Bills & Legislation

Bail.

Prohibits a court from requiring an arrestee to pay bail as a condition of pretrial release, unless: (1) the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the arrestee is a flight risk or danger to the community; (2) the arrestee is charged with murder or treason; (3) the arrestee is on pretrial release not related to the incident that is the basis for the present arrest; or (4) the arrestee is on probation, parole, or other community supervision. Requires that the amount of bail be the lowest amount required, based on the defendant's financial circumstances, to assure the arrestee's appearance at trial and to protect the community.

Ragen HatcherDemocrat

Social work licensure compact.

Establishes the social work licensure compact.

Michael CriderRepublican

Athletic event payment method.

Requires school corporations and charter schools to offer a cash payment option at athletic events beginning July 1, 2025.

Philip GiaQuintaDemocrat

Digital asset mining.

Prohibits a county, municipality, or township (unit) from adopting or enforcing an ordinance that would have the effect of prohibiting, restricting, or impairing an individual's or a business's ability to: (1) use digital assets to purchase legal goods and services; (2) accept digital assets as a method of payment for legal goods and services; (3) use a hardware wallet or self-hosted wallet to store the individual's or business's digital assets; (4) take custody of digital assets by using a hardware wallet or self-hosted wallet; or (5) operate a node for the purpose of connecting to a blockchain protocol and participating in the blockchain protocol's operations. Provides that use of a property for a digital asset mining business is a permitted industrial use under any applicable zoning ordinance of a unit and may not be disallowed by a zoning ordinance in a zoning district that permits industrial use. Prohibits a unit from applying the unit's zoning ordinances in specified ways to regulate digital asset mining.

Kyle PierceRepublican

Ban on vapor product sales to persons under 21.

Prohibits a person less than 21 years of age (underage person) from: (1) purchasing or receiving a nicotine-free electronic cigarette; or (2) purchasing or receiving an e-liquid vaporizer (vapor product). Restricts: (1) the sales and distribution of vapor products to underage persons; (2) the location of vending machines containing e-liquids, nicotine-free electronic cigarettes, or vaporizers where underage persons are present; and (3) use of self-service displays to sell e-liquids, nicotine-free electronic cigarettes, or vaporizers. Includes vaporizer and nicotine free electronic cigarette sales in the gross retail sales amount that determines whether an underage person can enter the retail establishment.

Mitch GoreDemocrat

Student self-regulation program.

Requires the department of education to establish, or partner with a third party to establish, the Indiana student self-regulation program.

Tonya PfaffDemocrat

Outdoor recreation.

Establishes the outdoor recreation development program within the Indiana destination development corporation to coordinate tourism development activities with outdoor recreation business opportunities.

Tonya PfaffDemocrat

Natural resource entrance fees.

Allows counties to adopt an ordinance to impose a surcharge of not more than $2 in addition to the fees charged by the department of natural resources (department) for entry into state parks and recreation areas. Requires the department to collect the surcharge and to report and pay the surcharge to each county treasurer. Provides that the revenue collected is to be used for purposes related to first responders.

Lindsay PattersonRepublican

Assistance for obtaining veterans' benefits.

Provides that a person may not receive compensation for assisting a person to obtain veterans' benefits unless authorized by federal law. Establishes disclosure statement requirements for a person to provide assistance for compensation under federal law. Provides that a violation constitutes a prohibited consumer sale.

Ethan LawsonRepublican

Information concerning cytomegalovirus infection.

Requires the Indiana department of health to: (1) establish and administer a public education program to provide information on cytomegalovirus to pregnant women; and (2) distribute the information to specified persons. Requires a clinic or medical facility that offers fertility care to make the information concerning cytomegalovirus available to patients of the clinic or facility.

Chris CampbellDemocrat

Due-on-sale clauses.

Prohibits a lender from exercising a due-on-sale clause upon the transfer of property under certain conditions.

Cherrish PryorDemocrat

Adult oriented performances.

Defines "adult oriented performance". Provides that a governmental entity may not organize or host an adult oriented performance or fund an adult oriented performance using public funds. Requires an adult oriented performance operator to check identification at the entrance to an adult oriented performance to prevent a minor from attending. Allows the attorney general to issue civil investigative demands or bring an action if certain measures are not taken to prevent a minor from attending the adult oriented performance. Establishes a criminal penalty if an individual knowingly and intentionally does the following: (1) Engages or participates in an adult orientated performance on public property or with public funds. (2) Fails to prevent a minor from attending an adult oriented performance.

Bruce BordersRepublican

Training in human trafficking awareness.

Requires a food or lodging establishment to do the following: (1) Require each employee of the food or lodging establishment to annually complete a training course offered by the United States Department of Homeland Security in recognizing and responding to human trafficking (training requirement). (2) Maintain for each employee a written record of the title and date of completion of each training course completed by the employee (training records). (3) Include in the food or lodging establishment's biennial report to the secretary of state an attestation that the food or lodging establishment has complied with the training requirement in each of the two years covered by the report. (4) Post in a location in the food or lodging establishment that is readily accessible by all employees of the food or lodging establishment a conspicuous written notice: (A) asking employees to report suspected human trafficking; and (B) providing contact information for state and federal agencies to which suspected human trafficking can be reported. Provides that the office of the secretary of state may audit the training records of a food or lodging establishment to verify the food or lodging establishment's attestation regarding the training requirement in the food or lodging establishment's biennial report.

Craig HaggardRepublican

Healthy forests and hardwoods expansion.

Requires the department of natural resources to create the landowner forest management program. Requires the Indiana state department of agriculture to: (1) conduct an inventory of all forest land lost in Indiana from 2010 to 2024; and (2) conduct an economic impact study based on the findings of the lost forest land report. Makes an appropriation.

Beau BairdRepublican

Ethics implementation fund.

Establishes the ethics implementation fund (fund) for the purpose of providing grants to course providers that offer ethics training courses for teachers. Charges the department of education (department) with administering the fund. Requires the department to create authorization and approval processes. Requires the department to create guidelines to provide professional development credit to teachers who have successfully completed an ethics training course. Makes an appropriation.

Beau BairdRepublican

Cannabis regulation.

Permits the use of cannabis by: (1) a person at least 21 years of age; and (2) a person with a serious medical condition as determined by the person's physician. Establishes the adult use cannabis excise tax, and requires a retailer to transfer the tax to the department of state revenue for deposit in the state general fund. Exempts veterans from payment of the sales tax on medical or adult use cannabis. Establishes a cannabis program (program) to permit the cultivation, processing, testing, transportation, and sale of cannabis by holders of a valid permit. Establishes the Indiana cannabis commission (ICC) as a state agency to oversee, implement, and enforce the program, and establishes the ICC advisory committee to review the effectiveness of the program. Requires that permit holders take steps to prevent diversion of cannabis to unauthorized persons. Requires that cannabis and cannabis products be properly labeled, placed in child resistant packaging, and tested by an independent testing laboratory before being made available for purchase. Prohibits packaging cannabis in a manner that is appealing to children. Authorizes research on cannabis in accordance with rules set forth by the ICC. Establishes a procedure for the expungement of a cannabis related conviction if the act constituting the conviction becomes legal. Makes conforming amendments.

Rodney PolDemocrat

Old home repair tax credit.

Allows a credit against a qualified taxpayer's state tax liability in an amount equal to: (1) 20% of the qualified expenditures that a taxpayer makes for the preservation or rehabilitation of the taxpayer's residence; or (2) 55% of the qualified expenditures that a taxpayer makes for the replacement of electrical wiring and fixtures that were added to the property prior to 1940. Provides that the property must be: (1) located in Indiana; (2) at least 85 years old; and (3) owned by the taxpayer. Provides that the preservation or rehabilitation work must be completed in not more than two years. Provides that the property must be principally used and occupied by the taxpayer as the taxpayer's residence. Provides that qualified expenditures for preservation or rehabilitation of the property must exceed $5,500. Provides that the credit may be carried forward 15 years, but may not be carried back. Provides that the amount of credits allowed may not exceed $100,000 in a state fiscal year. Provides that a taxpayer that claims the credit may not also claim the residential historic rehabilitation credit for the taxable year.

Kyle PierceRepublican

Climate change studies.

Establishes a task force to study the impact of climate change in Indiana and annually report findings to the general assembly and the governor from December 1, 2025, to December 1, 2028.

Carey HamiltonDemocrat

Health care rights.

Provides patients certain health care rights. This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.

Vanessa SummersDemocrat

1977 pension and disability fund.

Increases the following in regard to the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund: (1) the maximum annual cost of living adjustment from 3% to 5%; and (2) the death benefit payable to the heirs or estate of a fund member from $12,000 to $15,000.

Craig HaggardRepublican

Qualified immunity for elected state officers.

Provides qualified immunity for elected state officer.

Michelle DavisRepublican

Facilities regulation.

Provides that an employee of a child caring institution is not personally liable, except to the state, for an official act done or omitted in connection with performance of the employee's duties. Requires a child caring institution to be in compliance with certain reporting requirements in order to be issued a license. Requires certain individuals to complete an electronic report not later than one hour after submitting a verbal report of abuse or neglect to the department of child services. Requires the department of child services to create the form for the electronic report.

Chris JudyRepublican

Straight ticket voting.

Removes a voter's option to vote for all candidates of a political party or an independent ticket at one time (straight ticket voting) in a general or municipal election. Repeals superseded statutes relating to straight ticket voting.

Wendy Dant ChesserDemocrat

Parkinson's disease registry.

Requires the Indiana University School of Medicine to collect data on the incidence of Parkinson's disease and establish a Parkinson's disease registry. Requires health care providers to report a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease and a related condition to the registry, and, if a patient agrees to the reporting, additional information concerning the medical treatment. Requires the health care provider to provide certain information to a patient diagnosed with Parkinson's disease or a related condition and to receive either permission or a denial to provide other information concerning the diagnosis and treatment. Requires that the information be confidential. Provides immunity to a person that provides information for the registry. Specifies persons that can obtain information from the registry.

Carey HamiltonDemocrat

Tax sale deeds.

Provides that a tax sale purchaser may file a petition with the court not later than 30 days after the date of the sale to seek a determination that the real property is vacant or abandoned. Specifies that the effect of a court's determination that the real property is vacant or abandoned is that: (1) the owner has no right to redeem the real property; and (2) the county auditor shall issue a deed to the real property that conveys a fee simple interest to the purchaser. Sets forth the: (1) contents of notices required to be given before the court hearing on vacancy or abandonment; and (2) standards to be used in determining vacancy or abandonment. Provides that the procedure to seek a post-sale petition to determine vacancy or abandonment does not apply to vacant or abandoned real property that is on the list prepared by the county auditor under current law.

Ragen HatcherDemocrat

Attorney eligibility for real estate broker exam.

Allows a licensed attorney to obtain a real estate broker license without completing an approved broker course of study.

Ragen HatcherDemocrat

Prohibited discrimination in housing.

Expands the Indiana fair housing statute to prohibit discrimination on the basis of a person's: (1) source of income; (2) military active duty status; or (3) veteran status. Defines "source of income", "active duty", and "veteran" for purposes of the statute.

Renee PackDemocrat

Pharmacists.

Removes the authority of the state health commissioner's designated public health authority to issue a standing order, prescription, or protocol (standing order) to allow certain health practitioners to administer or dispense an immunization or a pharmacist a smoking cessation product. Requires the state health commissioner to issue a standing order that allows a pharmacist to treat or screen, test, administer, or dispense for certain health conditions. Requires the Indiana board of pharmacy to establish standards and requirements for courses of education concerning Indiana and federal statutes and rules governing the practice of pharmacy. Requires an individual to pass the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination to be eligible for licensure as a pharmacist. Allows a pharmacist to administer or dispense an immunization that is recommended by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices under a drug order, under a prescription, or according to a protocol approved by a physician. Removes provisions restricting a pharmacist from administering an immunization to an individual who is less than 11 years of age. Provides civil and criminal immunity for a pharmacist related to filling a prescription for a drug, medicine, or other prescribed substance. Allows a pharmacist to take certain actions relating to medication assisted treatment. Sets forth requirements for pharmacy benefit managers. Establishes requirements for a health carrier regarding the reimbursement of services and procedures that are performed by a pharmacist.

Lori Goss-ReavesRepublican

Alternative and nuclear energy generation.

Requires: (1) a public utility to notify the Indiana utility regulatory commission (commission) of the public utility's intention to retire an electric generation facility not later than 18 months before the planned retirement date; and (2) the commission to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of using the location and infrastructure of the electric generation facility for development of alternative energy generation projects, including consideration of the suitability of the location and infrastructure for use in developing a nuclear energy facility.

Hunter SmithRepublican

Income tax credits.

Provides that an individual who has federal adjusted gross income but no federal income tax liability in a taxable year is entitled to a 100% credit against the individual's state and local income tax liability.

Hunter SmithRepublican

Credit for automobile loan interest expenses.

Provides a nonrefundable state income tax credit to an individual for interest paid on an outstanding loan or lease agreement for a personal motor vehicle during a taxable year.

Blake JohnsonDemocrat

Suicide prevention materials.

Requires each school corporation to develop a plan: (1) to notify a child's parents if the child is a victim of bullying or if the child expresses suicidal thoughts; and (2) to provide the child's parents with certain suicide awareness materials and firearms storage materials.

Chris CampbellDemocrat

Information and disclosures concerning radon.

Establishes that, before signing a purchase agreement to sell or transfer residential property, an individual or entity issued a broker's real estate license by the Indiana real estate commission representing a seller shall ensure that the seller: (1) provides a radon warning statement to the buyer; (2) discloses in writing to the buyer any knowledge the seller has of radon concentrations in the dwelling; and (3) provides the buyer with a guide on radon, testing, and mitigation published by the Indiana department of health.

Joanna KingRepublican

Selection of IEDC board members.

Provides for appointment to the board of the Indiana economic development corporation of two nonvoting, advisory members who are members of the general assembly.

Mark GendaRepublican

Medicaid coverage of group pregnancy services.

Requires Medicaid coverage for group pregnancy services and specifies the group services.

Vanessa SummersDemocrat

Language interpretation in health care settings.

Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to, subject to federal approval, provide Medicaid reimbursement for certified medical interpretation services for Medicaid recipients who have limited English proficiency when receiving Medicaid covered services from a Medicaid provider. Requires the establishment of a community advisory committee.

Vanessa SummersDemocrat

Living organ donors employers tax credit.

Establishes a nonrefundable state tax credit for taxpayers that provide paid organ donation leave for employees.

Julie McGuireRepublican

Department of child services ombudsman.

Transfers the office of the department of child services ombudsman from the department of administration to the office of the attorney general.

James TomesRepublican

Office of administrative law proceedings.

Makes technical corrections and conforming amendments required by HEA 1003-2024 concerning the office of administrative law proceedings.

Jennifer MeltzerRepublican

Medicaid coverage for incarcerated individuals.

Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to, not later than October 1, 2025, apply for approval of a Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver to provide prerelease services to certain incarcerated individuals beginning 90 days before the individual is released.

Gregory PorterDemocrat

Social service benefit kiosk pilot program.

Requires the division of family resources (division) of the office of the secretary of family and social services to establish a pilot program under which the division develops, deploys, and determines the effectiveness of electronic kiosks that allow an individual to do any of the following: (1) Determine the balance remaining in the individual's SNAP or TANF account. (2) Apply to the office of the secretary for a new EBT card. (3) Apply for SNAP or TANF benefits, subject to verification through in person communication with the division.

Ragen HatcherDemocrat

Hospice program for veterans.

Requires the Indiana Veterans' Home, not later than July 1, 2026, to establish a hospice program for veterans.

Renee PackDemocrat

The attorney general and amicus curiae briefs.

Provides that the attorney general may file an amicus curiae brief only if the governor gives written approval to file the amicus curiae brief. Makes a conforming change.

Edward DeLaneyDemocrat

Honoring Todd Duncan.

A SENATE RESOLUTION to honor Todd M. Duncan for his service and commitment to the skilled trades and SMART (Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation) Union.

J.D. FordDemocrat

Honoring Dr. Nikki Woodson upon her retirement from Superintendent for Washington Township Schools.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Dr. Nikki Woodson upon her retirement from Superintendent for Washington Township Schools.

Carey HamiltonDemocrat

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.

Greg GoodeRepublican

Law enforcement data.

Requires, on or before July 1, 2026, the state police department (department), in consultation with the office of technology and the department of homeland security, to develop and implement the Indiana law enforcement data sharing program (program). Requires the department to establish rules for: (1) protocols regarding access to information and information accessible by a law enforcement agency; (2) safeguards to protect the integrity of the program; (3) confidentiality and data privacy requirements; (4) timely data submission and reporting requirements; and (5) compliance standards. Requires Indiana law enforcement agencies to provide data in a timely manner in accordance with rules established by the department. Makes annual appropriations to the department to develop and implement the program.

Scott BaldwinRepublican

Military base infrastructure grant program.

Establishes the Indiana military base infrastructure grant program (program) for physical infrastructure projects located on current or proposed Indiana military bases. Provides that the: (1) Indiana defense task force, in consultation with the Indiana economic development corporation (corporation), shall develop policies and guidelines regarding the application process for the program; and (2) corporation shall administer the program. Provides that the budget committee must make a recommendation to the budget agency on whether to approve a proposed grant. Requires the budget agency to approve a proposed grant before the grant may be awarded. Makes an appropriation.

Eric BasslerRepublican