taxes for pass through entities. Increases the amount of the public utility fee from 0.15% to 0.175% of the public utility's annual gross intrastate operating revenue and transfers the public utility fee revenue and certain payments to the state general fund (not the public utility fund under current law). Requires termination of the compact related to the establishment of the Chicago-Gary Regional Airport Authority. Requires that the salary matrix for state police, capitol police officers, and department of natural resources law enforcement officers be adjusted each time an adjustment is made to a pay plan for state employees in the executive branch. Adds purposes related to the Stop the Bleed program and the purchase of bleeding control kits to the allowable purposes for which a secured school fund matching grant may be used. Provides that a managed care organization that participates in the risk based managed care program that fails to pay a claim submitted by a nursing facility provider within a specified period shall pay a penalty of $500 per calendar day per claim. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (office of the secretary) to determine rebate eligibility for outpatient prescription drugs prescribed to Medicaid recipients from certain entities. Adds a member from the mental health Medicaid quality advisory committee to the therapeutics committee. Removes the prohibition on prior authorization for mental health drugs. Allows the office of the secretary to establish a prior authorization program. Specifies provider payment requirements that apply to any managed care organization that participates in the risk based managed care program. Establishes the health care engineering fund for the purpose of funding plan reviews for certain health facilities. Imposes a fee for each plan review, which is deposited in the fund. Repeals the provisions requiring the office of the secretary of family and social services to transfer $38,000,000 each year to the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County. Makes certain eligibility changes for the On My Way Pre-k program and the CCDF program. Adds therapeutic ibogaine research to the research that is currently funded under the therapeutic psilocybin research fund. Provides that a community mental health center that provides compensation to any individual employee in an amount that is $400,000 or more per year is not eligible to receive funding from local property taxes or state programs or grants, but excluding the Medicaid program. Requires the department of natural resources to provide free admission to state parks to a Gold Star family member. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles to update the Gold Star family member license plate form. Provides that funding to a local board of health from the local public health fund may only be used for Indiana residents who are legal citizens of the United States. Extends the sunset of the collection of health facility quality assessment fees from June 30, 2025, to June 30, 2027. Specifies that a company that seeks to construct, operate, and maintain a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline in Indiana must apply to the department of natural resources (DNR) for a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline certificate of authority (certificate). Amends provisions in existing law that provide an exemption from the requirement to obtain a certificate under certain circumstances to specify that the exemption does not apply in circumstances in which
 Current Status:   5/6/2025 - Signed by the Governor
 All Bill Status:   4/29/2025 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/28/2025 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/25/2025 - Signed by the Speaker
4/25/2025 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 538: yeas 39, nays 11; Rules Suspended
4/25/2025 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 576: yeas 66, nays 27; Rules Suspended
4/24/2025 - CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
4/24/2025 - House Conference Committees Eligible for Action
4/24/2025 - CCR # 1 filed in the House
4/24/2025 - Conferee Dropped Senator Niezgodski
4/24/2025 - Conferee Added Senator Garten
4/24/2025 - Advisor Dropped Senator Garten
4/21/2025 - Conference Committee for HB 1001, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location: 11:00 AM, Rm. 404
4/17/2025 - Senate Conferees appointed Mishler and Niezgodski
4/17/2025 - Senate Advisors appointed Qaddoura, Pol, Garten, Bassler, Holdman and Charbonneau
4/16/2025 - House Conferees appointed Thompson and Porter
4/16/2025 - House Advisors appointed Snow, Jordan, Judy, Clere, Lopez, Greene, Rowray, Andrade, Campbell, DeLaney, Harris, Klinker, Pfaff and Pryor
4/16/2025 - House dissented from Senate Amendments
4/16/2025 - Motion to dissent filed
4/16/2025 - Returned to the House with amendments
4/15/2025 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 419: yeas 40, nays 9
4/15/2025 - House Bills on Third Reading
4/14/2025 - Second reading amended, ordered engrossed
4/14/2025 - Amendment #12 (Yoder) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #50 (Hunley) failed; Roll Call 411: yeas 13, nays 35
4/14/2025 - Amendment #49 (Hunley) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #18 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 410: yeas 9, nays 39
4/14/2025 - Amendment #10 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 409: yeas 13, nays 34
4/14/2025 - Amendment #11 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 408: yeas 15, nays 33
4/14/2025 - Amendment #20 (Pol) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #8 (Pol) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #32 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 407: yeas 9, nays 39
4/14/2025 - Amendment #69 (Yoder) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #71 (Yoder) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #46 (Jackson) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #44 (Jackson) failed; Roll Call 406: yeas 10, nays 39
4/14/2025 - Amendment #54 (Hunley) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #68 (Yoder) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #22 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 405: yeas 16, nays 33
4/14/2025 - Amendment #7 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 404: yeas 18, nays 31
4/14/2025 - Amendment #4 (Pol) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #6 (Pol) failed; Roll Call 403: yeas 11, nays 38
4/14/2025 - Amendment #38 (Pol) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #14 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 402: yeas 11, nays 37
4/14/2025 - Amendment #15 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 401: yeas 11, nays 38
4/14/2025 - Amendment #43 (Jackson) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #52 (Yoder) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #70 (Yoder) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #67 (Hunley) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #56 (Hunley) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #65 (Hunley) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #66 (Hunley) failed; Roll Call 400: yeas 13, nays 36
4/14/2025 - Amendment #64 (Hunley) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #60 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 396: yeas 10, nays 38
4/14/2025 - Amendment #34 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 399: yeas 13, nays 36
4/14/2025 - Amendment #16 (Qaddoura) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #63 (Qaddoura) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #62 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 398: yeas 11, nays 38
4/14/2025 - Amendment #61 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 397: yeas 9, nays 39
4/14/2025 - Amendment #31 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 395: yeas 10, nays 38
4/14/2025 - Amendment #29 (Qaddoura) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #59 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 394: yeas 11, nays 38
4/14/2025 - Amendment #33 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 393: yeas 9, nays 39
4/14/2025 - Amendment #57 (Qaddoura) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #17 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 392: yeas 10, nays 38
4/14/2025 - Amendment #24 (Yoder) failed; Roll Call 390: yeas 13, nays 35
4/14/2025 - Amendment #53 (Hunley) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #13 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 391: yeas 10, nays 38
4/14/2025 - Amendment #26 (Yoder) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #25 (Yoder) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #28 (Pol) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #36 (Pol) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #21 (Pol) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #19 (Pol) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #35 (Pol) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #5 (Pol) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #51 (Hunley) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #55 (Hunley) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #47 (Hunley) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #30 (Qaddoura) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #37 (Qaddoura) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #58 (Qaddoura) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #23 (Yoder) failed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #41 (Bohacek) prevailed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #73 (Zay) prevailed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #45 (Niezgodski) prevailed; voice vote
4/14/2025 - Amendment #42 (Young M) failed; Roll Call 389: yeas 10, nays 39
4/14/2025 - Amendment #3 (Young M) failed; Roll Call 388: yeas 5, nays 44
4/14/2025 - Amendment #2 (Young M) failed; Roll Call 387: yeas 16, nays 33
4/14/2025 - Amendment #1 (Young M) failed; Roll Call 386: yeas 15, nays 33
4/14/2025 - House Bills on Second Reading
4/10/2025 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
4/10/2025 - Senate Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 10; Nays: 3
4/10/2025 - Senate Appropriations, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location: 9:00 AM, Room 431
3/25/2025 - added as third sponsor Senator Niezgodski
3/20/2025 - Senate Appropriations, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location: 9:00 AM, Rm. 431
3/3/2025 - Referred to Senate Appropriations
3/3/2025 - First Reading
2/20/2025 - Senate sponsors: Senators Mishler and Garten
2/20/2025 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 238: yeas 66, nays 28
2/20/2025 - House Bills on Third Reading
2/19/2025 - Amendment #15 (Andrade) failed; Roll Call 229: yeas 29, nays 66
2/19/2025 - Second reading amended, ordered engrossed
2/19/2025 - Amendment #6 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 224: yeas 28, nays 63
2/19/2025 - Amendment #9 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 223: yeas 29, nays 65
2/19/2025 - Amendment #5 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 222: yeas 26, nays 68
2/19/2025 - Amendment #14 (Garcia Wilburn) failed; Roll Call 228: yeas 29, nays 66
2/19/2025 - Amendment #16 (Bauer) failed; Roll Call 227: yeas 29, nays 64
2/19/2025 - Amendment #2 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 221: yeas 29, nays 67
2/19/2025 - Amendment #12 (Klinker) failed; Roll Call 226: yeas 29, nays 67
2/19/2025 - Amendment #22 (Hamilton) failed; Roll Call 225: yeas 27, nays 65
2/19/2025 - Amendment #11 (Porter) failed; Roll Call 220: yeas 29, nays 68
2/19/2025 - Amendment #19 (Thompson) prevailed; voice vote
2/19/2025 - House Bills on Second Reading
2/17/2025 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
2/17/2025 - added as coauthor Representative Jordan
2/17/2025 - House Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 14; Nays: 7
2/17/2025 - House Ways and Means, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location: 9:00 AM, Rm. 404
2/6/2025 - House Ways and Means, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location: 11:00 AM, Rm. 404
1/21/2025 - Referred to House Ways and Means
1/21/2025 - First Reading
1/21/2025 - Coauthored by Representatives Porter and Snow
1/21/2025 - Authored By Jeffrey Thompson
 State Bill Page:   HB1001
 
HB1118CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT DEBRIEFINGS. (MCNAMARA W) Provides that a first responder recipient of critical incident stress management (CISM) services may not be compelled to testify or otherwise disclose a communication made to a CISM services provider or peer support team member relating to the first responder recipient's CISM services in a civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding. Provides that a first responder recipient or the first responder recipient's employer may not be held liable for damages for any act, error, or omission committed by the first responder recipient based on a communication provided between a first responder recipient and CISM team, CISM services provider, or peer support team as part of the CISM services unless the act, error, or omission constitutes wanton, willful, or intentional misconduct.
 Current Status:   4/10/2025 - Signed by the Governor
 All Bill Status:   4/3/2025 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/27/2025 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
3/27/2025 - Signed by the Speaker
3/25/2025 - Returned to the House without amendments
3/24/2025 - added as cosponsor Senator Schmitt
3/24/2025 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 263: yeas 47, nays 0
3/24/2025 - House Bills on Third Reading
3/20/2025 - added as cosponsor Senator Randolph
3/20/2025 - Second reading ordered engrossed
3/20/2025 - House Bills on Second Reading
3/18/2025 - House Bills on Second Reading
3/17/2025 - House Bills on Second Reading
3/13/2025 - added as cosponsors Senators Koch and Carrasco
3/13/2025 - Committee Report do pass, adopted
3/12/2025 - Senate Committee recommends passage Yeas: 10; Nays: 0
3/12/2025 - Senate Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location: 1:30 PM, Rm. 130
2/18/2025 - Referred to Senate Judiciary
2/18/2025 - First Reading
1/29/2025 - Referred to Senate
1/28/2025 - Cosponsor: Senator Clark
1/28/2025 - Senate sponsor: Senator Baldwin
1/28/2025 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 26: yeas 90, nays 0
1/28/2025 - House Bills on Third Reading
1/27/2025 - added as coauthors Representatives Pressel and Gore
1/27/2025 - Second reading ordered engrossed
1/27/2025 - House Bills on Second Reading
1/21/2025 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
1/14/2025 - House Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 9; Nays: 0
1/14/2025 - House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location: 1:30 PM, 156-B
1/8/2025 - Referred to House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
1/8/2025 - First Reading
1/8/2025 - Coauthored by Representative Bartels
1/8/2025 - Authored By Wendy McNamara
 State Bill Page:   HB1118
 
HB1403JUVENILE JUSTICE MATTERS. (MCNAMARA W) Amends the duties of the statewide juvenile justice oversight body established by the commission on improving the status of children in Indiana (oversight body). Requires the Indiana criminal justice institute (institute) to consider the recommendations of the oversight body (rather than consider only a single, specified plan developed by the oversight body as provided under current law) in adopting a funding formula for the juvenile diversion grant program, juvenile community alternatives grant program, and juvenile behavioral health competitive grant program. Requires a recipient of a grant under the juvenile diversion grant program, juvenile community alternatives grant program, or juvenile behavioral health competitive grant program to engage in collaborative service planning with specified entities, and sets out the characteristics of collaborative service planning. Makes the following changes with regard to the juvenile behavioral health competitive grant program (program): (1) Provides that the institute may use available funds to strengthen the institute's capacity to manage grants under the program. (2) Requires the institute to submit an annual report to specified recipients regarding the program. (3) Removes references to pilot program from the juvenile behavioral health competitive grant pilot program. Amends comparable provisions regarding: (1) the juvenile diversion grant program and juvenile community alternatives grant program; and (2) the program; to bring the provisions into closer conformity with one another. Amends certain deadlines concerning funds.
 Current Status:   4/30/2025 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 All Bill Status:   4/21/2025 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/17/2025 - Signed by the Speaker
4/16/2025 - House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 473: yeas 79, nays 0
4/16/2025 - Concurrences Eligible for Action
4/15/2025 - Concurrences Eligible for Action
4/14/2025 - Motion to concur filed
4/8/2025 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 362: yeas 48, nays 1
4/8/2025 - House Bills on Third Reading
4/7/2025 - Second reading ordered engrossed
4/7/2025 - House Bills on Second Reading
4/3/2025 - added as cosponsor Senator Pol
4/3/2025 - added as cosponsor Senator Randolph
4/3/2025 - Committee Report do pass, adopted
4/3/2025 - Senate Committee recommends passage Yeas: 11; Nays: 2
4/3/2025 - Senate Appropriations, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location: 9:30 AM, Rm. 431
3/13/2025 - added as cosponsor Senator Alexander
3/13/2025 - added as cosponsor Senator Taylor G
3/13/2025 - Committee Report amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
3/12/2025 - Senate Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 10; Nays: 0
3/12/2025 - Senate Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location: 1:30 PM, Rm. 130
3/3/2025 - Referred to Senate Judiciary
3/3/2025 - First Reading
2/18/2025 - Referred to Senate
2/17/2025 - Senate sponsor: Senator Crider
2/17/2025 - Representatives Meltzer and Garcia Wilburn removed as coauthors
2/17/2025 - removed as author Representative McNamara
2/17/2025 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 174: yeas 97, nays 0
2/17/2025 - House Bills on Third Reading
2/13/2025 - Second reading ordered engrossed
2/13/2025 - House Bills on Second Reading
2/11/2025 - added as coauthor Representative Garcia Wilburn
2/10/2025 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
2/10/2025 - House Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 11; Nays: 0
2/10/2025 - House Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location: 10:30 AM, Rm. 156-B
1/13/2025 - Referred to House Judiciary
1/13/2025 - First Reading
1/13/2025 - Coauthored by Representative Meltzer
1/13/2025 - Authored By Wendy McNamara
 State Bill Page:   HB1403
 
SB1LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE. (HOLDMAN T) Places restrictions on the issuance of certain general obligation bonds. Amends a capitalization rate percentage under the statewide agricultural land base rate determination. Provides that the percentage cap used to determine the maximum levy growth quotient is 4% in 2026. Provides that, notwithstanding any growth in a political subdivision's assessed value (AV) in the previous year, a political subdivision's ad valorem property tax levy shall not exceed the ad valorem property tax levy for its last preceding annual budget, unless the fiscal body of the political subdivision adopts an affirmative tax rate and tax levy increase by ordinance following a separate public hearing. Requires a resulting decrease in tax rates for each political subdivision in which there was an increase in the political subdivision's AV in the previous year, subject to any affirmative tax rate and tax levy increase adopted by the fiscal body of the political subdivision. Phases out the authority for the department of local government finance (department) to permit an excess tax levy that is based on AV growth, school transportation costs, and other circumstances. Retains the provisions that permit an excess tax levy if the civil taxing unit cannot carry out its governmental functions in the case of annexation, a natural disaster, an accident, or an emergency. Phases in an increase in the acquisition cost threshold for the business personal property tax exemption from $80,000 to $2,000,000. Provides that the 30% minimum valuation limitation does not apply to business personal property placed in service after January 1, 2025. Phases down the homestead standard deduction over five years to zero beginning for taxes due and payable in 2031. Phases in an increase in the supplemental homestead deduction to 2/3 of the AV of the homestead. Phases in an AV deduction for all property that is subject to the 2% circuit breaker credit for excessive property taxes for assessment dates beginning in 2025 up to a 1/3 AV deduction for taxes due and payable in 2031, and each taxable year thereafter. Expires certain property tax deductions allowed in current law, and instead allows a credit against local property taxes in certain instances. Makes certain changes to the qualification requirements and credit amount for the over 65 circuit breaker credit. Provides a supplemental homestead tax credit for property taxes for a person's homestead if the person qualifies for a standard homestead deduction for the same homestead property. Provides that specified referendums may be placed on the ballot only at a general election. Amends the ballot language for controlled project, school operating, and school public safety referendums. Provides that a school corporation may not adopt a resolution to place a controlled project referendum on the ballot during the second calendar year after the final calendar year in which a previously approved controlled project referendum levy is imposed. 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. Adds provisions to authorize a county fiscal body to adopt an ordinance to establish a property tax payment deferral program (program). Provides that a qualified individual participating in the program may defer the payment of part of the property taxes that would otherwise be due on a homestead. Provides that property taxes deferred under the program are due after the occurrence of a deferral termination event. Provides that the maximum amount of taxes that may be deferred cumulatively year over year may not exceed $10,000. Increases, beginning in 2028, the maximum local income tax (LIT) expenditure rate for all counties to 2.9%. Authorizes a city or town to impose a municipal LIT rate beginning in 2028 not to exceed 1.2%. Provides that within a county's total expenditure rate, the county may adopt: (1) up to a 1.2% rate for county general purpose revenue; (2) up to a 0.4% rate for fire protection and emergency medical services; (3) up to a 0.2% rate for nonmunicipal civil taxing unit general purpose revenue; and (4) up to 1.2% for certain cities and towns that are not eligible to adopt a municipal LIT rate. Eliminates provisions that provide for a distribution of LIT expenditure rate revenue to schools and civil taxing units in counties that imposed a rate under the prior county adjusted gross income tax. Authorizes a county fiscal body to impose a local income tax expenditure rate to provide property tax relief for property tax liability attributable to homesteads in the county before January 1, 2028. Expires the authority to impose a property tax relief rate under the LIT and repeals the levy freeze rate. Provides that, in order to continue to impose an expenditure tax rate after 2027, each county must adopt a new ordinance on or before October 1, 2027, to impose the rate. Provides that, for counties that fail to adopt an ordinance to renew an existing expenditure tax rate in 2027, the expenditure tax rate for the county in 2028 shall be the minimum tax rate necessary for existing debt service. Specifies that this does not prevent the county from renewing, imposing, or modifying an expenditure tax rate in subsequent years. Eliminates local income tax councils beginning July 1, 2027, and instead provides that the county fiscal body is the adopting body in all counties for purposes of the county LIT, and the city or town fiscal body is the adopting body in the case of a municipal LIT. Establishes the state and local income tax holding account within the state general fund for purposes of LIT distributions. Requires the budget agency to maintain an accounting for each county imposing a county LIT based on annual returns filed by or for county taxpayers (same as current law). Requires undistributed amounts so accounted to be held for purposes of the state and local income tax holding account beginning after December 31, 2026. (Under current law, undistributed amounts are required to be held in reserve separate from the state general fund.) Requires the budget agency to present each December to the budget committee a report of the following: (1) An estimate of the monthly certified distribution amounts for the immediately succeeding calendar year. (2) A description of the method used to determine the monthly estimates. Beginning in 2028, requires the budget agency to make monthly transfers to the state and local income tax holding account of the amount determined for the month in the budget agency's report to the budget committee. Repeals a provision that requires the budget agency to adjust the certified distribution of a county for the succeeding year following a tax rate change. Requires the department to develop and maintain a property tax transparency portal through which taxpayers may: (1) compare the property tax liability in their current tax statement compared to their potential property tax liability based on changes under a proposed tax rate; and (2) provide taxpayer feedback to the department. Prohibits the northern Indiana commuter transportation district from issuing new bonds after May 9, 2025, that are payable in whole or in part from amounts distributed from the commuter rail service fund or the electric rail service fund. Requires all school corporat
 Current Status:   4/15/2025 - Signed by the Governor
 All Bill Status:   4/15/2025 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/15/2025 - Signed by the Speaker
4/15/2025 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/15/2025 - Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 417: yeas 27, nays 22
4/14/2025 - Concurrences Eligible for Action RULE 82(e) CONCURRENCES ELIGIBLE FOR ACTION
4/10/2025 - Committee Report Pursuant to Senate Rule 82(e); approved by Rules Committee as amended by the House Committee on Ways and Means
4/10/2025 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure
4/10/2025 - Motion to concur filed
4/10/2025 - Returned to the Senate with amendments
4/10/2025 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 433: yeas 65, nays 29
4/10/2025 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
4/9/2025 - Second reading amended, ordered engrossed
4/9/2025 - Amendment #24 (Porter) failed; Roll Call 430: yeas 23, nays 60
4/9/2025 - Amendment #2 (Pryor) failed; Roll Call 431: yeas 22, nays 65
4/9/2025 - Amendment #15 (Porter) failed; Roll Call 424: yeas 25, nays 60
4/9/2025 - Amendment #16 (Porter) failed; Roll Call 425: yeas 24, nays 61
4/9/2025 - Amendment #19 (Porter) failed; Roll Call 426: yeas 27, nays 58
4/9/2025 - Amendment #26 (Porter) failed; Roll Call 428: yeas 22, nays 59
4/9/2025 - Amendment #20 (Porter) failed; Roll Call 427: yeas 22, nays 60
4/9/2025 - Amendment #22 (Porter) failed; Roll Call 429: yeas 25, nays 57
4/9/2025 - Amendment #8 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 420: yeas 27, nays 65
4/9/2025 - Amendment #7 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 418: yeas 27, nays 66
4/9/2025 - Amendment #11 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 421: yeas 26, nays 63
4/9/2025 - Amendment #9 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 419: yeas 27, nays 64
4/9/2025 - Amendment #6 (Jackson C) failed; voice vote
4/9/2025 - Amendment #3 (Jackson C) failed; Roll Call 422: yeas 20, nays 68
4/9/2025 - Amendment #14 (Porter) failed; Roll Call 423: yeas 25, nays 62
4/9/2025 - Amendment #1 (Campbell) failed; Roll Call 417: yeas 27, nays 64
4/9/2025 - Amendment #36 (Thompson) prevailed; Roll Call 416: yeas 70, nays 27
4/9/2025 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
4/7/2025 - House Ways and Means, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location: 10:30 AM, Room 404
4/7/2025 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
4/7/2025 - House Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 15; Nays: 8
3/12/2025 - House Ways and Means, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location: 1:30 PM, Rm. 404
3/5/2025 - House Ways and Means, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location: 1:30 PM, Rm. 404
3/3/2025 - Referred to House Ways and Means
3/3/2025 - First Reading
2/19/2025 - added as cosponsors Representatives Snow and Jordan
2/18/2025 - Referred to House
2/18/2025 - added as cosponsor Representative Clere
2/18/2025 - Representatives Snow and Jordan removed as cosponsors
2/17/2025 - Cosponsors: Representatives Snow and Jordan
2/17/2025 - House sponsor: Representative Thompson
2/17/2025 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 132: yeas 37, nays 10
2/17/2025 - Senate Bills on Third Reading RULE 66(b) BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON THIRD READING
2/13/2025 - Second reading ordered engrossed
2/13/2025 - Amendment #4 (Young M) failed; Roll Call 119: yeas 16, nays 30
2/13/2025 - Amendment #5 (Young M) failed; Roll Call 118: yeas 9, nays 37
2/13/2025 - Amendment #2 (Young M) failed; Roll Call 117: yeas 12, nays 34
2/13/2025 - Amendment #3 (Young M) failed; Roll Call 116: yeas 15, nays 31
2/13/2025 - Amendment #1 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 115: yeas 10, nays 36
2/13/2025 - Senate Bills on Second Reading RULE 66(b) BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON SECOND READING
2/11/2025 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
2/11/2025 - Senate Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 10; Nays: 3
2/11/2025 - Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location: 8:00 AM, Rm. 431
2/4/2025 - Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location: 9:00 AM, Rm. 431
1/30/2025 - added as coauthors Senators Gaskill, Rogers, Buchanan, Johnson T
1/30/2025 - added as third author Senator Baldwin
1/30/2025 - added as second author Senator Garten
1/14/2025 - Referred to Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy
1/14/2025 - First Reading
1/14/2025 - Authored By Travis Holdman
 State Bill Page:   SB1
 
SB2MEDICAID MATTERS. (MISHLER R) Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) to report specified Medicaid data to the Medicaid oversight committee. Requires the office to annually prepare and present a report to the budget committee concerning the enforcement of the Medicaid five year look back period. Prohibits specified persons from advertising or otherwise marketing the Medicaid program. Provides that the office may adopt rules concerning permissible advertising or marketing indicating participation in the Medicaid program by a person that has contracted with the office. Allows the office to reimburse medical providers at the appropriate Medicaid fee schedule rate for certified medical claims prior to the beginning of benefits, provided the claims satisfy certain conditions. Repeals language allowing for marketing of the Medicaid program. Requires the office to receive and review data from specified federal and state agencies concerning Medicaid recipients to determine whether circumstances have changed that affect Medicaid eligibility for recipients and to perform a redetermination. Requires the office to establish: (1) performance standards for hospitals that make presumptive eligibility determinations and sets out action for when hospitals do not comply with the standards; and (2) an appeals procedure for hospitals that dispute the violation determination. Sets out a hospital's responsibilities when making a presumptive eligibility determination. Imposes corrective action and restrictions for failing to meet presumptive eligibility standards. Specifies requirements, allowances, and limitations for the healthy Indiana plan.
 Current Status:   5/1/2025 - Signed by the Governor
 All Bill Status:   4/23/2025 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/22/2025 - Signed by the Speaker
4/22/2025 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/17/2025 - Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 470: yeas 37, nays 10
4/17/2025 - Concurrences Eligible for Action
4/16/2025 - Concurrences Eligible for Action
4/15/2025 - Concurrences Eligible for Action
4/14/2025 - Concurrences Eligible for Action
4/10/2025 - Motion to concur filed
4/9/2025 - Returned to the Senate with amendments
4/8/2025 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 390: yeas 66, nays 28
4/8/2025 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
4/7/2025 - Amendment #7 (Porter) ruled out of order
4/7/2025 - Amendment #6 (Shackleford) failed; Roll Call 381: yeas 28, nays 65
4/7/2025 - Amendment #8 (Porter) failed; Roll Call 380: yeas 27, nays 64
4/7/2025 - Amendment #5 (Shackleford) failed; Roll Call 379: yeas 28, nays 65
4/7/2025 - Second reading ordered engrossed
4/7/2025 - Amendment #12 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 382: yeas 28, nays 67
4/7/2025 - Amendment #10 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 374: yeas 28, nays 60
4/7/2025 - Amendment #7 (Porter) ruled out of order voice vote
4/7/2025 - Amendment #3 (Shackleford) failed; Roll Call 377: yeas 28, nays 66
4/7/2025 - Amendment #4 (Shackleford) failed; Roll Call 378: yeas 27, nays 67
4/7/2025 - Amendment #2 (Shackleford) failed; Roll Call 376: yeas 26, nays 67
4/7/2025 - Amendment #1 (Garcia Wilburn) failed; Roll Call 375: yeas 28, nays 60
4/7/2025 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
4/3/2025 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
4/2/2025 - House Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 16; Nays: 7
4/2/2025 - House Ways and Means, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location: 1:30 PM, Rm. 404
3/20/2025 - added as cosponsor Representative Carbaugh
3/20/2025 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
3/20/2025 - Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
3/18/2025 - House Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 8; Nays: 4
3/18/2025 - House Public Health, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location: 8:30 AM, Rm. 156-A
3/3/2025 - Referred to House Public Health
3/3/2025 - First Reading
2/19/2025 - Referred to House
2/18/2025 - Cosponsor: Representative Thompson
2/18/2025 - House sponsor: Representative Barrett
2/18/2025 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 143: yeas 40, nays 9
2/18/2025 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
2/17/2025 - Amendment #8 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 130: yeas 9, nays 39
2/17/2025 - added as coauthor Senator Young M
2/17/2025 - Amendment #7 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 129: yeas 9, nays 39
2/17/2025 - added as coauthor Senator Johnson T
2/17/2025 - Amendment #2 (Yoder) failed; voice vote
2/17/2025 - Amendment #5 (Yoder) failed; voice vote
2/17/2025 - Amendment #1 (Mishler) prevailed; voice vote
2/17/2025 - Second reading amended, ordered engrossed
2/17/2025 - Amendment #4 (Yoder) failed; voice vote
2/17/2025 - Amendment #6 (Yoder) failed; voice vote
2/17/2025 - Amendment #9 (Qaddoura) failed; voice vote
2/17/2025 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
2/13/2025 - added as coauthor Senator Rogers
2/13/2025 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
2/13/2025 - Senate Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 9; Nays: 4
2/13/2025 - Senate Appropriations, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location: 9:00 AM, Rm. 431
1/30/2025 - added as coauthor Senator Raatz
1/16/2025 - Senate Appropriations, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location: 10:00 AM, Rm. 431
1/14/2025 - Referred to Senate Appropriations
1/14/2025 - First Reading
1/14/2025 - Coauthored by Senator Gaskill
1/14/2025 - Authored By Ryan Mishler
 State Bill Page:   SB2
 
SB5STATE FISCAL AND CONTRACTING MATTERS. (BALDWIN S) Allows a state agency to use artificial intelligence software to prepare information and projections for the state budget. Requires a state agency to provide a quarterly report to the budget committee that details the requests submitted by the state agency for new federal funds or to participate in a new federal program. Provides that, in addition to the quarterly reports, a state agency may not immediately accept an award of new federal funds in certain circumstances or participate in a new federal program before a report has been reviewed by the budget committee. Specifies the contents of the report that must be submitted for budget committee review. Requires a state agency to provide the state comptroller with a contract for inclusion in the Indiana transparency website not later than 30 days after the contract is fully executed. Requires that permanent full-time positions which have been vacant for 90 days or more be reviewed and either reauthorized or eliminated by the budget director. Requires the budget director to provide a quarterly report to the governor's office regarding those positions that were reauthorized or eliminated by the budget director in the preceding three months. Requires a state agency to provide quarterly reports to the budget committee regarding the state agency's active contracts. Provides for the reversion of funds appropriated to a state agency for expenses related to a contract that are unused after the end of the contract term. Requires the department of administration (department) to develop certain contract language to be included in state contracts of $500,000 or more. Requires a state agency to provide a report to the budget committee concerning amendments to a contract that: (1) increase the maximum contract amount by not less than $500,000; or (2) for a contract with an initial maximum contract amount of not less than $500,000, extend the term of the contract by not less than six months. Prohibits a state agency from entering into a nonpublic contract. Requires all contract opportunities of state agencies to be posted in the form of a request for proposals or a request for quotations on the department's website at least 30 days prior to the contract being awarded. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services and the office of Medicaid policy and planning to do the following: (1) Review monthly reports on the Medicaid program service utilization to identify trends and risks within the state Medicaid program. (2) Post publicly on the office of the secretary of family and social services's website monthly financial reports or expenditures and revenues for each state Medicaid program and commentary providing context for each monthly financial report. (3) Submit a quarterly report to the budget committee.
 Current Status:   5/6/2025 - Signed by the Governor
 All Bill Status:   4/29/2025 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/24/2025 - Signed by the Speaker
4/24/2025 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/23/2025 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 488: yeas 48, nays 0
4/23/2025 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 524: yeas 90, nays 1; Rules Suspended
4/23/2025 - Senate Conference Committees Eligible for Action
4/23/2025 - Senate Conference Committees Eligible for Action
4/22/2025 - CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
4/22/2025 - CCR # 1 filed in the House
4/21/2025 - Conference Committee for SB 5, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location: 1:30 PM, Rm. 130
4/14/2025 - Senate Conferees appointed Baldwin and Niezgodski
4/14/2025 - Senate Advisors appointed Pol and Garten
4/14/2025 - House Conferees appointed Lehman and DeLaney
4/14/2025 - House Advisors appointed Snow, Lopez and Porter
4/10/2025 - Senate dissented from House Amendments
4/9/2025 - Motion to dissent filed
4/9/2025 - Returned to the Senate with amendments
4/8/2025 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 388: yeas 92, nays 1
4/8/2025 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
4/7/2025 - Appeal the ruling of the chair (Porter); ruling of the chair sustained Roll Call 384: yeas 63, nays 28
4/7/2025 - Amendment #2 (Lopez) prevailed; Roll Call 385: yeas 65, nays 30
4/7/2025 - Second reading amended, ordered engrossed
4/7/2025 - Amendment #1 (Porter) ruled out of order
4/7/2025 - Amendment #5 (Lehman) prevailed; Roll Call 383: yeas 68, nays 27
4/7/2025 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
4/3/2025 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
4/1/2025 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
3/31/2025 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
3/27/2025 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
3/26/2025 - House Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 22; Nays: 0
3/26/2025 - House Ways and Means, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location: 1:30 PM, Rm. 404
3/20/2025 - added as cosponsor Representative Lopez
3/19/2025 - House Ways and Means, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location: 1:30 PM, Rm. 404
3/3/2025 - Referred to House Ways and Means
3/3/2025 - First Reading
1/29/2025 - Referred to House
1/28/2025 - added as coauthors Senators Walker K, Goode, Young M
1/28/2025 - added as coauthors Senators Raatz, Carrasco, Dernulc, Johnson T, Tomes
1/28/2025 - added as coauthors Senators Maxwell, Koch, Gaskill, Alting, Niezgodski
1/28/2025 - added as coauthors Senators Buck, Walker G, Byrne, Bohacek
1/28/2025 - added as coauthors Senators Alexander, Buchanan, Busch, Leising, Donato
1/28/2025 - House sponsor: Representative Lehman
1/28/2025 - Cosponsor: Representative Snow
1/28/2025 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 27: yeas 49, nays 0
1/28/2025 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
1/27/2025 - added as coauthors Senators Freeman, Clark B, Glick
1/27/2025 - Second reading ordered engrossed
1/27/2025 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
1/23/2025 - added as coauthors Senators Randolph, Holdman, Bassler
1/23/2025 - added as coauthors Senators Doriot, Zay, Deery
1/23/2025 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
1/23/2025 - Senate Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 14; Nays: 0
1/23/2025 - Senate Appropriations, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location: 9:30 AM, Rm. 431
1/16/2025 - added as coauthor Senator Schmitt
1/14/2025 - added as third author Senator Mishler
1/14/2025 - added as second author Senator Garten
1/14/2025 - Referred to Senate Appropriations
1/14/2025 - First Reading
1/14/2025 - Authored By Scott Baldwin
 State Bill Page:   SB5
 
SB216MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. (CRIDER M) Allows certain individuals to take the examination for licensure as a social worker before having completed the bachelor's degree. Makes the following changes in regard to marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, addiction counselors, and clinical addiction counselors: (1) Provides that an individual must be licensed as an associate before obtaining the relevant experience hours, except in certain circumstances. (2) Amends provisions concerning experience hours and the expiration of a temporary license or permit. Removes certain provisions regarding first available examinations.
 Current Status:   5/1/2025 - Signed by the Governor
 All Bill Status:   4/22/2025 - Signed by the Speaker
4/17/2025 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/16/2025 - Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 457: yeas 39, nays 0
4/16/2025 - Concurrences Eligible for Action
4/15/2025 - Motion to concur filed
3/25/2025 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 310: yeas 94, nays 0
3/25/2025 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
3/24/2025 - Second reading amended, ordered engrossed
3/24/2025 - Amendment #1 (Goss-Reaves) prevailed; voice vote
3/24/2025 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
3/20/2025 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
3/18/2025 - House Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 11; Nays: 0
3/18/2025 - House Public Health, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location: 8:30 AM, Rm. 156-A
3/11/2025 - House Public Health, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location: 8:30 AM, Rm. 156-A
3/3/2025 - Referred to House Public Health
3/3/2025 - First Reading
1/27/2025 - Referred to House
1/23/2025 - House sponsor: Representative Goss-Reaves
1/23/2025 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 19: yeas 49, nays 0
1/23/2025 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
1/21/2025 - added as second author Senator Charbonneau
1/21/2025 - Second reading ordered engrossed
1/17/2025 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
1/16/2025 - added as third author Senator Becker
1/16/2025 - Committee Report do pass, adopted
1/15/2025 - Senate Committee recommends passage Yeas: 11; Nays: 0
1/15/2025 - Senate Health and Provider Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location: 9:00 AM, Rm. 431
1/8/2025 - Referred to Senate Health and Provider Services
1/8/2025 - First Reading
1/8/2025 - Authored By Michael Crider
 State Bill Page:   SB216
 

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