2016 Regular Session

Recognizing the Boeing Company on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its founding.

Sponsor: Donna Harris

Honoring volunteers for contributing more than 100,000 hours of labor to the Indiana State Archives.

Sponsor: Matt Pierce

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Bishop Dwenger High School football team on its 4A State Championship title.

Sponsor: Elizabeth Brown

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of the determination of the time zone or time zones in which Indiana's 92 counties should be located.

Sponsor: Michael Delph

A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the Governor to proclaim September as Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month.

Sponsor: Michael Crider

Memorializing Edwin Gregory Buss.

Sponsor: Scott Pelath

Recognizing the roles played by May Wright Sewall, Zerelda Wallace, and Helen Gougar in the Indiana women's suffrage movement.

Sponsor: Linda Lawson

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing February as Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.

Sponsor: Jean Breaux

A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of whether courts should be granted the authority to require the subject of a civil protection order to wear a GPS device with victim notification capabilities if it appears from the petition that domestic or family violence has occurred.

Sponsor: Joseph Zakas

Memorializing Mark St. John.

Sponsor: Gregory Porter

A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring William Ruckelshaus, recipient of the National Medal of Freedom.

Sponsor: James Merritt

A SENATE RESOLUTION supporting the proposal to locate the National Desert Storm War Memorial in Washington, D.C. in close proximity to other war memorials in Area I.

Sponsor: Travis Holdman

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of deciding whether all of Indiana's 92 counties should be located in the Central Time Zone.

Sponsor: Michael Delph

Recognizing the Fifth Annual Bill Johnson Film Festival.

Sponsor: Vernon Smith

Congratulating Dr. Richard J. Houck on the occasion of his retirement.

Sponsor: Scott Pelath

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Elizabeth D. Baier upon her retirement as the Executive Director of the Posey County United Way.

Sponsor: James Tomes

A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of school buses equipped with three point seat belts.

Sponsor: Randall Head

Recognizing December 11, 2016, as the 200th anniversary of Indiana becoming the 19th state in the Union and the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln and his family moving to Indiana.

Sponsor: Kathy Richardson

Honoring the Art League of the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.

Sponsor: Sheila Klinker

Celebrating Black History Month.

Sponsor: Vernon Smith

A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of student educational success with a specific focus on establishing Communities in Schools as a means to increase the number of students who graduate from high school.

Sponsor: Dennis Kruse

Authorizing the Postmaster of the Indiana Senate to receive from the Postmaster of the City of Indianapolis all mail belonging to the Senate.

Sponsor: David Long

A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the Governor to designate June 27, 2016 as Indiana Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day, and to designate June, 2016 as Indiana Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Month.

Sponsor: James Arnold

A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing Taiwan's presidential election and their efforts to secure entry to the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the signing of a Bilateral Investment and Free Trade Agreement.

Sponsor: Brent Waltz

A SENATE RESOLUTION commemorating the Indianapolis Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated.

Sponsor: Greg Taylor

Urging INDOT to rename a section of SR 2 to the intersection with U.S. Highway 20 at Rolling Prairie as the "Governor Harold W. Handley Highway".

Sponsor: Thomas Dermody

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Sullivan High School Super Mileage Team for its accomplishments at national and state level competitions.

Sponsor: Eric Bassler

A SENATE RESOLUTION memorializing the life of Robert Quinn.

Sponsor: Timothy Lanane

Urging INDOT to name the bridge on Highway 52 over the Flatrock River in Rushville the "Joseph Cotton Bridge".

Sponsor: Thomas Saunders

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Our Lady of Providence Junior/Senior High School Volleyball team on its IHSAA 3A state championship title.

Sponsor: Ronald Grooms

This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.

Sponsor: David Long

Establishes the office of state controller, beginning January 1, 2022. Provides that the method of selection, tenure, duties, and compensation of the state controller shall be prescribed by law. Abolishes the offices of auditor of state and treasurer of state, beginning January 1, 2022.

Sponsor: Pete Miller

Urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of rewriting Title 7.1 (Alcohol and Tobacco) of the Indiana Code.

Sponsor: Matthew Lehman

Congratulating the Bishop Chatard High School Trojans football team on its Class 3A state championship.

Sponsor: Edward DeLaney

Recognizing the Community Civility Counts Initiative of the Gary Chamber of Commerce and the Times Media Company.

Sponsor: Vernon Smith

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Legislative Services Agency's Office of Fiscal and Management Analysis for its leadership in developing evidence on the effectiveness of tax incentives for economic development.

Sponsor: Brandt Hershman

This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.

Sponsor: David Long

Urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the Washington Street Bridge on U.S. 24 in Monticello as the "Chief Master Sergeant Dean A. DuVall Bridge".

Sponsor: Brandt Hershman

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the tremendous success of the Health Indiana Plan (HIP) since its initial enactment and commemorating the one year anniversary of the approval of the HIP 2.0 waiver.

Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau

Urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of multistate nurse licensure agreements.

Sponsor: David Niezgodski

Provides that the Constitution of the State of Indiana guarantees the right of the people of Indiana to engage in diverse farming and ranching practices. Provides that the general assembly may not pass a law that unreasonably abridges the right of farmers and ranchers to employ or refuse to employ effective agricultural technology and livestock production and ranching practices. Provides that the new constitutional provision does not modify any: (1) provision of the common law; (2) statute relating to trespass or eminent domain; or (3) other property right, existing or previously enacted statute, or existing or previously adopted administrative rule.

Sponsor: Brent Steele

A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the placement of a memorial plaque in the Senate Chamber honoring those senators who died while serving in the Indiana Senate.

Sponsor: Lonnie Randolph

Urging the Legislative Council to assign to an appropriate study committee the topic of the interaction of the therapeutic privilege and patient access of their condition.

Sponsor: Micheal Aylesworth

Urging INDOT to rename that portion of U.S. 31 through Howard County as "The Haynes-Apperson Expressway".

Sponsor: Michael Karickhoff

A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of the expansion of the TAP System as a comprehensive school improvement model to address teacher effectiveness, retention, and recruitment.

Sponsor: Dennis Kruse

Makes application to the Congress to call a constitutional convention under Article V of the Constitution of the United States for the specific and exclusive purpose of proposing an amendment repealing the 17th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States concerning the direct election of United States Senators.

Sponsor: Curt Nisly

Urging INDOT to rename that portion of Interstate 65 from Exit 34 to Exit 50 as "John Mellencamp Way".

Sponsor: Terry Goodin

A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing the Community Civility Counts Initiative of the Gary Chamber of Commerce and the Times Media Company.

Sponsor: Lonnie Randolph

This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.

Sponsor: Timothy Lanane

Petitioning the National Park Service to complete the Eastern Legacy Special Resource Study mandated by Congress in 2008.

Sponsor: Matt Pierce

Honoring Judge Phillippe.

Sponsor: Timothy Lanane

Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Sponsor: Vernon Smith

Honoring Sgt. Anne Schellinger upon her retirement from the South Bend Police Department and for her dedicated service to the community.

Sponsor: James Arnold

Removes gender specific references from the Constitution of the State of Indiana. Makes certain other technical changes.

Sponsor: Ryan Dvorak

Congratulating the Wapahani High School girls volleyball team on the occasion of its Class 2A state championship victory.

Sponsor: Greg Beumer

Provides that the general assembly may provide that if a voter who legally returns a voted ballot before election day subsequently dies before election day, the voter's vote shall be counted.

Sponsor: Richard Hamm

Honoring Gloria Schroeder upon her retirement and thanking her for 30 years of exceptional service to the Indiana State Senate.

Sponsor: David Long

Combines the offices of treasurer of state and auditor of state into the office of the state chief financial officer. This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.

Sponsor: Ronald Grooms

Applies to Congress for a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution to propose amendments to the United States Constitution. Provides that such a convention be limited to proposing amendments to the United States Constitution that do the following: (1) Impose fiscal restraints on the federal government. (2) Limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government. (3) Limit the terms of office for its officials and for members of Congress.

Sponsor: Travis Holdman

Recognizing the many accomplishments of Dennis Pennington and the great influence he had on the development of our state.

Sponsor: Gail Riecken

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the NCAA Women's Basketball Final Four and Division II and III National Championships.

Sponsor: Jean Breaux

Recognizing the "Chair of Honor" in the State House honoring all Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action.

Sponsor: James Baird

Honoring the inductees and the Indiana Military Veterans Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: John Bartlett

Congratulating Whiting High School for their outstanding academic achievements.

Sponsor: Lonnie Randolph

Convene a Joint Session of the One Hundred Nineteenth General Assembly of the State of Indiana.

Sponsor: Matthew Lehman

Honoring Representative Randy Truitt.

Sponsor: Kathy Richardson

A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Jon Thompson of WSBT 960 AM's "JT in the Morning Show" for his 40 years of dedicated and entertaining radio broadcasts.

Sponsor: Joseph Zakas

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Lafayette Central Catholic High School girls basketball team on winning the 2A State Championship title.

Sponsor: Ronnie Alting

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the undefeated 1975-1976 Indiana University basketball team on the 40th anniversary of the team's National Collegiate victory.

Sponsor: James Banks

A SENATE RESOLUTION to recognize the valuable contribution of the Indiana Sheriffs' Association.

Sponsor: James Arnold

Recognizing the Greenwood Southwest Elementary School Fourth Grade M.A.T.H. Bowl champions.

Sponsor: Charles Burton

Recognizing the 125th anniversary of the Home Bank.

Sponsor: John Price

A SENATE RESOLUTION urging Governor Michael R. Pence to declare the third Saturday of September as American Indian Day.

Sponsor: Randall Head

Honoring Dan Pastrick.

Sponsor: Micheal Aylesworth

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to name the East End Crossing the Jonathan Jennings Crossing.

Sponsor: James Smith

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to name the East End Crossing the Enterprise Crossing.

Sponsor: James Smith

Honoring Representative David Niezgodski.

Sponsor: John Bartlett

Recognizing Chuck Mayfield on the occasion of his retirement from the Legislative Services Agency.

Sponsor: Jeffrey Thompson

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to name the East End Crossing the Ronald Reagan Crossing.

Sponsor: James Smith

To confirm the nomination of Eric Holcomb to take office as Lieutenant Governor.

Sponsor: Brian Bosma

A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Senator John Broden on his retirement from the Indiana Senate.

Sponsor: Timothy Lanane

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION expressing appreciation for Lieutenant Governor Sue Ellspermann's service to the State of Indiana.

Sponsor: Brandt Hershman

Honoring Francis J. Miles.

Sponsor: Randall Frye

A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the issue of why Indiana has the highest rate of black homicide victims.

Sponsor: Jean Breaux

Urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of the three tier alcohol distribution system in Indiana.

Sponsor: Thomas Dermody

Recognizing the efforts of Mr. Robert Lee Bieber and the students of Concord High School for their outstanding fundraising efforts in the name of Riley Children's Hospital.

Sponsor: Doug Miller

Honoring Flint & Walling.

Sponsor: David Ober

A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Representative Randolph P. Truitt upon the occasion of his retirement from the Indiana House of Representatives.

Sponsor: Ronnie Alting

A SENATE RESOLUTION urging Indiana's federal legislators to fight for strong enforcement of our nation's trade laws to level the playing field with China and other countries, taking whatever action necessary to protect the domestic steel industry from unfair foreign competition, and urging the Department of Commerce to maintain China's "non-market economy" status, which preserves the ability of U.S. companies and American workers to access domestic trade remedy laws.

Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau

A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra on their 20th anniversary.

Sponsor: Jean Breaux

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Penn High School Girls Basketball team on its first 4A State Championship title.

Sponsor: Ryan Mishler

Honoring Judge Donald Phillippe upon his retirement after a distinguished career of more than 50 years of public service, 44 years of which were served on the bench as the Anderson City Court Judge.

Sponsor: Terri Jo Austin

To honor Representative Gail Riecken on her retirement from the Indiana House of Representatives.

Sponsor: John Bartlett

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION celebrating the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500.

Sponsor: Michael Young

Honoring Representative Rhonda Rhoads.

Sponsor: Kathy Richardson

Urging the legislative council to assign the study of the appropriate regulatory structure and agency to regulate independent centers that provide applied behavioral analysis services.

Sponsor: Vanessa Summers

A SENATE RESOLUTION expressing profound disappointment in Carrier Corporation and United Technologies.

Sponsor: Michael Delph

Urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of the Buy Indiana Plan and the associated Request for Proposals (RFP) process.

Sponsor: Ronald Bacon

Honoring Dr. Adam Drummond.

Sponsor: Daniel Leonard

Urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of equipping school buses with lap and shoulder safety belts.

Sponsor: Robert Behning

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating ZoeAnn Chernowsky for her accomplishment of being named the 2015-2016 Indiana Rural Teacher of the Year.

Sponsor: Doug Eckerty

Urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of adoption costs and barriers.

Sponsor: Martin Carbaugh

Honoring Keith Schoettmer.

Sponsor: Anthony Cook

Recognizing Chuck Mayfield on the occasion of his retirement from the Legislative Services Agency.

Sponsor: Jeffrey Thompson

Honoring the life of Susan Kelley Jordan.

Sponsor: Brian Bosma

Urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename that part of U.S. Highway 231 from Interstate Highway 69 to the city of Bloomfield the "Donald W. Dean Memorial Highway".

Sponsor: Jeff Ellington

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the participants of iVote2Day@IndianaStatehouse2016.

Sponsor: Dennis Kruse

Recognizing the Elkhart Lions Club's longstanding tradition of service to the Elkhart Community.

Sponsor: Doug Miller

Urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of the consolidation of current school funds with taxing authority for additional efficiency and transparency.

Sponsor: Anthony Cook

Urging INDOT to name the section of Interstate 70 from Brazil to Indianapolis and the section of I-65 from Seymour to Indianapolis as "The Tuskegee Airmen Highway".

Sponsor: Gregory Porter

Urging INDOT to name the bridge across the Wabash River on State Road 163 in Clinton the "Henry Dana Washburn Memorial Bridge".

Sponsor: Alan Morrison

A SENATE RESOLUTION expressing appreciation to the Indiana State Chiropractic Association for coordinating and operating the "Chiropractor of the Day" program at the Indiana Statehouse.

Sponsor: David Long

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing Richard Leib, an Elkhart Truth weekly newspaper columnist and longtime Elkhart furniture business owner.

Sponsor: Joseph Zakas

A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Senator Patricia Miller upon her retirement from the Indiana State Senate.

Sponsor: David Long

Urging INDOT to rename the East End Bridge across the Ohio River as the "Lewis and Clark Bridge".

Sponsor: Steven Stemler

Recognizing Young Black Males Legislative Day on February 29, 2016.

Sponsor: Vernon Smith

Congratulating the Indiana Arts Commission on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its creation.

Sponsor: Eric Koch

Honoring the Center Grove High School girls softball team, boys soccer team, and football team.

Sponsor: Charles Burton

Honoring Indiana State University.

Sponsor: Clyde Kersey

Recognizing the valuable contribution of the Indiana Sheriffs' Association.

Sponsor: Kevin Mahan

Honoring those who have served as legislative interns for the Indiana House of Representatives during the Second Regular Session of the 119th Indiana General Assembly.

Sponsor: Kathy Richardson

Honoring volunteer firefighters.

Sponsor: Randall Frye

A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the state department of health to study the fiscal impact of additional newborn screening.

Sponsor: Patricia Miller

Congratulating Good's Candies on the occasion of their 50th anniversary in business.

Sponsor: Thomas Saunders

Honoring the 2014 inductees and the Indiana Military Veterans Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: John Bartlett

Congratulating Indiana University Southeast on the occasion of its 75th anniversary.

Sponsor: Edward Clere

Urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to name the bridge on Highway 52 over the Flatrock River in Rushville the "Joseph Cotton Bridge".

Sponsor: Thomas Saunders

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Higher Learning Commission to revise its current guidelines on faculty qualifications so that Hoosier high school students can continue to benefit from Indiana's strong, high quality dual credit offerings.

Sponsor: Wendy McNamara

Urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of state funding for county veteran service officers.

Sponsor: Christopher Judy

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Jackie Young for being named Indiana's all-time leading high school basketball scorer.

Sponsor: Mark Messmer

A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring State Senator James Arnold for his years of service in the Indiana Senate and to the people of Indiana.

Sponsor: Timothy Lanane

Recognizing Indiana's electric utility line men and women for their dedication and commitment to keeping the lights on and keeping Hoosiers safe all across Indiana.

Sponsor: Eric Koch

Recognizing the DeKalb High School Livestock Judging Team.

Sponsor: Ben Smaltz

Urging the legislative council to study the topic of allowing counties, cites, and towns an option to provide a property tax assessed value deduction in certain circumstances.

Sponsor: Cherrish Pryor

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the agencies which serve Children in Need of Services in Indiana.

Sponsor: Ronald Grooms

Recognizing "Farmworkers Awareness Week", the birthday of Cesar Chavez, and the work of Proteus, Inc.

Sponsor: Patrick Bauer

A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign the topics of the vulnerabilities of and threats to the state's infrastructure and communications by terrorist associated persons to the appropriate study committee.

Sponsor: Michael Delph

A SENATE RESOLUTION expressing gratitude to the Indiana State Medical Association and the Indiana Academy of Family Physicians for its coordination and operation of the "Doctor of the Day" program at the Indiana Statehouse.

Sponsor: David Long

A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Senator Carlin Yoder upon his retirement from the Indiana State Senate.

Sponsor: James Banks

Urging Hoosiers to recognize March 22, 2016, as American Diabetes Association Alert Day.

Sponsor: Vanessa Summers

Memorializing Indiana State Police Trooper Robert Gillespie and urging INDOT to name a mile of SR 37 near Mitchell "The Trooper Robert Gillespie Memorial Mile".

Sponsor: Eric Koch

Urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of small business lending.

Sponsor: Terri Jo Austin

A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the Legislative Council to assign to an appropriate study committee the topic of the Employment First Program.

Sponsor: Mark Stoops

Recognizing Rebecca Bonham on the occasion of her retirement.

Sponsor: David Niezgodski

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Steve Hope, Principal of Penn High School, for being named the 2015 State High School Principal of the Year.

Sponsor: Ryan Mishler

Recognizing the work of the Indiana Boys & Girls Clubs.

Sponsor: Brian Bosma

A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Senator Brent Waltz upon his retirement from the Indiana State Senate.

Sponsor: Michael Young

Land banks. Authorizes a county, consolidated city, or second class city to which the unsafe building law applies to establish a municipal corporation known as a land bank to manage and improve the marketability of distressed real property in the county or city that establishes the land bank. Requires a land bank's bylaws to require the land bank board (board) to approve any conveyance of real property in an open meeting and consider any pertinent information regarding the property's value or the financial ability of a person before approving a conveyance. Allows the land bank to enter into an agreement

Sponsor: Timothy Lanane

Tax sales and tax sale properties. Provides that certain notices of tax sales may omit the descriptions of the properties to be offered for sale if: (1) the notice includes a statement indicating that descriptions of the properties and minimum bids are available on the Internet web site of the county government or the county government's contractor and in printed form upon request; and (2) the descriptions of the properties are made available on the county's Internet web site and in an electronic format, on a digital storage medium, or in printed form upon request. Provides that if a county

Sponsor: Rick Niemeyer

Political subdivision information on the Internet. Requires local governments and school corporations to provide information for posting on the Indiana transparency Internet web site (transparency web site) as follows: (1) Expenditures categorized by personal services, other operating expenses or total operating expenses, and debt service, including lease payments, related to debt. (2) A listing of fund balances, specifically identifying balances in funds that are being used for accumulation of money for future capital needs. Requires the department of local government finance (department) after July 31, 2017, to publish an annual financial and operational summary of each political subdivision on the

Sponsor: Pete Miller

Motorsports racing. With respect to professional motorsports racing teams and members, requires, rather than permits, the department of state revenue (department) to adopt rules, guidelines, or other instructions to establish alternative methods of simplifying return filing for race teams and race team members. Specifies that the rules and guidelines required to be adopted by the department must apply retroactively to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013.

Sponsor: Michael Young

Medical malpractice. Increases the amount of recoverable damages for injury or death to a patient. Increases health care provider liability limits. Defines "final nonappealable judgment." Specifies that claims from the patient's compensation fund must be paid not later than 60 days after the issuance of a court approved settlement or final nonappealable judgment. Increases amounts paid to: (1) health care provider members; and (2) the chairman; of the medical review panel. Provides that attorney fees may not exceed 32% of the total recovery. Adds anesthesiologist assistants to the definition of health care providers for purposes of the law concerning medical

Sponsor: Brent Steele

Lake County pilot program and other local government matters. Establishes a three year pilot program applicable only in Lake County, that authorizes a redevelopment commission to: (1) establish an area known as a new opportunity area; and (2) sell any property that is held by the redevelopment commission and located in a new opportunity area at auction to the highest responsible and responsive bidder. Makes changes to the statute concerning determination of serial tax delinquencies to provide that: (1) a petitioner is required to serve notice of a petition only on a person with a substantial property interest of public

Sponsor: Earline Rogers

Multiple county PTABOAs. Provides that the legislative bodies of two or more counties may adopt substantially similar ordinances to establish a multiple county property tax assessment board of appeals (PTABOA). Provides that a multiple county PTABOA must consist of either of the following number of members: (1) Three members, not more than two of whom may be from the same political party. (2) Five members, not more than three of whom may be from the same political party. Provides that the fiscal bodies of the counties that establish a multiple county PTABOA must adopt substantially similar ordinances to appoint the

Sponsor: Howard Kenley

Legislative studies. Requires the legislative services agency to: (1) study the combined reporting approach to apportioning income and transfer pricing for income tax purposes; and (2) report the results of the study before October 1, 2016, to the legislative council and to the interim study committee on fiscal policy. Requires the interim study committee on fiscal policy to hold at least one public hearing at which the legislative services agency presents the results of the study. Urges the legislative council to assign an interim study committee certain study topics related to gaming and . Urges the legislative council to assign

Sponsor: Brandt Hershman

State and local taxation. Eliminates the exemption for property taxes during the planning and construction of a residence that is conveyed upon completion to a low income individual by a nonprofit organization. Restricts but does not eliminate the exemption for property taxes for improvements on real property that are constructed, rehabilitated, or acquired for the purpose of providing low income housing. Specifies that the payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTS) that may be required from a property owner claiming such an exemption may not be imposed for an assessment date occurring after January 1, 2017. Eliminates the property tax deduction

Sponsor: Brandt Hershman

Public employees' defined contribution plan. Provides that the state or a political subdivision may elect whether certain retired members of the public employees' retirement fund (fund) may begin or resume membership in the public employees' defined contribution plan (plan) for periods of reemployment with the state or a participating political subdivision. Provides that an individual who is both a member of the fund and a member of the plan may purchase service credit in the fund after the member is vested in the fund with money in the annuity savings account that is attributable to service in the plan. Urges

Sponsor: Philip Boots

School funding. Amends the statute allowing transfers from the state tuition reserve account to the state general fund to be made during the state fiscal year beginning in 2015 and in the state fiscal year beginning in 2016 if distributions for choice scholarships cause a reduction in state tuition support. Provides that the budget agency may transfer money from the state tuition reserve account to the state general fund if the budget director, after review by the budget committee, makes a determination that the tuition support distribution for the state fiscal year has been reduced because the amount of the

Sponsor: Ryan Mishler

Assessment appeals. Provides that, if the county property tax assessment board of appeals (PTABOA) fails to issue a determination concerning a petition to correct errors within 180 days after the petition is filed with the county auditor, the taxpayer may petition the Indiana board of tax review (Indiana board) to correct errors in a final administrative determination. Provides that, if the PTABOA fails to approve or disapprove an exemption application within 180 days after an owner files the exemption application, the owner may petition the Indiana board to approve or disapprove the exemption application. Provides that the Indiana board is

Sponsor: Wes Culver

Environmental rules and policies. Requires the department of environmental management (IDEM) to report annually to the legislative council: (1) any administrative rule adopted by the environmental rules board (board) or proposed by IDEM; (2) any operating policy or procedure instituted or altered by IDEM; and (3) any nonrule policy or statement put into effect by IDEM; during the previous year that constitutes a change in the policy previously followed by IDEM under the provisions of IC 13 and the rules adopted by the board. Provides that, if notice given by IDEM concerning a proposed rule identifies an element of the

Sponsor: David Wolkins

Private university police departments. Provides that certain records of a private university police department relating to arrests or incarcerations for criminal offenses are public records. Allows a private university police department to withhold investigatory records. Provides that the name of a crime victim in records released by a private university police department must be redacted unless the release is authorized by the crime victim. Provides that an educational institution, a governing board of an educational institution, delegated office or offices of a governing board, or an individual employed by the educational institution as a police officer have the same immunities

Sponsor: Patrick Bauer

State and local matters. Permits a historic preservation or rehabilitation grant to be awarded at the time plans are approved. Requires a grant contract between the office of community and rural affairs and the person receiving the grant. Provides that the grant may be up to 35%, instead of 20%, of the qualified expenditures, but the grant may not exceed $100,000. Replaces a certification that the work substantially complies with the proposed plan with a finding that the plan complies with the program guidelines. Eliminates the deadlines for completing the work. Provides that if the grant applicant is a nonprofit

Sponsor: Robert Cherry

Solid waste management districts. Provides that the requirement for each county to have a single-county solid waste management district or be a member of a joint solid waste management district expires July 1, 2017. Provides that after June 30, 2017: (1) a county may dissolve its single county solid waste management district if: (A) the county executive and county fiscal body adopt ordinances in favor of the dissolution of the district; and (B) the county legislative body follows the procedure by which a political subdivision that established another political subdivision may dissolve that other political subdivision; or (2) a county,

Sponsor: Elizabeth Brown

Daily fantasy sports. Provides that a paid fantasy sports game does not constitute gaming for any purpose. Provides that paid fantasy sports games may be conducted through an Internet web site maintained and operated by a game operator or on the premises of certain licensed facilities under a contract between a game operator and the owner of the licensed facility. Provides for the regulation of paid fantasy sports games by the paid fantasy sports division of the gaming commission (division). Provides that the division has certain powers and duties for purposes of administering, regulating, and enforcing paid fantasy sports. Provides

Sponsor: Jon Ford

Annexation. Changes contiguity requirements so that property adjacent to only one side of the public highway (instead of both sides) must be: (1) within the annexing municipality's boundaries; or (2) annexed by the same ordinance that annexes the public highway. Reduces the number of required public information meetings from six meetings to three meetings if the annexation is initiated by the landowners. Specifies that a landowner whose property is subject to a valid waiver of remonstrance may not file a remonstrance to the annexation. Establishes deadlines for: (1) the county auditor to forward remonstrance petitions to the annexing municipality; and

Sponsor: Sharon Negele

Various alcohol, tobacco, and e-liquid matters. Allows, if certain conditions are met, the holder of a retailer permit that is issued for the premises of a hotel that is owned by an accredited college or university to sell or dispense, for on premise consumption only, alcoholic beverages from a: (1) nonpermanent bar that is located on; or (2) service window located on the licensed premises that opens to; an outside area or terrace that is contiguous to the main building of the licensed premises of the hotel. Allows the refilling of a bottle or container with a product from a

Sponsor: Thomas Dermody

Realtor continuing education. Provides that following every license renewal period, the Indiana real estate commission (commission) in consultation with the professional licensing agency may randomly audit for compliance more than 1% but less than 10% of the licensed real estate brokers required to take continuing education courses. Requires a real estate continuing education course sponsor to submit certain documentation to the commission. Adds to the conditions under which the commission may deny, suspend, or revoke approval of a course sponsor. Allows the commission to enter into an agreement with certain entities to provide an electronic continuing education tracking system.

Sponsor: Robert Morris

Local income tax distributions. Provides for a supplemental distribution of local income taxes when the balance in a county's local income tax trust account exceeds 15% (rather than 50%, under current law) of the certified distributions to be made to the county. Specifies the accounting, allocation method, and distribution requirements for supplemental distributions. Requires before May 2016 a one time special allocation of the balance in a county's trust account as of December 31, 2014. Provides that a taxing unit's allocation amount is to be determined in the same manner as a supplemental distribution would have generally been determined under

Sponsor: Brandt Hershman

Workforce policies. Provides that a local governmental unit may not establish, mandate, or otherwise require an employer to provide to an employee who is employed within the jurisdiction of the unit a scheduling policy that exceeds the requirements of federal or state law, rules, or regulations, unless federal or state law provides otherwise. Provides that an attorney who represents an employer, an employing unit, or a claimant in a claim for unemployment benefits (benefits) pending before an administrative law judge, the review board, or another individual who adjudicates claims must be: (1) an attorney in good standing admitted to the

Sponsor: Philip Boots

Industrial hemp. Removes provisions that: (1) allow a grower to retain seed from an industrial hemp crop for the following year; (2) exempt a grower from obtaining an agricultural hemp seed production license in order to retain seed for future planting; and (3) provide that seed retained by a grower may not be sold or transferred and is not required to meet the state seed commissioner's agricultural hemp seed standards.

Sponsor: Jean Leising

Technical corrections. Repeals conflicting provisions contained in HEA 1019-2015 (Common construction wage and public works) concerning applicability of the requirements in HEA 1019-2015. The provisions that would be repealed were added by HEA 1019-2015 and repealed by SEA 441-2015 during the 2015 legislative session. Clarifies that the principal amount of money contributed by an employer to a medical care savings account (MSA) for which no state or federal tax exemption for the employee applies may be withdrawn from the MSA account for any purpose without the employee incurring taxable income based on the principal contribution. Provides a resolution to the

Sponsor: Brandt Hershman

Various education matters. Provides that every public school building shall be supplied with safe, potable water from a public water system approved by the commissioner of the department of environmental management. Provides that the financial specialist appointed for the Gary Community School Corporation may perform the duties authorized under the statute for not more than 24 consecutive months (rather than 12 consecutive months, under current law). Amends the definition of "secondary school" to include certain elementary grades for purposes of a federal student loan forgiveness program for highly qualified teachers in high needs areas. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2017,

Sponsor: Dennis Kruse

Interim study committee. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the topic of motor vehicle dealer and manufacturer licenses.

Sponsor: Kevin Mahan

Education of coaches of student athletes. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2017, the completion of a certified player safety education course: (1) is required for a head coach or assistant coach of an interscholastic sport; and (2) is optional for a head coach or assistant coach of an intramural sport. Provides that the course must be approved by the department of education, in consultation with a physician who has expertise in the area of concussions and brain injuries. Provides civil immunity for coaches of student athletes who: (1) comply with the training and other applicable player safety provisions regarding concussions

Sponsor: Timothy Lanane

Law enforcement officers. Adds gaming agents and gaming control officers to the definition of "police officer" for purposes of the statute providing a sentence enhancement for individuals who point a firearm or discharge a firearm at a police officer while committing certain crimes.

Sponsor: Kevin Mahan

Regulation of private clubs. Allows the holder of a club permit to designate one or more days in each calendar month as guest days, not to exceed a total of four guest days in any calendar month (instead of one day each week).

Sponsor: Vaneta Becker

State higher education institutions. Permits a public benefit corporation to merge with a state higher education institution, without court approval, if the public benefit corporation is controlled by the state higher education institution.

Sponsor: Howard Kenley

Unfair practices concerning motor vehicle dealers. Amends current law concerning unfair practices of a motor vehicle manufacturer or distributor, and provides that certain actions relating to parts and labor for motor vehicles are unfair practices.

Sponsor: Mike Speedy

Proprietary educational institutions; training report. Transfers from the state workforce innovation council to the department of workforce development the accreditation of postsecondary proprietary educational institutions. Changes, from November 1 to December 1, the submission date for the Indiana career council's annual training report.

Sponsor: Ben Smaltz

Technical corrections. Resolves technical problems in the Indiana Code, including incorrect statutory references, nonstandard tabulation, and various grammatical problems. Provides that the technical corrections bill may be referred to as the "technical corrections bill of the 2016 general assembly". Specifies that the title may be used in the lead-in line of each SECTION of another bill to identify the provisions added, amended, or repealed by the technical corrections bill that are also amended or repealed in another bill being considered during the 2016 legislative session. Provides the publisher of the Indiana Code with guidance concerning resolution of amend/repeal conflicts between

Sponsor: Thomas Washburne

Withdrawals from cemetery perpetual care funds. Provides that if the perpetual care fund of a cemetery is established as a trust, the trustee may withdraw funds from it in accordance with the cemetery law and in an amount that the trustee considers necessary to pay the cost of perpetual care of the cemetery, even though terms of the trust would otherwise restrict withdrawals from the fund to a lesser amount.

Sponsor: Robert Heaton

Indiana economic development corporation. Provides that the office of small business and entrepreneurship may maintain: (1) a toll free telephone number; and (2) an Internet web page; to provide free access to the office's services related to the Indiana small business development center. Provides that the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) may (instead of "shall" as under current law) maintain a small business division to carry out its duties. Provides that, if the IEDC maintains a small business division, the IEDC shall provide free access to the division services through: (1) a toll free telephone number; and (2) an Internet

Sponsor: Carlin Yoder

Regulation of packaging materials. Amends the home rule statute to prohibit a local government unit from: (1) regulating: (A) certain activities with respect to reusable or disposable auxiliary containers designed for one time use or for transporting merchandise or food from food or retail facilities (auxiliary containers); or (B) a manufacturer of, a distributor of, or a food or retail facility that sells, provides, or otherwise makes use of, auxiliary containers, in connection with certain activities involving auxiliary containers; or (2) imposing any prohibition, restriction, fee, or tax with respect to auxiliary containers or to a manufacturer of, a distributor

Sponsor: Ronald Bacon

Workforce education. Requires the department of workforce development (DWD) to prepare an occupational demand report before July 1, 2016, regarding the expected workforce needs of employers for a 10 year projection and the training and education that will be required to meet those expected workforce needs. Requires the DWD to categorize these workforce needs and training and education requirements by job classification on a statewide basis and also for each region designated under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA). Provides that in preparing the labor market demand report and the average wage level report used in

Sponsor: Howard Kenley

School funding and annual performance grants. Extends through 2018 the eligibility of school corporations to allocate circuit breaker credits proportionately. Provides, with some exceptions, that if: (1) a school corporation in 2017 or 2018 issues new bonds or enters into a new lease rental agreement for which the school corporation is imposing or will impose a debt service levy; and (2) the school corporation's total debt service levy in 2017 or 2018 is greater than the school corporation's debt service levy in 2016; the school corporation is not eligible to allocate circuit breaker credits proportionally. Extends the date to January

Sponsor: Todd Huston

Cosmetology. Adds to the definition of "cosmetology": (1) removing superfluous hair from the body by the use of depilatories, waxing, or tweezers; (2) shaving or trimming beards and mustaches; and (3) giving facials, applying makeup, and giving skin care. Requires the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners (board) to adopt rules specifying whether the definition of "cosmetology" includes the use of a straight razor. Makes changes to the definition of "manicuring". Defines "pedicuring" as cleaning, dressing, polishing, sculpting, tipping, or wrapping the nails of a person's foot. Makes certain changes to the requirements to obtain a beauty culture school

Sponsor: Donna Schaibley

Interim study committees. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the topic of transportation advisory boards.

Sponsor: Doug Miller

Obsolete statutes. Repeals or expires various provisions in the Indiana Code containing the following: (1) Reporting requirements that have been completed, including the following: (A) A 2013 report by the commission for higher education concerning study and evaluation of postsecondary education issues. (B) A 2008 plan for a display commemorating black citizens. (C) A 2008 plan for a bust of Benjamin Harrison. (D) A 2012 report concerning 911 and enhanced 911. (E) A 2011 report concerning the auditor of state progress in complying with requirement for state agency access to financial data. (F) A 2011 report on commission for higher

Sponsor: Rodric Bray

Business entities; series limited liability. Makes various changes to the business and other association law, including the following: (1) Requires that an application to reserve or renew a reservation of a name and a notice of transfer of a reserved name must be filed with the secretary of state electronically and makes the corresponding changes to the fees. (2) Establishes requirements concerning plans or filed documents that include terms that are dependent on facts objectively ascertainable outside the plan or filed document for limited liability partnerships, limited partnerships, nonprofit corporations, and limited liability companies. (3) Provides that the name of

Sponsor: Casey Cox

Museums. Provides that a majority of the current members serving on the board of trustees of the Indiana state museum and historic sites corporation constitutes a quorum. (Current law specifies that 13 voting members of the board constitute a quorum.) Changes procedures concerning property loaned to a museum, including the acquisition of ownership of property loaned to a museum by the museum.

Sponsor: Susan Glick

Pension thirteenth checks. Provides for a thirteenth check in 2016 for certain members of the: (1) Indiana state teachers' retirement fund; (2) public employees' retirement fund; (3) state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan; (4) state police 1987 benefit system; and (5) state police pre-1987 benefit system.

Sponsor: Doug Gutwein

Minority student teaching stipend and school capital improvements. Provides that a minority student who participates in a school administration internship as part of the student's graduate degree program is eligible to receive a stipend from, currently, the student teaching stipend for minorities. Names the student teaching stipend for minority students after Earline Rogers. Provides that with the approval of the governor and the budget agency, the amount appropriated in the 2015 budget bill for the distressed unit appeals board (DUAB) for the 2015-2017 biennium, may be augmented from unexpended appropriations to the department of education in an amount specified by

Sponsor: Donna Harris

Civil proceeding advance payment transactions. Defines a "civil proceeding advance payment transaction", or "CPAP transaction", as a nonrecourse transaction in which a person (CPAP provider) provides to a consumer claimant in a civil proceeding a funded amount, the repayment of which is: (1) required only if the consumer claimant prevails in the civil proceeding; and (2) sourced from the proceeds of the civil proceeding. Permits a CPAP provider to charge: (1) a fee not exceeding an annual rate of 36% of the funded amount; (2) a servicing charge not exceeding an annual rate of 7% of the funded amount; and

Sponsor: Matthew Lehman

Charter school data collection. Removes the requirement that charter schools report certain data to the department of education.

Sponsor: Jeff Raatz

Sale of carryout at Indianapolis 500 Race. Provides that the holder of a three-way permit that is issued to a premises located at a facility used in connection with the operation of a paved track more than two miles in length may sell sealed bottles of liquor or wine for consumption off the licensed premises: (1) from one or more locations on the premises; and (2) on the date of the Indianapolis 500 Race in the 2016 calendar year from 7 a.m., prevailing local time, to 7 p.m., prevailing local time. Requires the: (1) holder of the three-way permit to

Sponsor: Ronnie Alting

Franchise employment. Provides that, for purposes of the Indiana franchise law, a franchisor (as defined under federal regulations) is not considered to be an employer or co-employer of: (1) a franchisee (as defined under federal regulations); or (2) an employee of a franchisee; unless the franchisor agrees in writing to assume the role of an employer or co-employer.

Sponsor: Timothy Harman

Education matters. Makes changes to the definition of "eligible provider" for purposes of the early education grant pilot program. Provides that the department of education (department) shall make timely application for any federal funds made available for schools and school corporations, and shall direct the allocation and apportionment of the federal funds received fairly, equitably, and in a timely manner. Requires the department to ensure that sufficient personnel are assigned to its federal grants program to distribute federal funds fairly, equitably, and in a timely manner. Changes the composition of the Indiana education employment relations board (board). Provides that the

Sponsor: Robert Behning

Veteran service officers. Requires the Indiana veterans' affairs commission to submit an annual report to the governor and the legislative council on matters concerning the welfare of veterans. Allows the mayor of a city to employ a service officer to serve the veterans of the city. Includes a county service officer appointed by the governor in the membership of the Indiana veterans' affairs commission. Urges the legislative council to assign to a study committee the topic of district service officers. Provides that the study committee shall issue a final report to the legislative council containing the study committee's findings and

Sponsor: Randall Frye

Veteran business enterprises. Defines "veteran", for the purpose of qualifying as a veteran owned small business by the Indiana department of administration, as an individual who previously: (1) served on active duty in any branch of the armed forces of the United States or their reserves, (2) the National Guard, or (3) the Indiana National Guard; and received an honorable discharge from service. Includes in the definition of "veteran" for the purpose of qualifying as a veteran owned small business by the Indiana department of administration an individual who is serving in any branch of the armed forces of the

Sponsor: Doug Gutwein

Employment of veterans as public safety officers; 1977 fund retirement age. Waives the maximum hiring age restrictions that apply to the appointment and hiring of police officers and firefighters for an individual who is a veteran of the armed forces and who meets certain requirements. Provides that an individual who is appointed as a police officer or a firefighter as the result of a waiver is eligible to become a member of the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund (1977 fund). Requires a member of the 1977 fund to retire at 70 years of age.

Sponsor: Robert Morris

Expedited licenses for military spouses. Requires certain profession and occupation boards (boards) to adopt rules that establish procedures to expedite the issuance or renewal of a license, certificate, registration, or permit to a military spouse whose husband or wife is assigned to a duty station in Indiana. Repeals superseded provisions that allowed (but did not require) the boards to adopt expedited issuance and renewal rules. Provides that any rules adopted under the repealed statutes remain effective until the board adopts a rule that supersedes the original rule in whole or in part.

Sponsor: Susan Glick

Next generation Hoosier educators scholarship. Requires the commission for higher education (commission) to prepare a report concerning scholarship programs and other incentives for high achieving students who intend to enter the teaching profession in Indiana upon graduation. Provides that the commission must provide a copy of the report to the budget agency and legislative council before December 1, 2016. Establishes the next generation Hoosier educators scholarship program. Provides that the commission may approve awarding a scholarship to an eligible applicant in an amount of $7,500 each academic year for not more than four academic years. Establishes criteria an applicant must

Sponsor: Brian Bosma

System integrity adjustments. Provides that an eligible water or wastewater utility may petition the utility regulatory commission (commission) to charge a system integrity adjustment to recover or credit an adjustment amount based on the eligible utility's revenues. Provides that a the commission, after a hearing, shall approve a properly calculated system integrity adjustment. Provides that a utility may collect a system integrity adjustment until the earlier of: (1) 48 months after the date on which the utility is allowed to begin collecting the system integrity adjustment; or (2) the date on which the commission issues an order in the utility's

Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau

National guard members and veterans. Extends employment protections under the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act and extends the rights, benefits, and protections under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to members of the national guard of another state during state sponsored activation. Expands the definition of "photographic identification" to include identification documents issued by the United States or a state or territory of the United States. Allows military discharge records to be released to a person in possession of photographic identification and: (1) a power of attorney; (2) a court order appointing a guardian; or (3) a court

Sponsor: James Banks

Hoosier veterans. Establishes a definition for "Hoosier veteran" that is applicable throughout the Indiana Code when used in reference to state programs for veterans. Amends the definition of Hoosier veteran to include an individual who: (1) is a resident of Indiana; (2) served in a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the Indiana National Guard; and (3) completed any required military occupational specialty training and was not discharged or separated from the armed forces or the Indiana National Guard under dishonorable or other than honorable conditions.

Sponsor: Peggy Mayfield

Distressed water and wastewater utilities. Specifies that for purposes of the statute governing the acquisition of distressed water or wastewater utilities, a "utility company" includes, in addition to a regional sewer or water district, a: (1) public utility; (2) municipally owned utility; or (3) not-for-profit utility; that provides water or wastewater service. Eliminates a provision under which the IURC was not required to approve a petition by an acquiring utility company under the statute to recover the cost differentials associated with the purchase of a distressed utility unless the IURC found that the distressed utility being acquired: (1) served not

Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau

Stolen valor. Makes it committing stolen valor, a Class A misdemeanor, for a person to knowingly or intentionally, with the intent to obtain money, property, or another benefit: (1) fraudulently represent himself or herself to be an active member or veteran of the armed forces of the United States; (2) use falsified military identification; or (3) fraudulently claim to be the recipient of certain military honors.

Sponsor: Charles Moseley

Unclaimed remains of veterans. Requires the Indiana department of veterans' affairs to: (1) establish standards for approval of veterans' service organizations; (2) maintain a list of approved veterans' service organizations; and (3) publish the list on the department's Internet web site. Allows a licensed funeral director to release: (1) verification information as to whether a veteran or dependent of a veteran is eligible for burial in a state or national cemetery; and (2) cremated remains; to a veterans' service organization if certain conditions apply. Requires a veterans' service organization to: (1) transport cremated remains to a state or national cemetery;

Sponsor: James Banks

ISTEP matters. Provides that provisions relating to high ability students apply to performance qualified school districts. Requires that scores of student responses under an ISTEP program test must be reported to the state board of education (state board) not later than July 1 of the year in which the ISTEP program test is administered. Provides that ISTEP gridded items and tech enhanced items may not be released after the ISTEP assessment. Provides that after essay questions from ISTEP program examinations have been released to the public, the state board and department of education (department) shall post the questions and exemplary

Sponsor: Robert Behning

Underground petroleum storage tanks. Provides for the underground petroleum storage tank excess liability trust fund to be referred to as the "ELTF". Eliminates a provision stating that fees and penalties paid in connection with underground petroleum storage tanks are a source of funds for the ELTF. (Under IC 13-23-6-2 and IC 13-23-12-4, those fees and penalties are deposited in the underground petroleum storage tank trust fund, not in the ELTF.) Repeals IC 13-23-7-9, a provision under which knowingly or intentionally making a material misstatement in connection with an application for financial assistance from the ELTF is a Level 6 felony.

Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau

Various natural resources matters. Removes from the natural resources commission duties to administer parts of the flood control program and the flood control revolving fund. (Current law provides that the Indiana finance authority (authority) administer the program and fund.) Provides that an application to have land classified as native forest land, a forest plantation, or wildlands must be handled by the county assessor. (Current law requires the county auditor to handle the applications.) Provides that a person who operates certain boats that do not have an aft light commits a Class C infraction. Prohibits the use of unmanned aerial vehicles

Sponsor: Sean Eberhart

Children in need of services. Provides that a child is a child in need of services if the child needs care, treatment or rehabilitation and lives in the same household as an adult who: (1) committed certain offenses; or (2) has been charged with certain offenses and is awaiting trial. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: Brent Steele

Trial court jurisdiction. Specifies that circuit courts, superior courts, and probate courts have original and concurrent jurisdiction under certain provisions of the Indiana Code. Requires the public defender commission (rather than the division of state court administration) to hire staff to support the public defender commission. Makes technical corrections.

Sponsor: Eric Koch

INSPECT program. Allows a dentist, physician, advanced practice nurse, physician assistant, and podiatrist to include an INSPECT program report in a patient's file. Establishes requirements to obtain reciprocity for an out-of-state person seeking to provide home medical equipment services in Indiana. Removes a provision that allows the board of pharmacy to adopt rules for an out-of-state person seeking to provide home medical equipment services in Indiana. Allows an individual who holds a temporary fellowship permit to access the INSPECT program. Allows a county coroner conducting a medical investigation of the cause of death to access the INSPECT program. Makes certain

Sponsor: Steven Davisson

Management of institutional funds. Provides that a chapter in the Indiana Code may be cited as the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (UPMIFA). Makes the following changes to the UPMIFA: (1) Allows a donor to give an institution prior consent for release or modification of a restriction or charitable purpose in a gift instrument. (2) Allows an institution to release or modify a restriction in a fund established more than 20 years ago without court approval, if the value of an institutional fund is less than $250,000. (Under current law, the institutional fund must be less than $25,000.)

Sponsor: Milo Smith

Drug offenses. Specifies that Level 2 controlled substance offenses are nonsuspendible if: (1) the offense involves methamphetamine or heroin; and (2) the person has a prior felony conviction for dealing in certain controlled substances.

Sponsor: Gregory Steuerwald

Child abuse matters. Requires the department of child services (department) to notify the United States Department of Defense Family Advocacy Program (program) if a child of an active duty member of the military is the subject of a substantiated investigation of abuse or neglect. Requires the department to make the assessment report available to the program upon request. Allows the department to seek assistance of the program in providing services.

Sponsor: Dennis Zent

Health information; telemedicine. Requires the secretary of family and social services to provide information concerning the Medicaid program, the healthy Indiana plan, and the children's health insurance program to the legislative services agency upon request for the purposes of doing analysis related to those programs. Sets forth requirements that must be met before: (1) a physician; (2) a physician assistant; (3) an advanced practice nurse; or (4) an optometrist; with prescriptive authority may issue a prescription to a patient receiving telemedicine services. Provides that certain drugs and devices may not be prescribed through the use of telemedicine. Specifies jurisdiction for

Sponsor: Cindy Kirchhofer

Parenting coordinators. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate committee a study of the use of parenting coordinators in resolving custody and parenting conflicts.

Sponsor: James Buck

Registry of convicted child abusers. Defines "crime of child abuse" and requires the division of state court administration (division) to establish an electronic child abuse registry containing information relating to persons convicted of a crime of child abuse.

Sponsor: Carlin Yoder

Deficiency judgments and foreclosed property. Provides that the following statutes are not intended to provide the owner of real estate subject to the issuance of process under a judgment or decree of foreclosure any protection or defense against a deficiency judgment for purposes of the borrower protections from liability that must be disclosed on a specified form required by amendments to a federal rule concerning mortgage disclosures: (1) The statutes governing the payoff of, and short sales involving: (A) first lien mortgage transactions; and (B) consumer credit sales and consumer loans under the uniform consumer credit code. (2) The statute

Sponsor: Rodric Bray

Redevelopment commissions. Allows members of the following boards and commissions to vote at electronic meetings: (1) A redevelopment commission (in the case of Marion County, the metropolitan development commission acting as the redevelopment commission). (2) A board of directors of a redevelopment authority (in the case of Marion County, the board of directors of the county convention and recreational facilities authority). (3) A military base reuse authority. Requires the redevelopment commission or military base reuse authority to adopt policies governing member participation in electronic meetings of both the commission or authority and the redevelopment authority board of directors. Provides that

Sponsor: Ryan Mishler

Construction permits and regulation. Provides the following: (1) Provides deadlines for the state department of health (department) to issue construction permits and conduct plan reviews for certain projects. (2) Requires the department to issue a construction permit without further review, if the department fails to provide notice or a complete plan review within the time required by statute. (3) Allows a person to apply for a construction permit from the department and a design release from the division of fire and building safety (division) by submitting a single application to the division. (4) Limits subsequent reviews to revisions and required

Sponsor: Mark Messmer

Distribution of cord blood donation information. Directs persons that provide birthing services and prenatal care to distribute information about postnatal fluid and postnatal tissue donation, including cord blood donation, to pregnant patients as part of the postnatal donation initiative.

Sponsor: Elizabeth Brown

Individual development accounts. Requires that a primary residence or business for which money is withdrawn from an individual development account (account) must be located or based in Indiana. Provides for use of money from an account for purchase of a motor vehicle. Increases from 175% to 200% of the federal income poverty level the maximum annual income that an individual may have to qualify for an account. Requires a qualifying individual to be an Indiana resident. Removes the deadline for deposits to accounts. Provides that a community development corporation may apply to the housing and community development authority for an

Sponsor: Mark Messmer

Loans to credit union officers. For purposes of the statute authorizing a state chartered credit union to make a loan to an officer of the credit union, makes the lending limit consistent with federal law that applies to loans to officers of a bank. (Current law provides that the total of all such outstanding loans may not exceed $100,000.)

Sponsor: Greg Walker

Methamphetamine and criminal mischief. Includes the attempted manufacture of methamphetamine in the statutory definition of "methamphetamine abuse". Requires law enforcement agencies to report fires related to methamphetamine abuse to the Indiana criminal justice institute. Makes it institutional criminal mischief, a Class A misdemeanor, for a person to recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally damage property: (1) that is vacant real property or a vacant structure; or (2) after the person has been denied entry to the property by a court order that was issued to the person or to the general public by conspicuous posting on or around the property in areas

Sponsor: Martin Carbaugh

Prosecutions for rape and criminal deviate conduct. Specifies that certain exceptions to the statute of limitations for rape as a Level 3 felony also apply to rape as a Class B felony (for crimes committed before July 1, 2014). Provides that a prosecution for criminal deviate conduct as a Class B felony for an offense committed before the crime was repealed on July 1, 2014, that would otherwise be barred may be commenced not later than five years after the earliest of the date on which: (1) the state first discovers evidence sufficient to charge the offender with the offense

Sponsor: Christina Hale

Methamphetamine matters. Requires the division of state court administration to report certain methamphetamine-related felonies to the National Precursor Log Exchange (NPLEx) so that NPLEx can generate a stop sale alert to prevent individuals convicted of those felonies from purchasing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine.

Sponsor: David Frizzell

Human trafficking. Adds the crime of promotion of human trafficking of a minor to the definitions of "sex offender" and "sex or violent offender".

Sponsor: Wendy McNamara

Department of financial institutions. Makes various changes to the laws concerning: (1) first lien mortgage lenders; (2) persons licensed under the Uniform Consumer Credit Code; (3) financial institutions; and (4) debt management companies.

Sponsor: Charles Burton

Blue LED lights on volunteer firefighter vehicles. Authorizes a blue light on a vehicle privately owned by a volunteer firefighter to be a blue light emitting diode (LED).

Sponsor: Randy Lyness

Department of child services matters. Adds a definition of foster care. Amends the deadline for the department of child services (department) to notify a school corporation that a child in foster care will attend a school to September 1. Adds: (1) human or sexual trafficking offenses; (2) sexual battery against a child; (3) vicarious sexual gratification offenses; (4) child solicitation; (5) patronizing a prostitute; and (6) promoting prostitution; to the list of offenses under which a child victim may be designated as a child in need of services. Expands the statutory definition of "human trafficking" and "sex trafficking" to include:

Sponsor: Randall Head

Bond bank community funding. Amends the Indiana bond bank law to require the county where a qualified entity is located to pay to the bond bank, from any assets of the qualified entity that are in the custody of the county, the amount of certain securities payments that the qualified entity has failed to make. Increases from five years to 10 years the maximum maturity period applicable to municipal securities purchased by the treasurer of state.

Sponsor: Randall Head

Guardianship and adult protective services report. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate committee a study of the visitation, communication, and interaction with a protected person. Requires the family and social services administration (FSSA), in cooperation with the Indiana prosecuting attorneys council (IPAC), to prepare and submit a report to the legislative council before December 1, 2016, concerning adult protective services. Specifies that the report must include: (1) an estimation of appropriate staffing levels necessary to efficiently and effectively manage the investigations of reports of matters related to the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of endangered adults; (2) identification

Sponsor: Michael Crider

Real property offenses. Amends the statute concerning criminal trespass to specify that a person commits criminal trespass if the person knowingly or intentionally enters or refuses to leave the real property of another person after having been prohibited from entering or asked to leave the real property by a law enforcement officer when the real property is: (1) vacant real property or a vacant structure (both as defined by the statute concerning the abatement of vacant structures and abandoned structures); or (2) designated by a municipality or county enforcement authority to be abandoned property or an abandoned structure. Provides that

Sponsor: Rodric Bray

Firearms and certification. Defines "chief law enforcement officer" as an official whose certification is required under federal law for a person to manufacture or transfer certain firearms, and requires a chief law enforcement officer to issue a requested certification unless the person requesting the certification is: (1) prohibited by law from receiving or possessing a firearm; or (2) the subject of a proceeding that could result in the person being prohibited by law from receiving or possessing a firearm. Requires a chief law enforcement officer who denies a request for certification to explain the reasons for the denial in writing.

Sponsor: Sean Eberhart

Criminal law matters. Provides that a person who, with intent to: (1) deceive; or (2) induce compliance with the person's instructions, orders, or requests; falsely represents that the person is a public servant, commits impersonation of a public servant, a Class A misdemeanor. Creates the offense of dealing in a controlled substance by a practitioner, and enhances the offense if the offenses causes the death of another person.

Sponsor: Michael Young

Geolocation information and unmanned aerial vehicles. Provides that, upon the request of a law enforcement agency, a provider of electronic communications services used by an electronic device is required to provide geolocation information concerning the electronic device to the law enforcement agency: (1) to allow the law enforcement agency to respond to a call for emergency services; or (2) in an emergency situation that involves the risk of death or serious bodily injury to an individual. Specifies that a law enforcement agency may make a request for geolocation information without first obtaining a search warrant or another judicial order that

Sponsor: Eric Koch

Securities and financial protection. Defines "financially endangered adult" as an individual who is: (1) at least 65 years of age; or (2) at least 18 years of age and is incapable, by reason of certain mental or physical incapacities, of managing the individual's property. Defines "qualified individual" as an individual associated with a broker-dealer who serves in a supervisory, compliance, or legal capacity as part of the individual's job. Provides that "protective agencies" refers to the adult protective services unit and the securities commissioner. Requires that a qualified individual who has reason to believe that financial exploitation of a financially

Sponsor: Doug Eckerty

Court motion clerk pilot program. Permits the Indiana judicial center to establish a circuit and superior court motion clerk pilot program (pilot program) to provide assistance to courts with preparing orders for complex motions. Provides that the judicial center shall administer the pilot program. Requires the judicial center to report to the interim study committee on courts and the judiciary (committee) concerning the pilot program. Requires the committee to receive reports concerning the pilot program, and allows the committee to make recommendations and to propose legislation concerning the pilot program.

Sponsor: Thomas Washburne

School emergency response systems. Requires the department of homeland security (department) to establish minimum standards and approve best practices not later than July 1, 2017, for a school emergency response system. Defines the term "emergency response system". Defines the term "school property". Requires the department to establish emergency response system guidelines with input from the division of school building safety.

Sponsor: Philip Boots

Developmental disability bracelet and identification card. Requires the state department of health (state department), upon request, to issue a bracelet, an identification card, or both indicating that an individual has been medically diagnosed with a developmental disability. Allows the state department to charge a fee for the bracelet and identification card. Provides that the information collected by the state department is confidential and establishes requirements before information may be released under a court order.

Sponsor: Eric Koch

No contact and protective orders and battery. Allows a petition to be filed with the juvenile court to order a person to refrain from contact with a member of a foster family home. Makes battery a Class A misdemeanor instead of a Class B misdemeanor if the offense is committed against a member of a foster family home by a person who is not a resident of the foster family home if the person who committed the offense is a relative of a person who lived in the foster family home at the time of the offense. Makes the offense

Sponsor: Dennis Zent

Department of health matters. Allows the state department of health (state department) to use information from the cancer registry to conduct an investigation into the incidence of cancer diagnosis in a geographic region and to share the information with a local health department if certain conditions are met. Allows a local child fatality team to investigate the death of a child whose death occurred in the area served by the local child fatality review team. Requires that a report must be submitted to the state child fatality review coordinator before July 1 each year. Requires the state department to study

Sponsor: Patricia Miller

Operating while intoxicated. Provides that a person who commits the offense of causing the death of another person when operating a vehicle: (1) with an alcohol concentration equivalent to at least 0.08 gram of alcohol per 100 milliliters of the person's blood or 210 liters of the person's breath; (2) with a controlled substance listed in schedule I or II or its metabolite in the person's blood; or (3) while intoxicated; commits a Level 4 felony instead of a Level 5 felony if the person has a previous conviction of operating while intoxicated within 10 years preceding the commission of

Sponsor: Michael Young

Pharmacists, ephedrine, and methamphetamine. Requires the division of state court administration to report certain methamphetamine-related felonies to the National Precursor Log Exchange (NPLEx) so that NPLEx can generate a stop sale alert to prevent persons convicted of those felonies from purchasing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. Requires the Indiana board of pharmacy (board) to adopt emergency rules that are effective July 1, 2016, concerning: (1) professional determinations made; and (2) a relationship on record with the pharmacy; concerning the sale of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. Authorizes the board to: (1) review professional determinations made; and (2) discipline a pharmacist who violates a rule

Sponsor: Michael Young

Senior judges, judges pro tempore, and oaths. Allows: (1) a senior judge; or (2) a judge pro tempore; serving in a county that has a probate court, a circuit court, or a superior court judge to, with the consent of the judge of the probate court, circuit court, or a superior court in the county, sit as the judge of the consenting judge's court in any matter as if the senior judge or judge pro tempore were the elected judge or appointed judge of the court. Provides that a judge pro tempore may serve as a judge of a court

Sponsor: Michael Young

Prescribes ballot language. Prescribes the ballot language for the proposed constitutional amendment concerning the right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife.

Sponsor: Brent Steele

Fresh food initiative. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee the topics related to the establishment of a food desert grant and loan program.

Sponsor: Randall Head

Department of child services reporting. Defines "life threatening". Changes the definition of "near fatality", for purposes of the law concerning records relating to a child's death or near fatality, to a severe childhood injury or condition that is certified by a physician as being life threatening. Specifies that documents related to a near fatality are confidential while a police investigation is ongoing. Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on public health, behavioral health, and human services or another appropriate interim study committee the topics of medical records confidentiality and medical records disclosure in instances of

Sponsor: John Broden

Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine. Requires the Indiana board of pharmacy (board) to adopt emergency rules that are effective July 1, 2016, concerning: (1) professional determinations made; and (2) a relationship on record with the pharmacy; concerning the sale of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. Requires the board to: (1) review professional determinations made; and (2) discipline a pharmacist who violates a rule concerning a professional determination made; concerning the sale of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. Allows the board, in consultation with the state police, to declare a product to be an extraction resistant or a conversion resistant form of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. Specifies that

Sponsor: Randall Head

Various criminal law matters. Makes the offense of child exploitation a Level 4 felony instead of a Level 5 felony if the offense involves, depicts, or describes a child less than 18 years of age who: (1) engages in bestiality; (2) is mentally disabled or deficient; (3) participates in the sexual conduct, matter, performance, or incident by use of force or the threat of force; (4) physically or verbally resists participating in the sexual conduct, matter, performance, or incident; (5) receives a bodily injury while participating in the sexual conduct, matter, performance, or incident; or (6) is less than 12

Sponsor: Randall Head

Child abuse prevention fee and domestic violence prevention and treatment fee. Adds the offense of strangulation to the list of offenses requiring payment of the child abuse prevention fee and the domestic violence prevention and treatment fee.

Sponsor: Randall Head

Various education matters. Provides that the department of education (department) shall make random visits to at least 5% of schools that are eligible to receive choice scholarships during a particular school year. (Current law provides that the department shall make random visits to at least 5% of eligible schools and charter schools.) Specifies that if a choice scholarship student changes schools during the school year after the December 1 count of special education pupils, any choice scholarship amounts paid to the choice scholarship student for the remainder of the school year after the choice scholarship student enrolls in a different

Sponsor: Carlin Yoder

Release of identifying adoption information. Repeals, effective July 1, 2018, provisions applicable to adoptions finalized before January 1, 1994, that prohibit the release of identifying adoption information unless a consent to release the information is on file. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2018, identifying adoption information may be released unless a nonrelease form is on file, regardless of when the adoption was filed. (Under current law, this provision applies only to adoptions filed after December 31, 1993.) Replaces a nonrelease form with a contact preference form. Provides that a nonrelease form submitted before July 1, 2018, remains in effect unless

Sponsor: Brent Steele

Hospital immunizations. Urges the legislative council to refer to an interim study committee topics concerning hospital immunizations.

Sponsor: Patricia Miller

Teacher salary supplemental payments. Adds factors for which a teacher may receive supplemental payments. Provides that not more than 50% of a supplemental payment may be added to the teacher's base salary, based upon school corporation policy.

Sponsor: Jeff Raatz

School pension plans and other education matters. Establishes the teachers' defined contribution plan (plan) as an account within the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund (fund). Provides that an individual who begins employment with a school corporation in a covered position that would otherwise be eligible for membership in the fund may elect to become a member of the plan. Provides that an individual who does not elect to become a member of the plan becomes a member of the fund. Requires the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system (board) to establish, subject to any approval from the

Sponsor: Robert Behning

Abortion matters. Requires the state department of health to develop certain information concerning perinatal hospice care. Requires physicians to provide information about perinatal hospice care to a pregnant woman who is considering an abortion because the unborn child has been diagnosed with a lethal fetal anomaly. Requires documentation as a matter of informed consent to an abortion that the pregnant woman received the required information about perinatal hospice care. Provides that the gender of the fetus and the medical indication by diagnosis code for the fetus and the mother must be reported on the pregnancy termination form for an early

Sponsor: Travis Holdman

Beef market development. Requires that a state assessment of $1 per head of cattle must be collected on the sale of cattle in Indiana. Provides that the Indiana Beef Council (council) is responsible for the collection and use of the assessment collected. Establishes duties and responsibilities for the council. Establishes procedures to allow a cattle producer to be refunded the assessment. Provides that the council cease collecting assessments if certain conditions are met. Makes conforming changes.

Sponsor: Donald Lehe

Allocation of circuit breaker credits by schools. Extends for three additional years the statute allowing a school corporation to allocate circuit breaker credits proportionately under certain circumstances (without taking protected taxes into account). Provides that during these three additional years, a school corporation may allocate circuit breaker credits proportionately, without taking protected taxes into account, if the amount of circuit breaker credits against the school corporation's transportation fund levy is greater than 20% (rather than 10%, under current law) of the school corporation's transportation fund levy.

Sponsor: Ryan Mishler

Notification of abuse or neglect assessment. Requires the department of child services to notify the United States Department of Defense family advocacy program (program) if a child of an active duty member of the military is the subject of a substantiated investigation regarding an allegation of neglect or abuse. Allows the program to receive the assessment report. Allows the department of child services to seek assistance from the program in determining and providing appropriate services for the child and family of an active duty member.

Sponsor: James Banks

Funding of lawsuits. Establishes a procedure by which a company may provide funding to the plaintiff in an action in exchange for the contingent right to receive a part of the potential proceeds of the action. Requires a company that offers funding to plaintiffs to register with the attorney general.

Sponsor: Randall Head

Carrying of handguns by members and employees of the general assembly. Permits members and certain employees of the general assembly to carry a handgun within the state capitol building and on the property of the state capitol complex if the member or employee: (1) possesses a valid Indiana license to carry a handgun; and (2) is otherwise permitted to possess a handgun.

Sponsor: James Tomes

Employee misclassification. Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on employment and labor or another appropriate interim study committee during the 2016 legislative interim the topics of employee misclassification, payroll fraud, and the use of independent contractor status.

Sponsor: Philip Boots

Adult permanent guardianship cases. Provides that, in a proceeding on a petition for adult permanent guardianship, if the court finds that the appointment of a guardian is necessary and the person subject to the guardianship is a "mental defective" under federal law, the court shall transmit to the division of state court administration certain information for transmission to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in accordance with the federal Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act. Makes corresponding amendments.

Sponsor: Joseph Zakas

State tax return check off for military family relief fund. Provides for space on state income tax forms to enable a taxpayer to donate all or part of the taxpayer's tax refund to the military family relief fund. Provides that if a taxpayer is not entitled to a refund or has designated all of the taxpayer's refund be directed to one of the allowable funds, the taxpayer may make an additional contribution on the taxpayer's income tax return to the military family relief fund.

Sponsor: Brandt Hershman

Teacher assistance. Provides that individuals in a speech-language program are eligible to receive grants. Provides that grants are made subject to available resources. Provides that repayment of a grant shall be deferred if the commission for higher education determines that extenuating circumstances exist.

Sponsor: Earline Rogers

Foreclosed and abandoned property. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally damages, defaces, or permanently removes an object from property that is the subject of a mortgage foreclosure proceeding commits foreclosure mischief, a Class B misdemeanor. Increases the penalty to a Class A misdemeanor if the damage caused is between $750 and $50,000, and to a Level 6 felony if the damage caused is $50,000 or more. Establishes a defense if the damage, removal, or defacement was the result of repair, renovation, replacement, or maintenance performed in good faith. Amends the statute concerning criminal trespass to specify that a

Sponsor: James Merritt

Battery and neglect of a dependent. Increases the penalty for neglect of a dependent and battery if the crime is committed against an endangered adult or a person with a serious physical or mental disability.

Sponsor: Mark Messmer

Voluntary remediation plans. Revises the law concerning the voluntary remediation of hazardous substances and petroleum. Authorizes the department of environmental management (department) to reject an application for participation in the voluntary remediation program if the applicant or an affiliate of the applicant was previously a party to a voluntary remediation agreement involving the same or substantially the same release or threatened release described in the application and the participation of the applicant or affiliate was terminated for one of the reasons for which termination is allowed. Requires an applicant to submit to the department: (1) a voluntary remediation investigation plan

Sponsor: David Wolkins

Ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. Requires the Indiana board of pharmacy (board) to adopt emergency rules that are effective July 1, 2016, concerning: (1) professional determinations made; and (2) a relationship on record with the pharmacy; concerning the sale of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. Requires the board to: (1) review professional determinations made; and (2) discipline a pharmacist who violates a rule concerning a professional determination made; concerning the sale of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. Allows the board, in consultation with the state police, to declare a product to be an extraction resistant or a conversion resistant form of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. Specifies that

Sponsor: Ben Smaltz

Food stamp assistance after drug conviction. Allows certain individuals who were convicted of a drug offense but: (1) have been released from any incarceration at least five years before applying for food stamps; and (2) have not been convicted of any additional offenses in the five years since release from incarceration; to receive food stamps. Permits individuals who have had a conviction in the past five years but who: (1) do not commit any violation of the terms of a probation, parole, or community corrections program; and (2) do not test positive for drugs or alcohol; to be eligible to

Sponsor: John Broden

Native American Indian affairs commission. Provides that a member of a historical tribe of Indiana is a Native American Indian for purposes of the Native American Indian affairs commission.

Sponsor: Randall Head

Property tax exemption for affordable housing. Establishes standards for affordable rental housing property to be exempt from property taxation when the property does not otherwise qualify for a property tax exemption. Specifies that the exemption applies to properties owned by a 501(c)(3) organization (or a disregarded entity of such an organization) that are 100% occupied by residents who qualify as low income.

Sponsor: Doug Eckerty

Financial crimes against the elderly. Permits a financial institution to release certain financial records to a law enforcement agency or adult protective services unit if the financial institution reasonably suspects illegal activity in connection with the account, and provides immunity to a financial institution that releases, or does not release, this information. Permits a court to order a person convicted of exploitation of a dependent or endangered adult to disgorge all or some of any property the person received as the result of the death of the dependent or endangered adult. Urges the general assembly to assign the topic of

Sponsor: Michael Young

Correctional officers and possession of handguns. Allows an employee of a penal facility: (1) who is a correctional officer; and (2) whose duties include the daily or ongoing supervision and care of persons who are lawfully detained in the penal facility; to possess not more than one handgun in the correctional officer's vehicle while the vehicle is on the property of the penal facility.

Sponsor: Doug Eckerty

Monroe County public transit funding. Allows the fiscal body of Monroe County to adopt an ordinance to impose an additional local income tax rate to fund one or more county transit projects. Provides that the rate must be at least 0.1% but not more than 0.25%.

Sponsor: Mark Stoops

Internet crimes investigation fund and fee. Establishes the Internet crimes investigation fund (fund). Requires the state police department (department) to administer the fund and use money in the fund to: (1) pay for costs incurred by the department for training, purchasing equipment, and investigating felonies and misdemeanors that involve the use of the Internet, including crimes against children that involve use of the Internet; and (2) award grants to county, city, and town law enforcement agencies that agree to use the money to investigate Internet crimes against children in accordance with United States Department of Justice Internet Crimes Against Children

Sponsor: Michael Crider

Transborder groundwater authority. Establishes the Indiana-Kentucky transborder groundwater authority (authority). Requires the authority to study ownership rights in the groundwater resources shared by Indiana and Kentucky and to explore the desirability of entering into an interstate compact with Kentucky concerning the use of the groundwater underlying southern Indiana and northern Kentucky. Authorizes a county that borders the Ohio River or that borders another county that borders the Ohio River to elect to participate in the authority. Provides for the authority to include elected officials from municipal and county government in the participating counties, county health officers of the participating counties,

Sponsor: Steven Stemler

DNA samples from felony arrestees. Requires every person arrested for a felony after June 30, 2016, to submit a DNA sample, and specifies that the sample may be obtained only by buccal swab. Provides for the expungement of a DNA sample taken from a person if the person is acquitted of all felony charges, all felony charges are dismissed, or no charges have been filed after 30 days. Requires the officer who obtains a DNA sample from a person to inform the person of the right to DNA expungement and to provide the person with a form that may be

Sponsor: Patrick Bauer

Law enforcement matters. Creates a $5 law enforcement body camera fee. Requires that the law enforcement body camera fee must be collected in any action involving the violation of an infraction or an ordinance. Requires the clerk of a circuit court to distribute the law enforcement body camera fees to the county auditor or controller. Requires the county auditor or controller to deposit money generated by the law enforcement body camera fee into a law enforcement body camera fund in certain instances. Creates a law enforcement body camera fund. Creates a $3 statewide law enforcement training fund fee. Requires that

Sponsor: John Price

Hancock County food and beverage tax. Authorizes Hancock County to adopt a county food and beverage tax. Provides that the tax rate may not exceed 1%. Specifies the uses to which receipts from the food and beverage tax may be applied.

Sponsor: Robert Cherry

Civil rights. Prohibits discriminatory practices in acquisition or sale of real estate, housing, education, public accommodations, employment, the extending of credit, and public contracts based on military active duty status, or sexual orientation. Provides protections for religious liberty and conscience. Limits the adoption of a civil rights ordinance after December 31, 2015, that applies to a class of persons not covered by state law. Permits local civil rights agencies to order the employment of a veteran. Provides that the changes in the act to the civil rights law and the fair housing law are nonseverable. Provides that a court is

Sponsor: Travis Holdman

Indiana housing first program. Establishes the Indiana housing first program (program) to provide housing and support services for eligible homeless persons. Provides that the housing and community development authority (authority) shall administer the program. Requires the authority to establish, not later than January 1, 2017, policies and procedures to implement and administer the program. Provides that the policies and procedures must, among other requirements, include: (1) a plan for moving eligible homeless persons into housing directly from the streets or emergency shelter care without a precondition of accepting or complying with certain requirements; and (2) partnerships with private and public

Sponsor: Donna Harris

Solid waste management districts. Authorizes the legislative body of a county to do one, but not both, of the following: (1) Adopt an ordinance specifying that a district may not levy within the county a property tax that is first due and payable in 2017 or in 2018. (2) Adopt an ordinance specifying that a district may not levy within the county a property tax that is first due and payable in 2018. Provides that no solid waste management districts may levy a property tax that is first due and payable after 2018, other than a property tax for pre-existing

Sponsor: Howard Kenley

Employment of unauthorized aliens. Prohibits an employer from knowingly employing, after September 30, 2016, an unauthorized alien. Authorizes the attorney general to: (1) investigate a complaint that an employer knowingly employed an unauthorized alien; (2) verify with the federal government the work authorization of the alleged unauthorized alien; (3) under certain conditions, notify United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, local law enforcement agencies, and the prosecuting attorney in the county in which an unauthorized alien is employed; and (4) maintain certain records of violation orders. Provides that a prosecuting attorney who receives notification from the attorney general may bring a

Sponsor: Michael Delph

Massage therapists. Provides that an individual must be licensed by the state board of massage therapy (board) to practice massage therapy. (Under current law, massage therapists are certified by the board but certification is not required to practice massage therapy.) Provides that the massage therapy licensing requirements do not apply to individuals who meet certain requirements. Amends the definition of "massage therapy" to include certain acts. Amends the definition of "massage therapist" to include a person who offers massage therapy. Removes provisions that prohibit: (1) membership in a professional massage therapy association being a requirement to serve on the board;

Sponsor: Sue Errington

Counterterrorism. Defines "terrorist associated person" as a person who: (1) is named on the FBI's terrorist watch list; or (2) is an illegal alien from a state that is occupied by certain terrorist organizations. Provides that a terrorist associated person who: (1) communicates by cellular telephone or another cellular device; or (2) publishes a communication on a social media web site; commits unlawful communication by a terrorist associated person, a Level 4 felony. Requires a law enforcement agency with probable cause to believe that a terrorist associated person is committing unlawful communication by a terrorist associated person to notify the

Sponsor: Michael Delph

Innocent coinsured. Prohibits certain actions by a property or casualty insurer with respect to an innocent coinsured, including denying payment on a claim for the cost of actual repair or replacement of property and refusing to issue or renew a policy.

Sponsor: Michael Crider

Removal of asset limits for SNAP. Requires the division of family resources to: (1) implement within the federal Supplemental Nutritional Assistance program (SNAP) an expanded eligibility category, that does not consider an individual's value of assets in determining SNAP eligibility; and (2) notify the United States Department of Agriculture of the implementation of expanded categorical eligibility under SNAP.

Sponsor: Vaneta Becker

Prosecuting attorneys retirement fund. Provides that the pension received by a participant in the prosecuting attorneys retirement fund (PARF) upon retirement from PARF is reduced by: (1) the actual amount of the pension the participant is receiving from the public employees' retirement fund (PERF), if the participant is receiving a pension from PERF when the participant retires from PARF; or (2) if the participant is not receiving a pension from PERF when the participant retires from PARF, the amount of the pension that the participant would be entitled to receive from PERF, if the participant were also retiring from PERF

Sponsor: Greg Walker

State law enforcement salaries. Provides salary increases of 72% for the police employees of the state police and the gaming agents and gaming control officers of the Indiana gaming commission. (Current law provides that salary increases for police employees of state police also require corresponding increases for the salaries of enforcement officers of the alcohol and tobacco commission and enforcement officers of the department of natural resources.) Makes appropriations.

Sponsor: Robert Morris

School calendar. Requires, beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, a school corporation to conduct at least 175 student instructional days in a school year. (Currently, a school corporation is required to conduct at least 180 student instructional days.) Provides, beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, that student instructional days begin the Tuesday after Labor Day (the first Monday in September) and end the Friday before Memorial Day (the last Monday in May). Repeals sections concerning a penalty for conducting fewer than 180, but more than 175, student instructional days and deletes a reference to one of those sections in the

Sponsor: Robert Morris

Employment of individuals with disabilities. Provides that the policy (policy) of the state is to promote competitive and integrated employment, including self-employment, as the first and preferred option when providing services to individuals with disabilities who are of working age. Provides that the policy applies to programs and agencies that provide services and support to help obtain employment for individuals with disabilities. Provides that the primary objective and preferred outcome of transition services provided as part of a special education program or related services to a child with a disability who is at least 14 years of age is to

Sponsor: Mark Stoops

Veterans' recovery program. Establishes, for five years, the veterans' recovery program and fund to provide treatment for veterans with traumatic brain injury or posttraumatic stress disorder and to obtain reimbursement from third parties. Requires the commissioner of insurance to establish program standards. Allows the commissioner to appoint an advisory board for the program. Requires annual reporting.

Sponsor: Dennis Zent

Harassment. Makes it harassment, a Class B misdemeanor, for a person to, with intent to harass, annoy, defame, ridicule, or alarm another person but with no intent of legitimate communication: (1) make a telephone call, whether or not a conversation ensues; (2) communicate with a person by telegraph, mail, or other form of written communication; (3) transmit an obscene message, or indecent or profane words, on a Citizens Radio Service channel; or (4) use a computer network, a cellular or other wireless communications device, or other form of electronic communication to: (A) communicate with a person; (B) transmit an obscene

Sponsor: Christina Hale

Property tax assessment. Provides, with limited exceptions, that: (1) the only factor permitted to be used in changing the assessed value of most real property from year to year is the annual adjustment factor; and (2) an assessing official may not change the real property's underlying parcel characteristics (including age, grade, or condition of the real property) until the real property has been reassessed under the county's reassessment plan, there is a change in an objective factor or feature relating to a property, or there is a need to correct an error. Provides a process that must be followed by

Sponsor: Doug Eckerty

Data breaches. Makes the following changes to the statute concerning the breach of the security of data that includes the sensitive personal information of Indiana residents and that is collected and maintained by a person other than a state agency or the judicial or legislative department of state government: (1) Specifies that the statute is not limited to breaches of computerized data. (2) Repeals the definition of a term ("doing business in Indiana") that is not used in the statute. (3) Replaces the term "data base owner" with "data owner". (4) Defines the term "data collector" as a person that:

Sponsor: William Fine

Court clerks and paralegals. Requires the clerk of the supreme court to create and maintain a registry of certain paralegals and court clerks. Requires a new clerk for the: (1) court of appeals; (2) superior courts; (3) circuit courts; and (4) city and town courts; to register with the clerk of the supreme court not later than 30 days after beginning employment. Establishes professional standards for certain paralegals. Requires certain paralegals to comply with prescribed professional standards. Requires certain paralegals to register with the clerk of the supreme court not later than 30 days after beginning employment. Makes it a

Sponsor: Timothy Brown

Child representatives, foster care, and parenting time. Allows a court to remove a child representative if the: (1) department of child services; or (2) probation officer; demonstrates good cause that the child representative would not act or has not acted in the best interests of the child. Allows certain individuals who are at least 18 years of age to opt out of foster care. Prohibits a court from modifying a previous parenting time order for a parent, guardian, or custodian who is not a part of the allegation of abuse or neglect.

Sponsor: Timothy Harman

Beer and liquor wholesalers. Allows a beer and wine wholesaler to wholesale liquor if: (1) the wholesaler pays a $4,000 fee; and (2) the wholesaler's primary source of supply for liquor has been the wholesaler's primary source of supply for beer or wine for at least three years preceding the selling of liquor to the wholesaler. Allows a liquor and wine wholesaler to wholesale beer if: (1) the wholesaler pays a $4,000 fee; and (2) the wholesaler's primary source of supply for beer has been the wholesaler's primary source of supply for liquor or wine for at least three years

Sponsor: Thomas Dermody

Massage therapists. Provides that an individual must be licensed by the state board of massage therapy (board) to practice massage therapy. (Under current law, massage therapists are certified by the board but certification is not required to practice massage therapy.) Provides that the massage therapy licensing requirements do not apply to individuals who meet certain requirements. Amends the definition of "massage therapy" to include certain acts. Amends the definition of "massage therapist" to include a person who offers massage therapy. Removes provisions that prohibit: (1) membership in a professional massage therapy association being a requirement to serve on the board;

Sponsor: Ronnie Alting

Robbery of a pharmacy. Makes it robbery of a pharmacy, a Level 4 felony, for a person to knowingly or intentionally take a controlled substance from a pharmacy: (1) by using force against or threatening the use of force against; or (2) by putting in fear; a person who is located on the premises of the pharmacy. Enhances the offense to: (1) a Level 3 felony if it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon or results in bodily injury to any person other than a defendant; and (2) a Level 2 felony if it results in serious bodily

Sponsor: Ronald Grooms

Vehicle Bill. None

Wholesale of liquor and beer. Allows a beer and wine wholesaler to wholesale liquor if: (1) the wholesaler pays a $4,000 fee; and (2) the wholesaler's primary source of supply for liquor has been the wholesaler's primary source of supply for beer or wine for at least three years preceding the selling of liquor to the wholesaler. Allows a liquor and wine wholesaler to wholesale beer if: (1) the wholesaler pays a $4,000 fee; and (2) the wholesaler's primary source of supply for beer has been the wholesaler's primary source of supply for liquor or wine for at least three

Sponsor: Doug Eckerty

Early retirement. Replaces the "rule of 85" with a "rule of 95" for determining a member's eligibility to retire from the following public retirement plans after June 30, 2016: (1) The legislators' defined benefit plan. (2) The state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan. (3) The public employees' retirement fund. (4) The Indiana state teachers' retirement fund. (5) The Indiana judges' retirement fund. (6) The prosecuting attorneys retirement fund.

Sponsor: Wes Culver

Vehicle Bill. None

Vehicle Bill. None

Aborted fetal body parts research. Provides that the general assembly declares that research on aborted fetal body parts is against public policy. Provides that the state, a state educational institution, or a political subdivision of the state may not use public funds, facilities, or employees to knowingly participate in research on aborted fetal body parts.

Sponsor: James Banks

Vehicle Bill. None

Bias motivated crimes. Provides that a bias motivated crime is a crime in which the person who commits the crime knowingly or intentionally selects: (1) an individual against whom the crime was committed; or (2) any property damaged or otherwise affected by the crime; in whole or in part because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, or disability of the individual or a group of individuals, whether or not the person's belief or perception was correct. Requires law enforcement officers to receive training in identifying, responding to, and

Sponsor: Earline Rogers

Vehicle Bill. None

Vehicle Bill. None

Applied behavior analysis programs. Urges the legislative council to assign the study, during the 2016 legislative interim, of the appropriate regulatory structure and agency to regulate independent centers that provide applied behavioral analysis services.

Sponsor: Vanessa Summers

Vehicle Bill. None

Fetal tissue. Requires that a pregnant woman be informed before an abortion, orally and in writing, that fetal tissue obtained or collected during the abortion may not be collected for the purposes of providing, selling, or transferring the fetal tissue to another person for a purpose other than disposal of the fetal tissue. Requires the attending physician of an abortion to certify that the physician who performed the abortion did not alter the timing, method, or procedure used to terminate a pregnancy for the purpose of obtaining or collecting fetal tissue. Prohibits a person from altering the timing, method, or

Sponsor: Elizabeth Brown

Civil rights. Defines certain provisions of the Constitution of the State of Indiana as "fundamental rights" and prohibits the government from substantially burdening a fundamental right unless the governmental entity demonstrates that the application of the burden to the person: (1) is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and (2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest. (Repeals the religious freedom restoration act).

Sponsor: Michael Young

Vehicle Bill. None

Vehicle Bill. None

Vehicle Bill. None

Abortion. Establishes the interim study committee on adoption promotion and support. Makes certain findings. Requires a physician to determine whether an unborn human individual has a detectable heartbeat before performing or inducing an abortion, except when in a medical emergency. Requires a pregnant woman to certify in writing certain information if a fetal heartbeat is detected. Requires a physician to document certain information in writing if the physician determined that a medical emergency existed and performed or induced an abortion of an unborn human individual with a detectable heartbeat. Prohibits the performance or inducement of an abortion of an unborn

Sponsor: James Banks

Handgun licenses and alcohol. Repeals references to "alcohol abuser" for purposes of determining who is a proper person to receive a license to carry a handgun. Makes conforming amendments. Provides that, during an interview with an applicant concerning a license to carry a handgun or in an application form submitted by an applicant to obtain a license to carry a handgun, the applicant may not be questioned about any criminal convictions the applicant may have for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol in violation of the law concerning operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

Sponsor: James Tomes

Additional insured in construction projects. Declares void and unenforceable a contractual or insurance provision requiring insurance coverage for an additional insured with respect to certain construction projects to the extent the additional insured would be indemnified for certain liability.

Sponsor: Gerald Torr

Competitive procurement. Requires an electric utility that applies for certain certificates of public convenience and necessity to solicit competitive bids from alternative suppliers. Specifies the costs that the utility may recover through a periodic rate adjustment mechanism.

Sponsor: Sharon Negele

School facilities. Provides that student facilities in school buildings must be designated for use by female students or male students and may be used only by the students of the biological gender for which the facility is designated.

Sponsor: Rhonda Rhoads

Tuition and fee exemption. Amends a requirement for tuition and fee exemption eligibility for certain children of veterans.

Sponsor: Doug Eckerty

Certified public accountants. Removes obsolete references to quality review as a condition of renewal of a permit to practice accountancy for a certified public accountant or public accounting firm. Requires a firm to submit a copy of the results of its most recently accepted peer review to the board of accountancy either directly or through the administering entity of the peer review program.

Sponsor: Heath VanNatter

Medicaid provider audits. Sets forth requirements for Medicaid recovery audits of Medicaid providers.

Sponsor: Ronald Bacon

OSBE study and committee. Establishes the study commission on small business lending (commission). Provides that the commission consists of the following members: (1) One member of the senate appointed by the president pro tempore. (2) One member of the senate appointed by the minority leader of the senate. (3) One member of the house appointed by the speaker. (4) One member of the house appointed by the minority leader of the house. (5) The director of the office of small business and entrepreneurship (OSBE). (6) A representative of the: (A) Indiana Economic Development Corporation; (B) Indiana Bankers Association; (C) Indiana

Sponsor: Terri Jo Austin

Methamphetamine decontamination grant program. Establishes a program under which the department of environmental management (department) may award matching grants to property owners for the decontamination of property contaminated by the manufacture of methamphetamine. Establishes a methamphetamine decontamination grant fund for purposes of the program. Specifies that a grant to a property owner under the program may not exceed the lesser of: (1) 50% of the costs of decontaminating the property; or (2) $10,000. Requires a property owner awarded a grant to meet at least 50% of the total eligible costs of the decontamination of the property with personal assets. Provides

Sponsor: Philip GiaQuinta

State police salaries. Requires the office of management and budget to annually prepare and submit a report to the budget committee and the legislative council that compares the base salaries of: (1) police employees of the state police department; and (2) police officers of the three largest local police departments in Indiana. Requires the budget committee to review the report. Provides that the budget committee may make findings and recommendations regarding base salary parity between state police department police employees and the local police officers used for comparison. Requires the budget committee to report any of its findings and recommendations

Sponsor: Ben Smaltz

Notice of pending discipline. Requires the department of education to: (1) develop a form on which a school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school can provide information concerning whether a student is being disciplined by a suspension or expulsion, including whether the student is entitled to attend class; and (2) provide the form to: (A) all of the school corporations and charter schools; and (B) upon request, accredited nonpublic schools. Requires a school corporation to provide a completed form to a student: (1) whose legal settlement is changing to a location outside of the attendance area of the school

Sponsor: Sue Errington

Student services providers needs assessment. Requires the department of education to contract with an independent assessor to conduct a statewide needs assessment that collects data concerning: (1) the status of the student services provider workforce; and (2) the relevant roles and functions being performed by student services providers; in public elementary, middle, and high schools in Indiana, including charter schools. Requires the assessor to report the assessor's findings before December 31, 2017.

Sponsor: Donna Harris

Education loan information. Requires a postsecondary educational institution to provide information regarding: (1) federal education loans in all printed and online financial aid materials issued or distributed by the institution and with private loan applications provided or made available by the institution; and (2) private loan information with any private loan information included as part of the institution's financial aid or loan package and with any list of private loan lenders provided by the institution. Requires, before December 1 of each year, a postsecondary educational institution to: (1) provide to the commission for higher education; (2) make available on the

Sponsor: Terri Jo Austin

Reduction of government plan review. Eliminates duplicative fee based plan reviews for construction of Class 1 structures. Creates a streamlined plan review process that allows either of the following, but not both, to perform a fee based plan review: (1) The division of fire and building safety (division). (2) A political subdivision certified in accordance with objective criteria adopted by the fire protection and building safety commission (commission). Eliminates duplicative fee based plan review performed by the state department of health for construction of hospitals and health facilities. Provides that the state building commissioner issues design releases for hospitals and

Sponsor: Steven Stemler

Driver's licenses and veterans. Provides that the motor vehicle excise tax credit for veterans who do not own property to which certain property tax deductions may be applied is equal to the motor vehicle excise tax liability for the veteran's vehicle. (Current law provides that the credit is equal to the lesser of the amount of the excise tax liability for the vehicle or $70.) Provides that an individual may request an indication of the individual's status as a surviving spouse of a veteran on the individual's driver's license or state identification card. (Current law provides only for an indication

Sponsor: Mike Speedy

Use of federal funds. Requires each state agency to report to the office of state based initiatives and the budget agency on the use of any federal funds and to adopt a contingency plan to address the impact on programs if federal funding were reduced or eliminated. Provides that the office of state based initiatives shall compile a comprehensive report covering all state agencies.

Sponsor: Eric Koch

Energy efficiency audits of state property. Allows the department of administration to assist a state agency in performing an energy efficiency audit of state owned real property. Allows a state agency to retain cost savings realized as a result of an energy efficiency audit in an amount not to exceed the cost of conducting the audit plus an additional amount not to exceed 10% of the cost of conducting the audit.

Sponsor: Christina Hale

Teacher retention. Establishes a teacher recruitment and retention fund, administered by the department of education, to: (1) attract qualified teachers to geographic areas of Indiana where a critical shortage of teachers exists; and (2) retain qualified teachers in teacher shortage areas; by providing student loan repayment assistance. Provides that, as a condition of participating in the program and receiving student loan repayments, a teacher must agree to employment as a licensed teacher in a school district located in a teacher shortage area for at least five years. Establishes the goal that, by 2028, there will be at least one teacher

Sponsor: Gregory Porter

Local income tax housing zone credit. Provides a refundable tax credit against a taxpayer's local option income tax liability for a taxable year if: (1) the taxpayer resides in credit eligible housing during the taxable year; and (2) the date on which the taxpayer's residence is determined for local option income tax purposes occurs within the allowable credit period of the credit eligible housing.

Sponsor: Gail Riecken

Youth sports concussions. Makes findings concerning concussions in youth sports and recreational activities. Defines "athletic trainer", "coach", "concussion", "game official", and "player" for purposes of the concussion and head injury statute. Encourages youth sports organizations to disseminate information concerning concussions to coaches, game officials, parents, and players. Sets forth who may remove players and high school athletes from practices or games for suspected concussions. Requires school corporations, charter schools, and accredited nonpublic schools to establish concussion oversight teams to establish protocols for returning to learn after a concussion. Provides that the department of education shall make available model return to

Sponsor: Patrick Bauer

Delegation of parental powers. Provides that a delegation of powers by a parent or guardian regarding the health care, support, custody, or property of the minor: (1) is not considered placing the minor in foster care; (2) does not subject any party to foster care licensing or rules; and (3) is not considered abandonment, abuse, or neglect, absent other evidence or unless the parent or guardian fails to contact the attorney-in-fact or execute a new power of attorney upon expiration of the original power of attorney. Permits a parent or guardian in active military service to delegate powers regarding the

Sponsor: Curt Nisly

Diabetes assessment reports. Requires the state department of health, the state personnel department, and the office of the secretary of family and social services to: (1) collaborate to identify plans to reduce the incidence of diabetes and diabetes complications; and (2) submit two reports to the general assembly concerning the financial impact of diabetes and diabetes complications in Indiana and plans to reduce the incidence of diabetes in Indiana.

Sponsor: Karlee Macer

Notary public fees. Increases the maximum notary public fee from $2 to $10.

Sponsor: Sheila Klinker

Regulation of out-of-state creditors. Urges the legislative council (council) to assign to the interim study committee on financial institutions and insurance (committee) the topic of the state's authority to regulate out-of-state creditors and other financial services businesses that advertise or solicit business in Indiana. Provides that if the topic is assigned to the committee, the committee: (1) shall consider: (A) the practices of out-of-state motor vehicle title lenders that enter into motor vehicle title loans with Indiana residents outside Indiana; and (B) whether it is advisable for the state to seek to regulate out-of-state creditors and other financial services businesses,

Sponsor: Kathy Richardson

School corporation tax matters. Provides that if a school corporation or a charter school does not pay taxes due under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act within 30 days after the due date (and any known accrued penalties and interest on those taxes) or does not pay withheld state income taxes (and any known accrued penalties and interest on those taxes) within 30 days after the due date: (1) the school business official or financial officer shall report the failure to pay the taxes and the penalties and interest to the governing body of the school corporation or charter school; and

Sponsor: Jeff Raatz

Retired law enforcement officers and firearms. Provides that a state educational institution may not prohibit a retired law enforcement officer who meets the requirements of: (1) applicable federal law concerning qualified retired law enforcement officers carrying firearms; and (2) applicable state law concerning retired law enforcement officers carrying firearms; from possessing or carrying a firearm on land that is, or in buildings and other structures that are, owned or leased by the state educational institution. Provides for certain exceptions.

Sponsor: Heath VanNatter

Right to jury in certain administrative proceedings. Provides that a person seeking judicial review of the final revocation of a professional license has the right to a jury trial.

Sponsor: Bruce Borders

Law enforcement and school resource officers. Requires law enforcement training on disproportionate minority contact and cultural diversity awareness. (Current law requires a course of study on cultural diversity awareness.) Requires that certain law enforcement training must be provided by licensed psychologists or social workers. Requires all the following: (1) That the mandatory law enforcement training on human and sexual trafficking must include the topic of identification of sexual exploitation of children. (2) That law enforcement training must include instruction on youth development, the impact of demographics and cultural influences on youth development, age appropriate interactions, conflict resolution and deescalation techniques,

Sponsor: Linda Lawson

Rush County and Rushville food and beverage tax. Authorizes Rush County to adopt a county food and beverage tax after April 30, 2016, and before November 1, 2016. Provides that the tax rate may not exceed 1%. Provides that money received from the tax shall be distributed by the treasurer of state as follows: (1) 50% to the county. (2) 50% to the city of Rushville. Specifies that if Rush County does not adopt a food and beverage tax before November 1, 2016, the city of Rushville may adopt a municipal food and beverage tax after October 31, 2016. Provides

Sponsor: Thomas Saunders

Municipal water utility liens. Provides that rates and charges of a municipally owned water utility constitute a lien against property served by the utility. Provides that the method for attachment and enforcement of municipal water utility liens is the same as the method for municipal wastewater utility liens.

Sponsor: Philip GiaQuinta

School corporation capital projects funds. Removes the expiration date for the use of school capital project funds for utility services and property and casualty insurance.

Sponsor: Anthony Cook

Bias motivated crimes. Provides that a bias motivated crime is a crime in which the person who commits the crime knowingly or intentionally selects: (1) an individual against whom the crime was committed; or (2) any property damaged or otherwise affected by the crime; in whole or in part because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, or disability of the individual or a group of individuals, whether or not the person's belief or perception was correct. Requires law enforcement officers to receive training in identifying, responding to, and

Sponsor: Gregory Porter

Innkeeper's tax. Requires county council review and approval of the annual budget of the Lake County convention and visitor bureau (bureau). Provides that the bureau may not expend money from a fund established by the bureau unless the expenditure is in accordance with an appropriation made by the county council. Provides that a member or an employee of a local tourism agency may not use certain tickets received by the local tourism agency for any purpose other than the public and corporate purposes of the local tourism agency. Provides that an individual who violates the provision commits a Class C

Sponsor: Charlie Brown

State examiner findings. Specifies requirements for corrective action when audited entities fail to comply with certain guidelines or laws. Requires the department of local government finance to deny the budget or supplemental appropriation of an audited entity under certain circumstances.

Sponsor: Harold Slager

Medicaid and members of the military. Allows an individual and the individual's dependent to maintain Medicaid eligibility and remain on Medicaid waiver waiting lists if the individual is: (1) an active member of the armed services of the United States or the national guard; (2) a legal Indiana resident; and (3) assigned for duty or deployed outside of Indiana.

Sponsor: Bruce Borders

Tax amnesty. Authorizes the commissioner of the department of state revenue (department) to direct the department to conduct a tax amnesty program whenever the commissioner determines that an amnesty program would be fiscally or administratively beneficial to the state.

Sponsor: Vanessa Summers

Amendment of collective bargaining agreements. Provides that a collective bargaining agreement between the governing body of a school corporation and the exclusive representative may be amended if both parties ratify the amendment.

Sponsor: Anthony Cook

Medical cannabis. Defines "qualifying patient", and permits a qualifying patient to use medical cannabis under certain circumstances. Requires the state department of health to adopt rules before July 1, 2017, concerning the use, distribution, cultivation, production, and testing of medical cannabis. Provides limited reciprocity for holders of nonresident medical cannabis cards. Provides immunity for physicians who recommend the medical use of cannabis. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: Sue Errington

Sales tax exemption for mining safety property. Provides a sales tax exemption for property acquired for the purpose of complying with mining safety statutes or regulations if the person acquiring the property is engaged in: (1) the business of mining; or (2) providing goods or services on a mine safety regulated site to one or more persons engaged in the business of mining.

Sponsor: Holli Sullivan

Access to financial data for state agencies. Amends the law concerning access to financial data of state agencies to: (1) define "funding entity"; (2) apply the law to a body corporate and politic; (3) include certain state agency and funding entity employee data; and (4) include fund balance, property ownership, and expenditure data for a funding entity. Repeals a provision specifying that a state agency is not required to record information or expend resources for computer programming to make the information reportable under the chapter. Repeals an obsolete reporting requirement. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: Daniel Leonard

Garnishment of state tax refunds. Provides that if a debt has been reduced to a judgment in Indiana and the judgment has not been satisfied, set aside, or discharged in bankruptcy, the judgment creditor may garnish the part of a state tax refund not attributable to the state earned income tax credit otherwise due to the debtor. Specifies the procedures that the judgment creditor must follow in obtaining the garnishment from the department of state revenue. Allows a writ of garnishment to be electronically filed with the department of state revenue. Excludes from garnishment debt subject to a repayment plan

Sponsor: Casey Cox

Income tax deduction for dependents. Provides that a taxpayer may claim the $1,500 additional dependent deduction for a dependent child for whom the taxpayer is the legal guardian. (Current law allows the additional dependent deduction to be claimed only for a child, stepchild, or foster child of the taxpayer.)

Sponsor: Edward DeLaney

Nullification of EPA regulations in Indiana. Nullifies all regulations imposed in Indiana by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Provides that the department of environmental management shall provide environmental protection for the citizens of Indiana.

Sponsor: Christopher Judy

Small loans. Amends the statute concerning small loans to require a lender to conspicuously disclose, both in the lending area of each of the lender's Indiana business locations and in the loan documents provided to borrowers, the: (1) median number of days that a borrower is indebted under one or more outstanding small loans with the lender during a calendar year; and (2) median number of small loans entered into by a borrower with the lender during a calendar year; based on all small loans made at all of the lender's Indiana business locations during the most recent calendar year.

Sponsor: Timothy Lanane

Length of school year. Provides that a school corporation may include up to six half days, during which students are dismissed early, in the 180 student instructional days required for a school year. Provides that the half days must be used for professional development.

Sponsor: Melanie Wright

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, except for candidates for presidential electors. Repeals superseded statutes relating to straight ticket voting.

Sponsor: Michael Delph

Taxation and pricing of brown cigarettes. Amends the definition of "cigarette" for purposes of the cigarette tax and cigarette minimum pricing to include tobacco products commonly known as brown cigarettes or little cigars.

Sponsor: Robert Morris

Voluntary forestry programs by electric utilities. Allows an electricity supplier that undertakes a voluntary forestry program involving eligible land to petition the utility regulatory commission (IURC) to defer and recover approved program costs as part of the electricity supplier's next general rate case. Provides that for purposes of an electricity supplier's forestry program, "eligible land" means land that is located in Indiana and that is: (1) eligible for, or participating in, the classified forest program administered by the department of natural resources (department); or (2) owned or managed by the department or the Indiana natural resources foundation. Specifies requirements for

Sponsor: Heath VanNatter

CHINS and child representatives. Allows a child representative to: (1) accompany the child to meetings, court hearings, school functions, extracurricular activities, and other activities agreed to between the child and the child representative; and (2) host the child for vacations, overnight visits, holidays, and other situations. Requires the department of child services (department) and the board of directors of the judicial conference of Indiana to adopt rules setting forth the: (1) reasons why an individual may be rejected or terminated as a child representative; and (2) expectations concerning a child representative. Allows certain individuals who are at least 18 years

Sponsor: David Niezgodski

Annual review of unpaid restitution orders. Requires a governmental entity that is the beneficiary of a criminal or juvenile restitution order issued by a state or federal court to file annually with the court and with the state board of accounts a payment status report. Provides that the payment status report must include information on the status of the restitution order, including, if applicable, information concerning any arrearage. Requires the state board of accounts to review the status of a restitution order if it conducts an audit of a governmental entity that is the beneficiary of the restitution order. Grants

Sponsor: Frank Mrvan

Veteran matters. Provides for tuition and fee exemptions for all children of disabled veterans. (Current law provides that children of veterans who enlisted or otherwise initially served in the armed forces of the United States after June 30, 2011, receive tuition and fee reductions based on the percentage rating of the veteran.) Authorizes refunds for tuition and fees already paid by children of disabled veterans to state educational institutions before a positive determination of eligibility to receive higher education benefits has been made by the Indiana department of veterans' affairs. Provides for state educational institution students who are members of

Sponsor: Jeff Raatz

Special education scholarship accounts. Establishes the special education scholarship account fund (fund) to provide education options for eligible special education students in Indiana. Defines "eligible special education student" as a student who has had an active individualized education program (IEP) within the past 18 months. Provides that the treasurer of state administers the fund. Provides that, if a parent enters into an agreement with the department of education (department), the department in exchange for the agreement shall transfer: (1) 100% of the eligible special education student's state tuition support; and (2) any amount the school corporation would receive for the

Sponsor: Jeff Raatz

Off duty and retired law officers and firearms. Provides that off duty law enforcement officers and retired law enforcement officers who meet the requirements of applicable federal and state laws concerning carrying firearms: (1) may possess firearms in the same locations that a law enforcement officer who is authorized to carry a firearm may possess a firearm while the law enforcement officer is engaged in the execution of the law enforcement officer's official duties; and (2) may not be prohibited from possessing a firearm on land or in buildings and other structures owned or leased by the state or any

Sponsor: Eric Bassler

Local public questions. Provides that, for an election held after December 31, 2017, a local public question may not be placed on the ballot at an election held during the year after a presidential election year. Provides that if another Indiana statute permits or requires a local public question to be placed on the ballot at an election held during the year after a presidential election year, the public question shall be placed on the ballot at the next primary or general election held during the following even-numbered year, as determined by the county election board. Provides that a referendum

Sponsor: Kathy Richardson

Dispensing without a prescription. Allows a pharmacist who meets certain requirements to furnish specified tobacco cessation products and immunization drugs or devices to individuals who are at least 18 years of age without a prescription or drug order. Provides that a third party contract or other agreement that restricts a pharmacist from practicing any legally allowed duty or action is void.

Sponsor: Steven Davisson

Abortion. Requires that certain information must be provided by the parent or legal guardian of an unemancipated pregnant woman when giving written consent for the unemancipated pregnant woman to have an abortion. Requires a physician who receives written consent for an unemancipated pregnant woman to have an abortion to execute an affidavit for inclusion in the unemancipated pregnant woman's medical record. Prohibits a person from aiding or assisting an unemancipated pregnant woman in obtaining an abortion without the consent of the minor's parent or guardian. Provides that a parent or legal guardian of a pregnant minor is an interested party

Sponsor: Erin Houchin

Handgun licenses and law enforcement officers. Provides that police officers, sheriffs or their deputies, and law enforcement officers of the United States government who have 20 or more years of service are entitled to a lifetime license to carry a handgun in Indiana. (Current law states police officers, sheriffs or their deputies, and law enforcement officers of the United States government must have been honorably retired by a lawfully created pension board or its equivalent after 20 or more years of service to be entitled to a lifetime license to carry a handgun.) Provides that these individuals are exempt from

Sponsor: Terry Goodin

Tobacco sales certificate transferability. Provides that a valid tobacco sales certificate held by a retail tobacco store is transferable to subsequent owners of the retail tobacco store.

Sponsor: Ryan Mishler

Rehabilitation option counseling services. Provides that for certain Medicaid rehabilitation option services a licensed addiction counselor is a licensed professional. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to amend rules to include licensed addiction counselors in the definition of "licensed professional" and to delete licensed addiction counselor from the definition of "other behavioral health professional".

Sponsor: Jeff Raatz

Captive insurance study. Urges the legislative council to assign the topic of Indiana as a domiciliary state for captive insurers to an interim study committee during the 2016 interim.

Sponsor: Mike Speedy

Complying with federal immigration enforcement. Prohibits a governmental body from limiting or restricting the enforcement of federal immigration laws, including limiting or restricting another governmental body from: (1) complying with an immigration detainer; (2) providing a federal immigration official access to an inmate for interview; (3) initiating an immigration status investigation; or (4) providing a federal immigration official with the incarceration status or release date of an inmate in custody of a state or local governmental body. (Current law allows a: (1) person lawfully domiciled in Indiana to bring an action to compel a governmental body to comply with these

Sponsor: Christopher Judy

Sex crimes that involve children. Makes child exploitation a Level 4 felony instead of a Level 5 felony. Makes possession of child pornography a Level 5 felony instead of a Level 6 felony. Removes a defense to the crime of prostitution that the person who committed the crime was a child who was less than 18 years of age, and provides that a child who is less than 18 years of age may not be: (1) charged with; or (2) convicted of; committing the crime of prostitution. Makes patronizing a prostitute a: (1) Level 6 felony instead of a Class

Sponsor: Randall Head

Issues relating to the death of a minor. Provides that if a minor child dies, the parent awarded: (1) sole legal custody; or (2) primary physical custody (if joint legal custody was awarded to the parents); is the parent who may decide issues regarding the disposition of the child's body, including autopsy, cremation, funeral arrangements, or anatomical gifts.

Sponsor: Julie Olthoff

1977 pension fund surviving spouse benefit. Increases from 60% to 75% of the member's monthly benefit the monthly benefit of a surviving spouse of an individual who: (1) is a member of the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund (1977 fund); and (2) dies other than in the line of duty after June 30, 2016.

Sponsor: Clyde Kersey

Property tax exemption for affordable housing. Establishes standards for affordable housing property to be exempt from property taxation when the property does not otherwise qualify for a property tax exemption. Specifies application requirements.

Sponsor: John Broden

Access to identifying information. Requires the state registrar to search death certificates in the state registrar's possession and the federal limited access death master file if an eligible individual submits a request for the release of identifying information of a birth parent or adoptee. (Current law requires the state registrar to search death certificates in the state registrar's possession.) Provides, with exceptions under current law, that a consent of an adoptee or birth parent is not required if the individual requesting the identifying information submits records from the death master file indicating that the adoptee or birth parent is deceased.

Sponsor: Vanessa Summers

Income tax credit for firearms instruction. Provides a state income tax credit to taxpayers (individuals filing single tax returns or married couples filing joint tax returns) who incur expenses in receiving qualified firearms instruction. Provides that the credit is equal to the amount of the incurred expenses. Provides that the maximum amount allowed as a credit is $100 for individuals filing single returns or $200 for married couples filing joint returns. Provides that a tax credit may not exceed the taxpayer's state income tax liability. Provides that a taxpayer is not entitled to a carryover, carryback, or refund of any

Sponsor: Jim Lucas

Driver's licenses for veterans. Provides that an individual may request an indication of the individual's status as a surviving spouse of a veteran on the individual's driver's license or state identification card. (Current law provides only for an indication of veteran status.) Provides that driver's licenses and permits and state identifications for certain veterans and surviving spouses of veterans may be issued without charge.

Sponsor: Brent Waltz

Consent for intersex children in state custody. Provides that, except when medically necessary, a person, including a governmental entity, may not consent to allow a gender differentiation procedure for an intersex child if the child is in the custody or under the supervision of the state. Provides that a juvenile court having jurisdiction over the intersex child may allow the intersex child to provide consent for a gender differentiation procedure if certain conditions are met.

Sponsor: Edward Clere

Data base of valuable metal transactions. Creates the valuable metal dealers registry and data base. Establishes the valuable metal dealers registry and data base fund. Provides that the money in the fund is continually appropriated to the state police department.

Sponsor: Justin Moed

Syringe exchange program. Allows the state health commissioner to extend a syringe exchange program in a county or municipality where the commissioner has declared a public health emergency if certain conditions are met.

Sponsor: Vanessa Summers

Beginning teacher residency and master's degree. Requires a state educational institution that has a teacher preparation program to establish a beginning teacher residency and master's degree program (program). Provides that a private teacher preparation program may establish a program. Provides that a program must allow the holder of an initial practitioner's license (beginning teacher) to earn a master's degree at the end of the beginning teacher's second year of teaching through a combination of summer, evening, and weekend classes and credit given for teaching under the guidance of a mentor teacher. Provides that a part of the beginning teacher's salary

Sponsor: Dennis Kruse

Sales tax holiday. Provides a sales and use tax exemption each year beginning on the second Friday of August 2016 and August 2017 through the following Sundays (sales tax holiday) for the following items: (1) Clothing, if the sales price does not exceed $100. (2) A school supply, school art supply, or school instructional material, if the sales price does not exceed $15. Incorporates the definitions of these items as set forth in the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.

Sponsor: Gregory Steuerwald

Water and wastewater utility service territories. Requires the appointment of two additional members to a utility service board serving a municipal water, wastewater, or combined water and wastewater utility not later than 60 days after the effective date of the final disposition in a proceeding involving the provision of utility service in a regulated territory outside the municipal boundaries of the municipality owning or operating the municipal utility. Sets forth conditions for the appointment of the additional members.

Sponsor: David Ober

State payments in lieu of property taxes. Requires the state to make payments in lieu of property taxes (PILOT) for qualified parcels in counties in which at least 15% of all land in the county is: (1) owned or leased by a combination of both the state of Indiana and the federal government; and (2) subject to an exemption from property taxes. Defines "qualified parcel" as a parcel that is: (1) owned or leased by the state of Indiana; (2) subject to an exemption from property taxes; and (3) located in a county to which this act applies. Provides that

Sponsor: Lloyd Arnold

Duration of first regular session of the Indiana general assembly. Changes the deadline for the general assembly to adjourn sine die in an odd-numbered year from April 29 to April 15.

Sponsor: Todd Huston

Work sharing unemployment benefit. Establishes a work sharing unemployment insurance program. Requires an employer to submit a work sharing plan for approval by the commissioner of the department of workforce development. Establishes the work sharing benefit as equal to an employee's unemployment benefit reduced by a percentage that is equivalent to the number of hours by which the employee's normal weekly work hours are reduced.

Sponsor: Karlee Macer

City and town fiscal matters. Requires a city or town outside of Marion County to deposit all of the city's or town's cigarette tax distribution in the city's or town's general fund. (Current law requires the distribution to be divided between the city's or town's general fund and a cumulative capital improvement fund.) Repeals the following: (1) The requirement that a city or town establish a cumulative capital improvement fund. (2) A nonreversion provision. (3) Authority to transfer money from a cumulative capital improvement fund to the city's or town's general fund. Makes conforming changes. Provides that money distributed to

Sponsor: David Ober

Student discipline; students with disabilities. Provides that if a student with a disability is suspended or expelled for an incident in which the student caused a classroom disturbance, the student's case conference committee shall be convened not later than 10 school days from the date of the incident to consider the appropriateness of an alternative placement for the student. Makes a technical correction.

Sponsor: Frank Mrvan

Vacancies; 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, except for candidates for presidential electors. Provides that a legislative vacancy is filled by a special election if the vacancy occurs at a time other than during the final year of the legislative term. Provides that a legislative vacancy that occurs during the last year of the legislative term shall be filled by a caucus of the precinct committeemen from the legislative district of the political party of the

Sponsor: David Ober

Sales tax exemption. Exempts food sold through a vending machine from the state gross retail tax beginning July 1, 2017.

Sponsor: David Ober

Annexation of noncontiguous territory. Allows municipalities in Kosciusko County to annex noncontiguous territory that is to be used as an industrial park.

Sponsor: Curt Nisly

Distributions of public safety income tax revenue. Provides for distributions of public safety local income tax (LIT) revenue to townships and other taxing units of an adopting county that operate or contract with a fire department, a volunteer fire department, or an emergency medical services provider. Provides that distributions to a township shall be deposited in the township's cumulative building and equipment fund. (Under current law, only the county and municipalities are entitled to such a distribution.) Eliminates a provision in current law that allows fire departments, volunteer fire departments, and emergency medical services providers in unincorporated areas of an

Sponsor: Rick Niemeyer

Pseudoephedrine and ephedrine. Provides that materials, compounds, mixtures, or preparations that contain ephedrine or pseudoephedrine are schedule III controlled substances that may be dispensed only by prescription. Repeals: (1) the statute allowing the dispensing of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine without a prescription subject to certain restrictions; and (2) provisions related to that statute. Requires pharmacies and certain retailers that sell ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or drugs that contain ephedrine or pseudoephedrine before July 1, 2016, to continue to maintain an electronic or written log of such sales through June 30, 2018.

Sponsor: Susan Glick

Animal fighting contests. Makes attending an animal fighting contest a Level 6 felony. Repeals the law that makes it cruelty to an animal, a Class A misdemeanor, for a person to attend a fighting contest involving animals.

Sponsor: James Arnold

Teacher compensation. Requires a school corporation that provides health insurance to the school corporation's employees to establish a cafeteria plan under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code for health insurance plan years beginning after June 30, 2017.

Sponsor: Todd Huston

Designates the monarch as the state butterfly. Designates the monarch butterfly as the official state butterfly of Indiana.

Sponsor: Kevin Mahan

Property tax exemptions. Provides that the property tax exemption for religious purposes applies to a building that is leased (including land and leased personal property) if the person using the building for religious purposes would otherwise be liable for property taxes. Specifies conditions that must be satisfied to obtain the exemption. Specifies that if an exempt use has not changed, the person receiving the exemption can satisfy the filing requirement to maintain the exemption by filing a statement in each even-numbered year. (Current law provides that an annual filing of a complete application is required unless it is a nonprofit

Sponsor: Mike Speedy

Income tax deduction for military retirees. Exempts all military retirement pay from state and local income taxes and removes the age requirement for the exemption.

Sponsor: Lloyd Arnold

Teacher academy. Allows the commission for higher education (commission) to enter into an academy agreement with one state educational institution for the establishment and operation of a teacher academy. Requires the commission to issue a request for proposals from state educational institutions before entering into an academy agreement. Establishes requirements for the request for proposals. Requires that certain terms and conditions must be included in an academy agreement. Establishes a teacher academy grant program to provide grants to eligible applicants for the cost of tuition and fees to attend the teacher academy. Establishes the teacher academy fund to provide funds:

Sponsor: Justin Moed

Abortion. Makes certain findings. Extends the waiting period for an abortion from 18 to 48 hours. Imposes additional disclosure requirements relating to the informed consent to an abortion. Increases the penalties for abortion related violations as follows: (1) For failing to submit a timely pregnancy termination from a Class B misdemeanor to a Level 4 felony. (2) For performing an abortion not expressly provided by law from a Level 5 felony to a Level 4 felony. (3) For failing to obtain a parental consent when required from a Class A misdemeanor to a Level 4 felony. (4) For a violation

Sponsor: Brent Waltz

Coverage for pharmacist care. Requires an accident and sickness insurer that enters into a preferred provider agreement to: (1) reimburse for health care service provided by a pharmacist within the scope of practice to the same extent and in the same manner as the insurer would reimburse certain other health care providers; and (2) demonstrate an adequate number of pharmacists within a reasonable proximity of insureds.

Sponsor: Ronald Grooms

Emergency services protocols for stroke patients. Requires the emergency medical services commission to adopt rules concerning protocols for the identification, transport, and treatment of stroke patients by personnel providing emergency medical services. Urges the legislative council to assign during the 2016 interim the topic of establishing and implementing a statewide plan for the improvement of care in Indiana for stroke patients.

Sponsor: Dennis Zent

Lien on vacant or abandoned real property. Provides that a tax sale certificate holder or an applicant for a tax deed who enters the premises of certain vacant or abandoned real property to perform the action of: (1) securing the real property; (2) removing trash or debris from the grounds of the real property; (3) landscaping, maintaining, or mowing the grounds of the real property; or (4) removing or painting over graffiti on the real property; has a lien on the real property equal to the amount of the reasonable value of labor performed and materials used to perform the

Sponsor: Cherrish Pryor

Study of weigh stations. Requires the department of transportation (department) to study whether the state is incurring a loss of or the forfeiture of funding on an annual basis for the failure to open and staff weigh stations on all state and interstate highways on a 24 hour continual basis on all days of the year. Authorizes the department to pay the expenses of the study from any funds appropriated from the state highway fund for the Illiana Expressway for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016. Requires the department to report to the legislative council not later than

Sponsor: Gregory Porter

Property tax assessment. Specifies that a petition for a review of or a rehearing for a property tax assessment must be filed within 45 days after the maximum time elapses for the county property tax assessment board of appeals (PTABOA) or the Indiana board of tax review to make a decision on a property tax assessment appeal. Specifies that the deadline for making a change in a personal property tax assessment applies when the PTABOA is acting as the assessor and that it covers the board's pre-appeal modification of an assessment changed by an assessing official.

Sponsor: Philip GiaQuinta

Look back period for payment of PERF benefits. Increases from six months to 12 months the look back period for paying retirement benefits to members of the public employees' retirement fund.

Sponsor: Charlie Brown

Financing of improvements for Carroll Stadium. Provides that Indiana University may issue and sell bonds to acquire, erect, construct, reconstruct, improve, rehabilitate, remodel, repair, complete, extend, or enlarge capital improvements at the Michael A. Carroll Track and Soccer Stadium (stadium). Specifies that the principal costs of the bonds issued (excluding amounts necessary to provide money for debt service reserves, credit enhancement, or other costs incidental to the issuance of the bonds) may not exceed $20,000,000. Provides that the bonds may not be issued unless: (1) the bond issuance has been reviewed by the budget committee; (2) the director of the

Sponsor: Todd Huston

Consent for engaging in sexual activity. Requires an accredited school, when providing instruction on human sexuality, to emphasize the necessity of obtaining consent from the other individual involved before engaging in any type of sexual activity.

Sponsor: Christina Hale

Referendum process and remonstrance process. Amends the thresholds applicable to the petition and remonstrance process and the referendum process as follows: (1) Specifies that a project is a controlled project for purposes of the law governing those processes if the project will cost more than the lesser of: (A) $10,000,000; or (B) the sum of 1% of the first $100,000,000 of the gross assessed value of property within the political subdivision plus 0.5% of the total amount of that part of the gross assessed value that exceeds $100,000,000. (2) Specifies that voters or property owners may initiate the petition and

Sponsor: Jeffrey Thompson

Income tax credit for volunteer firefighters. Provides that an individual who is a volunteer firefighter is entitled to a credit of $500 against the individual's adjusted gross income tax liability each taxable year.

Sponsor: Richard Hamm

Economic development and wind turbines. Establishes the Hoosier heritage innovative industry loan fund. Authorizes interest free loans, reduced income tax rates, and enhanced economic development for a growing economy (EDGE) tax credits to encourage the manufacturing of wind turbine components in Indiana using steel produced in the United States. Transfers $1,000,000 from the Indiana twenty-first century research and technology fund to the Hoosier heritage innovative industry loan fund.

Sponsor: Charles Moseley

Expungement. Requires a public agency that operates a public web site displaying records related to an expungement to remove or redact the records after receiving satisfactory proof that the conviction or arrest has been expunged. Provides that: (1) if a person's arrest or conviction is expunged (and not merely marked as expunged); and (2) the person is named as a party in a civil action related to the expunged arrest or conviction; the court in which the civil action was filed shall, upon request, redact the person's name contained in certain public documents relating to the civil action. Requires a

Sponsor: Martin Carbaugh

Annual customer reports by energy utilities. Requires a public or municipally owned electric or natural gas utility to annually report to the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) certain data concerning customer accounts and low income customer accounts. Provides that: (1) a utility shall report all required information in the aggregate and in a manner that does not identify individual customers and low income customers; and (2) the IURC may not require utilities to disclose confidential and proprietary business information without adequate protection of the information. Authorizes the IURC to adopt rules and emergency rules to implement these provisions. Provides that,

Sponsor: Jean Breaux

Pro bono representation of veterans. Creates the military legal assistance unit (unit) within the office of the attorney general. Requires the unit to facilitate the delivery of legal assistance programs, pro bono services, and self help services to current and veteran members of the United States armed forces. Specifies the topics and areas of law with which the unit may provide assistance. Prohibits the unit from providing court representation to servicemembers. Prohibits the unit from providing legal advice or legal assistance to servicemembers being criminally prosecuted in a civilian or military court of law. Allows the attorney general to accept:

Sponsor: James Banks

Marriage. Repeals statutory text that restricts a marriage to be between only a male and a female. Repeals statutory text that provides that a marriage between persons of the same gender is void in Indiana.

Sponsor: Jean Breaux

Construction standards for state projects. Provides that the plans and specifications for a state public works project or a highway or bridge construction or improvement project must take into account the possibility of a terrorist attack so as to minimize damage to life and property if such an attack occurs.

Sponsor: Dan Forestal

Sentence enhancement for use of a firearm. Requires the state to seek to have a person who allegedly committed a felony sentenced to an additional fixed term of imprisonment of 15 years if the state can show beyond a reasonable doubt that the person knowingly or intentionally used a firearm in the commission of the felony. Provides that, if the state proves beyond a reasonable doubt that the person knowingly or intentionally used a firearm in the commission of the felony, the court is required to sentence the person to an additional fixed term of imprisonment of 15 years. Specifies

Sponsor: Richard Hamm

2015 ISTEP results. Provides that the state board of education (state board) may not place a school or school corporation in a category or designation of school improvement for the 2014-2015 school year. Provides that the state board may not publish or release to the public a category or designation of school improvement for the 2014-2015 school year. Provides that the ISTEP program test results from the ISTEP test taken in the spring of 2015 may not be used as part of a certificated employee's performance evaluation conducted during the 2015-2016 school year.

Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau

Cancellation of property taxes. Provides that the department of local government finance may under certain circumstances cancel any property taxes assessed against real property owned by certain local governmental entities or the state, regardless of whether the property taxes were assessed before or after the governmental entity or the state became the owner of the real property.

Sponsor: Vernon Smith

Ballot language for renewal of a referendum levy. Specifies that a resolution to extend a referendum levy must be adopted by the governing body of a school corporation and approved by the voters before December 31 of the calendar year immediately following the final calendar year in which the school corporation's previously approved referendum levy is imposed. Specifies the ballot language for a referendum to extend a referendum levy.

Sponsor: Matt Pierce

Electronic pull tabs in charity gaming. Allows the use of electronic pull tabs under the charity gaming law by: (1) adding a definition of "electronic pull tab device"; and (2) amending the definition of "pull tab" to include electronic versions of pull tab games.

Sponsor: Ronnie Alting

Tax deduction for Ohio River bridge tolls. Provides an income tax deduction to qualified individuals who pay tolls to cross certain Ohio River bridges. Provides that a qualified individual is an individual who resides in Clark County or Floyd County and incurs at least $100 in nonreimbursed toll expenses to cross the Ohio River bridges in Clark County or Floyd County. Provides that the amount of the tax deduction may not exceed the lesser of: (1) the amount of nonreimbursed tolls paid by the qualified individual during the taxable year; or (2) $500.

Sponsor: Ronald Grooms

Rape and termination of parental rights. Allows a parent who is the victim of an act of rape from which a child was conceived to file a petition to terminate the parent-child relationship between the child and the alleged perpetrator of the act of rape. Requires a court to terminate the parent-child relationship if the court finds: (1) by clear and convincing evidence that the alleged perpetrator committed an act of rape against the parent who filed the petition to terminate the parent-child relationship and that the child was conceived as a result of the act of rape; and (2)

Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau

Licensing of electrical contractors. Establishes the electrical licensing board. Requires electrical contractors to be licensed. Establishes licensing requirements for electrical contractors. Adds references to electrical licensing to the statutes that affect licensing boards.

Sponsor: Rick Niemeyer

Timber management. Requires the department of natural resources to prepare and publish on the department's Internet web site a cost benefit analysis concerning the removal of merchantable timber from state forests. Provides that the department may not advertise or solicit bids for the removal of merchantable timber from a state forest until the cost benefit analysis has been published on the department's Internet web site for at least 30 days.

Sponsor: Mark Stoops

School bus stop arm violations. Provides that a law enforcement officer shall issue a summons and promise to appear to a person who the law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe has committed a school bus stop arm violation. Provides that a statement signed under penalty of perjury by a school bus driver, school bus monitor, or crossing guard constitutes probable cause.

Sponsor: Eric Bassler

Tax credit for bridge toll expenses. Provides an income tax credit to qualified businesses that pay tolls to cross certain Ohio River bridges. Provides that a qualified business is a business entity that: (1) is authorized to transact business in Indiana; (2) maintains its principal office, or a branch office, in Clark County or Floyd County; and (3) incurs at least $500 of qualified toll expenses to cross certain Ohio River bridges during a taxable year. Provides that the amount of the tax credit may not exceed the lesser of: (1) the amount of qualified toll expenses paid by the

Sponsor: Ronald Grooms

Sales tax district for healthy food programs. Allows the fiscal body of a county to designate a special food desert district (district) if the district is located in a census tract with low median income and low access to the nearest supermarket as determined by the United States Department of Agriculture in its Food Access Research Atlas. Provides that if a district is designated, an additional 1% sales tax applies to retail transactions within the district. Specifies that this additional 1% sales tax is imposed, paid, and collected in the same manner as the state sales tax. Establishes the healthy

Sponsor: Greg Taylor

Distribution of tobacco products licensure. Requires an applicant for a license to distribute tobacco products to submit a letter from the manufacturer that will be supplying the applicant with tobacco products that states the manufacturer's intent to supply the applicant with tobacco products. Specifies that the statement of the manufacturer's intent does not apply to distribution of e-liquids.

Sponsor: Jon Ford

Unmanned aerial vehicles. Allows the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle by a law enforcement officer or governmental entity without obtaining a search warrant if the law enforcement officer determines that the use of the unmanned aerial vehicle is required to obtain aerial photographs or video images of a motor vehicle accident site on a public street or public highway.

Sponsor: Eric Bassler

Property tax assessment. Provides the following if the application of an annual adjustment factor derived by an assessing official would result in an increase of more than 10% in the assessed value of one or more homesteads: (1) The assessing official shall submit certain information to the division of data analysis (division) of the department of local government finance. (2) The division shall review the information submitted and make a determination of whether the annual adjustment factor was correctly calculated or is otherwise inappropriate. (3) If the division determines that the annual adjustment factor to be applied to the homestead

Sponsor: Joseph Zakas

Immunizations provided by pharmacists. Adds the following immunizations to the list of immunizations that pharmacists may administer if certain conditions are met: (1) Measles, mumps, and rubella. (2) Varicella. (3) Hepatitis A. (4) Hepatitis B. (5) Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib).

Sponsor: Ronald Grooms

Annexation involving an economic development project. Repeals a provision that allows an annexation involving an economic development project to proceed to a court hearing, even if a remonstrance is filed that would otherwise result in voiding the annexation.

Sponsor: Philip Boots

Appraisal management practices. Provides that an appraisal management company that engages a real estate appraiser to perform an appraisal shall pay the real estate appraiser for the appraisal to be performed not later than: (1) the: (A) payment date; or (B) occurrence of a specified event upon which payment is to be made; that is set forth in the contract or agreement between the appraisal management company and the real estate appraiser; or (2) 30 days after the return of the appraisal to the appraisal management company by the real estate appraiser, if: (A) a contract or agreement between the

Sponsor: Jon Ford

TIF district base assessed value. Provides that, in the case of assessed value increases attributable to the application of an abatement schedule that was adopted before the allocation area was established, the assessed value increases attributable to the application of the abatement schedule must be included in the base assessed value of the allocation area, and may not be included in the incremental assessed value of the allocation area. Provides that, in the case of assessed value increases attributable to the application of an abatement schedule that was adopted on or after the allocation area was established, assessed value increases

Sponsor: Greg Walker

Coverage for abuse deterrent opioids. Requires that, if an abuse deterrent opioid analgesic is available with a certain active ingredient, state employee health plans, Medicaid, policies of accident and sickness insurance, and health maintenance organization contracts must provide coverage for at least one abuse deterrent opioid analgesic that provides that active ingredient.

Sponsor: James Merritt

Motor vehicle excise tax credit. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2017, the motor vehicle excise tax credit for veterans who do not own property to which certain property tax deductions may be applied is equal to the motor vehicle excise tax liability for the veteran's vehicle. (Current law provides that the credit is equal to the lesser of the amount of the excise tax liability for the vehicle or $70.)

Sponsor: Michael Delph

Nursing home complaint registry. Establishes the health facility investigation disclosure registry (registry) to be implemented and maintained by the state department of health (state department). Sets forth requirements of the registry. Requires certain investigatory entities to report substantiated complaints concerning a health facility to the state department for inclusion in the registry. Requires a health facility to disclose to certain individuals information concerning a substantiated complaint in the registry. Allows the state department to fine a health facility for failing to disclose information concerning the substantiated complaint.

Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau

Local government common construction wage. Allows the legislative body of a political subdivision to adopt an ordinance requiring the political subdivision to establish a common construction wage for public work projects awarded by the political subdivision. Exempts projects: (1) in which the actual construction costs are less than $350,000; (2) that are paid for in whole or in part by federal funds unless the federal government gives written consent; and (3) that are undertaken by a person that has entered into an operating agreement with a political subdivision for the management or operation of a public facility under IC 5-23.

Sponsor: Frank Mrvan

Prevailing wage. Requires that, whenever the actual costs for the construction of a public improvement are at least $150,000, a contractor or subcontractor shall pay the workers employed in the performance of work for the construction of the public improvement a rate of wages that is not less than the prevailing wage determined by the commissioner (commissioner) of the department of labor. Requires that employer contributions for fringe benefits paid under a bona fide collective bargaining agreement be included in the prevailing wage determination unless a contractor or subcontractor is required by federal, state, or local law to provide the

Sponsor: Karen Tallian

Failure to remit wage withholdings. Increases the penalties for failing to remit to the department of state revenue amounts withheld from employees' wages that are held in trust for the state. Requires the department of state revenue to report to various state agencies and the secretary of state that a person has failed to remit withholdings for a third time. Authorizes these state agencies and the secretary of state to treat such a person as being on a tax warrant list and to commence an administrative action to impose a penalty or revoke a license or privilege held by such

Sponsor: Greg Walker

Enforcement of federal immigration laws. Provides that a person lawfully domiciled within Indiana may file a complaint with the attorney general, if the person believes that a county, city, town, or township (unit) is violating the law regarding the unit's duties concerning citizenship and immigration status information and enforcement of the federal immigration laws. Provides that if the attorney general determines that the complaint is not false or frivolous: (1) the attorney general shall report this determination to the governor, auditor of state, and treasurer of state; and (2) the unit may not receive any state funds, grants, loans, or

Sponsor: Brent Waltz

Reemployment rights of veterans. Defines the term "employer" for certain National Guard statutes. Allows an Indiana national guard member seeking reemployment with an employer after returning to work from active duty to bring a civil action against an employer that refuses to comply with the employer's obligations under the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. Allows a court to award: (1) actual damages; (2) court costs and attorney's fees; or (3) liquidated damages; to a prevailing Indiana National Guard member. Extends certain state and federally mandated employment and reemployment rights and protections to nonresident members of the National

Sponsor: Joseph Zakas

Military veteran public safety officer hiring age. Increases the maximum age for appointment as a police officer or firefighter from less than 36 years of age to less than 40 years of age if the applicant is a veteran of the armed forces of the United States.

Sponsor: Timothy Lanane

Sales tax exemption for special fuel. Specifies that a claim must be filed to obtain a refund of state sales taxes paid on purchases of special fuel that are exempt from the state sales tax. Eliminates the use of an exemption certificate for these transactions. Requires that the state sales tax must be included in the price at all pumps dispensing special fuel, and eliminates special fuel pumps for exempt trucks.

Sponsor: Greg Walker

Developmental delay. Requires the state board of education to amend its rule establishing developmental delay as a disability category to provide that, beginning July 1, 2017, developmental delay is a disability category solely for students who are at least three years of age and less than nine years of age. (Currently, developmental delay is a disability category solely for students who are at least three years of age and not more than five years of age.) Adds developmental delay as a category for mild and moderate disabilities for purposes of determining special education grant amounts.

Sponsor: Frank Mrvan

GPS tracking. Specifies that "victim notification capabilities", with respect to a GPS tracking device, includes the ability of the device to notify a victim if the device comes within a specified distance of a receiver possessed by the victim. Authorizes a court, after notice and a hearing, to require the subject of a civil protection order to wear a GPS device with victim notification capabilities if it appears from the petition that domestic or family violence has occurred.

Sponsor: Joseph Zakas

Removal of asset limits for SNAP eligibility. Requires the division of family resources to: (1) implement within the federal Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) an expanded eligibility category, which does not consider an individual's value of assets in determining SNAP eligibility; and (2) notify the United States Department of Agriculture of the implementation of expanded categorical eligibility under SNAP.

Sponsor: Mark Stoops

Transmission of overseas and other ballots. Requires each circuit court clerk to certify either of the following on the forty-third day before a primary, general, or special election: (1) The county election board has sent an absentee ballot to each absent uniformed services voter, overseas voter, and address confidentiality program participant who has applied for an absentee ballot not later than 45 days before the election. (2) If (1) does not apply, the reason that an absentee ballot has not been sent to each of those voters and the steps that have been, or will be, taken to send absentee

Sponsor: James Banks

Sales and use tax deduction. Provides a method for determining the amount of a retail merchant's state sales and use tax deduction or refund when it is bad debt related to a private label credit of the retail merchant.

Sponsor: David Frizzell

Violations of wildlife protection laws. Makes it a Level 6 felony for a person to knowingly or intentionally kill a wild bird or wild mammal that is on the endangered species list. Makes it a Level 6 felony for a person to illegally take a deer or a wild turkey if the person has at least three prior unrelated convictions for illegally taking a deer or a wild turkey in the previous seven years. Increases the amount that a person must reimburse the state for unlawfully taking, possessing, or selling a deer or wild turkey for a third or subsequent

Sponsor: Terry Goodin

Teacher salary scales. Makes changes to factors used to determine increases or increments in a local salary range. Removes an obsolete provision.

Sponsor: Anthony Cook

County funding. Permits a county to appeal to the department of local government finance (DLGF) to make a determination of whether the county's maximum permissible tax levy is insufficient for the county to adequately carry out its governmental functions for 2017 and thereafter if the insufficiency is because the county had its maximum levy reduced because the unit had not imposed its maximum levy in previous years. Permits such a county to increase its maximum permissible tax levy to an amount determined by the DLGF that is needed to adequately carry out the county's governmental functions. Limits the resulting levy

Sponsor: William Friend

Study of effects of laws on small municipalities. Establishes a special interim study committee to study the effect of legislation on small municipalities. Requires the committee to study: (1) the effect of property tax caps on small municipalities; and (2) any negative effects of other Indiana laws on small municipalities. Provides that the committee expires January 1, 2018.

Sponsor: Melanie Wright

Disability income insurance. Requires that a policy of disability income insurance must include provisions: (1) allowing for designation of an individual to receive certain notices; and (2) specifying a grace period for premium payment. Specifies that noncompliance does not create liability or a cause of action and may not be used as evidence.

Sponsor: Robert Heaton

Smoking exemptions. Removes the exemptions to places where smoking is prohibited. Makes conforming changes.

Sponsor: Charlie Brown

Gary charter schools. Provides that the mayor of the city of Gary may authorize charter schools. Establishes the Gary charter school board. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: Timothy Brown

Amusement ride liability. Extends limited liability protection to operators and owners of regulated amusement devices in certain instances.

Sponsor: Richard Hamm

Teacher salaries. Provides that a school corporation may offer a teacher who on June 30, 2011: (1) was employed with the school corporation; and (2) had at least 10 years of teaching experience; a one time annual salary increase. Provides that compensation attributable to additional degrees or graduate credits for which a teacher has started course work before July 1, 2011, and completed course work before September 2, 2017, shall also continue for school years beginning after June 30, 2015. (Current law provides that compensation attributable to additional degrees for which a teacher has started course work before July 1,

Sponsor: Jeffrey Thompson

Battery on a utility worker. Makes battery a Level 6 felony instead of a Class B misdemeanor if the battery is committed against a utility worker engaged in the ordinary course of the utility worker's employment. Makes the offense a Level 5 felony if: (1) the battery involved the placement of any bodily fluid or waste on a utility worker; and (2) the person who committed the offense knew or recklessly failed to know that the bodily fluid or waste placed on the utility worker was infected with hepatitis, tuberculosis, or human immunodeficiency virus.

Sponsor: Charles Moseley

Scratch off tickets benefiting veterans. Requires the state lottery commission to adopt rules to establish a scratch off game to benefit Indiana veterans. Deposits revenue from sales of tickets for the scratch off game into the military family relief fund.

Sponsor: Linda Lawson

Excise police transfer to state police department. Establishes the excise enforcement section of the state police department. Transfers certain powers, duties, and functions concerning the enforcement of the alcoholic beverage statutes and the alcohol and tobacco commission rules to the excise enforcement section of the state police department. Transfers all property and records of the alcohol and tobacco commission concerning the enforcement officer activity of the commission to the state police department. Provides that on July 1, 2016, an individual who is an employee of the alcohol and tobacco commission and is employed in the commission's enforcement officer activity is

Sponsor: Edmond Soliday

Property taxes. Permits the department of local government finance, with the approval of the attorney general, to waive all or part of the property taxes imposed on property owned by a: (1) nonprofit corporation organized for educational, literary, scientific, religious, or charitable purposes; or (2) nonprofit entity, other than a corporation, that is organized as a church or religious entity. Provides that certain requirements must be met before a taxpayer's property tax liability may be waived.

Sponsor: Vernon Smith

Sale of certain property by a county. Provides that if a county executive acquires a tax deed for a property and later sells the property, the proceeds of any sale of the property must be applied to any special assessments that were removed from the tax duplicate at the time the tax deed was issued, if any part of proceeds of the sale remains after applying the proceeds to the costs of the sale and the taxes that were removed from the tax duplicate at the time the tax deed was issued.

Sponsor: Doug Gutwein

Diabetes incidence plan and report. Requires the state department of health, the state personnel department, and the office of the secretary of family and social services to: (1) collaborate to reduce the incidence of diabetes and diabetes complications in Indiana; (2) submit a report to the general assembly by January 1, 2017, including current diabetes related information and recommendations; and (3) report updated information to the general assembly by January 1, 2019.

Sponsor: Cindy Kirchhofer

Sales and use tax exemption. Provides for a sales and use tax exemption that applies to construction materials used in the construction and final build-out of a building that will be located on a former military base in Indiana. Establishes a process for a redevelopment commission or military base reuse authority to apply to the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) for approval of the building to be constructed and the granting of the exemption. Provides that the application must be received by the IEDC before July 1, 2026, to be considered. Establishes standards for a building to qualify. Provides that

Sponsor: William Friend

Regulation of valuable metal transactions. Requires, after December 31, 2016, a valuable metal dealer (dealer) to enter into a registry established and maintained by the state police department certain information concerning a valuable metal purchase transaction. Makes it a Class C infraction to fail to enter the required information into the registry within 24 hours of the valuable metal purchase transaction. Makes it a Class C misdemeanor instead of a Class A infraction for a dealer to knowingly or intentionally fail to comply with the law concerning regulation of dealers. Makes it a Class C misdemeanor instead of a Class

Sponsor: Doug Gutwein

Property tax collection. Requires a vehicle registration applicant to furnish proof, as a condition of registering a vehicle, that the vehicle registration applicant (applicant) has paid all relevant property taxes, special assessments, interest, and penalties for which the applicant is liable. Provides that county auditors shall issue certifications to eligible registrants of motor vehicles in their respective counties that: (1) the registrant's liability for all relevant property taxes, special assessments, penalties, and interest is paid in full; or (2) the registrant is not liable for any property taxes, special assessments, penalties, and interest. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles, in

Sponsor: Vernon Smith

Consent to health care. Establishes an order of priority for individuals authorized to give consent to health care of another individual, including a person who has demonstrated special care for the individual. Allows a health care provider to determine the individual's health care in the case of more than one individual asserting authority or disagreement among those asserting authority. Makes a conforming amendment.

Sponsor: Michael Crider

Dealing in cocaine and methamphetamine. Provides that a person who possesses at least 10 grams of cocaine, a narcotic drug, or methamphetamine may be convicted of possession with intent to deliver without additional evidence of intent. Makes dealing in cocaine, a narcotic drug, or methamphetamine a Level 2 felony if: (1) an enhancing circumstance applies; or (2) the drug, alone or in combination with alcohol or another drug, results in the death of any person. Makes Level 2 and Level 3 controlled substance offenses nonsuspendible if the person has a prior felony conviction. Creates a separate crime of manufacturing methamphetamine.

Sponsor: Patricia Miller

Property tax levy appeals. Authorizes a civil taxing unit to request an increase in its maximum property tax levy for a year, if the department of local government finance finds that the growth in the civil taxing unit's assessed value in the preceding year was at least two times the percentage growth allowed for the civil taxing unit's tax levy under the assessed value growth quotient determined for the ensuing year. Provides that the civil taxing unit may increase its maximum property tax levy by a percentage equal to the percentage growth in the civil taxing unit's assessed value for

Sponsor: Howard Kenley

Use of DNA evidence. Requires: (1) every individual arrested after June 30, 2016, for burglary, residential entry, a crime of violence, or a sex offense; and (2) a child found to be a delinquent child for the commission of an act that, if committed by an adult, would be burglary, residential entry, a crime of violence, or a sex offense; to provide a DNA sample. Provides for the expungement of a DNA sample taken from an individual if: (1) the individual is acquitted of all felony charges; (2) all burglary, residential entry, crime of violence, and sex offense charges are

Sponsor: Joseph Zakas

Child exploitation. Increases the criminal penalty for the offense of: (1) child exploitation from a Level 5 felony to a Level 4 felony; (2) child exploitation involving a child less than 12 years of age from a Level 5 felony to a Level 3 felony; (3) possession of child pornography from a Level 6 felony to a Level 5 felony; and (4) possession of child pornography involving a child less than 12 years of age from a Level 6 felony to a Level 4 felony.

Sponsor: Erin Houchin

School accountability and teacher evaluations. Provides that the state board of education may not place a school or school corporation in a category or designation of school improvement based on the ISTEP program test scores for the 2014-2015 or the 2015-2016 school year. Provides that the ISTEP program test results from the ISTEP test taken in the spring of 2015 or 2016 may not be used as part of a certificated employee's performance evaluation conducted during the 2015-2016 or 2016-2017 school year.

Sponsor: Jean Leising

Controlled substances. Requires a court to grant specialized driving privileges to a person on probation or in a community corrections program to permit the person to: (1) participate in a court ordered or approved treatment program; or (2) travel to and from the person's place of employment. Increases the penalty for dealing in methamphetamine and cocaine or a narcotic drug (including heroin). Specifies that a person who distributes a substance represented to be a specific controlled substance commits an offense of the same level as distributing the specific controlled substance. Provides that a person may be convicted of possession with

Sponsor: James Merritt

Video gaming terminals. Authorizes wagering on video gaming terminals in certain establishments. Establishes a licensing structure for participants in video gaming. Imposes a video gaming wagering tax of 30% of adjusted gross receipts.

Sponsor: Mark Messmer

Annexation. Adds the following requirements for certain municipality initiated annexations: (1) A municipality must give notice of the adoption of the annexation ordinance to the county executive. (2) If any member of the county executive objects, the annexation ordinance is void unless a majority of the county executive adopts a resolution approving the annexation. (3) A remonstrance must be filed by landowners within 120 days (instead of 90 days) after publication of notice. (4) In the absence of remonstrance or appeal, the annexation becomes effective 120 days (instead of 90 days) or later after publication of the annexation ordinance. (5)

Sponsor: James Buck

Property tax assessments. Provides that, if the assessed value of real property is reduced as a result of a property tax appeal, the subsequent assessed value of the real property may not be increased by more than 5% per year for the next four years after the assessment date in which the reduction was applied. Specifies that the 5% limitation does not apply to any part of a change in an assessment: (1) that is directly applicable to any change in an objective factor or feature relating to the property, including an improvement or enlargement of the property; or (2)

Sponsor: Susan Glick

Indemnity provisions in snow removal contracts. Provides that any provision in a contract for snow removal services that purports to release a person who performs snow removal services from liability for the person's negligence, recklessness, or intentional act is void as against public policy.

Sponsor: Michael Crider

State park alcoholic beverage permits. Requires the alcohol and tobacco commission to issue a three-way permit to the department of natural resources (DNR) for one or more state parks if a proper application is made. Exempts a permit issued for a state park from: (1) local board investigation and hearing on the application; (2) quota restrictions; and (3) requirements regarding the character of the permit applicant and the location of the permit. Exempts the DNR from provisions that prohibit a permit holder from discounting alcoholic beverage purchases: (1) for less than all purchasers; or (2) during a part of the

Sponsor: James Merritt

Civil rights. Extends antidiscrimination and civil rights statutes to include prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, religion, and ancestry.

Sponsor: Ronnie Alting

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 the department of marijuana enforcement (DOME) as a state agency to oversee the program, and creates the DOME advisory committee to review the effectiveness of the program and to consider recommendations from DOME. Authorizes DOME 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.

Sponsor: Karen Tallian

Restroom access for certain retail customers. Provides that if a retail establishment has a toilet facility on its premises for the use of the retail establishment's employees, a customer, upon request, must be allowed to use the toilet facility during normal business hours if certain conditions are met, including that: (1) the customer has Crohn's disease or another medical condition requiring the customer to have immediate access to a toilet facility; (2) the toilet facility is reasonably safe for use by the customer; and (3) there is no public restroom immediately accessible to the customer. Makes it a Class C

Sponsor: Frank Mrvan

Vehicle Bill. None

Sponsor: Timothy Lanane

Guardian power to request health records. Amends the health records law to authorize the guardian of a patient who was incompetent to request health records of the patient after the patient's death. Amends the guardianship law to provide that: (1) the guardianship of an incapacitated person is not terminated upon the incapacitated person's death; and (2) the court may not terminate the guardianship of an incapacitated person: (A) until at least 60 days after the incapacitated person's death; or (B) if the guardian, less than 60 days after the incapacitated person's death, requests access to records relating to the incapacitated

Sponsor: Jean Breaux

Sheriff's merit board. Allows appointment of sheriff's merit board members without regard to political affiliation.

Sponsor: Philip Boots

Vehicle Bill. None

Sponsor: Timothy Lanane

Marriage. Eliminates the requirement that: (1) individuals obtain a marriage license before being married; (2) a marriage be solemnized by an individual specified by state law; and (3) a marriage license be filed with a circuit court clerk and the state department of health. Provides for marriage by marriage contract by any two individuals who are competent to contract in Indiana or otherwise permitted to marry in Indiana.

Sponsor: Jim Lucas

Ignition interlock program. Requires the Indiana criminal justice institute (institute) to adopt rules concerning ignition interlock devices. Requires the institute, the bureau of motor vehicles, the state department of toxicology, and the state police department to enter into a memorandum of understanding regarding ignition interlock devices.

Sponsor: Dennis Kruse

Equine dentistry. Provides that equine dentistry is not included in the practice of veterinary medicine.

Sponsor: Philip Boots

Vehicle Bill. None

Sponsor: David Long

Charity gaming. Provides that the gaming commission may not require an applicant organization to submit the names of the following nonmembers living in a member's household: (1) The member's spouse. (2) A child of the member. (3) Any other individual living in the member's household.

Sponsor: Jean Leising

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Allows individuals convicted of a drug offense to be eligible to participate in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program under the federal opt out option.

Sponsor: Robin Shackleford

Subsurface trench onsite sewage systems. Provides that if: (1) the administrative rules of the state department of health set forth minimum site suitability conditions under which a subsurface trench onsite sewage system may be constructed on a property; and (2) an officer or employee of the state department of health or a registered professional soil scientist determines that a property meets the minimum site suitability conditions for the construction of a subsurface trench onsite sewage system; the local health officer or local health department is prohibited from requiring the construction on the property of a residential onsite sewage system that

Sponsor: Brent Steele

Operator's licenses. Specifies that an operator's license allows an individual to operate a passenger motor vehicle or light duty truck with a gross vehicle weight rating of 16,000 pounds or less. Specifies that the holder of an operator's license may not operate a passenger motor vehicle or light duty truck with a gross vehicle weight rating of 16,000 pounds or less for hire without a chauffeur's license or public passenger chauffeur's license.

Sponsor: Doug Miller

Professional sports development commission. Establishes the northwest Indiana professional sports development commission. Authorizes the commission to study various plans and recommendations that are proposed with respect to attracting a professional sports franchise to northwest Indiana. Authorizes the commission to prepare a comprehensive master plan for building the facilities and other infrastructure necessary for attracting and developing one or more professional sports franchises in northwest Indiana. Creates the professional sports development fund.

Sponsor: Donna Harris

Veterans issues. Establishes the Indiana per diem grant program under which grants are provided to certain nonprofit corporations that provide services to homeless members of the national guard. Establishes the per diem grant fund. Makes an appropriation.

Sponsor: Karlee Macer

Handgun license repeal and reciprocity licenses. Repeals the law that requires a person to obtain a license to carry a handgun in Indiana. Specifies that a person who may otherwise legally carry a handgun is not required to obtain or possess a license or permit from the state to carry a handgun in Indiana. Makes conforming amendments. Allows a resident of Indiana who wishes to carry a firearm in another state under a reciprocity agreement entered into by Indiana and the other state to obtain an Indiana firearms reciprocity license from the superintendent of the state police department.

Sponsor: Jim Lucas

Vehicle Bill. None

Sponsor: David Long

Alcohol permits and sales. Allows the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission) to issue a liquor dealer's permit only to a package liquor store. (Current law allows the commission to issue a liquor dealer's permit to a drug store or a package liquor store.) Provides that the holder of a liquor dealer's permit who held a liquor dealer's permit for a drugstore on June 30, 2016, may continue to hold the permit until the permit expires. Provides that the permit: (1) may not be renewed; and (2) may only be transferred to an applicant who is a proprietor of a package

Sponsor: Pete Miller

Organized retail theft. Makes it organized retail theft, a Level 5 felony, for a person: (1) to knowingly: (A) take, procure, receive, conceal, or otherwise exercise control over the personal property of a retail merchant; or (B) use an artifice, an instrument, a container, a device, or another article to facilitate taking, procuring, receiving, concealing, or exercising control over the personal property of a retail merchant; without the consent of the retail merchant or without paying the appropriate consideration for the personal property; and (2) with the intent to sell, deliver, or distribute the personal property to another person. Allows

Sponsor: Gregory Steuerwald

Eligibility for child care voucher. Provides that beginning October 1, 2016, a child who is otherwise eligible for participation in the federal Child Care and Development Fund voucher program may continue to participate unless the child's family income exceeds the greater of 250% of the federal income poverty level or 85% of the state median income for the same size family.

Sponsor: John Broden

State fair matters. Makes changes to the membership of and qualifications to serve on the state fair commission (commission) and state fair board (board). Prohibits appointed and elected members of the commission and board who represent certain districts from serving if an immediate family member is a member of the commission or board or employed by the commission. Specifies responsibilities for the commission and board concerning the state fair and the fairgrounds. Provides that the preceding presiding officer of the board presides over the meeting to elect the new presiding officer. Removes the requirement that the commission adopt policies concerning

Sponsor: Robert Cherry

Immunity for accepting certain abandoned children. Provides immunity to an emergency medical services provider (provider) or the provider's employer who takes custody of a child that is voluntarily left by the child's parent if the provider takes custody of the child in good faith. Limits the extension of immunity for the provider to acts or omissions that do not result from the provider's gross negligence or willful, wanton, or intentional misconduct.

Sponsor: Casey Cox

Distribution of lottery revenue. Requires the state lottery commission to adopt rules to establish a scratch off game to benefit Indiana veterans. Deposits revenue from sales of tickets for the scratch off game into the military family relief fund.

Sponsor: Ronnie Alting

Safety rest areas. Requires the office of management and budget to investigate the appropriateness of transferring maintenance responsibilities for safety rest areas from the Indiana department of transportation to the office of tourism development and to report its findings to the legislative council not later than November 1, 2016.

Sponsor: Micheal Aylesworth

Child in need of services (CHINS). Establishes a rebuttable presumption that a child is a child in need of services (CHINS) if the child: (1) is a victim of human or sexual trafficking; or (2) lives in the same household as another child who is a victim of human or sexual trafficking, or in the same household as an adult who is charged with or convicted of a human or sexual trafficking offense.

Sponsor: Lonnie Randolph

Hoosier youth corps program. Establishes the Hoosier youth corps program (program) to provide college students summer internships with state and local governments and nonprofit organizations to help meet critical community needs. Provides that the commission for higher education is the program administrator. Provides that an internship must provide work for at least 30 hours per week for at least 10 weeks, and pay a weekly stipend of at least $50. Provides that the employer offering the internship is responsible for selecting and supervising program participants taking part in the employer's internships. Provides that a program participant who successfully completes an

Sponsor: Karen Tallian

Municipal elections. Provides that any municipality may adopt an ordinance to move the election of its elected officers to be held only in even numbered years. Provides that a municipality's schedule of municipal elections remains the same as it was for the 2015 municipal elections unless it changes the schedule under the new statute. Provides that a municipality that holds any of its municipal elections in years other than even numbered years shall reimburse the county the county's costs in administering such elections. Repeals existing statutes that authorize towns to change the schedule of their municipal elections in certain specified

Sponsor: Micheal Aylesworth

Health education. Requires the state department of health and the department of education, working cooperatively, to identify and report to the general assembly appropriate academic standards and curricula concerning health education.

Sponsor: Jean Leising

Vehicle Bill. None

Sponsor: Timothy Lanane

Sales tax exemption for drainage water management. Provides that a component of a drainage water management system intended for use on agricultural land used for crop production is exempt from sales tax if the person acquiring the component is engaged in the business of agriculture.

Sponsor: Doug Gutwein

Released time religious instruction. Provides that a public secondary school student may receive not more than two elective academic credits for released time religious instruction classes if the governing body of the school corporation adopts a policy that allows the awarding of credit, and certain conditions are met.

Sponsor: Dennis Kruse

Vehicle Bill. None

Sponsor: Timothy Lanane

Local income tax for public safety. Provides for distributions of public safety local income tax (LIT) revenue to townships and other taxing units of an adopting county that operate or contract with a fire department, a volunteer fire department, or an emergency medical services provider. (Under current law, only the county and municipalities are entitled to such a distribution.) Eliminates a provision in current law that allows fire departments, volunteer fire departments, and emergency medical services providers in unincorporated areas of an adopting county to request a discretionary distribution of public safety LIT revenue.

Sponsor: Micheal Aylesworth

Vehicle Bill. None

Sponsor: David Long

Newborn screening for lysosomal storage disorders. Adds the following lysosomal storage disorders to the newborn screening requirements: (1) Krabbe disease. (2) Pompe disease. (3) Niemann-Pick disease. (4) Gaucher disease. (5) Fabry disease. (6) Hurler syndrome.

Sponsor: Patricia Miller

Vehicle Bill. None

Sponsor: David Long

Medical research controlled substances. Provides that a physician who has obtained approval from certain entities to obtain, administer, and dispense or prescribe a controlled substance is immune from criminal liability for the possession or distribution of the controlled substance. Provides that an ultimate user who possesses or uses a controlled substance from that prescribing or dispensing physician is immune from criminal liability for the possession or use of the controlled substance. Provides certain exceptions. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on agriculture and natural resources.)

Sponsor: Jean Leising

Industrial recovery tax credit. Provides that a taxpayer is entitled each taxable year to an industrial recovery tax credit against the taxpayer's state tax liability in an amount equal to 25% of the taxpayer's qualified investment in a qualified community development entity made during the taxable year.

Sponsor: Gerald Torr

Publication of notice. With certain exceptions, requires publication of notices regarding a decedent's estate in a newspaper published and circulating in the county where the decedent died, in addition to the county in which the court having probate jurisdiction is located. Makes stylistic changes.

Sponsor: Lonnie Randolph

Overtime compensation for certain employees. Provides that certain employees must be paid compensation for employment in certain circumstances at a rate not less than 1.5 times the regular rate at which the employee is employed and, under certain circumstances, not less than two times the regular rate at which the employee is employed. Removes outdated language. Relocates language concerning the tip credit.

Sponsor: Karlee Macer

Vehicle Bill. None

Sponsor: David Long

Affirmative defenses in eviction actions. Allows a tenant or a member of a tenant's household to establish an affirmative defense to an action brought by a landlord to evict the tenant or the member of a tenant's household from a rental premises if the tenant or member of a tenant's household presents evidence that the landlord's action is substantially in response to the tenant or the member of a tenant's household engaging in or causing the occurrence of at least one of the following acts within 12 months before the date the landlord brought the action: (1) Making a good

Sponsor: Robin Shackleford

Economic development incentive accountability. Adds various job and employee definitions to the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) laws. Requires that all records related to taxpayer funded economic development incentives must be disclosed under the open records law. Requires that the IEDC's annual job creation incentives and compliance report must be published on the Indiana transparency portal Internet web site. Requires the IEDC and the department of state revenue to compile information on all job creation incentives granted, including the total amount of uncollected or diverted state tax revenues resulting from each incentive, and requires that this information must be included

Sponsor: Frank Mrvan

Application of foreign law. Provides that a court may not apply, enforce, or grant comity, res judicata, claim preclusion, or issue preclusion to a foreign law, ruling, or judgment if doing so would violate the fundamental liberties, rights, and privileges guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of the State of Indiana. Provides that a provision in a contract or agreement that: (1) provides for the choice of foreign laws in its interpretation; or (2) provides for the choice of venue or forum; and that would result in a violation of a fundamental liberty, right, or

Sponsor: Brent Steele

Beer excise tax. Lowers the beer excise tax rates to: (1) $0.035 for the first 500,000 gallons of beer or flavored malt beverage sold in Indiana; and (2) $0.075 for the next 14.5 million gallons of beer or malt beverage sold in Indiana; if certain percentages of the hops and barley in the beer or malt beverage are grown in Indiana. Adjusts the distributions of the beer excise tax.

Sponsor: Jon Ford

Poultry product and rabbit meat labeling. Establishes labeling requirements for poultry products and rabbit meat: (1) for 1,000 poultry or fewer poultry operations and farm slaughtered rabbits; and (2) sold by a person who has not met the antemortem inspection, postmortem inspection, and other inspection requirements.

Sponsor: Jean Leising

Voluntary manslaughter. Increases the penalty for voluntary manslaughter from a Level 2 felony to a Level 1 felony, if the offense is committed by means of a deadly weapon.

Sponsor: Joseph Zakas

Small school grants. Reestablishes a small school grant for school corporations having a current ADM (average daily membership) of less than 2,400 and a complexity index of at least 0.1. Appropriates from the state general fund an amount sufficient to make the grants for the 2016-2017 fiscal year.

Sponsor: Randall Frye

Improper worker classification. Authorizes the department of state revenue, the department of labor, the worker's compensation board, and the department of workforce development to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of records and to question witnesses under oath when conducting an investigation of any suspected improper worker classification by a construction contractor. Allows the worker's compensation board to issue a stop work order as an additional remedy against an employer that does not have the required insurance and has not furnished satisfactory proof of self-insurance. Provides that service of a stop work order on a worksite

Sponsor: Frank Mrvan

Vehicle Bill. None

Sponsor: David Long

Possession of firearms on state property. Prohibits a state agency, including a state supported college or university, from regulating the possession or transportation of firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories: (1) on land that is; or (2) in buildings and other structures that are; owned or leased by the state. Provides for certain exceptions. Voids, as of July 1, 2016, any rules or policies enacted or undertaken by a state agency before, on, or after June 30, 2016, concerning possession or transportation of firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories on land or in structures owned or leased by the state. Allows a

Sponsor: Jim Lucas

Unlawful transfer of fetal tissue. Raises the penalty for unlawful acquisition, reception, sale, or transfer of fetal tissue from a Level 5 felony to a Level 4 felony. Provides that an "item of value" does not include the reasonable payments associated with the removal, transportation, implantation, processing, preservation, quality control, and storage of fetal tissue.

Sponsor: James Tomes

Poultry from exempted slaughter operations. Specifies that an operation that slaughters poultry and is exempt from antemortem inspection and postmortem inspection: (1) must comply with certain public health requirements; (2) must sell directly to the last purchaser; and (3) may not sell the poultry to a food establishment or an institution. Provides that a food establishment may not sell or serve poultry that has been slaughtered or processed by an operation that is exempt from antemortem inspection and postmortem inspection. (The introduced version of this bill was adopted by the interim study committee on agriculture and natural resources.)

Sponsor: Jean Leising

Vehicle Bill. None

Sponsor: David Long

Vehicle Bill. None

Sponsor: Timothy Lanane

Statute of limitations on rape. Eliminates the statute of limitations for rape. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: Frank Mrvan

Income tax deduction for public school expenses. Provides that the income tax deduction for education expenses for a dependent child is allowable for expenses made in connection with attendance at a public school. (Under current law, the tax deduction applies only to expenses made in connection with a private school program.)

Sponsor: Karen Tallian

Transfer of campaign funds after conviction. Provides that upon removal from office of a public officer by operation of law after June 30, 2016, because of the public officer's conviction of a felony, the public officer's candidate's committee is disbanded by operation of law. Provides that upon conviction of the public officer, the court must file a certified copy of the sentencing order with: (1) the election commission, in the case of a public officer removed from a state office or a legislative office; or (2) the appropriate county election board, in the case of a public officer removed from

Sponsor: Lonnie Randolph

Vehicle Bill. None

Sponsor: David Long

Vehicle Bill. None

Sponsor: David Long

Law enforcement academies. Imposes a $1 fee on each bureau of motor vehicles transaction on which a fee already is imposed. Deposits the fees in the statewide law enforcement training fund to provide additional funding to law enforcement academies and training centers that: (1) are certified by the law enforcement training board; and (2) provide basic training to law enforcement officers. Makes a continuous appropriation.

Sponsor: James Arnold

Operation of dashboard cameras. Requires a state or local government law enforcement agency that installs audiovisual recording systems in the agency's patrol cars to adopt a policy regarding the use of the recording system. Provides that the policy must: (1) require all traffic stops to be recorded; (2) establish a procedure to follow if the recording system malfunctions; and (3) require a law enforcement officer to document the reason why a traffic stop was not recorded or was not recorded in its entirety.

Sponsor: Lonnie Randolph

PILOTS, charges, and fees on tax exempt property. Provides that a political subdivision may not do any of the following with regard to tax exempt property that is located in a tax increment allocation area and either: (1) was located in the allocation area before the designation of the allocation area and has been continuously used for a tax exempt purpose since the date the allocation area was designated; or (2) was donated for a tax exempt purpose: (A) Unless it is upon the request of the owner of the property, impose a payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) or

Land banks. Authorizes a county, consolidated city, or second class city to which the unsafe building law applies to establish a municipal corporation known as a land bank to manage and improve the marketability of distressed real property in the county or city that establishes the land bank. Requires a land bank's bylaws to require the land bank board (board) to approve any conveyance of real property in an open meeting and consider any pertinent information regarding the property's value or the financial ability of a person before approving a conveyance. Allows the land bank to enter into an agreement

State and local matters. Permits a historic preservation or rehabilitation grant to be awarded at the time plans are approved. Requires a grant contract between the office of community and rural affairs and the person receiving the grant. Provides that the grant may be up to 35%, instead of 20%, of the qualified expenditures, but the grant may not exceed $100,000. Replaces a certification that the work substantially complies with the proposed plan with a finding that the plan complies with the program guidelines. Eliminates the deadlines for completing the work. Provides that if the grant applicant is a nonprofit

Various alcohol, tobacco, and e-liquid matters. Allows, if certain conditions are met, the holder of a retailer permit that is issued for the premises of a hotel that is owned by an accredited college or university to sell or dispense, for on premise consumption only, alcoholic beverages from a: (1) nonpermanent bar that is located on; or (2) service window located on the licensed premises that opens to; an outside area or terrace that is contiguous to the main building of the licensed premises of the hotel. Allows the refilling of a bottle or container with a product from a

State and local taxation. Eliminates the exemption for property taxes during the planning and construction of a residence that is conveyed upon completion to a low income individual by a nonprofit organization. Restricts but does not eliminate the exemption for property taxes for improvements on real property that are constructed, rehabilitated, or acquired for the purpose of providing low income housing. Specifies that the payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTS) that may be required from a property owner claiming such an exemption may not be imposed for an assessment date occurring after January 1, 2017. Eliminates the property tax deduction

IC 4 technical corrections. Replaces certain pronouns in IC 4 with gender neutral pronouns. Makes technical changes.

Tax sales and tax sale properties. Provides that certain notices of tax sales may omit the descriptions of the properties to be offered for sale if: (1) the notice includes a statement indicating that descriptions of the properties and minimum bids are available on the Internet web site of the county government or the county government's contractor and in printed form upon request; and (2) the descriptions of the properties are made available on the county's Internet web site and in an electronic format, on a digital storage medium, or in printed form upon request. Provides that if a county

Companion animal sterilization. Authorizes the board of animal health to establish a registry of animal care facilities. Requires that beginning July 1, 2021, a dog or a cat in an animal care facility must be spayed or neutered before adoption from the facility. Defines "animal care facility" as an animal control center, an animal shelter, a humane society, or another animal impounding facility that has as its purpose the humane treatment of animals and that has dogs or cats that are available for adoption, including governmental and private entities and animal rescues. Exempts certain cats and dogs from the spay

Probate matters. Provides that an individual otherwise qualified for certain property tax deductions for property that the individual occupies as a beneficiary of the trust that owns the property is not required to be considered the owner of the property under the rules of construction for the property tax law for the trust to receive the property tax deduction. Transfers certain inheritance tax duties from the probate court, county assessor, and county treasurer to the department of state revenue with respect to inheritance tax returns filed after March 31, 2016. Revises the inheritance tax allocation statute so that the current

Local tax matters. Provides that when calculating the base rate for agricultural land for the January 1, 2016, assessment date and each assessment date thereafter, the department of local government finance (DLGF) shall do the following: (1) Use the six most recent years preceding the year in which the assessment date occurs for which data is available (before the highest of those six years is eliminated when determining the rolling average). (2) After determining a preliminary base rate that would apply for the assessment date, adjust the preliminary base rate as follows: (A) If the preliminary base rate for the

State and local administration. Reorganizes the statutes concerning riverboat admissions tax distributions by: (1) moving distribution provisions for the Lake County riverboats into a new section organized by riverboat; and (2) moving into a new section provisions concerning the use of admissions tax revenue and the supplemental distribution. Allocates the admissions tax revenue that is paid to the northwest Indiana redevelopment authority (RDA) in satisfaction of Lake County's obligations to the authority equally among the four riverboats operating in Lake County. Changes the deadline for paying the supplemental distribution from September 15 to July 15. Provides for quarterly payments of

Various property tax matters. Requires assessing officials to maintain geographic information system characteristics of real property parcels and to transmit that data annually to the geographic information office of the office of technology. Provides that personal property is exempt from property taxation if it is owned by a homeowners association and is held by the homeowners association for the use, benefit, or enjoyment of members of the homeowners association. Provides that a county auditor may accept a deduction application for a property tax abatement deduction only if the designating body has specified an abatement schedule for the deduction. Prohibits a

Alternate rezoning procedure. Creates an optional alternate procedure to apply to rezoning proposals that provides the following: (1) If the plan commission makes a favorable recommendation, the rezoning proposal becomes effective unless an aggrieved person or the legislative body notifies the plan commission by a specified date. (2) If the plan commission makes an unfavorable recommendation or no recommendation, the rezoning proposal is defeated unless an aggrieved person or the legislative body notifies the plan commission by a specified date. (3) If the plan commission is notified by an aggrieved person or the legislative body by a specified date, the

Abortion. Requires the state department of health to develop certain information concerning perinatal hospice care. Requires physicians to provide information about perinatal hospice care to a pregnant woman who is considering an abortion because the unborn child has been diagnosed with a lethal fetal anomaly. Requires documentation as a matter of informed consent to an abortion that the pregnant woman received the required information about perinatal hospice care. Provides that the gender of the fetus and the medical indication by diagnosis code for the fetus and the mother must be reported on the pregnancy termination form for an early pre-viability

Multiple county PTABOAs. Provides that the legislative bodies of two or more counties may adopt substantially similar ordinances to establish a multiple county property tax assessment board of appeals (PTABOA). Provides that a multiple county PTABOA must consist of either of the following number of members: (1) Three members, not more than two of whom may be from the same political party. (2) Five members, not more than three of whom may be from the same political party. Provides that the fiscal bodies of the counties that establish a multiple county PTABOA must adopt substantially similar ordinances to appoint the

Cigarette and tobacco taxes. Changes the stamp discount for cigarette distributors from $0.012 to $0.013. Changes the tax collection allowance for tobacco distributors from $0.006 to $0.007 for tobacco products other than cigarettes.~ Repeals the tax that applies to cigarette papers, wrappers, and tubes. Makes conforming changes.

Daily fantasy sports. Provides that a paid fantasy sports game does not constitute gaming for any purpose. Provides that paid fantasy sports games may be conducted through an Internet web site maintained and operated by a game operator or on the premises of certain licensed facilities under a contract between a game operator and the owner of the licensed facility. Provides for the regulation of paid fantasy sports games by the paid fantasy sports division of the gaming commission (division). Provides that the division has certain powers and duties for purposes of administering, regulating, and enforcing paid fantasy sports. Provides

Local government matters. Provides that in the case of the construction, remodeling, redevelopment, rehabilitation, or repair of real property that is: (1) paid for by a private person using public funds; and (2) owned by a private person after completion of the project; the county assessor must reassess the property by carrying out a physical inspection. Provides that in the case of a city park board, the appointee by the school board may be either a member of the school board or a resident of the school corporation. (Under current law, such an appointee must be a member of the

Interim study committee. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the topic of motor vehicle dealer and manufacturer licenses.

Township assistance payment of electric bills. Allows the township trustee to deposit township assistance funds in an account of a township assistance recipient (recipient) with an electric service provider (provider) for prepaid electric service. Excludes investor owned utilities from the definition of "electric service provider". Provides that the provider holds the township assistance funds as a fiduciary for the township trustee. Establishes deadlines for the provider to remit township assistance funds to the township trustee if: (1) the township trustee demands remittance of any township assistance funds remaining in the recipient's account; or (2) the recipient's account with the provider

Road funding. At the end of state fiscal year 2016, transfers state reserves that exceed 11.5% of general revenue appropriations as follows: (1) 55% to the state highway fund. (2) 45% to the local road and bridge matching grant fund. Provides that use tax collected on sales of gasoline is distributed differently than ordinary sales and use tax collections. Allows a county that uses a transportation asset management plan approved by the Indiana department of transportation (department) to impose the county motor vehicle license excise surtax and the county wheel tax at higher rates. Authorizes an eligible municipality to impose

Education matters. Makes changes to the definition of "eligible provider" for purposes of the early education grant pilot program. Provides that the department of education (department) shall make timely application for any federal funds made available for schools and school corporations, and shall direct the allocation and apportionment of the federal funds received fairly, equitably, and in a timely manner. Requires the department to ensure that sufficient personnel are assigned to its federal grants program to distribute federal funds fairly, equitably, and in a timely manner. Changes the composition of the Indiana education employment relations board (board). Provides that the

Publication of notice by political subdivisions. Provides that in certain circumstances, a political subdivision (other than a county) may publish notice in a locality newspaper that circulates in the political subdivision instead of in a newspaper that is published in the county and circulates in the political subdivision. Establishes requirements for locality newspapers that may publish notice.

Professional licensing matters. Requires a practitioner to provide the Indiana professional licensing agency (agency) and the practitioner's specific board with certain information concerning continuing education. (Current law requires a practitioner to provide the information to a specific board.) Allows an individual who holds a professional or occupational license and is called to active duty to fulfill all continuing education requirements through distance learning. Allows the practitioner's specific board, in consultation with the agency, to conduct random audits of license renewals of practitioners required to take continuing education courses. Removes language that limited notification by a facility concerning mammography results only

Withdrawals from cemetery perpetual care funds. Provides that if the perpetual care fund of a cemetery is established as a trust, the trustee may withdraw funds from it in accordance with the cemetery law and in an amount that the trustee considers necessary to pay the cost of perpetual care of the cemetery, even though terms of the trust would otherwise restrict withdrawals from the fund to a lesser amount.

President Benjamin Harrison conservation trust. Renames the Indiana heritage trust fund as the President Benjamin Harrison conservation trust fund (trust fund). Makes various changes to the purposes of the trust fund. Makes changes to the uses of the accounts within the trust fund. Repeals the Indiana heritage trust committee. Specifies the membership and purposes of the President Benjamin Harrison conservation trust project committee (project committee). Provides for the appointment of four members of the general assembly as nonvoting members of the project committee. Adds the chairperson of the board of directors of the natural resources foundation to the project committee.

Prequalification for public works projects. Delays from June 30, 2016, to December 31, 2016, the date after which public works projects that are awarded must comply with the requirement that a contractor be qualified under IC 4-13.6-4 or IC 8-23-10 before doing any work on the project. Requires that a contractor working on a project that is a public work be qualified by the Indiana department of administration's certification board (board). Requires that a contractor working on a project that is the construction, improvement, alteration, repair, or maintenance of a road, highway, street, or alley be qualified by the Indiana

Various education matters. Provides that every public school building shall be supplied with safe, potable water from a public water system approved by the commissioner of the department of environmental management. Provides that the financial specialist appointed for the Gary Community School Corporation may perform the duties authorized under the statute for not more than 24 consecutive months (rather than 12 consecutive months, under current law). Amends the definition of "secondary school" to include certain elementary grades for purposes of a federal student loan forgiveness program for highly qualified teachers in high needs areas. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2017,

State higher education institutions. Permits a public benefit corporation to merge with a state higher education institution, without court approval, if the public benefit corporation is controlled by the state higher education institution.

Tort claims immunity. Provides that the tort claims act applies to a claim against certain approved postsecondary educational institutions and associations acting on behalf of certain approved postsecondary educational institutions if: (1) the institution or association has complied with certain data sharing requirements; and (2) the claim relates to a breach of this data. Provides that a claim or suit in tort against a postsecondary educational institution filed before March 30, 2016, is not eligible for tort claims immunity.

Education of coaches of student athletes. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2017, the completion of a certified player safety education course: (1) is required for a head coach or assistant coach of an interscholastic sport; and (2) is optional for a head coach or assistant coach of an intramural sport. Provides that the course must be approved by the department of education, in consultation with a physician who has expertise in the area of concussions and brain injuries. Provides civil immunity for coaches of student athletes who: (1) comply with the training and other applicable player safety provisions regarding concussions

Special permits. Provides that if a permit holder: (1) holds one-way, two-way, or three-way permits that are issued, without regard for quota restrictions, for certain premises; and (2) holds a permit for a microbrewery that is located on or adjacent to those premises; the permit holder may sell, at those premises, beer manufactured at the brewery. Adds one additional three-way permit to the number of three-way permits that the alcohol and tobacco commission may issue to the proprietor of a restaurant within or not more than 1,500 feet from a motorsports investment district.

Probate study subcommittee. Establishes a probate study subcommittee of the interim study committee on courts and the judiciary.

Local income tax distributions. Provides for a supplemental distribution of local income taxes when the balance in a county's local income tax trust account exceeds 15% (rather than 50%, under current law) of the certified distributions to be made to the county. Specifies the accounting, allocation method, and distribution requirements for supplemental distributions. Requires before May 2016 a one time special allocation of the balance in a county's trust account as of December 31, 2014. Provides that a taxing unit's allocation amount is to be determined in the same manner as a supplemental distribution would have generally been determined under

Education technical corrections trailer bill. Makes technical corrections throughout IC 20 (education law). Resolves conflicts between ESB 500-2015 and other legislation enacted during the 2015 session of the general assembly. Moves a chapter relating to the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teacher recruitment fund from an article in IC 20 relating to transportation to an article relating to scholarships and grants in IC 21. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the code revision commission.)

Obsolete statutes. Repeals or expires various provisions in the Indiana Code containing the following: (1) Reporting requirements that have been completed, including the following: (A) A 2013 report by the commission for higher education concerning study and evaluation of postsecondary education issues. (B) A 2008 plan for a display commemorating black citizens. (C) A 2008 plan for a bust of Benjamin Harrison. (D) A 2012 report concerning 911 and enhanced 911. (E) A 2011 report concerning the auditor of state progress in complying with requirement for state agency access to financial data. (F) A 2011 report on commission for higher

Indiana out of school time learning advisory board. Establishes the out of school time learning advisory board for a three year period. Provides for ex officio members and members appointed by the secretary of the family and social services administration and the state superintendent of public instruction. Provides that the advisory board considers and reports on existing out of school time programs and recommends to the department and general assembly policies, procedures, funding levels, and eligibility criteria. Requires the advisory board to make an initial report to the general assembly before November 1, 2016.

Sale of carryout at Indianapolis 500 Race. Provides that the holder of a three-way permit that is issued to a premises located at a facility used in connection with the operation of a paved track more than two miles in length may sell sealed bottles of liquor or wine for consumption off the licensed premises: (1) from one or more locations on the premises; and (2) on the date of the Indianapolis 500 Race in the 2016 calendar year from 7 a.m., prevailing local time, to 7 p.m., prevailing local time. Requires the: (1) holder of the three-way permit to

Realtor continuing education. Provides that following every license renewal period, the Indiana real estate commission (commission) in consultation with the professional licensing agency may randomly audit for compliance more than 1% but less than 10% of the licensed real estate brokers required to take continuing education courses. Requires a real estate continuing education course sponsor to submit certain documentation to the commission. Adds to the conditions under which the commission may deny, suspend, or revoke approval of a course sponsor. Allows the commission to enter into an agreement with certain entities to provide an electronic continuing education tracking system.

Charter school data collection. Removes the requirement that charter schools report certain data to the department of education.

Minority student teaching stipend and school capital improvements. Provides that a minority student who participates in a school administration internship as part of the student's graduate degree program is eligible to receive a stipend from, currently, the student teaching stipend for minorities. Names the student teaching stipend for minority students after Earline Rogers. Provides that with the approval of the governor and the budget agency, the amount appropriated in the 2015 budget bill for the distressed unit appeals board (DUAB) for the 2015-2017 biennium, may be augmented from unexpended appropriations to the department of education in an amount specified by

Museums. Provides that a majority of the current members serving on the board of trustees of the Indiana state museum and historic sites corporation constitutes a quorum. (Current law specifies that 13 voting members of the board constitute a quorum.) Changes procedures concerning property loaned to a museum, including the acquisition of ownership of property loaned to a museum by the museum.

Workplace Spanish transcript designation. Provides that, beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, a student who successfully completes Spanish language courses that include certain elements is eligible to receive a functional and practicable workplace Spanish designation on the student's transcript.

Interim study committees. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the topic of transportation advisory boards.

Local airport authorities. Provides that a member (member) of a governing body of an airport authority or a department of aviation (governing body) may participate in a board meeting by electronic communication. Defines "commercial aeronautics" for purposes of serving on a governing body. Provides that a member may not have a pecuniary (rather than a personal) interest in a contract with or claim against the governing body.

School funding and annual performance grants. Extends through 2018 the eligibility of school corporations to allocate circuit breaker credits proportionately. Provides, with some exceptions, that if: (1) a school corporation in 2017 or 2018 issues new bonds or enters into a new lease rental agreement for which the school corporation is imposing or will impose a debt service levy; and (2) the school corporation's total debt service levy in 2017 or 2018 is greater than the school corporation's debt service levy in 2016; the school corporation is not eligible to allocate circuit breaker credits proportionally. Extends the date to January

Alcoholic beverage matters. Prohibits the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission) from issuing a beer dealer's permit to a package liquor store unless the proprietor of the package liquor store satisfies Indiana resident ownership requirements. Amends the ownership residency requirements for the issuance of an alcoholic beverage dealer's permit to a corporation, limited partnership, or limited liability company for the premises of a package liquor store. Allows the commission to renew or transfer ownership of an alcoholic beverage dealer's permit of any type for the holder of a dealer's permit who: (1) held the permit for the premises of a package

Business entities; series limited liability. Makes various changes to the business and other association law, including the following: (1) Requires that an application to reserve or renew a reservation of a name and a notice of transfer of a reserved name must be filed with the secretary of state electronically and makes the corresponding changes to the fees. (2) Establishes requirements concerning plans or filed documents that include terms that are dependent on facts objectively ascertainable outside the plan or filed document for limited liability partnerships, limited partnerships, nonprofit corporations, and limited liability companies. (3) Provides that the name of

Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act. Enacts the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Defines "digital asset" as an electronic record in which an individual has a right or interest. Defines "custodian" as a person that carries, maintains, processes, receives, or stores a digital asset. Defines "user" as a person for whom a custodian carries, maintains, processes, receives, or stores the digital asset. Defines "fiduciary" as an attorney in fact, guardian, personal representative, or trustee of a user. Authorizes a user to use an online tool to

Stolen valor. Makes it committing stolen valor, a Class A misdemeanor, for a person to knowingly or intentionally, with the intent to obtain money, property, or another benefit: (1) fraudulently represent himself or herself to be an active member or veteran of the armed forces of the United States; (2) use falsified military identification; or (3) fraudulently claim to be the recipient of certain military honors.

Hoosier veterans. Establishes a definition for "Hoosier veteran" that is applicable throughout the Indiana Code when used in reference to state programs for veterans. Amends the definition of Hoosier veteran to include an individual who: (1) is a resident of Indiana; (2) served in a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the Indiana National Guard; and (3) completed any required military occupational specialty training and was not discharged or separated from the armed forces or the Indiana National Guard under dishonorable or other than honorable conditions.

Expedited licenses for military spouses. Requires certain profession and occupation boards (boards) to adopt rules that establish procedures to expedite the issuance or renewal of a license, certificate, registration, or permit to a military spouse whose husband or wife is assigned to a duty station in Indiana. Repeals superseded provisions that allowed (but did not require) the boards to adopt expedited issuance and renewal rules. Provides that any rules adopted under the repealed statutes remain effective until the board adopts a rule that supersedes the original rule in whole or in part.

Next generation Hoosier educators scholarship. Requires the commission for higher education (commission) to prepare a report concerning scholarship programs and other incentives for high achieving students who intend to enter the teaching profession in Indiana upon graduation. Provides that the commission must provide a copy of the report to the budget agency and legislative council before December 1, 2016. Establishes the next generation Hoosier educators scholarship program. Provides that the commission may approve awarding a scholarship to an eligible applicant in an amount of $7,500 each academic year for not more than four academic years. Establishes criteria an applicant must

ISTEP matters. Provides that provisions relating to high ability students apply to performance qualified school districts. Requires that scores of student responses under an ISTEP program test must be reported to the state board of education (state board) not later than July 1 of the year in which the ISTEP program test is administered. Provides that ISTEP gridded items and tech enhanced items may not be released after the ISTEP assessment. Provides that after essay questions from ISTEP program examinations have been released to the public, the state board and department of education (department) shall post the questions and exemplary

Regulation of wild animals and hunting preserves. Excludes the wild animal permit from the law requiring notice and hearing on an application for certain permits. Provides that certain fish and wildlife laws do not apply to certain legally owned captive bred cervidae and members of the bovidae family that may be hunted as permitted animals on hunting preserves. Provides for the initial licensing by the state board of animal health of hunting preserves on which permitted animals are hunted. Establishes licensing requirements, inspection requirements, and fees. Exempts licensed hunting preserves and cervidae livestock operations from the licensing requirements for game

Deer hunting. Provides that certain rifles may be used to hunt deer on privately owned land during the firearms seasons beginning after June 30, 2016, and ending before January 1, 2020. Requires the department of natural resources (DNR) to report on the impact of the use of rifles to hunt deer. Authorizes the use of a handgun that fires a commercially available bullet of 10 millimeters in diameter to hunt deer.

Veterans matters. Extends employment protections under the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act and extends the rights, benefits, and protections under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to members of the national guard of another state during state sponsored activation. Allows an individual (and the individual's dependent) who is: (1) an active member of the armed services of the United States or the national guard; (2) a legal Indiana resident; (3) assigned for duty or deployed outside Indiana; and (4) eligible for Medicaid waiver services or Medicaid assistance; to resume Medicaid eligibility and remain on Medicaid waiver waiting lists.

Indiana national guardsmen funeral allowance. Increases from $4,000 to $8,800 the funeral allowance for a member of the Indiana national guard who dies in the active service of the state.

Legitimate use of solid waste and waste tires. Defines "legitimate use" of a material as the use or reuse of a material, otherwise defined as a solid or hazardous waste, under which: (1) the material is used or reused in a manufacturing process or as a substitute for natural or commercial materials; and (2) the material is commercially valuable for an established or emerging market and is used or reused in a manner that does not pose an unreasonable threat to human health or the environment. Requires the department of environmental management (department) to develop proposed rules that: (1) provide

National guard members and veterans. Extends employment protections under the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act and extends the rights, benefits, and protections under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to members of the national guard of another state during state sponsored activation. Expands the definition of "photographic identification" to include identification documents issued by the United States or a state or territory of the United States. Allows military discharge records to be released to a person in possession of photographic identification and: (1) a power of attorney; (2) a court order appointing a guardian; or (3) a court

Soil and water conservation funding. Specifies that a certain part of the cigarette tax fund money annually appropriated to the department of natural resources under current law shall be appropriated to and used by the division of soil conservation of the state department of agriculture (division) for soil conservation. Provides that the limit on the amount of local government funds received by a soil and water conservation district that the state may be obligated to match must be adjusted if, because of a merger or a change in boundaries, the territory of the soil and water conservation district: (1) is

Distressed water and wastewater utilities. Specifies that for purposes of the statute governing the acquisition of distressed water or wastewater utilities, a "utility company" includes, in addition to a regional sewer or water district, a: (1) public utility; (2) municipally owned utility; or (3) not-for-profit utility; that provides water or wastewater service. Eliminates a provision under which the IURC was not required to approve a petition by an acquiring utility company under the statute to recover the cost differentials associated with the purchase of a distressed utility unless the IURC found that the distressed utility being acquired: (1) served not

Sewage fees and municipal sanitary sewer. Provides that if a wastewater utility charges different rates for different classes of property based at least partially on consumption, the utility must charge a rental unit community a rate based at least partially on consumption. Provides that, despite a contrary administrative rule, a person who uses a wastewater management vehicle to remove wastewater from a customer's sewage disposal system need not show on the invoice provided to the customer: (1) the date on which the wastewater was removed; or (2) the amount of wastewater removed; if the sewage disposal system is a chemical

Children in need of services. Provides that a child is a child in need of services if the child needs care, treatment or rehabilitation and lives in the same household as an adult who: (1) committed certain offenses; or (2) has been charged with certain offenses and is awaiting trial. Makes conforming amendments.

Trial court jurisdiction. Specifies that circuit courts, superior courts, and probate courts have original and concurrent jurisdiction under certain provisions of the Indiana Code. Requires the public defender commission (rather than the division of state court administration) to hire staff to support the public defender commission. Makes technical corrections.

INSPECT program. Allows a dentist, physician, advanced practice nurse, physician assistant, and podiatrist to include an INSPECT program report in a patient's file. Establishes requirements to obtain reciprocity for an out-of-state person seeking to provide home medical equipment services in Indiana. Removes a provision that allows the board of pharmacy to adopt rules for an out-of-state person seeking to provide home medical equipment services in Indiana. Allows an individual who holds a temporary fellowship permit to access the INSPECT program. Allows a county coroner conducting a medical investigation of the cause of death to access the INSPECT program. Makes certain

Management of institutional funds. Provides that a chapter in the Indiana Code may be cited as the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (UPMIFA). Makes the following changes to the UPMIFA: (1) Allows a donor to give an institution prior consent for release or modification of a restriction or charitable purpose in a gift instrument. (2) Allows an institution to release or modify a restriction in a fund established more than 20 years ago without court approval, if the value of an institutional fund is less than $250,000. (Under current law, the institutional fund must be less than $25,000.)

Drug offenses. Specifies that Level 2 controlled substance offenses are nonsuspendible if: (1) the offense involves methamphetamine or heroin; and (2) the person has a prior felony conviction for dealing in certain controlled substances.

Child abuse matters. Requires the department of child services (department) to notify the United States Department of Defense Family Advocacy Program (program) if a child of an active duty member of the military is the subject of a substantiated investigation of abuse or neglect. Requires the department to make the assessment report available to the program upon request. Allows the department to seek assistance of the program in providing services.

Health information; telemedicine. Requires the secretary of family and social services to provide information concerning the Medicaid program, the healthy Indiana plan, and the children's health insurance program to the legislative services agency upon request for the purposes of doing analysis related to those programs. Sets forth requirements that must be met before: (1) a physician; (2) a physician assistant; (3) an advanced practice nurse; or (4) an optometrist; with prescriptive authority may issue a prescription to a patient receiving telemedicine services. Provides that certain drugs and devices may not be prescribed through the use of telemedicine. Specifies jurisdiction for

Parenting coordinators. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate committee a study of the use of parenting coordinators in resolving custody and parenting conflicts.

Registry of convicted child abusers. Defines "crime of child abuse" and requires the division of state court administration (division) to establish an electronic child abuse registry containing information relating to persons convicted of a crime of child abuse.

Deficiency judgments and foreclosed property. Provides that the following statutes are not intended to provide the owner of real estate subject to the issuance of process under a judgment or decree of foreclosure any protection or defense against a deficiency judgment for purposes of the borrower protections from liability that must be disclosed on a specified form required by amendments to a federal rule concerning mortgage disclosures: (1) The statutes governing the payoff of, and short sales involving: (A) first lien mortgage transactions; and (B) consumer credit sales and consumer loans under the uniform consumer credit code. (2) The statute

Redevelopment commissions. Allows members of the following boards and commissions to vote at electronic meetings: (1) A redevelopment commission (in the case of Marion County, the metropolitan development commission acting as the redevelopment commission). (2) A board of directors of a redevelopment authority (in the case of Marion County, the board of directors of the county convention and recreational facilities authority). (3) A military base reuse authority. Requires the redevelopment commission or military base reuse authority to adopt policies governing member participation in electronic meetings of both the commission or authority and the redevelopment authority board of directors. Provides that

Construction permits and regulation. Provides the following: (1) Provides deadlines for the state department of health (department) to issue construction permits and conduct plan reviews for certain projects. (2) Requires the department to issue a construction permit without further review, if the department fails to provide notice or a complete plan review within the time required by statute. (3) Allows a person to apply for a construction permit from the department and a design release from the division of fire and building safety (division) by submitting a single application to the division. (4) Limits subsequent reviews to revisions and required

Distribution of cord blood donation information. Directs persons that provide birthing services and prenatal care to distribute information about postnatal fluid and postnatal tissue donation, including cord blood donation, to pregnant patients as part of the postnatal donation initiative.

Individual development accounts. Requires that a primary residence or business for which money is withdrawn from an individual development account (account) must be located or based in Indiana. Provides for use of money from an account for purchase of a motor vehicle. Increases from 175% to 200% of the federal income poverty level the maximum annual income that an individual may have to qualify for an account. Requires a qualifying individual to be an Indiana resident. Removes the deadline for deposits to accounts. Provides that a community development corporation may apply to the housing and community development authority for an

Loans to credit union officers. For purposes of the statute authorizing a state chartered credit union to make a loan to an officer of the credit union, makes the lending limit consistent with federal law that applies to loans to officers of a bank. (Current law provides that the total of all such outstanding loans may not exceed $100,000.)

Methamphetamine and criminal mischief. Includes the attempted manufacture of methamphetamine in the statutory definition of "methamphetamine abuse". Requires law enforcement agencies to report fires related to methamphetamine abuse to the Indiana criminal justice institute. Makes it institutional criminal mischief, a Class A misdemeanor, for a person to recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally damage property: (1) that is vacant real property or a vacant structure; or (2) after the person has been denied entry to the property by a court order that was issued to the person or to the general public by conspicuous posting on or around the property in areas

Prosecutions for rape and criminal deviate conduct. Specifies that certain exceptions to the statute of limitations for rape as a Level 3 felony also apply to rape as a Class B felony (for crimes committed before July 1, 2014). Provides that a prosecution for criminal deviate conduct as a Class B felony for an offense committed before the crime was repealed on July 1, 2014, that would otherwise be barred may be commenced not later than five years after the earliest of the date on which: (1) the state first discovers evidence sufficient to charge the offender with the offense

Methamphetamine matters. Requires the division of state court administration to report certain methamphetamine-related felonies to the National Precursor Log Exchange (NPLEx) so that NPLEx can generate a stop sale alert to prevent individuals convicted of those felonies from purchasing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine.

Human trafficking. Adds the crime of promotion of human trafficking of a minor to the definitions of "sex offender" and "sex or violent offender".

Department of financial institutions. Makes various changes to the laws concerning: (1) first lien mortgage lenders; (2) persons licensed under the Uniform Consumer Credit Code; (3) financial institutions; and (4) debt management companies.

Blue LED lights on volunteer firefighter vehicles. Authorizes a blue light on a vehicle privately owned by a volunteer firefighter to be a blue light emitting diode (LED).

Department of child services matters. Adds a definition of foster care. Amends the deadline for the department of child services (department) to notify a school corporation that a child in foster care will attend a school to September 1. Adds: (1) human or sexual trafficking offenses; (2) sexual battery against a child; (3) vicarious sexual gratification offenses; (4) child solicitation; (5) patronizing a prostitute; and (6) promoting prostitution; to the list of offenses under which a child victim may be designated as a child in need of services. Expands the statutory definition of "human trafficking" and "sex trafficking" to include:

Bond bank community funding. Amends the Indiana bond bank law to require the county where a qualified entity is located to pay to the bond bank, from any assets of the qualified entity that are in the custody of the county, the amount of certain securities payments that the qualified entity has failed to make. Increases from five years to 10 years the maximum maturity period applicable to municipal securities purchased by the treasurer of state.

Guardianship and adult protective services report. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate committee a study of the visitation, communication, and interaction with a protected person. Requires the family and social services administration (FSSA), in cooperation with the Indiana prosecuting attorneys council (IPAC), to prepare and submit a report to the legislative council before December 1, 2016, concerning adult protective services. Specifies that the report must include: (1) an estimation of appropriate staffing levels necessary to efficiently and effectively manage the investigations of reports of matters related to the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of endangered adults; (2) identification

Real property offenses. Amends the statute concerning criminal trespass to specify that a person commits criminal trespass if the person knowingly or intentionally enters or refuses to leave the real property of another person after having been prohibited from entering or asked to leave the real property by a law enforcement officer when the real property is: (1) vacant real property or a vacant structure (both as defined by the statute concerning the abatement of vacant structures and abandoned structures); or (2) designated by a municipality or county enforcement authority to be abandoned property or an abandoned structure. Provides that

Firearms and certification. Defines "chief law enforcement officer" as an official whose certification is required under federal law for a person to manufacture or transfer certain firearms, and requires a chief law enforcement officer to issue a requested certification unless the person requesting the certification is: (1) prohibited by law from receiving or possessing a firearm; or (2) the subject of a proceeding that could result in the person being prohibited by law from receiving or possessing a firearm. Requires a chief law enforcement officer who denies a request for certification to explain the reasons for the denial in writing.

Criminal law matters. Provides that a person who, with intent to: (1) deceive; or (2) induce compliance with the person's instructions, orders, or requests; falsely represents that the person is a public servant, commits impersonation of a public servant, a Class A misdemeanor. Creates the offense of dealing in a controlled substance by a practitioner, and enhances the offense if the offenses causes the death of another person.

Geolocation information and unmanned aerial vehicles. Provides that, upon the request of a law enforcement agency, a provider of electronic communications services used by an electronic device is required to provide geolocation information concerning the electronic device to the law enforcement agency: (1) to allow the law enforcement agency to respond to a call for emergency services; or (2) in an emergency situation that involves the risk of death or serious bodily injury to an individual. Specifies that a law enforcement agency may make a request for geolocation information without first obtaining a search warrant or another judicial order that

Securities and financial protection. Defines "financially endangered adult" as an individual who is: (1) at least 65 years of age; or (2) at least 18 years of age and is incapable, by reason of certain mental or physical incapacities, of managing the individual's property. Defines "qualified individual" as an individual associated with a broker-dealer who serves in a supervisory, compliance, or legal capacity as part of the individual's job. Provides that "protective agencies" refers to the adult protective services unit and the securities commissioner. Requires that a qualified individual who has reason to believe that financial exploitation of a financially

Court motion clerk pilot program. Permits the Indiana judicial center to establish a circuit and superior court motion clerk pilot program (pilot program) to provide assistance to courts with preparing orders for complex motions. Provides that the judicial center shall administer the pilot program. Requires the judicial center to report to the interim study committee on courts and the judiciary (committee) concerning the pilot program. Requires the committee to receive reports concerning the pilot program, and allows the committee to make recommendations and to propose legislation concerning the pilot program.

School emergency response systems. Requires the department of homeland security (department) to establish minimum standards and approve best practices not later than July 1, 2017, for a school emergency response system. Defines the term "emergency response system". Defines the term "school property". Requires the department to establish emergency response system guidelines with input from the division of school building safety.

Developmental disability bracelet and identification card. Requires the state department of health (state department), upon request, to issue a bracelet, an identification card, or both indicating that an individual has been medically diagnosed with a developmental disability. Allows the state department to charge a fee for the bracelet and identification card. Provides that the information collected by the state department is confidential and establishes requirements before information may be released under a court order.

No contact and protective orders and battery. Allows a petition to be filed with the juvenile court to order a person to refrain from contact with a member of a foster family home. Makes battery a Class A misdemeanor instead of a Class B misdemeanor if the offense is committed against a member of a foster family home by a person who is not a resident of the foster family home if the person who committed the offense is a relative of a person who lived in the foster family home at the time of the offense. Makes the offense

Department of health matters. Allows the state department of health (state department) to use information from the cancer registry to conduct an investigation into the incidence of cancer diagnosis in a geographic region and to share the information with a local health department if certain conditions are met. Allows a local child fatality team to investigate the death of a child whose death occurred in the area served by the local child fatality review team. Requires that a report must be submitted to the state child fatality review coordinator before July 1 each year. Requires the state department to study

Operating while intoxicated. Provides that a person who commits the offense of causing the death of another person when operating a vehicle: (1) with an alcohol concentration equivalent to at least 0.08 gram of alcohol per 100 milliliters of the person's blood or 210 liters of the person's breath; (2) with a controlled substance listed in schedule I or II or its metabolite in the person's blood; or (3) while intoxicated; commits a Level 4 felony instead of a Level 5 felony if the person has a previous conviction of operating while intoxicated within 10 years preceding the commission of

Pharmacists, ephedrine, and methamphetamine. Requires the division of state court administration to report certain methamphetamine-related felonies to the National Precursor Log Exchange (NPLEx) so that NPLEx can generate a stop sale alert to prevent persons convicted of those felonies from purchasing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. Requires the Indiana board of pharmacy (board) to adopt emergency rules that are effective July 1, 2016, concerning: (1) professional determinations made; and (2) a relationship on record with the pharmacy; concerning the sale of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. Authorizes the board to: (1) review professional determinations made; and (2) discipline a pharmacist who violates a rule

Senior judges, judges pro tempore, and oaths. Allows: (1) a senior judge; or (2) a judge pro tempore; serving in a county that has a probate court, a circuit court, or a superior court judge to, with the consent of the judge of the probate court, circuit court, or a superior court in the county, sit as the judge of the consenting judge's court in any matter as if the senior judge or judge pro tempore were the elected judge or appointed judge of the court. Provides that a judge pro tempore may serve as a judge of a court

Prescribes ballot language. Prescribes the ballot language for the proposed constitutional amendment concerning the right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife.

Fresh food initiative. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee the topics related to the establishment of a food desert grant and loan program.