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Track 1,173 bills from the Indiana 2018 legislative session. 425 bills have passed. View Indiana House of Representatives and Senate legislation, sponsors, and voting records.
Bills (1173)
Health matters. Provides that a pharmacy or pharmacist has a right to provide individuals with information concerning the individual's cost share for a prescription drug. States that a pharmacy or pharmacist cannot be proscribed by a third party administrator, a health insurer, or a health maintenance organization from discussing the information or from selling to the individual a more affordable alternative. Prohibits a copayment for a drug under the state employee health plan, an accident and sickness insurance policy, or a health maintenance organization contract from exceeding the amount payable to the pharmacy for the drug under an agreement with
Sponsor: Edward Clere
Economic improvement districts. Provides that a petition to establish an economic improvement district (district) may be filed with the clerk (in the case of a municipality) or the county auditor (in the case of the county). Requires a person that intends to file a petition for the establishment of a district to first provide the clerk or county auditor with written notice of the person's intent before initiating the petition process. Provides that a petition for the establishment of a district may be filed with the clerk or county auditor not later than 120 days after the date on which
Sponsor: Sean Eberhart
Elimination of the consumer fees and settlements fund. Retroactively amends provisions concerning the transfers from the securities rating settlement fund to the consumer fees and settlements fund effective July 1, 2017, to instead make the transfers to the agency settlement fund. Requires the auditor of state to transfer money from the consumer fees and settlements fund to the agency settlement fund. Provides that the funds appropriated to the attorney general from the consumer fees and settlements fund for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, shall instead be appropriated from
Sponsor: Ryan Mishler
Worker's compensation. Establishes a time frame for the payment of compensation under a settlement agreement, a permanent partial impairment agreement, and an award of compensation ordered by a single hearing member of the worker's compensation board (board). Provides that an employer that fails to make a timely payment is subject to a civil penalty. Requires an employer that has mobile or remote employees to convey information about worker's compensation coverage to the employer's employees in an electronic format or in the same manner as the employer conveys other employment related information. Allows the electronic filing of certain documents with the
Sponsor: Jon Ford
Regulation of abortion and newborn safety devices. Makes various changes to the abortion law concerning abortion clinic license applications, abortion clinic inspections, abortion inducing drugs, abortion complications, the provision of information to a woman seeking an abortion, and the collection of data by the state department of health. Specifies under the safe haven law that it is a defense to a claim of neglect of a dependent if the individual left the child in a newborn safety device that is located at a fire department, including a volunteer fire department, that meets specified requirements. Provides civil immunity for a fire
Sponsor: Travis Holdman
Workers' compensation drug formulary. Except during a medical emergency, prohibits workers' compensation and occupational disease compensation reimbursement for drugs specified in the ODG Workers' Compensation Drug Formulary Appendix A published by MCG Health as "N" drugs. Permits a prescribing physician to request to prescribe an "N" drug. Provides that, if the employer approves the request, the prescribing physician may prescribe the "N" drug. Provides that, if the employer does not approve the request, the employer shall: (1) shall send the request to a third party that is certified by the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission to make a determination concerning the
Sponsor: Randall Head
Insurance matters. Updates names of health care provider billing forms. Amends the financial responsibility requirement for a contract carrier that transports railroad employees. Permits the department of insurance and governor to apply for a state innovation waiver under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Provides for reduced limits and removal of commercial umbrella or excess liability coverage and requires notice of a reduction or removal. Repeals the law providing for a multistate surplus lines insurance compact, which has not gone into effect due to an insufficient number of states enacting the legislation. Amends the law concerning taxation of
Sponsor: Martin Carbaugh
Various election law matters. Eliminates the small precinct committee. Requires, not later than July 1, 2018, that the election commission adopt an order consolidating precincts in Lake County having fewer than 600 active voters, if the consolidation will realize savings for the county and not impose unreasonable obstacles on the ability of the voters of the county to vote at the polls. Provides that, if the commission does not adopt an order, the secretary of state, not later than August 1, 2018, and not later than July 1 each year immediately following a presidential election, shall issue the order. Requires
Sponsor: Harold Slager
Crimes resulting in the loss of a fetus. Provides that the crimes of: (1) murder; (2) voluntary manslaughter; (3) involuntary manslaughter; and (4) feticide; may be committed against a fetus in any stage of development. Specifies that the offenses do not apply to a: (1) lawfully performed abortion; or (2) pregnant woman with respect to a fetus carried by the woman. Provides, with certain exceptions, that a person who commits a felony that causes the termination of a pregnancy may receive an additional sentence of six to 20 years.
Sponsor: Aaron Freeman
Health facility certificate of need. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to cooperate with the state department of health (state department) in the provision of certain health facility information. Amends the expiration of statutes placing certain limitations on the licensure of comprehensive care health facilities and the licensure of comprehensive care beds to the date upon which certain administrative rules take effect. Establishes a comprehensive care health facility certificate of need program administered by the state department. Sets forth certificate of need application requirements and exemptions. Urges the interim study of whether unused or underused
Sponsor: Ryan Mishler
Sales tax on software. Provides that for purposes of the sales tax, a person is a retail merchant making a retail transaction when the person sells, rents, leases, licenses for consideration the right to use prewritten computer software delivered electronically. Specifies, however, that a transaction in which a user purchases, rents, leases, or licenses the right to remotely access prewritten computer software: (1) is not considered to be a transaction in which prewritten computer software is delivered electronically; and (2) does not constitute a retail transaction (and is therefore not subject to sales tax).
Sponsor: Travis Holdman
Say's Firefly designated as state insect. Designates Pyractomena angulata, also known as "Say's Firefly", as the official state insect of Indiana.
Sponsor: Ronnie Alting
Investigation of overdose deaths. Requires the county coroner to do the following if the county coroner reasonably suspects the cause of a person's death to be accidental or intentional overdose of a controlled substance: (1) Obtain any relevant information about the decedent maintained by the INSPECT program. (2) Extract and test certain bodily fluids of the decedent. (3) Report test results to the state department of health (department). (4) Provide the department notice of the decedent's death, including any information related to the controlled substances involved, if any. Authorizes the department to adopt rules. Makes conforming changes. Provides that the
Sponsor: James Merritt
Sexual harassment prevention policies. Requires sexual harassment prevention instruction to be provided annually to members of the general assembly. Requires the personnel subcommittee of the legislative council (subcommittee) to prepare and submit recommended sexual harassment prevention policies governing legislators to the legislative council. Requires the legislative council to approve sexual harassment policies not later than November 20, 2018. Provides that four additional members of the general assembly shall be appointed to serve on the subcommittee for the sole purpose of participating in the preparation of recommended sexual harassment prevention policies. Provides that the terms of the additional members expire on
Sponsor: Karen Engleman
INSPECT program. Allows a dispenser of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or a controlled substance to transmit certain information to the INSPECT program by any electronic method that meets specifications prescribed by the state board of pharmacy (board). Provides that, to the extent considered appropriate by the board, the INSPECT data base must be interoperable with other similar registries operated by federal and state governments. Requires the following practitioners to obtain information about a patient from the data base before prescribing an opioid or benzodiazepine to the patient: (1) A practitioner who has had the information from the data base integrated into the
Sponsor: Erin Houchin
Drug dealing resulting in death. Makes manufacturing or dealing certain controlled substances resulting in the death of a user: (1) a Level 1 felony if the controlled substance is cocaine, methamphetamine, or a schedule I, II, or III controlled substance; (2) a Level 2 felony if the controlled substance is a schedule IV controlled substance; and (3) a Level 3 felony if the controlled substance is a schedule V controlled substance or a synthetic drug or synthetic drug lookalike substance. Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: Gregory Steuerwald
Mental health access. Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning to implement a centralized credentials verification organization and credentialing process. Allows the division of mental health and addiction (division) to grant approval for nine additional opioid treatment programs that: (1) are operated by a hospital; and (2) meet other specified requirements; if the division determines that there is a need for the program in the proposed location. Provides that mental health and addiction forensic treatment services may be administered or coordinated only by a provider certified by the division or licensed by the Indiana professional licensing agency to provide
Sponsor: Cindy Kirchhofer
Water infrastructure task force. Establishes a water infrastructure task force (task force) consisting of: (1) two members of the senate; (2) two members of the house of representatives; and (3) the following individuals appointed by the governor: (A) Officers or employees of the state. (B) Individuals representing operators of drinking water, wastewater management, or storm water management systems. (C) Engineers or professionals experienced in the design and construction of such systems. (D) Individuals representing ratepayers and others constituting the funding sources for such systems. (E) Members of the general public. Requires the task force to comply with the public meetings
Sponsor: Edmond Soliday
Various pension matters. Provides that the default investment option for the legislators' defined contribution plan is a target date fund rather than the Indiana public retirement system's (INPRS) consolidated retirement investment fund. Removes a requirement that only active members of the public employees' retirement fund (PERF) and the Indiana teachers' retirement fund (TRF) may make rollover distributions into annuity savings accounts (ASA) from other qualified retirement accounts. Allows any PERF or TRF member who terminates employment and is not currently employed in a covered position or for the same employer to suspend fund membership, retain the member's creditable service, and
Sponsor: Martin Carbaugh
Various higher education matters. Provides that the provisions regarding employment of construction managers as constructors for public works projects applies only to state educational institutions after June 30, 2020. (Current law expires these provisions on July 1, 2020.) Makes changes regarding the: (1) conditions required to qualify for the renewal of a twenty-first century scholars program scholarship; and (2) award amounts to twenty-first century scholars program scholarship applicants who attend a private, approved postsecondary educational institution. Makes the following changes concerning the primary care shortage area scholarship: (1) Amends the practice requirements to receive a scholarship. (2) Amends the repayment
Sponsor: Holli Sullivan
Innkeepers' taxes. Provides that a member appointed to a convention and tourism commission under the uniform innkeeper's tax statute who is required to be: (1) engaged in a convention, visitor, or tourism business; or (2) involved in or promoting conventions, visitors, or tourism; need not be a resident of the county if the member is an owner or an executive level employee of a convention, visitor, or tourism business that is located within the county. Provides that such a member must be a resident of Indiana. Repeals the requirement in the uniform innkeeper's tax statute that not more than a
Sponsor: David Ober
Behavioral health and human services. Allows up to 50% of the supervised experience hours required for licensure as the following to be accounted for through virtual supervision by the appropriate supervisor: (1) Clinical social worker. (2) Mental health counselor. (3) Marriage and family therapist. (4) Addiction counselor. Reduces the required number of face to face client contact hours for a marriage and family therapist license from 500 to 400 face to face client contact hours. Requires an applicant for licensure as a mental health counselor or mental health counselor associate to complete a clinical practicum, an internship, or field experience
Sponsor: Randall Head
Heavy equipment rental excise tax. Excludes heavy rental equipment from the assessment of the personal property tax. Imposes an excise tax on the rental of heavy rental equipment (excise tax). Provides procedures for the sourcing, collection, and distribution of the excise tax. Provides that the excise tax is apportioned and distributed to local governmental units (units) in the same manner that property taxes are apportioned and distributed. Provides that the excise taxes distributed to the units before January 1, 2020, must be deposited in the unit's excess levy fund. Provides that after December 31, 2019, excise taxes distributed to the
Sponsor: Todd Huston
Road and utility repair. Requires the department of transportation (department) to schedule an appeal of a local unit's denial of a petition to close a railroad crossing within 60 days after the denial of the petition. Defines "department action" as one or more of the following: (1) Detour creation or implementation. (2) Planned bridge repair. (3) Planned road repair. Requires the department to consider the following when determining when to let a contract involving certain construction, maintenance, and repair projects: (1) Impact on local commerce. (2) Impact on local residents. (3) Impact on local tourism. Requires the department to make
Sponsor: Eric Koch
Veterans pilot program. Extends to 2020 the program that provides assistance for certain providers to provide diagnostic testing and hyperbaric oxygen treatment to veterans. (Under current law, the program expires June 30, 2019.) Allows the state department of health to select and approve up to five providers to provide diagnostic testing and hyperbaric oxygen treatment to veterans receiving treatment under the pilot program. (Under current law, only one provider may be selected and approved.) Requires providers to perform services at cost out of the grant amount awarded to the provider. Removes the restriction on when a veteran's injury occurred in
Sponsor: Michael Delph
Disposition of tax sale surplus. Amends the definition of "substantial property interest of public record" for purposes of the tax sale statutes to specify that: (1) the term means title to or interest in a tract that is within the tract's chain of record title and either recorded or properly indexed in the county in which the tract is located; and (2) chain of record title includes instruments executed by the owner and recorded within the five day period before the date the owner acquires title to the tract. Eliminates the requirement that a person that redeems property sold in
Sponsor: Harold Slager
Education matters. Urges the legislative council during the 2018 through 2020 interims to assign to the education interim study committee the task of studying issues relating to a school corporation's ability to provide adequate career counseling to students. Requires the state board of education (state board) to establish one standard Indiana diploma for individuals who successfully complete high school graduation requirements. (Current law establishes four different diplomas.) Provides that each Indiana diploma must include one of the following designations: (1) General designation. (2) Core 40 designation. (3) Core 40 with academic honors designation. (4) Core 40 with technical honors designation.
Sponsor: Robert Behning
Occupational licensing. Provides that the state and a local governmental unit (unit) shall explicitly list the crimes that will disqualify an individual from receiving an occupational license. Provides that the use of an individual's conviction of a crime as a disqualifying criminal conviction is limited to a crime that specifically and directly relates to the duties and responsibilities of the occupation for which the individual is applying for or holds a license. Provides that the period of disqualification may not exceed five years unless the individual: (1) was convicted of a crime of violence or an offense relating to a
Sponsor: Dale DeVon
Coalition of school corporations and schools. Provides that the state board of education (state board) may approve a coalition of continuous improvement school districts (coalition). Provides that certain statutes or rules may be suspended for a coalition member. Specifies that the state board may approve a plan submitted by a proposed coalition that requests the suspension of all or portions of IC 20-30 (curriculum) only if the suspension is related to a specific goal of the proposed coalition. Requires the department of education to annually report to the legislative council information regarding the following: (1) The fiscal impact on a
Sponsor: Robert Behning
Students in foster care and homeless students. Requires the state board of education to, in collaboration with the department of education (department) and the department of child services, annually prepare and submit the following: (1) A report on foster care youth educational outcomes. (2) A report on homeless youth educational outcomes. Requires the department to develop and submit a copy of the following: (1) A remediation plan concerning foster care youth. (2) A remediation plan concerning homeless youth. Requires certain information regarding students in foster care to be included in a school corporation's annual performance report. Requires the department and
Sponsor: Dale DeVon
Various local government matters. Provides that a county that sells a county hospital before January 1, 2017, may establish a charitable nonprofit foundation (foundation) to hold some or all of the proceeds of the sale of the county hospital in trust for the benefit of the county, by the council and the county executive adopting substantially similar ordinances to establish the foundation after June 30, 2018. Provides that the ordinances do not supersede or replace any previously adopted ordinance or agreement effectuating: (1) monetary disbursements; and (2) distributions from the previously executed asset purchase agreement to an Indiana nonprofit corporation.
Sponsor: Randy Lyness
Financing and transportation. Adds a new article to the Indiana Code to consolidate and rewrite various statutes related to the Indiana finance authority (IFA), including statutes: (1) establishing the IFA; (2) specifying the powers, duties, and purposes of the IFA and the members of the IFA; and (3) governing the following programs and funds administered by the IFA: (A) State facility financing, health facility financing, educational facility financing, recreational development financing, and economic development project financing. (B) The wastewater revolving loan program, the drinking water revolving loan program, the supplemental drinking water and wastewater assistance program, and the environmental remediation
Sponsor: Edmond Soliday
Transportation finance. Repeals the motor carrier surcharge tax and increases the special fuel tax by $0.21 per gallon. Distributes part of the special fuel tax revenue to the motor carrier regulation fund. Specifies how netted International Fuel Tax Agreement Clearinghouse refunds and receipts are deposited or credited. Specifies that the commercial vehicle excise tax rate calculation that must be done on or before October 1 of each year is effective on January 1 of the following year. Excludes the transportation infrastructure improvement fee and the supplemental fees for registering electric and hybrid vehicles from the calculation of the commercial vehicle
Sponsor: Edmond Soliday
County jail issues. Provides that a county fiscal body may adopt an ordinance to impose (within the local income tax expenditure rate) a tax rate for correctional facilities and rehabilitation facilities in the county. Specifies that the tax rate must be in increments of 0.01% and may not exceed 0.2%. Provides that the tax rate may not be in effect for more than 20 years. Specifies that the revenue generated by such a tax rate: (1) must be distributed directly to the county before the remainder of the expenditure rate revenue is distributed; and (2) shall be maintained in a
Sponsor: Timothy Brown
Environmental management matters. Provides that the term "onsite sewage system" applies to systems that treat sewage from municipalities or publicly owned treatment works. Strikes an incorrect statutory reference in the section defining that term. Amends the air pollution control law to add a reference to the law establishing the procedure for environmental rule making. Authorizes the use of certain regulated combustion facilities to dispose of drugs confiscated or collected as evidence by law enforcement agencies. Provides for the renewal of the certificate of a wastewater treatment plant operator, water treatment plant operator, or water distribution system operator after three years
Sponsor: David Wolkins
Assisted living services. Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning (office) to reimburse for assisted living services provided to a Medicaid waiver recipient who is aged or disabled when the service is provided by a residential care facility or a housing with services establishment. Allows for Medicaid reimbursement for any home and community based services provided to a Medicaid recipient beginning on the date of the individual's application. Sets forth requirements and limitations concerning assisted living services provided in a home and community based services setting. Requires the office to implement a process for and resume enrollment of a
Sponsor: Vaneta Becker
Professional and occupational licenses. Provides that an agency or political subdivision may require verification of an individual's eligibility for a professional or occupational license, by requiring the individual to verify under penalty of perjury that the individual is: (1) authorized by the federal government to work in the United States; and (2) executing the verification only for the purpose of applying for a professional or occupational license issued by the state agency or political subdivision. Provides that an individual who is authorized by the federal government to work in the United States is eligible for a professional or occupational license
Sponsor: Blake Doriot
Judges and magistrates. Allows the judges of the Jefferson County circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint a magistrate to serve the Jefferson County courts. Adds a fourth judge to the superior court of Kosciusko County. Allows the judges of the Putnam circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint a magistrate to serve the Putnam County courts. Allows the judges of the Scott County circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint a magistrate to serve the Scott County courts.
Sponsor: Randall Head
Instruction on human sexuality. Requires each school corporation to make available for inspection to a parent of a student instructional material used in connection with instruction on human sexuality. Provides that, before a school may provide a student with instruction on human sexuality, the school must provide the parent of the student or the student, if the student is an adult or an emancipated minor, with a written request for consent of instruction. Provides that a consent form provided to a parent of a student or a student must accurately summarize the contents and nature of the instruction on human
Sponsor: Dennis Kruse
Workforce funding and programs. Requires an annual workforce related program review by the legislative services agency. Requires information on workforce related programs as part of the biennial budget report that is submitted to the governor and budget committee for preparation of the governor's proposed budget bill. Establishes the next level jobs employer training grant program. Revises eligibility criteria for applicants for high value workforce ready credit-bearing grants. Provides that if the demand for high value workforce ready credit-bearing grants exceeds the appropriation, the commission for higher education shall prioritize applicants who are classified as independent. Transforms Ivy Tech Community College's
Sponsor: Todd Huston
Online continuing education for auctioneers. Provides that the auctioneer commission may approve online instruction courses and continuing education courses offered by course providers approved by the auctioneer commission.
Sponsor: Dennis Kruse
Improvements in historic districts. Provides that certain requirements for an alteration to a historic site or a historic structure do not apply to a construction project that is funded by the state and that involves the substantial alteration, demolition, or removal of a road or a sidewalk within the boundaries of the property of a historic site or a historic structure. Requires a person who intends to perform a construction project on a road or a sidewalk within the boundaries of the property of a historic site or a historic structure to submit an application for a certificate of approval
Sponsor: Mark Messmer
Various education matters. Allows a person to work as a waiter or waitress at a licensed premises if: (1) the licensed premises is a restaurant operated by an accredited hospitality management program for educational purposes; (2) the person is a student enrolled in a course offered by the accredited hospitality management program; (3) the licensed premises, state educational institution, or accredited hospitality management program does not pay the person to work at the licensed premises; and (4) the person works under the supervision of an instructor employed by the state educational institution. Makes changes regarding the nomination and approval of
Sponsor: Robert Behning
Teacher permits, examinations, and salaries. Requires the department of education (department) to post on the department's Internet web site the pass rate of the content area examination for each postsecondary educational institution. Establishes eligibility requirements for a career specialist permit. Provides that, for school years beginning after June 30, 2018, a school corporation may provide a supplemental payment to a teacher in excess of the salary specified in the school corporation's compensation plan if the teacher: (1) is a special education professional; or (2) teaches in the areas of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. Provides that an elementary teacher may
Sponsor: Andy Zay
Local government matters. Establishes a process to: (1) divide and transfer land that is owned by a county, city, or town; and (2) assess the value of land that a county, city, or town owns that the county, city, or town has divided and transferred to an adjacent property owner. Provides that, in a tax sale, a county executive may include any costs directly attributable to the county in the price for the sale of a certificate of sale. Amends the law exempting a county executive or a town legislative body from giving notice of a meeting if the meeting
Sponsor: Rick Niemeyer
Professional licensing agency matters. Allows a person who is enrolled in an architecture degree program to take the architect registration examination. Provides that the dietitians certification board is required to hold one regular meeting each year. (Current law requires two meetings.) Removes and repeals provisions concerning the application for and administration of the dietitian certification examination. Allows an individual to fit and dispense hearing aids while under the supervision and direction of a certified hearing aid dealer. Provides that certain duties of the medical licensing board are now duties of the committee of hearing aid dealer examiners. Requires that a
Sponsor: Dennis Zent
Various education matters. Amends dates for the following: (1) The submission of reports regarding the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled in an alternative education program. (2) Student enrollment and attendance and grant distributions regarding alternative education program grants. (3) A school corporation's count of pupils in homebound programs. (4) The submission of reports to the department of education (department) concerning scholarships awarded by a scholarship granting organization in the previous school year. Provides that an expanded child protection index check for an applicant for employment with a school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school: (1) must be conducted for
Sponsor: Jeff Raatz
FSSA matters. Corrects outdated references to the "division of aging and rehabilitative services" to refer instead to the "division of disability and rehabilitative services". Removes references to home care services from the long term care ombudsman program. Removes the requirement that the long term care ombudsman (ombudsman) report the findings of the long term care ombudsman office (office) to the complainant. Allows the office to disclose records, documents, and findings of an investigated case to certain individuals with the informed consent of the resident of the long term care facility or the resident's legal guardian. Specifies the manner in which
Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau
Underground storage tank program enforcement. Authorizes the commissioner of the department of environmental management (IDEM), after issuing an initial temporary order prohibiting the use of a particular underground storage tank, to reissue the temporary order prohibiting the use of the tank if the tank remains ineligible for delivery, deposit, or acceptance of a regulated substance when the initial order expires. Authorizes the commissioner of IDEM to require the closure of an underground storage tank that is subject to delivery prohibition if: (1) the owner or operator of the tank has failed to complete the corrective actions required by the commissioner
Sponsor: Eric Bassler
Liability for rental car theft. Removes from the list of provisions that may be included in a motor vehicle rental agreement a rebuttable presumption that a motor vehicle renter is not liable, in certain circumstances, for losses incurred by the rental company related to theft of the motor vehicle. Requires a damage waiver to cover all damage, loss, and liability, less any included deductible, to which a rental company and renter may otherwise agree concerning the renter's responsibility. Repeals the offense of auto theft and receiving stolen auto parts. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally exerts unauthorized control
Sponsor: Kevin Mahan
Low THC hemp extract. Provides that the Indiana department of state revenue (department) shall revoke a registered retail merchant's certificate if the department finds that the person has been convicted of dealing in marijuana based on the sale of fraudulently labeled low THC hemp extract. Repeals all provisions concerning the cannabidiol registry and a "substance containing cannabidiol" (all added by HEA 1148-2017). Defines "low THC hemp extract" as a product: (1) derived from Cannabis sativa L. that meets the definition of industrial hemp; (2) that contains not more than 0.3% delta-9-THC (including precursors); and (3) that contains no other controlled
Sponsor: Michael Young
Charity gaming. Allows the gaming commission to issue a three year charity gaming license to qualified organizations that are veterans organizations. Urges the legislative council to assign to a study committee the topic of whether an event operator or a worker at the event may receive remuneration or a meal for conducting or assisting in conducting the event.
Sponsor: Mike Bohacek
Emotional support animals. Provides that a dwelling that is exempt from the Indiana fair housing law is not subject to the requirements applicable to emotional support animals. Defines "emotional support animal". Specifies who may use an emotional support animal, who may prescribe an emotional support animal, and when an individual may be prescribed an emotional support animal. Provides that an individual with a disability that is not readily apparent who submits a request for an emotional support animal that falsely suggests the individual has a disability that entitles the individual to the use of an emotional support animal in a
Sponsor: Jean Leising
Governor's workforce cabinet. Establishes the governor's workforce cabinet (cabinet). Specifies the membership and duties of the cabinet. Provides that the cabinet shall serve as the state advisory body required under certain federal laws. Provides that subject to the approval of the chairperson, the state personnel department, and the budget agency, the cabinet may employ professional, technical, and clerical personnel necessary to carry out its duties. Specifies that the cabinet is subject to the allotment system administered by the budget agency and financial oversight by the office of management and budget. Requires the cabinet to develop, not later than July 1,
Sponsor: Doug Eckerty
Various property issues. Amends the statute concerning the Indiana coordinate system for describing real property to provide that coordinates based on specified coordinate systems and used to define the position of a point on a land boundary may not be presented to be recorded unless the recording document also contains: (1) the method used to relate the coordinates to the National Spatial Reference System; and (2) the name and zone of the coordinate system. Eliminates other reporting and certification requirements with respect to such recordings. Provides that if any coordinates (not specifically coordinates based on the Indiana coordinate system, as
Sponsor: Blake Doriot
Creditors' rights. Makes various changes to probate and trust law relating to creditors' claims, claims against nonprobate transferees, and no contest provisions in wills and trusts. Defines "no contest provision". Provides that a no contest provision is enforceable, except under certain circumstances. Provides that the estate recovery unit of the office of Medicaid policy and planning is a reasonably ascertainable creditor if the decedent was at least 55 years of age at the time of death. Extends the time period for county clerks to issue letters testamentary or of administration from five months to seven months. Allows for the deduction
Sponsor: Eric Koch
Motor vehicle safety. Requires that a license plate must be displayed in a horizontal and upright position that displays the registration expiration year in the upper right corner. Requires that a renewal sticker for a license plate must be securely affixed in the upper right corner of the license plate covering the previous registration expiration year. Provides that a trailer of less than 3,000 pounds gross weight is not required to be equipped with brakes. Specifies that head lamps on motor vehicles, motorcycles, and motor driven cycles may display only white or amber light. Requires that motor vehicles except for
Sponsor: Michael Crider
Broadband grants and high speed Internet service. Authorizes the office of community and rural affairs (office) to award grants to qualified broadband providers in connection with qualified broadband projects involving the deployment of infrastructure to provide qualified broadband service in unserved areas in Indiana. Defines "qualified broadband service" as a connection to the Internet at an actual speed of at least 10 megabits per second downstream and at least one megabit per second upstream, regardless of the technology used. Defines an "unserved area" as a geographic area in Indiana in which there is not at least one provider of terrestrial
Sponsor: David Ober
Office of judicial administration. Changes all references to the division of state court administration and the judicial center to the office of judicial administration. Changes all references to the executive director of the division of state court administration and the judicial center to chief administrative officer of the office of judicial administration. Makes various changes to laws governing courts and court officers, including laws concerning evening court sessions, magistrate judges, senior judges, specialized driving privileges, the collection of certain clerk fees, the administration of the public defense fund, temporary guardianships, and judicial conference membership. Repeals the law describing the division
Sponsor: Rodric Bray
Criminal law matters. Changes the human and sexual trafficking statute by: (1) reclassifying the term "human and sexual trafficking" to "human trafficking", which includes the offenses of labor and sexual trafficking; (2) creating separate offenses for labor and sexual trafficking and renaming certain crimes; (3) removing the element of force from forced labor, marriage, prostitution, and participating in sexual conduct; (4) removing involuntary servitude from the human trafficking statute; (5) removing from the sexual trafficking statute the element that a solicitor must know that a person is a human trafficking victim before committing the offense; and (6) adding elements to
Sponsor: Sally Siegrist
Subdivision drain repair pilot program. Creates a pilot program for Indianapolis (excluding Lawrence, Speedway, Beech Grove, and Southport) and Johnson County (not including incorporated areas) regarding subdivision drain repairs. Authorizes the executive of a county or a consolidated city (unit) to enter into a contract with a subdivision homeowners association providing: (1) for the unit to repair subdivision drains located in the subdivision; and (2) for owners of property in the subdivision to pay assessments to fund the repairs; if a majority of the members of the homeowners association approve the contract. Provides that a contract between the unit and
Sponsor: Charles Burton
School discipline. Provides that the department of education's (department) model evidence based plan for improving student behavior and discipline must: (1) reduce out-of-school suspension and disproportionality in discipline and expulsion; (2) limit referrals to law enforcement or arrests on school property to cases in which referral to law enforcement or arrest is necessary to protect the health and safety of students or school employees; and (3) include policies to address instances of bullying and cyberbullying on school property of a school corporation. Provides that, beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, the department, in collaboration with parent organizations, teacher organizations, educational
Sponsor: Robert Behning
School funding. Requires the budget agency to transfer from the K-12 state tuition reserve account to the state general fund the amount necessary to cover the K-12 state tuition distribution amount if it exceeds the appropriated amount. Limits the transfer to $25,000,000 in state fiscal year 2017-2018 and $75,000,000 for state fiscal year 2018-2019. Requires school corporations to report information about virtual education programs to the department of education. Requires a pupil to be at least five years of age on August 1 of the school year to be included in the ADM count for kindergarten pupils.
Sponsor: Sally Siegrist
School corporation financial management. Permits money in a school corporation's operations fund at the end of a year to be transferred to the school corporation's rainy day fund. Combines various levies into a single operations fund levy beginning in 2019. Changes provisions concerning the education fund and operations fund. Specifies the items to be included in a school corporation's capital projects plan. Changes the reasons for which a school corporation may appeal to increase the school corporation's operations fund levy for transportation purposes. Requires an appeal to increase or a petition to adjust the maximum operations fund levy for a
Sponsor: Anthony Cook
Computer science. Establishes the next level computer science grant program (program) and the next level computer science fund (fund) to award grants, after June 30, 2019, to eligible entities to implement teacher professional development programs for training in teaching computer science. Requires the department of education (department) to: (1) administer the program and fund; and (2) develop, in consultation with the governor's office, guidelines to award grants from the fund to eligible entities. Requires, not later than August 1, 2018, the state superintendent of public instruction to enter into a contract for professional development services. Requires the department to biannually
Sponsor: Jeff Raatz
Cleanup of certain terms. Removes, where appropriate, the terms herein, hereafter, hereinafter, therein, theretofore, hereunder, hereinunder, heretofore, hereinabove, and thereunder from various provisions throughout the Indiana Code and replaces the terms with more specific and clearer terms. Removes reference to the pronoun "his". Makes technical corrections. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the code revision commission.)
Sponsor: Thomas Washburne
Study committee of state agency management. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the task of studying issues relating to effective legislative oversight, including: (1) modernization of state government reporting framework to integrate financial, performance, and enterprise risk management; and (2) establishment of periodic and systematic performance reviews of state programs to ensure that state programs are implemented and administered efficiently, effectively, and in a manner consistent with legislative intent. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the task of studying issues relating to the benefits of implementing internal control
Sponsor: Victoria Spartz
Data concerning youth in adult court. Requires the criminal justice institute to: (1) track certain information concerning juveniles under the jurisdiction of an adult court due to a juvenile court not having jurisdiction; (2) track certain information concerning waivers of juvenile court jurisdiction; and (3) publish the information annually.
Sponsor: Wendy McNamara
St. Joseph River basin commission. Amends the law concerning the St. Joseph River basin commission (commission). Provides that the commission includes the county surveyor of each participating county and a representative of each soil and water conservation district that includes territory in a county participating in the commission and territory in the river basin. Eliminates from the commission the member of a soil and water conservation district appointed by the governor. Repeals the commission's statutory quorum requirement. Authorizes a political subdivision in a participating county to enter into a cooperative agreement with the commission and at least one other legal
Sponsor: David Ober
Dealer services division. Requires certain definitions to be used in the dealer services law. Includes: (1) flood damage affidavits; (2) title affidavits; (3) interim plates generated in error; and (4) copies of rebuilt vehicle disclosures; as records for purposes of the dealer services law. Requires a motor vehicle or watercraft dealer to identify in a title affidavit whether a lien exists on the motor vehicle or watercraft and the date any obligation must be satisfied. Provides that a dealer may provide an interim plate when the dealer: (1) sells or leases a motor vehicle; or (2) allows a purchaser to
Sponsor: Holli Sullivan
Resident tuition for serving on the USS Indiana. Provides that, after June 30, 2019, certain persons who serve or served on the USS Indiana (SSN-789) are eligible for the resident tuition rate determined by the state educational institution.
Sponsor: James Baird
Criminal history checks for home health workers. Provides that an expanded criminal history check may be used instead of certain background checks and criminal history checks for home health care workers. Prohibits an expanded criminal history check to include certain criminal history information. Provides that an expanded criminal history check satisfies the division of aging's criminal history requirements.
Sponsor: Jeff Raatz
Noxious weeds and pesticide law fees. Provides that revenue from fees collected under the pesticide use and application law that remains after the payment of expenses incurred in the administration of the law must be paid to the treasurer of Purdue University and administered by the board of trustees of Purdue University. Specifies that waterhemp, marestail, Palmer amaranth, Powell amaranth, poison hemlock, rough pigweed, and smooth pigweed are noxious weeds for purposes of the weed control board law, which requires the weed control board to take all necessary and proper steps to control noxious weeds affecting agricultural production in Indiana.
Sponsor: James Baird
Motor vehicle matters. Establishes the department of state revenue pilot program (pilot program). Specifies that the purpose of the pilot program is to assist the state, other states, and other government agencies with: (1) the administration and processing of commercial vehicle registrations as required under the International Registration Plan; (2) the licensing and reporting of fuel tax use for motor carriers under the International Fuel Tax Agreement; (3) audit and record keeping for the International Registration Plan and the International Fuel Tax Agreement; and (4) any other essential or necessary functions related to the motor carrier services. Establishes the pilot
Sponsor: Edmond Soliday
Economic development. Provides that, if the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) determines that a business, school corporation, or charter school (entity) that has received a grant award under the skills enhancement fund program is noncompliant with the terms of its grant agreement, the IEDC shall, after giving notice to the entity and an opportunity to explain the noncompliance, provide the entity with a written demand for return or repayment of an amount not to exceed the sum of all grants previously awarded to the entity. Provides that, if the entity fails to repay the IEDC, the IEDC may notify the
Sponsor: Gerald Torr
Elementary school teacher content area licenses. Provides that, not later than July 1, 2019, the state board of education shall adopt rules to establish elementary school teacher content area licenses that must, at a minimum, include an: (1) elementary mathematics specialist license; and (2) elementary mathematics teacher license or an elementary mathematics and science teacher license. Establishes requirements to be eligible for an elementary mathematics specialist license, an elementary mathematics teacher license, and an elementary mathematics and science teacher license. Requires the department of education (department) to develop an incentive program to assist and reward teachers who pursue and earn
Sponsor: Robert Behning
Appraisal contracts. Provides that before an appraisal management company may engage a real estate appraiser to perform the appraisal, the appraisal management company shall provide the real estate appraiser with a proposed contract to perform the appraisal. Specifies information that must be included in a proposed contract. Allows a contract to be offered and accepted through certain electronic means.
Sponsor: Steve Bartels
Veterans matters. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee topics related to implementing a program to provide property tax incentives for rental property owners who partner with nonprofit organizations to reduce veteran homelessness. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee topics related to establishing an electronic system to provide the Indiana department of veterans' affairs, in collaboration with the national guard (as defined in IC 10-16-1-13), with criminal case information.
Sponsor: James Baird
Department of child services. Provides for the collection of certain past due annual support fees by the child support bureau (bureau) and the clerk of the circuit court. Allows the bureau to collect child support payments made in cash. Allows the bureau and the clerk of the circuit court to recoup certain child support overpayments. Specifies the duties of a licensing authority when imposing sanctions and penalties against a licensee or permit holder with a child support delinquency who is the subject of an order issued by the bureau. Repeals a requirement that an individual determined to be eligible for
Sponsor: Peggy Mayfield
Bonding procedures. Permits the following political subdivisions to sell bonds at a negotiated sale after June 30, 2018, and before July 1, 2021: (1) A consolidated city. (2) A second class city. (3) A school corporation located in a consolidated city or a second class city. (Current law requires a public sale of bonds.) Provides that this change does not apply to refinancing bonds and some revenue bonds that are dedicated to a limited purpose. Makes technical corrections.
Sponsor: Eric Bassler
Regulation of water and wastewater systems. Provides that a public utility, conservancy district, or regional water or sewage district that is organized as a legal entity after June 30, 2018, to provide water or wastewater service to the public is subject to the jurisdiction of the Indiana utility regulatory commission for the period of 10 years beginning on the day on which it is organized as a legal entity. Amends the laws concerning the wastewater revolving loan program and the drinking water revolving loan program to require a demonstration that each participant to which a loan would be made has
Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau
Department of child services notifications for schools. Requires the department of child services to notify the individual designated as the point of contact for a child's school if the child is removed from the child's home. Provides immunity from civil liability for: (1) a guardian ad litem program; (2) a court appointed special advocate program; (3) an employee of or volunteer for a guardian ad litem program or court appointed special advocate program; and (4) an individual acting as a contracted guardian ad litem; when a child is placed on a waiting list for guardian ad litem or court appointed
Sponsor: Mike Bohacek
Change of placement of a child in need of services. Requires that, before changing the out-of-home placement of a child who has been in the same out-of-home placement for at least one year, the department of child services (department) must file a motion requesting a change in placement and provide notice to the persons affected. Sets forth the procedures for the department to follow if the department determines the out-of-home placement of the child is placing the child's life or health in imminent danger. Requires the juvenile court to hold a hearing on the question if the person with whom
Sponsor: Randall Head
Incorporation of documents. Standardizes terminology used to reference incorporated documents throughout IC 27. Specifies the date on which a particular version of an incorporated document must be in effect for the incorporated document to apply. Provides for the department of insurance to implement amendments to the version of a National Association of Insurance Commissioners document previously incorporated after required reporting of the amendment to the legislative council and standing insurance committees. Requires incorporated documents to be available as public records from the department of insurance in paper form and electronically on the department of insurance Internet web site. Makes conforming
Sponsor: Travis Holdman
Sex offenders. Provides that, unless a court has granted a waiver, a sex offender who establishes a residence: (1) with the intent to reside at the residence; (2) within a one mile radius of the residence of the victim of the offender's sex offense; and (3) knowing the location of the victim's residence; commits invasion of privacy. Prohibits a sex offender from attending a house of worship located on school property while classes, extracurricular activities, or other school activities are being held.
Sponsor: Mike Bohacek
Advanced practice registered nurses. Replaces the term "advanced practice nurse" with "advanced practice registered nurse" throughout the Indiana Code. Requires the Indiana state board of nursing to adopt rules concerning educational and certification requirements that an advanced practice registered nurse must meet to be authorized to prescribe drugs.
Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau
Streamlining agency reporting requirements. Repeals the requirement that the office of management and budget (OMB) perform a cost benefit analysis of certain rules for the three year period following the rules' effective dates. Repeals a statute that allows: (1) state agencies to submit comments on proposed legislation to OMB; and (2) OMB to review, amend, and transmit the comments to the legislative services agency for posting on the general assembly's web site. Eliminates or consolidates various state agency reporting requirements. Repeals the following: (1) Pilot program for state registration of privately certified individuals. (2) Family support program. (3) The early
Sponsor: Doug Gutwein
Study of intersection safety. Urges the legislative council to assign to a study committee the task of studying safety at certain intersections not controlled by a traffic signal and drainage along rural roads.
Sponsor: Michael Crider
Pension supplemental allowance reserve accounts. Establishes supplemental allowance reserve accounts (reserve accounts) within the legislators' defined benefit plan, the state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan (EGC), the public employees' retirement fund (PERF), and the pre-1996 and 1996 accounts of the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund (TRF) for the purpose of paying postretirement benefit increases, thirteenth checks, and other benefit changes or adjustments granted by the general assembly after June 30, 2018. Requires that, after June 30, 2018, the state lottery commission (commission) transfer each quarter $7,500,000 of the surplus revenue from the
Sponsor: Greg Walker
Health matters. Provides that a law enforcement officer who is exposed to blood or body fluids may request to be included in the list of individuals who are provided with notification concerning exposure to a dangerous communicable disease. Specifies that HEA 1017- 2018 concerning newborn screening takes effect on July 1, 2018, instead of on April 1, 2018.
Sponsor: Dale DeVon
State parks. Requires that two (2) of the four (4) legislative members of the White River state park development commission must represent the legislative district that includes the White River State Park. Urges the legislative council to assign to a study committee the task of studying whether counties should be authorized to: (1) adopt an ordinance to impose a surcharge on fees collected within a state park; and (2) use the revenue from the surcharge to assist a unit of local government that provides police protection, fire protection, emergency medical services, or road repairs to the state park.
Sponsor: Jeff Raatz
Transport operator. Defines "disposable trailer". Requires the bureau of motor vehicles to issue a transport operator license plate to an operator of a tractor-mobile home rig or a special tractor-mobile home rig transporting a sectionalized building using a disposable trailer upon application for the license plates. Adds disposable trailers to a statutory list of vehicles that are not required to be registered. Makes conforming changes.
Sponsor: Blake Doriot
Information provided by health practitioners. Requires specified licensed health practitioners to provide certain information related to the practitioner's work, including the practitioner's work with Medicaid patients, when renewing the practitioner's professional license online. Requires the Indiana professional licensing agency to: (1) compile the information collected into an annual report; (2) post a copy of the report on the agency's Internet web site; and (3) submit the report to the office of Medicaid policy and planning, the department of workforce development, the commission on improving the status of children, the legislative council, and the office of the attorney general. Specifies notice
Sponsor: Randall Head
Department of child services. Requires the department of child services (department) to describe in a child's case plan any efforts made by the department to coordinate with school officials in developing the case plan, if efforts to coordinate with school officials are made. Requires the department to provide information to the court to be made part of the court record if the department receives information that indicates that a parent, guardian, or custodian may have violated a dispositional order.
Sponsor: Andy Zay
Vending machine sales of food. Eliminates (effective July 1, 2019) the provision in current law that specifies that food sold through a vending machine is not eligible for the sales tax exemption for food and food ingredients for human consumption.
Sponsor: Travis Holdman
Controlled substances. Adds the substance Mexedrone to the definition of "synthetic drug" and adds additional controlled substances to the existing statutory list of depressants, hallucinogens, and opiates classified as schedule I.
Sponsor: Michael Young
1977 fund retirement age and benefits study. Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on pension management oversight or another appropriate interim study committee the task of studying the following: (1) A reduction from 52 to 50 the age at which a member of the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund (1977 fund) is eligible to receive an unreduced retirement benefit. (2) An increase from 1% to 1.5% in the amount of the additional retirement benefit payable to a 1977 fund member for each six months of active service over 20 years. (3)
Sponsor: Jon Ford
Registration of underground utility excavation contractors. Provides that a contractor that will perform one or more excavations or demolitions in Indiana under a contract with: (1) a communications service provider; or (2) a utility; must include in an entity filing filed with the secretary of state a statement that the contractor and its employees will comply with Indiana's 811 statute. Provides that a contractor that is a filing entity under the Uniform Business Organizations Code (Code) shall provide documentation of the contractor's compliance with the registration requirement to a communications service provider or a utility before entering into a contract
Sponsor: James Merritt
Racial balance levy and fund. Repeals provisions regarding the racial balance levy and the racial balance fund. Provides that any money in a school corporation's racial balance fund on January 1, 2019, must be transferred to the school corporation's operations fund.
Sponsor: Andy Zay
1977 fund purchase of service. Allows a member of the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund (1977 fund) to purchase service performed in Indiana as a full-time, fully paid police officer or firefighter for an employer that does not participate in the 1977 fund.
Sponsor: Ronald Grooms
Technical corrections. Resolves technical conflicts and addresses technical problems in the Indiana Code, including removal of obsolete citation style references to "IC 1971" and updating the list of statutes codified outside Title 34 that confer immunity from civil liability. Provides that the technical corrections bill may be referred to as the "technical corrections bill of the 2018 general assembly". Specifies that this phrase 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
Sponsor: Joseph Zakas
Veterans matters. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles to issue a permanent parking placard to a disabled Hoosier veteran when requested.
Sponsor: Michael Crider
Rape kits. Defines "kit" as the standard medical forensic examination kit for victims of a sex crime developed by the state police department. Requires the statewide sexual assault response team advisory council (council) to prepare a report regarding: (1) the feasibility of creating a kit tracking and testing data base; (2) the identity of the supervising agency or entity responsible for creating, operating, managing, and maintaining the kit tracking and testing data base; and (3) possible sources of funding for the kit tracking and testing data base. Requires the council to submit a report to the legislative council in an
Sponsor: Michael Crider
Dyslexia. Requires the following: (1) A school multidisciplinary team must include information about dyslexia in a student's educational evaluation if the multidisciplinary team determines that the student is eligible to receive special education and related services and has or has characteristics of dyslexia. (2) Information about dyslexia must be: (A) discussed by the student's case conference committee if information about dyslexia is included in the student's educational evaluation; and (B) included in the student's individualized education program if the case conference committee determines that the information should be included. Provides that a school corporation and charter school's reading plan shall
Sponsor: Erin Houchin
Influenza information to residents. Requires an operator of a housing with services establishment to provide to residents certain information concerning influenza and influenza vaccinations. Specifies that an operator is deemed to be in compliance with the requirement if the operator provides a resident the latest vaccination information statement concerning influenza issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Sponsor: Ronald Bacon
Study topics. Urges the legislative council to assign to an interim study committee the tasks of studying issues related to: (1) the establishment of a regional development tax credit; (2) inclusion of property assessed as residential in a property tax allocation area; and (3) certified technology parks.
Sponsor: Dennis Kruse
Election security; absentee ballot counting. Makes the following changes concerning election security: (1) Permits a county election board (board) to apply to the secretary of state (secretary) for reimbursement of expenditures made by the county to secure and monitor facilities where voting systems and electronic poll books are stored. Provides that, if the secretary, with the consent of the election division (division), approves the application, the county may be reimbursed for all or part of the expenditures. (2) Allows each absentee ballot to be assigned a unique tracking number using IMb Tracing or a similar automated tracking method to provide
Sponsor: Greg Walker
Freeway school corporations and schools. Provides that the state board of education (state board) shall, upon request by a freeway school corporation or a freeway school, waive certain educational benefit requirements for a period of not more than 36 months..Provides that a freeway school corporation or freeway school may receive a waiver for that freeway school corporation or freeway school only one time. Urges the legislative council to assign to the education interim study committee the task of studying the accreditation of elementary and high schools in Indiana.
Sponsor: Dennis Kruse
Sheriff's department retirement plans. Provides that certain sheriffs and county police officers are granted service credit in their respective county sheriff's department retirement plans for service to those county sheriff's departments before the effective dates of the county sheriff's department retirement plans. Provides that certain sheriffs and county police officers simultaneously waive their accrued service credit in the public employees' retirement fund for their service to those county sheriff's departments before the effective dates of the county sheriff's department retirement plans.
Sponsor: Philip Boots
State department of health matters. Changes references to "methamphetamine laboratory" to "controlled substance". Amends the definition of "property" for purposes of operating a web site that lists properties that have been used in the illegal manufacture of a controlled substance. Authorizes the state department of health (state department) instead of the Indiana department of environmental management (department) to certify qualified inspectors and oversee the decontamination of a site that has been used in the illegal manufacture of a controlled substance. Transfers from the department to the state department powers, duties, records, property, and rules concerning decontamination of a site that
Sponsor: Cindy Kirchhofer
Safety notice of advanced structural buildings. Requires an individual applying for a building permit issued by a city, town, or county for a Class 1 or Class 2 structure after June 30, 2018, to disclose the use of advanced structural components on the building permit application. Requires the city, town, or county building commissioner to notify the local fire department and local 911 call center of a Class 1 or Class 2 structure's use of advanced structural components not later than 90 days after issuing a building permit. Directs a 911 telephone call center to maintain and relay information contained
Sponsor: Doug Eckerty
Order to repair tax sale property. Provides that an order for necessary repairs originally issued by an enforcement authority under the unsafe building law to the owner of a vacant or abandoned property that is later sold at a tax sale may subsequently be enforced against the successful bidder at the tax sale. Organizes several tax sale definitions.
Sponsor: Jeff Raatz
Child support. Provides that incarceration of a parent may not be considered to be voluntary unemployment in determining an amount to be ordered for support of a child. Provides that a court may modify the child support order, or approve a proposed modification, without holding a hearing if: (1) a petition to modify a child support order based on incarceration of a party is filed; and (2) after receiving notice, no party files an objection or request for a hearing within 30 days. Requires the child support bureau (bureau), beginning July 1, 2019, to notify both parties of each party's
Sponsor: Rodric Bray
Riverboat admissions and supplemental wagering tax distributions. Provides that the Dearborn County council may vote to direct the county auditor to distribute 25% of the admissions and supplemental wagering taxes that are distributed to Dearborn County to cities and towns in the county where a riverboat is not located. Provides for the taxes to be distributed using a ratio. Sets forth how a city or town in Dearborn County may use the admissions and supplemental wagering taxes that are distributed.
Sponsor: Randall Frye
FSSA matters. Adds representatives of organizations that represent people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities to the commission on rehabilitation services and the Medicaid advisory committee. Clarifies that outpatient home health services may be provided in other appropriate locations determined by the office. Changes the makeup of the drug utilization review board and the frequency with which the board is required to meet. Changes when a participant's funds remaining in the individual's healthy Indiana plan health (HIP) care account are refunded. Removes the HIP $25 copayment requirement for subsequent use of an emergency room for nonemergency services. Allows money in
Sponsor: Cindy Kirchhofer
Automobile dealers. Defines "vehicle right of use subscription program". Prohibits vehicle right of use subscription programs. Provides that a dealer or manufacturer may not impose a surcharge on a dealer for the sole purpose of recovering costs related to the reimbursement of a dealer for parts or labor. Requires a manufacturer to: (1) provide a dealer with written notification of the grounds upon which a claim is being charged back as a result of an audit; (2) provide dealers with a reasonable appeals process concerning certain fees, payments, and reimbursements; and (3) allow a dealer to cure certain administrative errors
Sponsor: Edmond Soliday
Public funds and tax refund intercepts. Provides that certain restrictions requiring deposits of public funds to be made within the territorial limits of a political subdivision apply to funds invested in: (1) transaction accounts; and (2) certificates of deposit in a depository designated by the state board of finance but not by the local board of finance. Provides that an ordinance or resolution authorizing funds to be invested in such certificates of deposit expires not later than one year (rather than two years, under current law) after the ordinance or resolution is adopted. Revises the procedures involved when a political
Sponsor: Michael Karickhoff
Qualified egg banks. Amends, for purposes of the law regarding unlawful transfer of a human organism, the definition of "qualified third party" and changes the term to "qualified egg bank". Specifies qualifications for a physician overseeing medical services related to ovum cryopreservation. Specifies requirements that must be met by a fertility clinic or similar medical facility in order to be considered a qualified egg bank. Exempts from the criminal offense of unlawful transfer of a human organism the payment to or receipt by a qualified egg bank of an amount for: (1) the retrieval of a human ovum; (2) the
Sponsor: Sean Eberhart
Action for contribution by railroad entities. Creates a right of action for contribution by a railroad entity against another person or entity that is not an employee of the railroad entity for claims that arise under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. Provides that, if a railroad entity enforces a right of contribution in the original action brought against the railroad entity, the plaintiff in the original action has the right to seek bifurcation of the plaintiff's claim, and have the plaintiff's claim heard in advance of the contribution claim of the railroad entity.
Sponsor: Philip Boots
Implementation of federal food safety regulations. Amends the definition of "federal act" in the title governing health to recognize the amendments to the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (federal act). Adds a definition of "produce farm" in the title governing health. Allows the state health commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representative to enter and inspect certain produce farms. Requires certain produce farms to comply with certain federal requirements. Provides that the department may suspend the requirement to comply with the federal act if the federal government does not provide sufficient funds for
Sponsor: Jean Leising
Immunity for reports of suspected abuse or neglect. Provides immunity from civil and criminal liability for: (1) a person who assists with or participates; and (2) a health care provider who provides professional intervention; in an investigation by the department of child services resulting from a report that a child may be a victim of child abuse or neglect. Provides that the immunity provisions do not apply (1) to actions brought against qualified health care providers for medical malpractice; or (2) for a person who has acted with gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. Provides that: (1) an adult
Sponsor: Elizabeth Brown
Voter list maintenance. Adds a requirement that the circuit court clerk permanently retain the minutes of all meetings of the county election board. Requires the county voter registration office to scan a paper document that creates, amends, or cancels an individual's voter registration record and attach the scanned image to the voter's file in the computerized list. Codifies current administrative procedures ("confidence factors") used by the Indiana election division to determine which potentially duplicate voter registration records to provide to county voter registration offices to assist the county in determining whether a voter of the county has registered more recently
Sponsor: Kathy Richardson
Study of taxes on short term rentals. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the task of studying the following: (1) The issue of which entities are required to collect sales tax on short term rentals. (2) The issue of whether local units can impose a local innkeeper's tax on short term rentals. Urges the legislative council to assign the topic of collecting and remitting state taxes in the peer-to-peer sharing economy.
Sponsor: Karen Tallian
Nutritional assistance. Urges the legislative council to assign for study to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying issues related to eligibility verification and monitoring, identity authentication, and work requirements for participation in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Medicaid program.
Sponsor: Heath VanNatter
Child safety alerts. Specifies that missing endangered children are included in the silver alert program. Defines "missing endangered child" as a missing child who is incapable of returning to the missing child's residence because of physical or mental incapacities. Specifies that state police department guidelines may require that reports of a missing endangered child be sent to broadcasters and electronic billboard operators electronically or by other means of communication. (Current law specifies that guidelines may require that reports be sent by facsimile or other communications device.)
Sponsor: Sharon Negele
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename that section of U.S. 31 at mile markers 174 through 175 the "Indiana State Trooper Robert Lather Memorial Mile".
Sponsor: William Friend
Trial records. Permits a victim (or the spouse or an immediate family member of a deceased victim) to obtain, free of charge, an electronic copy of the transcript of criminal proceedings in the victim's case. Requires a prosecuting attorney or victim assistance program to assist the victim, spouse, or immediate family member in obtaining the transcript.
Sponsor: Jim Pressel
Chiropractors. Amends the definition of "chiropractic". Removes certain acts that a chiropractor is prohibited from practicing. Provides that the board may adopt rules establishing health and sanitation standards for dry needling. Provides that accreditation of a chiropractic college for licensure purposes may be by a successor organization of the Accreditation Commission of the Council on Chiropractic Education. Requires that an applicant for a license to practice chiropractic must complete at least 90 semester hours of education after June 30, 2021. Prohibits an individual from using the title "chiropractor" unless the individual is a licensed chiropractor. Allows a chiropractor to perform
Sponsor: Greg Beumer
State and local administration. Provides that the lottery commission must obtain a tax clearance statement from the department of state revenue (DOR) for a retailer before the lottery commission may enter into a contract with that retailer. Repeals the riverboat admissions tax provisions scheduled to expire July 1, 2018. Reorganizes the supplemental wagering tax law. Specifies that gaming activity information shall be reported to the gaming commission daily. Provides that taxes withheld from riverboat and racino winnings are due on a monthly basis rather than the day after the winnings are paid. Provides that money in the Indiana horse racing
Sponsor: Travis Holdman
Community mental health center funding. Specifies the funding amounts that must be provided by counties to community mental health centers. Provides that a county's maximum funding amount for a year is equal to the maximum funding amount for the previous year multiplied by the percentage change in the county's general fund property tax levy, after subtracting circuit breaker credits (but provides that the maximum funding amount will not be less than the preceding year's maximum funding amount). Phases-in this change in the case of Marion County. Requires the department of local government finance (DLGF) to verify the maximum appropriation calculation
Sponsor: Donna Schaibley
A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing "Farmworkers Awareness Week", the birthday of Cesar Chavez, and the work of Proteus, Inc.
Sponsor: David Niezgodski
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the topic of bias motivated crimes.
Sponsor: Greg Taylor
Prior authorization for health care services. Specifies requirements for prior authorization of health plan coverage and claim payment, including provisions requiring electronic transmission of prior authorization requests and responses or, in certain circumstances, use of a standard prior authorization form established by the department of insurance.
Sponsor: Donna Schaibley
School safety. Requires the department of education (department) to maintain a link on the department's Internet web site providing parents and school officials with resources or best practices regarding the prevention and reporting of bullying and cyberbullying. Requires the state board of education and school corporations to maintain an Internet link to the department's Internet web site on their Internet web sites. Requires the department to maintain a link on the department's Internet web site regarding the identification and reporting of human trafficking. Requires certain employees of a school corporation or an accredited nonpublic school to receive at least one
Sponsor: Wendy McNamara
Various state and local government streamlining matters. Provides that the journals, the enrolled acts, the session laws, and the Indiana Code may be distributed in paper or electronic format. Requires that copies of the journals, the session laws, and the Indiana Code must be provided to public libraries located in Indiana that participate in the federal depository library program. Permits the clerk of the house of representatives and the secretary of the senate (with respect to the journals) and the legislative council (with respect to the session laws and the Indiana Code) to specify a list of other public officials
Sponsor: Sally Siegrist
Interlocal agreements. Allows a county to enter into an interlocal agreement with a municipality to use: (1) a municipal ordinance violations bureau; or (2) a city or town court; to dispose of county ordinance violations.
Sponsor: Doug Miller
Bullying. Provides that a school corporation is not required to report the number of incidents of bullying in the school corporation's annual school performance report. Provides that information reported by a school corporation relating to the number of incidents of bullying that occur may not be used in calculation of a school's annual school improvement grade. Provides that the department of education (department) must annually send notification via electronic mail or a letter to each school corporation explaining: (1) the school corporation's obligation to submit a report to the department containing the number of bullying incidents involving a student; and
Sponsor: Gregory Porter
Low THC hemp extract. Repeals all provisions concerning the cannabidiol registry and a "substance containing cannabidiol" (all added by HEA 1148-2017). Defines "low THC hemp extract" as an industrial hemp product derived from Cannabis sativa L. that contains not more than 0.3% delta-9-THC (including precursors) and no other controlled substances. Establishes requirements for the manufacture, labeling, and sale of low THC hemp extract. Provides that the Indiana department of state revenue may revoke a registered retail merchant's certificate if the retailer sells a product falsely labeled as low THC hemp extract. Provides that a retailer commits dealing in marijuana as
Sponsor: William Friend
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating the Henry Poor Lumber Company on 100 years of business.
Sponsor: Ronnie Alting
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the Indiana federal congressional delegation to support efforts to assist victims of sexual assault by military members in obtaining justice through the Military Justice Improvement Act of 2017.
Sponsor: Philip Boots
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the Indiana congressional delegation to support efforts to align 42 CFR Part 2 with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Sponsor: James Merritt
A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Senator Jim C. Smith upon his retirement from the Indiana State Senate.
Sponsor: Mark Messmer
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the 20th anniversary of the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS).
Sponsor: Sally Siegrist
Intersection safety study. Urges the legislative council to assign to a study committee the task of studying safety at certain intersections not controlled by a traffic signal and drainage along rural roads.
Sponsor: Robert Cherry
Sales taxes and tax credits. Provides that for purposes of the sales tax, a person is a retail merchant making a retail transaction when the person sells, rents, leases, or licenses for consideration the right to use prewritten computer software delivered electronically. Specifies, however, that a transaction in which a user purchases, rents, leases, or licenses the right to remotely access prewritten computer software: (1) is not considered to be a transaction in which prewritten computer software is delivered electronically; and (2) does not constitute a retail transaction (and is therefore not subject to sales tax). Provides a sales tax
Sponsor: Timothy Brown
Marketplace contractors. Specifies conditions under which a marketplace contractor that uses a marketplace platform to connect with third parties seeking services is an independent contractor of the marketplace platform.
Sponsor: Heath VanNatter
Autonomous vehicles. Provides that a political subdivision may not enact a measure, ordinance, policy, regulation, rule, or other restriction that prohibits the authorized use of: (1) an automated driving system; (2) an automated vehicle; or (3) an on demand automated vehicle network. Provides that a person in possession of a valid driver's license may operate an automated vehicle at a Level 1, 2 or 3 on a public highway. Requires any person or entity who operates an automated vehicle to maintain proof of financial responsibility with the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau). Requires automated vehicles to comply with all applicable
Sponsor: Edmond Soliday
Battery offenses. Adds the following offenses to the statutory definition of "crime of violence": (1) Battery as a Level 2 felony. (2) Battery as a Level 3 felony. (3) Battery as a Level 4 felony. (4) Battery as a Level 5 felony. Adds a bailiff of any court and a special deputy to the definition of "public safety official" for purposes of the battery statute. Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: Sharon Negele
School corporation financial management. Allows the distressed unit appeal board (DUAB) to delegate board authority, duties, and responsibilities to the executive director by resolution of the board. Allows the DUAB to adopt rules. Requires the attorney general to represent a member of the fiscal management board, an emergency manager, a chief financial officer, or a chief academic officer if the individual requests the representation. Specifies restrictions on school corporations that are designated distressed. Specifies that waivers regarding the allocation of protected taxes apply only to distressed school corporations and not other distressed units. Provides that, for a period of two
Sponsor: Timothy Brown
Study of injured public safety officer monument. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying the construction of an injured public safety officer monument.
Sponsor: Mike Speedy
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the bridge along State Road 28 over U.S. Highway 31 after Tipton County Deputy Jacob Calvin.
Sponsor: Anthony Cook
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION expressing opposition to the federal mandate that the State of Indiana enact and enforce a law requiring revocation of the driver's license of a person upon conviction of any drug offense, and urging Governor Holcomb to certify his opposition to the same to the United States Department of Transportation.
Sponsor: Timothy Brown
Short term rentals. Provides the following with regard to short term rentals that are rented through a short term rental platform: (1) Provides that a short term rental of an owner's primary residence is a permitted residential use under any applicable ordinance and may not be disallowed. (2) Provides that, in the case of residential property that is not the person's primary residence, a local unit of government (local unit): (A) may require a special exception, special use, or zoning variance for the short term rental of the property; and (B) may not interpret and enforce zoning regulations for a
Sponsor: Matthew Lehman
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Floyd Central High School Orchestra on its victory at the 2017 Indiana State School Music Association's State Concert Finals.
Sponsor: Edward Clere
Children in need of services. Provides that a child who is: (1) a victim of certain offenses; and (2) unlikely to receive necessary care, treatment, or rehabilitation without the intervention of the court; is a child in need of services. Provides that a child who: (1) lives in the same household as an adult who committed an offense against another child who lives in the household that resulted in a conviction or judgment; or (2) lives in the same household as an adult who has been charged with an offense against another child who lives in the household and is
Sponsor: Mark Messmer
Tax matters. Excludes political subdivisions that do not have the power to impose ad valorem property taxes from the requirement to upload a digital copy of certain contracts on the Indiana transparency Internet web site. Provides that if a political subdivision publishes or submits to the department of local government finance's (DLGF) computer gateway a notice that contains an error or omission that inaccurately reflects the tax rate, tax levy, or budget actually proposed or fixed by the political subdivision by an amount that is less than 0.25%, the notice is a valid notice and the DLGF shall correct the
Sponsor: Daniel Leonard
A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Senate President Pro Tempore David Long upon his retirement from the Indiana State Senate.
Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau
Airport boards. Provides that on July 1, 2018, the advisory member of the board of the Indianapolis Airport Authority representing Morgan County becomes a full voting member of the board. Increases from five members to six members the number of appointments made by the mayor of Indianapolis to the board of the Indianapolis airport authority. Makes conforming changes. Makes the following changes with regard to the rotary fund of a board aviation commissioners (board): (1) Allows the rotary fund to be used for expenses incurred in operating a public fueling station (instead of only for fuel and oil purchases). (2)
Sponsor: Peggy Mayfield
Unclaimed property. Provides, for purposes of the unclaimed property act, that a time deposit that is automatically renewable is considered matured upon the expiration of its initial period, unless: (1) the owner has consented to a renewal at the time of the account opening or at about the time of the renewal; and (2) the consent is in writing or is evidenced by the original account agreement or by any memorandum or other record on file with the holder of the account. (Current law does not specify that the owner's consent to renewal can occur at the time of the
Sponsor: Clyde Perfect
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating the Chesterton High School gymnastics team on winning the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) state championship.
Sponsor: Karen Tallian
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Phillip (Sean) Barrett upon his retirement from the Indianapolis Fire Department.
Sponsor: Aaron Freeman
A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Senator Doug Eckerty upon his retirement from the Indiana State Senate.
Sponsor: James Buck
Issuance of hospital license. Requires, beginning January 1, 2019, the state department of health (state department) to issue a hospital license to a hospital that has received accreditation by recognized accrediting organizations for the period the recognized accrediting organization has been granted accreditation. Allows the state department to investigate complaints against an accredited hospital for substantial noncompliance with accredited standards when requested by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Requires the state department to conduct annual surveys for hospitals that are not accredited by a recognized accrediting organization. Requires the state department to conduct random validation surveys on behalf
Sponsor: Michael Karickhoff
Distressed utilities. Amends a provision in the statute concerning the acquisition of distressed water or wastewater utilities to require that, upon filing a petition with the utility regulatory commission (IURC) to include the cost differentials of the transaction as part of the acquiring utility company's rate base, the acquiring utility company must provide notice to its customers that the petition has been filed. (Current law requires the acquiring utility company to provide notice to its customers if the proposed acquisition will increase the utility company's rates by an amount that is greater than 1% of the utility company's base annual
Sponsor: Eric Koch
Notarial acts. Makes technical changes to standardize language concerning registration of trademarks and regulation related to notarial acts. Specifies requirements related to notarial acts, including use of electronic documentation and technology for electronic notarial acts. Requires the secretary of state to adopt rules related to electronic notarial acts and remote notarial acts. Specifies requirements for remote notarial acts, including: (1) registration of a remote notary public; (2) certification of and record keeping related to remote notarial acts; (3) use of audio visual communication and recording; (4) verification of credentials; and (5) maintenance of records. Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: Travis Holdman
Recognizing athletic trainers during National Athletic Training Month.
Sponsor: Melanie Wright
Physician order for scope of treatment and consent. Provides that the definition of "cardiopulmonary resuscitation" (CPR) that applies to a do not resuscitate declaration also applies to a physician order for scope of treatment (POST) form. Adds licensed dentists, home health aides, and physician assistants to the definition of "health care provider" for purposes of a POST form. Establishes a priority order for who may provide consent if an adult is incapable of providing consent to health care. Provides exceptions to the priority order. Provides that if the individuals at the same priority level disagree as to the health care
Sponsor: Cindy Kirchhofer
Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Henry Poor Lumber Company in the greater Lafayette community.
Sponsor: Sally Siegrist
Disposal of surplus state personal property. Provides that surplus state personal property that is sold to the general public must be sold either at an auction conducted by an auctioneer licensed in Indiana or through an online auction. Provides that if an auctioneer is engaged to conduct the auction, the commissioner of the department of administration must give preference to an auctioneer who is a resident of Indiana to conduct the auction. Provides that when a state agency uses an Internet auction site to sell the agency's surplus property the purchasing agency shall give preference in selection of the Internet
Sponsor: Jeff Raatz
Recognizing Ivy Tech Community College Crawfordsville five year campus anniversary celebration.
Sponsor: Sharon Negele
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating the Ivy Tech Community College campus in Crawfordsville, Indiana, on its fifth anniversary.
Sponsor: Philip Boots
Operating while intoxicated. Removes the minimum age requirement for a person to be convicted of operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing death, and specifies that the defense to certain operating while intoxicated offenses involving the use of a controlled substance only applies if the defendant consumed the controlled substance in accordance with a valid prescription.
Sponsor: Eric Koch
Employability skills curriculum. Provides that the department of workforce development will establish standards that provide students with career and college planning resources under the Indiana career explorer program and standards. (Current law provides that the department of workforce development will establish curriculum under the Indiana career explorer program and curriculum.) Provides that, not later than July 1, 2019, each school within a school corporation shall include interdisciplinary employability skills standards established by the department of education (department), in conjunction with the department of workforce development and approved by the state board of education, in the school's curriculum. Provides that, if
Sponsor: Jeff Raatz
Small loans. Allows the director of the department of financial institutions to take certain actions concerning the use of technology for oversight and enforcement of compliance with the law concerning small loans.
Sponsor: Clyde Perfect
Honoring Representative Charlie Brown.
Sponsor: Terry Goodin
Uniform business organizations. Makes various technical amendments to the Uniform Business Organizations Code and Uniform Business Organization Transactions Act, including changes in provisions concerning information to be submitted in filings with the secretary of state, use of business names, registration of foreign entities, and administrative dissolution. Allows an entity that has had its registration revoked to apply to the secretary of state for reinstatement not later than five years after the date of revocation. Allows a domestic entity that has been administratively dissolved to apply to the secretary of state for reinstatement not later than five years after the date
Sponsor: Rodric Bray
Honoring Representative Bill Friend.
Sponsor: Brian Bosma
Taking of sand from bed of Lake Michigan. Provides that sand taken from the bed or from under the bed of Lake Michigan pursuant to a permit from the department of natural resources (DNR) may only be deposited on the beach of Lake Michigan and may not be removed to any other place or used for any other purpose. Provides, however, that: (1) if a permittee dredges not more than ten cubic yards of sand from the bed or from under the bed of Lake Michigan within a 30 day period, the permittee is not required to deposit the sand
Sponsor: Karen Tallian
Financing of flood control improvements. Authorizes the Indianapolis metropolitan development commission (commission), following a written recommendation from the board of public works and approval of the legislative body, to adopt an ordinance designating an area as a flood control improvement district (district) to capture incremental property tax revenue within the district to be used for the construction, replacement, repair, maintenance, or improvement of flood control works. Provides that only special flood hazard property may be included within the boundaries of a district. Defines "special flood hazard property" as property that on January 1, 2018, is situated in a special flood
Sponsor: John Ruckelshaus
Broadening criminal justice treatment options. Makes various changes to the criminal justice institute's annual report on the impact of criminal code reform on local units of government, the department of correction, and the office of judicial administration. Requires the report to be prepared in conjunction with the justice reinvestment advisory council (council). Adds probation departments, pretrial diversion programs, and jail treatment programs to programs that are eligible to apply for a state grant for community corrections. Replaces the Indiana judicial center with the office of judicial administration for purposes of: (1) submitting the community supervision collaboration plan; (2) approval of
Sponsor: Gregory Steuerwald
Supporting Taiwan's signing of the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) with the United States and reaffirming support for increasing Taiwan's international profile and for strengthening sister-state ties between Indiana and Taiwan
Sponsor: David Frizzell
Maternal mortality review committee. Requires the state department of health (state department) to establish a statewide maternal mortality review committee (committee) until June 30, 2023, and sets forth membership and duties of the committee. Specifies confidentiality of records reviewed by the committee. Requires a health care provider or health care facility that has a patient who dies of a maternal mortality to report the death to the committee and sets forth immunity provisions for the provider or facility. Allows the committee to review maternal morbidity cases. Specifies records to which the committee may have access. Requires the committee to submit
Sponsor: Jean Leising
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Kent and Shelley Johnson.
Sponsor: Ben Smaltz
Juvenile reports. Requires certain reports concerning juveniles be provided at least 48 hours before a hearing.
Sponsor: Vaneta Becker
Honoring Representative Kathy Kreag Richardson.
Sponsor: Brian Bosma
Scleral tattooing. Defines "scleral tattooing". Prohibits the act of performing or offering to perform scleral tattooing. Provides an exception for the act of a licensed health care professional when the act is performed in the scope of the health care professional's practice. Provides that the attorney general: (1) has authority to receive and investigate complaints regarding violations of the statute; (2) may seek civil penalties of up to $10,000 per violation of the statute; and (3) may seek an injunction to restrain a person from continuing to violate the statute.
Sponsor: John Ruckelshaus
Study of pharmacy deserts. Defines "pharmacy desert". Urges the legislative council to assign topics to a study committee concerning pharmacy deserts in rural and urban areas of Indiana.
Sponsor: Charlie Brown
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the Winchester Community High School girls basketball team.
Sponsor: Greg Beumer
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the officers and crew of the USS Indiana (SSN 789) on the successful construction, delivery, and commissioning of the Hoosier boat to the United States Navy.
Sponsor: Randall Frye
Out of state sex or violent offenders. Provides that a failure to register as a sex or violent offender for an offense originating from another jurisdiction is a Level 5 felony in certain instances.
Sponsor: Joseph Zakas
Rural utility cooperatives. Amends the statutes concerning rural telephone cooperative corporations (cooperative corporations) as follows: (1) Specifies that for purposes of the statute, a "member" of a cooperative corporation means a person admitted to membership both under law and under the cooperative corporation's bylaws. (Current law provides that a member means a person admitted to membership under law or the cooperative corporation's bylaws.) (2) Allows for electronic notice of a meeting of the cooperative corporation's members. (3) Authorizes a cooperative corporation to include a provision in its articles of incorporation or its bylaws to allow any votes cast: (A) after
Sponsor: Erin Houchin
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the many accomplishments of the students, teachers, and administrators of Crown Point High School.
Sponsor: Julie Olthoff
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the 100th anniversary of Trinity Missionary Baptist Church.
Sponsor: Charlie Brown
Specialized driving privileges. Provides that an individual's specialized driving privileges expire at the time the suspension of the individual's driving privileges is terminated if: (1) the underlying conviction, charge, adjudication, or determination that forms the basis of the suspension is reversed, vacated, or dismissed; or (2) the individual is acquitted of, found not liable for, or otherwise found not to have committed the underlying act or offense that forms the basis of the suspension. Requires the court to inform the bureau of motor vehicles of a termination of a suspension and expiration of specialized driving privileges.
Sponsor: Michael Young
Financial institutions and consumer credit. Makes various changes to the statutes concerning: (1) first lien mortgage lenders; (2) persons licensed under the Uniform Consumer Credit Code; (3) rental purchase agreements; (4) debt management companies; (5) banks; (6) savings banks; (7) credit unions; (8) pawnbrokers; (9) money transmitters; and (10) check cashers.
Sponsor: Charles Burton
A SENATE RESOLUTION memorializing Norma Schlossberg.
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Urging the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee the topic of school performance grades.
Sponsor: Vernon Smith
Vehicle weight limits. Excludes bulk milk from the definition of "overweight divisible load". Provides that the department of transportation (department) may issue an overweight permit for the transportation of bulk milk up to 100,000 pounds. Requires the department to issue an annual permit with a fee of $20 to an applicant for a bulk milk permit whose total equivalent single axle load calculation is equal to or less than 2.40 equivalent single axle load credit. Requires the department to issue a nondivisible overweight permit to an applicant for a bulk milk permit whose total equivalent single axle load calculation is
Sponsor: Elizabeth Brown
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee the topic of school performance grades.
Sponsor: Jean Leising
Unemployment insurance. Excludes worker's compensation and occupational diseases compensation payments from the definition of "wages" for unemployment insurance purposes. Establishes a flat fee of $12 as the employer's collection fee for withholding amounts from an individual's income to repay unemployment insurance benefit overpayments. Allows an individual to request a review by the commissioner of the department of workforce development or the commissioner's designee of an adverse decision following an administrative hearing in which the individual contests the income withholding.
Sponsor: Daniel Leonard
Child care. Specifies civil penalties for violations by child care providers of safe sleep related requirements. Requires deposit of all civil penalties in the division of family resources child care fund. Specifies that a child care ministry registration expires two years after issuance. Provides an administrative procedure for child care ministry application and registration denial, suspension, and revocation. Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: Travis Holdman
Sentence modification. Requires a court to advise a defendant, before accepting a guilty plea, that the court will be bound by terms of a plea agreement both at the time of sentencing and with respect to sentence modification. Provides that a court may not, without the consent of the prosecuting attorney, reduce the sentence of a person sentenced under a plea agreement if the reduction was not authorized by the plea agreement. Provides that the prohibition against including a waiver of the right to sentence modification in a plea agreement does not prohibit finding that a person has waived the
Sponsor: Michael Young
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing Eric Wickens.
Sponsor: Terri Jo Austin
Suicide prevention. Provides that the division of mental health and addiction is responsible for the development and provision of a research based training program for health care providers concerning suicide assessment, training, and management that is: (1) demonstrated to be an effective or promising program; and (2) recommended by the Indiana Suicide Prevention Network Advisory Council. Requires emergency medical technicians to complete a research based training program concerning suicide assessment, treatment, and management that is: (1) demonstrated to be an effective or promising program; and (2) recommended by the Indiana Suicide Prevention Network Advisory Council. Requires that teachers and other
Sponsor: Randall Head
Continuing education requirements. Establishes continuing education requirements for licensed health care practitioners who apply for a controlled substances registration. Provides that the continuing education requirements expire July 1, 2025.
Sponsor: Randall Head
1977 fund new unit credits for prior service. Provides, in the case of a unit (county, city, town, or township) that begins participation in the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund (1977 fund), that the unit and the member (firefighter, police officer, or emergency medical technician) may agree how to share the cost of acquiring credit in the 1977 fund for the member's prior service as a firefighter, police officer, or emergency medical technician. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on pension management oversight.)
Sponsor: Philip Boots
Civil forfeiture. Requires the prosecuting attorney to file an affidavit of probable cause with a court not later than seven days after property is seized, and provides for the return of the property to the owner if the court does not find probable cause. Establishes a procedure for an owner of real property or of a vehicle (if the owner was not operating the vehicle at the time of the seizure) to obtain provisional custody of the seized property pending a final forfeiture determination. Makes the time limit for filing a forfeiture action: (1) 21 days, if the owner has
Sponsor: Rodric Bray
Honoring Representative Clyde Kersey.
Sponsor: Terry Goodin
A SENATE RESOLUTION expressing gratitude to Verizon Communications for its role in promoting and supporting the Indiana General Assembly's legislative internship program and scholarships.
Sponsor: David Long
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring former Indiana Governor Otis R. Bowen, M.D., on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
Sponsor: Susan Glick
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 and to the dedicated chiropractors who participated.
Sponsor: David Long
Urging the Legislative Council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee a fiscal, economic, and workforce development examination of Indiana's smoking rates.
Sponsor: Brian Bosma
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Rebecca Walker Mortell on the occasion of her retirement from the Legislative Services Agency.
Sponsor: David Long
Urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the task of studying revisions to the Uniform Consumer Credit Code.
Sponsor: Martin Carbaugh
A SENATE RESOLUTION expressing the sincere gratitude and appreciation of the Indiana Senate to the Indiana Legislative Services Agency for its tireless work and dedication during the Second Regular Session of the One Hundred Twentieth General Assembly.
Sponsor: David Long
Honoring Representative Scott Pelath.
Sponsor: Terry Goodin
Urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic treatment of first episode psychosis.
Sponsor: John Bartlett
Honoring Representative Linda Lawson.
Sponsor: Terry Goodin
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of spousal support and educational support.
Sponsor: Michael Delph
Recognizing the Workingman's Friend restaurant.
Sponsor: Thomas Saunders
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Pamela Landwer on the occasion of her retirement from the Legislative Services Agency.
Sponsor: David Long
A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing the exceptional work and dedication of the Indiana State Senate employees.
Sponsor: David Long
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring John Joseph Stieff on the occasion of his retirement as the Director of the Office of Code Revision, Indiana Legislative Services Agency.
Sponsor: David Long
A SENATE RESOLUTION expressing the Indiana State Senate's sincere appreciation to the Indiana State Medical Association and the Indiana Academy of Family Physicians for coordinating and operating the "Doctor of the Day" program and to the dedicated doctors who participated.
Sponsor: David Long
Urging the legislative council to assign the topic of end of life options to the appropriate study committee.
Sponsor: Matt Pierce
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Judy Stull on the occasion of her retirement from the Legislative Services Agency.
Sponsor: David Long
Urging all Hoosiers to recognize April as National Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM).
Sponsor: Julie Olthoff
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the topic of bias motivated crimes.
Sponsor: Gregory Porter
Congratulating the Chesterton High School Speech and Debate Team.
Sponsor: Charles Moseley
Urging all Hoosier to recognize August as "Shingles Awareness and Improvement Month."
Sponsor: David Frizzell
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Central Noble High School girls basketball team.
Sponsor: David Ober
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging all Hoosiers to recognize "Electric Lineman Appreciation Day".
Sponsor: David Ober
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION fixing the date for the second regular technical session of the One Hundred Twentieth General Assembly.
Sponsor: Brian Bosma
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename that segment of U.S. Highway 421 from the Jefferson/Ripley County line to the junction of U.S. Highway 421 and State Road 62 the "Major Samuel Woodfill Memorial Highway".
Sponsor: Randall Frye
Bail issues. Provides that murder is not bailable if the state proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the proof is evident or the presumption strong.
Sponsor: Gregory Porter
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Zionsville High School seniors selected as candidates for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.
Sponsor: Michael Delph
Honoring Representative Milo Smith.
Sponsor: Brian Bosma
Honoring Representative Wes Culver.
Sponsor: Brian Bosma
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Carmel High School seniors selected as candidates for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.
Sponsor: Michael Delph
A SENATE RESOLUTION remembering the life of John B. German.
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Department of natural resources. Requires motorboats operated on waters of concurrent jurisdiction with the United States or another state to be equipped with certain combination lights. Exempts employees of a federal wildlife management agency, acting in accordance with a permit and the written consent of the director of the department of natural resources (department), from the prohibition on shooting from or across public highways. Allows the department to adopt rules authorizing the use of rifles on public property. Allows the use of rifles on privately owned land for hunting under certain conditions. Allows for fishing within 200 yards (rather than
Sponsor: Sean Eberhart
Libraries. Merges the Indiana historical bureau (bureau) into the Indiana state library (library) as a division of the library. (Current law specifies that the bureau and the library are separate divisions of the Indiana library and historical department (ILHD).) Specifies that: (1) the ILHD shall manage the library; and (2) the library shall manage the bureau. Requires the director of the library to appoint a deputy director of the bureau. (Current law requires the board of the ILHD to appoint a director of the bureau.) Makes the following changes to the membership of the state oversight committee on public records
Sponsor: Thomas Saunders
State use program. Changes references of "person with a severe disability" to "individual with a disability" in the public purchasing laws and the laws concerning the committee for the purchase of products and services of individuals with a disability (committee). Defines "individual with a disability". Amends the definition of "qualified agency". Provides that a governmental body's purchasing agent must determine if a product or service is within 10% of the fair market price. Adds a nonvoting member to the committee who represents a central coordinating agency. Amends the requirements for a state use products and services catalog. Requires the committee
Sponsor: Robert Heaton
Newborn screenings. Establishes when a blood sample must be taken from a newborn infant for testing for certain disorders. Provides that the time requirement for taking a blood sample does not apply to preterm infants or newborn infants who receive a total exchange blood transfusion.
Sponsor: Heath VanNatter
Electronic powers of attorney, trusts, and wills. Allows a testator to execute an electronic will. Specifies requirements pertaining to the: (1) creation; (2) attestation; and (3) execution; of an electronic will. Allows video recordings of an electronic will's execution to be used for demonstrating: (1) proper execution of a will; (2) testator intent; (3) the mental state of a testator; (4) the absence of undue influence or duress with respect to a testator; and (5) verification of the individual identities involved in the execution of an electronic will. Provides exemplar instructions and advisory language to testators with respect to electronic
Sponsor: Gregory Steuerwald
Suspected human trafficking. Removes the requirement that a licensed health practitioner report that an adult patient is a suspected victim of human trafficking to a local law enforcement agency. Requires a licensed health practitioner to provide information concerning available resources and services to a patient who is a suspected victim of human trafficking.
Sponsor: Karen Engleman
Delinquent self-storage facility rents. Amends the statute concerning self-storage facilities to allow a facility owner (owner) to impose and collect from a renter a late fee that does not exceed the greater of: (1) $20; or (2) 20% of the monthly rent; for each month the renter is in default under the rental agreement. Authorizes an owner to recover from a renter all reasonable costs and expenses of: (1) rent collection; and (2) lien enforcement; incurred by the owner as a result of the renter's default. Specifies that an owner's lien under the statute includes a lien on the renter's
Sponsor: Mike Speedy
EMT use of injectable epinephrine. Requires the emergency medical services commission to establish training and certification standards for the administration of epinephrine through a prefilled syringe and a syringe and ampule by an emergency medical technician (EMT). Allows an EMT who has been certified to administer epinephrine through an auto-injector, a prefilled syringe, and a syringe and ampule.
Sponsor: Kevin Mahan
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename a portion of State Road 62 in Jefferson County in honor of James Pendleton.
Sponsor: Randall Frye
Diabetes reporting. Requires the state department of health (state department) to collaborate with the office of the secretary of family and social services and develop a strategic plan to identify and significantly reduce the prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes. Requires the state department to establish workgroups to assist with development of the strategic plan. Requires the state department to submit the strategic plan to the governor and the general assembly and to update the strategic plan every two years until July 1, 2026. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on public health, behavioral
Sponsor: Vanessa Summers
Perinatal levels of care designation certification. Requires the state department of health to establish a program to certify perinatal levels of care designations for licensed hospitals and birthing centers that provide birthing services. Specifies requirements that must be met in order to operate as a perinatal center. Allows perinatal centers to perform peer review for the perinatal center, other hospitals, and other birthing centers that provide birthing services.
Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau
Annexation remonstrance waivers. Permits a municipal works board to waive the requirement in a sewage works contract that a property owner releases the property owner's right to remonstrate against pending or future annexations by the municipality of the area served by the sewage works.
Sponsor: Ronald Bacon
Dental hygienist access practice agreements. Allows a dental hygienist to practice dental hygiene in a location and without supervision under an access practice agreement with an access practice dentist. Specifies the requirements to provide dental hygiene services under an access practice agreement. Requires an access practice dentist to be available to provide emergency communication and consultation with the dental hygienist. Establishes record keeping requirements. Requires a dental hygienist who provides services under an access practice agreement to maintain malpractice liability insurance. Requires a signed consent form before providing services under an access practice agreement. Requires that certain written information be
Sponsor: David Frizzell
Code revision correction. Corrects a word processing error by restoring two provisions concerning the distribution of money for standardbred purposes that were inadvertently omitted from IC 4-35-7-12 when that statute was last amended in 2016. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the code revision commission.)
Sponsor: Robert Cherry
Landowner immunity for trail access. Specifies that with respect to the statute that restricts a landowner's liability for an injury to a person or property caused by an act or failure to act of another person using the landowner's premises for certain recreational purposes, those purposes include another person going on or through the premises for the purpose of accessing a trail, a greenway, a park, or another similar area used for recreational purposes. Makes a technical change to include in the statute that lists Indiana Code provisions that: (1) are outside the Indiana Code title concerning civil law and
Sponsor: Carey Hamilton
Nursing facility Medicaid reimbursement rates. Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning to use the report card score published by the state department of health on June 30, 2017, to establish the nursing facility report card score measure of the nursing facility total quality score in determining reimbursement rates to nursing facilities for services provided to Medicaid recipients for the July 1, 2018, rate effective date.
Sponsor: David Frizzell
Registration of securities. Amends the list of securities transactions exempt from registration and notice filing requirements to: (1) remove obsolete and redundant cross references to federal law; (2) provide for use of federal Form D successor registration exemption forms for notice filings on transactions exempt from federal registration; (3) move: (A) from the law concerning registration of securities; and (B) to the law concerning registration exemptions; notice filing requirements for certain transactions; and (4) strike from the Tier 2 of federal Regulation A exemption a requirement that the transaction be part of a single issue. Provides a procedure for pending
Sponsor: Robert Heaton
Education benefits for veterans. Excludes from the determination of financial eligibility for need based financial aid certain benefits received by veteran students. Provides for state educational institution students who are members of the Indiana National Guard, the National Guard of a state contiguous to Indiana, the reserves, or armed forces who are on active duty or are called to active duty during an academic term to receive: (1) a tuition refund or credit; or (2) reenrollment in courses not completed due to active duty status.
Sponsor: Timothy Wesco
Pretrial diversion. Provides that the initial user fee amount for a diversion agreement involving a misdemeanor is $50. Provides that the initial user fee amount for a diversion agreement involving a felony is $75. Allows a court to impose on a person an additional program fee or cost that is reasonably related to the person's rehabilitation. Prohibits a monthly user fee from being collected beyond the maximum length of a possible sentence. Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: Gregory Steuerwald
Information for prospective adoptive parent. Requires the licensed child placing agency or local office that will conduct an inspection and submit a report to the court concerning a petition to adopt a child to provide and explain to a child's current foster parent and prospective adoptive parent a document containing contact information for individuals employed by the licensed child placing agency or local office in a supervisory capacity.
Sponsor: Charles Burton
Home detention matters. Eliminates the requirement that a period of home detention ordered as a condition of probation must be at least 60 days. Allows a court to approve activities for an offender that do not require the offender to be confined to the offender's home at all times. Provides that an offender must maintain a working telephone, cellular telephone, or other wireless or cellular communications device in the offender's home as a condition of being on home detention.
Sponsor: Matthew Lehman
Small cell wireless structures. Specifies that the statute concerning permits for wireless facilities and wireless support structures applies to permits issued by a permit authority to a communications service provider. Provides that a resolution, ordinance, or other regulation: (1) adopted by a permit authority after April 14, 2017, and before May 2, 2017; and (2) that designates an area within the jurisdiction of the permit authority as strictly for underground or buried utilities; applies only to communications service providers and those geographic areas that are zoned residential and where all existing utility infrastructure is already buried. Provides that, with respect
Sponsor: David Ober
Child care location and safety. Includes other weapons among the items that must be inaccessible to children in the care of certain child care providers, and amends accordingly the child care law concerning the list of imminent threats to children. Allows the division of family resources to waive the one year period after revocation during which a person may not apply for or be granted another license. Requires a child care provider to provide documentation from the county, city, or town that: (1) the child care provider meets all requirements of any applicable local ordinances; or (2) a business permit
Sponsor: Julie Olthoff
Newborn screening. Adds spinal muscular atrophy and severe combined immunodeficiency to the list of disorders in the newborn screening requirements.
Sponsor: Doug Gutwein
Treatment of out-of-state convictions in sentencing. Provides that, for purposes of law regarding death sentences and sentences for felonies and habitual offenders, a Level 6 felony conviction includes a conviction in another jurisdiction for which the offender might have been imprisoned for more than one year but less than two and one-half years.
Sponsor: Thomas Washburne
Unlawful indemnity agreements. Provides that the law concerning indemnity agreements in construction or design contracts applies to certain design-build contracts. Specifies that "sole negligence" for purposes of liability under a construction or design contract does not include: (1) vicarious liability; (2) imputed negligence; or (3) assumption of a nondelegable duty. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the issue of whether a provision in a professional services contract that requires indemnification or defense of a promisee for certain liability is against public policy.
Sponsor: Gerald Torr
Heat preparedness training for coaches. Provides that head coaches and assistant coaches who coach interscholastic sports or intramural sports must complete a certified coaching education course that includes content for prevention of or response to heat related medical issues that may arise from a student athlete's training.
Sponsor: Ronald Bacon
Electronic titles. Defines "certificate of title" as a record that: (1) contains evidence of vehicle ownership; (2) contains information related to the vehicle as required under the law governing certificates of title; and (3) can be issued either in a physical document or an electronic document. Defines "transferring party" as a person that: (1) is listed on the certificate of title as an owner of the vehicle; or (2) is acting as an agent of the owner and holds power of attorney for the owner of the vehicle. Requires a person who has a lien or encumbrance that is notated
Sponsor: Sally Siegrist
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Knapp Miller Brown Insurance on serving the residents of Washington County for 100 years.
Sponsor: Erin Houchin
A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring the 2018 Senate Majority interns and thanking them for their service to the Indiana General Assembly.
Sponsor: James Merritt
Carbon monoxide emissions testing. Provides that a fire department established by a: (1) county; (2) city; (3) town; or (4) township; or a volunteer fire department may provide vehicular carbon monoxide testing (testing) to the owner of a motor vehicle. Requires testing to be offered to the owner of a motor vehicle without charge. Specifies the manner in which testing is to be conducted. Specifies certain paperwork and record keeping requirements. Provides that a test administrator's good faith effort to properly conduct a vehicular carbon monoxide test immunizes the test administrator from civil liability and all associated damages, including punitive
Sponsor: Michael Delph
A SENATE RESOLUTION to recognize and honor the Senate Democratic Caucus Interns for their service during the Second Regular Session of the One Hundred Twentieth Indiana General Assembly.
Sponsor: Karen Tallian
Appraisal management companies. Provides that an appraisal management company that engages a real estate appraiser as an independent contractor as described in the statute concerning appraisal management companies to perform an appraisal shall pay the real estate appraiser for the appraisal not later than: (1) the deadline indicated by the payment terms set forth in: (A) the contract or agreement between the appraisal management company and the real estate appraiser; or (B) the real estate appraiser's invoice, if such a contract or agreement: (i) does not exist; or (ii) exists but does not specify any payment terms; or (2) 45
Sponsor: Dennis Kruse
Student possession and use of sunscreen. Provides that a student may possess and use a topical, non-aerosol sunscreen product while on school property or at a school sponsored event or activity without being required to: (1) have a physician's note or prescription; or (2) store the topical, non-aerosol sunscreen product in a specific location; if the product is regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration for over-the-counter use for the purpose of limiting ultraviolet light-induced skin damage. Allows school personnel to assist a student in applying the sunscreen if the school has written permission from the student's parent
Sponsor: Elizabeth Brown
Cemetery maintenance expenses. Defines "immediate maintenance needs" of a cemetery and specifies that the income from a cemetery's perpetual care fund may be used to meet the cemetery's immediate maintenance needs. Provides that money in a cemetery's perpetual care fund may be invested in certificates of deposit, mutual funds, money market mutual funds, and other interest bearing accounts or funds. Allows a cemetery to obtain maintenance funds from the state consumer protection fund for cemetery maintenance (fund) if the appreciation and income of the principal of the cemetery's perpetual care fund are not sufficient to meet the cemetery's immediate maintenance
Sponsor: Eric Koch
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the St. Louis Catholic Church of Batesville, Indiana, on the occasion of its 150th anniversary.
Sponsor: Jean Leising
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Lawrence County, Indiana, Bicentennial.
Sponsor: Eric Koch
A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Congresswoman Virginia Jenckes on the 80th anniversary of the end of her tenure as the first female United States Representative for the State of Indiana.
Sponsor: Jon Ford
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the task of studying issues related to maintenance of certification requirements for physician licensure, hospital privileges, and insurance credentialing, and their impact on patient access to care in Indiana.
Sponsor: Elizabeth Brown
Fire department contracts. Creates the following minimum requirements for the negotiation of a contract entered into after May 31, 2018, between a municipality and an employee organization for fire department employees: (1) Requires the municipality to adopt an ordinance that automatically requires the parties submit to binding arbitration if they fail to agree to a new contract within a specified period of time. (2) Establishes requirements for a municipality to follow to terminate a contract if the municipality intends to contract with a volunteer fire department or other provider of fire protection services to the municipality. (3) Allows a municipality
Sponsor: Chris May
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating WSLM Radio on its 65th anniversary of radio broadcasting.
Sponsor: Erin Houchin
NCSL 2020 Legislative Summit. Establishes the NCSL 2020 Legislative Summit host committee.
Sponsor: David Long
County building authorities. Authorizes the municipal county seat of a county building authority to withdraw its membership from the building authority. Provides that in the case of a withdrawal, the county fiscal body appoints the trustee formerly appointed by the municipal fiscal body, and the county executive appoints the trustee formerly appointed by the municipal executive. Provides that if the building authority has any bonds or other obligations outstanding, a municipality may not withdraw from the building authority if the withdrawal will impair the ability of the building authority to pay the bonds or other obligations.
Sponsor: Ronald Grooms
Honoring Representative Steven R. Stemler.
Sponsor: Terry Goodin
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating the Dawalt Funeral Home on its 110th year of dedication and service to the Washington County community.
Sponsor: Erin Houchin
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the task of studying issues related to contractual provisions creating physician non-competes and their impact on patient access to care in Indiana.
Sponsor: Elizabeth Brown
Recreation fund expenditures. Provides that expenditures for contraband detection equipment are permissible expenditures of money in a patients' recreation fund, students' recreation fund, or inmates' recreation fund maintained by a psychiatric, benevolent, penal, or correctional institution.
Sponsor: Mike Bohacek
Maximum number of foster children. Increases from five to six the number of children who may be supervised in a foster family home.
Sponsor: Andy Zay
Hospital licensure task force. Establishes a task force to review state regulations regarding the licensure of acute care hospitals, sub-acute care hospitals, and recovery centers in Indiana. Requires the task force to provide recommendations to the public health, behavioral health, and human services interim study committee before July 1, 2018.
Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau
Township board terms of office. Provides for the staggering of the terms of the members of township boards (other than township boards in Marion County) beginning with the 2022 general election. Establishes a process for filling vacancies and resolving ties for township board offices being elected during an election at which staggered terms are implemented.
Sponsor: John Crane
Administration of overdose intervention drugs. Provides that community corrections officers and probation officers may administer an overdose intervention drug. Requires community corrections officers and probation officers to report the use of an overdose intervention drug to the emergency ambulance service responsible for reporting the use to the Indiana emergency medical services commission. Requires that persons permitted to administer an overdose intervention drug must receive education and training on drug overdose response and treatment, including the administration of an overdose intervention drug before the person may administer an overdose intervention drug. Provides civil immunity to community corrections officers and probation officers
Sponsor: Susan Glick
Duties of corrections and criminal code interim study committee. Provides that the interim study committee on corrections and criminal code shall review current trends with respect to criminal behavior, sentencing, incarceration, and treatment and may: (1) identify particular needs of the criminal justice system that can be addressed by legislation; and (2) prepare legislation to address the particular needs found by the committee. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on corrections and criminal code.)
Sponsor: Rodric Bray
Residence of individual in state institution. Provides that an individual committed to an institution for individuals with a mental illness may state either of the following, but not both, as the individual's residence for purposes of voting: (1) The address of the institution where the individual has been committed. (2) The address where the individual lives when the individual is not committed to an institution. (Under current law, such an individual does not gain residency in the precinct in which the institution to which the individual is committed is located.)
Sponsor: Jean Leising
State agriculture and animal certification programs. Removes responsibilities concerning the Indiana organic peer review panel from the duties of the Indiana state department of agriculture. Repeals certain statutes concerning the following: (1) Indiana organic certification accreditation. (2) Certification of agricultural products. (3) Livestock certification. Relocates statutes concerning livestock certification to the animal health law. Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: Jean Leising
Various alcoholic beverage matters. Allows alcoholic beverages of any type to be sold from a portable structure or cart on a golf course. Repeals provisions regarding the following: (1) Malt manufacturer's permit. (2) Malt wholesaler's permit. (3) Malt dealer's permit. (4) Malt excise tax. (5) Seasonal resort hotel permit.. Maintains the escrow process for retailer or dealer permits issued before July 1, 2019. Provides that for a retailer or dealer permit issued after June 30, 2019, the permit may be deposited in escrow for not more than three (3) years. Amends for consistency provisions that allow a manufacturer of two
Sponsor: Ben Smaltz
Foster parent bill of rights. Requires the department of child services (department), in collaboration with: (1) current foster parents; (2) child placing agencies; and (3) other individuals and organizations with expertise in foster care services; to develop and update a statement of the rights of a foster parent. Requires that the statement of the rights of a foster parent summarize the rights and responsibilities of a foster parent. Requires the department to distribute and publish on the department's Internet web site the statement of the rights of a foster parent.
Sponsor: Jon Ford
Honoring those who have served as legislative interns for the Indiana House of Representatives during the Second Regular Session of the 120th Indiana General Assembly.
Sponsor: Kathy Richardson
Study of industrial hemp. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying the regulation of industrial hemp and industrial hemp products.
Sponsor: Jim Lucas
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the Indiana General Assembly to study the impact that pregnant women have on the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP).
Sponsor: Jean Breaux
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the Indiana federal congressional delegation to support efforts to modify the United States Bankruptcy Code venue requirements.
Sponsor: Rodric Bray
Honoring Representative Jim Baird.
Sponsor: Brian Bosma
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Nick Goepper on winning the silver medal in men's freeski slopestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.
Sponsor: Clyde Perfect
Honoring Representative Greg Beumer.
Sponsor: Brian Bosma
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of reducing gun violence and other deaths by firearms in Indiana.
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
529 plans. Provides the following for purposes of the state income tax credit for contributions to a college choice 529 education savings plan: (1) The term "qualified higher education expenses" has the meaning set forth in the Internal Revenue Code as in effect on January 1, 2017. (2) A taxpayer is not entitled to the credit for money that is credited to an account and that will be used to pay for expenses for tuition in connection with enrollment or attendance at an elementary or secondary public, private, or religious school or that will be transferred to an ABLE account.
Sponsor: Wes Culver
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of a comprehensive review of school safety issues with the goal to do whatever is necessary to protect Hoosier children in our schools.
Sponsor: James Tomes
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Lake County Public Library.
Sponsor: Julie Olthoff
Honoring Representative Tom Washburne.
Sponsor: Brian Bosma
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Debbie Rzepczynski, Lake County Public Library employee.
Sponsor: Julie Olthoff
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Northwestern High School girls basketball team.
Sponsor: Heath VanNatter
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Pastor Jeffrey A. Johnson Sr.
Sponsor: Robin Shackleford
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of a direct primary care pilot program for Indiana Medicaid and Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) participants.
Sponsor: Eric Koch
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Mason Parris.
Sponsor: Randy Lyness
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the community of Celestine on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of its founding.
Sponsor: Shane Lindauer
Honoring Representative David Ober.
Sponsor: Brian Bosma
Towing services. Amends the statute concerning the release of an abandoned motor vehicle that has been towed to a storage yard or towing facility as follows: (1) Provides inspection rights for owners and lienholders. (2) Requires a towing service or storage yard to: (A) provide an itemized receipt upon payment; and (B) meet certain requirements as to: (i) hours of operation; and (ii) receiving and returning telephone calls. Includes lienholders in the statutory definition of "owner". Makes the following changes to the statute concerning a public agency's or towing service's duty to notify the owner that an abandoned vehicle has
Sponsor: Kevin Mahan
Sunday sales of alcoholic beverages for carryout. Allows the following to sell alcoholic beverages for carryout on Sunday from noon until 8 p.m.: (1) A package liquor store, grocery store, convenience store, or drug store. (2) A restaurant that satisfies the requirements to sell carryout. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the alcohol code revision commission.)
Sponsor: Ben Smaltz
Central Indiana public transportation projects. Repeals the prohibition that prevents certain counties from: (1) purchasing; (2) leasing; (3) acquiring; (4) constructing; or (5) operating a light rail project.
Sponsor: Justin Moed
Motor vehicle repairs. Prohibits certain activities by an adjuster, insurer, insurance producer, or other representative of an insurer in connection with a motor vehicle repair. Makes certain activities by a repair shop in connection with a motor vehicle repair for which insurance coverage is available deceptive acts. With respect to an action for a deceptive act: (a) prohibits filing a class action; and (b) creates a rebuttable presumption that a repair is not defective if the repair is made in conformity with manufacturer procedures or industry standards.
Sponsor: Mark Messmer
Recognizing a memorial dedicated to forgotten women that have worked, served, fought, and died defending our country.
Sponsor: Michael Karickhoff
Urges the United States Forest Service to establish an off-road vehicles (ORVs) trail system.
Sponsor: Michael Karickhoff
K-12 funding. Requires the budget agency to transfer from the K-12 state tuition reserve account to the state general fund the amount necessary to cover the K-12 state tuition distribution amount if it exceeds the appropriated amount. Limits the transfer to $25,000,000 in state fiscal year 2017-2018 and $75,000,000 for state fiscal year 2018-2019. Requires school corporations to report information about virtual education programs to the department of education.
Sponsor: Ryan Mishler
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Dr. Wendy Robinson on her selection as the 2018 Indiana Superintendent of the Year.
Sponsor: Daniel Leonard
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the commissioner of the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the section of U.S. Highway 50 and Jennings County Road 150 N. on the west side of North Vernon to just off the old U.S. Highway 50 on the east side as it approaches the Muscatatuck River as the "Officer Anthony Burton and Reserve Officer Lonnie Howard Memorial Highway".
Sponsor: Jim Lucas
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Jerome Flewelling.
Sponsor: Julie Olthoff
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of residency requirements of police officers and firefighters in city, town, township, and county police and fire departments.
Sponsor: Joseph Zakas
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging INDOT to honor Deputy David Morgan of the Madison County Sheriff's Office by renaming a portion of State Road 37 the Deputy David Morgan Memorial Highway.
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Professions and occupations. Provides that the small business ombudsman (ombudsman) shall review a proposed rule that is an occupational regulation and imposes requirements or costs on persons subject to the occupational regulation. Requires the attorney general to disapprove a proposed rule if it violates federal antitrust laws. Requires that an agency file a statement concerning the economic impact of the proposed occupational regulation on persons who are subject to the occupational regulation. Requires the ombudsman to approve or deny the occupational regulation after determining if the least restrictive regulation is used. Requires a regulatory flexibility analysis that considers any less
Sponsor: Travis Holdman
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to issue permits to remove silt from and to clear and clean both banks of the St. Joseph River, Kankakee River, Yellow River, and their tributaries to help control flooding.
Sponsor: Mike Bohacek
Annexation study topics. Urges the legislative council to assign to an interim study committee the task of studying issues related to municipal annexation.
Sponsor: Rodric Bray
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to establish a study committee to study issues related to the Department of Child Services.
Sponsor: Eddie Melton
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to establish an interim study committee to study hysterectomy informed consent.
Sponsor: Bruce Borders
Recognizing women in law enforcement.
Sponsor: Linda Lawson
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the Legislative Council to assign the topic of the Compact for a Balanced Budget Amendment to the appropriate interim study committee.
Sponsor: Eric Bassler
Recognizing the Indiana Association of Career and Technical Education Districts.
Sponsor: Vanessa Summers
Recognizing Omega Psi Phi.
Sponsor: Vernon Smith
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Whitko High School art students who participated in the 48th World School Children's Art Exhibition.
Sponsor: Christopher Judy
Hospices and Medicaid. Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning (office) to retain a recipient who participates in the Medicaid risk based managed care program (program) on the program if the recipient is approved to receive hospice services without losing Medicaid coverage. Specifies certain Medicaid recipients may not participate in the Medicaid risk based managed care program. Requires reimbursement of the hospice provider through the program if the recipient participates in the program.
Sponsor: Vaneta Becker
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Larry A. Landis on his retirement from the Indiana Public Defender Council.
Sponsor: Michael Young
Sunday carryout sales. Allows the following to sell alcoholic beverages for carryout on Sunday from noon until 8 p.m.: (1) A package liquor store, grocery store, convenience store, or drug store. (2) A restaurant that satisfies the requirements to sell carryout. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the alcohol code revision commission.)
Sponsor: Ronnie Alting
Urging the legislative council to assign the topics of the use of an unlawful electronic communication device while driving and automated traffic control in construction zones to the appropriate committee.
Sponsor: Jim Pressel
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Jim Wildermuth for being named the 2017 Indiana Rural Teacher of the Year.
Sponsor: Randall Head
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Indiana Task Force One.
Sponsor: Randall Frye
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION commemorating the 50th anniversary of Senator Robert Kennedy's speech on April 4, 1968, following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Sponsor: Gregory Porter
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Orleans Dogwood Festival on its 50th anniversary.
Sponsor: Erin Houchin
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Earl Smith, Jr. on his induction into the 2018 Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.
Sponsor: Eddie Melton
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the task of studying issues related to the creation of a license to practice naturopathic medicine in Indiana.
Sponsor: David Niezgodski
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Dr. Thomas Kazee and Dr. Sharon Kazee upon their retirements as President and first lady of the University of Evansville.
Sponsor: Vaneta Becker
A SENATE RESOLUTION memorializing former Senate Democratic intern, Jennifer Rice.
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the Girl Scouts.
Sponsor: Karlee Macer
Recognizing and acknowledging the significant contributions that American Sikhs have made across the United State and to the State of Indiana on the occasion of Vaisakhi as "National Sikh Day".
Sponsor: Cindy Kirchhofer
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign the topic of autism and public education to the appropriate study committee.
Sponsor: Erin Houchin
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing St. John Baptist Church in Gary on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its founding.
Sponsor: Charlie Brown
A SENATE RESOLUTION memorializing Laura Jane Bauman's 41 years of service to the Indiana Senate and Indiana Senate Democratic Caucus
Sponsor: Karen Tallian
Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Sponsor: Vernon Smith
Credit services organizations. Amends the definition of the term "credit services organization" for purposes of the Indiana Code provisions governing credit services organizations to more closely align the definition with the definition of "credit repair organization" set forth in the federal Credit Repair Organizations Act. Makes a conforming amendment to the definition of the term "buyer" in the Indiana statute. Requires a credit services organization to do the following with respect to communications made by the credit services organization after June 30, 2018: (1) Include the complete name and address of the credit services organization on all communications. (2) Include
Sponsor: Clyde Perfect
A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring WaTasha Barnes-Griffin, Terry Whitt Bailey, Sylvia Bogle, Joyce and Edward Foggs, Vivian Conley, and others for their many contributions to Madison County, Delaware County, and the state during Black History Month 2018.
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Installation of used tires. Prohibits a supplier from installing or offering to install an unsafe used tire on a motor vehicle. Provides that a person who knowingly violates these provisions is subject to a civil penalty of $500 for each violation.
Sponsor: Robert Morris
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the issue of maximizing the underutilized economic resources of Gary, Indiana.
Sponsor: Eddie Melton
Access to employee restrooms. Provides that if a retail establishment has a restroom facility on its premises for the use of the retail establishment's employees, a customer who suffers from an eligible medical condition must, upon request, be allowed to use the restroom facility during normal business hours if certain conditions are met. Specifies that a customer who uses the retail establishment's employee restroom facility is responsible for leaving the restroom facility in the same condition as when the customer entered the restroom facility. Provides immunity from civil liability for any act or omission in allowing a customer to use
Sponsor: Vaneta Becker
Honoring the Union Benefica Mexicana.
Sponsor: Earl Harris
Use of purple marks to deny entry to property. Authorizes the use of purple marks to post real property against trespassers.
Sponsor: Steve Bartels
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of providing school districts the option of permitting teachers to carry concealed firearms in schools.
Sponsor: James Tomes
Urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate committee the topic of police officer and firefighter pension benefits.
Sponsor: Earl Harris
Property tax exemption for affordable rental housing. Provides a property tax exemption for affordable rental housing property when the property does not otherwise qualify for a property tax exemption. Provides that, in order to qualify for the exemption, the owner must meet the criteria applied by the Internal Revenue Service in determining if an organization that provides low income housing is considered charitable because it relieves the poor and distressed.
Sponsor: Doug Eckerty
Urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of healthcare cost and value.
Sponsor: Donna Schaibley
Recognizing the Indiana State Bar Association Leadership Development Academy.
Sponsor: Edward DeLaney
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating the Terre Haute Fire Department on its 150th anniversary.
Sponsor: Jon Ford
Recognizing the "Keep Noblesville Beautiful" organization.
Sponsor: Kathy Richardson
Recognizing National Speech and Debate Education Day.
Sponsor: Mara Reardon
Recognizing "Farmworkers Awareness Week", the birthday of Cesar Chavez, and the work of Proteus, Inc.
Sponsor: Patrick Bauer
Urging the government of Turkey to cease its discrimination against the Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Orthodox Christian Church.
Sponsor: Robert Morris
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign the topic of establishing a voluntary paid family and medical leave program to the appropriate study committee.
Sponsor: Karen Tallian
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Dubois County on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of its founding.
Sponsor: Shane Lindauer
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION commemorating Frederick Douglass.
Sponsor: Gregory Porter
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing Gunner James Burnam.
Sponsor: Peggy Mayfield
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Fishers High School "We The People" team.
Sponsor: Todd Huston
Water infrastructure task force. Establishes a water infrastructure task force (task force) consisting of two members of the senate, two members of the house of representatives, and five governor's appointees, one of whom the governor shall appoint to serve as chair of the task force. Requires the task force to: (1) study drinking water systems and wastewater management systems; and (2) develop a long term plan for addressing drinking water and wastewater needs in Indiana. Requires the Indiana Finance Authority to provide staff support to the task force. Requires the task force to submit a report containing certain recommendations to
Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing Sgt. Major Jeffrey Shera and urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to place signs on SR 121 outside of Laurel, IN honoring Sgt. Major Shera's life and accomplishments.
Sponsor: Jean Leising
Handgun licenses. Increases the duration of a four year handgun license to five years. Provides that an individual may simultaneously hold both a five year license and a lifetime license. Requires a law enforcement officer to whom an application for a handgun license is made to perform a national, fingerprint based criminal history check and consult available local, state, and federal criminal history data banks, including the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), when determining whether possession of a firearm by an applicant would be a violation of state or federal law. Removes the fees for lifetime licenses beginning
Sponsor: Timothy Wesco
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of improving the professionalism of county veteran service officers so as to ensure veterans are fully served in every county in Indiana.
Sponsor: David Niezgodski
Houses of worship and firearms. Permits a person who may legally possess a firearm to possess a firearm on school property, unless prohibited by the house of worship, if the person possesses the firearm: (1) as an employee or volunteer of a house of worship located on the school property; or (2) while attending a worship service or religious ceremony conducted at a house of worship. Excludes certain nonexclusive uses of school property from the statutory definition of "school property".
Sponsor: Jack Sandlin
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate committee the topic of loot boxes and video games as gambling.
Sponsor: Ronald Grooms
Congratulating the South Newton High School 4-H soil judging teams.
Sponsor: Sharon Negele
A SENATE RESOLUTION memorializing the Honorable Julian L. Ridlen.
Sponsor: Randall Head
Congratulating the Warren Central High School Winter Guard.
Sponsor: Cindy Kirchhofer
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging Governor Holcomb to recognize September as Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month.
Sponsor: Michael Crider
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Salem Apothecary on serving the pharmacy needs of Washington County residents for 140 years.
Sponsor: Erin Houchin
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the 2.1 mile section of U.S. 31 from County Road 600 North to Paul Hand Boulevard as the "Bob Glidden Memorial Highway" after ten-time National Hot Rod Association ("NHRA") Champion Bob Glidden.
Sponsor: Jack Sandlin
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Jane Seigel on her retirement from the Indiana Office of Court Services after twenty years of service.
Sponsor: Joseph Zakas
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to an 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: Greg Walker
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename US 421 in Jefferson County from the junction of US 421 and SR 62 to the northern border of Jefferson County, Indiana as the "Maj. Samuel Woodfill Memorial Highway" in honor of the 100th anniversary of Indiana's only World War I Medal of Honor recipient and Jefferson County native.
Sponsor: James Smith
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Evelynn Byrum on being named one of the Distinguished Finalists for Indiana's Top Youth Volunteers of 2018.
Sponsor: Randall Head
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of improving the post-secondary financial assistance program for children of disabled veterans and to more judiciously grant funds for post-secondary education monies by limiting the use of these funds.
Sponsor: Frank Mrvan
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging continued recognition of The Jennifer Act.
Sponsor: Eric Bassler
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing Dr. Kevin Rodgers.
Sponsor: Robert Behning
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Martinsville High School Academic Decathlon team on winning its nineteenth state championship.
Sponsor: Rodric Bray
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Elliot Cox on winning the 2017 SuperKarts! USA ProTour national championship in the Micro Swift class.
Sponsor: Aaron Freeman
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the St. Joseph High School baseball team on their 2017 IHSAA Class 3A state championship.
Sponsor: Joseph Zakas
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Lewis Cass High School marching band for winning the 2017 Class C Indiana State School Music Association ("ISSMA") marching band competition.
Sponsor: Randall Head
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring volunteer firefighters.
Sponsor: Randall Frye
Asbestos litigation. Specifies causes of action that may constitute a product liability action. Repeals provisions pertaining to product liability actions that are based upon: (1) property damage resulting from asbestos; and (2) personal injury, disability, disease, or death resulting from exposure to asbestos. Requires certain disclosures regarding asbestos bankruptcy trust claims in civil asbestos actions. Provides medical criteria to set aside and preserve the claims of asbestos and silica claimants without physical impairment, and gives priority to asbestos and silica claimants with malignant conditions and impairing nonmalignant conditions. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee
Sponsor: Matthew Lehman
A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing the Indiana State Bar Association Leadership Development Academy.
Sponsor: Aaron Freeman
Congratulating Ben Davis High School football team.
Sponsor: Karlee Macer
Recognizing the use of physical therapy as a safe alternative to opioids.
Sponsor: David Frizzell
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Lafayette Central Catholic High School girls volleyball team.
Sponsor: Sheila Klinker
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing FFA and all of its work to advance the quality of agricultural education both locally and nationally.
Sponsor: Jean Leising
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate the State of Israel on the occasion of its seventieth anniversary, and to recognize the deep relationship between the State of Indiana and Israel.
Sponsor: John Ruckelshaus
A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing foreign exchange students in Indiana.
Sponsor: Eric Bassler
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing Lieutenant Aaron Allan.
Sponsor: David Frizzell
A SENATE RESOLUTION memorializing Jeff Washburn.
Sponsor: Ronnie Alting
Internet crimes investigation fund. 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 certain costs incurred by the department and directly related to crimes 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 Operational and Investigative Standards. Requires
Sponsor: Michael Crider
Urging Indiana school corporations to permit a student to wear a dress uniform issued to the student by any active or reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the National Guard while participating in the student's high school graduation ceremony.
Sponsor: Micheal Aylesworth
Magistrates. Allows the judges of the Putnam circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint a magistrate to serve the Putnam County courts. Allows the judges of the Jefferson County circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint a magistrate to serve the Jefferson County courts. Allows the judges of the Scott County circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint a magistrate to serve the Scott County courts.
Sponsor: Rodric Bray
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Superintendent Ryan Snoddy.
Sponsor: Heath VanNatter
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Purdue University cheerleading team.
Sponsor: Sally Siegrist
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Indiana Arts Education Day at the Statehouse.
Sponsor: Gerald Torr
Redistricting standards. Establishes redistricting standards for congressional and state legislative districts. Provides that the initial proposed plans for congressional and state legislative districts must comply with the redistricting standards. Allows the general assembly, during the process by which the initial proposed plans become effective by being enacted as a law, to consider and adopt modifications to the initial proposed plans that deviate from the redistricting standards as long as the reason or reasons for each deviation are publicly explained and documented.
Sponsor: Greg Walker
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the bicentennial of Randolph County.
Sponsor: Greg Beumer
A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing and acknowledging the significant contributions that Sikhism has made across the United States and to the State of Indiana.
Sponsor: Jack Sandlin
Urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of the purchasing age for tobacco products.
Sponsor: Charlie Brown
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the bicentennial of Winchester, Indiana.
Sponsor: Greg Beumer
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of teacher training requirements.
Sponsor: Robert Behning
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Carmel High School marching band.
Sponsor: Gerald Torr
Access to nutritious food program. Establishes the access to nutritious food program (program) under the administration of the Indiana housing and community development authority (IHCDA). Provides that the purpose of the program is to focus on: (1) distribution of fresh and nutritious food; and (2) education in food preparation and nutrition in food deserts. Defines "food desert". Requires the IHCDA to convene an annual meeting to share best practices and information concerning effective programs and submit an annual report to the lieutenant governor and legislative council.
Sponsor: John Ruckelshaus
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Indiana Economic Development Association on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its founding.
Sponsor: Edward Clere
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating WTLC-FM on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its creation.
Sponsor: Gregory Porter
Homeowners associations and solar power. Prohibits a homeowners association from adopting or enforcing certain rules, covenants, declarations of restrictions, and other governing documents concerning solar energy systems after June 30, 2018.
Sponsor: Aaron Freeman
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename that section of U.S. Highway 30 from the intersection with Pine Road to the intersection with Oak Road in Marshall County the "Ralph 'Ray' Reed Memorial Drive".
Sponsor: Jack Jordan
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to urge Senator Todd Young and Senator Joe Donnelly to deliver results on border security and immigration reform.
Sponsor: Victoria Spartz
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging support of free and fair elections in the United States.
Sponsor: Dennis Kruse
Recognizing Brown-Mack Funeral Home on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its establishment.
Sponsor: Alan Morrison
Alcohol permits for economic development. Allows the alcohol and tobacco commission (ATC) to issue additional alcoholic beverage restaurant permits to the economic development area, redevelopment district, or economic revitalization area in Munster, Bargersville, Martinsville, and Greenwood. Allows the ATC to issue retailer's permits for two types of licensed premises within a bottling district in a consolidated city as follows: (1) A three-way retailer's permit for a designated food hall containing multiple food and beverage vendors. (2) A three-way permit for an owner or lessee of a building in the bottling district that contains retail store space. Authorizes the commission to
Sponsor: Jack Sandlin
Local regulation of natural resource development. Changes the definition of "urban area" for purposes of a land use statute in the area planning law to include any lands or lots used for residential purposes where there are at least 20 residences (instead of eight residences) within any quarter mile square area. Specifies that the statute does not authorize an ordinance or action of a plan commission or a board of zoning appeals prohibited by the remainder of the bill. Provides that the prohibition applies when exercising jurisdiction within the geographic area of a plan commission or board of zoning appeals,
Sponsor: Jeff Ellington
Study committee. Urges the legislative council to assign to the education interim study committee the task of studying: (1) the current regulatory framework and methods to streamline regulatory compliance; and (2) the use of innovative solutions and public-private partnerships in delivering educational services and sharing of best practices.
Sponsor: Victoria Spartz
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Cynthia Brinker upon her retirement from the University of Southern Indiana.
Sponsor: Vaneta Becker
Protecting pets in distressed homes. Provides that: (1) an adult protective services unit conducting an investigation; or (2) a caseworker conducting an assessment; who observes, or has reason to believe, that an animal is a victim of animal cruelty, abandonment, or neglect may make a report to the local law enforcement agency or local animal control officer. Provides that: (1) an adult protective services unit; or (2) a caseworker; who makes a report of animal cruelty, abandonment, or neglect is immune from civil and criminal liability.
Sponsor: Ronald Grooms
A SENATE RESOLUTION to honor Gary McKinney upon his retirement as the Environmental/Brownfield Specialist for the city of Anderson.
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Southridge High School football team on winning the Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class 2A state championship.
Sponsor: Mark Messmer
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Dr. Linda L. M. Bennett on her retirement from the Presidency of the University of Southern Indiana.
Sponsor: Vaneta Becker
Misleading or inaccurate caller identification. Provides that the attorney general can collect attorney fees and costs in a civil action for a violation of the law prohibiting misleading or inaccurate caller identification. Makes technical changes to the deceptive consumer sales act (act) to: (1) include in the list of acts constituting deceptive acts for purposes of the act, a reference to a violation of the statute concerning misleading or inaccurate caller identification information; and (2) include a reference to the Indiana Code provision that specifies the civil penalty that the attorney general may recover for a knowing or intentional violation
Sponsor: Randall Head
State settlement agreements. Provides that neither a unit nor a school corporation may settle a claim by agreeing to: (1) adopt, refuse to adopt, or refuse to enforce an ordinance or policy; or (2) the terms of an injunction, restraining order, or consent decree; without providing the attorney general an opportunity to intervene. Requires the court to certify such a case to the attorney general to provide the attorney general an opportunity to intervene. Provides that the attorney general may present evidence that relates to the state's interest in the outcome of the action, and arguments on the state's interest
Sponsor: Eric Koch
Funding of 911 call centers. Provides that, after June 30, 2018, a county that contains more than one public safety answering point (PSAP) shall distribute funds to each PSAP in the county on a proportional basis according to the call volume received by each PSAP in the county during the immediately preceding calendar year. Provides that, in determining the amount to be distributed to each PSAP, the county may use the call data and statistics reported to the statewide 911 board (board) annually by the county's PSAPs. Requires the board to provide the relevant data and statistics to the county
Sponsor: Jean Leising
Seed commissioner rulemaking. Provides that the state seed commissioner (seed commissioner) shall adopt rules to add the following to the list of restricted noxious weed seeds: (1) Palmer amaranth. (2) Waterhemp. (3) Any pigweed seed. (4) Any Amaranth seed. Specifies that Amaranthus seeds sold for certain purposes are excluded from the seed commissioner's rulemaking.
Sponsor: Jean Leising
Community mental health centers. Specifies the funding amounts that must be provided by counties to community mental health centers. Provides that a county's maximum funding amount for a year is equal to the maximum funding amount for the previous year multiplied by the percentage change in the county's general fund property tax levy, after subtracting circuit breaker credits (but provides that the maximum funding amount will not be less than the preceding year's maximum funding amount). Phases-in this change in the case of Marion County. Requires the department of local government finance (DLGF) to verify the maximum appropriation calculation as
Sponsor: Philip Boots
Maintaining a common nuisance. Provides a defense to the crime of maintaining a common nuisance if: (1) the location was not primarily used for specified unlawful acts; (2) the charged offense involves less than a specified quantity of marijuana, hashish, hash oil, or salvia or involves paraphernalia; and (3) the person does not have a prior unrelated conviction for maintaining a common nuisance.
Sponsor: Mike Bohacek
Annexation limits. Provides that a municipality may not annex territory during a calendar year that has a total gross assessed value of more than 15% of the total gross assessed value of the annexing municipality.
Sponsor: James Buck
Prior authorization. Specifies requirements for prior authorization of health plan coverage and claim payment, including provisions concerning electronic transmission of prior authorization requests and responses, except in certain circumstances.
Sponsor: Elizabeth Brown
Spay-neuter grant program. Provides for the state board of animal health (board) to administer forfeited deposits held by animal care facilities for spay-neuter procedures. (Current law provides for the bureau of motor vehicles to administer the forfeited deposits.) Establishes the spay-neuter grant program and the spay-neuter fund. Provides that the board administers the grant program and the fund.
Sponsor: Mark Messmer
Specifications for local public work contracts. Provides that specifications for a local public work contract must be written to encourage competition for each product or system furnished under the contract. Provides that for a local public work project for a school corporation that has an estimated cost greater than $1,000,000, the designer must specify at least three products or systems that are acceptable as substantially equal in terms of quality, durability, appearance, and functionality. Establishes a procedure for the specification of a single approved source for a product or system when it is considered to be in the best interest
Sponsor: Mark Messmer
A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring foster families for their support in serving and caring for Indiana's most vulnerable children.
Sponsor: Travis Holdman
Office based opioid treatment programs. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee for the 2018 interim period the task of studying whether Indiana should impose a license requirement or other regulatory requirements on an office based opioid treatment program operating in Indiana and, if the committee determines that regulation is necessary, to identify the appropriate agency to perform the regulation.
Sponsor: Erin Houchin
Health care cost and value study. Urges the legislative council to assign the issue of health care cost and value to an appropriate interim study committee for study during the 2018 interim of the general assembly. Requires the interim study committee to study the issue and make recommendations not later than November 1, 2018.
Sponsor: Victoria Spartz
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Pioneer Junior-Senior High School football team on winning the Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class A state championship.
Sponsor: Randall Head
Physician maintenance of certification. Prohibits a hospital from denying hospital staff or admitting privileges to a physician or podiatrist based solely on the decision of the physician or podiatrist not to participate in maintenance of certification. Specifies that the medical licensing statute and the podiatrist licensing statute do not require a licensed physician or licensed podiatrist to hold or maintain a board certification in a specialty medical area in order to practice. Prohibits an accident and sickness insurer from: (1) denying a physician or podiatrist the right to enter into a reimbursement agreement with the insurer; (2) denying a physician or
Sponsor: Elizabeth Brown
Nursing faculty loan repayment grant program. Establishes the nursing faculty loan repayment grant program (program) to increase the number of nursing faculty in Indiana. Requires the commission for higher education to administer the program. Establishes the nursing faculty loan repayment grant fund. Sets forth requirements for an individual to participate in the program. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on public health, behavioral health, and human services.)
Sponsor: Vaneta Becker
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the New Palestine High School girls softball team for winning the 2017 Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class 3A state championship title.
Sponsor: Michael Crider
Automatic dialing-announcing devices. Provides that the statute prohibiting a caller from using or connecting an automatic dialing-announcing device to a telephone line unless certain conditions are met does not apply with respect to messages made in connection with calls made by the state or a political subdivision of the state in connection with certain debt collection activities.
Sponsor: Doug Eckerty
Crimes involving synthetic drugs. Makes certain offenses involving synthetic drugs an enhancing circumstance. Removes certain misdemeanor prosecutions concerning synthetic drugs and synthetic lookalike drugs from eligibility for conditional discharge.
Sponsor: Mike Bohacek
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate committee the topic of redistricting issues.
Sponsor: Greg Walker
Consumer credit code. Urges the legislative council to assign to an interim study committee, for study during the 2018 interim, the topic of revisions to the Uniform Consumer Credit Code. Sets forth issues for consideration by an interim study committee assigned this topic.
Sponsor: Andy Zay
Criminal law matters. Repeals the offense of auto theft and receiving stolen auto parts. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally exerts unauthorized control of a motor vehicle or a component part of a motor vehicle, with the intent to deprive the other person of any part of its value or use, commits theft, a Level 6 felony. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally exerts unauthorized control of a motor vehicle or a component part of a motor vehicle, with the intent to deprive the other person of any part of its value or use, and has
Sponsor: Michael Young
School property and religious institutions. Prohibits a sex offender from attending a house of worship located on school property while classes, extracurricular activities, or other school activities are being held.
Sponsor: Frank Mrvan
Broadband grants for unserved areas. Authorizes the office of community and rural affairs (office) to award grants to qualified broadband providers in connection with qualified broadband projects involving the deployment of infrastructure to provide qualified broadband service in unserved areas in Indiana. Defines "qualified broadband service" as a connection to the Internet at an average speed of at least ten 10 megabits per second downstream and at least one megabit per second upstream, regardless of the technology used. Defines an "unserved area" as a geographic area in Indiana in which there is not at least one provider of terrestrial broadband
Sponsor: Erin Houchin
Congratulating Francis Joseph Reitz High School on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its founding.
Sponsor: Wendy McNamara
The Indiana high school diploma. Requires the state board of education (state board) to establish one Indiana diploma for individuals who successfully complete high school graduation requirements. (Current law establishes four different diplomas.) Provides that each Indiana diploma must include one of the following designations: (1) General designation. (2) Core 40 designation. (3) Core 40 with academic honors designation. (4) Core 40 with technical honors designation. Requires, in adopting Core 40 curriculum models, the state board to consider math course requirements other than Algebra II. Allows the state board to adopt rules to establish: (1) math course requirements; and (2)
Sponsor: Dennis Kruse
Court appointed child advocate immunity. Provides immunity from civil liability for: (1) a guardian ad litem program; (2) a court appointed special advocate program; (3) an employee of or volunteer for a guardian ad litem program or court appointed special advocate program; and (4) an individual acting as a contracted guardian ad litem; when a child is placed on a waiting list for guardian ad litem or court appointed special advocate services.
Sponsor: Mike Bohacek
Town employees holding elected office. Provides with regard to a town that has a population of less than 2,500, that a town employee may: (1) serve on the town board; and (2) may not participate in a vote on the town's budget and tax levies.
Sponsor: Mike Bohacek
Distance between water well and septic system. Requires the natural resources commission and the state board of health to adopt joint rules establishing a minimum distance that must exist between a residential septic system and the location in which a water well is drilled. Provides that the holder of a water well driller's license may be reprimanded by the director of the department of natural resources (director) for a first violation of these rules, that the holder of a water well driller's license who commits a second or subsequent violation of these rules commits a Class B infraction, and that
Sponsor: Blake Doriot
Study of student performance grades. Requires the department of education (department) and the commission for higher education (commission) to study and submit a report describing as to whether there is any disparity in determining enrollment eligibility in a state educational institution or educational program offered by the state educational institution that is caused by the use of different grading scales by public secondary schools. Requires the department and commission to submit the report to the general assembly. Requires a public secondary school to submit certain information to the department regarding the calculation of a public secondary student's grade. Requires a
Sponsor: Jean Leising
Ballot access. Reduces the minimum number of votes cast at an election required for certain purposes from 2% of the votes cast in the last election for secretary of state to: (1) 0.5% of the votes cast at the last election for secretary of state; or (2) 0.5% of the total votes cast for any statewide state office or statewide federal office at either of the previous two elections. Repeals the definition of "major political party" and uses instead the designation of a political party eligible to hold a nominating convention. Allows a political party to qualify to nominate candidates
Sponsor: Greg Walker
Handgun licensing. Replaces the dual license system (having "qualified" and "unlimited" licenses) with the single handgun license. Increases the duration of a four year handgun license to five years. Requires a law enforcement officer to whom an application for a handgun license is made to determine the applicant's: (1) country of citizenship; (2) place of birth; and (3) alien or admission number issued by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement or any successor agency as applicable; when evaluating a noncitizen's application for a handgun license. Requires a law enforcement officer to whom an application for a handgun license is made
Sponsor: Rodric Bray
Survivor health coverage. Provides that, if the employer of a public safety officer who dies in the line of duty after June 30, 2018, offers health coverage for active employees, the employer shall offer to provide and pay for health coverage under the plan covering active employees for the surviving spouse and each natural child, stepchild, and adopted child of the public safety officer. Provides that health coverage for a surviving child continues: (1) until the child becomes 18 years of age; (2) until the child becomes 23 years of age, under certain circumstances; or (3) during the entire period
Sponsor: Michael Crider
Distributions from escrow accounts. Repeals a requirement that any funds that: (1) exceed $10,000 and are disbursed from an escrow account in connection with a real estate transaction; and (2) are received from a single party to the transaction; must be wired good funds. Makes a conforming amendment.
Sponsor: Mark Messmer
Unemployment insurance matters. Excludes from the definition of "employment", for purposes of the unemployment compensation system, service performed by a driver who provides drive away operations when: (1) the vehicle being driven is the commodity being delivered; and (2) the driver has entered into an agreement with the party arranging for the transportation that specifies the driver is an independent contractor and not an employee.
Sponsor: Blake Doriot
Vigo County food and beverage tax. Authorizes the county council of Vigo County to adopt a county food and beverage tax (tax). Provides that the tax rate may not exceed 1%. Specifies that the revenue from the tax shall be distributed to the capital improvement board and may be used by the board only for the acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, or financing of the following: (1) A convention center. (2) A facility that is used or will be used principally for convention or tourism related events or the arts. (3) Wayfinding improvements. Requires the construction or improvements to be made
Sponsor: Jon Ford
SPEA study of Indiana environmental policy. Requires the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) to assess the potential for development of low-carbon and green industries in Indiana and the job creation, economic growth, and wealth generation that could result for Indiana communities from the development of these industries. Requires SPEA to report the results of its assessment to the legislative council not later than December 1, 2018.
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Veterans recovery pilot program. Extends the Indiana veteran recovery pilot program (program) to 2020. (Under current law, the program expires June 30, 2019.) Requires the state department of health (state department) to adopt rules by August 1, 2018, to implement the program. Allows the state department to select and approve up to five providers to provide diagnostic testing and hyperbaric oxygen treatment to veterans receiving treatment under the program. (Under current law, only one provider may be selected and approved.) Requires providers to perform services at cost out of the block grant amount awarded to the provider. Removes the restriction
Sponsor: Dennis Zent
Profiting from an adoption. Adds an exemption for the transfer or receipt of reasonable charges and fees for adoption services provided by an attorney licensed in Indiana from a profiting from an adoption offense.
Sponsor: Joseph Zakas
Newborn safety devices at fire departments. Specifies under the safe haven law that it is a defense to a claim of neglect of a dependent if the individual left the child in a newborn safety device that is located at a fire department, including a volunteer fire department, that meets specified requirements. Provides civil immunity for a fire department that operates a newborn safety device for an act or omission relating to the device: (1) if the device meets specified requirements; and (2) unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.
Sponsor: Travis Holdman
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate the State of Israel on the occasion of its seventieth anniversary, and to recognize the deep relationship between the State of Indiana and Israel.
Sponsor: John Ruckelshaus
1977 pension and disability fund study. Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on pension management oversight or another appropriate interim study committee the task of studying: (1) an increase in the monthly benefit paid to a surviving spouse of a 1977 fund member who dies other than in the line of duty; and (2) the process by which a 1977 fund member is determined to be entitled to receive a disability benefit, including the advisability of using a single independent review board for disability determinations.
Sponsor: Rick Niemeyer
Audit examinations and disclosure requirements. Provides that the uniform compliance guidelines for audit examinations of state and local units conducted by the state board of accounts must include a requirement that the unit disclose any pledge, covenant, or agreement that the unit has made as security or guarantor for a private bond issue of a private company. Requires any entity that: (1) is subject to examination or audit by the state board accounts; and (2) has made a pledge, covenant, or agreement as security or guarantor for a private bond issue of a private company; to disclose such fact in
Sponsor: James Buck
Eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance. Beginning July 1, 2019, removes the 12 month limitation on receipt by certain individuals of supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefits. Specifies that, beginning January 1, 2020, Indiana elects to opt out of the federal law prohibiting individuals convicted of certain drug offenses from receiving SNAP assistance if the individual meets specified conditions. Specifies that if the individual violates any terms of the probation, parole, community corrections, or reentry court program, the individual is ineligible for SNAP.
Sponsor: Mike Bohacek
Reporting on worker misclassification. Requires the state department of revenue (DOR), the state department of labor (DOL), the worker's compensation board of Indiana (WCB), and the department of workforce development (DWD) to report before November 1 of each year for three years, beginning November 1, 2018, to the interim study committee on employment and labor for the immediately preceding state fiscal year certain information. Requires DOR, WCB, and DWD to report: (1) the number of employers that each department or the board determined during the immediately preceding state fiscal year improperly classified at least one worker as an independent contractor;
Sponsor: David Niezgodski
A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing the Lake County Parks Board on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
Sponsor: Rick Niemeyer
School curriculum. Requires each school corporation, charter school, and accredited nonpublic elementary school to include cursive writing in its curriculum.
Sponsor: Jean Leising
Deceased voters. Requires that an absentee ballot marked and forwarded by a voter who subsequently dies must be counted if the absentee ballot would otherwise be entitled to be counted if the voter had not died.
Sponsor: Greg Walker
Code revision correction. Corrects a word processing error by restoring two provisions concerning the distribution of money for standardbred purposes that were inadvertently omitted from IC 4-35-7-12 when that statute was last amended in 2016. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the code revision commission.)
Sponsor: Michael Young
Deer hunting. Authorizes the use of a rifle to hunt deer on privately owned land during: (1) the youth deer season; (2) the firearms season; (3) the special antlerless season where authorized by the department; and (4) the deer reduction season where authorized by the department. Requires the department to adopt rules authorizing the use of a rifle to hunt deer on public property.
Sponsor: James Tomes
Absentee voting. Permits a voter who is qualified to vote in person to vote by absentee ballot. Removes all other qualifications for a voter to vote by absentee ballot except for a voter with disabilities who is unable to make a voting mark on the ballot or sign the absentee ballot secrecy envelope. (Such a disabled voter is currently required to vote before an absentee voter board.)
Sponsor: Frank Mrvan
Jail commissary fund. Requires a sheriff to maintain a record of the jail commissary fund's (fund) activities. Requires the state board of accounts to prescribe commissary forms to record fund activities. Requires a sheriff to provide certain information concerning the fund to the county fiscal body by certain dates.
Sponsor: Elizabeth Brown
Recognizing the Indianapolis Section of the National Council of Negro Women, Inc.
Sponsor: Vanessa Summers
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the bridge at State Road 28 (Walnut Avenue) in Frankfort the "Staff Sergeant Jamie Jarboe Bridge".
Sponsor: James Buck
Student journalism. Provides freedom of speech and freedom of press protections for grades 7 through 12 and state educational institution student journalists. Requires each school corporation and charter school to adopt a policy concerning student journalist protections. Requires a student media adviser to, each school year, supervise student journalists in grades 7 through 12 in the creation of certain school sponsored media policies. Provides that a public school or school corporation may not suppress school sponsored media unless certain conditions apply. Provides that public schools, school corporations, and state educational institutions are immune from civil liability for any injury resulting
Sponsor: Edward Clere
Urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of allocating up to $4,000,000 from the Indiana state lottery revenues to benefit veterans.
Sponsor: Christopher Judy
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the issue of the economic revitalization of Buffington Harbor in Gary, Indiana and its impact on existing industries and the surrounding community.
Sponsor: Eddie Melton
Tax credit for education contributions. Provides for an adjusted gross income tax credit for donations to: (1) a public elementary school or public secondary school; or (2) a public school foundation. Provides that the maximum individual taxpayer credit is $1,000 in the case of a single return or $2,000 in the case of a joint return. Provides that the maximum corporate taxpayer credit is the greater of 10% of the corporation's total adjusted gross income tax liability or $10,000.
Sponsor: Ronnie Alting
Recognizing the Seventh Annual Bill Johnson Black Film Festival.
Sponsor: Vernon Smith
Memorializing Carl Swenson.
Sponsor: Scott Pelath
Memorializing Donnie M. Thomas.
Sponsor: Scott Pelath
Real world career readiness program. Establishes the real world career readiness program (program). Provides that the state board of education (state board) shall establish the program to provide a real world career readiness student with career and technical education credentials necessary to transition from school to the workforce. Provides that the state board, in consultation with the department of workforce development, may create an authorized program, or approve high or moderate value career and technical education programs administered by one or more school corporations or charter schools. Provides that a real world career readiness student may attend an authorized program
Sponsor: John Ruckelshaus
Urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate committee the topic of designating November 9 of each year as "Gold Star Family Day".
Sponsor: Christopher Judy
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Ball State University on Ball State Day.
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the work of the United Association of Union Plumbers, Pipefitters, Welders, Sprinklefitters and Service Techs of the United States and Canada on their Veterans in Piping Program.
Sponsor: David Niezgodski
Annexation. For an annexation ordinance excluding a voluntary annexation (an annexation petitioned for by more than 50% of landowners) or a supervoluntary annexation (an annexation petitioned for by 100% of landowners) adopted after June 30, 2018, the following applies: (1) If the total gross assessed value of property within the annexation territory that is annexed by all annexation ordinances adopted during the calendar year by the municipality is more than 15% of the total gross assessed value of the annexing municipality, all annexation ordinances adopted by the municipality during the calendar year are void unless the county executive approves the
Sponsor: James Buck
Unclaimed property. Provides, for purposes of the unclaimed property act, that a time deposit that is automatically renewable is considered matured upon the expiration of its initial period, unless: (1) the owner has consented to a renewal at the time of the account opening or at about the time of the renewal; and (2) the consent is in writing or is evidenced by the original account agreement or by any memorandum or other record on file with the holder of the account. (Current law does not specify that the owner's consent to renewal can occur at the time of the
Sponsor: Charles Burton
Seed commissioner and state chemist. Provides that the state seed commissioner or state chemist may adopt emergency rules for a purpose for which the seed commissioner or state chemist is currently authorized to adopt rules under certain horticulture product and control laws. Specifies that any excess funds accumulated from the fees collected under certain pesticide laws must be paid to the treasurer of Purdue University and administered by the board of trustees of Purdue University. Moves uniform provisions concerning the state seed commissioner and state chemist to new chapters. Makes conforming changes.
Sponsor: Robert Cherry
Professional licensing agency. Removes references in behavioral health and human services licensing law to certified health care professionals. Specifies that the statutes concerning behavioral health and human services professionals may not be construed to limit addiction counseling performed by certain students, interns, and trainees studying in certain institutions. Requires an individual who is licensed as an addiction counselor or a clinical addiction counselor to: (1) display a counselor license or a clear copy of a counselor license at each location where the addiction counselor or clinical addiction counselor regularly practices; and (2) include certain information on the individual's professional marketing
Sponsor: Ronald Bacon
Construction/demolition site in Gary. Provides that the prohibition against establishing a sanitary landfill within one-half mile of an area subdivided for residential purposes does not apply to the establishment of a construction/demolition site located within the corporate limits of a city that has a population of more than 80,000 and less than 80,400 and whose fiscal body and executive have filed a petition with the distressed unit appeal board seeking to have the city designated as a distressed political subdivision.
Sponsor: Earl Harris
A SENATE RESOLUTION concerning signage at major points of entry to Indiana to encourage people from border states to live and work in Indiana.
Sponsor: John Ruckelshaus
Township government consolidation. Requires all townships with a population of less than 1,200 (as determined by the 2010 federal decennial census) to merge with other townships, effective not later than January 1, 2023. Requires merging townships to adopt identical resolutions and a merger plan. Requires the department of local government finance (DLGF) to assist merging townships. Provides the following with regard to the required merger: (1) Requires merging townships to opt for a township legislative body in which: (A) members are elected at large; or (B) one member must reside within the geographic area of each of the former townships,
Sponsor: Cindy Ziemke
Construction requirements of MS4 operators. Prohibits the person responsible for development, implementation, or enforcement of the requirements established by a city, town, conservancy district, or other public or private entity that owns, operates, or maintains a regulated municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) from imposing construction site run-off control requirements more stringent than the construction site run-off control requirements established by the general permit authorized by the article of the Indiana administrative code on the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permit rule program.
Sponsor: Wes Culver
Survivor health coverage. Provides that, if the employer of a public safety officer who dies in the line of duty after June 30, 2018, offers health coverage for active employees, the employer shall offer to provide and pay for health coverage under the plan covering active employees for the surviving spouse and each natural child, stepchild, and adopted child of the public safety officer. Provides that health coverage for a surviving child continues: (1) until the child becomes 18 years of age; (2) until the child becomes 23 years of age, if the child is: (A) enrolled in and regularly
Sponsor: Karlee Macer
Mechanic's liens. Permits a person to discharge a mechanic's lien by filing an indemnification or payment bond with the recorder's office in an amount equal to at least 150% of the lien. Requires the surety responsible for issuing an indemnification or payment bond to: (1) be authorized to do business in Indiana; and (2) be rated at least "A-" by at least one (1) nationally recognized investment rating service. Specifies certain requirements concerning the recording of an indemnification or payment bond. Repeals the current statute concerning the filing of an undertaking to discharge a lien.
Sponsor: Gerald Torr
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the 25th anniversary of the Indiana Minority Health Coalition.
Sponsor: Gregory Porter
Small loans and unsecured consumer installment loans. Authorizes a lender that is licensed by the department of financial institutions (department) to make small loans under the Uniform Consumer Credit Code (UCCC) to make unsecured consumer installment loans under the same license. Defines an "unsecured consumer installment loan" as a loan: (1) with a principal amount that is: (A) more than $605 and not more than $1,500; and (B) payable in three or more substantially equal periodic payments; and (2) in which the lender holds one or more checks of the borrower for a specific period, or receives the borrower's authorization
Sponsor: Martin Carbaugh
Celebrating Black History Month.
Sponsor: Vernon Smith
Safety requirements for Class 2 structures. Provides that for purposes of the building code, a Class 2 structure townhouse may be separated from an adjoining unit by a one hour fire-resistance rated wall, if each adjoining unit contains an automatic sprinkler system. Prohibits the fire prevention and building safety commission or a state agency from adopting rules requiring the installation of an automatic fire sprinkler system. Prohibits a political subdivision from adopting an ordinance or other regulation requiring the installation of an automatic fire sprinkler system.
Sponsor: Randall Frye
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Bethany Galat on winning the silver medal in the 200 meter breaststroke at the 2017 FINA World Championships.
Sponsor: Joseph Zakas
A SENATE RESOLUTION remembering Mike Jenkins, victim of CTE, on CTE Awareness Day, January 30, 2018.
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the East Central High School football team on winning the Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class 4A state championship.
Sponsor: Jeff Raatz
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Alpha Kappa Alpha Day at the Capitol.
Sponsor: Vanessa Summers
Tobacco products purchasing age. Raises the age from 18 years of age to 21 years of age for prohibitions and crimes concerning the sale, purchase, and possession of cigarettes and other tobacco products. Makes a corresponding change to the laws concerning e-cigarettes, tobacco retailer permits, and admission to establishments where smoking is permitted.
Sponsor: Charlie Brown
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging Governor Eric Holcomb to recognize August 3 as Indiana Ernie Pyle Day.
Sponsor: Philip Boots
School choice scholarships. Provides that, if an eligible choice scholarship student (student) leaves an eligible school during the school year and transfers during the same school year to a different eligible school that has a choice scholarship available for that eligible school, the student may use the amount remaining of the choice scholarship awarded to the student for that school year to pay the tuition at the eligible school to which the student has transferred for the remainder of the school year. Provides that the student may not use the amounts if the student has previously transferred eligible schools during
Sponsor: Aaron Freeman
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the North Clay Middle School girls cross country team.
Sponsor: Alan Morrison
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Purdue University football team on winning the 2017 Foster Farms Bowl.
Sponsor: Ronnie Alting
Wireless communications support structures. Provides that, for purposes of the statute concerning the local permitting of support structures for wireless communications services, with respect to the construction, placement, or use of a small cell facility and the associated supporting structure, a permit authority may prohibit the placement of a new utility pole or new wireless support structure in a right-of-way within an area that is designated strictly for underground or buried utilities, if the designation is made before April 15, 2017, and if certain other conditions are met. (Current law provides that the designation concerning underground or buried utilities must
Sponsor: Mark Messmer
Recognizing Joe Mays.
Sponsor: Vernon Smith
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Val Hilbun, the 2017 Court Appointed Special Advocate Volunteer of the Year.
Sponsor: Sally Siegrist
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Penn High School girls soccer team on their second straight Class 3A state championship title.
Sponsor: Joseph Zakas
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Glenn Northern on his receipt of the 2018 Outstanding High School Music Educator of the Year award.
Sponsor: Joseph Zakas
Congratulating Pleasant View Elementary School on their selection as a Blue Ribbon School.
Sponsor: Donna Schaibley
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) eligibility. Sets the income eligibility requirements for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program at not more than 50% of the federal income poverty level. Requires the division of family resources to amend the state TANF plan or take any other action necessary to implement the income requirements. Increases certain payment amounts under the TANF program and requires the payments to be annually adjusted using the Social Security cost of living adjustment rate.
Sponsor: Mark Stoops
Urging the legislative council to assign the topic of a ban on flame retardant materials to the appropriate committee.
Sponsor: Carey Hamilton
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Dr. Jerry Thacker on being named the 2017 Outstanding Educator by the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents
Sponsor: Joseph Zakas
School buses. Requires a governing body seeking to purchase a school bus or special purpose bus to request information concerning the cost of purchasing a school bus or special purpose bus equipped with 3-point lap and shoulder safety belts. Requires the governing body to hold a public hearing on the costs and benefits of purchasing a school bus or special purpose bus with 3-point lap and shoulder safety belts before voting on whether to purchase a school bus or special purpose bus equipped with 3-point lap and shoulder safety belts. Allows a school corporation to use a portion of a
Sponsor: Anthony Cook
Controlled substance dispensing. Provides that a pharmacy or pharmacist may not sell or dispense a controlled drug in schedule II unless the pharmacy or pharmacist offers to sell or dispense the drug to the patient or patient's representative in a lockable vial. Provides for immunity from liability for a pharmacy, pharmacy personnel, and pharmacist in certain circumstances.
Sponsor: James Merritt
Small loan finance charges. Changes the current incremental finance charge limits that apply to a small loan to a maximum annual rate. Prohibits certain acts with respect to financing of a small loan and makes a violation a deceptive act and subject to penalties.
Sponsor: Greg Walker
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the University of Indianapolis football team on finishing the 2017 regular season with a perfect 11-0 record for the first time since 1953.
Sponsor: Jack Sandlin
Congratulating College Wood Elementary School on its selection as a Blue Ribbon School.
Sponsor: Donna Schaibley
Fertility fraud. Provides that a physician who treats a patient of that physician for infertility: (1) by using the physician's own spermatozoon or ovum, without the patient's consent; or (2) by using donated human reproductive material without the consent of the donor; commits fertility fraud, a Level 6 felony. Provides that a prosecution for criminal fertility fraud that would otherwise be barred by the statute of limitations may be brought not later than five (5) years after the earliest of the date on which: (1) the state first discovers evidence sufficient to charge the offender with the offense through DNA
Sponsor: Rodric Bray
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps.
Sponsor: Randall Frye
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION commemorating the 200th anniversary of Freemasonry in Indiana.
Sponsor: Daniel Leonard
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing National Human Trafficking Awareness Day 2018.
Sponsor: John Bartlett
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the town of Fremont, Indiana, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of its incorporation.
Sponsor: Dennis Zent
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Allan Gilbert Whitlow.
Sponsor: Scott Pelath
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Hoosier long term care professionals.
Sponsor: Karlee Macer
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the Prairie Heights International Thespian Troupe #7436.
Sponsor: Dennis Zent
Township assistance for cemetery maintenance. Authorizes the trustee of a township to provide financial assistance for maintenance purposes to a cemetery that is operated by a nonprofit organization and located in the township if the trustee reasonably believes that: (1) the funds available to the cemetery from its perpetual care fund and other sources are not sufficient to provide for the necessary maintenance of the cemetery; and (2) providing financial assistance to the cemetery will help to prevent the full responsibility for maintenance of the cemetery from falling on the township. Requires a township trustee of a township that assists
Sponsor: Chris May
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Frank Lucchese on his retirement.
Sponsor: Joseph Zakas
Chiropractic licensure. Amends the definition of "chiropractic". Allows chiropractors to perform certain procedures and functions that chiropractors are currently prohibited from performing. Provides that a member of the board of chiropractic examiners (board) may not serve for more than four consecutive terms. Allows the board to adopt rules concerning peer review. Provides that accreditation of a chiropractic college for licensure purposes may be by a successor organization of the Accreditation Commission of the Council on Chiropractic Education. Requires that after June 30, 2021, an applicant for a license to practice chiropractic must have completed at least 90 semester hours of
Sponsor: Mark Messmer
Workforce ready grant. Provides that an applicant is eligible to receive a high value workforce ready noncredit-bearing grant if the applicant has been accepted for enrollment in a noncredit-bearing credential or similar program that offers a certification or credential upon completion that is approved by the department of workforce development. Provides that the credential or similar program may be offered by any public, private, or nonprofit entity, including a postsecondary educational institution. Provides that the noncredit-bearing credential or similar programs determined to be eligible for the high value workforce ready noncredit-bearing grant may not be limited to programs offered by
Sponsor: Joseph Zakas
Urging the legislative council to assign the topic of medical marijuana to the interim study committee on public health, behavioral health, and human services during the 2018 interim.
Sponsor: Matthew Lehman
Annual notice of teachers' rights. Provides that the attorney general is required to send by electronic mail the annual letter to teachers summarizing teachers' rights and protections under state and federal law. (Current law requires the letter to be sent by first class mail to the teachers' homes.) Charges the department of education (department) with developing a method to provide the attorney general with the names and electronic mail addresses of current teachers in Indiana. (The law currently requires the department to provide the attorney general with the teachers' residential addresses.)
Sponsor: Clyde Perfect
Interstate medical licensure compact. Requires the medical licensing board of Indiana (board) to administer the interstate medical licensure compact (compact). Adopts the compact. Grants eligible physicians an expedited license to practice medicine in compact member states. Requires a physician to designate a member state as the state of principal license for purposes of registration. Establishes application and issuance procedures. Allows the board to establish fees for the issuance and renewal of licenses. Authorizes the creation of the interstate medical licensure compact commission (commission) by the member states to administer the compact. Provides for two voting members on the commission from
Sponsor: Eric Koch
Election day registration at central location. Permits a county election board in a county that has established a board of registration and is a vote center county to adopt an order to allow a person who is not registered to vote to register and vote on election day at a central location in the jurisdiction where the election is being held by completing a voter registration form and an affirmation that the person has not voted elsewhere in the election and by providing proof of residence.
Sponsor: Greg Walker
Magistrates in Scott County and Jefferson County. Allows the judges of the Jefferson County circuit and superior courts to appoint a magistrate to serve the Jefferson County courts. Allows the judges of the Scott County circuit and superior courts to appoint a magistrate to serve the Scott County courts.
Sponsor: Terry Goodin
Absentee ballots cast before death. Requires that an absentee ballot marked and forwarded by a voter who subsequently dies be counted if the absentee ballot would otherwise be entitled to be counted if the voter had not died.
Sponsor: Richard Hamm
Drug addiction workforce recovery program. Requires the division of mental health and addiction (division) to establish a drug addiction workforce recovery program (program). Provides that the program is to assist employers who have recently hired or offered to hire individuals who are qualified for employment with the employer and have failed an initial drug screening, to employ the individual if the individual agrees to participate in a drug education and addiction treatment program as a condition of employment. Establishes requirements for the program. Provides that the division may allow an employer to deduct from the employee's wages to pay for
Sponsor: Steven Davisson
Preservation of families. Requires the department of child services (department) to contact a child's grandparent as soon as possible after the removal of the child from the parents if the department has contact information or knows the location of the child's grandparent. Requires the department to provide certain information to the child's grandparent.
Sponsor: James Baird
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Congressional Delegation to support the re-authorization of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
Sponsor: Jean Breaux
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the bridge over Big Walnut Creek at North U.S. Highway 231 as the "James Baugh Memorial Bridge".
Sponsor: James Baird
Marijuana and controlled substances. Excludes from the definitions of: (1) "controlled substance"; (2) "controlled substance analog"; and (3) "marijuana"; certain substances containing less than 0.5% tetrahydrocannabinol. Specifies that "tetrahydrocannabinol", for purposes of inclusion in schedule I, does not include a compound containing less than 0.5% tetrahydrocannabinol. Removes certain references to hashish and hash oil. Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: Karen Tallian
Interference with law enforcement. Provides that a person commits interfering with law enforcement, a Class B misdemeanor, if the person: (1) obstructs or interferes with a law enforcement officer carrying out the officer's official duties; (2) resists, obstructs, or interferes with the service of process; or (3) enters a crime scene or similar location that is marked off with barrier tape or other markers. Increases the penalty if the person uses a vehicle, draws or uses a deadly weapon, or causes injury or death to another person. Provides that resisting or interfering with law enforcement is enhanced to a Level
Sponsor: Doug Miller
A SENATE RESOLUTION celebrating Dr. S. Bernard Vagner on the occasion of his 100th birthday.
Sponsor: Joseph Zakas
Small employer employee assistance program. Provides that an employee of a small employer in a county in which a public health emergency has been declared under the syringe exchange program is entitled to access without cost to the same extent and on the same basis as a state employee any employee assistance program offered to state employees by the state personnel department. Requires the department of workforce development to pay the costs of providing these services using federal or state funds available to the department.
Sponsor: Todd Huston
Wind farm siting and conflicts of interest. Establishes minimum setback requirements for the siting of wind power devices after June 30, 2018. Amends the statute that establishes the criminal offense of conflict of interest by a public servant to provide that a public servant who serves a unit in which a proposed wind farm development is being considered commits an offense under the statute if either of the following apply: (1) The public servant knowingly: (A) has or will have a pecuniary interest in; or (B) derives or will derive a profit from; a contract or purchase related to the
Sponsor: David Ober
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Reitz Memorial High School boys soccer team on winning the Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class 2A state championship title.
Sponsor: Vaneta Becker
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Reitz Memorial High School football team on winning the Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class 3A state championship title.
Sponsor: Vaneta Becker
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Reitz Memorial High School girls soccer team on winning the Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class 2A state championship title.
Sponsor: Vaneta Becker
Crimes related to water safety equipment. Provides that if a person recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally damages a marine safety device at its designated location and the damage: (1) interferes with the proper use of the marine safety device; or (2) causes the marine safety device to be destroyed and rendered unusable; the person commits the offense of criminal mischief as a Level 6 felony. Provides that a person who removes a marine safety device from its designated location for a purpose other than using the device to rescue an individual from the water commits the offense of theft as a
Sponsor: Scott Pelath
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Bunker Hill Elementary School on its 100th anniversary.
Sponsor: Aaron Freeman
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Indiana's Credit Unions for building a memorial honoring Hoosier veterans.
Sponsor: John Bartlett
Crimes against public safety officials. Increases the penalty for battery if it is committed against a public safety official or a relative of a public safety official because of the official's status or perceived status as a public safety official, and increases the penalty for criminal recklessness if it is committed against: (1) a public safety official while the official is engaged in the official's official duties; or (2) a public safety official or a relative of a public safety official if the offense is committed because of the official's status or perceived status as a public safety official.
Sponsor: James Merritt
Tax increment financing issues. Requires the department of local government finance (DLGF) to annually prepare a report for each taxing unit that includes a calculation of the following: (1) The total property tax levy from the assessed value in the taxing unit and the amount of loss due to the circuit breaker credits. (2) The total property tax proceeds from the assessed value that exceeds the base assessed value in all allocation areas established within the taxing unit. (3) The effect, if any, on the amount of the tax levy or proceeds and the credit for excessive property taxes under
Sponsor: Edward Clere
Redistricting commission. Establishes a redistricting commission (commission) to create, hold hearings on, take public comment about, and recommend plans to redraw general assembly districts and congressional districts. Provides for appointment of four commission members by the legislative leadership. Establishes the redistricting commission nominating committee (committee) to receive applications from and evaluate applicants to fill the five remaining positions on the commission. Provides for selection of those five commission members from pools of applicants selected by the committee. Requires the legislative services agency (agency) to provide staff and administrative services to the commission. Establishes standards to govern the commission and the
Sponsor: John Ruckelshaus
Competency based high school education. Establishes the competency based high school education pilot program (pilot program) to provide grants to school corporations for the design and implementation of competency based education programs in high schools. Provides that the department of education (department) administers the pilot program. Requires a school corporation to apply and provide certain information to the department to participate in the pilot program. Requires the Indiana state board of education to establish requirements and standards concerning the competency based education programs. Provides that, after June 30, 2019, a school corporation is eligible to receive a grant for participation
Sponsor: Timothy Brown
Distribution of registration fees. Establishes the law enforcement training academy account (account) consisting of money deposited from various registration or license plate fees (various fees) imposed by the bureau of motor vehicles (BMV). Requires that the money in the account be expended for: (1) capital projects related to the building and grounds for a law enforcement academy; (2) technology equipment and services; (3) curriculum development; and (4) training equipment and supplies necessary to operate a law enforcement academy. Requires money from the account to be appropriated to: (1) the law enforcement training board for the law enforcement academy; (2) the
Sponsor: Wendy McNamara
Video gaming terminals and charity gaming. Authorizes wagering on video gaming terminals in certain establishments. Requires the gaming commission to issue video gaming licenses based on the population of the county and the type of establishment. Establishes a licensing structure for participants in video gaming. Imposes a video gaming wagering tax of 30% of adjusted gross receipts. Allows an operator of or a worker at a charity gaming event (other than a full-time employee of the qualified organization conducting the event) to receive remuneration for conducting or assisting in conducting the event. Provides that meals, recognition dinners, and social events
Sponsor: Edward Clere
Old forest areas in state forests. Requires the department of natural resources (department), before January 1, 2019, to designate at least one undivided area comprising at least 30% of each state forest as an old forest area. Provides that, wherever possible, the size of a designated old forest area must be at least 500 acres. Sets forth certain purposes to guide the department in designating the old forest areas. Prohibits the department from conducting or allowing timber management in the old forest areas. Requires the department to produce and keep on file maps and legal descriptions of the designated old
Sponsor: Eric Bassler
Worker career enhancement tax credit. Provides a credit against state tax liability for an employer of an employee earning the federal or state minimum wage who completes a career enhancement training program (program). Provides that the amount of the credit is 50% of the difference between the employee's annual compensation before and after the employee completes the program.
Sponsor: John Ruckelshaus
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename a section of U.S. Highway 31 through Crothersville as "Scott McKain Way".
Sponsor: Jim Lucas
Youth employment. Provides that an employment certificate is not required for a child who is at least 13 years of age and who is employed by or works for a church, religious society, or nonprofit program or ministry of a church or religious society, if: (1) the work the child performs is limited to office and clerical work, clean-up work, and grounds maintenance; (2) the child works with or is supervised by a person who is at least 18 years of age; and (3) the child has on file with the child's employer an original or a copy of a
Sponsor: Cherrish Pryor
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the Lanesville High School baseball team.
Sponsor: Karen Engleman
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Indiana Military Veterans Hall of Fame and the 2017 inductees.
Sponsor: John Bartlett
Second regular session. Repeals the statute requiring the general assembly to convene in a second regular session. Provides that the speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tempore of the senate may jointly issue an order to require the general assembly to convene for a second regular session in an even-numbered year. Provides that the joint order must: (1) find that a second regular session is necessary for the general assembly to address issues of public concern; (2) identify the issues that the general assembly will address in the second regular session; and (3) specify the dates
Sponsor: Thomas Washburne
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the recognition of January 2018 as Cervical Cancer Screening and Awareness Month.
Sponsor: Sharon Negele
Specialty constructed and replica vehicles. Provides that a vehicle currently designated as a "specialty constructed" vehicle under the motor vehicle code will be designated after June 30, 2018, as a "replica vehicle". Provides that a vehicle currently designated as a "reconstructed vehicle" in the motor vehicle code will be designated after June 30, 2018, as a "specialty constructed" vehicle. Provides that a description of a replica vehicle on a title application includes both the year of assembly or manufacture and the model year of the vehicle that the replica vehicle is intended to resemble or reproduce. Provides that excise taxes
Sponsor: Jack Jordan
Animal cruelty. Increases the offense level for certain animal cruelty crimes. Provides that a person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally tethers a dog under certain circumstances while the dog is in the person's care, custody, or control commits unlawful tethering of a dog, a Class C misdemeanor. Amends and creates certain definitions for offenses relating to animals. Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: Ryan Hatfield
Court fees. Requires a court to assess a drug abuse, prosecution, interdiction, and correction fee against a person who is convicted of certain legend drug offenses.
Sponsor: Ryan Hatfield
Sentencing enhancement for injury to others. Makes a technical correction.
Sponsor: Michael Young
Residency of police officers and firefighters. Allows a member of a police or fire department to reside within a county that is noncontiguous to the county where the police or fire department is located but is not more than 50 miles from the closest boundary of the city, town, or township where the police or fire department is located.
Sponsor: Mark Messmer
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename Indiana State Road 641 the "Edward A. Pease Bypass".
Sponsor: Jon Ford
Early childhood education. Removes the requirement that, for an eligible child to qualify for a grant under the prekindergarten pilot program, the eligible child reside with a parent or guardian who is: (1) working or attending a job training program or educational program; or (2) actively seeking employment. Removes a provision that allows priority for a grant to an eligible child whose parent or guardian is involved in: (1) activities that improve the parent's or guardian's education; or (2) job training.
Sponsor: Sue Errington
Tax credits. Establishes the regional development tax credit (credit). Allows a taxpayer to apply to the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) for the credit. Provides that a taxpayer is entitled to a credit against state tax liability if: (1) the taxpayer makes a qualified investment for the redevelopment or rehabilitation of real property that is vacant or underused; and (2) the qualified investment is approved by the IEDC. Specifies the factors that the IEDC shall consider in evaluating applications for a proposed qualified investment. Specifies that the credit is subject to an agreement entered into by the IEDC and the
Sponsor: Matthew Lehman
Tanning facilities. Exempts from tanning facility regulation medical phototherapy treatment that meets certain requirements. Prohibits an individual less than 18 years of age from using a tanning device in a tanning facility. Requires the operator or owner of a tanning facility to include a statement in the written information required to be signed before an individual may use a tanning device that individuals less than 18 years of age may not use a tanning device. Requires a tanning facility operator to prohibit an individual who is less than 18 years of age from using a tanning device. Requires a tanning
Sponsor: Elizabeth Brown
Fair pay in employment. Provides that: (1) it is an unlawful employment practice to pay wages that discriminate based on sex, race, or national origin for the same or equivalent jobs; and (2) the civil rights commission has jurisdiction for investigation and resolution of complaints of these employment actions.
Sponsor: Jean Breaux
Higher education resident tuition for eligible individuals. Provides that an individual who meets certain conditions is eligible for the resident tuition rate as determined by the state educational institution. Requires such an individual to verify that the individual meets the criteria to receive the resident tuition rate.
Sponsor: Earl Harris
Prescription drug pricing study. Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on public health, behavioral health, and human services the task of studying issues related to prescription drug price transparency by drug manufacturers in Indiana.
Sponsor: Robin Shackleford
A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Stephen Ford upon his retirement from the Madison County Health Department.
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging Congress and the Indiana General Assembly to protect DACA recipients and affirming support for all Hoosiers, regardless of citizen status and immigration status.
Sponsor: Eddie Melton
Distributed generation. Provides that an electric customer: (1) that is a school corporation or a municipality; (2) that installs a net metering facility after December 31, 2017, and before the date on which the net metering tariff terminates under the state statute concerning distributed generation; and (3) whose net metering facility is subject to Level 2 interconnection review under the Indiana utility regulatory commission's interconnection rules; will be served under the terms and conditions of the net metering tariff of the customer's electricity supplier until the net metering facility is removed or until July 1, 2037, whichever occurs earlier. Defines
Sponsor: David Ober
Urging Governor Holcomb to recognize September as Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month.
Sponsor: Sean Eberhart
Medical marijuana. Permits the cultivation, dispensing, and use of medical marijuana by persons with serious medical conditions. Requires the state department of health to implement and enforce the medical marijuana program. Prohibits discrimination against medical marijuana users. Prohibits harassment of medical marijuana users by law enforcement officers, and prohibits cooperation with federal law enforcement officials seeking to enforce federal laws that criminalize the use of marijuana authorized in Indiana. Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: Jim Lucas
Use of ITIN by the bureau of motor vehicles. Allows the use of an individual tax identification number (ITIN) when registering a: (1) vehicle; (2) recreational vehicle; or (3) manufactured home; with the bureau of motor vehicles. Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: Doug Miller
Small hospital charge notices. Requires certain small hospitals to post certain notices concerning charges. Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: Martin Carbaugh
Urging the legislative council to assign the topic of Fair Tax at the State level to the appropriate committee.
Sponsor: Christopher Judy
CBD oil. Defines "CBD oil" as a product that contains: (1) not more than 0.3% THC; (2) at least 5% cannabidiol; and (3) no other controlled substances. Legalizes CBD oil. Repeals superseded provisions relating to cannabidiol registration. Authorizes the alcohol and tobacco commission (ATC) to adopt rules concerning: (1) the testing of the THC concentration in certain substances; (2) the approval of a laboratory to conduct THC testing; (3) the certification of THC test results; and (4) the manner in which CBD oil may be sold. Makes violation of ATC rules relating to the sale of CBD oil a Class
Sponsor: Christopher Judy
Sale of CBD oil. Requires the state department of health to include a unique identification number and bar code on cards issued to persons on the cannabidiol (CBD) registry (registry). Authorizes a retailer to possess and sell CBD if the retailer stores the CBD in a locked case and takes certain steps to verify that the purchaser is on the registry. Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: Michael Young
Pregnancy and childbirth discrimination. Prohibits an employer from discriminating against an employee who has a condition related to pregnancy or childbirth. Requires an employer to provide reasonable employment accommodations for an employee who has a condition related to pregnancy or childbirth. Requires the civil rights commission to investigate complaints and attempt to resolve complaints. Provides a right of action. Makes technical corrections.
Sponsor: Robin Shackleford
Equal pay; wage disclosure protection. Provides that it is an unlawful employment practice to: (1) pay wages that discriminate based on sex for substantially similar work; (2) discharge, discipline, discriminate against, coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any employee or other person because the employee inquired about, disclosed, compared, or otherwise discussed the employee's wages; (3) require as a condition of employment nondisclosure by an employee of the employee's wages; or (4) require an employee to sign a waiver or other document that purports to deny the employee the right to disclose the employee's wage information. Provides that the civil
Sponsor: Linda Lawson
Sexual assault victims. Repeals (from Title 16) and replaces (in Title 35) a chapter relating to victims of sexual assault. Specifies that law enforcement officers, providers, or victim advocates shall order medical forensic examinations to be conducted at a sexual assault treatment center (rather than at a general hospital) if practicable. Provides for the establishment of a sexual assault response team (SART) in a county without a SART. Defines "sexual assault forensic examiner" (SAFE) and specifies the duties of a SAFE. Requires SARTs to develop a plan for the treatment of sexual assault crime victims, and specifies certain provisions that
Sponsor: Sue Errington
Foster parent bill of rights. Requires the department of child services (department) to create and make available to a foster parent a bill of rights (bill of rights) for foster parents. Provides information that must be included in a bill of rights developed by the department. Requires the department to distribute the bill of rights annually and upon request. Requires the department to make the bill of rights available on the department's Internet web site.
Sponsor: Karlee Macer
Concerning the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance programs in Lake and Porter counties.
Sponsor: Micheal Aylesworth
Regulation of confined feeding operations. Amends the law on confined feeding operations (CFOs, which include any confined feeding of at least 300 cattle, 600 swine or sheep, 30,000 fowl, or 500 horses). Provides that a person that owns a CFO, owns the livestock in a CFO, applies for a permit, permit renewal, or permit modification for a CFO, or is otherwise in direct or responsible charge of a CFO is a "responsible party" with respect to the CFO. Provides that a person may not start construction or operation of a CFO without obtaining a permit from the department of environmental
Sponsor: Sue Errington
Administrative rules for veterans' programs. Requires that, by May 1, 2018, each state agency must review veterans' programs the agency is required to administer by state law and adopt emergency rules for any programs that have not yet been implemented.
Sponsor: Clyde Kersey
Urging the legislative council to assign the topic of lowering the state income tax level to 3.07 percent to the appropriate committee.
Sponsor: Christopher Judy
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Val Hilburn, the 2017 Court Appointed Special Advocate Volunteer of the Year.
Sponsor: Sally Siegrist
Enforcement of guaranteed savings contracts. Provides that, for all guaranteed savings contracts, the governing body must provide the attorney general a copy of the executed guaranteed savings contract, preproject energy costs and documentation of stipulated project costs and capital expenditures. Provides that the attorney general shall review all guaranteed savings contracts and supporting documentation every three years. Provides that the attorney general may bring an action to enforce the terms of a guaranteed savings contract and recover the amount owed under the guaranteed savings contract. Provides that a court may award: (1) treble damages; or (2) $25,000; whichever is greater,
Sponsor: William Friend
Advanced practice registered nurse collaboration. Changes "advanced practice nurse" references to "advanced practice registered nurse". Requires the Indiana state board of nursing to adopt rules concerning educational and certification requirements that an advanced practice registered nurse must meet to prescribe legend drugs. Requires that two members of the Indiana state board of nursing be advanced practice registered nurses with different specialty areas and addresses transition of current membership. Allows an advanced practice registered nurse to operate without a collaborative agreement with a practitioner if specified conditions are met, and requires these advanced practice registered nurses to attend additional continuing education.
Sponsor: Ronald Bacon
Public works contracts. Provides that a public agency may not do any of the following: (1) Require a potential bidder on a public works project to provide any information that the potential bidder considers confidential or proprietary as a requirement for the public agency finding the bidder to be a responsive or responsible bidder. (2) By rule, ordinance, or any other action relating to contracts for public works projects for which competitive bids are required impose any requirement that directly or indirectly restricts potential bidders to any predetermined class of bidders defined by experience on similar projects, size of company,
Sponsor: Doug Miller
Ban on ivory and rhino horn sales. Makes the sale or other transfer of ownership of an article consisting of or containing ivory or rhino horn a Class A misdemeanor. Provides exceptions applying: (1) if the article is at least 100 years old and ivory or rhino horn constitutes less than 20% of the article by volume; (2) if the sale or transfer of ownership of the article is for bona fide educational or scientific purposes or is to a museum or educational institution; (3) if the transfer of ownership of the article is from a decedent or decedent's estate
Sponsor: Patrick Bauer
Certificate of employability. Creates a certificate of employability for persons convicted of misdemeanors and certain felonies. Provides that a court shall issue a certificate of employability to persons convicted of misdemeanors and Class D or Level 6 felonies under certain circumstances, and that a court may issue a certificate of employability to persons convicted of certain more serious felonies. Establishes a procedure to petition for a certificate of employability and requires payment of the civil filing fee to petition for a certificate of employability. Provides that a petition for a certificate of employability may be filed not earlier than: (1)
Sponsor: Earl Harris
Traffic amnesty program. Establishes a temporary traffic amnesty program to permit certain persons owing unpaid traffic fines, or who may be required to pay a fee for reinstatement of driving privileges, to obtain a reduction in the amount owed or amount payable. Specifies that a person seeking a reduction in fees owed is not required to pay a court filing fee but is required to pay a $50 administrative fee. Provides that as part of the traffic amnesty program a person must: (1) pay the driving privileges reinstatement fee to the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau); (2) provide financial responsibility
Sponsor: Robin Shackleford
Hunting opportunities for disabled veterans. Allows a nonresident disabled veteran to obtain, for use at certain veterans events, a hunting and fishing license at an in-state resident rate.
Sponsor: Richard Hamm
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Addison Agen.
Sponsor: Martin Carbaugh
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the William Henry Harrison High School boys soccer team.
Sponsor: Sally Siegrist
Public meetings and public records. Amends the law exempting a county executive or a town legislative body from giving notice of a meeting if the meeting concerns routine administrative functions. Provides that if a public record is in an electronic format, a state or local government agency (excluding the office of the county recorder) shall provide an electronic copy or a paper copy of the public record, at the option of the person making the request for the public record. Prohibits, with certain exceptions, a state or local government agency from charging a fee for providing a public record by
Sponsor: Michael Karickhoff
A SENATE RESOLUTION supporting Taiwan's signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States and reaffirming support for increasing Taiwan's international profile and for strengthening sister-state ties between Indiana and Taiwan.
Sponsor: Michael Young
Sewer and storm water fees incurred by tenants. Establishes billing procedures for municipal sewage or storm water user fees assessed for real property that is occupied by someone other than the owner. Provides that a lien does not attach for user fees assessed against real property occupied by someone other than the owner under certain circumstances. Requires the assessing entity to release certain liens and delinquent user fees upon receipt of a verified demand in writing from the owner.
Sponsor: Vernon Smith
Use of personal body cameras by police officers. Allows a law enforcement officer of a police department (department) of a county, city, or town (unit) to use the officer's personal body camera in the course of the officer's official duties. Provides that a personal body camera recording is not a public record unless the law enforcement officer provides the recording to the department. Provides that an officer who discloses the recording to a person or agency other than the department is civilly liable to certain individuals depicted in the body camera recording, if the officer uses the recording for a
Sponsor: Peggy Mayfield
Deletion of criminal records. Establishes a procedure for a court to order the deletion of certain criminal records.
Sponsor: John Young
Eligibility for economic development incentives. Requires the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) to compile a list of all employers that relocate a call center to a foreign country and to disqualify employers on that list from state grants, loans, and tax credits. Requires an employer receiving a state grant, loan, or tax credit to notify the IEDC if it intends to relocate a call center. Imposes a civil penalty on an employer that does not notify the IEDC.
Sponsor: Dan Forestal
Fire protection territory petition process. Specifies that an agreement entered into to form a fire protection territory (territory) must address the disposition of the territory's property when a participating unit withdraws or the territory is dissolved. Provides that the following applies to establishing a territory after December 31, 2018: (1) Before an ordinance or resolution to establish a territory is adopted, the unit must hold a separate public hearing to provide fiscal information regarding the proposed territory. (2) Affected voters and property owners may petition for initiation of a petition and remonstrance regarding establishment of the fire protection territory.
Sponsor: Peggy Mayfield
Civics education. Requires a school corporation, charter school, state accredited nonpublic school, or eligible school (school) to administer a final exam that is developed by the state board of education at the completion of a United States government course. Provides that a school must assign to a student a grade for the exam as a component of the student's grade for a United States government course. Allows a school to determine the weight assigned to the grade on the exam for the course.
Sponsor: Charles Burton
Level 6 felony commitment to DOC. Provides that a person convicted of a Level 6 felony may be committed to the department of correction (DOC) if the county jail: (1) is completely full; and (2) has been completely full for 30 of the 90 days immediately preceding sentencing. Permits an inmate committed to the DOC due to county jail overcrowding to be transferred to the county jail after having spent 30 days in the DOC if the county jail is less than 96% full and certain other conditions are met.
Sponsor: John Young
Specialized driving privileges. Allows a court to stay a person's driving privileges suspension by not submitting the probable cause affidavit related to the person's offense to the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau) if the person indicates to the court, at the initial hearing, that the person intends to file a petition for a specialized driving privileges hearing. Provides that if the person does not file a petition for a specialized driving privileges hearing after seven days from the date of the initial hearing with the court, the court shall lift the stay of the person's suspension of driving privileges and
Sponsor: John Young
Employment of students. Repeals provisions that require certain students to obtain an employment certificate from an issuing officer in an accredited school to obtain employment. Makes changes to the times that a student who is at least 14 years of age and less than 17 years of age may work. Repeals provisions relating to the amount of time a student who is at least 14 years of age and less than 17 years of age may work. Eliminates requirements for the bureau of motor vehicles to revoke a driver's license or learner's permit of a school dropout. Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: Curt Nisly
Vehicle bill. None
Right to carry a handgun. Repeals the law that requires a person to obtain a license to carry a handgun in Indiana. Specifies that certain persons who are not otherwise prohibited from carrying or possessing a handgun are not required to obtain or possess a license or permit from the state to carry a handgun in Indiana. Prohibits certain individuals from knowingly or intentionally carrying a handgun. Creates the crime of "unlawful carrying of a handgun". Provides that a prohibited person who knowingly or intentionally carries a handgun commits a Class A misdemeanor. Specifies that the unlawful carrying of a
Sponsor: Jim Lucas
Direct to consumer advertising. Provides that a person may not engage in direct to consumer advertising. Specifies the enforcement powers of the attorney general with respect to a person who engages in direct to consumer advertising. Provides for a private cause of action for a consumer affected by direct to consumer advertising. Provides that the maximum amount of a civil penalty that may be imposed upon a person who engages in direct to consumer advertising is $10,000.
Sponsor: John Bartlett
Vehicle bill. None
Vehicle bill. None
County and municipal excise and wheel taxes. Provides that the county vehicle excise tax does not apply to a vehicle registered in a municipality in which the municipal vehicle excise tax is in effect. Provides that a municipality in which the municipal vehicle excise tax is in effect does not receive a distribution of county vehicle excise tax revenue. Provides that the county wheel tax does not apply to a vehicle registered in a municipality in which the municipal wheel tax is in effect. Provides that a municipality in which the municipal wheel tax is in effect does not receive
Sponsor: Rick Niemeyer
Public defense reimbursements. Provides that the public defense fund shall be administered by the public defender commission. Provides that a county auditor may request reimbursement of an amount equal to 40% of the county's expenditures for indigent defense services in noncapital cases, including misdemeanor cases. Provides that money from the state general fund may be used to reimburse certified claims made to the public defense fund. Makes an appropriation. Makes a technical correction.
Sponsor: Kevin Mahan
Vehicle clearance when overtaking a bicycle. Provides that it is a Class C infraction for the operator of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle to: (1) fail to allow at least three feet of clearance between the vehicle and the bicycle; or (2) return to the original lane before the vehicle is safely clear of the bicycle. Provides that the operator of a vehicle may pass a bicycle in a no passing zone if the operator complies with these requirements and it is otherwise safe to do so. Revises the definition of "bicycle" for purposes of the motor vehicle code.
Sponsor: Robert Heaton
Ignition interlock program for OWI expungement. Provides that a person who: (1) is convicted of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI) as a misdemeanor; (2) receives specialized driving privileges from the court; (3) is not prohibited from using an ignition interlock device; (4) agrees to the installation of an ignition interlock device on the person's motor vehicle; (5) agrees to use an ignition interlock device for not less than six months; and (6) fully complies with all additional terms and conditions imposed by the court at the time of sentencing; may petition the court for an expungement of certain
Sponsor: Timothy Wesco
Public service answering point governance. Provides that after June 30, 2018, in a county: (1) in which 911 service is provided countywide by one public service answering point (PSAP); and (2) that contains a municipality, the population of which exceeds the population of the county if the municipality's population is excluded from the population of the county; the majority of members constituting the board or other governing body of the PSAP must consist of an even number of representatives of the municipality, half of which shall be appointed by the executive of the municipality, and half of which shall be
Sponsor: Mara Reardon
A SENATE RESOLUTION concerning the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance programs in Lake and Porter counties.
Sponsor: Rick Niemeyer
Resisting law enforcement. Provides that the offense of resisting law enforcement is a Level 5 felony if the person has two or more prior unrelated convictions for resisting law enforcement. Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: Dale DeVon
Seat belts on school buses. Provides that a school bus or special purpose bus that is placed into operation after June 30, 2019, and that is used to transport elementary school or high school students must be equipped with a 3-point lap and shoulder safety belt (safety belt) at each seating location. Requires the state school bus committee to adopt rules for the design, installation, and use of safety belt systems that must be installed in school buses and special purpose buses. Provides for an exception to the laws concerning other types of passenger restraint systems. Requires each occupant of
Sponsor: John Bartlett
Operation of off-road vehicles. Exempts individuals from the requirement of wearing a helmet while operating or riding on an off-road vehicle if the off-road vehicle is: (1) equipped with a roll cage, or closed roof and windshield; (2) operated on private property or on a highway in a county, city, or town with an off-road vehicle ordinance; and (3) operated according to manufacturer's instructions. Defines "roll cage".
Sponsor: Ben Smaltz
Regulation of mortgage foreclosures. Specifies that the statute concerning the state regulation of mortgage foreclosures does not affect or preempt a political subdivision's authority to: (1) regulate the maintenance, upkeep, or repair of real property within the jurisdiction of the political subdivision, including real property subject to a mortgage foreclosure action; or (2) act as authorized under the unsafe building law, or other applicable state law, with respect to real property within the jurisdiction of the political subdivision, including real property subject to a mortgage foreclosure action; in accordance with state law.
Sponsor: Justin Moed
Procedures to terminate parental rights. Provides that a court may find that reasonable efforts to reunify a child with the child's parent, guardian, or custodian or preserve a child's family are not required if the court finds that the parent, guardian, or custodian of a child who is a child in need of services has failed to maintain consistent and meaningful contact with the child over at least the most recent 12 months. Adds to the list of allegations that satisfy the requirements for a petition for termination of parental rights an allegation that: (1) the parent has failed to
Sponsor: Erin Houchin
Security freezes for consumer reports. Amends the statute governing security freezes for consumer reports as follows: (1) Requires each consumer reporting agency that compiles and maintains files on consumers on a nationwide basis to, not later than January 1, 2019, develop and maintain procedures to do the following: (A) Enable a consumer who makes a security freeze request (defined as a request to place, release, temporarily lift, or remove a security freeze) to elect, at the time the security freeze request is made, to have the consumer reporting agency refer the security freeze request to one or more of the
Sponsor: Carey Hamilton
Vehicle bill. None
Ballot security. Provides that after June 30, 2018, a county may not purchase new electronic voting systems, except for the purpose of enabling voters with disabilities to vote. Provides that after December 31, 2022, an electronic voting system may not be used in Indiana, except for the purpose of enabling voters with disabilities to vote. Provides for the January 1, 2023, expiration of certain statutes relating to electronic voting systems. Directs the elections interim study committee to prepare legislation to make any amendments to the Indiana Code the committee considers necessary to assist in the implementation of the phase out
Sponsor: Ryan Dvorak
Grants for green industry jobs. Establishes the green jobs training program to support opportunities for eligible workers to receive job training in green industry sectors and occupations. Requires the department of workforce development (department) to administer the program. Establishes the green jobs training fund. Provides that the department shall: (1) identify and develop the framework, potential funding, strategies, policies, partnerships, and opportunities necessary to address the need for a highly skilled and well-trained workforce to meet the needs of the green economy; and (2) subject to the availability of appropriated funds, award grants from the green jobs training fund to
Sponsor: Dan Forestal
Occupational regulation oversight and review. Provides that the small business ombudsman (ombudsman) shall review a proposed rule that is an occupational regulation and imposes requirements or costs on persons subject to the occupational regulation. Requires the attorney general to disapprove a proposed rule if it violates federal antitrust laws. Requires that a statement must be filed concerning the economic impact of the proposed occupational regulation on persons who are subject to the occupational regulation. Requires a regulatory flexibility analysis that considers any less intrusive or less costly alternative methods of achieving the purpose of the proposed occupational regulation, including the
Sponsor: Timothy Wesco
Child support. Provides that the duty to support a child ceases when the child becomes 19 years of age unless the child is a full-time student in a secondary school.
Sponsor: Philip GiaQuinta
Ordinance enforcement courts. Permits a city, town, or county (unit) to establish an ordinance violation court to adjudicate ordinance or code violations committed within the unit. Establishes the powers and duties of the court, and provides that the only court fee that may be collected by the ordinance violation court is an ordinance court fee, which may not exceed $200. Specifies that the ordinance court fee must be deposited in the general fund of the unit.
Sponsor: Bruce Borders
Oversight requirements for state assistance. Provides that the distressed unit appeal board (DUAB) must before January 1, 2019, establish financial and qualitative indicators and thresholds that will be used by the DUAB to determine if a political subdivision that is seeking state assistance must: (1) enter into an oversight agreement with the DUAB; and (2) comply with specified requirements and conditions; before any state assistance may be provided to the political subdivision. Provides that in establishing these indicators and thresholds, the DUAB shall consider: (1) certain factors specified in current law for the purposes of evaluating the fiscal health of
Sponsor: Harold Slager
Reckless operation in a highway work zone. Provides that each death or instance of bodily injury caused by reckless operation of a motor vehicle in a highway work zone constitutes a separate offense.
Sponsor: John Young
Court fees. Provides that the clerk of a court shall collect a $5 fee for a certificate under seal attached in authentication of a copy of any record, paper, or transcript. (Under current law, the fee is $1.) Specifies that fees collected for a certificate under seal attached in authentication of a copy of any record, paper, or transcript are deposited into the clerk's record perpetuation fund (fund). Provides that a clerk shall, on the fifth day of each month, distribute 50% of the fee collected for a certificate under seal attached in authentication of a copy of any record,
Sponsor: Kathy Richardson
Military uniforms at high school graduations. Provides that school discipline rules must allow a student to wear a dress uniform issued to the student by any active or reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the national guard while participating in the student's high school graduation ceremony.
Sponsor: Micheal Aylesworth
Illegal practice of architecture. Makes the illegal practice of architecture a Class A infraction. (Current law makes the illegal practice of architecture a Class C infraction.)
Sponsor: Dan Forestal
Coverage for ectodermal dysplasia treatment. Requires a state employee health plan, a policy of accident and sickness insurance, and a contract with a health maintenance organization to provide coverage for treatment of ectodermal dysplasia.
Sponsor: Mara Reardon
Presidential candidates. Provides that a declaration of candidacy, a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, a petition of nomination, or a certification of nomination of a candidate for President of the United States must include a copy of every federal income tax return filed by the candidate for the candidate's five most recent taxable years. Provides that a certificate of nomination for a candidate who has already filed copies of these federal tax returns with the candidate's declaration of candidacy is not required.
Sponsor: Clyde Kersey
Benefits for independent workers. Requires one or more independent workers who want to establish a benefit group (group) to provide work-related benefits to group members to register with the department of labor (department) and file annual reports with the department commissioner summarizing the group's activities. Requires the group to establish an hourly rate or rates for payment of services performed by a group member, including in each hourly rate an amount attributable to each work-related benefit chosen by a group member, plus an amount, not to exceed 0.5%, attributable to the cost of administering that work-related benefit, unless the members
Sponsor: Edward DeLaney
Hunting and fishing privileges for disabled veterans. Allows a disabled veteran to obtain a hunting and fishing license free of charge.
Sponsor: Robert Morris
Speed limit for trucks on toll roads and tollways. Provides that the maximum speed limit for a vehicle having a declared gross weight greater than 26,000 pounds operated on a toll road or tollway on a highway: (1) on the national system of interstate and defense highways; or (2) that is the responsibility of the Indiana finance authority; located outside an urbanized area (as defined in 23 U.S.C. 101) with a population of at least 50,000 is 70 miles per hour.
Sponsor: Micheal Aylesworth
Statewide electronic wills registry. Authorizes the supreme court and state office of judicial administration to create a statewide electronic wills registry (registry). Provides the supreme court and the state office of judicial administration with rule making authority. Allows certain individuals to deposit the following items into the registry: (1) Information concerning individual testators, electronic wills, or the execution of an electronic will. (2) The electronic record of an electronic will. (3) Any document integrity evidence associated with an electronic will. (4) A digital and readable copy of a complete converted copy of an electronic will. Requires the administrator of the
Sponsor: Kathy Richardson
Regional water resources planning. Divides Indiana into 18 water resources planning regions, each of which consists of two or more counties. Establishes a regional water management planning group (planning group) for each water resources planning region. Provides that a planning group is a separate body corporate and politic consisting of 10 members. Provides for the appointment of the members of a planning group by the governor. Requires a planning group to: (1) gather and analyze data on the water resources and uses of its region; (2) develop regional water plans to sustainably serve all of the water needs and interests
Sponsor: David Wolkins
Certain nondisclosure agreements void. Declares certain nondisclosure agreements entered into after March 31, 2018, involving sexual assault, sexual harassment, and sexual discrimination as against public policy and void.
Sponsor: Matt Pierce
Sales tax exemption for data warehouse equipment. Provides a state sales and use tax exemption (exemption) for: (1) the sale of certain enterprise information technology equipment that will be located in one or more data centers in Indiana that are dedicated to computing, networking, or data storage activities; and (2) the sale of electricity used to operate the enterprise information technology equipment. Provides that, to be eligible for the exemption, a business must invest in the aggregate at least $10,000,000 in enterprise information technology equipment that will be located at one or more data centers in Indiana. Sunsets the sales
Sponsor: Jim Pressel
Phaseout of undergraduate tuition. Freezes the Indiana resident undergraduate tuition rates that may be charged by state educational institutions for the 2018-2019 academic year. Phases down the maximum Indiana resident undergraduate tuition rates that may be charged by state educational institutions. Provides that for the 2028-2029 academic year and for each academic year thereafter, the state educational institutions may not charge any tuition to undergraduate students who are Indiana residents.
Sponsor: Ryan Dvorak
Medicaid reimbursement for out-of-state hospitals. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to reimburse an out-of-state children's hospital for Medicaid services provided to a Medicaid recipient at the same reimbursement rate at which the office reimburses a children's hospital located in Indiana.
Sponsor: Mara Reardon
Vehicle bill. None
Animal offender registry. Defines "animal related offense". Requires the Indiana criminal justice institute (institute) to establish an electronic animal offender registry containing information relating to persons convicted of an animal-related offense. Requires an animal offender to register annually for a period of up to 10 years for a conviction related to an animal-related offense. Requires an animal offender to follow certain procedures for an address change that complies with the registry. Allows for a local law enforcement authority to verify the current principal residence or location of a person listed on the animal offender registry. Creates an animal offender administration
Sponsor: Jim Pressel
Property tax exemptions. Repeals the property tax exemption for property owned by a fraternal beneficiary association.
Sponsor: Philip GiaQuinta
Vehicle bill. None
Curriculum. Requires each: (1) school corporation; (2) charter school; and (3) accredited nonpublic school; to offer computer coding as a one semester elective course in its high school curriculum at least once every school year. Provides that the course may be offered through a course access program administered by the department of education. Requires that a computer coding course must be counted as fulfilling an elective or required world languages credit for a high school diploma unless the course counts as fulfilling another required credit for a high school diploma.
Sponsor: Dan Forestal
Vehicle bill. None
Animal abuse registry. Defines "animal-related offense" and requires the Indiana criminal justice institute (institute) to establish an electronic animal abuse registry containing information relating to persons convicted of animal-related offenses. Requires the institute to adopt rules to establish a procedure to permit a person erroneously included in the registry to obtain relief.
Sponsor: Mara Reardon
Increases the membership of the Indiana senate to 100 members and the membership of the Indiana house of representatives to 200 members beginning November 8, 2022.
Sponsor: Ryan Dvorak
Election matters. Provides that the polls close at 8 p.m. (Under current law, the polls must close at 6 p.m.) Permits a voter to register at the polls by completing a voter registration form and an affirmation that the person has not voted elsewhere in the election and by providing proof of residence. Requires that all elections be conducted primarily by mail beginning with elections in 2022. Provides for the January 1, 2022, expiration of several provisions of the election Code that will be obsolete under a vote by mail system. Requires the interim study committee on elections to study
Sponsor: Scott Pelath
Overtime compensation for certain employees. Provides that, after December 31, 2018, 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. Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: Ryan Hatfield
Vehicle bill. None
Licensure of naturopathic physicians. Provides for the licensure of practitioners of naturopathic medicine. Specifies certain individuals who are not required to be licensed. Establishes the board of naturopathic medicine (board). Establishes license requirements. Requires licensed naturopathic doctors to obtain continuing education for license renewal. Requires a licensed naturopathic doctor, licensed health care provider, health care facility, state agency, and state or local law enforcement agency to file a complaint with the board if the person, based on personal knowledge or information, reasonably believes that a naturopathic doctor is or may be violating certain standards of practice. Provides that an individual
Sponsor: Donald Lehe
Mail in ballots. Requires that all elections be conducted by mail beginning with elections in 2022. Provides for the January 1, 2022, expiration of several provisions of the election Code that will be obsolete under a vote by mail system. Requires the interim study committee on elections to study the transition to a vote by mail system and propose necessary legislation to accomplish the transition.
Sponsor: Clyde Kersey
Repeal of direct filing of juvenile charges. Repeals statutes allowing the direct filing of juvenile cases into adult criminal court.
Sponsor: Linda Lawson
Vehicle bill. None
Paid sick leave. Provides that certain employers shall provide paid sick leave to employees of one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours of employment, up to a maximum of 40 hours of paid sick leave a year. Provides that the commissioner of labor shall enforce paid sick leave for employees and shall adopt rules to implement paid sick leave.
Sponsor: Linda Lawson
Violations of wildlife protection laws. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally takes a wild bird or wild mammal that is on the endangered species list commits a Level 6 felony and loses the right to hunt and trap in Indiana for life. Makes it a Level 6 felony for a person to illegally take a deer or wild turkey if the person has at least three prior unrelated convictions for illegally taking a deer or wild turkey in the previous seven years. Increases the amount that a person must reimburse the state for unlawfully taking, possessing, or selling
Sponsor: Terry Goodin
College remedial education. Provides for the Hoosier student success initiative. Requires a state educational institution to develop a plan for students who are determined to need remedial education. Requires state educational institutions to develop a corequisite model under which a student concurrently enrolls in a remedial education course and a freshman level course in the same subject area for each subject area for which the student is referred for remedial course work. Provides that, not later than August 1, 2024, each state educational institution shall ensure that at least 75% of the state educational institution's students enrolled in remedial course
Sponsor: Gregory Porter
Criminal history data collection. Requires the criminal justice data division of the state police department to collect criminal history data in a manner consistent with the most recent revisions to the Uniform Crime Reporting Program maintained and operated by the United States Department of Justice. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee topics related to: (1) criminal data collection by the state police department; and (2) whether Indiana should amend its definition of "rape".
Sponsor: Julie Olthoff
Type II gaming. Authorizes retailers engaged in type II gaming to conduct progressive raffle events using games approved by the Indiana gaming commission for use by qualified organizations holding annual raffle licenses. Specifies requirements for conducting progressive raffle events. Specifies that progressive raffle events are included when determining a retailer's license renewal fee and when taxing distributors. Provides that there is no prize limit for a progressive raffle event and that the minimum payout percentage for a progressive raffle event is 80%.
Sponsor: Greg Beumer
Veterans' property tax deduction. Provides that, beginning with the January 1, 2019, assessment date, the assessed value of an individual's Indiana real property, Indiana mobile home not assessed as real property, and Indiana manufactured home not assessed as real property may not be considered when determining whether the individual is eligible for the property tax deduction for: (1) totally disabled veterans; and (2) veterans who are at least 62 years of age and have a disability of at least 10%.
Sponsor: Sheila Klinker
Vehicle bill. None
Vehicle bill. None
Use of revenue by redevelopment commissions. Allows revenue received by a redevelopment commission from a tax increment financing allocation area to be used to improve, repair, and maintain publicly owned buildings, structures, and improvements as necessary to carry out the commission's redevelopment plan.
Sponsor: Philip GiaQuinta
Vehicle bill. None
Casino operations in Terre Haute. Authorizes the Indiana gaming commission (IGC) to approve one applicant to operate one supplemental gaming facility in Terre Haute. Requires an applicant to be a licensed owner of a riverboat or a permit holder operating a racino. Provides that the IGC may not approve an application unless the operation of a supplemental gaming facility has been approved by the fiscal body of Terre Haute. Establishes selection criteria. Provides that the number of gambling games at a supplemental gaming facility may not exceed 750, and establishes other operational requirements. Provides for the imposition, determination, and distribution
Sponsor: Robert Heaton
Pest and vector control. Repeals statutes concerning state and local programs for pest and vector abatement. Allows: (1) the executive board of the state department of health to adopt rules; and (2) the board of a municipal corporation and the health and hospital corporation to adopt ordinances and rules; concerning the control of pests and vectors. Provides that the owner, lessee, superintendent, or manager of an establishment subject to the lodging establishment laws may not furnish beds or bedding infested with pests or vectors. Requires that a lodging establishment room that has an infested bed or infested bedding must be
Sponsor: Gregory Porter
Protecting pets in distressed homes. Provides that: (1) an adult protective services unit conducting an investigation; or (2) a caseworker conducting an assessment; who observes, or has reason to believe, that an animal is a victim of animal cruelty, abandonment, or neglect may make a report to the local law enforcement agency or local animal control officer. Provides that: (1) an adult protective services unit; or (2) a caseworker; who makes a report of animal cruelty, abandonment, or neglect is immune from civil and criminal liability.
Sponsor: Michael Karickhoff
Flashing lights for lane painting vehicles. Provides that a vehicle being used to apply road or lane markings may display flashing lights.
Sponsor: Melanie Wright
Vehicle bill. None
Financial responsibility. Allows the bureau of motor vehicles discretion in determining whether extenuating circumstances preventing an individual from providing proof of motor vehicle financial responsibility relieve the individual from suspension of the individual's driving privileges or the motor vehicle registration, or both.
Sponsor: Bruce Borders
Exempt hospital property. Provides that for hospital property not used for inpatient services to be exempt from property taxation the property must be located in the same county as the hospital's inpatient facility and the hospital must satisfy the charitable purpose requirements.
Sponsor: Philip GiaQuinta
Notice from IDEM before permit expiration. Requires the department of environmental management (department) to notify each permit holder of the impending expiration of the permit holder's permit. Provides that the notice must set forth the date of expiration of the permit and the amount of any fee that must be paid for renewal of the permit and must identify the particular form that must be used to apply for renewal of the permit. Requires the department to send the notice to a permit holder at least 30 days and not more than 45 days before the permit's expiration date. Requires
Sponsor: Christopher Judy
Dangerous discharge of a firearm. Provides that a person not in a place specifically set aside for the discharge of a firearm who knowingly or intentionally discharges a loaded firearm without legal justification while in a city or town commits a Level 6 felony.
Sponsor: Linda Lawson
Vehicle bill. None
Vehicle bill. None
Tax sale redemptions. Makes changes to the procedure that applies to real property that has been sold at a tax sale if the owner of the real property conveys the property during the redemption period. Changes the redemption period that applies to real property for which a county executive acquires a certificate of sale after the real property failed to sell at a tax sale. Provides that if real property sold at a tax sale is redeemed, the interest rate on the following components of the redemption amount is increased from 5% per annum to the statutory rate for judgments
Sponsor: Karen Engleman
Annexation of noncontiguous territory. Allows a municipality that meets certain requirements to annex noncontiguous property and annex a public highway that connects the municipality and the territory.
Sponsor: Milo Smith
Hazardous waste disposal fee increase. Increases the fee for the disposal of hazardous waste in a disposal facility from $11.50 per ton to $22.50 per ton. Provides that 75% of the $11 fee increase shall be paid over to the county in which the hazardous waste is disposed of and 25% shall be deposited in the hazardous substances response trust fund.
Sponsor: James Baird
Vehicle bill. None
Commercial dog breeders. Makes various changes to the state commercial dog breeder law. Makes humane societies, people who breed hunting dogs for sport, and certain people who breed service dogs or dogs for use by police or the military subject to the requirements imposed on commercial dog breeders. Defines "animal care facility". Modifies the definitions of "animal rescue operation" and "hobby breeder". Reduces the number of dogs from 20 to 8 that a commercial breeder (breeder) must maintain to qualify as a breeder. Reduces the number of dogs sold by a commercial broker (broker) from at least 500 to at
Sponsor: Linda Lawson
Vehicle bill. None
Identity of telephone solicitors. Makes technical changes to the deceptive consumer sales act (act) to: (1) include in the list of acts constituting deceptive acts for purposes of the act, a reference to a violation of the statute concerning misleading or inaccurate caller identification information; and (2) include a reference to the Indiana Code provision that specifies the civil penalty that the attorney general may recover for a knowing or intentional violation of the statute concerning misleading or inaccurate caller identification. Amends the statute concerning telephone solicitations as follows: (1) Provides that a person is a seller subject to the
Sponsor: Donald Lehe
State fair matters. Specifies responsibilities for the state fair commission (commission) and state fair board (board) concerning the state fair and the fairgrounds. Removes the requirement that the commission adopt policies concerning the number of board meetings and payment of per diem and travel expenses. Makes conforming changes.
Sponsor: Donald Lehe
Duties of county auditors. Makes the filing deadlines for property tax deductions applicable to mobile homes and manufactured homes that are not assessed as real property the same as the filing deadlines for property tax deductions applicable to real property. Provides that weed control charges incurred by counties, cities, towns, and townships for removal of noxious weeds and detrimental vegetation on private property are to be collected in the manner that municipal sewer charges are collected and imposes an additional $20 collection fee. Increases the maximum amount of the county option fee that a county auditor may charge for endorsing
Sponsor: Karen Engleman
Vehicle bill. None
Charitable organization drug transfers. Provides that the term "wholesale distribution", for purposes of the wholesale legend drug distributor laws, does not include the sale or transfer of a drug by a charitable organization to: (1) a nonprofit affiliate of the organization; or (2) a nonprofit entity that is not affiliated with the organization; to the extent permitted by law.
Sponsor: Sharon Negele
New markets healthy food access investment credit. Establishes a new markets healthy food access investment credit against state tax liability for investments made by a taxpayer in a qualified community development entity that then uses the proceeds of the investment exclusively to make investments in qualified active low income community businesses for projects that increase the availability of and capacity to supply fresh and nutritious food in a low income area. Specifies that the tax credit is equal to an applicable percentage multiplied by the purchase price of the qualified investment. Requires a qualified community development entity to pay a
Sponsor: Robin Shackleford
Smoking prohibition exemptions. Removes the exemptions that allow smoking in certain places where smoking would otherwise be prohibited. Makes conforming changes.
Sponsor: Charlie Brown
Study of certain impacts on second class cities. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying the impact of the following on second class cities: (1) Property tax caps. (2) Changes in the complexity index. (3) Choice scholarships.
Sponsor: Melanie Wright
Grandparent visitation rights and adoption notice. Provides that a grandparent's right to seek visitation with a grandchild survives the grandchild's adoption by certain family members. (Current law provides that visitation rights of a grandparent survive a grandchild's adoption by certain family members.) Removes a provision that requires a grandparent to petition for visitation with a grandchild before the date a decree of adoption is entered. Removes the requirement that a grandparent be notified of a grandchild's pending adoption by a family member. Repeals a provision regarding the notice to a grandparent of a grandchild's pending adoption by a family member.
Sponsor: Steven Stemler
Petition and remonstrance process. Provides that the local public question that is used in a referendum to issue debt for a political subdivision's controlled project may not exceed 200 words.
Sponsor: Kathy Richardson
Maintenance of infrastructure. Requires the department of transportation (department) to assume responsibility for the construction, improvement, or repair of the following structures in certain instances: (1) Catch basins. (2) Manholes. (3) Curbs and gutters. (4) Pipes. (5) Other necessary drainage structures. Exempts any structure that collects, channels, diverts, or transports storm drainage from department responsibility. Allows a city or town to seek reimbursement from the department in certain instances. Requires the department to reimburse a city or town in certain instances.
Sponsor: Randall Frye
Vehicle bill. None
Vehicle bill. None
Use of an electronic device while driving. Creates the offense of "unlawful use of an electronic communications device". Provides that use of an electronic communications device to perform certain actions while operating a motor vehicle is a Class C infraction. Creates certain exemptions. Specifies that the offense may be enhanced to a: (1) Class A misdemeanor, if a person has two prior unrelated convictions for the offense within the past five years; (2) Level 6 felony, if the offense results in bodily injury to another person or the person has three prior unrelated convictions for the offense within the past
Sponsor: Jim Pressel
SNAP and Medicaid matters. Provides additional eligibility verification, monitoring, and authentication requirements for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid program. Requires reporting to the legislative council concerning the implementation and impact of these requirements. Prohibits waivers of work requirements for the SNAP, and requires individuals to participate in child support enforcement activities as a condition of receiving SNAP benefits. Requires submission of evidence to a prosecuting attorney in the case of SNAP and the Medicaid fraud control unit in the case of Medicaid when the office of the secretary of family and social services has reasonable grounds
Sponsor: David Frizzell
Campaign violations. Provides that a person or a political party that knowingly does either of the following commits a Class A misdemeanor: (1) Solicits or receives money or other property as a condition that the person, another person, or a political party support or slate a candidate. (2) Pays money or gives other property in exchange for the support or slating of a candidate by a person or a political party.
Sponsor: John Bartlett
Piping materials for public works projects. Defines "acceptable piping material" as piping material that: (1) meets certain recognized standards; and (2) meets the performance specifications for the public works contract. Provides, for purposes of the law on public works projects of state agencies and political subdivisions, including design-build public works projects, that the specifications or design criteria package must allow bidding in open competition for acquisition of acceptable piping materials for use in the public works project. Provides, however, that a public works project's engineer is not limited in selecting any acceptable piping materials that meet the requirements of the
Sponsor: Doug Miller
Howard County innkeeper's tax. Provides that the current Howard County innkeeper's tax law expires July 1, 2018, and reorganizes the administration of the Howard County innkeeper's tax under a new statute. Allows the county fiscal body to impose an innkeeper's tax of not more than 8%. Authorizes the establishment of a county convention, visitor, and tourism commission (commission). Specifies the powers and duties of the commission. Provides for the deposit of innkeeper's taxes in a convention and visitor promotion fund, a tourism capital improvement fund, and an attractions fund. Specifies the permitted uses of money deposited in the funds.
Sponsor: Michael Karickhoff
Vehicle bill. None
Postjudgment interest charges. Provides that, in calculating postjudgment interest in matters where there is no contract for interest: (1) no interest is due for the first 10 business days if there is no appeal of the judgment; and (2) a reduced rate of interest is owed if an appeal is filed.
Sponsor: Thomas Washburne
Hazing. Requires a state educational institution to establish and adopt a policy regarding hazing. Requires that the policy include a requirement that a designated office of a state educational institution, not later than January 1, 2020, and not later than January 1 of each year thereafter, submit to the commission of higher education (commission) a report regarding the number of reports of incidents of hazing, suspected hazing, and any other information requested by the commission. Allows for the commission to adopt rules regarding the hazing policy. Requires a state educational institution to, not later than August 1, 2019, develop and
Sponsor: Terri Jo Austin
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
Tax incentive for hiring ex-offenders. Provides a tax credit against state tax liability each taxable year for a taxpayer that hires an individual who has been convicted of a felony. Specifies that the amount of the credit is $3,000 for each qualified individual the employer hires during the taxable year. Provides that the maximum amount of credits allowed per state fiscal year may not exceed $2,500,000 in the state fiscal year. Requires a report on the tax credit before August 1, 2021. Provides immunity to employers for hiring ex-offenders.
Sponsor: Peggy Mayfield
Film and media production rebate. Authorizes the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) to approve and issue a film and media production expenditure rebate (rebate) to a qualified applicant that proposes to make a qualified production expenditure of at least $500,000 in Indiana. Requires the IEDC to enter into an agreement with a qualified applicant for the rebate, and specifies the terms that must be in the agreement. Establishes the criteria for approving a rebate and the procedures for claiming a rebate. Appropriates money to the IEDC on July 1, 2019, for payment of the rebates. Provides that the IEDC may
Sponsor: David Frizzell
Vehicle bill. None
Abandoned vehicles. Provides that a person may not knowingly or intentionally abandon a motor vehicle. Specifies that the last titled owner of an abandoned vehicle is responsible for: (1) the abandoned vehicle; and (2) all costs incidental to the removal, storage, or disposal of the abandoned vehicle or its parts. Provides certain exceptions. Provides that the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau) may not issue or renew an operator's license for an applicant who: (1) abandons a vehicle; and (2) fails to fully pay all costs and fines associated with the abandonment of the vehicle. Provides that the bureau may not
Sponsor: Robert Morris
Child care license exemption. Exempts from child care licensure requirements a child care program operated by a community foundation that is tax exempt under federal law and meets the requirements that apply to a registered child care ministry.
Sponsor: David Wolkins
Carrying of handgun in church. Allows a person who may legally possess a firearm to possess a firearm while attending a: (1) course of instruction; (2) religious ceremony; or (3) worship service; at a house of worship located on school property, if the person is authorized to provide security services for the house of worship.
Sponsor: Milo Smith
Vehicle bill. None
Right to a 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
Vehicle bill. None
Redevelopment. Provides that a redevelopment commission may issue bonds or enter into leases with a term of up to 75 years to finance a project that includes, as part of the project, the use and repurposing of two or more buildings and structures that are: (1) at least 75 years old; and (2) located at a site at which manufacturing previously occurred over a period of at least 100 years. Specifies that in the case of an allocation area that is established after June 30, 2018, for such a project, the expiration date of the allocation provision may not be
Sponsor: Philip GiaQuinta
Fertilizer runoff and Lake Michigan discharges. Amends the water pollution control law effective July 1, 2020, to: (1) eliminate an exception to the prohibition against causing water pollution that applies to fertilizer run off from a field in a storm event if the fertilizer was applied to the land in compliance with rules of the state chemist; (2) eliminate a requirement that the commissioner of the department of environmental management allow for a mixing zone in a permit that involves a discharge into Lake Michigan if the permit applicant can demonstrate that the mixing zone will not cause harm to
Sponsor: Ryan Dvorak
Grandparent and great-grandparent rights. Allows great-grandparents to seek visitation rights with their great-grandchildren in certain circumstances. Provides that a grandparent or great-grandparent may seek visitation with a child if the parent or guardian of the child refuses to allow or restricts visitation by the grandparent or great-grandparent. Establishes factors the court may consider in determining whether granting visitation rights to a grandparent or great-grandparent is in the best interests of the child.
Sponsor: Bruce Borders
Financing of flood control improvements. Authorizes certain redevelopment commissions (commissions), following a written recommendation from the board of public works and approval of the legislative body, to adopt an ordinance designating an area as a flood control improvement district (district) to capture incremental property tax revenue within the district to be used for the construction, replacement, repair, maintenance, or improvement of flood control works. Provides that only special flood hazard property may be included within the boundaries of a district. Defines "special flood hazard property" as property that on January 1, 2018, is situated in a special flood hazard area
Sponsor: Justin Moed
Local emergency planning committees. Provides that interested persons, including a county executive or the board of Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, may submit recommendations to the Indiana emergency response commission prior to the appointment of a member of a local emergency planning committee. Requires the Indiana emergency planning committee to consider a recommendation from an interested person when appointing a member. Provides that the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County shall exercise the powers of the county related to the local emergency planning committees and exercise the powers of the county executive and perform the duties of
Sponsor: Dan Forestal
Payment of court fees. Allows a court to reduce some or all of the court costs owed by a person who performs community service or uncompensated volunteer work by: (1) determining the number of hours of community service or volunteer work performed by the person; (2) multiplying the number of hours worked by the Indiana minimum wage; and (3) deducting that figure from the amount owed.
Sponsor: Jim Pressel
Wagering on sports. Authorizes sports wagering at riverboats, racinos, and satellite facilities after the Indiana gaming commission determines that current federal prohibitions on sports wagering are no longer applicable. Authorizes interactive sports wagering through the Internet. Provides for the licensing and regulation of interactive sports wagering platform providers that conduct sports wagering on behalf of a licensed owner, operating agent, or permit holder. Provides for the administration, conduct, and taxation of sports wagering. Imposes initial and annual fees on a licensed owner, operating agent, or permit holder conducting sports wagering.
Sponsor: Alan Morrison
Vehicle bill. None
Mandatory school age. Provides that, after June 30, 2019, a student shall enroll in a kindergarten program not later than the fall term of the school year if the student is five years of age on August 1 of that school year. Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: Terri Jo Austin
Statutory construction; criminal intent. Specifies that the intent element for a criminal act is "knowingly or intentionally" if the statute defining the crime does not specify the required intent. Provides that: (1) operating while intoxicated; and (2) operating a motorboat while intoxicated; are strict liability offenses. Makes technical corrections.
Sponsor: Bruce Borders
Automated traffic control in construction zones. Authorizes the state police department to establish an automated traffic control system to enforce highway work zone speed limits.
Sponsor: Charles Moseley
Simplification of alcohol laws. Modifies the general purpose section of Indiana Code Title 7.1. Reduces the number of alcohol permit types to seven. Allows the sale of alcoholic beverages every day. Requires the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission) to adopt rules concerning certain issues. Prohibits the commission from regulating the sale of beer, wine, and liquor based on the temperature of the beer, wine, and liquor. Prohibits the commission from requiring a bar or restaurant to maintain a physical barrier to separate people based on their age. Provides that permits are valid for three years. Repeals sections that restrict or
Sponsor: Jim Lucas
Communications service customer information. Requires a communications service provider (provider) to provide notice to its Indiana customers of its privacy policies. Requires that the provider's notice include specified information about the provider's use and disclosure of customer proprietary information. Sets forth a customer's opt-out and opt-in approval rights for giving consent for a provider to use, disclose, or permit access to the customer's proprietary information. Requires a provider to make available a mechanism for customers to grant, deny, or withdraw opt-out or opt-in approval at any time. Specifies that a provider doing business in Indiana is subject to the: (1)
Sponsor: Matt Pierce
Muncie Community Schools. Provides that, not later than June 30, 2020, the Muncie Community Schools may request an interest free loan from the common school fund.
Sponsor: Sue Errington
Income tax credit for donations. Provides for an adjusted gross income tax credit for donations to a public school foundation. Provides that the maximum individual taxpayer credit is $2,000 in the case of a single return and $4,000 in the case of a joint return. Provides that the maximum corporate taxpayer credit is the greater of 10% of the corporation's total adjusted gross income tax liability or $10,000. Makes the credit refundable. Makes an appropriation.
Sponsor: Carey Hamilton
Age of consent. Adds the criminal offense of indiscretion, which is committed when a person who is at least 23 years of age engages in sexual intercourse or other sexual conduct, fondling, or touching with a child who is at least 16 years of age but less than 18 years of age. Provides that a teacher's license may be revoked or contract canceled for conviction of indiscretion. Adds indiscretion to the list of sex offenses. Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: Karlee Macer
Transfers to caregivers. Provides that a caregiver may not accept or receive one or more gifts from a senior consumer for whom the caregiver has assumed responsibility for all or a part of the care of the senior consumer who needs assistance with activities of daily living if the gift or gifts: (1) have an aggregate fair market value that exceeds $15,000; or (2) are real estate. Creates an exception for an immediate family member who resides with the senior consumer, if undue influence over the senior consumer is not used. Creates an exception for certain transfer instruments executed before
Sponsor: Chris May
Drug take back program and drug manufacturers. Transfers the powers of administering a drug take back program from the Indiana board of pharmacy to the state department of health (state department). Requires the state department to implement a drug take back program (program) and sets forth requirements. Requires a pharmaceutical manufacturer to: (1) operate a program individually or jointly with another pharmaceutical manufacturer; (2) enter into an agreement with another entity to act as the pharmaceutical manufacturer's agent and operate a program; or (3) operate an alternative plan to assist in funding programs. Sets forth requirements of a program. Requires
Sponsor: James Merritt
County jail issues. Provides that if: (1) a motion is filed alleging that an inmate in a county jail is an individual with a serious mental illness or has a medical condition or illness for which the department of correction (DOC) would be able to provide better treatment or treatment at a lower cost or in a more efficient manner; and (2) the court finds that the condition or conditions exist; the court shall order the sheriff to transfer the inmate to another county jail or to a DOC facility designated by the commissioner of the DOC as suitable for
Sponsor: James Tomes
Financial responsibility of contract carriers. Establishes a minimum level of financial responsibility of $5,000,000 for contract carriers that transport railroad employees.
Sponsor: Terri Jo Austin
Veterans education benefits. Provides that a student who is eligible to receive a tuition and fee exemption because the student is a child of a veteran must maintain at least a cumulative grade point average that the eligible institution determines is satisfactory academic progress, which may not be less than a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 grading scale or its equivalent as established by the eligible institution. (Current law requires the student to maintain at least a cumulative grade point average that the eligible institution determines is satisfactory academic progress.) Provides that if the Indiana department
Sponsor: Frank Mrvan
Broadband development program. Defines "unserved area" for purposes of the state broadband development program as an area that does not have access to the minimum speed thresholds for broadband services, and replaces the term "underserved area" with "unserved area". Changes the minimum speed threshold for broadband services to be consistent with the minimum broadband speeds set by the Federal Communications Commission. (Current law sets the minimum speed threshold at 384 kilobits per second in at least one direction.)
Sponsor: Sharon Negele
Laura's law. To honor the memory of Laura Russell, provides that if a court denies a request for an arrest warrant involving a crime of domestic violence, a prosecuting attorney may petition a court to hold an ex parte hearing to present additional evidence to establish probable cause. Requires a court to hold the ex parte hearing within 24 hours after the petition is filed. Provides that if a court denies a request for an arrest warrant after the ex parte hearing and issues a summons for the defendant, certain notice of the summons to the victim is required. Requires
Sponsor: Terry Goodin
Certification of treatment providers. Provides that mental health and addiction forensic treatment services may be administered or coordinated only by a provider certified by the division of mental health and addiction or licensed by the Indiana professional licensing agency to provide mental health and addiction treatment. (Under current law, a provider may provide services only if the provider is certified or licensed by the division of mental health and addiction.) (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on corrections and criminal code.)
Sponsor: Wendy McNamara
Compensation of county sheriff. Specifies the statutory provisions for fixing the compensation of the county sheriff.
Sponsor: Kevin Mahan
Free or reduced utility rates in incentive areas. Defines "incentive area". Provides that if a political subdivision dedicates funds of the political subdivision to provide or pay for utility infrastructure in an incentive area, an investor owned utility may furnish electric, gas, water, or wastewater utility service at a free or reduced rate to any customer or class of customer that locates within the incentive area. Provides that the resulting change in the utility's rates must be reflected in a new schedule of rates that the utility shall file with: (1) the political subdivision providing or paying for the utility
Sponsor: Mara Reardon
Licensing of third party logistics providers. Requires a person to hold a license to engage in third party logistics of legend drugs. Allows a third party logistics provider that holds a valid wholesale drug distributor license on July 1, 2018, to hold a third party logistics provider license with the same expiration date as the original wholesale drug distributor license. Provides for penalties for failure to comply with certain requirements.
Sponsor: Rodric Bray
Adjournment of first regular session. Changes the latest day for the general assembly to adjourn sine die in the first regular session from April 29 to April 15 beginning with the 2019 session. Makes conforming changes.
Sponsor: Todd Huston
Urging the legislative council to assign to an 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: Jeffrey Thompson
Living wills. Removes language requiring the use of certain forms when appointing a health care representative. Requires the declaration of a living will to conform with certain requirements. Removes language requiring the use of certain forms when issuing a living will declaration. Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: Ryan Hatfield
Renter's deduction for disabled veterans. Allows a disabled veteran who rents a dwelling for use as the disabled veteran's principal place of residence to claim an increased adjusted gross income tax renter's deduction.
Sponsor: Micheal Aylesworth
Education study committee. Urges the legislative council to assign to the education study committee during the 2018 legislative interim the topic of studying a diploma option that would replace the Core 40 diploma and general education diploma requirements. Urges the legislative council to assign to the education study committee during the 2018 legislative interim the topic of studying whether Indiana should replace the "A" through "F" grading scale to designate school performance because of changes in federal school accountability requirements under the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Sponsor: Christopher Judy
Organized retail theft. Makes it organized retail theft, a Level 6 felony, for a person to knowingly: (1) take, procure, receive, conceal, or otherwise exercise control over merchandise of a retail merchant; or (2) use an artifice, an instrument, a container, a device, or another article to facilitate taking, procuring, receiving, concealing, or exercising control over merchandise of a retail merchant; without the consent of the retail merchant or without paying the appropriate consideration for the merchandise, and with the intent to sell, deliver, or distribute the merchandise to another person. Makes organized retail theft, in certain circumstances, a Level
Sponsor: Sharon Negele
Drug overdoses. Allows mental health and addiction forensic treatment services to be provided to individuals charged, after June 30, 2018, with a misdemeanor offense. Requires specified emergency services personnel to transport an individual who has been administered an overdose intervention drug to the hospital for additional treatment and a blood draw. Provides that probable cause to issue a warrant to test a person's blood for controlled substances exists if: (1) the person is revived after administration of an overdose intervention drug; and (2) certain other conditions are met. Establishes that it is abuse of a controlled substance, a Class A
Sponsor: Robert Morris
INSPECT registration for dispensers of controlled substances. Requires certain registered dispensers of controlled substances to be registered with the INSPECT program.
Sponsor: James Merritt
Passenger boat inspection requirements. Allows the owner of a boat that operates upon public water and carries passengers for hire to elect to have the boat inspected by either a dry dock inspection or a dockside inspection with an underwater examination of the exterior portion of the boat that is below the waterline. Requires the owner to pay an additional fee for a dockside examination of the exterior portion of the boat that is below the waterline.
Sponsor: Curt Nisly
Workforce inclusion and opportunity pilot program. Establishes a workforce inclusion and opportunity pilot program for the purpose of demonstrating a coordinated training program that provides training and other services to: (1) incumbent workers of participating employers to allow those workers to qualify for higher paying positions; and (2) unemployed or underemployed individuals, particularly people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities, to allow those individuals to qualify for job openings created by incumbent workers taking new positions. Establishes a seven member task force to implement and administer the pilot program. Requires the task force to implement the pilot program not later
Sponsor: Edward Clere
Noncompete clauses prohibited in physician contracts. Provides that an employer hospital may not require that an employee physician or a prospective employee physician sign a covenant not to compete against the employer hospital for any period of time after the termination of employment with the employer hospital. Provides that an employer hospital may not enforce any covenant not to compete against the employer hospital that is signed by the employer hospital and a former employee physician who is separated from employment under any circumstances. Provides that an employee physician, a prospective employee physician, or a former employee physician may bring
Sponsor: Robert Morris
Nonconsensual pornography. Defines "intimate image" and makes it a Class A misdemeanor for a person to distribute or display an intimate image of an individual who the person knows or reasonably should know does not consent to the distribution or display of the intimate image. Increases the penalty to a Level 6 felony for a second or subsequent offense.
Sponsor: Aaron Freeman
Electronic reporting of valuable metal purchases. Transfers the authority of the state police department with respect to valuable metal dealers to the state department of homeland security (DHS). Requires a metals business (an automobile scrapyard, automotive salvage recycler, core buyer, recycling facility, or valuable metal dealer) to electronically submit daily reports to the DHS concerning its valuable metal purchases. Requires the DHS to maintain ownership and control of the computer software system used for the electronic reporting and to retain the information for at least two years. Declares that the information submitted electronically is confidential but requires that the information
Sponsor: Doug Gutwein
Visitation with a child. Provides that a foster parent may file a petition seeking visitation rights with a child if the child was placed under the care and supervision of the foster parent for at least 12 months. Requires the court to enter a decree after holding a hearing. Allows the court to modify an order granting or denying visitation rights. Requires the department of child services to provide notification to a foster parent if the parent-child relationship of a child who was placed under the care and supervision of the foster parent for at least 12 months is terminated.
Sponsor: Ben Smaltz
Employee relocation tax credit. Provides an individual income tax credit against state income tax liability of an individual that relocates to Indiana to accept employment with an Indiana employer in a high demand, unfilled job in: (1) manufacturing; or (2) science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. Requires the Indiana department of work force development (DWD) to establish a registry of high demand, unfilled jobs for purposes of determining eligibility for the tax credit. Requires the DWD to collaborate with private employers and other entities in determining the jobs that are placed on the registry. Provides that an individual is entitled to
Sponsor: Milo Smith
Termination of parental rights. Requires the department of child services (department) to file a petition for termination of parental rights if a child's parent accumulates a total of three instances of certain acts or omissions. Adds to the list of allegations that satisfy the requirements for a petition for termination of parental rights an allegation that a child's parent: (1) has accumulated a total of three instances of certain acts or omissions; (2) has failed to maintain consistent and meaningful contact with the child over at least the most recent 12 months; (3) has failed to provide care and support
Sponsor: Wendy McNamara
Veterans educational matters. Excludes from the determination of financial eligibility for need based financial aid certain benefits received by veteran students. Provides for state educational institution students who are members of the Indiana National Guard or the reserves and are called to active duty during an academic term to receive: (1) a tuition refund or credit; or (2) reenrollment in courses not completed due to active duty status.
Sponsor: Aaron Freeman
Notice of intent to relocate. Requires that an individual relocating with a child provide notice to each nonrelocating individual who has, or has filed an action seeking, custody, parenting time, or visitation (nonrelocating individual) not later than 45 days before the intended moving date. (Current law requires notice not later than 90 days before the intended moving date.) Provides that a nonrelocating individual may file an objection to the relocation of the child not later than 30 days after receipt of notice. (Current law requires an objection to be filed not later than 60 days after receipt of notice.)
Sponsor: Randall Head
School discipline. Provides that an evidence based plan for improving student behavior and discipline in a school corporation must seek to: (1) reduce out-of-school suspensions and disproportionality in discipline and expulsions; and (2) limit referrals to law enforcement or arrests on school property to cases in which referral to law enforcement or arrest is necessary to protect the health and safety of other students or school employees. Adds a definition of "exclusion". Adds a definition of "positive discipline". Provides that discipline policies established by a superintendent or member of the superintendent's administrative staff must be consistent with positive discipline practices.
Sponsor: Gregory Porter
Mandatory testing of students for lead poisoning. Mandates that the governing body of a school corporation require students to be tested for lead poisoning.
Sponsor: Ryan Dvorak
Device implantation as a condition of employment. Prohibits an employer from requiring a candidate for employment or an employee to have a device implanted or otherwise incorporated into the candidate's or employee's body as a condition of employment, as a condition of employment in a particular position, or as a condition of receiving additional compensation or benefits.
Sponsor: Alan Morrison
Wind power devices. Provides that a county official or a relative of a county official who has entered into an agreement for a lease, an easement, or another agreement with a developer (a person that seeks to obtain a right to locate a wind power device on real property or a person that seeks to locate a wind power device on real property in which the person owns an interest) concerning a wind power device shall recuse himself or herself from any matter that involves the ownership, operation, construction, or location of a wind power device in the county. Prohibits
Sponsor: Thomas Saunders
Protection of life. Repeals the statutes authorizing and regulating abortion. Finds that human physical life begins when a human ovum is fertilized by a human sperm. Asserts a compelling state interest in protecting human physical life from the moment that human physical life begins. Redefines "human being" for purposes of the criminal code to conform to the finding that human physical life begins when a human ovum is fertilized by a human sperm. Makes other conforming changes.
Sponsor: Curt Nisly
Annexation matters. Provides that a waiver of remonstrance of annexation executed before, on, or after June 30, 2018, is void if the waiver is recorded more than 90 business days after the date the waiver was executed. Provides that an area located within certain fire protection districts (including any area added to the fire protection district after the district is established) remains within the fire protection district after the annexation. (Current law provides that the annexed area ceases to be a part of the fire protection district when the municipality begins to provide fire protection services to the area.)
Sponsor: Jeff Ellington
Service animal exclusion from marital property. Provides that a service animal is excluded from a court's or family law arbitrator's division of property in an action for dissolution of marriage.
Sponsor: Melanie Wright
Clarksville food and beverage tax. Authorizes the town of Clarksville to adopt a town food and beverage tax. Provides that the tax rate may not exceed 1%. Provides that money received from the tax shall be distributed by the treasurer of state to the town of Clarksville. Specifies the uses to which receipts from the food and beverage tax may be applied.
Sponsor: Ronald Grooms
Tax credit for hiring unemployed veterans. Provides a nonrefundable tax credit to a small business for employing an individual who is receiving unemployment benefits and returning from military service (qualified new employee). Provides that the small business must employ a greater number of full-time employees in Indiana in the taxable year than the small business employed in Indiana, on average, in the small business's base employment period (normally January 1, 2017, through June 30, 2017). Provides that the employee must be hired full time. Provides that the credit applies only to taxable years beginning in 2018 through 2020. Provides that
Sponsor: Greg Taylor
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION encouraging physical therapists practicing in the state of Indiana to do their part in creating public awareness of physical therapy's role in reducing the opioid epidemic and the treatment of chronic pain.
Sponsor: James Merritt
Prohibition on requiring sprinkler systems. Prohibits the fire prevention and building safety commission or a state agency from adopting rules requiring the installation of an automatic fire sprinkler system. Prohibits a political subdivision from adopting an ordinance or other regulation requiring the installation of an automatic fire sprinkler system.
Sponsor: Mark Messmer
State park admission for disabled veterans. Provides that a disabled veteran may not be charged a fee for a Golden Hoosier Passport, which entitles the holder, the holder's vehicle, and passengers in the holder's vehicle to unlimited admission to state parks and other department of natural resources properties for which an admission fee is charged.
Sponsor: Eddie Melton
Regulation of firearms. Removes provisions requiring an applicant to pay an application fee when applying for a four year license to carry a handgun. Removes provisions requiring an applicant to submit fingerprints when applying for a four year license to carry a handgun or a lifetime license to carry a handgun. Requires the superintendent of the state police to charge: (1) $75 for a lifetime handgun license for a person who does not currently possess a valid Indiana handgun license; and (2) $60 for a lifetime license for a person who currently possesses a valid Indiana handgun license. Requires use
Sponsor: Rodric Bray
Public transit funding. Allows counties to impose an additional local income tax rate to fund the operations of a public transportation corporation and the operations of a rural transportation assistance program. Provides that the rate must be adopted by the county council and must be at least 0.1% but not more than 0.25%. Excludes from this provision any county that is eligible to hold a referendum on funding transportation projects under the central Indiana public transportation projects statute.
Sponsor: Mark Stoops
Loot boxes and video games as gambling. Requires the attorney general to: (1) study certain issues concerning the use of loot boxes in video games; (2) make a recommendation whether loot boxes should be regulated as gaming in Indiana; and (3) report the result of the study and recommendation to a study committee. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate committee a study of predatory gambling in video games.
Sponsor: Ronald Grooms
Reverse transfer agreements and degrees. Requires, not later than January 1, 2019, each four year state educational institution to enter into a reverse transfer agreement with each two year state educational institution. Establishes requirements regarding the agreements. Establishes requirements that an individual and a state educational institution must meet before a state educational institution may award the individual a reverse transfer degree. Requires a state educational institution that awards a reverse transfer degree to report annually to the commission for higher education (commission) regarding reverse transfer degrees. Provides that the commission is not required to count reverse transfer degrees for
Sponsor: Doug Eckerty
Regulated drains and environmental concerns. Authorizes a county surveyor to classify a regulated drain as a drain in need of reconstruction if: (1) the functionality of the drain is compromised; and (2) the drain could, at a reasonable cost, be reconstructed to perform the function for which it was designed while also better serving the interests of public health or significantly reducing undesirable environmental effects, or while also providing flood reduction benefits. Authorizes a county surveyor to classify a regulated drain as a drain in need of periodic maintenance if the drain can be made: (1) to perform the function
Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau
Land banks. Revises the land bank statute. Provides that in a county that has established a county land bank the county treasurer shall establish a county land bank fund for the purpose of accumulating money for distribution to the county land bank. Provides that a county fiscal body may adopt an ordinance to allocate to the county land bank an amount or percentage of the county's share of any penalties and interest on delinquent tax payments that is distributed to the county from the semiannual distribution made by the county auditor. Increases the fee charged for filing a sales disclosure
Sponsor: Vaneta Becker
Excise tax on heavy equipment. Excludes motorized heavy equipment vehicles from the assessment of the personal property tax. Imposes an excise tax on the rental of motorized heavy equipment vehicles (excise tax). Provides procedures for the sourcing, collection, and distribution of the excise tax. Provides that the excise tax is apportioned and distributed to local governmental units (units) in the same manner that property taxes are apportioned and distributed. Requires the units to deposit the excise taxes in the units' levy excess fund.
Sponsor: Travis Holdman
Property tax deduction for landlords of veterans. Provides a property tax deduction to an owner of real property that uses the owner's real property to provide rental housing to a veteran.
Sponsor: Rick Niemeyer
Vote by mail. Authorizes a county election board to provide that all municipal primary elections, municipal elections, and special elections for a public question held in the county in odd numbered years be held by all mail voting. Authorizes towns that conduct their own municipal elections to provide that all the town's municipal primary elections, municipal elections, and special elections for a public question held in the town in odd numbered years be held by all mail voting.
Sponsor: Karen Tallian
Bias motivated crimes. Makes it an aggravating circumstance (for purposes of imposing a criminal sentence) that the crime was committed with the intent to harm or intimidate an individual because of certain perceived or actual characteristics of the individual. Requires law enforcement agencies to report bias motivated crimes to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Sponsor: Susan Glick
Redistricting commission. Establishes a redistricting commission (commission) to create, hold hearings on, take public comment about, and recommend plans to redraw general assembly districts and congressional districts. Requires the legislative services agency (agency) to provide staff and administrative services to the commission. Establishes standards to govern the commission and the agency in the creation of redistricting plans. Provides that the general assembly must meet and enact redistricting plans before October 1 of a redistricting year. Authorizes the general assembly to convene in a session to act on redistricting bills at times other than the times the general assembly is currently
Sponsor: Gerald Torr
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign the topic of naloxone issues to the appropriate committee.
Sponsor: James Merritt
Sales tax district for healthy food programs. Allows the fiscal body of a county (fiscal body) to adopt an ordinance to impose an additional sales tax in an area designated by the fiscal body as a special food desert district (district). Requires a district designated by a fiscal body to be 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 an additional sales tax applies to retail transactions within the district. Provides that the additional sales
Sponsor: Greg Taylor
Installation of used tires. Prohibits a supplier from installing or offering to install an unsafe used tire on a motor vehicle. Provides that a person who knowingly violates these provisions is subject to a civil penalty of $500 for each violation.
Sponsor: Jack Sandlin
Income tax credit for K-12 education donations. Provides a 50% income tax credit to donors who donate to a public school foundation. Sets forth standards that apply to taking the credit and to public school foundations that receive contributions. Limits the total credits that may be claimed during a state fiscal year using a three year phase in period.
Sponsor: Eddie Melton
Battery against a bailiff or special deputy. Adds a bailiff of any court and a special deputy to the definition of "public safety official" for purposes of the battery statute.
Sponsor: Eric Koch
Taxation of online travel services. Extends the various innkeeper's taxes to cover the rental of a residential unit for fewer than 30 days. Provides that a facilitator who accepts payment on a transaction to which the innkeeper's tax applies is required to register with the department of state revenue as a retail merchant and collect innkeeper's taxes on the transaction.
Sponsor: Travis Holdman
Limits on expulsions and long-term suspensions. Requires a determination that a student's school suspension or expulsion will prevent or reduce the risk of interference with an educational function or school purposes, disruption of the learning environment, or physical injury to the student, other students, school employees, or school visitors and, in the case of an expulsion, a determination that all other available and appropriate disciplinary and behavioral interventions have been exhausted. Requires inclusion of the rationale for the use of school suspension or expulsion in the statement to a student's parent.
Sponsor: Lonnie Randolph
Township property tax levies. Authorizes a township to appeal to the department of local government finance (DLGF) for an increase in the township's maximum property tax levy to meet the costs of providing township assistance. Specifies that the maximum increase that the DLGF may authorize for a township for a particular calendar year is the levy that would result from a $0.01 increase in the township's township assistance property tax rate. Provides that the DLGF shall increase the maximum property tax levy for a township's firefighting fund for 2019 and thereafter if: (1) the township imposed a debt service levy
Sponsor: Rick Niemeyer
Applies to Congress for a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution. Provides that such a convention be limited to proposing an amendment to the United States Constitution to provide that Congress shall pass no bill, and no bill shall become law, which embraces more than one subject, that subject to be clearly expressed in the bill's title.
Sponsor: Elizabeth Brown
Building codes. Requires the fire prevention and building safety commission (commission) to adopt a statewide residential code to be known as the Indiana Residential Code. Requires the commission to provide access to the statewide residential code on the commission's Internet web site. Prohibits a state agency or political subdivision from enforcing standards that exceed those established in the statewide residential code. Requires the commission to establish a review committee to make recommendations for amendments to the statewide residential code and provide a report on any fiscal impact of the recommended amendments. Provides that rules adopted by the commission are the
Sponsor: Jon Ford
Mechanic's liens. Amends the statute concerning mechanic's liens to provide that a statement and notice of intention to hold a lien filed after June 30, 2018, must include verifiable documentation of the performance of labor, or the furnishing of materials or machinery, on which the statement and notice of intention to hold a lien is based. Sets forth: (1) the information that the documentation must include; and (2) the forms that the documentation may take. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally: (1) files, or threatens to file, one or more notices of an intention to hold a mechanic's
Sponsor: Vaneta Becker
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the section of U.S. Highway 421 from the Jefferson/Ripley county line to the U.S. Highway 421 and State Road 62 intersection the "Major Samuel Woodfill Memorial Highway".
Sponsor: Terry Goodin
Income tax deduction for military income. Provides that income received for military service (other than qualified military income) or received as a retirement or a survivor's benefit paid because of an individual's military service is wholly deductible if the amount of the income is less than the specified maximum amount. Specifies that the maximum amount of the deduction for income received for military service (other than qualified military income) or received as a retirement or a survivor's benefit paid because of an individual's military service is equal to 12 times the monthly basic pay received as of July 1, 2017,
Sponsor: Shane Lindauer
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to convene a Joint Session of the One Hundred Twentieth General Assembly of the State of Indiana.
Sponsor: Matthew Lehman
Gasoline tax. Provides for a monthly determination of the gasoline tax rate per gallon that will be used in the following month. Provides that the gasoline tax rate is to be reduced if the statewide average retail price per gallon is greater than $3 using the same price that is used to convert the 7% tax on gasoline to a per gallon rate under the gasoline use tax. Specifies that the gasoline tax rate is to be reduced by $0.01 for each $0.01 the statewide average retail price per gallon exceeds $3.
Sponsor: Patrick Bauer
Loan forgiveness for distressed schools. Provides that certain school corporations that are distressed political subdivisions may qualify to have common school fund loans or advances forgiven. Provides that the budget agency may approve to deposit reversions to the state general fund into the common school fund to offset advances or loans forgiven.
Sponsor: Vernon Smith
Tobacco crimes. Raises the penalty from a Class C infraction to a Class B infraction if a person sells cigarettes other than in an unopened package. Raises the penalty from a Class C infraction to a Class B infraction if a person sells or distributes tobacco or an electronic cigarette to a person less than 18 years of age. Requires the alcohol and tobacco commission to revoke a tobacco sales certificate if a certificate holder has three convictions for certain tobacco crimes.
Sponsor: Vernon Smith
Employment certificates for minors. Eliminates the requirement that a child less than 18 years of age obtain an employment certificate. Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: Randy Lyness
School administrator contracts. Provides that, unless a provision in a contract entered into or renewed between the governing body of a school corporation and a principal or an assistant principal before July 1, 2018, provides otherwise, the governing body of a school corporation may not pay to a principal or an assistant principal to buy out a contract an amount that exceeds an amount equal to the principal's or assistant principal's salary for any one year under the contract. Provides that, unless a provision in a contract entered into or renewed between the governing body of a school corporation and
Sponsor: Erin Houchin
Provider diagnostic information release. Requires a health care provider, upon the request of a patient or the patient's designee, to provide the diagnostic billing code and procedural billing code for each diagnosis and health care procedure rendered to the patient.
Sponsor: Mike Speedy
Expedited assessment appeals. Provides that the appeal process for an assessment, deduction, or other appealable item begins with a hearing before the assessing official who made the assessment. Eliminates the preliminary informal meeting with the assessing official who made the assessment. Provides that for assessment purposes the true tax value of real property is the fair market value of the property. Voids the rule of the Indiana Administrative Code that requires assessments of real property to be based on the 2011 real property assessment manual.
Sponsor: Vernon Smith
Auto repair claims settlement. Includes, in the requirement that an insurer provide notice of an insured's right to approve the type of body parts used to repair a motor vehicle, a third party to whom an insured is obligated for damage to the third party's motor vehicle.
Sponsor: Matt Pierce
Medical payment coverage. Specifies that medical payment coverage is supplemental to coverage under a health plan or public health coverage program. Specifies that: (1) the amount paid under medical payment coverage must not exceed the amount to which the health care provider agreed as payment in full for a health care service under the covered individual's health plan or public health coverage program; and (2) the covered individual is not liable for any amount that exceeds the amount to which the health care provider agreed as described in (1).
Sponsor: Donna Schaibley
Use of telecommunications devices while driving. Requires a person to use hands free or voice operated technology to place or receive a telephone call while operating a moving motor vehicle unless the device is used to call 911 to report a bona fide emergency. Revises the term "telecommunications device" for purposes related to motor vehicle operation.
Sponsor: Milo Smith
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to convene a Joint Session of the One Hundred Twentieth General Assembly of the State of Indiana.
Sponsor: Matthew Lehman
Protection of special education students. Requires each school corporation and charter school to maintain video surveillance with a camera containing auditory capability in each classroom used to provide instruction to students with a disability.
Sponsor: Patrick Bauer
Controlled project referendum. Provides that if the estimated increase in a political subdivision's property tax levy for debt service for a proposed controlled project will be offset in whole or in part because of the retirement of existing debt of the political subdivision, the proper officers of the political subdivision may adopt a resolution that does the following: (1) Includes a schedule that specifies certain information concerning the debt service for the controlled project and the expected changes in the political subdivision's total debt service payments that will result because the debt service for the controlled project will be offset
Sponsor: Jeffrey Thompson
Maternal mortality review committee. Requires the state department of health (state department) to establish a statewide maternal mortality review committee (committee) and sets forth membership and duties of the committee. Specifies confidentiality of records reviewed by the committee. Requires a health care provider or health care facility that has a patient who dies of a maternal mortality to report the death to the committee and sets forth immunity provisions for the provider or facility. Requires the committee to submit a report to the state department before July 1 of each year concerning the committee's reviews and requires the state department
Sponsor: Karen Engleman
Teacher evaluations. Defines the term "qualified school district". Provides that each qualified school district shall develop and maintain a teacher performance plan that must be in writing and approved by the department of education (department). Provides that teacher evaluations must be based on statistically verifiable measures of student instructional improvement goals that are approved by the qualified school district after discussing and receiving input from the teachers. Provides that certain teachers who teach at a school that has not been identified by the department as a school subject to comprehensive support and improvement pursuant to the federal Every Student Succeeds
Sponsor: Anthony Cook
Military education benefits. Changes the definition of "eligible student" to expand who may participate in the course access program under which educational courses are permitted to be delivered through any method, including online technologies. Provides that an eligible student who is an adult student pursuing a diploma to qualify for enlistment in the armed forces of the United States may use course access program courses to meet graduation requirements at the school corporation that the eligible student previously attended. Provides that a student who is eligible to receive a tuition and fee exemption because the student is a child of
Sponsor: Anthony Cook
Government information. Specifies that the management performance hub (MPH) may not permit government information or government information generated as a result of a contract to be held exclusively by a private vendor.
Sponsor: David Ober
Reading assessments. Requires, after June 30, 2019, that the state superintendent of public instruction's reading deficiency remediation plan (IREAD) must include a reading evaluation for students by grade 2. Provides that a student who requires remediation after the student is evaluated in grade 2 must receive remedial action and be reevaluated in grade 3. Provides that if the student remains below standard after receiving remedial action and being reevaluated in grade 3, the student, after other methods of remediation have been evaluated or used, or both, may be retained as a last resort.
Sponsor: Erin Houchin
CBD oil. Defines "CBD oil" as a product that contains: (1) not more than 0.3% THC; (2) at least 5% cannabidiol; and (3) no other controlled substances. Legalizes CBD oil. Repeals superseded provisions relating to cannabidiol registration.
Sponsor: James Tomes
Garnishment of wages. Provides that a creditor may, by written consent or court order, access wage report information from the department of workforce development for the purpose of obtaining a garnishment order. Requires a court that has issued a garnishment order to a third party to cancel the garnishment order and issue a new garnishment order without a hearing if certain circumstances have changed. Requires an employer that is garnishing a judgment debtor's wages to inform the clerk of courts when the judgment debtor leaves employment with the employer. Provides that, once such notice is given, the employer has no
Sponsor: Richard Hamm
Ban on flame retardant material. Defines "flame retardant chemical". Prohibits the manufacture, assembly, acceptance for sale, and selling of certain upholstered furniture, mattresses, and mattress pads that contain more than 0.1% of a flame retardant chemical or more than 0.1% of a mixture that contains a flame retardant chemical.
Sponsor: Carey Hamilton
Cannabidiol study. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the task of studying: (1) the benefits that individuals with certain chronic conditions obtain from the use of cannabidiol; and (2) the best means for assuring that individuals in Indiana with certain chronic conditions are able to obtain safe supplies of cannabidiol in a manner that does not violate state law.
Sponsor: Vanessa Summers
Redistricting commission. Establishes a redistricting commission (commission) to create, hold hearings on, take public comment about, and recommend plans to redraw general assembly districts and congressional districts. Requires the legislative services agency (agency) to provide staff and administrative services to the commission. Establishes standards to govern the commission and the agency in the creation of redistricting plans. Provides that the general assembly shall meet and enact redistricting plans before October 1 of a redistricting year. Authorizes the general assembly to convene in a session to act on redistricting bills at times other than the times the general assembly is currently
Sponsor: Justin Moed
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, 2019: (1) concerning the use, distribution, cultivation, production, and testing of medical cannabis; and (2) developing and implementing a medical cannabis registry. Provides limited reciprocity for holders of nonresident medical cannabis cards. Provides immunity from civil and criminal liability for physicians who recommend the medical use of cannabis. Provides a defense to: (1) arrest; and (2) criminal prosecution; for marijuana possession and use in certain circumstances. Makes conforming amendments. Makes a
Sponsor: Sue Errington
Neonicotinoid pesticides. Requires the pesticide review board (board) to adopt rules prohibiting the use of neonicotinoids (certain insecticides having a chemical structure similar to the chemical structure of nicotine). Allows the board, according to its best judgment in weighing certain factors, to determine the date on which the prohibition will take full effect and to implement the prohibition gradually. Authorizes the board, for purposes of the period before the prohibition against using neonicotinoids is fully in effect, to adopt emergency rules restricting when and where neonicotinoids can be used and imposing requirements for the training of certified applicators using neonicotinoids.
Sponsor: Patrick Bauer
Main street downtown redevelopment districts. Provides that a city or town having a population that does not exceed 20,000 (eligible municipality) may establish a main street downtown redevelopment district (district) within the eligible municipality for the purpose of capturing sales tax collected by businesses located in the district. Provides that the sales tax increment distributed to each eligible municipality that establishes a district may be used to pay for improvements in the district or the financing of improvements in the district.
Sponsor: Steve Bartels
Veterans matters. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau) to issue a permanent parking placard to a disabled Hoosier veteran when requested. Removes the veteran and spouse indication from credentials issued by the bureau. Provides that an individual may use a United States Department of Veterans Affairs Identification Card to present to the bureau in order to receive a Hoosier veteran license plate.
Sponsor: Mike Speedy
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
Veterans property tax deduction. Eliminates the assessed value cap of $175,000 that applies to the property tax deduction for a veteran who: (1) has a total disability; or (2) is at least 62 years of age and has at least a 10% disability.
Sponsor: Heath VanNatter
Funding for veterans' organizations. Requires the auditor of state to transfer from the build Indiana fund before October 1 of each year: (1) $2,000,000 to the Indiana Veterans' Home; and (2) $400,000 each to the American Legion, the Disabled American Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, AMVETS, and the Vietnam Veterans of America.
Sponsor: Sheila Klinker
Teacher salaries. Provides that, for a compensation plan adopted after June 30, 2018, one factor on which a school corporation must base an increase or increment in a local salary range for a teacher is the teacher's possession of a master's or doctorate degree or completion, at any time, of credit hours necessary to obtain a master's or doctorate degree. Provides that a school corporation may negotiate an increase or increment for salaries of teachers who make less than the greater of: (1) $50,000; or (2) the state average for teacher yearly salaries; if the teacher worked at least 120
Sponsor: Sheila Klinker
Same day registration; close of the polls. Provides that the polls close at 8 p.m. (Under current law, the polls must close at 6 p.m.) Permits a voter to register at the polls by completing a voter registration form and an affirmation that the person has not voted elsewhere in the election and by providing proof of residence.
Sponsor: Clyde Kersey
Distinguished Flying Cross license plates. Establishes the Distinguished Flying Cross license plate.
Sponsor: Dave Heine
Study of licensing and military families. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying policies, practices, administrative rules, and state laws that affect professional licensing of transitioning military persons and their spouses.
Sponsor: Steve Bartels
Property tax assessment appeals. Allows an immediate family member to be a tax representative for a property owner at a property tax assessment board of appeals hearing.
Sponsor: Vernon Smith
Anti-patriotic displays. Provides that if a professional sports team (team) based in Indiana does not timely refund the price of a ticket to a person who purchased a ticket to a game, attended the game, and was offended by an athlete on the team not standing during the national anthem, the team is liable for treble damages and other costs.
Sponsor: Milo Smith
SNAP benefits. Removes the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) requirements for reentry court program participants. Provides that individuals who were receiving SNAP through a reentry court program continue to receive SNAP until the individual: (1) no longer meets the SNAP eligibility requirements; or (2) has received SNAP for the maximum period allowed. Allows individuals convicted of a drug offense to be eligible to participate in SNAP under the federal opt out option.
Sponsor: Joe Taylor
Charity gaming operations. Provides that a qualified organization may accept credit cards at an allowable event or through the Internet for the purchase of certain items, including a raffle ticket. Provides that a charitable organization may not conduct an allowable event on or through the Internet, except that a charitable organization may sell raffle tickets on or through the Internet.
Sponsor: Sean Eberhart
State payments in lieu of property taxes. Requires the state to make payments in lieu of property taxes (PILOTs) for qualified parcels in counties in which at least 15% of all land in the county is: (1) in the aggregate, owned or leased by the state of Indiana or 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 a
Sponsor: Steve Bartels
Resident tuition rate for undocumented aliens. Provides that an agency or political subdivision is not required to verify that an individual is a United States citizen or qualified alien for the individual to be eligible to pay the resident tuition rate. Repeals a provision that provides that an individual who is not lawfully in the United States is not eligible to pay the resident tuition rate.
Sponsor: Joe Taylor
Property tax exemptions. Permits the department of local government finance under certain circumstances to cancel property taxes imposed on: (1) a nonprofit corporation organized for educational, literary, scientific, religious, or charitable purposes; (2) an entity organized as a church or religious entity; or (3) a cemetery corporation, firm, or association.
Sponsor: Joe Taylor
CBD oil for medical treatment. Exempts a physician from criminal penalties for possession or delivery of CBD oil and paraphernalia if the physician possessed or delivered the CBD oil or paraphernalia in connection with the treatment of a patient. Exempts a patient from criminal penalties for the possession of CBD oil or paraphernalia if the CBD oil or paraphernalia is used in connection with treatment by a physician. Repeals superseded provisions relating to the cannabidiol registry.
Sponsor: Terry Goodin
Say's Firefly designated as state insect. Designates Pyractomena angulata, commonly known as "Say's Firefly", as the official state insect of Indiana.
Sponsor: Sheila Klinker
Local regulation of fireworks. Changes: (1) the dates on which a county or municipal ordinance may limit the use of fireworks in the county or municipality; and (2) the types of fireworks to which such an ordinance may apply.
Sponsor: Donna Schaibley
School discipline. Provides that an evidence based plan for improving student behavior and discipline in a school corporation: (1) may not contain any zero tolerance requirements; (2) must reduce disproportionality in discipline or inappropriately high rates of in-school suspension, out-of-school suspension, and expulsion; and (3) must limit referrals to law enforcement or arrests on school property to those necessary to protect the health and safety of other students or school employees. Adds a definition of "exclusion". Adds a definition of "positive discipline". Provides that a school's discipline policy must include a graduated system of discipline and incorporate positive discipline principles
Sponsor: Joe Taylor
Zoning variance procedures. Eliminates a requirement that a board of zoning appeals (board) must provide notice by publication before a hearing on an administrative appeal, exception, use, or variance. Prohibits a board from requiring a party by rule or ordinance to: (1) provide notice by publication; or (2) assume the cost of notice by publication and due notice to interested parties.
Sponsor: Sean Eberhart
Work sharing unemployment benefits. Establishes a work sharing unemployment insurance program. Requires an employer that desires to participate in the work sharing unemployment insurance program 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 affected employee's unemployment benefit reduced by a percentage that is equivalent to the number of hours by which an affected employee's normal weekly work hours are reduced divided by the employer's number of normal weekly work hours.
Sponsor: Heath VanNatter
E-liquids taxes. Imposes a tax on e-liquids that contain nicotine at a rate of $0.10 per fluid milliliter of consumable product. Deposits the revenue from the tax in the state general fund and the addiction services fund.
Sponsor: Sheila Klinker
Pharmaceutical matters. Requires a state employee plan, health insurer, and health maintenance organization (health plans) to perform certain activities with respect to a maximum allowable cost list used for prescription drug reimbursement, including: (1) compilation and updating of the list; and (2) pharmacy appeals. Prohibits certain actions by health plans concerning pharmacy disclosure of pricing information and the amount payable upon receiving a prescription drug. Requires the board of pharmacy to adopt rules to implement the telemedicine law. Exempts from the law regulating pharmacists and pharmacies the delivery of peritoneal renal dialysis related supplies by manufacturers and wholesale drug distributors
Sponsor: Steven Davisson
Liens for agricultural supply dealers. Creates an agricultural supply dealer lien (lien). Establishes conditions concerning the creation of, the priority of, and enforcement of the lien.
Sponsor: Susan Glick
Veterans' property tax matters. Provides that a veteran who is classified as individually unemployable is entitled to a property tax deduction. Increases the limit of the gross assessed value below which the veteran's property tax deduction is allowable for a veteran who is totally disabled, is at least 62 years of age and has a disability of at least 10%, or is individually unemployable. Provides that the surviving spouse of an individual who dies while serving in the military or naval forces of the United States is entitled to a property tax deduction. Provides a county option deduction to eligible
Sponsor: Greg Walker
Whistleblower protection for state employees. Provides that for purposes of the false claims and whistleblower protection statute, the Medicaid false claims and whistleblower protection statute, and a statute providing whistleblower protection relating to adult protective services, the term "employee" includes a state employee, and the term "employer" includes the state of Indiana.
Sponsor: Edward DeLaney
Ban on sale or use of coal tar pavement products. Prohibits the: (1) sale or offer for sale; and (2) application to pavement; of a coal tar pavement product except as required for purposes of research on the effects of the coal tar pavement product on the environment.
Sponsor: David Niezgodski
Privacy of students and families. Provides that computer programs and assessments used in connection with a personal analysis, an evaluation, or a survey are included in the instructional materials that a school corporation must make available for inspection by students' parents. Provides that a student may not be required to participate in a personal analysis, an evaluation, or a survey that reveals or attempts to affect the student's attitudes, habits, traits, opinions, beliefs, or feelings concerning sexual orientation (in addition to the list of other matters that a student may not be required to participate in regarding a personal analysis,
Sponsor: Dennis Kruse
Police officer and firefighter pensions. Increases from $12,000 to $18,000 the lump sum death benefit for a member of the 1925 police pension fund (1925 fund), the 1937 firefighters' pension fund (1937 fund), the 1953 police pension fund (1953 fund), or the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund (1977 fund). Increases from $150,000 to $225,000 the special death benefit for a member of the 1925 fund, the 1937 fund, the 1953 fund, or the 1977 fund who dies in the line of duty. Removes the 3% cap on cost of living increases for members of the 1977
Sponsor: Earl Harris
Health facility employee criminal background check. Requires a health facility to obtain a national criminal history background check or an expanded criminal history check for the health facility's employees. Provides immunity to persons for: (1) denying or terminating an individual's employment because of the individual's criminal history; or (2) reporting to or participating in the proceedings of the state department of health or the registry of nurse aides.
Sponsor: Jean Breaux
Interstate medical licensure compact. Requires the medical licensing board of Indiana (board) to administer the interstate medical licensure compact (compact). Adopts the compact. Grants eligible physicians an expedited license to practice medicine in compact member states. Requires a physician to designate a member state as the state of principal license for purposes of registration. Establishes application and issuance procedures. Allows the board to establish fees for the issuance and renewal of licenses. Authorizes the creation of the interstate medical licensure compact commission (commission) by the member states to administer the compact. Provides for two voting members on the commission from
Sponsor: Cindy Ziemke
Bringing wine into a restaurant and excise taxes. Allows a patron to carry wine into a restaurant if: (1) the restaurant has a wine retailer's permit and consents; and (2) the wine is only for consumption by the patron or persons seated at the patron's table while eating food prepared at the restaurant and served at the table. Allows the permit holder to charge a corkage fee for serving wine brought in by a patron. Amends the law allowing a patron to remove an unsealed bottle of wine that was purchased at a restaurant with a meal to specify that
Sponsor: Terri Jo Austin
Study concerning property taxes. Urges a legislative interim study of property tax exemptions, property tax deductions, the stability of the property tax base, and providing public services that benefit property that is property tax exempt.
Sponsor: Thomas Saunders
Wagering on sports. Authorizes sports wagering at riverboats, racinos, and satellite facilities after the Indiana gaming commission determines that current federal prohibitions on sports wagering are no longer applicable. Provides for the administration, conduct, and taxation of sports wagering. Imposes initial and annual fees on a licensed owner, operating agent, or permit holder conducting sports wagering.
Sponsor: Jon Ford
Local airport authority tax rates. Specifies that the statute requiring the adjustment of certain property tax rates does not apply to a local airport authority's cumulative building fund tax rate. Specifies that an airport authority may increase the tax rate for its cumulative building fund without complying with procedures under the cumulative fund statute. Requires an airport authority to give notice of the proposed increase and hold a public hearing on the proposal before increasing the tax rate. Makes technical corrections.
Sponsor: Robert Cherry
Building codes. Prohibits a city, town, or county from adopting an ordinance that includes more stringent or detailed requirements that conflict with the fire prevention and building safety commission's rules. Prohibits a state agency from enforcing rules that conflict with the fire prevention and building safety commission's rules. Prohibits a political subdivision from enforcing ordinances or other regulations that conflict with the fire prevention and building safety commission's rules or have not been approved by the fire prevention and building safety commission. Requires a political subdivision to revise an ordinance or other regulation if the fire prevention and building safety
Sponsor: Jeff Ellington
Unlawful proposition of a minor. Provides that the crime of making an unlawful proposition is a Level 6 felony if the person unlawfully propositions a person less than 18 years of age.
Sponsor: Carey Hamilton
Medicaid based statewide health plan. Establishes the Indiana statewide health plan within the Medicaid program. Sets forth requirements of the plan. Requires the office of the secretary of the family and social services administration to apply for any federal waivers required for the plan.
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Public order offense enhancement. Allows the court to sentence a person to an additional fixed term of imprisonment between six months and two and one-half years if a person is found guilty of committing a public order offense and the person concealed the person's identity by wearing a mask or face covering while committing the offense.
Sponsor: Jack Sandlin
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 10 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 a person knowingly or intentionally used a firearm in the commission of a felony, the court shall sentence the person to an additional fixed term of imprisonment of 10 years. Specifies that the
Sponsor: Richard Hamm
Drug testing of employees and applicants. Provides that, unless federal law requires otherwise, a drug test given to an individual by or on behalf of an employer, or by or on behalf of a prospective employer as a condition of an offer of employment, may not include a screening for THC.
Sponsor: Vanessa Summers
Tax deduction for health care sharing expenses. Provides that an individual who is an Indiana resident and a member of a health care sharing ministry is entitled to an adjusted gross income tax deduction for a taxable year equal to the total amount of qualified health care sharing expenses paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year.
Sponsor: John Crane
Ranked choice voting. Permits a municipality to implement ranked choice voting for all of the municipality's elected offices. Permits a county to implement ranked choice voting for all offices elected in the county. Establishes the procedure for a voter to rank the candidates according to the voter's choice when there are three or more candidates for election to an office. Establishes the procedures to count the voter's choices as votes at various stages of tabulating ballots. Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: Mark Stoops
Preemption of local bans on short term rentals. Provides that a local unit of government (local unit) shall not adopt any ordinance that restricts or prohibits the use of a person's primary residence as a short term rental, except for the following purposes: (1) The protection of the public's health and safety. (2) Residential use and zoning related to noise, protection of welfare, property maintenance, and nuisance issues. Provides that, in the case of residential property that is not the person's primary residence, a local unit may require a special exception, special use, or zoning variance for the short term
Sponsor: Mark Messmer
Coverage for pediatric neuropsychiatric disorders. Requires a policy of accident and sickness insurance and a health maintenance organization contract to provide coverage for treatment of certain pediatric neuropsychiatric illnesses.
Sponsor: Rodric Bray
Service officer matters. Requires notification from the director of the department of veterans' affairs to county and city executives concerning noncompliance with: (1) designation of service officers; and (2) accreditation requirements. Provides that a vacancy may not occur in the office of a designated or employed service officer for more than 60 consecutive days. Requires, after one year of noncompliance, a part of local income taxes to be withheld from cities and counties that fail to enforce: (1) designation and employment requirements; and (2) accreditation and reaccreditation requirements for city and county service officers. Requires county executives to designate county
Sponsor: David Niezgodski
Reimbursed costs for a child removed from home. Requires the department of child services (department) to determine if a child who: (1) is removed from the home of the child's parent or guardian; and (2) placed in a foster family home or the home of a relative of the child that is not a foster family home; has an adequate supply of clothing and personal hygiene items at the time the child is initially placed. Requires the department to provide an immediate payment to the foster parent or relative in an amount that is sufficient to purchase adequate clothing and
Sponsor: Andy Zay
Provides that the people of Indiana may propose and adopt amendments to the Constitution of the State of Indiana and propose and enact statutes independent of the General Assembly through initiative. Provides that the people of Indiana may approve or reject through referendum any statute or part of any statute enacted by the General Assembly. This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.
Sponsor: Mark Stoops
Expungement of addiction related convictions. Establishes a procedure to permit a person: (1) with an addiction disorder related conviction; and (2) who has completed a high intensity residential treatment program; to expunge the person's addiction disorder related conviction.
Sponsor: Michael Crider
Operation of off-road vehicles. Exempts the following individuals from the requirement of wearing a helmet while operating or riding on an off-road vehicle if the off-road vehicle is equipped with a roll cage: (1) An individual at least eight years of age who operates or rides on the off-road vehicle while wearing a safety belt. (2) An individual less than eight years of age who rides on the off-road vehicle while restrained in a child restraint system in accordance with state law. Defines "roll cage".
Sponsor: James Tomes
Human trafficking. Requires manufacturers, sellers, and distributors of Internet enabled devices to install blocking software to prevent the device from accessing: (1) an Internet web site hosting indecent content; and (2) an Internet web site that promotes human trafficking or prostitution. Allows a consumer to deactivate blocking software by paying a $20 deactivation fee and meeting certain other requirements, and provides that: (1) 60% of the fee shall be deposited in the violent crime victims compensation fund; (2) 20% of the fee shall be deposited in the human trafficking prevention and victim assistance fund; and (3) 20% of the fee
Sponsor: Ronald Grooms
Emergency rules for veterans' programs. Requires that, by July 1, 2018, each state agency must review veterans' programs the agency is required to administer by state law and adopt emergency rules for any programs that have not yet been implemented.
Sponsor: Vaneta Becker
Indiana criminal justice institute. Expands the possible recipients of grants from the Indiana criminal justice institute (institute) beyond a county government or the state government. Changes the institute's responsibility from administering sexual offense services, domestic violence programs, and assistance to victims of human sexual trafficking to administering funds to support those programs and services. Abolishes the institute's: (1) meth watch program; (2) responsibility for developing guidelines concerning reporting of methamphetamine abuse; (3) methamphetamine registry Internet web site; (4) gang crime witness protection program; (5) gang crime witness protection fund; and (6) sexual assault victim advocate standards and certification board. Makes
Sponsor: Rodric Bray
Study on African-American homicide victims. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee the topic of African-American homicide victimization in Indiana.
Sponsor: Vanessa Summers
Storage of firearms at public venues. Provides that a person in possession of: (1) a valid Indiana handgun permit; or (2) a valid handgun permit from a state sharing a reciprocity agreement with Indiana; may carry or possess a handgun on the grounds or premises of certain buildings, facilities, and structures. Provides that a law enforcement officer or an off duty law enforcement officer may carry or possess a handgun on the grounds or premises of certain buildings, facilities, or structures without restriction. Creates certain exceptions. Provides that any: (1) administrative rule; (2) contractual term; (3) ordinance; (4) policy; (5)
Sponsor: Jack Sandlin
Court clerk administrative fee. Allows a clerk of a city or town court to retain a court clerk administrative fee from the excess amounts of bail, fines, civil penalties, and certain fees and court costs collected by the clerk. (Current law allows only a clerk of a circuit court to retain an administrative fee.) Increases the maximum amount of the court clerk administrative fee from $3 to $5.
Sponsor: Clyde Kersey
Health insurance coverage and cost information. Requires health care providers and health plans to provide to covered individuals and patients certain information concerning the cost of health care services. Requires health care providers to publish a payment policy for medically necessary health care services not covered by a third party payment source.
Sponsor: Donna Schaibley
Study of lottery revenues for veterans. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying the issues regarding allocating up to $4,000,000 from Indiana state lottery revenues to benefit veterans.
Sponsor: Christopher Judy
Regulation of dams. Provides that the laws regulating dams apply only to a structure that meets two or more of the following conditions: (1) Exceeds 20 feet in height. (2) Has a drainage area above the dam of more than one square mile. (3) Impounds a volume of more than 100 acre-feet of water. Requires the department of natural resources (department) to establish a classification system for dams based on: (1) the height of the structure and the volume of water impounded by the structure; and (2) the force of the water and the likely consequences resulting from the uncontrolled
Sponsor: William Friend
Various education matters. Requires the board of a charter school to consist of at least two members who reside within the geographic boundaries of the school corporation in which the charter school is located. Prohibits an authorizer from accepting a proposal to establish a charter school from an organizer that already operates a charter school in Indiana unless the organizer provides evidence of improvement and achievement of student academic performance at the charter school. Requires the department of education (department) to establish requirements or criteria to prevent charter school and organizer financial and enrollment fraud, waste, and abuse. Requires a
Sponsor: Dennis Kruse
Extension of carryout permit term. Allows certain retailer permittees that sell alcoholic beverages for carryout to continue to sell carryout until June 30, 2019 (instead of April 1, 2018) without complying with the gross retail income requirements to sell carryout.
Sponsor: Anthony Cook
Uniform food and beverage tax. Provides that a county fiscal body may impose a uniform food and beverage tax if the county is not required or authorized to impose a food and beverage tax under any other law (other than the stadium and convention funding food and beverage tax). Specifies that the tax rate may not exceed 1% and must be imposed in increments of 0.25%. Provides that revenue from the tax may be used by the county, after appropriation by the county fiscal body, only for: (1) capital improvements that promote economic development in the county, including fairgrounds, convention
Sponsor: Robert Cherry
Speed limit on U.S. 40. Establishes that the speed limit on U.S. 40 within the corporate limits of an incorporated city or town is 30 miles per hour.
Sponsor: Thomas Saunders
Fire protection districts. Authorizes the board of fire trustees (board) of a fire protection district that: (1) was established before 1990; and (2) provides fire protection service in at least two counties; to adopt a resolution providing that, in addition to any other powers and duties, the fire protection district shall establish, operate, and maintain emergency medical services within the territory of the fire protection district. Provides that if a board adopts such a resolution, the department of local government finance shall increase the district's maximum property tax levy by a percentage of the amounts expended for emergency medical services
Sponsor: Julie Olthoff
End of life options. Allows individuals with a terminal illness who meet certain requirements to make a written request to an attending physician for medication that the individual may self-administer to end the individual's life. Specifies requirements a physician must meet in order to prescribe the medication to a patient. Prohibits an insurer of a life insurance policy from denying payment of benefits under a life insurance policy based upon a suicide clause in the life insurance policy if the death of the insured individual is the result of medical aid in dying. Establishes a Level 1 felony if a
Sponsor: Matt Pierce
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Saint Wendel Catholic School on achieving the highest ISTEP passing scores in Indiana for Spring 2017.
Sponsor: James Tomes
Park and recreation districts in annexed territory. Provides that the fiscal officer for a park and recreation district (district) containing territory that a municipality annexes or has annexed shall semiannually transfer to the annexing municipality's parks and recreation department (department) one-half of the property tax revenue attributable to property taxes imposed by the district on property that is within the annexed territory and that was annexed after June 1, 1976, and before March 4, 1988. Establishes a schedule for the fiscal officer for the district in the annexed territory to make the semiannual property tax transfers to the annexing municipality's
Sponsor: Dave Heine
State fair. Permits the governor to make certain appointments to the state fair commission (commission) and state fair board (board) without regard to an individual's political party affiliation. (Under current law, appointments of individuals made by the governor to the commission and board are subject to consideration of an individual's political party affiliation.) Permits the vice chairperson of the state fair advisory committee to serve as a nonvoting member of the commission. Specifies responsibilities for the commission and board concerning the state fair and the fairgrounds. Requires the state department of agriculture (department) to provide information concerning the requirements and
Sponsor: Robert Cherry
Use of telecommunications devices while driving. Makes it a Level 5 felony if a person uses hands free or voice operated technology while operating a moving motor vehicle unless the device is used to call 911 to report a bona fide emergency. Revises the term "telecommunications device" for purposes related to motor vehicle operation.
Sponsor: Ronald Grooms
Practice and licensure of naturopathic medicine study. Urges the legislative council to assign to an interim study committee the task of studying issues related to the creation of a license to practice naturopathic medicine in Indiana.
Sponsor: David Niezgodski
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: Earl Harris
Tax credit for hiring veterans. Provides for a tax credit known as the Indiana work opportunity tax credit against an employer's state tax liability for the employment of eligible veterans during a taxable year equal to $3,000 for each eligible veteran that the employer employs during the taxable year.
Sponsor: Martin Carbaugh
Individual development accounts. For purposes of the statute concerning individual development accounts (accounts), provides that, in addition to a community development corporation (as provided under current law), a municipality may administer accounts under the statute. Makes conforming changes throughout the statute and in the Indiana Code provisions establishing the individual development account tax credit. Provides that a municipality that administers accounts may, in determining an individual's order of placement on a waiting list maintained by the municipality to allow qualified individuals to establish accounts, give preference to qualified individuals who reside in or near the municipality over qualified individuals who
Sponsor: Blake Doriot
Paid employee leave. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee during the 2018 legislative interim the task of studying paid personal leave from employment.
Sponsor: Lonnie Randolph
Moratorium on privately operated facilities. Prohibits the department of correction from contracting with a private organization for the incarceration of committed persons or immigration detainees in a facility owned by the private organization, and for the operation by the private organization of a correctional facility or immigration detention center owned by the state. Prohibits a unit of local government from contracting with a private organization for the incarceration of prisoners or immigration detainees in a facility owned by the private organization or for the operation by the private organization of a correctional facility or immigration detention center owned by the
Sponsor: Eddie Melton
Charter school requirements. Requires that the board of a charter school must consist of at least two members who reside within the geographic boundaries of the school corporation in which the charter school is located. Prohibits an authorizer from accepting a proposal to establish a charter school from an organizer that already operates a charter school in Indiana unless the organizer provides evidence of improvement and achievement of student academic performance at the charter school. Removes certain provisions that allow charter schools to: (1) limit new admissions; and (2) give preference to children of the charter school's founders, governing body
Sponsor: Eddie Melton
INSPECT program report. Requires the Indiana professional licensing agency to prepare an annual report concerning INSPECT information, submit the report to the general assembly, and post the report on the agency's Internet web site.
Sponsor: Andy Zay
Textbooks. Requires public schools to provide curricular materials to students at no cost to a student. Establishes the curricular materials fund (fund) to provide state reimbursements for costs incurred by public schools to provide curricular materials to students at no cost. Provides that the department of education shall administer the fund. Provides that money in the fund is continually appropriated. Makes conforming changes consistent with 2017 legislation and other corresponding changes.
Sponsor: Scott Pelath
Contraceptives. Requires an insurer that issues a policy of accident and sickness insurance in Indiana to make available coverage for contraception without out-of-pocket costs to women otherwise covered by health plans sponsored by employers or institutions of higher education that are objecting organizations and do not invoke an optional accommodation under federal law. Requires federal or state fund payment to an insurer for out-of-pocket costs that would otherwise apply to the coverage.
Sponsor: Edward DeLaney
Tax credit for teachers' classroom supplies. Increases the income tax credit for an individual employed as a teacher for amounts expended on classroom supplies from $100 to $500 per taxable year.
Sponsor: Lonnie Randolph
Local government budget notices. Reinstates certain expired and repealed statutes concerning local government budget notices. Reinstates the requirement that a political subdivision must give notice by publication to taxpayers of the estimated budget, the estimated maximum permissible levy, the current and proposed tax levies of each fund, the amount by which the political subdivision's property taxes may be reduced by circuit breaker credits, the amounts of excessive levy appeals to be requested, and the time and place of the public hearing on the budget. (Under current law, the political subdivision is required to submit this information to the department of
Sponsor: Susan Glick
Prohibition on certain state agency contracts. Provides that a state agency may not contract with or make a grant to abortion educators. Provides that an appropriation to pay for a contract with or a grant made to an abortion educator is canceled. Requires the budget agency to: (1) determine that funds are not available for any contract with or grant made to an abortion educator; and (2) terminate the contract or grant.
Sponsor: Andy Zay
Study of funding township firefighting. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the task of studying issues related to the funding of township firefighting services.
Sponsor: Thomas Saunders
Vehicle weight. Adds coal to the list of commodities hauled within the definition of "overweight divisible load". Specifies that a tractor-semitrailer hauling coal must have a gross vehicle weight of more than 80,000 pounds but not more than 120,000 pounds to meet the requirements of the definition.
Sponsor: Jon Ford
Prescribing of controlled substance. Requires that a controlled substance prescription be issued electronically after June 30, 2019, and establishes a Class B infraction for a prescriber who fails to comply. Requires a prescriber to obtain three hours of continuing education every two years on the prescribing of opioid medication in order to continue issuing prescriptions for opioid medication and establishes a Class B infraction for failure to comply. Requires the medical licensing board of Indiana to study and determine, before November 1, 2018, whether a waiver is necessary for the electronic prescription requirement and to report back to the general
Sponsor: Ronald Grooms
Tax increment financing districts. Provides that if a redevelopment commission outside Marion County wishes to establish a tax increment financing (TIF) area after December 31, 2018, a unit (county, city, town, or township) or school corporation that is located wholly or partly within a proposed TIF area may elect whether to participate in the TIF area. Provides that after December 31, 2018, each taxing unit that is located wholly or partly in a TIF area is bound by the terms of the TIF area until the TIF area expires, except for those units and school corporations that do not elect
Sponsor: Eric Bassler
Licensure of behavior analysts. Provides for licensure of behavior analysts and assistant behavior analysts (rather than certification under current law). Specifies requirements for a license. Sets forth exemptions. Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: Dennis Kruse
Addiction treatment teams and Medicaid. Establishes Medicaid reimbursement, including reimbursement under the healthy Indiana plan, for addiction treatment teams. Specifies providers and services that must be included as part of an addiction treatment team. Allows addiction treatment teams to provide services in temporary locations and mobile units in specified conditions.
Sponsor: Steven Davisson
Possession of a handgun in the capitol complex. Requires a member of: (1) the general assembly; and (2) the professional staff of the general assembly; to receive specific handgun training prior to carrying a handgun within the state capitol building or on the property of the state capitol complex.
Sponsor: Greg Taylor
Bias crimes. Requires law enforcement officers to receive training in identifying, responding to, and reporting bias motivated crimes in which the person who committed a criminal offense selected the victim who was injured or whose property was damaged because of the individual's actual or perceived race, color, creed, disability, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity. Allows an individual who suffers a personal injury or property damage because of a criminal offense or delinquent act to bring a civil action to recover damages, including punitive damages, if the person who committed the criminal offense or delinquent act that
Sponsor: Greg Taylor
Telephone solicitation. Defines "executive officer" for purposes of the telephone solicitation law. Provides that an executive officer of a person that violates the telephone solicitation law commits a separate deceptive act actionable by the consumer protection division. Requires the consumer protection division to amend its rules to allow businesses to be included in the quarterly listing of telephone numbers of persons that request not to be solicited by telephone. Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications, or another appropriate interim study committee, the topics of: (1) enforcement of the telephone solicitation
Sponsor: Jeff Ellington
Involuntary manslaughter and drug dealing. Makes manufacturing or delivering certain controlled substances involuntary manslaughter, a Level 4 felony, if the use of the substance results in the death of the user. Increases the penalty to a Level 3, Level 2, or Level 1 felony based on the identity of the controlled substance and whether an enhancing circumstance applies.
Sponsor: Erin Houchin
Prohibited discrimination in civil rights statutes. Amends civil rights enforcement statutes to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and ancestry.
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Workforce development matters. Requires the state board of education, when establishing an apprenticeship as a graduation pathway requirement, to establish as an apprenticeship only an apprenticeship program registered under the federal National Apprenticeship Act or another federal apprenticeship program administered by the United States Department of Labor. Requires the state workforce innovation council, not an advisory committee, to approve all applicable federal and state workforce related programs. Defines apprenticeship program and work based learning course for career and technical education purposes.
Sponsor: Philip Boots
Brown County entertainment facility admissions tax. Authorizes Brown County to impose a $1 admissions tax upon admissions to a county-owned, indoor entertainment facility (facility). Specifies that the revenue may be used only for retiring debt related to the facility, paying lease rentals related to the facility, paying for costs to improve or construct infrastructure serving the facility, and paying for costs related to capital repairs and maintenance of the facility. Permits the county to enter into an operating lease with the tourism commission and a contract with a nonprofit organization to operate the facility.
Sponsor: Chris May
Employment certificates for minors. Eliminates the requirement that a child less than 18 years of age obtain an employment certificate. Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: Clyde Perfect
Industrial hemp commodities and products. Specifies that the definition of "industrial hemp" includes the resins of the Cannabis sativa plant. Allows a person to sell topical and ingestible commodities and products that are derived from industrial hemp if certain conditions are met. Requires the commodities and products to be tested. Requires the state seed commissioner to maintain an Internet web site that lists the topical and ingestible commodities and products that comply with the testing, registration, and labeling requirements. Allows individuals with certain medical conditions that have been diagnosed by a physician to qualify to be on the cannabidiol registry.
Sponsor: Blake Doriot
Possession of marijuana, hash oil, hashish, or salvia. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally possesses more than two ounces of marijuana commits the offense of possession of marijuana. (Current law provides that the offense of possession of marijuana can be for any amount of marijuana.) Repeals the offense of possession of marijuana, hash oil, hashish, or salvia as a Level 6 felony. Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: Karen Tallian
Sentencing. Makes Level 2 through Level 4 felonies nonsuspendible if the person has a prior unrelated felony conviction. Increases the maximum penalty for a Level 1 felony from 40 to 50 years. Makes the penalty for a Level 3 felony six to 20 years, with an advisory sentence of 12 years. (Under current law, the penalty is three to 16 years, with the advisory sentence being nine years.) Raises the minimum penalty for a Level 4 felony from two to four years, and increases the advisory sentence from six to eight years. Increases the maximum penalty for a Level 6
Sponsor: James Merritt
Treatment of Lyme disease. Requires that, if an individual is diagnosed with Lyme disease or a related tick borne disease, state employee health plans, Medicaid, policies of accident and sickness insurance, and health maintenance organization contracts must provide coverage for Lyme disease or a related tick borne disease testing and treatment that is prescribed by a health care provider. Provides that a health care provider may not be subject to discipline solely because the health care provider prescribed, administered, or dispensed a long term antibiotic treatment for the treatment of Lyme disease or a tick borne disease. Requires a health
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Publication of local government notices. Requires a political subdivision, which includes an agency of a political subdivision, to publish legal notices on a legal notice web site instead of in a newspaper. Establishes requirements regarding availability and accessibility of a legal notice web site. Requires the political subdivision to designate an official responsible for the electronic publication of legal notices. Provides that if a political subdivision does not have an official web site, legal notices shall be published on an official web site of the county government. Establishes requirements for the duration of the posting of a legal notice and
Sponsor: Doug Gutwein
Opiate risk information. Provides that before issuing an initial prescription for an opiate, a practitioner shall specifically discuss with the patient who is at least 18 years of age or the patient's parent or guardian certain information concerning opiates. Requires the practitioner to include a note of the conversation in the patient's medical record. Creates an exception for patients receiving hospice care.
Sponsor: Steven Davisson
Lead-based paint renovation hazards program. Requires the state department of health to seek authorization from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to administer and enforce, in Indiana, the EPA's program to address lead-based paint hazards created by renovation, repair, and painting activities that disturb lead-based paint in certain housing structures and facilities.
Sponsor: Jean Breaux
Use of credit information in insurance. Prohibits an insurer's use of credit information in underwriting or rating risks. Repeals obsolete provisions.
Sponsor: Greg Taylor
Local tax matters. Provides that the local income tax council is the county adopting body for purposes of the local income tax only if: (1) the county income tax council (under the prior law) adopted either the county option income tax or the county economic development income tax; and (2) the population of the county is more than 140,000. Specifies that in all other cases, the county adopting body is the county council. Provides that Highland Township in Greene County may increase its maximum township property tax levy for 2019 and thereafter. Provides that Taylor Township in Greene County may
Sponsor: Jeff Ellington
Medical service facility pecuniary liability. Provides that, if another amount is not negotiated, the pecuniary liability of an employer or the employer's insurance carrier for a specific service or product covered under worker's compensation or occupational diseases compensation and provided by a medical service facility is not more than 200% of the amount that would be paid to the medical service facility on the same date for the same service or product under the medical service facility's Medicare reimbursement rate.
Sponsor: Philip Boots
School financial condition analysis. Provides for a coordinated effort by the department of education, the department of local government finance, the state board of accounts, the management performance hub (MPH), and the distressed unit appeal board (DUAB) in identifying whether a school corporation needs technical assistance in addressing its financial condition. Requires the MPH to submit a preliminary report of its findings to the interim committee on fiscal policy before submitting a final report to the DUAB. Requires the DUAB to make a determination whether a school corporation identified by another agency needs technical assistance, and requires the DUAB to
Sponsor: Eddie Melton
Veterans matters. Provides for a tax credit against a qualified veteran's adjusted gross income tax liability each taxable year to a qualified veteran who rents a dwelling as a principal place of residence equal to 10% of the rent paid by the qualified veteran during the taxable year. Requires the Indiana veterans' affairs commission, in collaboration with the state personnel department and the department of workforce development, to recruit active military service personnel during the final six months of their military service to live and work in Indiana at the conclusion of their miliary service.
Sponsor: Philip Boots
Student meals and lunch shaming. Requires public schools, charter schools, and nonpublic schools that participate in the national school lunch program or national school breakfast program, or both, to provide a meal that meets the reimbursable meal requirements established by the United States Department of Agriculture to a student if: (1) the student requests a meal; and (2) the student's parent or guardian has not submitted a written request that the school not serve the student a meal. Prohibits the schools from the following: (1) Requiring a student to dispose of a meal because of the student's inability to pay
Sponsor: Mark Stoops
Scratch off tickets to benefit veterans. Requires the state lottery commission, in collaboration with a vendor contracted for a major procurement, to design or designate a scratch off game to benefit Indiana veterans. Deposits a part of surplus revenue from sales of tickets for the scratch off game into the veterans homelessness assistance fund. Establishes the veterans homelessness assistance fund. Requires the department of veterans' affairs to adopt administrative rules for: (1) oversight of; and (2) the awarding of grants to qualified entities from; the veterans homelessness assistance fund.
Sponsor: Frank Mrvan
Various alcoholic beverage provisions. Provides the following effective July 1, 2019: (1) Allows a grocery store (which includes a convenience store) or drug store to sell cold beer. (2) Eliminates the restriction on the commodities that a package liquor store may sell. (3) Requires that a sales clerk in a grocery store or drug store, in order to sell alcoholic beverages, must be at least 21 years of age, have an employee's permit, and complete a server program. (4) Increases dealer permit fees and judgments for alcoholic beverage infractions, and deposits the amount of the increases into the alcohol and
Sponsor: Eric Bassler
Naloxone. Provides that probable cause to issue a warrant for a blood test exists if: (1) a person is revived after administration of an overdose intervention drug; and (2) certain other conditions are met. Specifies that a person revived by means of an overdose intervention drug and who meets certain other qualifications: (1) has the right to pretrial diversion and participation in an addiction treatment program; and (2) shall be issued a summons instead of being arrested (if there is no probable cause to believe that the person has committed an offense other than possession of a controlled substance or
Sponsor: Michael Young
Medicaid rate for chemical dependency services. Requires Medicaid reimbursement for the provision of inpatient substance abuse detoxification services at a per diem rate that factors in the average length of stay for a patient for the reimbursed diagnosis related group.
Sponsor: Jean Breaux
Eyelash extension stylists. Adds eyelash extension stylists to the electronic registry of professions. Provides that an individual is not required to receive a license from the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners to apply, maintain, and remove eyelash extensions if the individual: (1) meets certain training and supervised practice requirements; (2) is certified as an eyelash extension stylist by a certifying organization; (3) displays the certificate when providing eyelash extension services; and (4) is registered under the electronic registry of professions.
Sponsor: Cindy Kirchhofer
Rape kit testing. Defines "kit" as a standard medical forensic examination kit for victims of a sex crime, as developed by the state police department. Requires the superintendent of the state police department (superintendent) to adopt guidelines that: (1) urge law enforcement agencies to send kits for testing not later than 21 days after receiving notice of a completed kit from a forensic medical services provider; (2) urge crime labs to test kits within 30 days of receipt; (3) urge law enforcement agencies to test previously untested kits; (4) urge law enforcement agencies to eliminate any backlog associated with untested
Sponsor: Jim Lucas
Absentee voting at satellite offices. Requires a county to establish at least one satellite office in the county for voters to vote by absentee ballot.
Sponsor: Jean Breaux
Minimum valuation of personal property. Provides that the minimum valuation rules for the assessment of tangible personal property do not apply to tangible personal property that a taxpayer acquires after June 30, 2018.
Sponsor: Dave Heine
Trauma sensitive schools. Requires the department of education to conduct a statewide needs assessment survey concerning student service providers and how schools are addressing the social and emotional needs of students.
Sponsor: Eddie Melton
Cybersecurity. Establishes the cyber civilian corps and the cyber civilian corps advisory board. Requires the cyber civilian corps to provide rapid response assistance, upon request to an Indiana governmental, educational, nonprofit, or business organization, to a cybersecurity incident. Places the cyber civilian corps program under the supervision of the Indiana management and performance hub. Requires the department of technology to study the feasibility and necessity of acquiring insurance to cover cyber liability of the state and state employees and report to the legislative council the results of the study and recommendations.
Sponsor: Karlee Macer
Designated wild areas in certain state forests. Provides that 13 specified areas within certain state forests are "designated wild areas". Specifies certain activities that are prohibited or allowed within a designated wild area. Establishes responsibilities for the department of natural resources (DNR) and divisions of the DNR that manage designated wild areas.
Sponsor: Mark Stoops
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. Provides that a person commits possession of marijuana
Sponsor: Karen Tallian
Prohibition on operating a drone while impaired. Provides that a person who operates an unmanned aerial vehicle while intoxicated commits the crime of operating an unmanned aerial vehicle while intoxicated, a Class B misdemeanor.
Sponsor: Ronald Grooms
Family leave insurance program. Requires the department of insurance to establish, not later than January 1, 2019, a family leave insurance program (program) for the purpose of providing benefits to employees who elect to participate in the program. Requires that: (1) the program be voluntary for both employers and employees; (2) both employers and employees make contributions to the program to fund benefits; (3) employee contributions be made by payroll deduction; (4) the benefit eligibility requirements established for the program include, at a minimum, the requirements that qualify an employee for leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act;
Sponsor: Karen Tallian
Timber management. Requires that, before a permit, lease, or contract is issued to a person to remove merchantable timber, the person must secure a written approval from all counties in which any truck to be used in the removal operation is to be driven. Requires the department of natural resources (department) 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
Sponsor: Mark Stoops
Controlled substances. Provides that a person who deals carfentanil or fentanyl commits a Level 2 felony. Provides that a person who deals carfentanil or fentanyl that results in the user's death commits murder.
Sponsor: James Merritt
Vigo County food and beverage tax. Authorizes the county council of Vigo County to adopt a county food and beverage tax (tax). Provides that the tax rate may not exceed 1%. Specifies the revenue from the tax shall be distributed to the capital improvement board and may be used by the board only for the following purposes: (1) The acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, or financing of a convention center or a facility that is used or will be used principally for convention or tourism related events serving national or regional markets and is constructed after June 30, 2018. (2) A
Sponsor: Robert Heaton
Interstate compact concerning professional sports. Requires the attorney general to enter into an interstate compact prohibiting public money for professional sports stadiums and venues. Specifies that at least 24 other states must also agree to the compact.
Sponsor: Timothy Wesco
Requirements for charter schools. Provides that certain charter school authorizers that issued a charter for a charter school before July 1, 2015, are required to be approved by the state board of education (state board) before the authorizers may authorize a new charter or renew an existing charter for a charter school. (Current law provides that certain charter school authorizers that have not issued a charter for a charter school prior to July 1, 2015, are required to be approved by the state board before they may authorize a charter school.) Provides that an authorizer may not accept a proposal
Sponsor: Mark Stoops
Religious exemption from worker's compensation. Provides for an exemption from worker's compensation and occupational diseases coverage for a member of certain religious sects or a division of a religious sect who meets certain requirements and obtains a certificate of exemption (certificate) from the worker's compensation board (board). Provides that, if an employee for whom a certificate is issued no longer meets the requirements for a certificate, the employee and the employee's employer are required to notify the board in writing. Requires the employer to provide worker's compensation and occupational diseases coverage for that employee beginning on the date of the
Sponsor: Eric Bassler
Resident tuition rate for eligible individuals. Provides that an individual, except for certain nonimmigrant aliens, who: (1) attends a high school in Indiana for at least three years; (2) registers as an entering student at or enrolls in a state educational institution not earlier than the fall semester (or its equivalent, as determined by the state educational institution) of the 2015-2016 academic year; and (3) graduates from a high school located in Indiana or receives the equivalent of a high school diploma in Indiana; is eligible for the resident tuition rate beginning in the fall semester of the 2018-2019 academic
Sponsor: Mark Stoops
Golf cart, off-road vehicle, and recovery vehicle regulation. Provides that local ordinances concerning the operation of golf carts and off-road vehicles may require the operator to have a driver's license or be at least 16 years and 180 days of age and hold an identification card. (Current law requires local ordinances to impose these requirements.) Defines "recovery vehicle" as a truck that is specifically designed for towing a disabled vehicle or a combination of vehicles. Requires a person who is in the business of operating a recovery vehicle to: (1) employ a certified safety officer; and (2) develop safety procedures
Sponsor: Steven Davisson
Voting hours. Provides that the polls close at 7 p.m. (Under current law, the polls must close at 6 p.m.)
Sponsor: Karen Tallian
Age for compulsory school attendance. Provides that a student is bound by compulsory school attendance requirements from the beginning of the fall school term for the school year in which the student is five years of age on August 1 of that school year. (Current law provides that a student is bound by compulsory school attendance requirements from the beginning of the fall school term for the school year in which the student becomes seven years of age.) Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: Greg Taylor
Teacher compensation. Provides that a school corporation may increase a teacher's base salary that exceeds the salary specified in the school corporation's compensation plan if the teacher possesses a master's degree that is: (1) directly related to the content area of a dual credit course or another course taught by the teacher; or (2) approved by the governing body of the school corporation. (Current law provides that a school corporation may provide a supplemental payment to a teacher that exceeds the salary specified in the school corporation's compensation plan if the teacher has earned a master's degree in a content
Sponsor: Eddie Melton
Uniform tax and annexation waivers. Authorizes a municipal legislative body to impose by ordinance a municipal food and beverage tax. Provides that the tax may not exceed 1% of the gross retail income received from retail food and beverage transactions. Provides that the tax does not apply to a transaction that is exempt from the sales tax. Provides that the tax does not apply to a consolidated city, a municipality that has imposed a food and beverage tax under current law, or a municipality that is receiving county food and beverage tax revenue. Provides the following with regard to a
Sponsor: Daniel Leonard
CDC Youth Risk Behaviors Survey. Requires the state department of health to notify the department of education if the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notifies the state department of health that a public high school is identified to participate in the CDC's Youth Risk Behaviors Survey (survey). Provides that the department of education is required to notify the public high school that the school is required to participate in the survey. Requires a public high school to participate in the survey.
Sponsor: Jean Breaux
Urging the legislative council to assign the topic of reducing overt identification of free and reduced price lunch students through alternate charge and meal policies of local education agencies to the appropriate committee.
Sponsor: Sally Siegrist
Same day registration. Permits a voter to register at the polls by completing a voter registration form and an affirmation that the person has not voted elsewhere in the election and by providing proof of residence.
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Campus speech. Requires each state educational institution to adopt policies protecting free speech.
Sponsor: Jeff Raatz
Cannabidiol (CBD) and marijuana. Excludes certain substances with a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration of not more than 0.3% from the definition of marijuana. Authorizes the alcohol and tobacco commission to adopt rules concerning: (1) the testing of the THC concentration in certain substances; (2) the approval of a laboratory to conduct THC testing; and (3) the certification of THC test results.
Sponsor: Philip Boots
Expungements. Provides that the court shall order the central repository for criminal history information maintained by the state police department to seal a person's expunged conviction records for a misdemeanor or Class D and Level 6 felony conviction including information related to: (1) an arrest or offense in which no conviction was entered and that was committed as part of the same episode of criminal conduct as the case ordered expunged; and (2) any other references to matters related to the case that was ordered expunged. Establishes a method for a person to expunge a protective order.
Sponsor: Michael Young
Transfer of credits toward graduate degrees. Requires the commission for higher education (commission) to study and prepare a report concerning transferability of courses between state educational institutions. Requires the commission to provide the report not later than August 1, 2018, to the department of education, the state board of education, and the legislative council. Defines "eligible teacher", for purposes of the dual credit teacher stipend matching grant fund, as a teacher who teaches a dual credit class and either holds or is in the process of obtaining, with a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 on a 4.0
Sponsor: Jeff Raatz
Renewable energy standards. Requires an electricity supplier to supply a certain percentage of its total electricity supply from renewable energy resources. Establishes the renewable energy resources fund to receive penalties paid by electricity suppliers that fail to supply electricity from renewable energy resources. Continuously appropriates money in the fund. Requires the utility regulatory commission to adopt guidelines to assist electricity suppliers that participated in the voluntary clean energy portfolio standard (CEPS) program in complying with the new renewable energy standards. Repeals IC 8-1-37 (voluntary CEPS program).
Sponsor: Mark Stoops
Exemption and adoption tax credit. Establishes the personal and dependents exemption amount for state income tax purposes, and requires that it must be adjusted according to changes in the Consumer Price Index. Increases the maximum amount of the credit for adoptions from $1,000 to $2,500.
Sponsor: Jon Ford
Production of hemp. Requires, within existing resources, the department of agriculture (department) to establish the industrial hemp products and development program. Requires the department to assign an employee to perform certain duties to promote the industrial hemp industry. Allows the department, if federal requirements are met, to broker agricultural hemp seed for sale to licensed growers. Removes the exclusion of industrial hemp commodities or products from the definition of "industrial hemp". Requires the state seed commissioner (commissioner) to have an employee who is responsible for assisting growers in obtaining agricultural hemp seed. Provides that a person may possess, transport, sell,
Sponsor: Blake Doriot
Chronic pain management coverage. Requires that state employee health plans, Medicaid, policies of accident and sickness insurance, and health maintenance organization contracts must provide coverage for chronic pain management. Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning to apply for any Medicaid state plan amendment necessary to provide the coverage.
Sponsor: Dennis Zent
Regulation of confined feeding operations. Amends the law on confined feeding operations (CFOs, which include any confined feeding of at least 300 cattle, 600 swine or sheep, 30,000 fowl, or 500 horses). Provides that a person who owns a CFO, owns the livestock in a CFO, applies for a permit, permit renewal, or permit modification for a CFO, or is otherwise in direct or responsible charge of a CFO is a "responsible party" with respect to the CFO. Provides that a person may not start construction or operation of a CFO without obtaining a permit from the department of environmental
Sponsor: Mark Stoops
Collective bargaining. Provides that increases or increments in a local teacher salary range are not required to be equal for all teachers even if the salary increases or increments are based on the same combination of weighted factors. Provides that teacher working hours are subject to collective bargaining. Provides that an employer is required to discuss: (1) working conditions; and (2) student learning; with the exclusive representative of certificated employees. Removes teacher evaluations from the list of items that are required to be considered to determine teacher salary increases or increments. Makes changes to the term "deficit financing" for purposes
Sponsor: Eddie Melton
Sale of school buildings. Provides that if: (1) two or more school corporations consolidate or reorganize; and (2) a school building becomes closed, unused, or unoccupied as a result of the consolidation or reorganization; the governing body of the consolidated or reorganized school corporation may request from the department of education (department) a waiver from the requirements for making the vacant school building available to a charter school before the school corporation may sell or exchange the building. Requires the department to grant the waiver if requested. Resolves conflicts between P.L.217-2017, P.L.241-2017, and P.L.244-2017.
Sponsor: Chris May
Lead poisoning of children. Requires the state department of health to develop and distribute to primary health care providers a one page informational form that sets forth a series of questions for a child's family concerning the child's exposure to lead and directs a primary health care provider to have a child's blood tested for lead if the child's family gives certain answers to the questions. Requires a primary health care provider who provides well child health care services to a child less than six years of age to recommend a blood lead screening test under certain circumstances and to
Sponsor: Jean Breaux
Compulsory sewer system connection. Provides that, for a municipality to require a property owner to discontinue use of the property owner's septic system and connect to a sewer system, the sanitary sewer must be located within 300 feet of the foundation of the building on the property owner's property from which the sewage is discharged. (Under current law, it is necessary only for the sanitary sewer to be located within 300 feet of the property line of the property.) Provides that a property owner cannot be required to discontinue use of the property owner's septic system and connect to the
Sponsor: Jeffrey Thompson
Equine teeth floating. Provides that an individual who performs only equine teeth floating services is exempt from the veterinary medicine licensing requirements after submitting to the Indiana board of veterinary medical examiners (board) two signed letters of recommendation from previous clients. Requires the board to issue a card that identifies the individual who has submitted the letters of recommendation as a person who is exempt from licensing but may engage in the practice of veterinary medicine only by performing equine teeth floating services.
Sponsor: Philip Boots
Minimum wage. Increases the state minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $11.31 an hour. Eliminates the tip credit in determining the minimum wage paid to a tipped employee. Makes a technical correction.
Sponsor: Karen Tallian
Worker misclassification issues. Requires the department of labor (DOL), the department of workforce development (DWD), the department of state revenue (DOR), and the worker's compensation board (WCB) to share information concerning instances in which a construction contractor paid a worker in cash. Establishes the payroll fraud task force (task force), consisting of the commissioners of the DOL, DWD, and DOR, and the chair of the WCB, or their designees, to investigate suspected instances of payroll fraud, employee misclassification, and violations of other state labor and employment statutes occurring on commercial and industrial construction projects. Requires the DOL to hire and
Sponsor: Karen Tallian
County highway engineer's salary. Increases the state subsidy for a county highway engineer's annual salary. Requires the county to certify to the auditor of state the amount of the county's contribution to the county highway engineer's annual salary. Provides that a county may not receive such a subsidy unless the county's contribution to the engineer's annual salary is at least equal to the county's contribution to the engineer's annual salary from the preceding year. Makes an appropriation.
Sponsor: Micheal Aylesworth
Regional jails. Specifies that the executive of a county may enter into an interlocal agreement with one or more other local or state entities for the construction, maintenance, or operation of a regional jail. Provides that in the case of a county, the county executive may not enter into a regional jail agreement unless the regional jail agreement is first approved by both the county fiscal body and the county sheriff. Specifies certain terms that must be included in the regional agreement (in addition to those terms required under all interlocal agreements).
Sponsor: Jack Sandlin
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: David Long
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.
Sponsor: David Long
This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.
Sponsor: David Long
Precinct committeemen. Provides that in order for a precinct committeeman or a precinct vice committeeman (exercising the precinct committeeman's proxy) to participate in a caucus to fill a vacancy, the committeeman or vice committeeman must be entitled to vote for the office for which a successor is to be selected in the caucus.
Sponsor: Jack Sandlin
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Election of Lake County juvenile court judges. Provides that the judge of the juvenile division of the Lake County superior court (court) is elected in a nonpartisan election instead of being subject to a retention election as are the other judges of the court. Provides that the first nonpartisan election of the judge of the juvenile division of the court is at the 2022 general election. Provides that in appointing magistrates, the judge of the St. Joseph County probate court and the juvenile judge of the Lake County superior court shall strive to reflect the ethnic and racial demographics of
Sponsor: Lonnie Randolph
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: David Long
Proof of identification. Provides that a document issued by a state university or by an approved postsecondary educational institution serves as proof of identification for purposes of voting if the document otherwise satisfies the requirements for a proof of identification. Provides that such a document is not required to have an expiration date or may have an indefinite expiration date if it otherwise satisfies the requirements for a proof of identification.
Sponsor: David Niezgodski
Age of consent. Adds the criminal offense of indiscretion, which is committed when a person who is at least 22 years of age engages in sexual intercourse or other sexual conduct, fondling, or touching with a child who is at least 16 years of age but less than 18 years of age. Adds indiscretion to the list of: (1) sex offenses; and (2) offenses that would determine if a child is a child in need of services. Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: Frank Mrvan
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Repeal of protections for off duty tobacco use. Repeals employment protections for individuals who smoke cigarettes or use other tobacco products.
Sponsor: Elizabeth Brown
Indemnification from legal malpractice claims. Provides that any provision in an agreement between an attorney and a client that purports to prospectively release the attorney from liability for malpractice is against public policy, void, and unenforceable.
Sponsor: Elizabeth Brown
Deception. Provides that a person commits deception if the person, with intent to defraud, misrepresents the relationship of the person to another person.
Sponsor: Michael Delph
Prohibition on tollways around Indianapolis. Prohibits the imposition of tolls on any interstate highway within 15 miles of the center of Indianapolis (Monument Circle).
Sponsor: Michael Delph
This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Interfering with law enforcement. Provides that a person commits interfering with law enforcement, a Class B misdemeanor, if the person enters a crime scene or similar location that is marked off with barrier tape or other markers. Increases the penalty if the person draws or uses a deadly weapon, or causes injury to or death of another person.
Sponsor: Joseph Zakas
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: David Long
Adoption of retired research animals. Requires research facilities that use dogs or cats as research animals in experiments for education, research, science, or testing to offer retired research animals that do not have a substantial medical condition for adoption to animal care facilities or to individuals. Establishes immunity for the: (1) research facility's transfer of a retired research animal to an animal care facility; and (2) adoption of a retired research animal by an individual through the animal care facility. Provides the Indiana state board of animal health with rulemaking authority to implement the adoption of research animals.
Sponsor: John Ruckelshaus
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: David Long
Local licensing boards in Lake and Porter counties. Provides that a member of a board or other entity in Lake County or Porter County that issues a license, registration, or certificate required for a contractor to do business in the geographic area served by the board or entity must be at least 18 years of age, and except for an ex-officio member, a resident of the geographic area served by the board or entity. Provides that a member who ceases to be a resident of the geographic area served by the board or entity is considered to have resigned as
Sponsor: Rick Niemeyer
Voluntary manslaughter with a deadly weapon. 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
Prohibited equipment on firearms. Defines the term "multiburst trigger activator". Creates the crime of "unlawful possession of a multiburst trigger activator". Provides that the possession or sale of a multiburst trigger activator is a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that the crime of unlawful possession of a multiburst trigger activator is a Level 6 felony if the person has a prior, unrelated conviction for the offense.
Sponsor: Greg Taylor
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to amend the Every Child Succeeds Act to remove the "preponderance of students" language from its section 8101(43) definition of regular high school diploma.
Sponsor: Eric Koch
Fire department residency requirements. Provides that a city, town, or township may adopt an ordinance or resolution that allows a member of the city, town, or township fire department to reside within a county that is: (1) located outside Indiana and contiguous to the county in which the city, town, or township is located, if the member becomes an Indiana resident within two years of being hired; or (2) any Indiana county, if the member resides within 25 miles from the boundaries of the city, town, or township where the fire department is located. Removes provisions requiring a member of
Sponsor: Jeff Raatz
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.
Sponsor: David Long
Prekindergarten pilot program eligibility. Removes the requirement that, for an eligible child to qualify for a grant under the prekindergarten pilot program, the eligible child reside with a parent or guardian who is: (1) working or attending a job training program or educational program; or (2) actively seeking employment. Removes a provision that allows priority for a grant to an eligible child whose parent or guardian is involved in: (1) activities that improve the parent's or guardian's education; or (2) job training.
Sponsor: Eddie Melton
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Traumatic brain injury information. Requires a predispositional report in a delinquency proceeding to include, if the child has suffered a traumatic brain injury, information relating to the traumatic brain injury, including the effect of the traumatic brain injury on the child's behavior and cognitive abilities.
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Redistricting. Establishes a redistricting commission (commission) to create, hold hearings on, take public comment about, and recommend plans to redraw general assembly districts and congressional districts. Requires the legislative services agency (agency) to provide staff and administrative services to the commission. Establishes standards to govern the commission and the agency in the creation of redistricting plans. Provides that the general assembly must meet and enact redistricting plans before October 1 of a redistricting year. Authorizes the general assembly to convene in a session to act on redistricting bills at times other than the times the general assembly is currently authorized
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Statute of limitations for child sex offenses. Expands the list of offenses that may be prosecuted before a victim reaches 31 years of age to include all offenses of child molesting, vicarious sexual gratification, child solicitation, child seduction, sexual misconduct with a minor, and incest.
Sponsor: Michael Crider
Contraceptive coverage. Requires state employee health plans, policies of accident and sickness insurance, and health maintenance organization contracts to provide coverage for contraceptive products and services without cost sharing. Exempts certain policies and contracts sold to certain employers.
Sponsor: Jean Breaux
A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Senator Brandt Hershman upon his retirement from the Indiana State Senate.
Sponsor: David Long
Crimes involving synthetic drugs. Makes possessing or dealing in a substance that is a controlled substance analog an offense of the same level as possession of or dealing in the controlled substance of which the substance is an analog. Defines "substance represented to be a controlled substance" and establishes certain factors the trier of fact may consider to determine if a substance meets the definition. Repeals crimes concerning synthetic drug lookalike substances. Provides that convictions for synthetic drug offenses will, in certain cases, no longer be treated the same as marijuana offenses. Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: James Merritt
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Traffic stop safety education. Requires that an examination for a learner's permit or driver's license must include a test of the applicant's knowledge of the rights and responsibilities of a driver and passenger during a traffic stop by a law enforcement officer. Requires the driver education advisory board to consult with the commissioner of the bureau of motor vehicles and the state police department on the administration of a traffic stop safety education program. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles to coordinate with the state police department to provide a traffic stop safety education program.
Sponsor: Aaron Freeman
Election of Lake County juvenile judge. Provides that a vacancy in the judgeship of the juvenile division of the Lake County superior court (court) is filled by the governor rather than by the governor from a list of names submitted by the Lake County judicial nominating commission. Provides that in appointing magistrates, the juvenile judge of the court shall strive to reflect the ethnic and racial demographics of Lake County. Provides that the judge of the juvenile division of the court is elected in a partisan election instead of being subject to a retention election as are the other judges
Sponsor: Lonnie Randolph
Hunting opportunities for disabled veterans. Allows a nonresident disabled veteran to obtain, for use at certain veterans events, a hunting and fishing license at an in-state resident rate.
Sponsor: Blake Doriot
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: David Long
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 (reimbursement); and (2) demonstrate an adequate number of pharmacists within a reasonable proximity to insureds. Requires a preferred provider agreement to provide for the reimbursement.
Sponsor: Ronald Grooms
Child care home application notice and comment. Requires the division of family resources to provide to the plan commission that has jurisdiction notice and opportunity to comment on a residential child care home licensure application.
Sponsor: Rick Niemeyer
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 for property tax purposes: (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
Sponsor: Joseph Zakas
This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.
Sponsor: David Long
Schedule I controlled substances. Adds certain compounds to the list of schedule I controlled substances.
Sponsor: James Merritt
Making an unlawful proposition. Increases the penalty for making an unlawful proposition from a Class A misdemeanor to a Level 6 felony if the person to whom the offer or payment is made is less than 18 years of age. Makes it a Level 5 felony if a person who commits the offense of making an unlawful proposition knows that the other person is less than 18 years of age.
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Cold beer sales. Allows a beer dealer (a grocery store, convenience store, or drug store) to sell beer at any temperature. Makes stylistic changes.
Sponsor: Philip Boots
Protective orders and employment. Provides that an employer may not discriminate against an employee with respect to compensation and benefits from the employer or terms and conditions of employment based on: (1) the employee's filing of a petition for a protective order, whether or not the protective order has been issued; or (2) the actions of an individual against whom the employee has filed a protective order.
Sponsor: Lonnie Randolph
Absentee voting. Permits a voter who is qualified to vote in person to vote by absentee ballot. Removes all other qualifications for a voter to vote by absentee ballot except for a voter with disabilities who is unable to make a voting mark on the ballot or sign the absentee ballot secrecy envelope. (Such a disabled voter is currently required to vote before an absentee voter board.)
Sponsor: Jon Ford
Spousal support and educational support. Adds to the list of factors that a court may consider when making findings concerning spousal maintenance. Allows a court to award spousal maintenance as appropriate, but not to exceed: (1) a period of time that equals the duration of the marriage; or (2) an annual amount, including child support obligations for any child of the marriage, equivalent to 40% of the payor spouse's annual salary. Allows a court to issue an educational support order until a child reaches 26 years of age.
Sponsor: Michael Delph
Eligibility for resident tuition rate. Provides that an individual who meets certain conditions is eligible for the resident tuition rate as determined by the state educational institution. Requires the commission for higher education to prescribe the form of the affidavit an individual must file to be eligible for the resident tuition rate. Provides that an agency or political subdivision is not required to verify that an individual is a United States citizen or qualified alien for the individual to be eligible to pay the resident tuition rate. Repeals a provision that provides that an individual who is not lawfully in
Sponsor: David Niezgodski
Township cemetery ownership and maintenance. Transfers from townships to counties the current provisions concerning cemetery establishment, ownership, and maintenance. Requires townships to transfer to the county in which the township is located cemetery related property and responsibilities before January 1, 2019.
Sponsor: James Buck
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: David Long
School calendar. Prohibits public schools and accredited nonpublic schools from beginning student instructional days for the school year before the last Monday in August, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year.
Sponsor: Jean Leising
Juvenile DNA collection. Requires a juvenile court to order a child found to be a delinquent child for the commission of an act that, if committed by an adult, would be: (1) burglary; (2) residential entry; (3) a crime of violence; or (4) a sex offense; to provide a DNA sample to the agency having supervision of the child or to the county sheriff. Makes conforming amendments.
Sponsor: Joseph Zakas
Appointed court magistrates. Provides that in appointing magistrates, the judge of the St. Joseph County probate court and the judge of the juvenile division of the Lake County superior court shall strive to reflect the ethnic and racial demographics of their respective counties.
Sponsor: Lonnie Randolph
City and town court jurisdiction. Specifies that the jurisdiction of a city or town court with respect to misdemeanors and infractions extends only to misdemeanors and infractions committed within the city or town.
Sponsor: Rodric Bray
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: David Long
Distributions of public safety income tax revenue. Requires the distribution of public safety local income tax revenues to a township that provides fire protection or emergency medical services.
Sponsor: Rick Niemeyer
Employment of emergency medical service providers. Provides that if a governing body of a city, town, township, or county must reduce the number of its members of emergency medical services personnel by layoff for financial reasons, the last member appointed must be the first laid off, with other members laid off in reverse order of being hired. Provides that if the emergency medical services personnel are later increased in number, the members who have been laid off must be reinstated before any new member is appointed. Provides for notification of reinstatement to a member, and directs that a member in
Sponsor: Michael Crider
Minimum wage. Increases the minimum wage paid to certain employees in Indiana as follows: (1) after June 30, 2019, from $7.25 an hour to $10 an hour; (2) after June 30, 2020, from $10 an hour to $13 an hour; and (3) after June 30, 2021, from $13 an hour to $15 an hour. Provides that after June 30, 2022, and each subsequent June 30, the hourly minimum wage increases at the same percentage as any increase in the Consumer Price Index for the preceding calendar year. Makes technical corrections and corresponding changes. Removes outdated language.
Sponsor: Frank Mrvan
Safety rest areas. Requires the office of management and budget to: (1) investigate transferring maintenance responsibilities for safety rest areas from the Indiana department of transportation to the office of tourism development; and (2) report its findings to the legislative council before November 1, 2018.
Sponsor: Micheal Aylesworth
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: David Long
Racial profiling and pretextual stops. Prohibits a law enforcement agency or a law enforcement officer from engaging in racial profiling or conducting pretextual stops. Requires a law enforcement agency to adopt a detailed policy that defines the elements of racial profiling and pretextual stops, and requires a law enforcement agency to collect certain data relating to stops made by law enforcement officers. Requires cultural diversity awareness training and training on unlawful racial profiling and pretextual stops for law enforcement officers. Specifies that a law enforcement agency shall transmit to the attorney general information concerning racial profiling complaints, investigations, and any
Sponsor: Cherrish Pryor
Practice of dentistry. Provides that a person practices dentistry if the person offers to diagnose, professes to diagnose, treats, or professes to treat any lesion or disease of the oral and maxillofacial region or associated and adjacent structures.
Sponsor: James Merritt
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Notice of school immunization exemptions. Provides that at the beginning of each school year, each accredited school shall send each student's parent written notice of the student's rights not to receive immunizations, treatment, testing, or examinations if the parent objects on religious grounds or a physician certifies that the immunization, treatment, testing, or examination is or may be detrimental to the student's health.
Sponsor: James Tomes
Satellite voting. Allows a county election board to adopt a resolution by the majority vote of the board's entire membership in order to establish satellite locations for early voting. (Currently, a resolution to establish satellite voting locations must be adopted unanimously by the board.)
Sponsor: Greg Taylor
Early retirement of public employees. Provides that for new hires of the: (1) state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan; (2) public employees' retirement fund; (3) Indiana state teachers' retirement fund; (4) Indiana judges' retirement fund: 1985 retirement, disability, and death system; and (5) prosecuting attorneys retirement fund; eligibility for early retirement according to the "rule of 85" is incrementally changed to a "rule of 95" over the period beginning July 1, 2018, and ending July 1, 2036.
Sponsor: Wes Culver
Prevention of sexual violence, domestic violence, and stalking. Requires each approved postsecondary educational institution to do the following: (1) Establish a comprehensive policy concerning sexual violence, domestic violence, and stalking (comprehensive policy). (2) Develop a concise notice, written in plain language, regarding the rights and options of students who are victims of sexual violence, domestic violence, or stalking and provide the notice to students from whom the approved postsecondary educational institution receives a report of a violation of the comprehensive policy. (3) Designate one or more individuals to serve as confidential advisors to provide emergency and ongoing support to students
Sponsor: Frank Mrvan
Safe distance for vehicles overtaking bicycles. Requires the driver of a vehicle, when passing a bicycle that is proceeding in the same direction as the vehicle, to maintain a safe distance of at least three feet between the vehicle and the bicycle. (A violation of this requirement is a Class C infraction under IC 9-21-8-49.).
Sponsor: Jack Sandlin
Study committee on pregnant women and HIP. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying the impact of having a pregnant woman who is participating in the healthy Indiana plan (HIP) receive pregnancy services under HIP instead of moving the pregnant woman to the Hoosier Healthwise Medicaid program.
Sponsor: Jean Breaux
Education foundation tax credit. Provides for an adjusted gross income tax credit for donations to a public school foundation. Provides that the maximum individual taxpayer credit is $1,000 in the case of a single return or $2,000 in the case of a joint return. Provides that the maximum corporate taxpayer credit is the greater of 10% of the corporation's total adjusted gross income tax liability or $10,000.
Sponsor: Jon Ford
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: David Long
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
Suspension of a sentence for a felony. Provides that a court may suspend only that part of a sentence that is in excess of the minimum sentence for a person convicted of a Level 2 or Level 3 felony who has a prior unrelated felony conviction, other than a conviction for a felony involving marijuana, hashish, hash oil, or salvia divinorum. (Current law provides that a court may suspend any part of a sentence for certain Level 2 and Level 3 felony convictions, including drug related convictions.)
Sponsor: Aaron Freeman
This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.
Sponsor: David Long
School City of East Chicago loan. Transfers, not later than July 1, 2018, to the school disaster loan fund from the state general fund an amount sufficient to pay off the loan that was made to the School City of East Chicago school corporation from the school disaster loan fund.
Sponsor: Lonnie Randolph
Legislative ethics. Provides that a lobbyist and certain persons associated with state educational institutions may not give a gift to a legislative person with certain stated exceptions. Requires a lobbyist who communicates with certain legislative persons to make a log of the communication. Requires a lobbyist to submit a copy of the communications log electronically to the lobby registration commission (commission) on a weekly basis. Requires a lobbyist to maintain a copy of written communications and an archived copy of certain electronic communications for four years. Provides that upon the request of the commission, a lobbyist shall provide the commission
Sponsor: Michael Delph
Parole for violent offenses. Increases the potential maximum parole period from 12 months to 24 months for certain felons who have committed a violent offense (as defined by statute).
Sponsor: Aaron Freeman
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Certified technology parks. Provides that a certified technology park may capture up to $5,000,000 of incremental income tax and sales tax revenue every three years.
Sponsor: Dave Heine
This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Witness protection pilot program. Authorizes the establishment of a three-year witness protection pilot program in Marion County and in Vanderburgh County to provide protection for victims of and witnesses to crime. Appropriates $200,000 in each of three fiscal years to the Indiana criminal justice institute to fund the pilot programs.
Sponsor: Jean Breaux
This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Honoring George Kristo on his retirement as the Executive Director of the Hamilton County Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs.
Sponsor: Kathy Richardson
Public records. Restates the law describing the information that a public agency is required to keep about a public employee or an applicant for public employment. Describes the procedure for release of information that must be disclosed by a public agency relating to the suspension, demotion, or discharge of a public employee or former public employee.
Sponsor: Michael Delph
Pension cost of living adjustments. Provides for cost of living adjustments for certain members of the: (1) public employees' retirement fund; (2) Indiana state teachers' retirement fund; (3) state police pre-1987 benefit system; and (4) state police 1987 benefit system.
Sponsor: David Niezgodski
College savings program. Establishes a state income tax credit for employers who contribute to employees' 529 education savings accounts. Limits the credit to $100 per employee. Allows taxpayers to designate an income tax refund to a 529 education savings account. Requires the Indiana education savings authority to make a contribution to 529 education savings accounts of lower income account owners in the amount of the lesser of: (1) the amount the account owner contributed minus the amount the account owner withdrew from the account in the previous calendar year; or (2) $250. Makes an annual appropriation from the state general
Sponsor: Eric Koch
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: David Long
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: David Long
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: David Long
Driving cards. Provides for the issuance of driving cards and driving card learner's permits (cards) to residents of Indiana who cannot provide proof of identity and lawful status in the United States. Provides that cards may not be used for federal identification or any federal purposes. Requires that an individual who holds a card and operates a motor vehicle must verify that financial responsibility on any motor vehicle that the holder operates is continuously maintained in the amounts required by law. Makes conforming amendments. Makes technical corrections.
Sponsor: David Niezgodski
Counting absentee ballots. Repeals the statute that requires Marion County to count absentee ballots at a central location.
Sponsor: Greg Taylor
Driving authority permits. Provides for the issuance of driving authority permits and driving authority learner's permits (permits) to residents of Indiana who cannot provide proof of identity and lawful status in the United States. Provides that permits may not be used for federal identification or any federal purposes. Requires that an individual who holds a permit and operates a motor vehicle must verify that financial responsibility on any motor vehicle that the holder operates is continuously maintained in the amounts required by law. Makes conforming amendments. Makes a technical correction.
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Motor vehicle matters. Prohibits the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau) from suspending the driving privileges of a person who provides proof of financial responsibility but did not the own the motor vehicle that the person was operating at the time of the accident or violation. Repeals the law allowing the bureau to suspend a person's driving privileges for certain offenses. Specifies conditions for suspension of driving privileges for convictions of certain offenses in other states. Provides that a person arrested or charged on probable cause of operating a vehicle while intoxicated is not required to provide proof of future financial
Sponsor: Randall Head
Local income taxes. Expires the existing local income tax law on December 31, 2021, and adds a new local income tax law effective in 2022 and thereafter. Does the following under the new local income tax law: (1) Authorizes counties, municipalities, and school corporations to each enact a property tax relief tax rate of not more than 0.5% in the case of counties and municipalities and not more than 0.25% in the case of school corporations. Provides that in Marion County, municipalities may not enact a property tax relief rate, but the Marion County city-county council may adopt a 1%
Sponsor: Jeffrey Thompson
Age 65 and over property tax credit. Permits Marion County to adopt an ordinance to establish a geographic territory in which a property owner may qualify for the age 65 and over property tax credit at a higher adjusted gross income than the statutory amount. Permits local income taxes to be used to offset property tax losses by taxing units because of the higher income limit.
Sponsor: Justin Moed
State and local taxation. Provides that the minimum valuation applicable to the total amount of a taxpayer's assessable depreciable personal property in a taxing district is reduced incrementally from 30% of the assessed value of the depreciable personal property in the taxing district to 20% over 10 years beginning with the January 1, 2019, assessment date. Eliminates the addbacks of a taxpayer's federal income tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities in the definitions of "adjusted gross income" under the adjusted gross income tax law and the financial institutions tax law. Makes technical corrections.
Sponsor: Daniel Leonard
Dental coverage medical loss ratio reports. Requires an insurer and a health maintenance organization that provides coverage for dental services to annually report to the department of insurance medical loss ratios in accordance with the federal medical loss ratio reporting form. Provides for notice and examination to verify the information contained in a report. Requires the department of insurance to annually report to the legislative council and to make recommendations for legislation including, by October 1, 2021, legislation to set a medical loss ratio standard.
Sponsor: Dennis Zent
Redevelopment commissioners. Requires a municipal or county redevelopment commissioner (commissioner) to reside within the commission's jurisdictional area instead of the municipality or county. Allows a commissioner of a municipal or county redevelopment commission in St. Joseph County to reside within an area designated by the redevelopment commission as a redevelopment project area or an economic development area. Allows a commissioner who does not meet the residency requirement to serve until the earlier of: (1) the appointment and qualification of the commissioner's successor; or (2) October 1, 2018.
Sponsor: Rick Niemeyer
Property tax relief. Permits the Marion County city-county council to establish a neighborhood enhancement property tax relief program. After 2021, permits other counties, cities, and towns to establish the program. The program provides an assessed value deduction for longtime owner-occupants of homesteads having an assessed value of less than $125,000 in designated areas. Specifies various conditions for the program. Allows a local unit to include additional requirements for the program. Provides a penalty for wrongly receiving the deduction that is the same as the penalty for wrongly receiving the homestead standard deduction.
Sponsor: Cherrish Pryor
Individual education program students. Requires public schools to provide curricular materials to students with an individualized education program at no cost to the student. Makes conforming changes.
Sponsor: Mike Bohacek
Disseminating material harmful to minors. Requires a person convicted of disseminating material harmful to minors to register as a sex offender if the person is a child care worker and distributes the material to a child who is under the person's care or supervision or who attends a school at which the person is employed.
Sponsor: Cherrish Pryor
Public use airports. Requires a person to apply for and receive a permit from the department of transportation (department) in order to construct on, alter, use, develop, or modify land located not more than two miles from a public use airport. Provides that the department may not grant the permit if the proposed construction, alteration, use, development, or modification (project) may contribute to, attract, or create an airport hazard that is detrimental to aviation safety within the airport operations area. Requires a permittee, when seeking a permit for the project from a local governmental agency, to provide to the local
Sponsor: Dennis Kruse
This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.
Sponsor: David Long
Aiding in the escape of an inmate. Adds cellular telephone components to the existing list of prohibited items for which trafficking with an inmate is a Level 5 felony. Creates the crime of aiding in the escape of an inmate. Adds carrying a deadly weapon into a correctional facility and aiding in the escape of an inmate to: (1) the list of offenses that make the offender ineligible for a forensic diversion program; (2) the list of offenses for which a juvenile's arrest or custodial detention by a law enforcement agency must be reported by the law enforcement agency to
Sponsor: Andy Zay
Eligibility for economic development incentives. Requires the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) to compile a list of all employers that relocate a call center to a foreign country and to disqualify employers on that list from state grants, loans, and tax credits. Requires an employer receiving a state grant, loan, or tax credit to notify the IEDC if it intends to relocate a call center. Imposes a civil penalty on an employer that does not notify the IEDC.
Sponsor: David Niezgodski
Various election law matters. Provides that voter registration closes after the twenty-first day before the date of an election rather than after the twenty-ninth day before the date of an election. Provides that early voting begins on the eighteenth day before an election rather than the twenty-eighth day before an election. Increases the maximum civil penalty for a delinquent filing of a preprimary or pre-election campaign finance report from $1,000 to $1,250 (and in some cases, $2,500). Provides for staggering the terms of the members of township boards (other than township boards in Marion County), beginning with the 2022 general
Sponsor: Jeffrey Thompson
Probate matters. Provides that the $25,000 allowance to which a spouse of a decedent is entitled from the decedent's estate is subordinate to any specific liens on the tangible personal property and real property of the estate that were perfected before the date of the decedent's death. Repeals laws that: (1) impose a three-month delay for certain creditor actions, including foreclosures; and (2) require that a personal representative be named in any suit by a creditor against an estate.
Sponsor: Andy Zay
Monetary awards for exonerated prisoners. Provides that a person whose conviction is vacated on the basis of DNA evidence is entitled to compensation in the amount of $25,000 for each year that the person was wrongfully incarcerated in the department of correction. Establishes the DNA exoneration fund, appropriates $200,000 to the fund, and specifies that the attorney general shall administer the fund and receive and investigate claims for compensation from the fund.
Sponsor: Gregory Steuerwald
Bullying and orders of protection. Defines "bullying". Provides that a person who is a victim of bullying may file a petition for an order of protection against a person who commits harassment or an act of bullying. Makes the knowing or intentional violation of an order of protection against bullying a Class A misdemeanor. Makes conforming changes.
Sponsor: Ryan Hatfield
Registry of employers preferring veterans. Requires the Indiana department of workforce development to establish and maintain a registry of private employers, local units of governments, and labor unions in Indiana that have a voluntary veterans' preference employment policy.
Sponsor: Frank Mrvan
Notification of expungement. Requires the department of workforce development to: (1) inform persons seeking employment of the possibility of criminal history expungement, in appropriate cases; and (2) develop an informational brochure describing the criminal history expungement process.
Sponsor: Cindy Ziemke
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: David Long
Public safety personnel health studies. Establishes the public safety research fund. Provides that $500,000 shall be appropriated from the state general fund and disbursed to the public safety research fund on July 1 of each year. Requires money disbursed to the public safety research fund to be used for research studies designed to understand and improve the physical health, safety, and psychological well-being of public safety personnel. Requires research studies to be performed by the national institute for public safety and health (NIPSH). Requires NIPSH to provide a report of ongoing or performed research studies to the executive director of
Sponsor: Randall Frye
Grants from state disaster relief fund. Provides that the maximum amount that an individual may receive from the state disaster relief fund (fund) as compensation for damages to the individual's property is $10,000. (Current administrative rules provide that the maximum amount is $5,000.) Voids provisions in the Indiana Administrative Code that set forth a maximum compensation amount of $5,000. Directs the department of homeland security (department) to amend, before July 1, 2019, the administrative rule concerning the fund to reflect a maximum compensation amount of $10,000 for individuals. Makes an annual appropriation from the state general fund to the fund
Sponsor: David Niezgodski
Veterans' court fund. Establishes the veterans' court fund. Requires the criminal justice institute (institute), the Indiana judicial center, and the department of veterans' affairs to coordinate to: (1) apply for local, state, and federal grants and other funding sources for the veterans' court fund; and (2) conduct an annual study to determine the number of veterans arrested in each county in Indiana. Requires the institute to report its findings and grant application progress to the legislative council. Urges the legislative council to assign to a study committee the topic of: (1) funding the expansion of veterans' courts throughout Indiana; and
Sponsor: Michael Delph
Charity gaming operations. Allows an operator of or a worker at a charity gaming event (other than a full-time employee of the qualified organization conducting the event) to receive remuneration of not more than $50 for conducting or assisting in conducting the event. Provides that meals, recognition dinners, and social events for operators and workers are permitted if they do not constitute an unreasonable expenditure in the conduct of an allowable event. Relocates the prohibition on paying volunteer ticket agents to the statute imposing other rules on the use of a volunteer ticket agent.
Sponsor: Lonnie Randolph
Termination of local defined benefit plans. Requires the termination of a defined benefit plan sponsored by a political subdivision if the full actuarially determined contribution to the plan is not made for three consecutive years.
Sponsor: Philip Boots
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: David Long
Requires the general assembly to establish a commission to draw congressional and legislative districts. This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.
Sponsor: Michael Delph
Coroners and health records. Requires a hospital to provide a coroner with an individual's health records if the individual dies on hospital premises when in apparent good health or in an apparently sudden, suspicious, unusual, or unnatural manner. Requires the coroner to provide the health records to a pathologist or medical examiner if an autopsy is to be performed.
Sponsor: James Tomes
Residency of police officers and firefighters. Allows a city, town, or township to adopt an ordinance or resolution that allows a member of a police or fire department to reside within a county that is: (1) located outside Indiana and contiguous to the county in which the city, town, or township is located; or (2) any Indiana county, if the member resides within 25 miles from the nearest boundary of the city, town, or township where the police or fire department is located.
Sponsor: Joseph Zakas
Fuel taxes on compressed natural gas. Provides a quarterly refund of the special fuel tax and the motor carrier surcharge tax paid on compressed natural gas that is not delivered to the fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle. Permits a retroactive refund claim to be made for special fuel taxes and for motor carrier surcharge taxes paid from July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018. Makes corresponding changes to other refund provisions and the special fuel tax collection allowance.
Sponsor: Randall Frye
Sentence modification. Provides that a court may not, without the consent of the prosecuting attorney, reduce the sentence of a person sentenced under a plea agreement if the reduction was not authorized by the plea agreement.
Sponsor: Aaron Freeman
INSPECT program reporting and review. Requires the medical director of the law enforcement agency or an emergency medical services agency supervising an emergency medical services provider to transmit certain information to the INSPECT program when an emergency medical services provider administers an overdose intervention drug to a patient. Removes lapsed provisions. Establishes the INSPECT peer review subcommittee.
Sponsor: Erin Houchin
Local income tax rate for Fulton County jail. Authorizes the county council of Fulton County to impose an additional local income tax rate of not more than 0.25%. Provides that revenue from the additional tax rate may be used only to: (1) pay the costs of financing, constructing, acquiring, improving, renovating, equipping, operating, and maintaining a county jail and related buildings and parking facilities; and (2) pay bonds issued or leases entered into for the constructing, acquiring, improving, renovating, or equipping of the county jail and related buildings and parking facilities.
Sponsor: William Friend
Tanning facilities. Exempts physicians who, in the practice of medicine, use or prescribe a phototherapy device for a patient from the tanning facility regulatory requirements. (Current law exempts a medical treatment facility that uses ultraviolet radiation in the treatment of disease.) Prohibits an individual less than 18 years of age from using a tanning device in a tanning facility. Requires the operator or owner of a tanning facility to include a statement in the written information required to be signed before an individual may use a tanning device that individuals less than 18 years of age may not use a
Sponsor: Dennis Zent
Sibling visitation. Provides that a child's adult sibling may file a petition seeking visitation rights with the child in certain circumstances. Establishes factors for the court to consider in determining whether granting sibling visitation rights to an adult sibling is in the best interests of the child. Requires the court to enter a decree after holding a hearing. Allows the court to modify or vacate an order granting or denying sibling visitation rights with an adult sibling.
Sponsor: Julie Olthoff
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 estate of the child and disposition of the child's body, including autopsy, cremation, funeral arrangements, or anatomical gifts. Provides that, for purposes of a custody order, "health care" includes the disposition of a minor child's body upon the minor child's death.
Sponsor: Julie Olthoff
Expanded criminal history checks. Provides that an expanded criminal history check may be used instead of certain background checks and criminal history checks.
Sponsor: Jeffrey Thompson
Snow removal services contracts. Provides that any provision in certain contracts for snow removal services that purports to release: (1) a person that performs snow removal services; or (2) a person that contracts for snow removal services; from liability for negligence, recklessness, or intentional acts is void as against public policy.
Sponsor: Michael Crider
Default retirement plans. Provides that after June 30, 2018, an individual who becomes a full-time employee of the state for the first time becomes a member of the public employees' defined contribution plan (plan) unless the individual elects to become a member of the public employees' retirement fund (fund). (Under current law, an eligible employee becomes a member of the fund unless the employee elects to become a member of the plan.) Provides that after June 30, 2018, an individual who begins employment for the first time in a covered position with a school corporation and is not already a
Sponsor: Wes Culver
Senior prosecuting attorneys. Provides that a person who was employed as a circuit or superior court judge and presided over a criminal docket for at least eight years may be appointed as a senior prosecuting attorney. Makes a technical correction.
Sponsor: Alan Morrison
Mental health education and screenings. Requires a school corporation's health education curriculum to include mental health wellness education. Provides that the governing body of a school corporation may provide mental health screenings to students if the governing body receives written consent from a student's parent or guardian to provide a mental health screening to the student. Requires the department of education to provide a school corporation with resources regarding mental health wellness upon request by the school corporation.
Sponsor: Frank Mrvan
Biometric identifiers. Provides that a person shall not enroll a biometric identifier of an individual in a data base unless the person first: (1) provides notice to the individual from whom the biometric identifier was captured; (2) obtains the consent of the individual; or (3) provides a mechanism that can be used to prevent the subsequent use of biometric identifiers for a commercial purpose following enrollment in the data base. Provides that a person who enrolls the biometric identifier of an individual in a data base as permitted under these provisions may not sell, lease, or otherwise disclose the biometric
Sponsor: Eric Koch
Township property taxes. Specifies that when formulating an annual budget, a township must consider: (1) the ending balance that will remain in each township fund relative to the budgeted expenditures from the fund; and (2) whether the part of the balance in excess of 10% of budgeted expenditures should be used instead of imposing additional property taxes for the ensuing year. Requires the department of local government finance to consider those factors when reviewing a township's budget, tax rate, and tax levy.
Sponsor: John Ruckelshaus
Continuance for conflict with study committee. Requires a court or governmental entity to grant a continuance upon the motion of a party, a defendant, or an attorney if the party, defendant, or attorney is a member of the general assembly and a proceeding of the court or governmental entity conflicts with the member's attendance at a meeting of a study committee.
Sponsor: Lonnie Randolph
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
Protective orders. Provides that, after notice and a hearing, including a hearing at which the respondent does not appear, a court may order the petitioner for an order for protection or a modification of an order for protection to refrain from being at a specific location at a specific time. Provides that a respondent may seek to have the protective order modified if the respondent reasonably believes the petitioner is acting in bad faith under the terms of the protective order.
Sponsor: Randall Head
This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.
Sponsor: David Long
Elimination of annual adjustments of assessed values. Eliminates the annual adjustments (or "trending") to assessed values of certain real property for assessment dates beginning after December 31, 2018. Does not eliminate trending for agricultural land. Retains the provisions in current law that require four year cyclical reassessments. Makes conforming changes. Makes technical corrections.
Sponsor: Rick Niemeyer
Final disposition of indigent decedent. Transfers the township trustee's responsibility for the final disposition of an indigent decedent to the county coroner. Makes conforming changes.
Sponsor: James Buck
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: David Long
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: Timothy Lanane
Native American Indian affairs commission. Provides that, as used in the Native American Indian affairs commission law, the definition of "Native American Indian" includes an enrolled member of the Miami Nation of Indians of Indiana.
Sponsor: Greg Walker
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: David Long
English as official language. Encourages Indiana residents to promote the use and mastery of the English language by all Indiana residents. Provides that the state's official language, English, must be used for each public record, each public meeting, and each official act of the state of Indiana, including those governmental documents, records, meetings, actions, or policies that are enforceable with the full weight and authority of the state of Indiana.
Sponsor: Michael Delph
Vehicle Bill. None
Sponsor: David Long
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to allow the House of Representatives and the Senate of the 120th General Assembly to adjourn and recess separately throughout the Second Regular Session for periods in excess of three consecutive days as the need, in the judgment of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, respectively, may arise.
Sponsor: Brian Bosma
A SENATE RESOLUTION 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
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Passed (425)
Workers' compensation drug formulary. Except during a medical emergency, prohibits workers' compensation and occupational disease compensation reimbursement for drugs specified in the ODG Workers' Compensation Drug Formulary Appendix A published by MCG Health as "N" drugs. Permits a prescribing physician to request to prescribe an "N" drug. Provides that, if the employer approves the request, the prescribing physician may prescribe the "N" drug. Provides that, if the employer does not approve the request, the employer shall: (1) shall send the request to a third party that is certified by the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission to make a determination concerning the
Health matters. Provides that a pharmacy or pharmacist has a right to provide individuals with information concerning the individual's cost share for a prescription drug. States that a pharmacy or pharmacist cannot be proscribed by a third party administrator, a health insurer, or a health maintenance organization from discussing the information or from selling to the individual a more affordable alternative. Prohibits a copayment for a drug under the state employee health plan, an accident and sickness insurance policy, or a health maintenance organization contract from exceeding the amount payable to the pharmacy for the drug under an agreement with
Regulation of abortion and newborn safety devices. Makes various changes to the abortion law concerning abortion clinic license applications, abortion clinic inspections, abortion inducing drugs, abortion complications, the provision of information to a woman seeking an abortion, and the collection of data by the state department of health. Specifies under the safe haven law that it is a defense to a claim of neglect of a dependent if the individual left the child in a newborn safety device that is located at a fire department, including a volunteer fire department, that meets specified requirements. Provides civil immunity for a fire
Worker's compensation. Establishes a time frame for the payment of compensation under a settlement agreement, a permanent partial impairment agreement, and an award of compensation ordered by a single hearing member of the worker's compensation board (board). Provides that an employer that fails to make a timely payment is subject to a civil penalty. Requires an employer that has mobile or remote employees to convey information about worker's compensation coverage to the employer's employees in an electronic format or in the same manner as the employer conveys other employment related information. Allows the electronic filing of certain documents with the
Health facility certificate of need. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to cooperate with the state department of health (state department) in the provision of certain health facility information. Amends the expiration of statutes placing certain limitations on the licensure of comprehensive care health facilities and the licensure of comprehensive care beds to the date upon which certain administrative rules take effect. Establishes a comprehensive care health facility certificate of need program administered by the state department. Sets forth certificate of need application requirements and exemptions. Urges the interim study of whether unused or underused
Elimination of the consumer fees and settlements fund. Retroactively amends provisions concerning the transfers from the securities rating settlement fund to the consumer fees and settlements fund effective July 1, 2017, to instead make the transfers to the agency settlement fund. Requires the auditor of state to transfer money from the consumer fees and settlements fund to the agency settlement fund. Provides that the funds appropriated to the attorney general from the consumer fees and settlements fund for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, shall instead be appropriated from
Crimes resulting in the loss of a fetus. Provides that the crimes of: (1) murder; (2) voluntary manslaughter; (3) involuntary manslaughter; and (4) feticide; may be committed against a fetus in any stage of development. Specifies that the offenses do not apply to a: (1) lawfully performed abortion; or (2) pregnant woman with respect to a fetus carried by the woman. Provides, with certain exceptions, that a person who commits a felony that causes the termination of a pregnancy may receive an additional sentence of six to 20 years.
Economic improvement districts. Provides that a petition to establish an economic improvement district (district) may be filed with the clerk (in the case of a municipality) or the county auditor (in the case of the county). Requires a person that intends to file a petition for the establishment of a district to first provide the clerk or county auditor with written notice of the person's intent before initiating the petition process. Provides that a petition for the establishment of a district may be filed with the clerk or county auditor not later than 120 days after the date on which
Insurance matters. Updates names of health care provider billing forms. Amends the financial responsibility requirement for a contract carrier that transports railroad employees. Permits the department of insurance and governor to apply for a state innovation waiver under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Provides for reduced limits and removal of commercial umbrella or excess liability coverage and requires notice of a reduction or removal. Repeals the law providing for a multistate surplus lines insurance compact, which has not gone into effect due to an insufficient number of states enacting the legislation. Amends the law concerning taxation of
Various election law matters. Eliminates the small precinct committee. Requires, not later than July 1, 2018, that the election commission adopt an order consolidating precincts in Lake County having fewer than 600 active voters, if the consolidation will realize savings for the county and not impose unreasonable obstacles on the ability of the voters of the county to vote at the polls. Provides that, if the commission does not adopt an order, the secretary of state, not later than August 1, 2018, and not later than July 1 each year immediately following a presidential election, shall issue the order. Requires
Say's Firefly designated as state insect. Designates Pyractomena angulata, also known as "Say's Firefly", as the official state insect of Indiana.
Sales tax on software. Provides that for purposes of the sales tax, a person is a retail merchant making a retail transaction when the person sells, rents, leases, licenses for consideration the right to use prewritten computer software delivered electronically. Specifies, however, that a transaction in which a user purchases, rents, leases, or licenses the right to remotely access prewritten computer software: (1) is not considered to be a transaction in which prewritten computer software is delivered electronically; and (2) does not constitute a retail transaction (and is therefore not subject to sales tax).
Sexual harassment prevention policies. Requires sexual harassment prevention instruction to be provided annually to members of the general assembly. Requires the personnel subcommittee of the legislative council (subcommittee) to prepare and submit recommended sexual harassment prevention policies governing legislators to the legislative council. Requires the legislative council to approve sexual harassment policies not later than November 20, 2018. Provides that four additional members of the general assembly shall be appointed to serve on the subcommittee for the sole purpose of participating in the preparation of recommended sexual harassment prevention policies. Provides that the terms of the additional members expire on
Drug dealing resulting in death. Makes manufacturing or dealing certain controlled substances resulting in the death of a user: (1) a Level 1 felony if the controlled substance is cocaine, methamphetamine, or a schedule I, II, or III controlled substance; (2) a Level 2 felony if the controlled substance is a schedule IV controlled substance; and (3) a Level 3 felony if the controlled substance is a schedule V controlled substance or a synthetic drug or synthetic drug lookalike substance. Makes conforming amendments.
Mental health access. Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning to implement a centralized credentials verification organization and credentialing process. Allows the division of mental health and addiction (division) to grant approval for nine additional opioid treatment programs that: (1) are operated by a hospital; and (2) meet other specified requirements; if the division determines that there is a need for the program in the proposed location. Provides that mental health and addiction forensic treatment services may be administered or coordinated only by a provider certified by the division or licensed by the Indiana professional licensing agency to provide
INSPECT program. Allows a dispenser of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or a controlled substance to transmit certain information to the INSPECT program by any electronic method that meets specifications prescribed by the state board of pharmacy (board). Provides that, to the extent considered appropriate by the board, the INSPECT data base must be interoperable with other similar registries operated by federal and state governments. Requires the following practitioners to obtain information about a patient from the data base before prescribing an opioid or benzodiazepine to the patient: (1) A practitioner who has had the information from the data base integrated into the
Investigation of overdose deaths. Requires the county coroner to do the following if the county coroner reasonably suspects the cause of a person's death to be accidental or intentional overdose of a controlled substance: (1) Obtain any relevant information about the decedent maintained by the INSPECT program. (2) Extract and test certain bodily fluids of the decedent. (3) Report test results to the state department of health (department). (4) Provide the department notice of the decedent's death, including any information related to the controlled substances involved, if any. Authorizes the department to adopt rules. Makes conforming changes. Provides that the
Water infrastructure task force. Establishes a water infrastructure task force (task force) consisting of: (1) two members of the senate; (2) two members of the house of representatives; and (3) the following individuals appointed by the governor: (A) Officers or employees of the state. (B) Individuals representing operators of drinking water, wastewater management, or storm water management systems. (C) Engineers or professionals experienced in the design and construction of such systems. (D) Individuals representing ratepayers and others constituting the funding sources for such systems. (E) Members of the general public. Requires the task force to comply with the public meetings
Workforce funding and programs. Requires an annual workforce related program review by the legislative services agency. Requires information on workforce related programs as part of the biennial budget report that is submitted to the governor and budget committee for preparation of the governor's proposed budget bill. Establishes the next level jobs employer training grant program. Revises eligibility criteria for applicants for high value workforce ready credit-bearing grants. Provides that if the demand for high value workforce ready credit-bearing grants exceeds the appropriation, the commission for higher education shall prioritize applicants who are classified as independent. Transforms Ivy Tech Community College's
Education matters. Urges the legislative council during the 2018 through 2020 interims to assign to the education interim study committee the task of studying issues relating to a school corporation's ability to provide adequate career counseling to students. Requires the state board of education (state board) to establish one standard Indiana diploma for individuals who successfully complete high school graduation requirements. (Current law establishes four different diplomas.) Provides that each Indiana diploma must include one of the following designations: (1) General designation. (2) Core 40 designation. (3) Core 40 with academic honors designation. (4) Core 40 with technical honors designation.
Disposition of tax sale surplus. Amends the definition of "substantial property interest of public record" for purposes of the tax sale statutes to specify that: (1) the term means title to or interest in a tract that is within the tract's chain of record title and either recorded or properly indexed in the county in which the tract is located; and (2) chain of record title includes instruments executed by the owner and recorded within the five day period before the date the owner acquires title to the tract. Eliminates the requirement that a person that redeems property sold in
Heavy equipment rental excise tax. Excludes heavy rental equipment from the assessment of the personal property tax. Imposes an excise tax on the rental of heavy rental equipment (excise tax). Provides procedures for the sourcing, collection, and distribution of the excise tax. Provides that the excise tax is apportioned and distributed to local governmental units (units) in the same manner that property taxes are apportioned and distributed. Provides that the excise taxes distributed to the units before January 1, 2020, must be deposited in the unit's excess levy fund. Provides that after December 31, 2019, excise taxes distributed to the
Various education matters. Allows a person to work as a waiter or waitress at a licensed premises if: (1) the licensed premises is a restaurant operated by an accredited hospitality management program for educational purposes; (2) the person is a student enrolled in a course offered by the accredited hospitality management program; (3) the licensed premises, state educational institution, or accredited hospitality management program does not pay the person to work at the licensed premises; and (4) the person works under the supervision of an instructor employed by the state educational institution. Makes changes regarding the nomination and approval of
Low THC hemp extract. Provides that the Indiana department of state revenue (department) shall revoke a registered retail merchant's certificate if the department finds that the person has been convicted of dealing in marijuana based on the sale of fraudulently labeled low THC hemp extract. Repeals all provisions concerning the cannabidiol registry and a "substance containing cannabidiol" (all added by HEA 1148-2017). Defines "low THC hemp extract" as a product: (1) derived from Cannabis sativa L. that meets the definition of industrial hemp; (2) that contains not more than 0.3% delta-9-THC (including precursors); and (3) that contains no other controlled
Veterans pilot program. Extends to 2020 the program that provides assistance for certain providers to provide diagnostic testing and hyperbaric oxygen treatment to veterans. (Under current law, the program expires June 30, 2019.) Allows the state department of health to select and approve up to five providers to provide diagnostic testing and hyperbaric oxygen treatment to veterans receiving treatment under the pilot program. (Under current law, only one provider may be selected and approved.) Requires providers to perform services at cost out of the grant amount awarded to the provider. Removes the restriction on when a veteran's injury occurred in
Charity gaming. Allows the gaming commission to issue a three year charity gaming license to qualified organizations that are veterans organizations. Urges the legislative council to assign to a study committee the topic of whether an event operator or a worker at the event may receive remuneration or a meal for conducting or assisting in conducting the event.
Emotional support animals. Provides that a dwelling that is exempt from the Indiana fair housing law is not subject to the requirements applicable to emotional support animals. Defines "emotional support animal". Specifies who may use an emotional support animal, who may prescribe an emotional support animal, and when an individual may be prescribed an emotional support animal. Provides that an individual with a disability that is not readily apparent who submits a request for an emotional support animal that falsely suggests the individual has a disability that entitles the individual to the use of an emotional support animal in a
Governor's workforce cabinet. Establishes the governor's workforce cabinet (cabinet). Specifies the membership and duties of the cabinet. Provides that the cabinet shall serve as the state advisory body required under certain federal laws. Provides that subject to the approval of the chairperson, the state personnel department, and the budget agency, the cabinet may employ professional, technical, and clerical personnel necessary to carry out its duties. Specifies that the cabinet is subject to the allotment system administered by the budget agency and financial oversight by the office of management and budget. Requires the cabinet to develop, not later than July 1,
Various property issues. Amends the statute concerning the Indiana coordinate system for describing real property to provide that coordinates based on specified coordinate systems and used to define the position of a point on a land boundary may not be presented to be recorded unless the recording document also contains: (1) the method used to relate the coordinates to the National Spatial Reference System; and (2) the name and zone of the coordinate system. Eliminates other reporting and certification requirements with respect to such recordings. Provides that if any coordinates (not specifically coordinates based on the Indiana coordinate system, as
Liability for rental car theft. Removes from the list of provisions that may be included in a motor vehicle rental agreement a rebuttable presumption that a motor vehicle renter is not liable, in certain circumstances, for losses incurred by the rental company related to theft of the motor vehicle. Requires a damage waiver to cover all damage, loss, and liability, less any included deductible, to which a rental company and renter may otherwise agree concerning the renter's responsibility. Repeals the offense of auto theft and receiving stolen auto parts. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally exerts unauthorized control
Various higher education matters. Provides that the provisions regarding employment of construction managers as constructors for public works projects applies only to state educational institutions after June 30, 2020. (Current law expires these provisions on July 1, 2020.) Makes changes regarding the: (1) conditions required to qualify for the renewal of a twenty-first century scholars program scholarship; and (2) award amounts to twenty-first century scholars program scholarship applicants who attend a private, approved postsecondary educational institution. Makes the following changes concerning the primary care shortage area scholarship: (1) Amends the practice requirements to receive a scholarship. (2) Amends the repayment
Road and utility repair. Requires the department of transportation (department) to schedule an appeal of a local unit's denial of a petition to close a railroad crossing within 60 days after the denial of the petition. Defines "department action" as one or more of the following: (1) Detour creation or implementation. (2) Planned bridge repair. (3) Planned road repair. Requires the department to consider the following when determining when to let a contract involving certain construction, maintenance, and repair projects: (1) Impact on local commerce. (2) Impact on local residents. (3) Impact on local tourism. Requires the department to make
Judges and magistrates. Allows the judges of the Jefferson County circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint a magistrate to serve the Jefferson County courts. Adds a fourth judge to the superior court of Kosciusko County. Allows the judges of the Putnam circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint a magistrate to serve the Putnam County courts. Allows the judges of the Scott County circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint a magistrate to serve the Scott County courts.
Instruction on human sexuality. Requires each school corporation to make available for inspection to a parent of a student instructional material used in connection with instruction on human sexuality. Provides that, before a school may provide a student with instruction on human sexuality, the school must provide the parent of the student or the student, if the student is an adult or an emancipated minor, with a written request for consent of instruction. Provides that a consent form provided to a parent of a student or a student must accurately summarize the contents and nature of the instruction on human
Behavioral health and human services. Allows up to 50% of the supervised experience hours required for licensure as the following to be accounted for through virtual supervision by the appropriate supervisor: (1) Clinical social worker. (2) Mental health counselor. (3) Marriage and family therapist. (4) Addiction counselor. Reduces the required number of face to face client contact hours for a marriage and family therapist license from 500 to 400 face to face client contact hours. Requires an applicant for licensure as a mental health counselor or mental health counselor associate to complete a clinical practicum, an internship, or field experience
Innkeepers' taxes. Provides that a member appointed to a convention and tourism commission under the uniform innkeeper's tax statute who is required to be: (1) engaged in a convention, visitor, or tourism business; or (2) involved in or promoting conventions, visitors, or tourism; need not be a resident of the county if the member is an owner or an executive level employee of a convention, visitor, or tourism business that is located within the county. Provides that such a member must be a resident of Indiana. Repeals the requirement in the uniform innkeeper's tax statute that not more than a
Online continuing education for auctioneers. Provides that the auctioneer commission may approve online instruction courses and continuing education courses offered by course providers approved by the auctioneer commission.
Office of judicial administration. Changes all references to the division of state court administration and the judicial center to the office of judicial administration. Changes all references to the executive director of the division of state court administration and the judicial center to chief administrative officer of the office of judicial administration. Makes various changes to laws governing courts and court officers, including laws concerning evening court sessions, magistrate judges, senior judges, specialized driving privileges, the collection of certain clerk fees, the administration of the public defense fund, temporary guardianships, and judicial conference membership. Repeals the law describing the division
Broadband grants and high speed Internet service. Authorizes the office of community and rural affairs (office) to award grants to qualified broadband providers in connection with qualified broadband projects involving the deployment of infrastructure to provide qualified broadband service in unserved areas in Indiana. Defines "qualified broadband service" as a connection to the Internet at an actual speed of at least 10 megabits per second downstream and at least one megabit per second upstream, regardless of the technology used. Defines an "unserved area" as a geographic area in Indiana in which there is not at least one provider of terrestrial
Motor vehicle safety. Requires that a license plate must be displayed in a horizontal and upright position that displays the registration expiration year in the upper right corner. Requires that a renewal sticker for a license plate must be securely affixed in the upper right corner of the license plate covering the previous registration expiration year. Provides that a trailer of less than 3,000 pounds gross weight is not required to be equipped with brakes. Specifies that head lamps on motor vehicles, motorcycles, and motor driven cycles may display only white or amber light. Requires that motor vehicles except for
Creditors' rights. Makes various changes to probate and trust law relating to creditors' claims, claims against nonprobate transferees, and no contest provisions in wills and trusts. Defines "no contest provision". Provides that a no contest provision is enforceable, except under certain circumstances. Provides that the estate recovery unit of the office of Medicaid policy and planning is a reasonably ascertainable creditor if the decedent was at least 55 years of age at the time of death. Extends the time period for county clerks to issue letters testamentary or of administration from five months to seven months. Allows for the deduction
Various pension matters. Provides that the default investment option for the legislators' defined contribution plan is a target date fund rather than the Indiana public retirement system's (INPRS) consolidated retirement investment fund. Removes a requirement that only active members of the public employees' retirement fund (PERF) and the Indiana teachers' retirement fund (TRF) may make rollover distributions into annuity savings accounts (ASA) from other qualified retirement accounts. Allows any PERF or TRF member who terminates employment and is not currently employed in a covered position or for the same employer to suspend fund membership, retain the member's creditable service, and
Underground storage tank program enforcement. Authorizes the commissioner of the department of environmental management (IDEM), after issuing an initial temporary order prohibiting the use of a particular underground storage tank, to reissue the temporary order prohibiting the use of the tank if the tank remains ineligible for delivery, deposit, or acceptance of a regulated substance when the initial order expires. Authorizes the commissioner of IDEM to require the closure of an underground storage tank that is subject to delivery prohibition if: (1) the owner or operator of the tank has failed to complete the corrective actions required by the commissioner
FSSA matters. Corrects outdated references to the "division of aging and rehabilitative services" to refer instead to the "division of disability and rehabilitative services". Removes references to home care services from the long term care ombudsman program. Removes the requirement that the long term care ombudsman (ombudsman) report the findings of the long term care ombudsman office (office) to the complainant. Allows the office to disclose records, documents, and findings of an investigated case to certain individuals with the informed consent of the resident of the long term care facility or the resident's legal guardian. Specifies the manner in which
Various education matters. Amends dates for the following: (1) The submission of reports regarding the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled in an alternative education program. (2) Student enrollment and attendance and grant distributions regarding alternative education program grants. (3) A school corporation's count of pupils in homebound programs. (4) The submission of reports to the department of education (department) concerning scholarships awarded by a scholarship granting organization in the previous school year. Provides that an expanded child protection index check for an applicant for employment with a school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school: (1) must be conducted for
Professional licensing agency matters. Allows a person who is enrolled in an architecture degree program to take the architect registration examination. Provides that the dietitians certification board is required to hold one regular meeting each year. (Current law requires two meetings.) Removes and repeals provisions concerning the application for and administration of the dietitian certification examination. Allows an individual to fit and dispense hearing aids while under the supervision and direction of a certified hearing aid dealer. Provides that certain duties of the medical licensing board are now duties of the committee of hearing aid dealer examiners. Requires that a
Local government matters. Establishes a process to: (1) divide and transfer land that is owned by a county, city, or town; and (2) assess the value of land that a county, city, or town owns that the county, city, or town has divided and transferred to an adjacent property owner. Provides that, in a tax sale, a county executive may include any costs directly attributable to the county in the price for the sale of a certificate of sale. Amends the law exempting a county executive or a town legislative body from giving notice of a meeting if the meeting
Teacher permits, examinations, and salaries. Requires the department of education (department) to post on the department's Internet web site the pass rate of the content area examination for each postsecondary educational institution. Establishes eligibility requirements for a career specialist permit. Provides that, for school years beginning after June 30, 2018, a school corporation may provide a supplemental payment to a teacher in excess of the salary specified in the school corporation's compensation plan if the teacher: (1) is a special education professional; or (2) teaches in the areas of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. Provides that an elementary teacher may
Improvements in historic districts. Provides that certain requirements for an alteration to a historic site or a historic structure do not apply to a construction project that is funded by the state and that involves the substantial alteration, demolition, or removal of a road or a sidewalk within the boundaries of the property of a historic site or a historic structure. Requires a person who intends to perform a construction project on a road or a sidewalk within the boundaries of the property of a historic site or a historic structure to submit an application for a certificate of approval
Professional and occupational licenses. Provides that an agency or political subdivision may require verification of an individual's eligibility for a professional or occupational license, by requiring the individual to verify under penalty of perjury that the individual is: (1) authorized by the federal government to work in the United States; and (2) executing the verification only for the purpose of applying for a professional or occupational license issued by the state agency or political subdivision. Provides that an individual who is authorized by the federal government to work in the United States is eligible for a professional or occupational license
Assisted living services. Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning (office) to reimburse for assisted living services provided to a Medicaid waiver recipient who is aged or disabled when the service is provided by a residential care facility or a housing with services establishment. Allows for Medicaid reimbursement for any home and community based services provided to a Medicaid recipient beginning on the date of the individual's application. Sets forth requirements and limitations concerning assisted living services provided in a home and community based services setting. Requires the office to implement a process for and resume enrollment of a
Environmental management matters. Provides that the term "onsite sewage system" applies to systems that treat sewage from municipalities or publicly owned treatment works. Strikes an incorrect statutory reference in the section defining that term. Amends the air pollution control law to add a reference to the law establishing the procedure for environmental rule making. Authorizes the use of certain regulated combustion facilities to dispose of drugs confiscated or collected as evidence by law enforcement agencies. Provides for the renewal of the certificate of a wastewater treatment plant operator, water treatment plant operator, or water distribution system operator after three years
County jail issues. Provides that a county fiscal body may adopt an ordinance to impose (within the local income tax expenditure rate) a tax rate for correctional facilities and rehabilitation facilities in the county. Specifies that the tax rate must be in increments of 0.01% and may not exceed 0.2%. Provides that the tax rate may not be in effect for more than 20 years. Specifies that the revenue generated by such a tax rate: (1) must be distributed directly to the county before the remainder of the expenditure rate revenue is distributed; and (2) shall be maintained in a
Transportation finance. Repeals the motor carrier surcharge tax and increases the special fuel tax by $0.21 per gallon. Distributes part of the special fuel tax revenue to the motor carrier regulation fund. Specifies how netted International Fuel Tax Agreement Clearinghouse refunds and receipts are deposited or credited. Specifies that the commercial vehicle excise tax rate calculation that must be done on or before October 1 of each year is effective on January 1 of the following year. Excludes the transportation infrastructure improvement fee and the supplemental fees for registering electric and hybrid vehicles from the calculation of the commercial vehicle
Financing and transportation. Adds a new article to the Indiana Code to consolidate and rewrite various statutes related to the Indiana finance authority (IFA), including statutes: (1) establishing the IFA; (2) specifying the powers, duties, and purposes of the IFA and the members of the IFA; and (3) governing the following programs and funds administered by the IFA: (A) State facility financing, health facility financing, educational facility financing, recreational development financing, and economic development project financing. (B) The wastewater revolving loan program, the drinking water revolving loan program, the supplemental drinking water and wastewater assistance program, and the environmental remediation
Various local government matters. Provides that a county that sells a county hospital before January 1, 2017, may establish a charitable nonprofit foundation (foundation) to hold some or all of the proceeds of the sale of the county hospital in trust for the benefit of the county, by the council and the county executive adopting substantially similar ordinances to establish the foundation after June 30, 2018. Provides that the ordinances do not supersede or replace any previously adopted ordinance or agreement effectuating: (1) monetary disbursements; and (2) distributions from the previously executed asset purchase agreement to an Indiana nonprofit corporation.
Students in foster care and homeless students. Requires the state board of education to, in collaboration with the department of education (department) and the department of child services, annually prepare and submit the following: (1) A report on foster care youth educational outcomes. (2) A report on homeless youth educational outcomes. Requires the department to develop and submit a copy of the following: (1) A remediation plan concerning foster care youth. (2) A remediation plan concerning homeless youth. Requires certain information regarding students in foster care to be included in a school corporation's annual performance report. Requires the department and
Coalition of school corporations and schools. Provides that the state board of education (state board) may approve a coalition of continuous improvement school districts (coalition). Provides that certain statutes or rules may be suspended for a coalition member. Specifies that the state board may approve a plan submitted by a proposed coalition that requests the suspension of all or portions of IC 20-30 (curriculum) only if the suspension is related to a specific goal of the proposed coalition. Requires the department of education to annually report to the legislative council information regarding the following: (1) The fiscal impact on a
Occupational licensing. Provides that the state and a local governmental unit (unit) shall explicitly list the crimes that will disqualify an individual from receiving an occupational license. Provides that the use of an individual's conviction of a crime as a disqualifying criminal conviction is limited to a crime that specifically and directly relates to the duties and responsibilities of the occupation for which the individual is applying for or holds a license. Provides that the period of disqualification may not exceed five years unless the individual: (1) was convicted of a crime of violence or an offense relating to a
Elementary school teacher content area licenses. Provides that, not later than July 1, 2019, the state board of education shall adopt rules to establish elementary school teacher content area licenses that must, at a minimum, include an: (1) elementary mathematics specialist license; and (2) elementary mathematics teacher license or an elementary mathematics and science teacher license. Establishes requirements to be eligible for an elementary mathematics specialist license, an elementary mathematics teacher license, and an elementary mathematics and science teacher license. Requires the department of education (department) to develop an incentive program to assist and reward teachers who pursue and earn
Study committee of state agency management. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the task of studying issues relating to effective legislative oversight, including: (1) modernization of state government reporting framework to integrate financial, performance, and enterprise risk management; and (2) establishment of periodic and systematic performance reviews of state programs to ensure that state programs are implemented and administered efficiently, effectively, and in a manner consistent with legislative intent. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the task of studying issues relating to the benefits of implementing internal control
Cleanup of certain terms. Removes, where appropriate, the terms herein, hereafter, hereinafter, therein, theretofore, hereunder, hereinunder, heretofore, hereinabove, and thereunder from various provisions throughout the Indiana Code and replaces the terms with more specific and clearer terms. Removes reference to the pronoun "his". Makes technical corrections. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the code revision commission.)
Economic development. Provides that, if the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) determines that a business, school corporation, or charter school (entity) that has received a grant award under the skills enhancement fund program is noncompliant with the terms of its grant agreement, the IEDC shall, after giving notice to the entity and an opportunity to explain the noncompliance, provide the entity with a written demand for return or repayment of an amount not to exceed the sum of all grants previously awarded to the entity. Provides that, if the entity fails to repay the IEDC, the IEDC may notify the
Appraisal contracts. Provides that before an appraisal management company may engage a real estate appraiser to perform the appraisal, the appraisal management company shall provide the real estate appraiser with a proposed contract to perform the appraisal. Specifies information that must be included in a proposed contract. Allows a contract to be offered and accepted through certain electronic means.
Data concerning youth in adult court. Requires the criminal justice institute to: (1) track certain information concerning juveniles under the jurisdiction of an adult court due to a juvenile court not having jurisdiction; (2) track certain information concerning waivers of juvenile court jurisdiction; and (3) publish the information annually.
Criminal law matters. Changes the human and sexual trafficking statute by: (1) reclassifying the term "human and sexual trafficking" to "human trafficking", which includes the offenses of labor and sexual trafficking; (2) creating separate offenses for labor and sexual trafficking and renaming certain crimes; (3) removing the element of force from forced labor, marriage, prostitution, and participating in sexual conduct; (4) removing involuntary servitude from the human trafficking statute; (5) removing from the sexual trafficking statute the element that a solicitor must know that a person is a human trafficking victim before committing the offense; and (6) adding elements to
Resident tuition for serving on the USS Indiana. Provides that, after June 30, 2019, certain persons who serve or served on the USS Indiana (SSN-789) are eligible for the resident tuition rate determined by the state educational institution.
Noxious weeds and pesticide law fees. Provides that revenue from fees collected under the pesticide use and application law that remains after the payment of expenses incurred in the administration of the law must be paid to the treasurer of Purdue University and administered by the board of trustees of Purdue University. Specifies that waterhemp, marestail, Palmer amaranth, Powell amaranth, poison hemlock, rough pigweed, and smooth pigweed are noxious weeds for purposes of the weed control board law, which requires the weed control board to take all necessary and proper steps to control noxious weeds affecting agricultural production in Indiana.
Veterans matters. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee topics related to implementing a program to provide property tax incentives for rental property owners who partner with nonprofit organizations to reduce veteran homelessness. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee topics related to establishing an electronic system to provide the Indiana department of veterans' affairs, in collaboration with the national guard (as defined in IC 10-16-1-13), with criminal case information.
Department of child services. Provides for the collection of certain past due annual support fees by the child support bureau (bureau) and the clerk of the circuit court. Allows the bureau to collect child support payments made in cash. Allows the bureau and the clerk of the circuit court to recoup certain child support overpayments. Specifies the duties of a licensing authority when imposing sanctions and penalties against a licensee or permit holder with a child support delinquency who is the subject of an order issued by the bureau. Repeals a requirement that an individual determined to be eligible for
School discipline. Provides that the department of education's (department) model evidence based plan for improving student behavior and discipline must: (1) reduce out-of-school suspension and disproportionality in discipline and expulsion; (2) limit referrals to law enforcement or arrests on school property to cases in which referral to law enforcement or arrest is necessary to protect the health and safety of students or school employees; and (3) include policies to address instances of bullying and cyberbullying on school property of a school corporation. Provides that, beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, the department, in collaboration with parent organizations, teacher organizations, educational
Subdivision drain repair pilot program. Creates a pilot program for Indianapolis (excluding Lawrence, Speedway, Beech Grove, and Southport) and Johnson County (not including incorporated areas) regarding subdivision drain repairs. Authorizes the executive of a county or a consolidated city (unit) to enter into a contract with a subdivision homeowners association providing: (1) for the unit to repair subdivision drains located in the subdivision; and (2) for owners of property in the subdivision to pay assessments to fund the repairs; if a majority of the members of the homeowners association approve the contract. Provides that a contract between the unit and
Dealer services division. Requires certain definitions to be used in the dealer services law. Includes: (1) flood damage affidavits; (2) title affidavits; (3) interim plates generated in error; and (4) copies of rebuilt vehicle disclosures; as records for purposes of the dealer services law. Requires a motor vehicle or watercraft dealer to identify in a title affidavit whether a lien exists on the motor vehicle or watercraft and the date any obligation must be satisfied. Provides that a dealer may provide an interim plate when the dealer: (1) sells or leases a motor vehicle; or (2) allows a purchaser to
St. Joseph River basin commission. Amends the law concerning the St. Joseph River basin commission (commission). Provides that the commission includes the county surveyor of each participating county and a representative of each soil and water conservation district that includes territory in a county participating in the commission and territory in the river basin. Eliminates from the commission the member of a soil and water conservation district appointed by the governor. Repeals the commission's statutory quorum requirement. Authorizes a political subdivision in a participating county to enter into a cooperative agreement with the commission and at least one other legal
Motor vehicle matters. Establishes the department of state revenue pilot program (pilot program). Specifies that the purpose of the pilot program is to assist the state, other states, and other government agencies with: (1) the administration and processing of commercial vehicle registrations as required under the International Registration Plan; (2) the licensing and reporting of fuel tax use for motor carriers under the International Fuel Tax Agreement; (3) audit and record keeping for the International Registration Plan and the International Fuel Tax Agreement; and (4) any other essential or necessary functions related to the motor carrier services. Establishes the pilot
School funding. Requires the budget agency to transfer from the K-12 state tuition reserve account to the state general fund the amount necessary to cover the K-12 state tuition distribution amount if it exceeds the appropriated amount. Limits the transfer to $25,000,000 in state fiscal year 2017-2018 and $75,000,000 for state fiscal year 2018-2019. Requires school corporations to report information about virtual education programs to the department of education. Requires a pupil to be at least five years of age on August 1 of the school year to be included in the ADM count for kindergarten pupils.
School corporation financial management. Permits money in a school corporation's operations fund at the end of a year to be transferred to the school corporation's rainy day fund. Combines various levies into a single operations fund levy beginning in 2019. Changes provisions concerning the education fund and operations fund. Specifies the items to be included in a school corporation's capital projects plan. Changes the reasons for which a school corporation may appeal to increase the school corporation's operations fund levy for transportation purposes. Requires an appeal to increase or a petition to adjust the maximum operations fund levy for a
Computer science. Establishes the next level computer science grant program (program) and the next level computer science fund (fund) to award grants, after June 30, 2019, to eligible entities to implement teacher professional development programs for training in teaching computer science. Requires the department of education (department) to: (1) administer the program and fund; and (2) develop, in consultation with the governor's office, guidelines to award grants from the fund to eligible entities. Requires, not later than August 1, 2018, the state superintendent of public instruction to enter into a contract for professional development services. Requires the department to biannually
Criminal history checks for home health workers. Provides that an expanded criminal history check may be used instead of certain background checks and criminal history checks for home health care workers. Prohibits an expanded criminal history check to include certain criminal history information. Provides that an expanded criminal history check satisfies the division of aging's criminal history requirements.
Information provided by health practitioners. Requires specified licensed health practitioners to provide certain information related to the practitioner's work, including the practitioner's work with Medicaid patients, when renewing the practitioner's professional license online. Requires the Indiana professional licensing agency to: (1) compile the information collected into an annual report; (2) post a copy of the report on the agency's Internet web site; and (3) submit the report to the office of Medicaid policy and planning, the department of workforce development, the commission on improving the status of children, the legislative council, and the office of the attorney general. Specifies notice
Health matters. Provides that a law enforcement officer who is exposed to blood or body fluids may request to be included in the list of individuals who are provided with notification concerning exposure to a dangerous communicable disease. Specifies that HEA 1017- 2018 concerning newborn screening takes effect on July 1, 2018, instead of on April 1, 2018.
State parks. Requires that two (2) of the four (4) legislative members of the White River state park development commission must represent the legislative district that includes the White River State Park. Urges the legislative council to assign to a study committee the task of studying whether counties should be authorized to: (1) adopt an ordinance to impose a surcharge on fees collected within a state park; and (2) use the revenue from the surcharge to assist a unit of local government that provides police protection, fire protection, emergency medical services, or road repairs to the state park.
Sex offenders. Provides that, unless a court has granted a waiver, a sex offender who establishes a residence: (1) with the intent to reside at the residence; (2) within a one mile radius of the residence of the victim of the offender's sex offense; and (3) knowing the location of the victim's residence; commits invasion of privacy. Prohibits a sex offender from attending a house of worship located on school property while classes, extracurricular activities, or other school activities are being held.
Incorporation of documents. Standardizes terminology used to reference incorporated documents throughout IC 27. Specifies the date on which a particular version of an incorporated document must be in effect for the incorporated document to apply. Provides for the department of insurance to implement amendments to the version of a National Association of Insurance Commissioners document previously incorporated after required reporting of the amendment to the legislative council and standing insurance committees. Requires incorporated documents to be available as public records from the department of insurance in paper form and electronically on the department of insurance Internet web site. Makes conforming
Advanced practice registered nurses. Replaces the term "advanced practice nurse" with "advanced practice registered nurse" throughout the Indiana Code. Requires the Indiana state board of nursing to adopt rules concerning educational and certification requirements that an advanced practice registered nurse must meet to be authorized to prescribe drugs.
Regulation of water and wastewater systems. Provides that a public utility, conservancy district, or regional water or sewage district that is organized as a legal entity after June 30, 2018, to provide water or wastewater service to the public is subject to the jurisdiction of the Indiana utility regulatory commission for the period of 10 years beginning on the day on which it is organized as a legal entity. Amends the laws concerning the wastewater revolving loan program and the drinking water revolving loan program to require a demonstration that each participant to which a loan would be made has
Bonding procedures. Permits the following political subdivisions to sell bonds at a negotiated sale after June 30, 2018, and before July 1, 2021: (1) A consolidated city. (2) A second class city. (3) A school corporation located in a consolidated city or a second class city. (Current law requires a public sale of bonds.) Provides that this change does not apply to refinancing bonds and some revenue bonds that are dedicated to a limited purpose. Makes technical corrections.
Transport operator. Defines "disposable trailer". Requires the bureau of motor vehicles to issue a transport operator license plate to an operator of a tractor-mobile home rig or a special tractor-mobile home rig transporting a sectionalized building using a disposable trailer upon application for the license plates. Adds disposable trailers to a statutory list of vehicles that are not required to be registered. Makes conforming changes.
Pension supplemental allowance reserve accounts. Establishes supplemental allowance reserve accounts (reserve accounts) within the legislators' defined benefit plan, the state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan (EGC), the public employees' retirement fund (PERF), and the pre-1996 and 1996 accounts of the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund (TRF) for the purpose of paying postretirement benefit increases, thirteenth checks, and other benefit changes or adjustments granted by the general assembly after June 30, 2018. Requires that, after June 30, 2018, the state lottery commission (commission) transfer each quarter $7,500,000 of the surplus revenue from the
Streamlining agency reporting requirements. Repeals the requirement that the office of management and budget (OMB) perform a cost benefit analysis of certain rules for the three year period following the rules' effective dates. Repeals a statute that allows: (1) state agencies to submit comments on proposed legislation to OMB; and (2) OMB to review, amend, and transmit the comments to the legislative services agency for posting on the general assembly's web site. Eliminates or consolidates various state agency reporting requirements. Repeals the following: (1) Pilot program for state registration of privately certified individuals. (2) Family support program. (3) The early
Study of intersection safety. Urges the legislative council to assign to a study committee the task of studying safety at certain intersections not controlled by a traffic signal and drainage along rural roads.
Change of placement of a child in need of services. Requires that, before changing the out-of-home placement of a child who has been in the same out-of-home placement for at least one year, the department of child services (department) must file a motion requesting a change in placement and provide notice to the persons affected. Sets forth the procedures for the department to follow if the department determines the out-of-home placement of the child is placing the child's life or health in imminent danger. Requires the juvenile court to hold a hearing on the question if the person with whom
Department of child services notifications for schools. Requires the department of child services to notify the individual designated as the point of contact for a child's school if the child is removed from the child's home. Provides immunity from civil liability for: (1) a guardian ad litem program; (2) a court appointed special advocate program; (3) an employee of or volunteer for a guardian ad litem program or court appointed special advocate program; and (4) an individual acting as a contracted guardian ad litem; when a child is placed on a waiting list for guardian ad litem or court appointed
Freeway school corporations and schools. Provides that the state board of education (state board) shall, upon request by a freeway school corporation or a freeway school, waive certain educational benefit requirements for a period of not more than 36 months..Provides that a freeway school corporation or freeway school may receive a waiver for that freeway school corporation or freeway school only one time. Urges the legislative council to assign to the education interim study committee the task of studying the accreditation of elementary and high schools in Indiana.
Order to repair tax sale property. Provides that an order for necessary repairs originally issued by an enforcement authority under the unsafe building law to the owner of a vacant or abandoned property that is later sold at a tax sale may subsequently be enforced against the successful bidder at the tax sale. Organizes several tax sale definitions.
Sheriff's department retirement plans. Provides that certain sheriffs and county police officers are granted service credit in their respective county sheriff's department retirement plans for service to those county sheriff's departments before the effective dates of the county sheriff's department retirement plans. Provides that certain sheriffs and county police officers simultaneously waive their accrued service credit in the public employees' retirement fund for their service to those county sheriff's departments before the effective dates of the county sheriff's department retirement plans.
Child support. Provides that incarceration of a parent may not be considered to be voluntary unemployment in determining an amount to be ordered for support of a child. Provides that a court may modify the child support order, or approve a proposed modification, without holding a hearing if: (1) a petition to modify a child support order based on incarceration of a party is filed; and (2) after receiving notice, no party files an objection or request for a hearing within 30 days. Requires the child support bureau (bureau), beginning July 1, 2019, to notify both parties of each party's
Department of child services. Requires the department of child services (department) to describe in a child's case plan any efforts made by the department to coordinate with school officials in developing the case plan, if efforts to coordinate with school officials are made. Requires the department to provide information to the court to be made part of the court record if the department receives information that indicates that a parent, guardian, or custodian may have violated a dispositional order.
Safety notice of advanced structural buildings. Requires an individual applying for a building permit issued by a city, town, or county for a Class 1 or Class 2 structure after June 30, 2018, to disclose the use of advanced structural components on the building permit application. Requires the city, town, or county building commissioner to notify the local fire department and local 911 call center of a Class 1 or Class 2 structure's use of advanced structural components not later than 90 days after issuing a building permit. Directs a 911 telephone call center to maintain and relay information contained
Election security; absentee ballot counting. Makes the following changes concerning election security: (1) Permits a county election board (board) to apply to the secretary of state (secretary) for reimbursement of expenditures made by the county to secure and monitor facilities where voting systems and electronic poll books are stored. Provides that, if the secretary, with the consent of the election division (division), approves the application, the county may be reimbursed for all or part of the expenditures. (2) Allows each absentee ballot to be assigned a unique tracking number using IMb Tracing or a similar automated tracking method to provide
Riverboat admissions and supplemental wagering tax distributions. Provides that the Dearborn County council may vote to direct the county auditor to distribute 25% of the admissions and supplemental wagering taxes that are distributed to Dearborn County to cities and towns in the county where a riverboat is not located. Provides for the taxes to be distributed using a ratio. Sets forth how a city or town in Dearborn County may use the admissions and supplemental wagering taxes that are distributed.
FSSA matters. Adds representatives of organizations that represent people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities to the commission on rehabilitation services and the Medicaid advisory committee. Clarifies that outpatient home health services may be provided in other appropriate locations determined by the office. Changes the makeup of the drug utilization review board and the frequency with which the board is required to meet. Changes when a participant's funds remaining in the individual's healthy Indiana plan health (HIP) care account are refunded. Removes the HIP $25 copayment requirement for subsequent use of an emergency room for nonemergency services. Allows money in
Automobile dealers. Defines "vehicle right of use subscription program". Prohibits vehicle right of use subscription programs. Provides that a dealer or manufacturer may not impose a surcharge on a dealer for the sole purpose of recovering costs related to the reimbursement of a dealer for parts or labor. Requires a manufacturer to: (1) provide a dealer with written notification of the grounds upon which a claim is being charged back as a result of an audit; (2) provide dealers with a reasonable appeals process concerning certain fees, payments, and reimbursements; and (3) allow a dealer to cure certain administrative errors
Public funds and tax refund intercepts. Provides that certain restrictions requiring deposits of public funds to be made within the territorial limits of a political subdivision apply to funds invested in: (1) transaction accounts; and (2) certificates of deposit in a depository designated by the state board of finance but not by the local board of finance. Provides that an ordinance or resolution authorizing funds to be invested in such certificates of deposit expires not later than one year (rather than two years, under current law) after the ordinance or resolution is adopted. Revises the procedures involved when a political
Qualified egg banks. Amends, for purposes of the law regarding unlawful transfer of a human organism, the definition of "qualified third party" and changes the term to "qualified egg bank". Specifies qualifications for a physician overseeing medical services related to ovum cryopreservation. Specifies requirements that must be met by a fertility clinic or similar medical facility in order to be considered a qualified egg bank. Exempts from the criminal offense of unlawful transfer of a human organism the payment to or receipt by a qualified egg bank of an amount for: (1) the retrieval of a human ovum; (2) the
Child safety alerts. Specifies that missing endangered children are included in the silver alert program. Defines "missing endangered child" as a missing child who is incapable of returning to the missing child's residence because of physical or mental incapacities. Specifies that state police department guidelines may require that reports of a missing endangered child be sent to broadcasters and electronic billboard operators electronically or by other means of communication. (Current law specifies that guidelines may require that reports be sent by facsimile or other communications device.)
Study topics. Urges the legislative council to assign to an interim study committee the tasks of studying issues related to: (1) the establishment of a regional development tax credit; (2) inclusion of property assessed as residential in a property tax allocation area; and (3) certified technology parks.
Nutritional assistance. Urges the legislative council to assign for study to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying issues related to eligibility verification and monitoring, identity authentication, and work requirements for participation in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Medicaid program.
Action for contribution by railroad entities. Creates a right of action for contribution by a railroad entity against another person or entity that is not an employee of the railroad entity for claims that arise under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. Provides that, if a railroad entity enforces a right of contribution in the original action brought against the railroad entity, the plaintiff in the original action has the right to seek bifurcation of the plaintiff's claim, and have the plaintiff's claim heard in advance of the contribution claim of the railroad entity.
Vending machine sales of food. Eliminates (effective July 1, 2019) the provision in current law that specifies that food sold through a vending machine is not eligible for the sales tax exemption for food and food ingredients for human consumption.
Controlled substances. Adds the substance Mexedrone to the definition of "synthetic drug" and adds additional controlled substances to the existing statutory list of depressants, hallucinogens, and opiates classified as schedule I.
Registration of underground utility excavation contractors. Provides that a contractor that will perform one or more excavations or demolitions in Indiana under a contract with: (1) a communications service provider; or (2) a utility; must include in an entity filing filed with the secretary of state a statement that the contractor and its employees will comply with Indiana's 811 statute. Provides that a contractor that is a filing entity under the Uniform Business Organizations Code (Code) shall provide documentation of the contractor's compliance with the registration requirement to a communications service provider or a utility before entering into a contract
Study of taxes on short term rentals. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the task of studying the following: (1) The issue of which entities are required to collect sales tax on short term rentals. (2) The issue of whether local units can impose a local innkeeper's tax on short term rentals. Urges the legislative council to assign the topic of collecting and remitting state taxes in the peer-to-peer sharing economy.
Veterans matters. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles to issue a permanent parking placard to a disabled Hoosier veteran when requested.
Rape kits. Defines "kit" as the standard medical forensic examination kit for victims of a sex crime developed by the state police department. Requires the statewide sexual assault response team advisory council (council) to prepare a report regarding: (1) the feasibility of creating a kit tracking and testing data base; (2) the identity of the supervising agency or entity responsible for creating, operating, managing, and maintaining the kit tracking and testing data base; and (3) possible sources of funding for the kit tracking and testing data base. Requires the council to submit a report to the legislative council in an
Dyslexia. Requires the following: (1) A school multidisciplinary team must include information about dyslexia in a student's educational evaluation if the multidisciplinary team determines that the student is eligible to receive special education and related services and has or has characteristics of dyslexia. (2) Information about dyslexia must be: (A) discussed by the student's case conference committee if information about dyslexia is included in the student's educational evaluation; and (B) included in the student's individualized education program if the case conference committee determines that the information should be included. Provides that a school corporation and charter school's reading plan shall
Influenza information to residents. Requires an operator of a housing with services establishment to provide to residents certain information concerning influenza and influenza vaccinations. Specifies that an operator is deemed to be in compliance with the requirement if the operator provides a resident the latest vaccination information statement concerning influenza issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Implementation of federal food safety regulations. Amends the definition of "federal act" in the title governing health to recognize the amendments to the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (federal act). Adds a definition of "produce farm" in the title governing health. Allows the state health commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representative to enter and inspect certain produce farms. Requires certain produce farms to comply with certain federal requirements. Provides that the department may suspend the requirement to comply with the federal act if the federal government does not provide sufficient funds for
Voter list maintenance. Adds a requirement that the circuit court clerk permanently retain the minutes of all meetings of the county election board. Requires the county voter registration office to scan a paper document that creates, amends, or cancels an individual's voter registration record and attach the scanned image to the voter's file in the computerized list. Codifies current administrative procedures ("confidence factors") used by the Indiana election division to determine which potentially duplicate voter registration records to provide to county voter registration offices to assist the county in determining whether a voter of the county has registered more recently
Technical corrections. Resolves technical conflicts and addresses technical problems in the Indiana Code, including removal of obsolete citation style references to "IC 1971" and updating the list of statutes codified outside Title 34 that confer immunity from civil liability. Provides that the technical corrections bill may be referred to as the "technical corrections bill of the 2018 general assembly". Specifies that this phrase 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
1977 fund retirement age and benefits study. Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on pension management oversight or another appropriate interim study committee the task of studying the following: (1) A reduction from 52 to 50 the age at which a member of the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund (1977 fund) is eligible to receive an unreduced retirement benefit. (2) An increase from 1% to 1.5% in the amount of the additional retirement benefit payable to a 1977 fund member for each six months of active service over 20 years. (3)
Immunity for reports of suspected abuse or neglect. Provides immunity from civil and criminal liability for: (1) a person who assists with or participates; and (2) a health care provider who provides professional intervention; in an investigation by the department of child services resulting from a report that a child may be a victim of child abuse or neglect. Provides that the immunity provisions do not apply (1) to actions brought against qualified health care providers for medical malpractice; or (2) for a person who has acted with gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. Provides that: (1) an adult
Racial balance levy and fund. Repeals provisions regarding the racial balance levy and the racial balance fund. Provides that any money in a school corporation's racial balance fund on January 1, 2019, must be transferred to the school corporation's operations fund.
State department of health matters. Changes references to "methamphetamine laboratory" to "controlled substance". Amends the definition of "property" for purposes of operating a web site that lists properties that have been used in the illegal manufacture of a controlled substance. Authorizes the state department of health (state department) instead of the Indiana department of environmental management (department) to certify qualified inspectors and oversee the decontamination of a site that has been used in the illegal manufacture of a controlled substance. Transfers from the department to the state department powers, duties, records, property, and rules concerning decontamination of a site that
1977 fund purchase of service. Allows a member of the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund (1977 fund) to purchase service performed in Indiana as a full-time, fully paid police officer or firefighter for an employer that does not participate in the 1977 fund.
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating the Chesterton High School gymnastics team on winning the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) state championship.
Intersection safety study. Urges the legislative council to assign to a study committee the task of studying safety at certain intersections not controlled by a traffic signal and drainage along rural roads.
Battery offenses. Adds the following offenses to the statutory definition of "crime of violence": (1) Battery as a Level 2 felony. (2) Battery as a Level 3 felony. (3) Battery as a Level 4 felony. (4) Battery as a Level 5 felony. Adds a bailiff of any court and a special deputy to the definition of "public safety official" for purposes of the battery statute. Makes conforming amendments.
A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Senate President Pro Tempore David Long upon his retirement from the Indiana State Senate.
Children in need of services. Provides that a child who is: (1) a victim of certain offenses; and (2) unlikely to receive necessary care, treatment, or rehabilitation without the intervention of the court; is a child in need of services. Provides that a child who: (1) lives in the same household as an adult who committed an offense against another child who lives in the household that resulted in a conviction or judgment; or (2) lives in the same household as an adult who has been charged with an offense against another child who lives in the household and is
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating the Henry Poor Lumber Company on 100 years of business.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Floyd Central High School Orchestra on its victory at the 2017 Indiana State School Music Association's State Concert Finals.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename that section of U.S. 31 at mile markers 174 through 175 the "Indiana State Trooper Robert Lather Memorial Mile".
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION expressing opposition to the federal mandate that the State of Indiana enact and enforce a law requiring revocation of the driver's license of a person upon conviction of any drug offense, and urging Governor Holcomb to certify his opposition to the same to the United States Department of Transportation.
Trial records. Permits a victim (or the spouse or an immediate family member of a deceased victim) to obtain, free of charge, an electronic copy of the transcript of criminal proceedings in the victim's case. Requires a prosecuting attorney or victim assistance program to assist the victim, spouse, or immediate family member in obtaining the transcript.
Short term rentals. Provides the following with regard to short term rentals that are rented through a short term rental platform: (1) Provides that a short term rental of an owner's primary residence is a permitted residential use under any applicable ordinance and may not be disallowed. (2) Provides that, in the case of residential property that is not the person's primary residence, a local unit of government (local unit): (A) may require a special exception, special use, or zoning variance for the short term rental of the property; and (B) may not interpret and enforce zoning regulations for a
Community mental health center funding. Specifies the funding amounts that must be provided by counties to community mental health centers. Provides that a county's maximum funding amount for a year is equal to the maximum funding amount for the previous year multiplied by the percentage change in the county's general fund property tax levy, after subtracting circuit breaker credits (but provides that the maximum funding amount will not be less than the preceding year's maximum funding amount). Phases-in this change in the case of Marion County. Requires the department of local government finance (DLGF) to verify the maximum appropriation calculation
Issuance of hospital license. Requires, beginning January 1, 2019, the state department of health (state department) to issue a hospital license to a hospital that has received accreditation by recognized accrediting organizations for the period the recognized accrediting organization has been granted accreditation. Allows the state department to investigate complaints against an accredited hospital for substantial noncompliance with accredited standards when requested by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Requires the state department to conduct annual surveys for hospitals that are not accredited by a recognized accrediting organization. Requires the state department to conduct random validation surveys on behalf
Prior authorization for health care services. Specifies requirements for prior authorization of health plan coverage and claim payment, including provisions requiring electronic transmission of prior authorization requests and responses or, in certain circumstances, use of a standard prior authorization form established by the department of insurance.
Airport boards. Provides that on July 1, 2018, the advisory member of the board of the Indianapolis Airport Authority representing Morgan County becomes a full voting member of the board. Increases from five members to six members the number of appointments made by the mayor of Indianapolis to the board of the Indianapolis airport authority. Makes conforming changes. Makes the following changes with regard to the rotary fund of a board aviation commissioners (board): (1) Allows the rotary fund to be used for expenses incurred in operating a public fueling station (instead of only for fuel and oil purchases). (2)
Various state and local government streamlining matters. Provides that the journals, the enrolled acts, the session laws, and the Indiana Code may be distributed in paper or electronic format. Requires that copies of the journals, the session laws, and the Indiana Code must be provided to public libraries located in Indiana that participate in the federal depository library program. Permits the clerk of the house of representatives and the secretary of the senate (with respect to the journals) and the legislative council (with respect to the session laws and the Indiana Code) to specify a list of other public officials
Interlocal agreements. Allows a county to enter into an interlocal agreement with a municipality to use: (1) a municipal ordinance violations bureau; or (2) a city or town court; to dispose of county ordinance violations.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the 20th anniversary of the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS).
A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Senator Jim C. Smith upon his retirement from the Indiana State Senate.
A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Senator Doug Eckerty upon his retirement from the Indiana State Senate.
A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing "Farmworkers Awareness Week", the birthday of Cesar Chavez, and the work of Proteus, Inc.
Bullying. Provides that a school corporation is not required to report the number of incidents of bullying in the school corporation's annual school performance report. Provides that information reported by a school corporation relating to the number of incidents of bullying that occur may not be used in calculation of a school's annual school improvement grade. Provides that the department of education (department) must annually send notification via electronic mail or a letter to each school corporation explaining: (1) the school corporation's obligation to submit a report to the department containing the number of bullying incidents involving a student; and
Chiropractors. Amends the definition of "chiropractic". Removes certain acts that a chiropractor is prohibited from practicing. Provides that the board may adopt rules establishing health and sanitation standards for dry needling. Provides that accreditation of a chiropractic college for licensure purposes may be by a successor organization of the Accreditation Commission of the Council on Chiropractic Education. Requires that an applicant for a license to practice chiropractic must complete at least 90 semester hours of education after June 30, 2021. Prohibits an individual from using the title "chiropractor" unless the individual is a licensed chiropractor. Allows a chiropractor to perform
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the Indiana congressional delegation to support efforts to align 42 CFR Part 2 with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Unclaimed property. Provides, for purposes of the unclaimed property act, that a time deposit that is automatically renewable is considered matured upon the expiration of its initial period, unless: (1) the owner has consented to a renewal at the time of the account opening or at about the time of the renewal; and (2) the consent is in writing or is evidenced by the original account agreement or by any memorandum or other record on file with the holder of the account. (Current law does not specify that the owner's consent to renewal can occur at the time of the
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the Indiana federal congressional delegation to support efforts to assist victims of sexual assault by military members in obtaining justice through the Military Justice Improvement Act of 2017.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Phillip (Sean) Barrett upon his retirement from the Indianapolis Fire Department.
Marketplace contractors. Specifies conditions under which a marketplace contractor that uses a marketplace platform to connect with third parties seeking services is an independent contractor of the marketplace platform.
Study of injured public safety officer monument. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying the construction of an injured public safety officer monument.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the bridge along State Road 28 over U.S. Highway 31 after Tipton County Deputy Jacob Calvin.
Urging the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee the topic of school performance grades.
Honoring Representative Kathy Kreag Richardson.
Honoring Representative Bill Friend.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing Eric Wickens.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the 100th anniversary of Trinity Missionary Baptist Church.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the many accomplishments of the students, teachers, and administrators of Crown Point High School.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the officers and crew of the USS Indiana (SSN 789) on the successful construction, delivery, and commissioning of the Hoosier boat to the United States Navy.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the Winchester Community High School girls basketball team.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Kent and Shelley Johnson.
Supporting Taiwan's signing of the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) with the United States and reaffirming support for increasing Taiwan's international profile and for strengthening sister-state ties between Indiana and Taiwan
Honoring Representative Charlie Brown.
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating the Ivy Tech Community College campus in Crawfordsville, Indiana, on its fifth anniversary.
Recognizing Ivy Tech Community College Crawfordsville five year campus anniversary celebration.
Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Henry Poor Lumber Company in the greater Lafayette community.
Recognizing athletic trainers during National Athletic Training Month.
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee the topic of school performance grades.
Study of pharmacy deserts. Defines "pharmacy desert". Urges the legislative council to assign topics to a study committee concerning pharmacy deserts in rural and urban areas of Indiana.
Financial institutions and consumer credit. Makes various changes to the statutes concerning: (1) first lien mortgage lenders; (2) persons licensed under the Uniform Consumer Credit Code; (3) rental purchase agreements; (4) debt management companies; (5) banks; (6) savings banks; (7) credit unions; (8) pawnbrokers; (9) money transmitters; and (10) check cashers.
Juvenile reports. Requires certain reports concerning juveniles be provided at least 48 hours before a hearing.
Broadening criminal justice treatment options. Makes various changes to the criminal justice institute's annual report on the impact of criminal code reform on local units of government, the department of correction, and the office of judicial administration. Requires the report to be prepared in conjunction with the justice reinvestment advisory council (council). Adds probation departments, pretrial diversion programs, and jail treatment programs to programs that are eligible to apply for a state grant for community corrections. Replaces the Indiana judicial center with the office of judicial administration for purposes of: (1) submitting the community supervision collaboration plan; (2) approval of
Financing of flood control improvements. Authorizes the Indianapolis metropolitan development commission (commission), following a written recommendation from the board of public works and approval of the legislative body, to adopt an ordinance designating an area as a flood control improvement district (district) to capture incremental property tax revenue within the district to be used for the construction, replacement, repair, maintenance, or improvement of flood control works. Provides that only special flood hazard property may be included within the boundaries of a district. Defines "special flood hazard property" as property that on January 1, 2018, is situated in a special flood
Taking of sand from bed of Lake Michigan. Provides that sand taken from the bed or from under the bed of Lake Michigan pursuant to a permit from the department of natural resources (DNR) may only be deposited on the beach of Lake Michigan and may not be removed to any other place or used for any other purpose. Provides, however, that: (1) if a permittee dredges not more than ten cubic yards of sand from the bed or from under the bed of Lake Michigan within a 30 day period, the permittee is not required to deposit the sand
Uniform business organizations. Makes various technical amendments to the Uniform Business Organizations Code and Uniform Business Organization Transactions Act, including changes in provisions concerning information to be submitted in filings with the secretary of state, use of business names, registration of foreign entities, and administrative dissolution. Allows an entity that has had its registration revoked to apply to the secretary of state for reinstatement not later than five years after the date of revocation. Allows a domestic entity that has been administratively dissolved to apply to the secretary of state for reinstatement not later than five years after the date
Distressed utilities. Amends a provision in the statute concerning the acquisition of distressed water or wastewater utilities to require that, upon filing a petition with the utility regulatory commission (IURC) to include the cost differentials of the transaction as part of the acquiring utility company's rate base, the acquiring utility company must provide notice to its customers that the petition has been filed. (Current law requires the acquiring utility company to provide notice to its customers if the proposed acquisition will increase the utility company's rates by an amount that is greater than 1% of the utility company's base annual
Small loans. Allows the director of the department of financial institutions to take certain actions concerning the use of technology for oversight and enforcement of compliance with the law concerning small loans.
Employability skills curriculum. Provides that the department of workforce development will establish standards that provide students with career and college planning resources under the Indiana career explorer program and standards. (Current law provides that the department of workforce development will establish curriculum under the Indiana career explorer program and curriculum.) Provides that, not later than July 1, 2019, each school within a school corporation shall include interdisciplinary employability skills standards established by the department of education (department), in conjunction with the department of workforce development and approved by the state board of education, in the school's curriculum. Provides that, if
Operating while intoxicated. Removes the minimum age requirement for a person to be convicted of operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing death, and specifies that the defense to certain operating while intoxicated offenses involving the use of a controlled substance only applies if the defendant consumed the controlled substance in accordance with a valid prescription.
Disposal of surplus state personal property. Provides that surplus state personal property that is sold to the general public must be sold either at an auction conducted by an auctioneer licensed in Indiana or through an online auction. Provides that if an auctioneer is engaged to conduct the auction, the commissioner of the department of administration must give preference to an auctioneer who is a resident of Indiana to conduct the auction. Provides that when a state agency uses an Internet auction site to sell the agency's surplus property the purchasing agency shall give preference in selection of the Internet
Physician order for scope of treatment and consent. Provides that the definition of "cardiopulmonary resuscitation" (CPR) that applies to a do not resuscitate declaration also applies to a physician order for scope of treatment (POST) form. Adds licensed dentists, home health aides, and physician assistants to the definition of "health care provider" for purposes of a POST form. Establishes a priority order for who may provide consent if an adult is incapable of providing consent to health care. Provides exceptions to the priority order. Provides that if the individuals at the same priority level disagree as to the health care
Notarial acts. Makes technical changes to standardize language concerning registration of trademarks and regulation related to notarial acts. Specifies requirements related to notarial acts, including use of electronic documentation and technology for electronic notarial acts. Requires the secretary of state to adopt rules related to electronic notarial acts and remote notarial acts. Specifies requirements for remote notarial acts, including: (1) registration of a remote notary public; (2) certification of and record keeping related to remote notarial acts; (3) use of audio visual communication and recording; (4) verification of credentials; and (5) maintenance of records. Makes conforming amendments.
Continuing education requirements. Establishes continuing education requirements for licensed health care practitioners who apply for a controlled substances registration. Provides that the continuing education requirements expire July 1, 2025.
Suicide prevention. Provides that the division of mental health and addiction is responsible for the development and provision of a research based training program for health care providers concerning suicide assessment, training, and management that is: (1) demonstrated to be an effective or promising program; and (2) recommended by the Indiana Suicide Prevention Network Advisory Council. Requires emergency medical technicians to complete a research based training program concerning suicide assessment, treatment, and management that is: (1) demonstrated to be an effective or promising program; and (2) recommended by the Indiana Suicide Prevention Network Advisory Council. Requires that teachers and other
Child care. Specifies civil penalties for violations by child care providers of safe sleep related requirements. Requires deposit of all civil penalties in the division of family resources child care fund. Specifies that a child care ministry registration expires two years after issuance. Provides an administrative procedure for child care ministry application and registration denial, suspension, and revocation. Makes conforming amendments.
Vehicle weight limits. Excludes bulk milk from the definition of "overweight divisible load". Provides that the department of transportation (department) may issue an overweight permit for the transportation of bulk milk up to 100,000 pounds. Requires the department to issue an annual permit with a fee of $20 to an applicant for a bulk milk permit whose total equivalent single axle load calculation is equal to or less than 2.40 equivalent single axle load credit. Requires the department to issue a nondivisible overweight permit to an applicant for a bulk milk permit whose total equivalent single axle load calculation is
Unemployment insurance. Excludes worker's compensation and occupational diseases compensation payments from the definition of "wages" for unemployment insurance purposes. Establishes a flat fee of $12 as the employer's collection fee for withholding amounts from an individual's income to repay unemployment insurance benefit overpayments. Allows an individual to request a review by the commissioner of the department of workforce development or the commissioner's designee of an adverse decision following an administrative hearing in which the individual contests the income withholding.
Sentence modification. Requires a court to advise a defendant, before accepting a guilty plea, that the court will be bound by terms of a plea agreement both at the time of sentencing and with respect to sentence modification. Provides that a court may not, without the consent of the prosecuting attorney, reduce the sentence of a person sentenced under a plea agreement if the reduction was not authorized by the plea agreement. Provides that the prohibition against including a waiver of the right to sentence modification in a plea agreement does not prohibit finding that a person has waived the
1977 fund new unit credits for prior service. Provides, in the case of a unit (county, city, town, or township) that begins participation in the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund (1977 fund), that the unit and the member (firefighter, police officer, or emergency medical technician) may agree how to share the cost of acquiring credit in the 1977 fund for the member's prior service as a firefighter, police officer, or emergency medical technician. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on pension management oversight.)
Civil forfeiture. Requires the prosecuting attorney to file an affidavit of probable cause with a court not later than seven days after property is seized, and provides for the return of the property to the owner if the court does not find probable cause. Establishes a procedure for an owner of real property or of a vehicle (if the owner was not operating the vehicle at the time of the seizure) to obtain provisional custody of the seized property pending a final forfeiture determination. Makes the time limit for filing a forfeiture action: (1) 21 days, if the owner has
Maternal mortality review committee. Requires the state department of health (state department) to establish a statewide maternal mortality review committee (committee) until June 30, 2023, and sets forth membership and duties of the committee. Specifies confidentiality of records reviewed by the committee. Requires a health care provider or health care facility that has a patient who dies of a maternal mortality to report the death to the committee and sets forth immunity provisions for the provider or facility. Allows the committee to review maternal morbidity cases. Specifies records to which the committee may have access. Requires the committee to submit
Scleral tattooing. Defines "scleral tattooing". Prohibits the act of performing or offering to perform scleral tattooing. Provides an exception for the act of a licensed health care professional when the act is performed in the scope of the health care professional's practice. Provides that the attorney general: (1) has authority to receive and investigate complaints regarding violations of the statute; (2) may seek civil penalties of up to $10,000 per violation of the statute; and (3) may seek an injunction to restrain a person from continuing to violate the statute.
Out of state sex or violent offenders. Provides that a failure to register as a sex or violent offender for an offense originating from another jurisdiction is a Level 5 felony in certain instances.
Rural utility cooperatives. Amends the statutes concerning rural telephone cooperative corporations (cooperative corporations) as follows: (1) Specifies that for purposes of the statute, a "member" of a cooperative corporation means a person admitted to membership both under law and under the cooperative corporation's bylaws. (Current law provides that a member means a person admitted to membership under law or the cooperative corporation's bylaws.) (2) Allows for electronic notice of a meeting of the cooperative corporation's members. (3) Authorizes a cooperative corporation to include a provision in its articles of incorporation or its bylaws to allow any votes cast: (A) after
Specialized driving privileges. Provides that an individual's specialized driving privileges expire at the time the suspension of the individual's driving privileges is terminated if: (1) the underlying conviction, charge, adjudication, or determination that forms the basis of the suspension is reversed, vacated, or dismissed; or (2) the individual is acquitted of, found not liable for, or otherwise found not to have committed the underlying act or offense that forms the basis of the suspension. Requires the court to inform the bureau of motor vehicles of a termination of a suspension and expiration of specialized driving privileges.
Urging all Hoosiers to recognize April as National Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM).
Urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic treatment of first episode psychosis.
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of spousal support and educational support.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring former Indiana Governor Otis R. Bowen, M.D., on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
A SENATE RESOLUTION expressing the sincere gratitude and appreciation of the Indiana Senate to the Indiana Legislative Services Agency for its tireless work and dedication during the Second Regular Session of the One Hundred Twentieth General Assembly.
Honoring Representative Clyde Kersey.
Honoring Representative Scott Pelath.
A SENATE RESOLUTION expressing gratitude to Verizon Communications for its role in promoting and supporting the Indiana General Assembly's legislative internship program and scholarships.
Congratulating the Chesterton High School Speech and Debate Team.
Urging all Hoosier to recognize August as "Shingles Awareness and Improvement Month."
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 and to the dedicated chiropractors who participated.
Honoring Representative Linda Lawson.
Urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the task of studying revisions to the Uniform Consumer Credit Code.
A SENATE RESOLUTION expressing the Indiana State Senate's sincere appreciation to the Indiana State Medical Association and the Indiana Academy of Family Physicians for coordinating and operating the "Doctor of the Day" program and to the dedicated doctors who participated.
A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing the exceptional work and dedication of the Indiana State Senate employees.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Rebecca Walker Mortell on the occasion of her retirement from the Legislative Services Agency.
Urging the Legislative Council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee a fiscal, economic, and workforce development examination of Indiana's smoking rates.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Judy Stull on the occasion of her retirement from the Legislative Services Agency.
Recognizing the Workingman's Friend restaurant.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Pamela Landwer on the occasion of her retirement from the Legislative Services Agency.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring John Joseph Stieff on the occasion of his retirement as the Director of the Office of Code Revision, Indiana Legislative Services Agency.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Central Noble High School girls basketball team.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION fixing the date for the second regular technical session of the One Hundred Twentieth General Assembly.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging all Hoosiers to recognize "Electric Lineman Appreciation Day".
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename that segment of U.S. Highway 421 from the Jefferson/Ripley County line to the junction of U.S. Highway 421 and State Road 62 the "Major Samuel Woodfill Memorial Highway".
Home detention matters. Eliminates the requirement that a period of home detention ordered as a condition of probation must be at least 60 days. Allows a court to approve activities for an offender that do not require the offender to be confined to the offender's home at all times. Provides that an offender must maintain a working telephone, cellular telephone, or other wireless or cellular communications device in the offender's home as a condition of being on home detention.
Treatment of out-of-state convictions in sentencing. Provides that, for purposes of law regarding death sentences and sentences for felonies and habitual offenders, a Level 6 felony conviction includes a conviction in another jurisdiction for which the offender might have been imprisoned for more than one year but less than two and one-half years.
Honoring Representative Wes Culver.
Information for prospective adoptive parent. Requires the licensed child placing agency or local office that will conduct an inspection and submit a report to the court concerning a petition to adopt a child to provide and explain to a child's current foster parent and prospective adoptive parent a document containing contact information for individuals employed by the licensed child placing agency or local office in a supervisory capacity.
Libraries. Merges the Indiana historical bureau (bureau) into the Indiana state library (library) as a division of the library. (Current law specifies that the bureau and the library are separate divisions of the Indiana library and historical department (ILHD).) Specifies that: (1) the ILHD shall manage the library; and (2) the library shall manage the bureau. Requires the director of the library to appoint a deputy director of the bureau. (Current law requires the board of the ILHD to appoint a director of the bureau.) Makes the following changes to the membership of the state oversight committee on public records
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Carmel High School seniors selected as candidates for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.
Pretrial diversion. Provides that the initial user fee amount for a diversion agreement involving a misdemeanor is $50. Provides that the initial user fee amount for a diversion agreement involving a felony is $75. Allows a court to impose on a person an additional program fee or cost that is reasonably related to the person's rehabilitation. Prohibits a monthly user fee from being collected beyond the maximum length of a possible sentence. Makes conforming amendments.
Newborn screenings. Establishes when a blood sample must be taken from a newborn infant for testing for certain disorders. Provides that the time requirement for taking a blood sample does not apply to preterm infants or newborn infants who receive a total exchange blood transfusion.
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Zionsville High School seniors selected as candidates for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.
Honoring Representative Milo Smith.
Department of natural resources. Requires motorboats operated on waters of concurrent jurisdiction with the United States or another state to be equipped with certain combination lights. Exempts employees of a federal wildlife management agency, acting in accordance with a permit and the written consent of the director of the department of natural resources (department), from the prohibition on shooting from or across public highways. Allows the department to adopt rules authorizing the use of rifles on public property. Allows the use of rifles on privately owned land for hunting under certain conditions. Allows for fishing within 200 yards (rather than
Education benefits for veterans. Excludes from the determination of financial eligibility for need based financial aid certain benefits received by veteran students. Provides for state educational institution students who are members of the Indiana National Guard, the National Guard of a state contiguous to Indiana, the reserves, or armed forces who are on active duty or are called to active duty during an academic term to receive: (1) a tuition refund or credit; or (2) reenrollment in courses not completed due to active duty status.
Electronic powers of attorney, trusts, and wills. Allows a testator to execute an electronic will. Specifies requirements pertaining to the: (1) creation; (2) attestation; and (3) execution; of an electronic will. Allows video recordings of an electronic will's execution to be used for demonstrating: (1) proper execution of a will; (2) testator intent; (3) the mental state of a testator; (4) the absence of undue influence or duress with respect to a testator; and (5) verification of the individual identities involved in the execution of an electronic will. Provides exemplar instructions and advisory language to testators with respect to electronic
Registration of securities. Amends the list of securities transactions exempt from registration and notice filing requirements to: (1) remove obsolete and redundant cross references to federal law; (2) provide for use of federal Form D successor registration exemption forms for notice filings on transactions exempt from federal registration; (3) move: (A) from the law concerning registration of securities; and (B) to the law concerning registration exemptions; notice filing requirements for certain transactions; and (4) strike from the Tier 2 of federal Regulation A exemption a requirement that the transaction be part of a single issue. Provides a procedure for pending
Nursing facility Medicaid reimbursement rates. Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning to use the report card score published by the state department of health on June 30, 2017, to establish the nursing facility report card score measure of the nursing facility total quality score in determining reimbursement rates to nursing facilities for services provided to Medicaid recipients for the July 1, 2018, rate effective date.
Suspected human trafficking. Removes the requirement that a licensed health practitioner report that an adult patient is a suspected victim of human trafficking to a local law enforcement agency. Requires a licensed health practitioner to provide information concerning available resources and services to a patient who is a suspected victim of human trafficking.
Landowner immunity for trail access. Specifies that with respect to the statute that restricts a landowner's liability for an injury to a person or property caused by an act or failure to act of another person using the landowner's premises for certain recreational purposes, those purposes include another person going on or through the premises for the purpose of accessing a trail, a greenway, a park, or another similar area used for recreational purposes. Makes a technical change to include in the statute that lists Indiana Code provisions that: (1) are outside the Indiana Code title concerning civil law and
Code revision correction. Corrects a word processing error by restoring two provisions concerning the distribution of money for standardbred purposes that were inadvertently omitted from IC 4-35-7-12 when that statute was last amended in 2016. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the code revision commission.)
Dental hygienist access practice agreements. Allows a dental hygienist to practice dental hygiene in a location and without supervision under an access practice agreement with an access practice dentist. Specifies the requirements to provide dental hygiene services under an access practice agreement. Requires an access practice dentist to be available to provide emergency communication and consultation with the dental hygienist. Establishes record keeping requirements. Requires a dental hygienist who provides services under an access practice agreement to maintain malpractice liability insurance. Requires a signed consent form before providing services under an access practice agreement. Requires that certain written information be
Delinquent self-storage facility rents. Amends the statute concerning self-storage facilities to allow a facility owner (owner) to impose and collect from a renter a late fee that does not exceed the greater of: (1) $20; or (2) 20% of the monthly rent; for each month the renter is in default under the rental agreement. Authorizes an owner to recover from a renter all reasonable costs and expenses of: (1) rent collection; and (2) lien enforcement; incurred by the owner as a result of the renter's default. Specifies that an owner's lien under the statute includes a lien on the renter's
EMT use of injectable epinephrine. Requires the emergency medical services commission to establish training and certification standards for the administration of epinephrine through a prefilled syringe and a syringe and ampule by an emergency medical technician (EMT). Allows an EMT who has been certified to administer epinephrine through an auto-injector, a prefilled syringe, and a syringe and ampule.
Annexation remonstrance waivers. Permits a municipal works board to waive the requirement in a sewage works contract that a property owner releases the property owner's right to remonstrate against pending or future annexations by the municipality of the area served by the sewage works.
Diabetes reporting. Requires the state department of health (state department) to collaborate with the office of the secretary of family and social services and develop a strategic plan to identify and significantly reduce the prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes. Requires the state department to establish workgroups to assist with development of the strategic plan. Requires the state department to submit the strategic plan to the governor and the general assembly and to update the strategic plan every two years until July 1, 2026. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on public health, behavioral
Perinatal levels of care designation certification. Requires the state department of health to establish a program to certify perinatal levels of care designations for licensed hospitals and birthing centers that provide birthing services. Specifies requirements that must be met in order to operate as a perinatal center. Allows perinatal centers to perform peer review for the perinatal center, other hospitals, and other birthing centers that provide birthing services.
Electronic titles. Defines "certificate of title" as a record that: (1) contains evidence of vehicle ownership; (2) contains information related to the vehicle as required under the law governing certificates of title; and (3) can be issued either in a physical document or an electronic document. Defines "transferring party" as a person that: (1) is listed on the certificate of title as an owner of the vehicle; or (2) is acting as an agent of the owner and holds power of attorney for the owner of the vehicle. Requires a person who has a lien or encumbrance that is notated
Heat preparedness training for coaches. Provides that head coaches and assistant coaches who coach interscholastic sports or intramural sports must complete a certified coaching education course that includes content for prevention of or response to heat related medical issues that may arise from a student athlete's training.
State use program. Changes references of "person with a severe disability" to "individual with a disability" in the public purchasing laws and the laws concerning the committee for the purchase of products and services of individuals with a disability (committee). Defines "individual with a disability". Amends the definition of "qualified agency". Provides that a governmental body's purchasing agent must determine if a product or service is within 10% of the fair market price. Adds a nonvoting member to the committee who represents a central coordinating agency. Amends the requirements for a state use products and services catalog. Requires the committee
Newborn screening. Adds spinal muscular atrophy and severe combined immunodeficiency to the list of disorders in the newborn screening requirements.
Child care location and safety. Includes other weapons among the items that must be inaccessible to children in the care of certain child care providers, and amends accordingly the child care law concerning the list of imminent threats to children. Allows the division of family resources to waive the one year period after revocation during which a person may not apply for or be granted another license. Requires a child care provider to provide documentation from the county, city, or town that: (1) the child care provider meets all requirements of any applicable local ordinances; or (2) a business permit
Small cell wireless structures. Specifies that the statute concerning permits for wireless facilities and wireless support structures applies to permits issued by a permit authority to a communications service provider. Provides that a resolution, ordinance, or other regulation: (1) adopted by a permit authority after April 14, 2017, and before May 2, 2017; and (2) that designates an area within the jurisdiction of the permit authority as strictly for underground or buried utilities; applies only to communications service providers and those geographic areas that are zoned residential and where all existing utility infrastructure is already buried. Provides that, with respect
Bail issues. Provides that murder is not bailable if the state proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the proof is evident or the presumption strong.
Residence of individual in state institution. Provides that an individual committed to an institution for individuals with a mental illness may state either of the following, but not both, as the individual's residence for purposes of voting: (1) The address of the institution where the individual has been committed. (2) The address where the individual lives when the individual is not committed to an institution. (Under current law, such an individual does not gain residency in the precinct in which the institution to which the individual is committed is located.)
A SENATE RESOLUTION to recognize and honor the Senate Democratic Caucus Interns for their service during the Second Regular Session of the One Hundred Twentieth Indiana General Assembly.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Lawrence County, Indiana, Bicentennial.
A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring the 2018 Senate Majority interns and thanking them for their service to the Indiana General Assembly.
Honoring Representative Steven R. Stemler.
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating WSLM Radio on its 65th anniversary of radio broadcasting.
Foster parent bill of rights. Requires the department of child services (department), in collaboration with: (1) current foster parents; (2) child placing agencies; and (3) other individuals and organizations with expertise in foster care services; to develop and update a statement of the rights of a foster parent. Requires that the statement of the rights of a foster parent summarize the rights and responsibilities of a foster parent. Requires the department to distribute and publish on the department's Internet web site the statement of the rights of a foster parent.
A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Congresswoman Virginia Jenckes on the 80th anniversary of the end of her tenure as the first female United States Representative for the State of Indiana.
Duties of corrections and criminal code interim study committee. Provides that the interim study committee on corrections and criminal code shall review current trends with respect to criminal behavior, sentencing, incarceration, and treatment and may: (1) identify particular needs of the criminal justice system that can be addressed by legislation; and (2) prepare legislation to address the particular needs found by the committee. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on corrections and criminal code.)
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the St. Louis Catholic Church of Batesville, Indiana, on the occasion of its 150th anniversary.
Maximum number of foster children. Increases from five to six the number of children who may be supervised in a foster family home.
Appraisal management companies. Provides that an appraisal management company that engages a real estate appraiser as an independent contractor as described in the statute concerning appraisal management companies to perform an appraisal shall pay the real estate appraiser for the appraisal not later than: (1) the deadline indicated by the payment terms set forth in: (A) the contract or agreement between the appraisal management company and the real estate appraiser; or (B) the real estate appraiser's invoice, if such a contract or agreement: (i) does not exist; or (ii) exists but does not specify any payment terms; or (2) 45
Honoring those who have served as legislative interns for the Indiana House of Representatives during the Second Regular Session of the 120th Indiana General Assembly.
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating the Dawalt Funeral Home on its 110th year of dedication and service to the Washington County community.
Carbon monoxide emissions testing. Provides that a fire department established by a: (1) county; (2) city; (3) town; or (4) township; or a volunteer fire department may provide vehicular carbon monoxide testing (testing) to the owner of a motor vehicle. Requires testing to be offered to the owner of a motor vehicle without charge. Specifies the manner in which testing is to be conducted. Specifies certain paperwork and record keeping requirements. Provides that a test administrator's good faith effort to properly conduct a vehicular carbon monoxide test immunizes the test administrator from civil liability and all associated damages, including punitive
Cemetery maintenance expenses. Defines "immediate maintenance needs" of a cemetery and specifies that the income from a cemetery's perpetual care fund may be used to meet the cemetery's immediate maintenance needs. Provides that money in a cemetery's perpetual care fund may be invested in certificates of deposit, mutual funds, money market mutual funds, and other interest bearing accounts or funds. Allows a cemetery to obtain maintenance funds from the state consumer protection fund for cemetery maintenance (fund) if the appreciation and income of the principal of the cemetery's perpetual care fund are not sufficient to meet the cemetery's immediate maintenance
Administration of overdose intervention drugs. Provides that community corrections officers and probation officers may administer an overdose intervention drug. Requires community corrections officers and probation officers to report the use of an overdose intervention drug to the emergency ambulance service responsible for reporting the use to the Indiana emergency medical services commission. Requires that persons permitted to administer an overdose intervention drug must receive education and training on drug overdose response and treatment, including the administration of an overdose intervention drug before the person may administer an overdose intervention drug. Provides civil immunity to community corrections officers and probation officers
Township board terms of office. Provides for the staggering of the terms of the members of township boards (other than township boards in Marion County) beginning with the 2022 general election. Establishes a process for filling vacancies and resolving ties for township board offices being elected during an election at which staggered terms are implemented.
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Knapp Miller Brown Insurance on serving the residents of Washington County for 100 years.
Recreation fund expenditures. Provides that expenditures for contraband detection equipment are permissible expenditures of money in a patients' recreation fund, students' recreation fund, or inmates' recreation fund maintained by a psychiatric, benevolent, penal, or correctional institution.
County building authorities. Authorizes the municipal county seat of a county building authority to withdraw its membership from the building authority. Provides that in the case of a withdrawal, the county fiscal body appoints the trustee formerly appointed by the municipal fiscal body, and the county executive appoints the trustee formerly appointed by the municipal executive. Provides that if the building authority has any bonds or other obligations outstanding, a municipality may not withdraw from the building authority if the withdrawal will impair the ability of the building authority to pay the bonds or other obligations.
State agriculture and animal certification programs. Removes responsibilities concerning the Indiana organic peer review panel from the duties of the Indiana state department of agriculture. Repeals certain statutes concerning the following: (1) Indiana organic certification accreditation. (2) Certification of agricultural products. (3) Livestock certification. Relocates statutes concerning livestock certification to the animal health law. Makes conforming amendments.
Student possession and use of sunscreen. Provides that a student may possess and use a topical, non-aerosol sunscreen product while on school property or at a school sponsored event or activity without being required to: (1) have a physician's note or prescription; or (2) store the topical, non-aerosol sunscreen product in a specific location; if the product is regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration for over-the-counter use for the purpose of limiting ultraviolet light-induced skin damage. Allows school personnel to assist a student in applying the sunscreen if the school has written permission from the student's parent
NCSL 2020 Legislative Summit. Establishes the NCSL 2020 Legislative Summit host committee.
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of a direct primary care pilot program for Indiana Medicaid and Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) participants.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Northwestern High School girls basketball team.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Pastor Jeffrey A. Johnson Sr.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the community of Celestine on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of its founding.
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the Indiana federal congressional delegation to support efforts to modify the United States Bankruptcy Code venue requirements.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Mason Parris.
Honoring Representative David Ober.
Honoring Representative Greg Beumer.
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the Indiana General Assembly to study the impact that pregnant women have on the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP).
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Nick Goepper on winning the silver medal in men's freeski slopestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.
Honoring Representative Jim Baird.
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of a comprehensive review of school safety issues with the goal to do whatever is necessary to protect Hoosier children in our schools.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Debbie Rzepczynski, Lake County Public Library employee.
Honoring Representative Tom Washburne.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Lake County Public Library.
Recognizing a memorial dedicated to forgotten women that have worked, served, fought, and died defending our country.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Dr. Wendy Robinson on her selection as the 2018 Indiana Superintendent of the Year.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Jerome Flewelling.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the commissioner of the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the section of U.S. Highway 50 and Jennings County Road 150 N. on the west side of North Vernon to just off the old U.S. Highway 50 on the east side as it approaches the Muscatatuck River as the "Officer Anthony Burton and Reserve Officer Lonnie Howard Memorial Highway".
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the Legislative Council to assign the topic of the Compact for a Balanced Budget Amendment to the appropriate interim study committee.
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to establish a study committee to study issues related to the Department of Child Services.
Recognizing women in law enforcement.
Recognizing the Indiana Association of Career and Technical Education Districts.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Larry A. Landis on his retirement from the Indiana Public Defender Council.
Recognizing Omega Psi Phi.
Sunday carryout sales. Allows the following to sell alcoholic beverages for carryout on Sunday from noon until 8 p.m.: (1) A package liquor store, grocery store, convenience store, or drug store. (2) A restaurant that satisfies the requirements to sell carryout. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the alcohol code revision commission.)
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Jim Wildermuth for being named the 2017 Indiana Rural Teacher of the Year.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION commemorating the 50th anniversary of Senator Robert Kennedy's speech on April 4, 1968, following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Whitko High School art students who participated in the 48th World School Children's Art Exhibition.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Indiana Task Force One.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing St. John Baptist Church in Gary on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its founding.
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign the topic of autism and public education to the appropriate study committee.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Orleans Dogwood Festival on its 50th anniversary.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Earl Smith, Jr. on his induction into the 2018 Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.
Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Recognizing and acknowledging the significant contributions that American Sikhs have made across the United State and to the State of Indiana on the occasion of Vaisakhi as "National Sikh Day".
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Dr. Thomas Kazee and Dr. Sharon Kazee upon their retirements as President and first lady of the University of Evansville.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the Girl Scouts.
A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring WaTasha Barnes-Griffin, Terry Whitt Bailey, Sylvia Bogle, Joyce and Edward Foggs, Vivian Conley, and others for their many contributions to Madison County, Delaware County, and the state during Black History Month 2018.
Recognizing National Speech and Debate Education Day.
Recognizing "Farmworkers Awareness Week", the birthday of Cesar Chavez, and the work of Proteus, Inc.
Honoring the Union Benefica Mexicana.
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the issue of maximizing the underutilized economic resources of Gary, Indiana.
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign the topic of establishing a voluntary paid family and medical leave program to the appropriate study committee.
Urging the government of Turkey to cease its discrimination against the Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Orthodox Christian Church.
Recognizing the Indiana State Bar Association Leadership Development Academy.
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating the Terre Haute Fire Department on its 150th anniversary.
Recognizing the "Keep Noblesville Beautiful" organization.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Fishers High School "We The People" team.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION commemorating Frederick Douglass.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Dubois County on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of its founding.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing Gunner James Burnam.
Congratulating the Warren Central High School Winter Guard.
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Salem Apothecary on serving the pharmacy needs of Washington County residents for 140 years.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Jane Seigel on her retirement from the Indiana Office of Court Services after twenty years of service.
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging Governor Holcomb to recognize September as Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month.
Congratulating the South Newton High School 4-H soil judging teams.
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Evelynn Byrum on being named one of the Distinguished Finalists for Indiana's Top Youth Volunteers of 2018.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging continued recognition of The Jennifer Act.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Martinsville High School Academic Decathlon team on winning its nineteenth state championship.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the St. Joseph High School baseball team on their 2017 IHSAA Class 3A state championship.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing Dr. Kevin Rodgers.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Elliot Cox on winning the 2017 SuperKarts! USA ProTour national championship in the Micro Swift class.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing FFA and all of its work to advance the quality of agricultural education both locally and nationally.
Congratulating Ben Davis High School football team.
A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing the Indiana State Bar Association Leadership Development Academy.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Lafayette Central Catholic High School girls volleyball team.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate the State of Israel on the occasion of its seventieth anniversary, and to recognize the deep relationship between the State of Indiana and Israel.
Recognizing the use of physical therapy as a safe alternative to opioids.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Lewis Cass High School marching band for winning the 2017 Class C Indiana State School Music Association ("ISSMA") marching band competition.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring volunteer firefighters.
A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing foreign exchange students in Indiana.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing Lieutenant Aaron Allan.
Recognizing Brown-Mack Funeral Home on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its establishment.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Indiana Arts Education Day at the Statehouse.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Carmel High School marching band.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Indiana Economic Development Association on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its founding.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating WTLC-FM on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its creation.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Purdue University cheerleading team.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the bicentennial of Randolph County.
A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing and acknowledging the significant contributions that Sikhism has made across the United States and to the State of Indiana.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Superintendent Ryan Snoddy.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the bicentennial of Winchester, Indiana.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Dr. Linda L. M. Bennett on her retirement from the Presidency of the University of Southern Indiana.
A SENATE RESOLUTION to honor Gary McKinney upon his retirement as the Environmental/Brownfield Specialist for the city of Anderson.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Southridge High School football team on winning the Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class 2A state championship.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Cynthia Brinker upon her retirement from the University of Southern Indiana.
A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring foster families for their support in serving and caring for Indiana's most vulnerable children.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Pioneer Junior-Senior High School football team on winning the Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class A state championship.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the New Palestine High School girls softball team for winning the 2017 Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class 3A state championship title.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate committee the topic of redistricting issues.
Congratulating Francis Joseph Reitz High School on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its founding.
A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing the Lake County Parks Board on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
Recognizing the Seventh Annual Bill Johnson Black Film Festival.
Recognizing the Indianapolis Section of the National Council of Negro Women, Inc.
Memorializing Donnie M. Thomas.
Memorializing Carl Swenson.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Ball State University on Ball State Day.
A SENATE RESOLUTION concerning signage at major points of entry to Indiana to encourage people from border states to live and work in Indiana.
Celebrating Black History Month.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the work of the United Association of Union Plumbers, Pipefitters, Welders, Sprinklefitters and Service Techs of the United States and Canada on their Veterans in Piping Program.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the 25th anniversary of the Indiana Minority Health Coalition.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Alpha Kappa Alpha Day at the Capitol.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the East Central High School football team on winning the Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class 4A state championship.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Bethany Galat on winning the silver medal in the 200 meter breaststroke at the 2017 FINA World Championships.
A SENATE RESOLUTION remembering Mike Jenkins, victim of CTE, on CTE Awareness Day, January 30, 2018.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging Governor Eric Holcomb to recognize August 3 as Indiana Ernie Pyle Day.
Congratulating Pleasant View Elementary School on their selection as a Blue Ribbon School.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Dr. Jerry Thacker on being named the 2017 Outstanding Educator by the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the North Clay Middle School girls cross country team.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Glenn Northern on his receipt of the 2018 Outstanding High School Music Educator of the Year award.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the University of Indianapolis football team on finishing the 2017 regular season with a perfect 11-0 record for the first time since 1953.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Penn High School girls soccer team on their second straight Class 3A state championship title.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Val Hilbun, the 2017 Court Appointed Special Advocate Volunteer of the Year.
Congratulating College Wood Elementary School on its selection as a Blue Ribbon School.
Recognizing Joe Mays.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Purdue University football team on winning the 2017 Foster Farms Bowl.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Allan Gilbert Whitlow.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing National Human Trafficking Awareness Day 2018.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Hoosier long term care professionals.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the town of Fremont, Indiana, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of its incorporation.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION commemorating the 200th anniversary of Freemasonry in Indiana.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the Prairie Heights International Thespian Troupe #7436.
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Frank Lucchese on his retirement.
A SENATE RESOLUTION celebrating Dr. S. Bernard Vagner on the occasion of his 100th birthday.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Indiana Military Veterans Hall of Fame and the 2017 inductees.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Reitz Memorial High School boys soccer team on winning the Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class 2A state championship title.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Indiana's Credit Unions for building a memorial honoring Hoosier veterans.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the Lanesville High School baseball team.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Bunker Hill Elementary School on its 100th anniversary.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Reitz Memorial High School football team on winning the Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class 3A state championship title.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Reitz Memorial High School girls soccer team on winning the Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class 2A state championship title.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the recognition of January 2018 as Cervical Cancer Screening and Awareness Month.
Urging Governor Holcomb to recognize September as Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month.
A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Stephen Ford upon his retirement from the Madison County Health Department.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Addison Agen.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the William Henry Harrison High School boys soccer team.
A SENATE RESOLUTION concerning the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance programs in Lake and Porter counties.
A SENATE RESOLUTION supporting Taiwan's signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States and reaffirming support for increasing Taiwan's international profile and for strengthening sister-state ties between Indiana and Taiwan.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to convene a Joint Session of the One Hundred Twentieth General Assembly of the State of Indiana.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to convene a Joint Session of the One Hundred Twentieth General Assembly of the State of Indiana.
A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Saint Wendel Catholic School on achieving the highest ISTEP passing scores in Indiana for Spring 2017.
Honoring George Kristo on his retirement as the Executive Director of the Hamilton County Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs.
A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Senator Brandt Hershman upon his retirement from the Indiana State Senate.
A SENATE RESOLUTION authorizing the Postmaster of the Indiana Senate to receive from the Postmaster of the City of Indianapolis all mail belonging to the Senate.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to allow the House of Representatives and the Senate of the 120th General Assembly to adjourn and recess separately throughout the Second Regular Session for periods in excess of three consecutive days as the need, in the judgment of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, respectively, may arise.