# Indiana HB 1088: Technical corrections. Indiana HB 1088, Technical corrections., is a Second Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2026) House bill sponsored by Kyle Pierce (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-02-24 (Signed by the Governor); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1088-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Indiana HB 1088 - State: Indiana - Session: Second Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2026) - Title: Technical corrections. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-05 - Last action: 2026-02-24, Signed by the Governor - Sponsor: Kyle Pierce (Republican) - Cosponsors: 4 - Subjects: judiciary, the senate - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (137 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 33 ## Summary Addresses technical issues in the Indiana Code, including those related to spelling, tabulation, formatting, grammar, and cross-references. Resolves technical conflicts from the 2025 legislative session. Makes conforming amendments. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the code revision committee.) ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Emergency waiver priority for vulnerable people: benefit, medium. Indiana must seek federal approval for emergency placement priority under a Medicaid waiver. Priority covers people whose main caregiver has died or is at least 80, and people facing abuse or neglect. Other health or safety risks qualify when the division director finds public services and family o… - Safeguards before Medicaid drug restrictions: benefit, medium. Indiana cannot further restrict a Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program drug’s status before board review of its drug group. The state must also implement that group on the preferred drug list before further restrictions. The state generally cannot use an unapproved list or amendment, sub… - Trust-owned homes keep deduction eligibility: benefit, medium. A trust-owned home can qualify for Indiana’s standard homestead property-tax deduction when its resident meets the statutory trust-residence requirements. The law removes the former expiration-based limit on this eligibility. This provision does not set a household’s deduction amount. - Military learners gain college credit recognition: benefit, medium. Indiana state colleges must adopt policies awarding enrolled students undergraduate credit for qualifying military courses, exams, and accredited college coursework. Qualifying learning must occur during active, reserve, or Indiana National Guard service, or after an honorable discharge. The colleg… - Drivers must receive timely toll bills: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, toll road operators must send user-fee invoices within one year after the driver incurs the toll. The deadline runs from the toll date, not an operator-selected date. The provision does not change the toll amount. - Fewer parents face support cooperation duties: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, this child support cooperation requirement applies only when parents are separated or divorced. There must also be no existing court order for the child’s support. Only then must a parent cooperate with Indiana’s child support agency to obtain an order. - Transferred patients keep blood sample protection: benefit, low. When a patient transfers hospitals, the laboratory holding the first blood sample remains responsible for keeping it. Retention ends when the 21-day period expires, the receiving hospital discharges the patient, or the patient dies. The rule requires the laboratory to have received the whole-blood… - Mobile food businesses gain statewide licensing: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, the Indiana Department of Health must provide an application for a statewide mobile food business license. Owners and operators can use it to apply for and receive that license. - Electing businesses gain tax penalty protection: benefit, low. For tax years ending after December 31, 2024, electing entities receive an estimated-tax underpayment safe harbor. Required payments avoid the penalty when they reach the lower of 20% of current-year tax or 25% of prior-year tax. The rule applies to entities electing to pay Indiana’s specified enti… - Dam removal permits last through appeals: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, qualifying low head dam removal permits remain valid until two years after relevant appeals are finally decided. The rule covers permits issued after January 1, 2021. Relevant appeals include challenges to the removal permit or other local, state, or federal permits needed f… - Unaffiliated candidates receive blank ballot labels: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, county election boards must leave a blank space after certain candidates’ names. The rule covers candidates who disclose no party affiliation or are unaffiliated without identifying as independent. It applies to ballot cards and electronic voting system labels. - New oversight for Medicaid transportation: benefit, low. Indiana creates a commission to oversee nonemergency medical transportation. It reviews service quality for Medicaid fee-for-service recipients and whether brokers pay transportation providers on time. The state must supply staff and technical help. The provision does not change transportation elig… - Alternative teacher programs lose training mandate: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, alternative teacher certification programs no longer must include trauma-informed instruction and social-emotional learning curriculum. The change applies to programs used to qualify for the specified initial practitioner license. It does not set a tuition or licensing fee c… - Hospital funds support Medicaid financing: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, a new payer affordability penalty fund collects fines under specified state laws. It pays Indiana’s Medicaid share, fund expenses, and a hospital study on federal changes to disproportionate share hospital payments. Its money remains available across budget years and is cont… - Stricter checks for Medicaid applicants: cost, medium. Indiana generally must verify Medicaid applicants’ income, residency, age, household makeup, caretaker status, and other health coverage. Federal requirements to accept self-reported information still apply. Required checks include monthly matches for deaths, correctional information, SNAP-related… - Scholarship families face narrower school eligibility: cost, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, choice scholarship schools must charge eligible scholarship students tuition, rather than transfer tuition. The definition no longer includes schools charging transfer tuition instead. Schools must still meet other participation requirements, including accepting eligible stu… - Higher taxes on tobacco and vaping: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, the wholesale-price tax on most tobacco products and cigars rises from 24% to 30%. The cigar tax cap rises from $1 to $3 per cigar. Taxes on moist snuff and alternative nicotine products rise from $0.40 to $0.50 per ounce. The closed-system vaping cartridge tax doubles from… - Disability providers face possible training fees: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Indiana may charge authorized service providers that employ direct support professionals an annual fee. The fee structure must account for workforce differences and cannot exceed $2,000 per provider each year. Collected fees support the direct support professional training p… - Schools lose bleeding-control grant spending option: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, secured school fund matching grants cannot fund required Stop the Bleed programs or bleeding control kits. The restriction covers school corporations, charter schools, and accredited nonpublic schools. Indiana’s office of school safety also takes over the education departmen… - Schools lose express absence-planning option: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, the law drops language expressly allowing chronic absence plans within required school improvement plans. The Department of Education must still provide help, best practices, and guidance for chronic absence plans. The deletion does not itself state a ban on including those… - More nonprofit hospital billing faces rules: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Indiana nonprofit hospital systems’ Medicaid billing is no longer excluded from the chapter’s requirements. Medicare and Medicare Advantage billing remain excluded. This provision does not state a change to patient charges or benefits. - Local governments must pause between bonds: cost, low. Local governments must wait one year after a qualifying general obligation bond expires before issuing another general obligation bond. Covered bonds last two years or less, use property taxes, and finance projects outside the controlled-project and specified bond procedures. The rule covers qualif… - Preschool vouchers bring priority and conditions: mixed, high. Beginning July 1, 2026, an eligible child must live with a parent or guardian who works or attends training or school. For limited-eligibility children, a parent’s Social Security disability, Supplemental Security Income, or Veterans Affairs disability benefits also provide a qualifying route. Chil… - Medicaid suspension and help around release: mixed, medium. Indiana must suspend Medicaid during covered incarceration or juvenile placement when federal law makes the person ineligible. Participation is restored after release only for eligible people. The correctional release process requires specified court orders and at least 40 days’ notice from the Dep… - Patients face investigational treatment consent rules: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, patients seeking individualized investigational treatment must provide written informed consent. They must attest to a life-threatening or severely debilitating disease and agree that approved treatments are unlikely to prolong life or improve it. The treatment-outcome descr… - Child care licenses and records clarified: mixed, low. Child care home licenses last two years, while child care center licenses last three years. Revocation, suspension, probationary status, or voluntary return can change those terms. A timely renewal application keeps the existing license active during state review. Providers must display current lic… - Home closings change deduction notices: mixed, low. For covered single-family, first-lien purchase mortgages and refinancings, the pre-closing form must explain how to end an ineligible homestead deduction. It addresses customers or spouses losing eligibility after moving into the property, including tax consequences and penalties for unlawful claim… - Certain utilities lose cyber-reporting duty: mixed, low. Public utility departments established under the specified Indiana utility law are excluded from this state cybersecurity incident reporting requirement. The law removes them from the chapter’s definition of public entity. This exemption does not itself change utility prices or household service. - Charter schools face approval and materials rules: mixed, low. Covered school boards and nonprofit colleges that had not issued charters before July 1, 2015, must obtain current authorizing approval. Registration is free; qualifying school boards must be registered within 60 days, and nonprofit application decisions are due each July 1. School boards authorize… - Schools must devote more to teachers: mixed, low. For school years in state fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2025, the teacher-compensation minimum rises from 62% to 65%. The percentage applies to school corporations’ applicable state tuition support. Support for students taught entirely online by teachers employed by contracted third-party p… - Charter schools share new referendum revenue: mixed, low. Beginning in 2028, county auditors divide qualifying new school referendum levy revenue between eligible charter schools and the school corporation. The levy must first apply to property taxes payable after December 31, 2027. Qualifying charter enrollment must reach the greater of 100 students or 2… - Education department oversees savings account providers: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, the Department of Education takes over education savings account provider oversight from the Treasurer of State. It handles provider applications, program requirements, revocations, and related account actions. Providers must meet participation criteria and provide legally r… - Schools receive revised career grant counts: mixed, low. School corporations count pupils enrolled in designated career and technical education programs when calculating enrollment grants. A pupil can count in multiple programs when enrolled in each on the counting date. Later state adjustments to average daily membership apply retroactively to grants. O… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Kyle Pierce (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Aaron Freeman (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Edward DeLaney (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Greg Taylor (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Karen Engleman (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-02-12 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 47 | 1 | | | 2026-01-20 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 90 | 0 | | ## Actions (18) - 2026-02-24: Signed by the Governor (House) - 2026-02-24: Public Law 23 (House) - 2026-02-23: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Signed by the Speaker (House) - 2026-02-13: Returned to the House without amendments (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 156: yeas 47, nays 1 (Senate) - 2026-02-10: Second reading: ordered engrossed (Senate) - 2026-02-05: Committee report: do pass, adopted (Senate) - 2026-01-27: First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate) - 2026-01-21: Referred to the Senate (House) - 2026-01-20: Senate sponsors: Senators Freeman, Taylor G (House) - 2026-01-20: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 55: yeas 90, nays 0 (House) - 2026-01-15: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House) - 2026-01-12: Committee report: do pass, adopted (House) - 2026-01-05: Authored by Representative Pierce K (House) - 2026-01-05: Coauthored by Representatives Engleman, DeLaney (House) - 2026-01-05: First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/HB1088/versions/HB1088.04.ENRS?format=pdf) - House Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/HB1088/versions/HB1088.02.COMH?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/HB1088/versions/HB1088.03.COMS?format=pdf) - Introduced House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/HB1088/versions/HB1088.01.INTR?format=pdf) ## Related bills - HB 1277: Health and human services matters. (signed) - HB 1266: Department of education and education matters. (signed) - HB 1210: Department of local government finance. (signed) - HB 1249: Various criminal law matters. (signed) - HB 1200: Bureau of motor vehicles. (signed) - HB 1115: Homeowners association governance. (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/HB1088/versions/HB1088.04.ENRS?format=pdf) - [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/HB1088/versions/HB1088.02.COMH?format=pdf) - [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/HB1088/versions/HB1088.03.COMS?format=pdf) - [Introduced House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/HB1088/versions/HB1088.01.INTR?format=pdf) ## Related - [HB 1277: Health and human services matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1277-2026) - [HB 1266: Department of education and education matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1266-2026) - [HB 1210: Department of local government finance.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1210-2026) - [HB 1249: Various criminal law matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1249-2026) - [HB 1200: Bureau of motor vehicles.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1200-2026) - [HB 1115: Homeowners association governance.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1115-2026) - [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-HB1088-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).