# Indiana HB 1220: Office of the attorney general.

Indiana HB 1220, Office of the attorney general., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) House bill sponsored by Michael Karickhoff (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-10 (Signed by the Governor) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Indiana HB 1220
- State: Indiana
- Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025)
- Title: Office of the attorney general.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-09
- Last action: 2025-04-10, Signed by the Governor
- Sponsor: Michael Karickhoff (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Subjects: government and regulatory reform, the senate, public policy
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (136 yes, 2 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

Requires a teacher's electronic mail address to be used for sending the annual summary of a teacher's rights and protections. Removes the requirement that the attorney general publish an annual newspaper notice regarding unclaimed property held by the attorney general with a value of more than $100.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Teachers get yearly rights information: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana’s attorney general must email teachers a rights letter each year by July 30. It summarizes state and federal protections, including rights tied to performance reviews. The education department, working with the state education employment relations board, must arrange…
- Unclaimed property newspaper notices no longer required: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana no longer requires annual county newspaper notices for unclaimed property worth more than $100. The attorney general must still maintain a public, searchable website or database listing apparent owners of property worth $10 or more. The site must include claim instru…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Michael Karickhoff (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Doug Miller (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Garrett Bascom (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: James Buck (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: John Bartlett (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Justin Busch (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-25 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 45 | 2 |   |
| 2025-02-10 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 91 | 0 |   |

## Actions (21)

- 2025-04-10: Signed by the Governor (House)
- 2025-04-10: Public Law 55 (House)
- 2025-04-03: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: Signed by the Speaker (House)
- 2025-03-27: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: Returned to the House without amendments (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 282: yeas 45, nays 2 (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: Second reading: ordered engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Committee report: do pass, adopted (Senate)
- 2025-03-11: Senator Busch added as second sponsor (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: Referred to the Senate (House)
- 2025-02-10: Senate sponsor: Senator Buck (House)
- 2025-02-10: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 120: yeas 91, nays 0 (House)
- 2025-02-06: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House)
- 2025-02-03: Representative Miller D added as coauthor (House)
- 2025-02-03: Committee report: do pass, adopted (House)
- 2025-01-21: Representative Bartlett added as coauthor (House)
- 2025-01-09: Coauthored by Representative Bascom (House)
- 2025-01-09: First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform (House)
- 2025-01-09: Authored by Representative Karickhoff (House)

## Bill text

- Enrolled House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1220/versions/HB1220.04.ENRS?format=pdf)
- House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1220/versions/HB1220.03.COMS?format=pdf)
- House Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1220/versions/HB1220.02.COMH?format=pdf)
- Introduced House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1220/versions/HB1220.01.INTR?format=pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 324: Criminal procedures. (signed)
- SB 231: Various corrections matters. (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/HB1220/versions/HB1220.04.ENRS?format=pdf)
- [House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1220/versions/HB1220.03.COMS?format=pdf)
- [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1220/versions/HB1220.02.COMH?format=pdf)
- [Introduced House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1220/versions/HB1220.01.INTR?format=pdf)

## Related
- [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025)
- [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025)
- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1220-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).