Bills & Legislation

State police and conservation officer salaries.

Provides 2% raises for state police and conservation officers in odd-numbered years.

Chris JudyRepublican

Paid leave for mental health.

Entitles an employee to at least 36 hours of paid mental health leave per calendar year. Provides that unused paid mental health leave rolls over to the next calendar year and that an employer is not required to pay out unused paid mental health leave upon the termination of an employment relationship. Requires an employee to provide reasonable advance notice when paid mental health leave will be used. Prohibits an employer from discriminating or taking adverse action against an employee who uses paid mental health leave.

Ragen HatcherDemocrat

Investment adviser representatives and agents.

Requires an applicant seeking to register as an agent of a broker-dealer in Indiana to pass financial industry regulatory authority (FINRA) examinations unless certain exceptions apply. Requires an applicant seeking to register as an investment adviser representative in Indiana to pass FINRA examinations unless certain exceptions apply. Provides that under certain circumstances an agent of a broker-dealer or an investment adviser representative may have the validity of the individual's FINRA qualifying examinations extended. Requires an investment adviser representative to participate in a continuing education program.

Robert HeatonRepublican

Motor vehicle registration.

Provides that a person that acquires a vehicle may operate the vehicle on a highway with an interim plate and without registering for 90 days if the vehicle is to be titled or registered in another state. Allows an interim plate to authorize a person to operate a motor vehicle until 90 days after the date of sale or lease or until the date on which a regular license plate is issued by another state, whichever comes first.

Craig SnowRepublican

Dynamic choice scholarships.

Provides eligible choice scholarship students with the option to receive a dynamic choice scholarship (scholarship). Provides that a scholarship may be used toward certain dynamic education costs. Allows the department of education to: (1) create forms and methods for the administration and oversight of a scholarship; (2) create an account system to accommodate distributions of a scholarship; and (3) audit up to 3% of scholarship accounts annually to protect against fraud or misuse of funds. Provides that a distribution to a scholarship account is considered tax exempt if the distribution is used toward dynamic education costs.

Jake TeshkaRepublican

Student voting.

Provides, for purposes of election law, that a document issued by a postsecondary educational institution is not sufficient proof of identification. Modifies the residence requirements that apply to a student attending a postsecondary educational institution in Indiana who registers to vote.

Kendell CulpRepublican

Vapor products and e-liquids matters.

Repeals statutory language that the vapor pens and e-liquid article does not apply to a manufacturer of a closed system vapor product. Requires a manufacturer of vapor products that contain nicotine and e-liquid that contains nicotine to certify that the manufacturer is going to comply with certain manufacturing and safety requirements and that the manufacturer has received from or submitted certain documents to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Requires a manufacturer to submit certain information to the alcohol and tobacco commission. Requires the commission to create a directory that lists all: (1) vapor products and e-liquid manufacturers; and (2) vapor products and e-liquid in which certification forms have been submitted to the commission. Provides that vapor products and e-liquid not included in the directory cannot be sold to consumers in Indiana. Provides penalties for violations. Requires certain nonresident or foreign manufacturers of vapor products or e-liquids to appoint an agent for service of process and to submit to the commission a surety bond. Requires the commission to submit a report to the general assembly each year regarding the status of the directory, information regarding the collection of fees, enforcement activities, and other information.

Chris JudyRepublican

Rural utility infrastructure.

Establishes the rural utility infrastructure grant fund (fund) for the purpose of providing grants to specified eligible entities to use in obtaining the utility infrastructure required to meet the growing demand for utility service in rural areas in Indiana. Provides that the fund shall be administered by the Indiana economic development corporation (corporation) or its successor. Requires the corporation to adopt rules to implement these provisions.

Tony IsaRepublican

Second amendment protection.

Provides that no person or entity has the authority to enforce, attempt to enforce, or participate in any way in enforcing particular federal laws concerning firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition against a law abiding citizen. Specifies penalties and causes of action concerning a political subdivision or law enforcement agency that: (1) employs a law enforcement officer who knowingly violates these provisions; or (2) knowingly employs a federal official who knowingly takes certain actions concerning the enforcement or implementation of federal firearms laws. Specifies exceptions. Makes findings and defines terms.

Lorissa SweetRepublican

Legalization of cannabis.

Legalizes the sale and use of cannabis by a person at least 18 years of age. Requires the Indiana department of health to establish a program to issue a medical cannabis identification card to a patient whose physician has recommended cannabis to treat a medical condition. Permits the sale of cannabis to a person less than 18 years of age if the person has been issued a medical cannabis identification card, and exempts purchases by a medical cannabis cardholder from sales tax. Makes conforming amendments.

Zach PayneRepublican

State efficiency standards.

Requires the department of environmental management (department) to adopt minimum efficiency standards for certain products (covered products). Requires manufacturers to: (1) test covered products; (2) certify to the department that covered products sold, offered for sale, leased, distributed, or rented in Indiana comply with the minimum efficiency standards; and (3) mark a covered product and the covered product's packaging at the time of sale or installation to identify that the covered product is in compliance with the minimum efficiency standards. Provides that the department shall: (1) establish a program to test covered products; and (2) investigate complaints received concerning covered products that violate minimum efficiency standards. Creates an enforcement process for these requirements.

Sue ErringtonDemocrat

Funding for child trauma support programs.

Establishes the childhood trauma support fund. Requires the division of mental health and addiction to develop and administer a grant program for certain entities that create support programs for children who have experienced trauma. Makes an appropriation.

Renee PackDemocrat

Telephone assistance line for mothers.

Establishes the telephone assistance line for mothers program for the purpose of providing a telephone assistance line for mothers who are experiencing behavioral health issues to connect with health care providers to obtain behavioral health resources.

Vanessa SummersDemocrat

Local income tax supplemental distributions.

Changes the local income tax threshold percentages of a county trust account for purposes of determining whether a county shall receive a supplemental distribution.

Gregory PorterDemocrat

False or fraudulent deeds and affidavits.

Provides that it is a deceptive act enforceable by the attorney general for a person to: (1) convey or attempt to convey; or (2) conspire to convey or attempt to convey; title to real property by recording a false or fraudulent deed or affidavit.

Peggy MayfieldRepublican

Small town opportunity initiative.

Adds provisions concerning the awarding of redevelopment tax credits by the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) for projects located in counties, cities, and towns that meet specified population and project criteria. Provides for the minimum and maximum credit percentages for such a project. Specifies that a credit awarded to a taxpayer for such a project is not subject to repayment and prohibits the IEDC from including a repayment provision as part of an agreement entered into for the award of the credit. Provides that the aggregate limit of applicable tax credits that the IEDC may certify for a state fiscal year excludes the first $100,000,000 in redevelopment tax credits for projects in counties, cities, and towns meeting the criteria added by the bill. Allows a redevelopment commission (commission) in a county, city, or town for which a project meeting the criteria added by the bill has received a redevelopment tax credit to establish a program to enhance investments made for those projects in the form of a 60 year allocation area to accomplish the purposes of the program. Sets forth the procedures that a commission is required to take to establish such a program. Requires the commission to annually transfer at least 12% of the aggregate allocated tax proceeds from the allocation area to school corporations located within the allocation area.

Lori Goss-ReavesRepublican

School based family mental health pilot program.

Establishes the school based family mental health pilot program (program) to provide mental health services to students in school based settings, through a partnership between a health care provider and at least one school, that allow the student's family to participate in the services remotely. Requires the division of mental health and addiction (division) to contract with a certain entity or organization to administer and evaluate the program. Requires the division to select program proposals. Sets forth program requirements. Establishes the school based family mental health pilot program fund. Requires the entity or organization selected to administer the program to prepare a report on the results of the program. Requires the division to submit the report to the general assembly.

Lori Goss-ReavesRepublican

Delivery of services to dual eligible individuals.

Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (FSSA) to conduct a study of the means by which the state can optimize the delivery of services to individuals who are: (1) intellectually disabled and mentally ill; or (2) mentally ill and addicted to alcohol or a controlled substance. Requires FSSA to issue to the general assembly, not later than November 1, 2025, a report setting forth: (1) the results of the study; and (2) any legislation recommended by FSSA based on the findings of the study.

Lori Goss-ReavesRepublican

Audits of township governments.

Requires the state board of accounts to conduct examinations of townships not less than once every two years (rather than not less than once every four years under current law).

Timothy O'BrienRepublican

Regulation of animal blood banks.

Requires the board of animal health to establish: (1) standards of care for animals donating blood at an animal blood bank; and (2) a routine inspection program for animal blood banks.

Chris CampbellDemocrat

Eligibility for foster care maintenance payments.

Provides that an unlicensed kinship caregiver is entitled to receive maintenance payments. Requires the department of child services (department) to calculate a maintenance payment for an unlicensed kinship caregiver in the same manner as a licensed foster parent. Allows the department to require foster care training for unlicensed kinship caregivers to receive maintenance payments.

Chris CampbellDemocrat

High value workforce ready credit-bearing grant.

Provides that an applicant who has previously received a baccalaureate degree or an associate degree may be eligible for a high value workforce ready credit-bearing grant if the applicant: (1) received a diploma of graduation, a high school equivalency certificate, or a state of Indiana general educational development diploma five or more years before the applicant applies for a grant; and (2) is not working in the subject matter field in which the applicant received the baccalaureate degree or associate degree. (Current law provides that an applicant for a high value workforce ready credit-bearing grant may not have previously received a baccalaureate degree, an associate degree, or an eligible certificate.)

Cindy LedbetterRepublican

Ethics training for local officials.

Requires an elected county, city, town, or township officer (officer) to complete a two hour ethics training course (training course) every two years. Specifies training course requirements. Requires the office of the attorney general, in coordination with the state board of accounts (SBOA) and the public access counselor, to develop an online training course not later than February 1, 2026. Requires the training course to be made available for viewing on the SBOA website. Allows a third party to provide a training course, if the course is approved by the office of the attorney general. Requires an officer to certify to the SBOA that the officer has completed a training course. Requires the SBOA to publish on its website: (1) a list of all officers who have submitted a training certification; and (2) lists of all training certifications submitted for previous years.

Wendy Dant ChesserDemocrat

Drug testing requirement for TANF eligibility.

Provides that as a condition of receiving temporary assistance for needy families (TANF), an individual who is at least 18 years of age must submit to and pass: (1) a drug test at the time the individual applies to receive TANF; and (2) routine, randomly scheduled drug tests while the individual is receiving TANF (required drug tests). Provides that the testing requirement does not apply to an individual who receives TANF benefits on behalf of a child and does not receive TANF benefits on the individual's own behalf. Requires county offices of the office of the secretary of family and social services (FSSA) to inform TANF applicants of the drug testing requirement. Provides that an individual who fails a required drug test is ineligible to receive TANF benefits until the individual: (1) provides to FSSA evidence that the individual is participating in, or on a waiting list to participate in, a drug abuse treatment program; and (2) passes two consecutive drug tests. Provides for appointment of a representative payee to receive TANF on behalf of a child if the individual who would otherwise receive TANF on behalf of the child is ineligible for TANF as a result of failing a required drug test. Provides that if an individual fails a required drug test, FSSA shall withhold the amount of the cost of: (1) the drug test; and (2) any subsequent required drug test; from future TANF benefits the individual receives. Requires a county office of FSSA to provide a list of drug abuse treatment programs to an individual who fails a required drug test. Specifies requirements for a facility that administers a required drug test. Requires FSSA to provide to: (1) the Indiana housing and community development authority; and (2) any division of FSSA that implements the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; the name of an individual who fails a required drug test. Provides that FSSA's records concerning the results of an individual's required drug test may not be admitted against the individual in a criminal proceeding. Provides for administrative remedies and an appeals process with regard to the drug testing requirement. Requires FSSA to collect data to assess and prevent discrimination based on race, ethnicity, or sex with regard to the administration of the drug testing requirement. Consolidates overlapping definitions of "TANF" and "TANF program".

Michelle DavisRepublican

Restriction on single use food service items.

Prohibits restaurants and third party food delivery services from providing customers with plastic single use food service items. Provides that a restaurant or third party food delivery service shall only provide a nonplastic single use food service item, plastic straw, or condiment packet to a customer who explicitly requests one or more of the items. Establishes the citizens education and complaint fund to further the purposes of the bill. Makes an appropriation.

Sue ErringtonDemocrat

LaGrange County innkeeper's tax.

Authorizes LaGrange County to increase the county's innkeeper's tax rate from 5% to not more than 8% under the uniform innkeeper's tax statute.

Tony IsaRepublican

Protection of property rights.

Provides that under certain circumstances, a residential property owner may obtain the removal of an unauthorized person from the residential property owner's residential real property. Establishes a cause of action for wrongful removal from residential property. Provides that if a person without either the consent of the owner of a dwelling or a contractual interest in the dwelling knowingly or intentionally enters the dwelling and knowingly or intentionally causes more than $10,000 in damages to the dwelling, the person commits a Level 6 felony.

David AbbottRepublican

Advanced practice registered nurses.

Removes the requirement that an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) have a practice agreement with a collaborating physician. Removes a provision requiring an APRN to operate under a collaborative practice agreement or the privileges granted by a hospital governing board. Removes certain provisions concerning the audit of practice agreements. Allows an APRN with prescriptive authority to prescribe a schedule II controlled substance for weight reduction or to control obesity. Makes conforming changes.

Cindy LedbetterRepublican

Funding for public safety training.

Appropriates $2,000,000 from the state general fund to the department of homeland security (department) to be used by the department for the purpose of providing mental health and wellness training for: (1) law enforcement officers; (2) emergency medical services providers; and (3) full-time firefighters.

Victoria Garcia WilburnDemocrat

Carbon sequestration.

Provides that, as a prerequisite for the department of natural resources (department) to issue an integration order in regard to the underground storage of carbon dioxide, a storage operator must obtain the consent of: (1) the owners of the pore space underlying at least 85% of the surface area above the proposed storage facility or amended proposed storage facility; and (2) the county executive of each county in which the storage facility is proposed to be located. Limits the length of a pipeline for purposes of a carbon sequestration project to 30 total miles. Increases the annual injection fee a storage operator must pay to the department from $0.08 to $0.15 per ton of carbon dioxide estimated to be injected into a storage facility.

Matt CommonsRepublican

Review of administrative and judicial rules.

Establishes the administrative rules review committee. Requires: (1) an agency to submit a rule and the latest version of the regulatory analysis with any supporting documents; and (2) the supreme court to submit a rule and any economic impact statement, with supporting documents; to the office of fiscal management and analysis of the legislative services agency to estimate the fiscal impact on state and local government. Provides that if the fiscal impact is estimated to be greater than $300,000, the rule and supporting documents shall be provided to the administrative rules review committee for review. Provides that the rule described may not take effect unless authorized by a bill enacted by the general assembly.

Garrett BascomRepublican

License plate information.

Removes the requirement that the bureau of motor vehicles issue registration renewal stickers for motor vehicles. Makes conforming changes.

Robert MorrisRepublican

Expungement.

Specifies that certain records relating to juvenile delinquency proceedings are accessible to a law enforcement officer acting within the scope of the officer's duties, and requires persons having custody of these records to take steps to ensure that these records are available to the law enforcement officer in a timely manner. Repeals a provision requiring a court to expunge certain records on the court's own motion. Prohibits the expungement of a crime of violence. Allows the expungement of official misconduct if: (1) the person seeking the expungement is not an elected official; and (2) the prosecuting attorney consents.

Gregory SteuerwaldRepublican

Domestic violence investigations.

Requires law enforcement agencies to use a domestic violence risk assessment when responding to a domestic violence incident.

Maureen BauerDemocrat

Presidential electors apportionment task force.

Establishes the presidential electors apportionment task force (task force) to: (1) study and assess the state of Nebraska law that requires electoral votes for President of the United States to be apportioned between congressional district presidential electors and at-large presidential electors; and (2) make a recommendation as to whether Indiana should pass legislation to adopt the state of Nebraska model. Establishes rules and procedures for the task force. Requires the task force to report its findings and recommendations before November 1, 2025.

Edward DeLaneyDemocrat

Line maintenance in public rights-of-way.

Sets forth minimum standards for the installation and maintenance of communications service or utility service facilities (facilities) in a public right-of-way. Defines a "permittee" as: (1) a person to whom an initial permit or other authorization for the installation of a facility in a public right-of-way is granted by a unit; or (2) a service provider responsible for maintaining a facility that has been installed in a public right-of-way. Defines a "line pollution violation" as a violation involving: (1) noncompliance with any standard set forth in the bill's provisions for the installation and maintenance of a facility in a public right-of-way; or (2) the presence of any damaged, abandoned, loose, or improperly secured facilities within a public right-of-way; attributable to a permittee. Provides that a permittee responsible for a line pollution violation is liable to the unit owning the public right-of-way for a fine in an amount determined by the unit, but not to exceed: (1) $500 per violation for each day the line pollution violation remains uncured; or (2) a total fine of $2,500. Requires a permittee to ensure that any person responsible for installing, replacing, relocating, or repairing any underground facility that is owned or operated by the permittee and located within a public right-of-way complies with the requirements set forth in: (1) Indiana's statute concerning underground utility facilities; and (2) any applicable local ordinance or regulation; with respect to any work involving drilling, trenching, boring, hand digging, or plowing.

Michelle DavisRepublican

State police pensions.

Extends eligibility for supplemental pension benefits and incentive increases to employee beneficiaries of the state police 1987 benefit system. (Current law provides eligibility to employee beneficiaries under the state police pre-1987 benefit system.) Modifies the: (1) terms of eligibility for; and (2) calculation of; supplemental pension benefits and incentive increases.

Michelle DavisRepublican

State educational institution prohibitions.

Prohibits state educational institutions from using certain institution funds to finance a speaker series.

Peggy MayfieldRepublican

Evansville professional sports development area.

Increases the maximum amount of covered taxes that may be captured in the Evansville professional sports and convention development area from $10 per resident to $5,000,000.

Timothy O'BrienRepublican

School counselor grants.

Establishes the school counselor grant fund. Provides that the department of education may award eligible school corporations and charter schools grants in an amount determined by the department for the employment of school counselors. Makes an appropriation for the state biennium to the school counselor grant fund.

Tonya PfaffDemocrat

Residential property tax relief.

Provides an assessed value stabilization deduction for homestead property after applying the standard homestead and supplemental homestead deductions taking into account the year over year change in the homestead's assessed value compared to the year over year change in the Consumer Price Index.

Harold SlagerRepublican

Sales tax exemption for utility service.

Provides a sales tax exemption for the sale or furnishing of the following services or commodities by a power subsidiary or a person engaged as a public utility to a person for commercial or domestic consumption: (1) Electrical energy. (2) Natural or artificial gas. (3) Water. (4) Steam. (5) Steam heating service.

Ryan DvorakDemocrat

Employee child care assistance partnership program.

Establishes the employee child care assistance partnership program. Makes an appropriation.

Wendy Dant ChesserDemocrat

Authority to deny enrollment to unlawful immigrant.

Authorizes a school corporation to deny an immigrant student enrollment in a school operated by the school corporation if the school corporation determines by a preponderance of the evidence that the immigrant student is present in the United States in violation of law. Requires the attorney general to defend the school corporation in any cause of action brought against the school corporation for denying an immigrant student enrollment. Requires a school corporation to annually report the number of immigrant students present in the United States in violation of law who were enrolled in a school operated by the school corporation in the immediately preceding school year.

Jim LucasRepublican

Township maximum property tax levy.

Provides that a township may increase its maximum property tax levy if the township: (1) has a population of more than 10,000; or (2) experiences population growth of at least 4,000 during a 10 year period. Prescribes the maximum amount of increase in a township's maximum property tax levy. Prescribes a township's maximum property tax levy following an increase.

Chris CampbellDemocrat

Farmland assessment.

Amends the six year rolling average calculation and the capitalization rate percentage under the statewide agricultural land base rate determination.

Kendell CulpRepublican

State educational institution administration.

Prohibits use of public funds by a state educational institution for policies or programs and campus activities outside the classroom that: (1) advocate for campus diversity, equity, and inclusion; or (2) promote or engage in political or social activism. Makes related changes.

Garrett BascomRepublican

Indiana nonprofit security grant fund.

Establishes the Indiana nonprofit security grant fund for the purpose of funding physical security improvements, security personnel improvements, and other protective measures for nonprofit organizations in Indiana that are at high risk due to the nature of their ideology, beliefs, or mission. Makes an appropriation.

Beau BairdRepublican