Bills & Legislation

Maternal health.

Requires the Indiana department of health (department) to develop a program to award grants to certain community based programs to reduce the prevalence of maternal mortality in Indiana. Requires the department to collaborate with the statewide maternal mortality review committee in developing the program. Provides that the department shall establish workgroups to assist in developing the program. Allows the department to adopt rules to administer the program.

Vanessa SummersDemocrat

Stillbirth prevention program.

Establishes the stillbirth prevention through fetal movement pilot program (program) for the purpose of providing evidence based information on the importance of tracking fetal movement in the third trimester of pregnancy to prevent stillbirths, to be administered by the Indiana department of health (state department). Allows the state department to award grants to increase education and the distribution of materials on tracking fetal movement in the third trimester of pregnancy. Requires grantees to report specified information on a quarterly and annual basis. Creates a fund and appropriates $250,000 for the program. Expires the program December 31, 2027.

Vanessa SummersDemocrat

Crown Point food and beverage tax.

Authorizes the city of Crown Point to impose a food and beverage tax.

Julie OlthoffRepublican

Driving privilege cards.

Provides that an individual who is an Indiana resident and cannot provide proof of identity and lawful status in the United States may apply for a driving privilege card to obtain driving privileges. Sets forth the requirements to obtain a driving privilege card. Provides that a driving privilege card may not be used as identification for any state or federal purpose (other than to confer driving privileges), for the purpose of voting, or to verify employment. Requires an individual who holds a driving privilege card and operates a motor vehicle to verify and continuously maintain financial responsibility on any motor vehicle operated by the individual who holds the driving privilege card in the amount required by law. Provides that the bureau of motor vehicles may not disclose certain information unless presented with a lawful court order or judicial warrant. Requires an applicant for a driving privilege card or driving privilege card renewal to sign up for selective service. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles to submit an annual report to the legislative council and the interim study committee on roads and transportation. Makes conforming amendments. Makes technical corrections.

Michael KarickhoffRepublican

Behavioral health preceptorship tax credit.

Provides a $1,000 credit against state tax liability to a behavioral health professional who provides a preceptorship for at least 20 days in the applicable tax year.

Victoria Garcia WilburnDemocrat

Public work projects.

Provides that a board of aviation commissioners and an airport authority are subject to the same procedures as a school corporation for certain public work projects. Provides that if a federal grant is to be issued to fund a portion of the construction on a public work project, the successful bidder has 90 days to proceed with the contract.

Peggy MayfieldRepublican

Nondisclosure agreements in economic development.

Provides that the Indiana economic development corporation, the state, any instrumentality of the state, or any other public authority, or any party negotiating on behalf of any of those entities, may not, after June 30, 2025, enter into an economic development agreement or contract that contains any provision, clause, or language that provides that the agreement or contract, or any of its terms, is confidential, or that the parties to the agreement or contract are prohibited from disclosing, discussing, describing, or commenting upon the terms of the agreement or contract.

Robb GreeneRepublican

Epilepsy foundation trust license plate.

Establishes the epilepsy foundation trust license plate as a special group recognition license plate. Establishes the epilepsy foundation trust fund.

Sheila KlinkerDemocrat

Campaign communications.

Requires a flag that solicits a contribution or expressly advocates the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate to comply in certain circumstances with campaign communication requirements.

Kyle MillerDemocrat

Abortion inducing drugs.

Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally engages in the use of an abortion inducing drug, including Mifepristone or Misoprostol, on a pregnant woman without the knowledge or consent of the pregnant woman, commits a Level 5 felony. Prohibits a person from knowingly or intentionally sending Mifepristone or Misoprostol to another person located in Indiana, if the other person located in Indiana possesses the Mifepristone or Misoprostol. Provides that each offense is a Class A misdemeanor with a Level 6 felony for subsequent offenses. Adds Mifepristone and Misoprostol to the list of Schedule IV drugs.

Tyler JohnsonRepublican

Limitation on cost sharing.

Requires an insurer, an administrator, and a pharmacy benefit manager to apply the annual limitation on cost sharing set forth in the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act under 42 U.S.C. 18022(c)(1). Provides that an insurer, an administrator, and a pharmacy benefit manager may not directly or indirectly set, alter, implement, or condition the terms of health insurance coverage based in part or entirely on information about the availability or amount of financial or product assistance available for a prescription drug. Requires, before December 31 of each year, each insurer and administrator to certify to the insurance commissioner that the insurer or administrator has fully and completely complied with the cost sharing requirements during the previous calendar year.

Ben SmaltzRepublican

Mugshot requirements.

Requires a mugshot to include a photograph of the subject's teeth or gums.

Maureen BauerDemocrat

Funding of lactation rooms in public buildings.

Establishes a grant program to promote the installation of lactation rooms in public buildings. Requires the Indiana housing and community development authority (IHCDA) to administer the grant program. Authorizes public agencies to apply for grants. Appropriates $5,000,000 to the IHCDA for deposit in the grant fund.

Vanessa SummersDemocrat

Closed primaries.

Provides that a voter may vote at a primary election: (1) only if the voter has properly and timely affiliated with a political party; and (2) held by the political party with which the voter affiliates. Allows an individual, not later than December 31 before the date of a primary election, to affiliate with a political party at the time of voter registration or by submitting a party affiliation form. Requires each county voter registration office to mail a party affiliation form to particular voters not later than September 1, 2025. Specifies a notice that must be sent to certain voters who register to vote but do not list a political party affiliation. Makes conforming amendments.

Michelle DavisRepublican

Pension garnishment for restitution.

Provides that when a court issues a restitution order against an employee beneficiary of the state police benefit system (system), the prosecuting attorney must bring an action requesting garnishment of amounts that the employee beneficiary is entitled to receive under the system. Requires the court to order the trustee to take certain actions if the court finds that the restitution order has been issued and has not been fully satisfied or discharged.

Wendy Dant ChesserDemocrat

College savings tax credit.

Beginning in taxable year 2026, increases the credit provided for a contribution to a college choice 529 education savings plan against a taxpayer's adjusted gross income from $1,500 to $2,500 (and from $750 to $1,250 in the case of a married individual filing a separate return), subject to other requirements.

Sheila KlinkerDemocrat

Statute of limitations for certain sex crimes.

Allows the prosecution of Level 1 and Level 2 felony sex offenses to be commenced at any time. Makes conforming changes.

Alex ZimmermanRepublican

Assessment of prime farmland.

Provides a reduced property tax assessment classification for prime farmland.

Kendell CulpRepublican

Homestead exemption for persons age 65 and older.

Requires the general assembly to exempt the homestead of a person who is at least 65 years of age from property taxation. This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.

Michael YoungRepublican

Initiatives and referendums.

Provides that the people of Indiana may propose and adopt amendments to the Constitution of the State of Indiana through an initiative. Provides that the people of Indiana may approve or reject any statute or part of any statute enacted by the general assembly through a referendum. This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.

Greg TaylorDemocrat

Pregnancy services for inmates.

Provides that a correctional facility shall provide specific care, treatment, and education for pregnant inmates and inmates who have recently given birth. Requires the commissioner of correction to submit to the governor, the chief justice of the supreme court, and the legislative council an annual report that includes an account of every instance when a pregnant inmate has been restrained in a correctional facility.

Vanessa SummersDemocrat

Regulation of homeschooling.

Requires a parent who withdraws the parent's chronically absent child from a public school in order to homeschool the child to: (1) present to the school from which the child is withdrawing a plan regarding the curriculum and courses the child will complete while homeschooled; (2) meet with the superintendent of the school from which the child is withdrawing not less than two times each semester for the first full school year in which the student is homeschooled to provide a progress report; and (3) meet with the superintendent not less than two times annually for each subsequent school year. Requires a superintendent to designate a homeschooled student as a habitual truant and report the student to an intake officer of the juvenile court or the department of child services and the prosecuting attorney under certain conditions. Requires a superintendent to provide the parent of a homeschooled student with a notice of compulsory attendance violation under certain conditions.

Jeff RaatzRepublican

Extension of water services.

Allows a water or wastewater utility to extend service up to three miles to a: (1) public school, including a charter school; or (2) nonpublic school that employs one or more employees; without a deposit or other adequate assurance of performance from the customer if certain conditions are met. Provides that the extension qualifies as an eligible infrastructure improvement for purposes of infrastructure improvement charges. Provides that a public utility must conduct an outreach program before it condemns land for the purpose of extending a water or wastewater main. Establishes certain meeting and notice requirements for the outreach program.

Rick NiemeyerRepublican

Age for compulsory school attendance.

Provides that a student is bound by compulsory school attendance requirements from the beginning of the fall school term for the school year in which the student is five years of age on August 1 of that school year. (Current law provides that a student is bound by compulsory school attendance requirements from the beginning of the fall school term for the school year in which the student becomes seven years of age.) Makes conforming amendments.

Greg TaylorDemocrat

Delivery of alcoholic beverages.

Permits a beer, liquor, or wine dealer that is the proprietor of a drug store (which includes a pharmacy within a grocery or big box store) to sell certain alcoholic beverages for curbside pickup. Allows all wine dealers to deliver wine under certain circumstances. Allows alcoholic beverage dealers to make deliveries to customers using a common carrier. Creates a delivery service permit to allow an operator of a third party delivery service to arrange for delivery of alcoholic beverages ordered by consumers: (1) from retailers; and (2) through the operator's computer platform. Creates a delivery agent permit to allow an employee or independent contractor of a third party delivery service to deliver alcoholic beverages picked up from a retailer to the consumer's residence. Requires a delivery agent to complete alcohol server training. Exempts delivery agent permittees from permit restrictions imposed due to tax delinquency. Establishes a fee of: (1) $500 for a delivery service permit; and (2) $45 for a delivery agent permit.

Greg GoodeRepublican

Mental health and substance abuse coverage.

Sets forth certain standards regarding reimbursement rates for providers of mental illness or substance abuse services. Provides that if a provider of health care services that provides both medical or surgical services and mental illness or substance abuse services is credentialed with an insurer or health maintenance organization for purposes of providing medical or surgical services, the provider must be considered automatically credentialed for purposes of providing mental illness or substance abuse services in instances under which the insurer provides coverage of mental illness or substance abuse services through a third party vendor.

Michael CriderRepublican

Homeowners association matters.

Provides that the governing documents of a homeowners association may authorize any vote to be conducted by electronic means. Requires a homeowners association to send certain notices to members of the homeowners association. Requires a homeowners association to send a certain notice to the attorney general. Requires a homeowners association to create and maintain a website that includes certain information. Requires the attorney general to establish a training course that members of a homeowners association board must complete.

J.D. FordDemocrat

Illegal immigrants and motor vehicle crimes.

Adds an aggravating circumstance for an offense involving the use of a motor vehicle and that the person was illegally or unlawfully present in the United States at the time of the offense.

Mike BohacekRepublican

Tax increment financing.

Provides that if a proposed redevelopment project area is not taxable at the time the allocation area is being established, any property taxes that would have been paid on undeveloped land shall be included in the base assessed value for purposes of determining property tax levy distributions to the appropriate local units.

Mike BohacekRepublican

Utility transparency and reporting.

Provides that the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) may not authorize a public utility that: (1) provides retail electric or natural gas service; and (2) is under the IURC's jurisdiction for the approval of rates and charges; (utility) to recover through the utility's retail rates and charges any direct or indirect costs associated with specified expenses and activities related to lobbying, legislative action, political activities, charitable giving, litigation, investor relations, and other specified activities and expenses. Beginning in 2025, requires a utility to file with the IURC an annual report that includes specified information concerning costs to: (1) the utility; or (2) an affiliate of the utility; that are related to these expenses or activities and that are directly billed or allocated to the utility. Requires the IURC to make available on the IURC's website a direct link to the annual reports provided by all utilities under these provisions. Provides that on any customer bill issued by a utility after December 31, 2025, the utility must include a break down of the charges and fees that make up the total amount owed, including a description of the service or cost associated with each charge or fee. Sets forth certain charges and fees that must be delineated as specific line items on each customer bill.

Andrea HunleyDemocrat

Inspector general government efficiency report.

Requires the inspector general to annually do the following: (1) Beginning in 2026, prepare a current list of all boards, committees, and commissions of the executive, including administrative branch (commissions), and send the list to the legislative council. (2) Beginning in 2027, conduct efficiency reviews of at least 25% of the active commissions and report the review results to the legislative council.

Cyndi CarrascoRepublican

Lawrence County juvenile magistrate.

Allows the judge of the Lawrence County juvenile court to appoint not more than one full-time magistrate.

Eric KochRepublican

Public defender participation in PARF.

Adds a person who serves in one of the following positions on or after January 1, 2016, to the prosecuting attorneys retirement fund (PARF): (1) The state public defender or chief deputy state public defender employed by the state public defender. (2) The executive director of the public defender council of Indiana or the second highest paid staff person or a full-time staff attorney employed by the public defender council of Indiana. (3) The highest paid or the second highest paid staff person employed by the Indiana commission on court appointed attorneys. (4) A chief public defender or chief deputy public defender. Allows staff attorneys of the prosecuting attorneys council of Indiana employed on or after January 1, 2012, to participate in PARF. Changes the name of the prosecuting attorneys retirement fund to the prosecuting attorneys and public defenders retirement fund. Provides that after a participant has contributed to PARF for 22 years, the state or county shall pay the contributions to the fund for the participant. Provides that the computation of benefits is based in part on the highest salary that was paid to the participant before separation from service. Provides that 1% shall be added to the percentage used to calculate benefits for each year of service after 22 years. Provides that a reduced annual retirement benefit equals the benefit that would be payable if the participant were 65 years of age reduced by 0.10% for each month before the participant's sixty-fifth birthday. Provides for a cost of living adjustment for participants of PARF based on increases to judge salaries. Allows a participant to receive service credit in PARF for more than one year and less than 10 years of service received by the participant in the public employees' retirement fund under certain conditions. Provides for the calculation of an offset of PARF benefits payable to a participant from a participant's public employees' retirement fund benefits based on the concurrent service and wages the participant earned in both the public employees' retirement fund and PARF. Makes corresponding changes.

Linda RogersRepublican

Short term rental properties.

Requires a unit to amend its zoning ordinance to specify the use, development standards, and findings of fact required to approve, deny, or make a recommendation on a special exception, special use, contingent use, conditional use, or use variance from the zoning ordinance with regard to a short term rental property. Provides that a property rented once during each of two consecutive years becomes ineligible for the standard homestead deduction.

Rodney PolDemocrat

Payment card network interchange fees.

Defines an "interchange fee" as a fee established, charged, or received by a payment card network to compensate an issuer of a debit card or credit card for the issuer's involvement in an electronic payment transaction. Provides that the amount of: (1) certain taxes (covered taxes) collected by; and (2) any gratuity paid to; a merchant in an electronic payment transaction must be excluded from the amount upon which any interchange fee is charged in connection with the electronic payment transaction. Requires a payment card network to do one of the following: (1) At the time of settlement of an electronic payment transaction, deduct from the calculation of any interchange fees to be imposed for the transaction the amount of any: (A) covered tax collected; and (B) gratuity paid; in the electronic payment transaction. (2) Rebate a portion of the interchange fee imposed in the transaction in an amount equal to the amount of the interchange fee attributable to any: (A) covered tax collected; and (B) gratuity paid; in the electronic payment transaction. Provides that the required deduction or rebate must occur at the time of settlement when the merchant is able to capture and transmit tax and gratuity amounts relevant to the electronic payment transaction at the time of the transaction. Provides an exception allowing a payment card network to credit a merchant's settlement account for interchange fees collected on amounts that included covered taxes or gratuities, in cases in which a merchant is not able to capture and transmit tax or gratuity amounts relevant to the electronic payment transaction at the time of the transaction. Provides that a payment card network that violates these provisions: (1) is liable for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $1,000 per violation; and (2) shall refund to each merchant affected by the violation the amount of excess interchange fees collected. Provides that a payment card network that alters or manipulates the computation or imposition of an interchange fee for purposes of circumventing or offsetting the bill's requirements commits a deceptive act that is actionable only by the attorney general under the Indiana statute concerning deceptive consumer sales.

Rodney PolDemocrat

Worker's compensation.

Increases the amount of worker's compensation and worker's occupational diseases compensation benefits available under current law for injuries and disablements occurring on and after July 1, 2024, and before July 1, 2025, by: (1) 10% on and after July 1, 2025; (2) 6% on and after July 1, 2026; (3) 4% on and after July 1, 2027; (4) 4% on and after July 1, 2028; (5) 4% on and after July 1, 2029; and (6) 4% on and after July 1, 2030. (Under current law, the worker's compensation and worker's occupational diseases compensation benefits increase by 3% on and after July 1, 2025, relative to the amount for injuries and disablements occurring on and after July 1, 2024, and before July 1, 2025, and 3% on and after July 1, 2026, relative to the amount for injuries and disablements occurring on and after July 1, 2025, and before July 1, 2026.)

Rodney PolDemocrat

Local government pensions.

Increases the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund's maximum annual cost of living adjustment from 3% to 5%.

Rodney PolDemocrat

False reporting.

Specifies that a law enforcement officer who, knowing that information is false or misleading, includes the false or misleading information in a police report commits false informing, a Class A misdemeanor.

Greg TaylorDemocrat

Landlord tax credit.

Provides that a taxpayer is entitled to a credit against the taxpayer's state income tax liability in a taxable year equal to the lesser of: (1) $1,500 multiplied by the number of rental units that the taxpayer rents during a taxable year to individuals that were incarcerated at some time not more than three years prior to the taxable year; or (2) $7,500. Provides that to obtain the credit, the taxpayer must claim the credit in the manner prescribed by the department. Prohibits the taxpayer from claiming any carryover, carryback, or refund of any unused credit.

Greg TaylorDemocrat

Medical marijuana.

Establishes a medical marijuana program (program), and permits caregivers and patients who have received a physician recommendation to possess a certain quantity of marijuana for treatment of certain medical conditions. Establishes a regulatory agency to oversee the program, and creates the regulatory agency advisory committee to review the effectiveness of the program and to consider recommendations from the regulatory agency. Authorizes the regulatory agency to grant research licenses to research facilities with a physical presence in Indiana. Repeals the controlled substance excise tax and the marijuana eradication program. Makes conforming amendments.

Greg TaylorDemocrat

Matching grants for home repair projects.

Establishes a matching grant pilot program (pilot program) that applies only in Marion County to make grants to individuals who: (1) are at least 65 years of age; (2) own a primary residence; and (3) have received funds from a nonprofit corporation to make repairs to the individual's primary residence. Requires the Indiana housing and community development authority (IHCDA) to administer the pilot program. Sets forth the maximum amount of a grant that an individual may receive from the grant fund. Provides for the expiration of the pilot program. Appropriates $1,000,000 to the IHCDA for deposit in the grant fund.

Greg TaylorDemocrat

Political subdivision budgets.

Provides that, notwithstanding any growth in a political subdivision's assessed value in the previous year, a political subdivision's ad valorem property tax levy shall not exceed the ad valorem property tax levy for its last preceding annual budget, unless the fiscal body of the political subdivision adopts an affirmative tax rate and tax levy increase by ordinance following a separate public hearing. Requires a resulting decrease in tax rates for each political subdivision in which there was an increase in the political subdivision's assessed value in the previous year, subject to any affirmative tax rate and tax levy increase adopted by the fiscal body of the political subdivision.

James BuckRepublican

Various tax and fiscal matters.

Provides a maximum property tax liability credit for certain homestead owners based on the owner's age and annual income. Specifies the amount of the credit. Makes certain changes to the deduction amounts and qualification requirements for the disabled veteran deductions. Provides a 100% property tax exemption for permanently disabled veterans. Increases the amount of certain personal exemptions from $1,000 to $3,500 for individual taxpayers who satisfy certain income criteria. Provides an additional adjusted gross income tax deduction of $5,000 for educators in elementary or secondary education, police officers, firefighters, and veterans. Provides an adjusted gross income tax deduction for taxpayers who install solar energy panels on the taxpayer's homestead equal to the cost of the labor and materials for the installation of the solar energy panels. Repeals the renter's deduction and instead provides a refundable income tax credit for renters. Provides that the amount of the credit is $6,000, or $7,500 in the case of a disabled veteran. Provides a refundable income tax mortgage credit for first time home buyers. Provides that the amount of the credit is $15,000, which may be claimed for five consecutive taxable years. Provides an adjusted gross income tax deduction for the first $16,000 of retirement income received by an individual who is at least 62 years of age. Defines "retirement income". Provides a sales tax exemption for utility services, including water, natural gas, and electricity. Provides a sales and use tax exemption period during the last week of January and the last week of August each year for school supplies, backpacks, clothing, or computers, if the item is purchased for use by: (A) a student in a public or private elementary or secondary school; or (B) a student attending a postsecondary school; in Indiana. Appropriates $140,000,000 for the biennium to the department of education to be used as supplemental funding for the federal Child Care and Development Fund voucher program. Increases the maximum amount of the income tax credit for an individual employed as a teacher for amounts expended for classroom supplies from $100 to $1,000 per taxable year. Increases the cigarette tax by $1 per pack. Increases the river boat wagering tax, and increases the supplemental wagering tax, slot machine wagering tax, and sports wagering tax and deposits the revenue from the increases in the state general fund. Increases the beer excise tax, liquor excise tax, wine excise tax, and hard cider excise tax and deposits the revenue from the increases in the state general fund.

Fady QaddouraDemocrat

Licensure of naturopathic physicians.

Provides for the licensure of naturopathic physicians. Specifies certain individuals who are not required to be licensed. Establishes the board of naturopathic medicine (board). Establishes license requirements. Requires licensed naturopathic physicians to obtain continuing education for license renewal. Establishes the naturopathic formulary council to establish a formulary for naturopathic physicians. Establishes the childbirth attendance advisory commission to provide recommendations concerning the practice of naturopathic childbirth attendance. Provides that an individual who is not licensed may not use certain descriptions, titles, or initials to indicate or imply that the individual is a licensed naturopathic physician. Establishes criminal penalties for certain violations.

Greg GoodeRepublican

Community corrections programs.

Establishes a community corrections commissary fund (fund). Provides that the director of the community corrections program, or the director's designee, shall deposit all money from a commissary that sells merchandise to participants in the particular community corrections program into the fund. Provides that a community corrections officer may sell merchandise from a commissary to a participant of the community corrections program. Provides that the director of a residential community corrections program, or the director's designee, may receive confidential information from the Indiana scheduled prescription electronic collection and tracking (INSPECT) program.

Greg GoodeRepublican

Domestic violence.

Requires inservice training about the seizure and retention of firearms owned by an allegedly dangerous individual. Specifies that the office of judicial administration shall report a conviction for a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence in conviction data it transmits to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for inclusion in the NICS data base. Provides that a court may require a defendant who has at least one conviction for invasion of privacy and is charged with a crime of domestic violence to complete rehabilitative services. Requires a court to conduct an evidence based risk assessment for a defendant who has at least one conviction for invasion of privacy and is charged with a crime of domestic violence. Provides that a court shall require a person to wear a monitoring device as a condition of bail if the person is charged with a crime of domestic violence and has a prior unrelated conviction. Requires a court to order a person convicted of a crime of domestic violence to relinquish any firearms in the person's possession. Requires that if the rightful owner of a firearm has been convicted of murder, a law enforcement agency shall destroy the firearm. Provides that a person who has been convicted of a crime of domestic violence and knowingly or intentionally possesses a firearm commits a Class A misdemeanor. Provides the process for firearm confiscation. Adds a person convicted of two or more offenses under invasion of privacy to the definition of "dangerous" for purposes of the seizure and retention of a firearm. Adds that a violation of a civil protection order under the Indiana Civil Protection Order Act may be used to establish that an individual is dangerous for the purposes of the seizure and retention of a firearm.

Fady QaddouraDemocrat

Assessment of land used for solar power generation.

Amends provisions that require the department of local government finance to annually determine a solar land base rate to divide the current south region into two regions (southeast and southwest regions) for which a separate solar land base rate must be determined by the department. Specifies the counties in each new region.

Daryl SchmittRepublican

Indiana economic development corporation board.

Beginning in 2026, modifies the criteria for appointment to the board of the Indiana economic development corporation (board) to require that certain members appointed by the governor must reside in separate Indiana congressional districts but preserves the provision that permits the governor to appoint not more than three additional members to the board without regard to the congressional district residency requirement added by the bill. Makes corresponding changes.

Jean LeisingRepublican