Bills & Legislation

Wage history and wage range.

Prohibits, with certain exceptions, an employer from relying on the wage history of an applicant in the hiring process and in determining wages. Prohibits an employer from failing or refusing to: (1) disclose the wage or wage range and a general description of benefits in a posting for a job, promotion, transfer, or other employment opportunity; and (2) provide an employee with the current wage or wage range and a general description of the benefits upon hire, promotion, transfer, and the employee's request. Prohibits an employer from retaliating against an applicant under the wage history provisions and an applicant or employee under the wage range provisions. Provides that an applicant or employee may file a complaint alleging a violation with the department of labor (department), or the department on its own may initiate an investigation and file a complaint alleging a violation. Sets forth civil penalties for a violation. Requires the department to provide a list of employers that have four or more violations to the office of the chief equity, inclusion, and opportunity officer (office). Requires the office to post the list on the equity data portal.

Sue ErringtonDemocrat

Licensed electrologists.

Provides that an applicant for an electrology license does not need to hold a cosmetologist license or esthetician license before applying for an electrology license. Requires an applicant to complete a combined total of 600 hours of education and experience required under the rules adopted by the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners (board) beginning July 1, 2026. Requires the board to amend the rules for electrology training in a beauty culture school not later than June 30, 2026.

Sue ErringtonDemocrat

Citizen's arrests.

Prohibits citizen's arrests. Makes conforming amendments.

Earl HarrisDemocrat

Election division software updates.

Requires the election division to gather information necessary to consider the purchase of an upgraded campaign finance computer system.

Carey HamiltonDemocrat

Rape kits.

Requires the superintendent of the state police department to: (1) obtain data from law enforcement agencies concerning medical forensic examination kits in the agencies' possession; and (2) report a summary of the data to the legislative council.

Sheila KlinkerDemocrat

Maintenance of U.S. 41 right-of-way.

Appropriates $500,000 from the state general fund to the Indiana department of transportation (department) to be used by the department for the purpose of providing roadside mowing on U.S. 41 from the Vanderburgh County - Gibson County line to the Knox County - Sullivan County line.

Matt HostettlerRepublican

Indiana vaccination adverse event reporting system.

Requires the Indiana department of health (department) to establish an Indiana vaccination adverse event reporting system (IVAERS) for reporting the occurrence of adverse events relating to childhood vaccines. Provides that IVAERS must enable a health care provider to report the occurrence of an adverse event experienced by a child residing in Indiana who is under the care of the health care provider. Requires the department to create a searchable Internet data base for publishing information reported through IVAERS. Provides that the health information of a particular individual is confidential. Specifies the requirements for releasing health information of a particular individual and who may receive the information. Provides that a person who knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly discloses confidential information received through IVAERS in violation of the statute commits a Class A misdemeanor. Requires the department to adopt certain rules concerning IVAERS. Makes an appropriation.

Bruce BordersRepublican

Conservancy district road funding.

Provides that, beginning July 1, 2025, a conservancy district that: (1) has an elected board of directors; and (2) has assumed responsibility in its district plan for the construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of the public highways within the conservancy district; is considered a city or town for purposes of distributions from the motor vehicle highway account and the local road and street account.

Bruce BordersRepublican

Health care matters.

Requires a hospital to inform a woman in premature labor of the hospital's capabilities of treating the born alive infant and managing a high risk pregnancy and, if the hospital's capabilities interfere with the woman's care, the hospital must provide this information before the woman is admitted to the hospital. Provides that if a born alive infant is transported to a hospital with an appropriate perinatal level of care, the woman must be offered an opportunity to be transported to the same hospital. Provides that if the local prosecuting attorney has probable cause to believe that a health care provider may have knowingly or intentionally: (1) violated the requirements concerning the treatment and care of a born alive infant or mother or the professional standards of practice through the health care provider's actions or inactions; and (2) caused harm or death to the born alive infant or mother; the prosecuting attorney shall investigate the health care provider for appropriate criminal prosecution. Establishes a presumption that the continuation of life is in a minor's best interests. Requires a health care provider to obtain the consent of each parent or each legal guardian before issuing a do not resuscitate order or otherwise withholding or withdrawing treatment to allow the natural death of a minor. Prohibits a health care provider from interfering with the transfer of a minor patient at the request of a parent or guardian or otherwise preventing life saving measures before or during the transfer. States that a court does not have jurisdiction to withdraw life sustaining treatment for a minor.

Lorissa SweetRepublican

Vulnerable road users.

Requires the bureau of motor vehicles to suspend or revoke the current driver's license or driving privileges of an individual who is convicted of a moving traffic offense that causes the serious bodily injury or death of a vulnerable road user.

Blake JohnsonDemocrat

Landlord-tenant matters.

For purposes of a residential rental unit, defines: (1) "essential services" as certain utility services needed for the safe and habitable occupation by a tenant of the tenant's rental unit; and (2) "essential systems" as certain systems used to deliver essential services to a rental unit. Requires a landlord to repair or replace an essential system not later than 48 hours after being notified by a tenant that the tenant's rental unit is without essential services as a result of: (1) a malfunction in the essential system; or (2) the landlord's failure to maintain the system in good and safe working condition. Requires a landlord to pay all penalties or fines imposed by a political subdivision for violation of the landlord's obligations with regard to a rental premises. Requires a landlord to pay all penalties or fines and make all repairs required by a political subdivision before the landlord may deliver the rental premises to a tenant. Provides that a tenant may enforce a statutory obligation of a landlord by: (1) providing 30 days notice to the landlord of the landlord's noncompliance with the obligation; and (2) if the landlord fails to make the repairs necessary to remedy the noncompliance, withholding from the next regular rental payment the estimated cost of the repairs and using the amount withheld to make the repairs. Provides that, during the pendency of a court action brought by a tenant to enforce a statutory obligation of a landlord, the court may order the tenant to make the regular rental payments otherwise due to the landlord under the rental agreement to: (1) the clerk of the court; or (2) an attorney trust account; to be held in trust for disbursal to the prevailing party, as ordered by the court.

Maureen BauerDemocrat

Hoosier scam prevention board.

Establishes the Hoosier scam prevention board.

Vernon SmithDemocrat

Designation of Juneteenth as state holiday.

Establishes Juneteenth as a state holiday. Makes conforming changes.

Vernon SmithDemocrat

Statewide stroke plan.

Requires the Indiana department of health (state department) to include Indiana hospitals certified as a thrombectomy-capable stroke center in certain lists maintained by the state department concerning certified stroke centers. Amends the list of entities that certify stroke centers. Requires a hospital certified as a thrombectomy-capable stroke center to provide certain information to the state department. Prohibits a health care facility from advertising that the facility is a thrombectomy-capable stroke center unless the facility is certified by a specified entity. Requires the state department to establish and implement a statewide stroke plan. Sets forth requirements of the plan and requirements for certain health care providers to report stroke data. Requires the state department to establish a data base for the reported data and sets forth additional requirements. Requires the state department to annually report certain stroke data to the governor and the executive director of the legislative services agency.

Mike AndradeDemocrat

Sensory kit grant program.

Establishes the sensory kit grant program to provide grants to public safety agencies for the purpose of purchasing sensory kits to be used during an emergency to help individuals with autism spectrum disorder or a cognitive disorder. Requires the department of homeland security to administer the grant program. Makes an appropriation.

Mike AndradeDemocrat

Utility votes at RTO meetings.

Beginning in 2026, requires certain public utilities that provide electric utility service to file with the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) an annual report that: (1) lists, or otherwise provides access to information on, each recorded vote cast by: (A) the public utility; and (B) any affiliate of the public utility; at a meeting of the regional transmission organization (RTO) that includes the public utility's assigned service area, regardless of whether the vote is disclosed by the RTO; and (2) includes a brief description explaining how each vote identified is in the public interest. Provides that for purposes of this requirement, a meeting includes a meeting of any: (1) committee; (2) user group; (3) task force; or (4) other similar body; of the RTO. Beginning in 2027, requires the IURC to include in its annual report a summary of the information contained in the reports provided by public utilities under these provisions with respect to the preceding calendar year. Requires the IURC to adopt rules to implement these provisions.

Sue ErringtonDemocrat

Artificial intelligence inventory and policies.

Requires the department of education (department) to establish the following: (1) Guidelines and a model policy regarding school artificial intelligence policies. (2) An inventory of artificial intelligence platforms that includes certain information. (3) A process and review by which teachers and school administrators may submit an artificial intelligence platform for inclusion on the inventory. Requires the department to: (1) conduct a survey of teachers and students regarding artificial intelligence platforms; and (2) submit a report regarding the results of the survey to the governor, legislative council, and members of the artificial intelligence task force. Requires school corporations and charter schools to adopt, post, and communicate to students a school policy regarding artificial intelligence. Prohibits school corporations, charter schools, and employees of a school corporation or charter school from penalizing a student based solely on evidence provided by an artificial intelligence detector.

Sue ErringtonDemocrat

Judicial immunity concerning electronic monitoring.

Adds judges to the list of persons immune from civil liability for certain acts or omissions that occur in connection with the statute establishing electronic monitoring standards. (Current law provides that immunity does not apply to gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.)

Carolyn JacksonDemocrat

Birth certificate information.

Provides that the gender listed on an individual's birth certificate and permanent record made from the birth certificate may not be changed. Specifies certain exceptions.

Bruce BordersRepublican

IHCDA report requirement.

Requires the housing and community development authority (IHCDA) to include in its annual report certain information concerning the authority's programs to promote housing stability.

Alex BurtonDemocrat

Cannabis.

Establishes a procedure for the lawful production and sale of cannabis in Indiana. Makes conforming amendments. Makes an appropriation.

Blake JohnsonDemocrat

Teacher licensing requirements.

Provides that certain individuals seeking an initial practitioner license are exempt from certain licensing requirements.

Cory CriswellRepublican

Adoption for abandoned infants.

Provides that when the department of child services (department) or a licensed child placing agency takes custody of a child who is voluntarily left with an emergency services provider or in a newborn safety device, the department or licensed child placing agency shall: (1) not later than 72 hours after taking custody of the child, contact each licensed child placing agency in Indiana and request that the licensed child placing agency inform the department of any suitable prospective adoptive parent for the child known to the licensed child placing agency; and (2) collaborate with licensed child placing agencies to identify a prospective adoptive parent for the child. Requires the department to: (1) request that the Indiana department of health conduct one or more searches of the putative child registry on behalf of the child before a petition is filed to terminate parental rights with regard to the child, with at least one request being made not earlier than 30 days after the estimated date of birth of the child; and (2) notify an individual identified as a potential father by the registry search that the individual's consent to termination of the parent-child relationship will be irrevocably implied if the individual does not file a paternity action with regard to the child. Provides that when considering an out-of-home placement for the child during child in need of services proceedings, if a court, the department, or the licensed child placing agency is unable to locate a suitable and willing relative (or de facto custodian, if applicable) with whom to place the child, the court or the department shall consider placing the child with a prospective adoptive parent before considering any other placement for the child. Requires that a child's case plan include certain information.

Ryan LauerRepublican

Mental health care for first responders.

Establishes the Indiana first responders mental health wellness fund and program (fund and program). Provides that the division of mental health and addiction of the office of the secretary of family and social services (division) shall administer the fund and program. Provides that a first responder who meets certain requirements may apply to the division for: (1) costs associated with the first responder's active participation in a mental health treatment plan as determined by a psychologist or physician treating the first responder; and (2) compensation if the first responder is unable to work. Establishes requirements for obtaining compensation. Makes a continuous appropriation.

Carolyn JacksonDemocrat

Consent for pelvic, prostate, and rectal exams.

Prohibits health practitioners and other specified individuals from performing pelvic, prostate, or rectal examinations on an anesthetized or unconscious patient except in specified circumstances.

Carolyn JacksonDemocrat

Department of correction immunity.

Provides immunity under the tort claims act for a governmental entity or employee for civil liability based on injury to or the death of an inmate, if the injury or death was the result of the voluntary possession or use of fentanyl illegally brought into a correctional facility.

Bruce BordersRepublican

Use of public restrooms.

Makes it a Class B misdemeanor if: (1) a male knowingly or intentionally enters a restroom that is designated to be used only by females; or (2) a female knowingly or intentionally enters a restroom that is designated to be used only by males. Provides certain defenses.

Bruce BordersRepublican

Regulation of transportation network drivers.

Provides that a transportation network company (TNC) must suspend a TNC driver's ability to connect to the TNC's digital network for a period of not less than 90 days after the TNC receives notice from the bureau of motor vehicles of the TNC driver's conviction for operating while intoxicated. Requires a TNC driver to display a placard in the TNC driver's personal vehicle that includes: (1) a photograph of the TNC driver; and (2) the license plate number of the TNC driver's personal vehicle. Requires a TNC to provide a TNC rider with a unique identification code to provide to a TNC driver to begin a prearranged ride.

Carolyn JacksonDemocrat

Elections in small cities and towns.

Repeals provisions concerning municipal elections in small towns located outside Marion County, including provisions that allow for the creation of a town election board. Provides that a municipal election in a certain town or city with a population of less than 3,500 may be held only in an even-numbered year and only at the same time as a primary or general election. Requires the county election board to conduct the elections. Specifies that an officeholder in a municipality whose term was scheduled to expire on November 2, 2027, is entitled to remain in office until a successor is elected on November 7, 2028, qualified, and begins the successor's term on January 1, 2029. Makes conforming amendments.

Cory CriswellRepublican

Public purchasing.

Provides that the purchasing agency of a governmental body must use a purchasing procedure when purchasing services. Provides that a purchasing agent may only make a purchase without soliciting bids or proposals if the purchase qualifies for a special purchase. Requires a contract between a state elected official's office and a contractor to include language disclosing if, in the 12 months preceding the execution of the contract, the contractor or an officer or director of the contractor made a contribution to the state elected official's campaign. Requires a state elected official's office to execute an addendum to a contract if the contractor or an officer or director of the contractor makes a contribution to the state elected official's campaign after the contract is executed and before the end of the contract's term.

Carey HamiltonDemocrat

Vehicle Bill.

None

Shelli YoderDemocrat

Vehicle Bill.

None

Shelli YoderDemocrat

Vehicle Bill.

None

Shelli YoderDemocrat

Vehicle Bill.

None

Shelli YoderDemocrat

Economic revitalization area designations.

Adds conditions related to soil productivity and use of land for an agricultural purpose that must be found by a designating body before land classified as agricultural land for property tax purposes may be included within an area sought to be designated as an economic revitalization area.

Spencer DeeryRepublican

Urging the Indiana federal congressional delegation to support the Susan Muffley Act.

Urging the Indiana federal congressional delegation to support the Susan Muffley Act.

Michael KarickhoffRepublican

Daylight saving time.

Exempts Indiana from daylight saving time.

Tyler JohnsonRepublican

Required physician ownership of medical practices.

Requires that the majority ownership of a physician group practice be licensed physicians in Indiana.

Tyler JohnsonRepublican

Enforcement of restrictions on abortion.

Provides the attorney general concurrent jurisdiction with the prosecuting attorney in the prosecution of certain offenses concerning abortion. Allows the attorney general to issue an investigative demand if the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe that the person has engaged in certain violations concerning abortion. Allows for the seizure of certain vehicles, real property, currency, weapons, and other items that are used in connection with: (1) trafficking an abortion inducing drug; or (2) performing an unlawful abortion. Makes trafficking an abortion inducing drug a Level 6 felony and enhances the penalty for a prior conviction. Provides that a racketeering activity includes a violation of: (1) trafficking an abortion inducing drug; or (2) performing an unlawful abortion.

Tyler JohnsonRepublican

School based health centers.

Requires the department of education, in consultation with the Indiana department of health, to establish a program to provide technical assistance to public schools, including charter schools, that are interested in establishing a school based health center.

Andrea HunleyDemocrat

Supplemental structured family care distribution.

Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to distribute $6,000 to an individual if the individual's child or dependent received structured family caregiving services for at least three months during the 2024 calendar year. Makes an appropriation.

Gregory PorterDemocrat

DNR study of ground water resources.

Requires the department of natural resources (department) to study certain information pertaining to ground water and water withdrawals. Provides that the department shall, not later than October 1, 2025, provide the legislative council a report of its findings.

Matt CommonsRepublican

Advanced practice registered nurses.

Adds two additional members to the Indiana state board of nursing (board) and changes the required qualifications for certain members. Amends the definition of "certified registered nurse anesthetist". Adds the following definitions: (1) "Certified nurse midwife". (2) "Clinical nurse specialist". (3) "Nurse practitioner". Specifies that a license to practice as an advanced practice registered nurse expires on October 31 in each odd-numbered year. Makes conforming changes.

Cindy LedbetterRepublican

Awareness of human trafficking.

Requires gas stations to display human trafficking awareness posters.

John BartlettDemocrat

Transportation of minor for prohibited procedures.

Makes assisting a child in procuring a gender transition procedure a Level 6 felony.

Tyler JohnsonRepublican

Vehicle Bill.

None

Shelli YoderDemocrat

Vehicle Bill.

None

Shelli YoderDemocrat