# Indiana HB 1050: Technical corrections. Indiana HB 1050, Technical corrections., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) House bill sponsored by Karen Engleman (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-25 (Public Law 1); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1050-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Indiana HB 1050 - State: Indiana - Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) - Title: Technical corrections. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-08 - Last action: 2025-03-25, Public Law 1 - Sponsor: Karen Engleman (Republican) - Cosponsors: 3 - Subjects: judiciary, the senate - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (140 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 26 ## Summary Addresses technical issues in the Indiana Code, including those related to spelling, tabulation, formatting, grammar, and cross-references. Resolves technical conflicts from the 2024 legislative session. Makes conforming amendments. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the code revision committee.) ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Military moves allow penalty-free service cancellations: benefit, medium. Servicemembers can cancel covered contracts without early termination charges after orders relocate them for at least 90 days somewhere service is unavailable. Covered services include telecommunications, internet, television, gyms or athletic clubs, and satellite radio. Cancellation requires writt… - Students get free required classroom materials: benefit, medium. Indiana school corporations and charter-school organizers must buy selected curricular materials and provide them free to enrolled students. The school keeps ownership. Schools may charge reasonable fees only when materials are lost or significantly damaged, following state board rules. Collected f… - Incarcerated people get property-loss claim payments: benefit, low. Incarcerated people can receive payment for approved personal-property losses caused during confinement by the Department of Correction or its representatives. Covered representatives include agents, former officers, employees, and contractors. The person must file an administrative claim within 18… - Legislative commission members get travel allowances: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, General Assembly members serving on the covered commission receive legislative interim-study-committee allowances. These include per diem, mileage, and travel allowances. Legislative Council or Legislative Services Agency appropriations may pay the costs; specific amounts ar… - Nonprofit board members get expense reimbursements: benefit, low. Covered nonprofit board members who are not state employees receive the per diem provided for General Assembly members. They also receive mileage, travel, and other actual duty-related expense reimbursements. State-employee board members receive travel and other actual expense reimbursements, but n… - Homeowners get longer homestead filing window: benefit, low. Homeowners seeking the homestead standard deduction must complete, date, and file the certified statement by January 15. The deadline falls in the calendar year when property taxes are first due and payable. The former deadline was January 5, so homeowners get 10 extra days. Applicable homestead re… - Qualifying schools get buildings for $1: benefit, low. School corporations must notify the state education department within 30 days of a public decision to stop classroom use of a covered building. Charter schools and state educational institutions have 90 days after department notice to submit preliminary requests with required supporting information… - Schools disclose salaries before referendum votes: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, schools in counties covered by the law must post disclosures before qualifying referendum votes. The referendum resolution must have been adopted after May 10, 2023. Disclosures are due at least 30 days before a primary or general election vote. They must rank salaries by po… - Broadband grants require budget committee review: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the state broadband office must send proposed subgrant amounts and terms to the budget committee. Review is required before awards in every funding round, unless federal law overrides the requirement. The rule applies to subgrantees and sets no direct household payment. - Local wireless pole bans face limits: benefit, low. Local bans on new small-cell poles in underground-utility areas require both underground designation and strictly residential zoning before May 1, 2017. Existing above-ground infrastructure remains subject to the law's exceptions. Authorities must allow specified equipment additions and replacement… - Migrant-serving childcare providers qualify for vouchers: benefit, low. Childcare providers operating to serve migrant children qualify for voucher payments when they comply with the applicable childcare chapter. The law does not specify payment amounts or create direct payments to families. - Property owners face lead-line replacement deadlines: cost, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, owners outside multifamily properties with more than four units must act within 45 days of utility notice. They must enroll and allow access at no cost to the utility, or replace their lead line at their own expense. After nonresponse or failure to act, the utility may enter… - Abandoned properties face water repair costs: cost, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, water utilities may disconnect properties they determine are abandoned or unserviceable under applicable law. Utilities may also require the owner, including a future owner, to install a new service line at personal expense. - Limited-license optometrists face prescription certificate rules: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, limited-license optometrists at Indiana University face requirements for certificates to administer, dispense, or prescribe legend drugs. They cannot receive or renew these certificates without meeting IC 25-24-3-12, IC 25-24-3-13, and IC 25-24-3-15. Limited-license eligibil… - Lead-line replacement costs enter water rates: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, state regulators must approve lead-line plans before customer-owned line work qualifies as eligible infrastructure. Plans must serve the public interest and cover financing help, work coordination, replacement volumes, costs, savings, notices, restoration, and future repairs… - Student savings accounts set age limits: mixed, medium. Students must be at least 5 and under 22 on October 1 of the school year to qualify for education savings accounts. They also need Indiana legal settlement and must meet the choice scholarship program's annual income requirement. Students must have the required disability and education plan, or be… - Historic areas keep wireless installation review: mixed, low. Local authorities may require historic-appropriateness certificates for small-cell facilities and associated structures in designated historic areas. Covered areas include those overseen by the Meridian Street preservation commission. Authorities use generally applicable procedures, subject to sect… - Neighborhoods get wireless notices and design input: mixed, low. Neighborhood and homeowners associations in strictly residential underground-utility areas can register for notices of specified small-cell applications and uses. Authorities with websites must post instructions; mailed notices may carry capped charges, but electronic notice costs cannot pass to ap… - State section repealed; effects remain unclear: mixed, low. Effective July 1, 2025, the law repeals IC 36-8-16.7-9. The supplied information does not describe that section's subject, requirements, or affected people. Its practical effects cannot be determined from this provision. - Schools lose teacher-pay spending waiver: mixed, low. Indiana school corporations must spend at least 62% of specified state tuition support on teacher compensation. The law removes the waiver process that allowed exceptions. This protects the spending floor but reduces schools' flexibility over those dollars. - Schools restrict hiring after listed misconduct: mixed, low. Public, charter, and state-accredited nonpublic schools face hiring restrictions for people wearing conviction-related ankle monitors or engaging in sexual grooming. Restrictions also cover people whose student-related misconduct settlements include nondisclosure agreements about the allegations. E… - Schools tighten conviction screening and reporting: mixed, low. Public, charter, state-accredited nonpublic schools, and covered service companies must bar or terminate workers with listed convictions from ongoing child-contact jobs. The list includes violent, sex, child-abuse, and obscenity-related offenses. After June 30, 2023, subsection (c) convictions can… - Local projects face votes and advocacy limits: mixed, low. Local governments need voter approval before using property taxes for debt or lease payments on specified controlled projects. For section 3.5(a)(1)(E) projects, approval applies while that category remains effective; categories (A) through (C) require a sufficient petition first. Beginning July 1,… - Telecom oversight narrows, filing notices go online: mixed, low. Indiana regulators cannot exceed federal authority when setting telecom interconnection, resale, or unbundled network-access rules and prices. They retain specified dispute-resolution and agreement-review powers, subject to federal regulations. In authorized disputes or agreement reviews, providers… - Wireless work avoids permits, adds identification: mixed, low. Local authorities cannot require applications, permits, or fees for specified routine wireless maintenance and substantially similar or same-size-or-smaller replacements. The exemption includes specified small facilities suspended between existing utility poles when codes and public-right-of-way au… - Direct marketers get statewide licensing limits: mixed, low. Holders can apply to the Indiana commission for direct-marketing authority throughout their service areas. Designated employees must be at least 18, have a high school diploma or equivalent, and hold a valid driver's license. They must meet listed criminal-history requirements; holders must show fi… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Karen Engleman (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Aaron Freeman (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Edward DeLaney (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kyle Pierce (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-11 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 48 | 0 | | | 2025-01-28 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 92 | 0 | | ## Actions (18) - 2025-03-25: Public Law 1 (House) - 2025-03-25: Signed by the Governor (House) - 2025-03-18: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Signed by the Speaker (House) - 2025-03-13: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Returned to the House without amendments (Senate) - 2025-03-11: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 222: yeas 48, nays 0 (Senate) - 2025-03-10: Second reading: ordered engrossed (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Committee report: do pass, adopted (Senate) - 2025-02-18: First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-01-29: Referred to the Senate (House) - 2025-01-28: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 18: yeas 92, nays 0 (House) - 2025-01-28: Senate sponsor: Senator Freeman (House) - 2025-01-27: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House) - 2025-01-21: Committee report: do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-01-08: First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary (House) - 2025-01-08: Coauthored by Representatives Boy, DeLaney, Pierce K (House) - 2025-01-08: Authored by Representative Engleman (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1050/versions/HB1050.04.ENRS?format=pdf) - House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1050/versions/HB1050.03.COMS?format=pdf) - House Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1050/versions/HB1050.02.COMH?format=pdf) - Introduced House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1050/versions/HB1050.01.INTR?format=pdf) ## Related bills - SB 231: Various corrections matters. (signed) - SB 324: Criminal procedures. (signed) - SB 80: Code publication. (signed) - SB 453: Various tax matters. (signed) - SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit. (signed) - SB 371: Workforce matters. (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1050/versions/HB1050.04.ENRS?format=pdf) - [House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1050/versions/HB1050.03.COMS?format=pdf) - [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1050/versions/HB1050.02.COMH?format=pdf) - [Introduced House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1050/versions/HB1050.01.INTR?format=pdf) ## Related - [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025) - [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025) - [SB 80: Code publication.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB80-2025) - [SB 453: Various tax matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB453-2025) - [SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB464-2025) - [SB 371: Workforce matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB371-2025) - [Indiana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana/bills) - [Indiana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1050-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).