Bills & Legislation

Real property assessments.

Provides a maximum property tax liability credit for homestead property. Specifies a credit amount for certain qualified individuals and specifies the credit amount for all other homestead owners.

Andrew IrelandRepublican

Cannabis legalization.

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

Heath VanNatterRepublican

Consumer pricing information.

Provides that it is a deceptive consumer sales act to display or advertise a purchase price for the subject of a consumer transaction that does not include all fees and charges other than: (1) taxes or fees imposed on the purchase by a unit of government; or (2) reasonably expected shipping or handling charges; that are required to be paid by the consumer to complete the consumer transaction.

Ragen HatcherDemocrat

Prohibition on noncompete agreements.

Prohibits an individual, person, or other entity from entering into a noncompete agreement after June 30, 2025.

Chris JudyRepublican

Sale of venison.

Permits a person to sell venison from a deer taken in Indiana if certain requirements are met.

Shane LindauerRepublican

Parent's bill of rights.

Provides that a governmental entity may not substantially burden certain parental rights unless the burden is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means of furthering the governmental interest. Prohibits a governmental entity from: (1) advising, directing, or coercing a child to withhold certain information from the child's parent; or (2) denying a child's parent access to certain information. Allows a parent to bring an action against a person for certain violations and provides for certain relief. Specifies that the parent of a child does not have a right to access certain medical care on behalf of the child if the child does not have an affirmative right of access to the medical care. Provides that a person must obtain parental consent and comply with all other medical consent requirements before providing health care to a child. Requires a licensing authority to conduct an immediate investigation and take appropriate disciplinary action if the licensing authority receives information that a person did not obtain appropriate consent. Requires a court to notify the appropriate regulatory authority and the attorney general if the court finds that a person has knowingly provided health care to a minor without first obtaining the appropriate consent.

Shane LindauerRepublican

Background checks.

Amends the definition of "criminal history information" to include a criminal charge of a sex offense. Adds certain records to the list of juvenile records for which confidentiality does not apply.

Shane LindauerRepublican

Juvenile court matters.

Provides that, when a petition is filed for the appointment of a guardian for two or more minors or incapacitated persons who are children of a common parent, parent and child, or husband and wife, a separate petition must be filed for each minor or incapacitated person. Provides that when a separate petition is required in certain cases, the court may only charge one filing fee for the proceeding. Requires a petition for adoption to include information about the juvenile court if the child is the subject of an open or pending child in need of services (CHINS), termination of parental rights (TPR), or juvenile delinquency proceeding. Provides that the department of child services (department) shall file a notice with the juvenile court in which the open or pending CHINS or TPR proceeding was filed. Requires the department to file a report each year with the legislative council, the office of judicial administration, and the public defender council.

Alex ZimmermanRepublican

Victims of Communism Remembrance Day.

Requires the governor to annually issue a proclamation designating the seventh day of November as Victims of Communism Remembrance Day. Provides that suitable exercises in appropriate and solemn remembrance of the estimated 100,000,000 people whose deaths are attributed to the actions or policies of the world's communist regimes must be held in Indiana. Provides that a school corporation must include a study of the deaths attributed to the world's communist regimes in the school corporation's social studies curriculum. Requires the state board of education to adopt standards for teaching United States history in grade 9 through grade 12 that require at least 45 minutes of instruction on the history of communism.

Martin CarbaughRepublican

Free state park admission for veterans.

Requires the department of natural resources to provide free admission to state parks to veterans with the proper identification.

Beau BairdRepublican

Local option sales taxes.

Allows counties, cities, and towns to adopt a local sales tax applicable to tangible personal property delivered (not by common carrier) within the geographic boundaries of the political subdivision. Provides that the local option sales tax revenue may be used for infrastructure improvements. Provides that the department of state revenue shall maintain several data bases of local sales tax data associated with the local option sales tax, in accordance with the requirements of the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement. Adds the local option sales tax to the list of local taxes that may be captured by the state in the case of a local unit failing to make timely debt payments and sources of revenue that may be used by the local unit to make debt service payments.

Tony IsaRepublican

Collective bargaining for construction trades.

Provides that nothing in provisions concerning the right to work is intended or should be construed to change or affect certain laws in the building and construction industry, construction material production industry, building and construction suppliers industry, or construction related vendors industry.

Mike AndradeDemocrat

Tax credit for public school foundation.

Provides a 25% state tax credit for contributions made to a public school foundation for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025, and before January 1, 2028. Provides that the amount allowable as a credit in a taxable year may not exceed: (1) $1,000 in the case of an individual filing a single return or a corporation; or (2) $2,000 in the case of a married couple filing a joint return. Provides that the maximum amount of credits that may be awarded in a state fiscal year may not exceed $1,000,000.

Robert HeatonRepublican

Chronic absenteeism.

Requires the department of education (department) to: (1) study and make recommendations concerning the categorization of student absences; (2) create a list of best practices to reduce student discipline related to student absenteeism and the number of chronically absent students; (3) develop guidelines and requirements for certain intervention strategies and school attendance improvement plans; (4) submit a report concerning attendance to the legislative council; and (5) develop attendance improvement targets for certain schools. Requires a school to implement an early warning system and assemble a school based team to monitor the system. Provides the duties and obligations of a school attendance coordinator and a child study team. Requires the governing authority of a school to adopt an attendance policy and develop an attendance improvement plan aligned with department guidelines and requirements. Requires a school to collect and document certain information concerning absences.

Vernon SmithDemocrat

Study of establishing a law school in northwest Indiana.

Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee the task of studying the feasibility of establishing a law school in northwest Indiana.

Earl HarrisDemocrat

Health care entity mergers.

Requires a health care entity that is involved in a merger or acquisition to disclose additional information. Allows the office of the attorney general to assess a health care entity with a civil penalty for noncompliance with the merger and acquisition notice.

Ben SmaltzRepublican

Judicial circuits.

Establishes a judicial circuit for each township in Marion County. (Under the Constitution of the State of Indiana, a prosecuting attorney and circuit judge are required to be elected in each judicial circuit.) Makes conforming amendments.

Andrew IrelandRepublican

Property development matters.

Defines a "multi-jurisdictional infrastructure project" as a project that: (1) involves the siting, construction, or deployment of facilities, equipment, or infrastructure used in the generation, transmission, distribution, or storage of electricity, gases or fluids, or water; and (2) will have specified impacts on residents, businesses, or political subdivisions in more than one county in Indiana. Provides that the state is the sole regulator of the following with respect to a multi-jurisdictional infrastructure project, to the extent not preempted by federal law or otherwise under the jurisdiction of a federal agency or authority: (1) The siting and construction of any electric generation facility with a capacity of at least 50 megawatts that generates electricity to be directly or indirectly used for the furnishing of public utility service. (2) The siting, construction, and deployment of all facilities, equipment, and infrastructure used in the transmission, distribution, or storage of electricity, gases or fluids, or water. Provides for the preemption of all other regulation by a political subdivision or a local authority of the siting, construction, or deployment of any facilities, equipment, or infrastructure with respect to a multi-jurisdictional infrastructure project. Prohibits a political subdivision from taking specified actions concerning the siting, construction, or deployment of facilities, equipment, and infrastructure in connection with a multi-jurisdictional infrastructure project. Provides that a person that seeks to locate, construct, or deploy any facilities, equipment, or infrastructure in connection with a multi-jurisdictional infrastructure project is not required to obtain from a local authority a permit, or any other land use or zoning approval, with respect to the siting, construction, or deployment. Requires a unit to use data from: (1) the unit's 100 year flood map; and (2) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Atlas 14; to calculate and regulate storm water runoff from a developed or undeveloped plat. Requires a plat committee to take action on a plat application, including meeting with all necessary individuals, not later than 30 days after receiving the application. Provides that if a plan commission or plat committee fails to make written findings and a decision granting or denying primary approval to a plat not later than 60 days after a public hearing, then the plat is considered to have received primary approval. Provides the following: (1) Requires an applicant for a permit or approval (applicant) to be given an extension of time if the applicant's failure to meet the application deadline was caused by unforeseen circumstances beyond the applicant's control. (2) Provides a deadline in an ordinance for commencing or completing a permitted use is tolled until two years after the conclusion of any litigation regarding the granting of the permit. (3) Establishes a timeline for review of permit applications. (4) Establishes requirements for development agreements. (5) With certain exceptions, requires the ordinances, regulations, and statutes (legal restrictions) in effect at the time a permit is entered into to continue to apply unless the development is not completed within 10 years. (6) With certain exceptions, requires the legal restrictions in effect at the time a development agreement is entered into to apply for the agreement's duration. Repeals a statute requiring the ordinances, regulations, and statutes in effect at the time a zoning permit or approval is issued to govern a development for at least three years. Moves parts of the repealed statute to other locations.

Craig SnowRepublican

Disclosure of artificial intelligence use in health care.

Requires a health care provider to disclose to a patient the provider's use of artificial intelligence technology to: (1) make or inform any decision involved in the provision of health care to the patient; or (2) generate any part of a communication to the patient regarding the patient's health care. Requires an insurer that provides accident and sickness coverage to disclose to an insured the insurer's use of artificial intelligence technology to: (1) make or inform any decision involved in the provision of the coverage to the insured; or (2) generate any part of a communication to the insured regarding the coverage.

Joanna KingRepublican

Stillbirths.

Amends the definition of "stillbirth" to mean a birth after 12 weeks of gestation that is not a live birth, or if the gender of the child can be visually determined, a birth after 10 weeks of gestation that is not a live birth.

Elizabeth RowrayRepublican

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