2019 Regular Session

Honoring retired Navy Captain, Sarah J. Watlington, for her many contributions to the community in Tippecanoe County, the state of Indiana, and the United States of America.

Sponsor: Sheila Klinker

A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Jack Reid upon his retirement from the Indiana Senate.

Sponsor: James Merritt

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: Rodric Bray

A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating the Carmel High School boys basketball team on its 2019 Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) 5-A boys basketball state championship victory.

Sponsor: J.D. Ford

A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to designate the pathway along the U.S. Highway 150 connector between Terre Haute and West Terre Haute as the Max Miller Memorial Pathway.

Sponsor: Jon Ford

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Mr. Hurley C. Goodall.

Sponsor: Sue Errington

A SENATE RESOLUTION in honor of Senator Frank Mrvan and urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the topic of the shortage of school counselors in Indiana's high schools.

Sponsor: Frank Mrvan

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring all Hoosier "Rosie the Riveters".

Sponsor: Eric Koch

Honoring Mike Rethlake for owning and operating the last full service gas station in Kokomo as a family business.

Sponsor: Michael Karickhoff

A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating St. Paul Catholic School on being named a Four Star School for the 2017-2018 school year.

Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau

A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Valparaiso High School on being named a Four Star School for the 2017-2018 school year.

Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau

Recognizing Destiny Rutzel.

Sponsor: Randall Frye

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the 2018 West Lafayette High School football team.

Sponsor: Sheila Klinker

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the success of Franklin Community High School Choirs.

Sponsor: John Young

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Hamilton Southeastern High School and Fishers Junior High School "We the People" teams.

Sponsor: Victoria Spartz

Recognizing Omega Psi Phi.

Sponsor: Vernon Smith

Honoring Mr. Craig Severns as the president of Coca-Cola Kokomo.

Sponsor: Michael Karickhoff

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing McCutcheon High School gymnast Crysta Dilley.

Sponsor: Sheila Klinker

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Hoosier long-term care professionals.

Sponsor: Karlee Macer

Congratulating the Lake Central Dance Team.

Sponsor: Chris Chyung

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the 100th anniversary of Indiana Farm Bureau.

Sponsor: Jean Leising

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Mr. Jack E. Disher for his service in the United States Army during the Korean War.

Sponsor: Sue Errington

A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating the Carmel High School Boys Swimming and Diving Team on their Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) 2019 State Championship.

Sponsor: J.D. Ford

A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Union Center Elementary School on being named a Four Star School for the 2017-2018 school year.

Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau

Congratulating the Highland Challenger League as the 2018 Little League Challenger Division World Champions.

Sponsor: Wendy McNamara

A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Covenant Christian High School on being named a Four Star School for the 2017-2018 school year.

Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau

A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Benjamin Franklin Middle School on being named a Four Star School for the 2017-2018 school year.

Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau

Urging that public agencies only use American steel for public works projects.

Sponsor: Lisa Beck

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing and congratulating Pearl E. Bassett as a civil rights champion and pillar of Grant County, Indiana.

Sponsor: Kevin Mahan

A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Cooks Corners Elementary School on being named a Four Star School for the 2017-2018 school year.

Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Pioneer High School softball team on winning the 2018 Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class A state championship title.

Sponsor: Randall Head

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Jonathan Arndt on being named the 2019 Advanced Placement ("AP") Midwestern Region Teacher of the Year.

Sponsor: Randall Head

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the 2019 Portage High School girls bowling team.

Sponsor: Charles Moseley

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the 125th anniversary of the Caroline Scott Harrison Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.

Sponsor: Christy Stutzman

A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring James Goodhue on his retirement as Director of the Jasper High School bands.

Sponsor: Mark Messmer

A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating the Warren Central High School Football team on winning the 2018 Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class 6A State Championship.

Sponsor: Michael Crider

A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of worker misclassification reporting by state agencies.

Sponsor: David Niezgodski

A SENATE RESOLUTION urging Legislative Services Agency ("LSA") to conduct a comprehensive, data-focused study examining factors that have led to school shootings and violence in Indiana and the United States.

Sponsor: John Ruckelshaus

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION celebrating the 100th anniversary of Purdue University's "All-American" Marching Band at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's Indianapolis 500.

Sponsor: Sheila Klinker

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Fort Wayne Carroll High School gymnastics team on winning the 2019 Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") regional championship.

Sponsor: Elizabeth Brown

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Karen Vaughn for her advocacy for people with disabilities.

Sponsor: Vaneta Becker

Urging Governor Eric Holcomb to recognize October as Eczema Awareness Month in Indiana.

Sponsor: David Frizzell

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Andrean High School boys basketball team on winning the 2019 IHSAA Class 2A State Championship.

Sponsor: Carolyn Jackson

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Gary Johnson for 40 years in ministry and upon his transition from Lead Servant of Indian Creek Christian Church to Executive Director at e2: effective elders.

Sponsor: Aaron Freeman

A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Heavilin Elementary School on being named a Four Star School for the 2017-2018 school year.

Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau

A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing March as Women's History Month and honoring notable Hoosier women.

Sponsor: Jean Breaux

Honoring Michael Bertram for his accomplishments.

Sponsor: Ronald Bacon

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the 50th anniversary of the Duneland School Corporation.

Sponsor: Charles Moseley

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Rensselaer Central High School livestock judging team on winning the 2017 FFA National Livestock Judging Competition and participation in a 2018 international competition.

Sponsor: Brian Buchanan

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce on its 125th anniversary.

Sponsor: Sue Errington

Congratulating First Farmers Bank and Trust on its upcoming expansion in Tippecanoe County.

Sponsor: Sheila Klinker

Urging the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee the topic of off road vehicle helmet requirements in Indiana.

Sponsor: Ronald Bacon

Recognizing the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. 100th Central Regional Conference for the Central Region, March 28-31, 2019.

Sponsor: Vanessa Summers

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing Charles Beckner.

Sponsor: Mark Messmer

Congratulating the North Judson-San Pierre High School girls volleyball team.

Sponsor: Jim Pressel

A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating the Marquette Catholic girls basketball team on their Class A basketball championship.

Sponsor: Karen Tallian

A SENATE RESOLUTION celebrating the 163rd anniversary of the Theta Chi Fraternity.

Sponsor: J.D. Ford

A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating the Warren Central High School Boys Basketball team on winning the 2018 Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class 4A State Championship.

Sponsor: Michael Crider

A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing the Plymouth High School Robotics Club.

Sponsor: Randall Head

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: Rodric Bray

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing Boone County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob M. Pickett.

Sponsor: Donna Schaibley

Recognizing the Robert A. Taft Middle School Dance Team state champions.

Sponsor: Lisa Beck

A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing Billy Martin's Store and the Martin family for their legacy and contributions as small business owners in meeting the needs of the Martinsburg community for 160 years.

Sponsor: Erin Houchin

A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring the Rotarians of Rotary District 6580.

Sponsor: Ronald Grooms

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the 2018 Rensselaer Central High School livestock judging team on winning first place at the 2018 National 4-H Livestock Judging Competition.

Sponsor: Brian Buchanan

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the 2018-2019 Tabernacle Christian School varsity basketball teams on winning Indiana Association of Christian Schools (IACS) Division I State Championships.

Sponsor: Peggy Mayfield

A SENATE RESOLUTION memorializing Rising Sun Police Chief David Hewitt.

Sponsor: Clyde Perfect

Honoring Representative Dave Frizzell.

Sponsor: Robert Behning

A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee the topic of how to improve the structure and utilization of the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) assessment used by the Department of Child Services (DCS).

Sponsor: David Niezgodski

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the 50th anniversary of the Otwell High School Millers boys basketball Washington sectional championship.

Sponsor: Mark Messmer

Congratulating Cameron Gilman on earning the rank of Eagle Scout.

Sponsor: Sheila Klinker

Congratulating Bicknell, Indiana on its 150th anniversary.

Sponsor: Bruce Borders

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Ruth D. Hill on the occasion of her 90th birthday.

Sponsor: Dennis Zent

Honoring Mrs. Lois Speece on the occasion of her 100th birthday.

Sponsor: Sheila Klinker

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Hadley Hawkins for winning the 2018 Indiana State Youth of the Year Award.

Sponsor: Eric Koch

Recognizing Christ Missionary Baptist Church of Indianapolis on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.

Sponsor: Cherrish Pryor

A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Mr. Ronald Cunningham.

Sponsor: Randall Head

Recognizing Martin Center, Inc. on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.

Sponsor: Cherrish Pryor

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing Dorothy Weitz Drummond.

Sponsor: Matt Pierce

A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing foreign exchange students in Indiana.

Sponsor: Eric Bassler

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Alpha Kappa Alpha Day at the Capitol.

Sponsor: Vanessa Summers

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION fixing the date for the First Regular Technical Session of the One Hundred Twenty First General Assembly.

Sponsor: Rodric Bray

A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Jim Kessler upon his retirement as Head Men's Basketball Coach at Grace College.

Sponsor: Ryan Mishler

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing James and Naomi Beckner.

Sponsor: Mark Messmer

A SENATE RESOLUTION to recognize the Indiana Heritage Fellowship award and the contributions by its recipients to art and culture throughout Indiana.

Sponsor: Eric Koch

Honoring Pastor Charles Walter.

Sponsor: Sheila Klinker

A SENATE RESOLUTION memorializing Ted Ziemer's lifelong commitment and contributions to the State of Indiana.

Sponsor: Vaneta Becker

Honoring the 40th anniversary of the Indiana-Taiwan sister-state relationship.

Sponsor: David Frizzell

Honoring the University of Southern Indiana Chamber Choir and Conductor Daniel Craig, and congratulating the Chamber Choir on winning the 2018 Mayo International Choral Festival Premiere Competition.

Sponsor: Wendy McNamara

Honoring Joe Vanable on serving the community of greater Lafayette for 20 years and for his contribution to the National Alliance for Mental Illness, Indiana.

Sponsor: Sheila Klinker

Regarding the Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance that was approved at the 2018 annual meeting of the American Law Institute.

Sponsor: Matthew Lehman

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Dennis Intermediate School students and Principal Nicole VanDervort.

Sponsor: Bradford Barrett

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing Mr. John Lingenfelter.

Sponsor: Matthew Lehman

A SENATE RESOLUTION memorializing Stephen William Hadley.

Sponsor: Jack Sandlin

Congratulating Ariana Kanaya and Grace Bentkowski for winning first place in broadcast news production at the 2019 Indiana Business Professionals of America State Conference.

Sponsor: Chris Chyung

Honoring Paul "P.G." Gentrup assisting and recognizing veterans and their families for their service.

Sponsor: Randall Frye

Recognizing the Lake Central Hockey Team for being selected to participate in the Chipotle-USA Hockey High School Division 1 National Championship.

Sponsor: Chris Chyung

A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Olivia Taylor on her dance career and for representing the United States at the International Dance Organization Ballet, Jazz, and Modern World Dance Championship in Poland.

Sponsor: Vaneta Becker

A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Gabrielle Mullins on her achievements in dance and for representing the United States at the International Dance Organization Ballet, Jazz, and Modern World Dance Championship in Poland.

Sponsor: James Merritt

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 First Regular Session of the One Hundred Twenty First General Assembly.

Sponsor: Rodric Bray

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Mr. Jeffrey Rudkin, Batchelor Middle School, and the student-run B-TV video production program.

Sponsor: Jeff Ellington

Recognizing Tri Kappa of Auburn's DeKalb County Pink Out.

Sponsor: Ben Smaltz

Congratulating Diversified Marketing Strategies, Inc. on being named a 2018 Solution Provider All Star Award winner by Constant Contact.

Sponsor: Lisa Beck

Recognizing the United Negro College Fund on the occasion of its 75th anniversary.

Sponsor: Cherrish Pryor

Honoring Mr. Jonathan Agular as a ROSE Award Nominee for his contribution to the city of Indianapolis in the tourism industry.

Sponsor: Mara Reardon

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Marquette Catholic High School girls basketball team on winning the 2019 Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class A state championship title.

Sponsor: Mike Bohacek

Various gaming matters. Authorizes sports wagering at riverboats, racinos, a Vigo County casino, and satellite facilities. Provides for the administration and conduct of sports wagering. Imposes initial and annual fees on a licensed owner, operating agent, vendor, or permit holder conducting sports wagering. Imposes initial and annual licensing fees on vendors conducting sports wagering. Specifies that a vendor contracting with a certificate holder has the same authority to conduct sports wagering as the certificate holder. Provides that the Indiana gaming commission (IGC) may issue a temporary certificate of authority or a temporary license to conduct business under certain circumstances. Requires the IGC to deposit vendor license application fees in the sports wagering fund. Requires the IGC to deposit sports wagering service provider license application fees in the sports wagering fund. Sets forth duties for the IGC concerning: (1) sports wagering; and (2) granting certain gambling licenses. Requires the IGC to adopt administrative rules. Specifies that the IGC may act upon information received from a sports governing body in considering requests to prohibit wagering on particular events or to prohibit making wagers of a particular type. Establishes a sports wagering service provider license. Provides that certain items must be acquired from a person that holds a supplier's license or a sports wagering service provider license. Provides that certain services must be obtained from a person holding a sports wagering service provider license. Specifies that required background checks apply to employees engaged in activities related to sports wagering. Specifies permissible sports wagering wagers. Prohibits wagering on e-sports. Provides the process for withholding delinquent child support from sports wagering winnings. Imposes a sports wagering tax of 9.5% on adjusted gross receipts received from sports wagering. Requires 3.33% of the tax revenue received to be deposited in the addiction services fund. Provides that the Gary riverboat may transfer to an inland location if the licensed owner: (1) submits a request to relocate; and (2) pays a $20,000,000 fee. Caps the maximum number of gambling games that may be offered at a Gary casino. Requires the licensed owner of the relocated Gary casino to pay an additional fee of $20,000,000 if: (1) gaming operations are relocated; and (2) the licensed owner sells or transfers the owner's interest in the owner's license within five years of relocation. Requires the licensed owner of the relocated Gary casino to: (1) offer each employee at the riverboat a similar position at the inland casino; and (2) consider hiring and training individuals laid off from the riverboat in East Chicago before considering other applicants. Provides that if a request to relocate the Gary riverboat is submitted, the IGC shall accept applications and proposals to award an owner's license to operate an inland casino in Vigo County. Requires a license fee for the owner's license to operate in Vigo County in the amount of $5,000,000. Requires the fee for the Vigo County casino license to be deposited in the state general fund. Requires a licensed owner conducting gaming operations in Vigo County to make certain payments to the City of Evansville. Provides that a person may not have an ownership interest in more than six of any combination of: (1) riverboat licenses; and (2) gambling game licenses. Reduces the graduated wagering tax on gambling games at racinos and the wagering tax on gambling games at riverboats. Provides that beginning with state fiscal years after June 30, 2021, a licensed owner or racino may not deduct more than $9,000,000 from adjusted gross receipts from wagering on gambling games. Distributes wagering tax revenue from a riverboat located in a historic hotel district to the West Baden Springs historic hotel preservation and maintenance fund beginning in 2021. Provides that wagering taxes for the Gary relocated casino continue to be imposed as if two riverboats were in operation for four years. Provides that East Chicago, Hammond, and Michigan City may receive supplemental payments from wagering tax distributions that would otherwise be paid to Gary if certain conditions are met. Provides that the IGC shall approve wagering on table games at a racino beginning January 1, 2020. Makes technical corrections and other changes to conform with recent changes to the riverboat law.

Sponsor: Todd Huston

Absentee ballots. Requires certain applications for an absentee ballot to be received not later than 11:59 p.m. 12 days before the date of an election. (Under current law, these applications must be received not later than 11:59 p.m. eight days before an election.) Allows certain applications for an absentee ballot to be transmitted by electronic mail. Provides that, for every election held after December 31, 2019, an application for an absentee ballot is an adequate application for an absentee ballot if it is received not earlier than December 1 of the year before any election. (Under current law, this provision

Sponsor: Thomas Saunders

Innkeeper's taxes and other local taxes. Renames the convention center operating fund established under the Vanderburgh County innkeeper's statute to the convention center operating, capital improvement, and financial incentive fund (fund). Provides that expenditures from the fund for a convention center in Vanderburgh County may be used only for operating expenses, capital improvements, and financial incentives to attract new businesses. Changes the date on which Vanderburgh County innkeeper's tax revenue deposited in the fund decreases from the amount equal to the revenue generated by a 2% innkeeper's tax rate to the amount equal to the revenue generated by a 1% innkeeper's tax rate. Allows the Clark County and Floyd County councils to adopt substantially similar ordinances to increase the innkeeper's tax rate in both counties from 4% to 6%. (These taxes were imposed by state law in 1976.) Allows the Allen County council to adopt an ordinance to increase the innkeeper's tax rate in the county from 7% to 8%. (The tax was imposed by state law before 1980.) Provides that if an ordinance to increase the innkeeper's tax rate to 8% is in effect in Allen County, the minimum part of the innkeeper's tax proceeds used to provide development and promotion grants within the county increases from 2/7 to 3/8. Allows the fiscal body of White County to levy the county innkeeper's tax on resorts and any other buildings or structures in the county in which lodging is regularly furnished for consideration. Repeals the innkeeper's tax law specific to Howard County. (Howard County elected to impose an innkeeper's tax under the uniform innkeeper's tax law beginning in 2014.) Provides that the maximum innkeeper's tax rate for Howard County under the uniform innkeeper's tax law is 8% on the gross income derived from lodging income. (Current law authorizes a maximum tax rate of 5% under the uniform innkeeper's tax law.) Authorizes Knox County to establish an innkeeper's tax at a rate not to exceed 6%. Provides that, if Knox County adopts a rate that exceeds 5%, the amount of the additional tax revenue from the increased rate shall be paid to the Grouseland Foundation, Inc., to be used only for the restoration, maintenance, and operations of the Indiana territorial mansion and presidential site of William Henry Harrison located in Vincennes. Authorizes Brown County to impose a $1 admissions tax upon admissions to the indoor performing arts center. Specifies how the revenue may be used. Permits the county to enter into an operating lease with the convention and visitors commission and a contract with a nonprofit organization to operate the indoor performing arts center. Authorizes the city of Attica to impose a food and beverage tax. Authorizes the town of Danville to impose a food and beverage tax. Authorizes the city of Greenwood to impose a food and beverage tax. Authorizes the town of Whitestown to impose a food and beverage tax.

Sponsor: Michael Karickhoff

Extraterritorial powers of municipalities. Repeals the general authority of a city or town (municipality) to regulate conduct or property use endangering public health, safety, and welfare within four miles outside of its municipal boundaries and provides that the repeal: (1) does not void such an ordinance or resolution adopted before January 1, 2019, or prevent the validity of such an ordinance or resolution from being challenged in a legal proceeding; and (2) voids such an ordinance or resolution adopted after December 31, 2018. Repeals the general authority of a municipality to: (1) impose restrictions upon persons or animals in order to prevent injury or disease; and (2) capture and destroy animals; within four miles outside its boundaries. Voids any such ordinances or resolutions adopted by a municipality before July 1, 2019. Provides that a municipality may only exercise eminent domain within the municipality unless a statute expressly provides otherwise. Eliminates the express authority of a municipal park board to acquire property outside its boundaries by eminent domain. Provides that a municipal airport board may exercise eminent domain: (1) within four miles outside its municipal boundaries; and (2) more than four miles outside its municipal boundaries in order to acquire land contiguous to an airport that existed on January 1, 2019. Repeals the general authority of a municipality to do the following with regard to watercourses located within 10 miles outside the municipal boundaries: (1) Change the channel of, dam, dredge, remove an obstruction in, straighten, and widen a watercourse. (2) Regulate the taking of water, or causing or permitting water to escape, from a watercourse. (3) Regulate conduct that might alter the temperature of water, or affect the flow of water, in a watercourse. (4) Regulate the introduction of any substance into a watercourse or onto its banks. (5) Purify the water in a watercourse. Provides that the repeal of the powers in (1) through (5) regarding watercourses: (1) voids any municipal ordinances or resolutions adopted before July 1, 2019, that exercise those powers; (2) does not affect a municipality's ability to take water from a watercourse within the 10 mile area outside its boundaries; and (3) does not affect a municipality's authority under these sections with regard to a municipal park existing on June 30, 2019, that is located within 10 miles outside the municipal boundaries. Allows a municipality to continue to exercise eminent domain to acquire property outside its boundaries, if it has reached a specified point in the eminent domain proceedings on January 1, 2019. Provides that for comprehensive plans that were initially adopted before July 1, 2019, if the municipal plan commission provided in its comprehensive plan for the development of a contiguous unincorporated area, the municipal plan commission may continue to exercise territorial jurisdiction over that area unless the jurisdiction of the municipal plan commission is terminated as provided by law. Provides that for comprehensive plans that are initially adopted after June 30, 2019: (1) If the municipality is located in a county that has not adopted a comprehensive plan covering the contiguous unincorporated area and the municipality is providing municipal services to the contiguous unincorporated area, the municipal plan commission may exercise territorial jurisdiction over that area by filing certain notices. (2) If the municipality is located in a county that has adopted a comprehensive plan and ordinance covering the contiguous unincorporated area, the municipal plan commission may exercise territorial jurisdiction over that area only if it obtains the approval of the county legislative body of each affected county. Provides that the power to aid, maintain, and operate public parks, playgrounds, and recreation facilities and programs may be exercised by a municipality with regard to a municipal park located within 10 miles outside the boundaries of the municipality that exists on June 30, 2019.

Sponsor: Philip Boots

Various education matters. Provides that a school corporation or charter school may not charge a fee for the first five hours required to search for a record that is in an electronic format. Provides, with an exception, that a school corporation or charter school may charge a search fee for any time spent searching for a record that is in an electronic format that exceeds five hours. Makes changes to the definition of "elementary school". Provides that each school corporation may encourage the development of a community service ethic among high school students in grades 9 through 12. (Current law provides that each school corporation may encourage the development of a community service ethic among high school students in grade 11 or 12.) Provides that the admission of a charter school or state accredited nonpublic school student to a technical education center will not result in the denial of a placement for a student enrolled in the school corporation. Beginning with the 2022-2023 cohort, expands the EARN Indiana program to include secondary school students. Provides that the department of education (department) shall make every reasonable attempt to provide the same voice-to-text, screen reader, or human reader accommodations to a particular student on every section of the statewide assessment program as provided as part of the student's: (1) individualized education program; (2) service plan; or (3) choice scholarship education plan. Provides that the state board of education (state board) shall provide a report the legislative council explaining in detail the extent that: (1) individualized education programs; (2) service plans developed; or (3) choice scholarship education plans were altered to align to the statewide assessment program. Provides that, on or before November 1, 2019, the state board shall review and submit a report to the legislative council summarizing how the 2019 statewide assessment program measures reading comprehension. Requires the commission for higher education to prepare a model notice of Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Requires each school corporation to distribute the FAFSA model notice. Provides that the state board shall establish the education dispute resolution working group (EDR working group). Provides that not later than January 1, 2021, the department shall ensure that all mediators, administrative law judges, hearing officers, and other appointees, employees, and contractors who mediate or adjudicate disputes involving educational entities through the department or state board are effectively trained to serve as both mediators and adjudicators. Requires the state board to develop alternative benchmarks, performance indicators, and accountability standards to be used in the assessment of schools that focus primarily on providing an academic program for students with developmental, intellectual, or behavioral challenges. (Current law requires the state board to develop alternative benchmarks, performance indicators, and accountability standards to be used in the assessment of schools that focus primarily on providing an academic program for students with developmental, intellectual, or behavioral challenges.) Provides that an advocate (other than an attorney) for an individual or entity who initiates a lawsuit or administrative proceeding against a public school or a nonpublic school is prohibited from representing the individual or entity without first disclosing in writing to the: (1) advocate's client; and (2) court, administrative law judge, or hearing officer; any conflict of interest the advocate has in representing the individual or entity. Removes the authority to use money appropriated for secured school safety grants for the provision of school based mental health services and social emotional wellness services to students in K-12 schools.

Sponsor: Robert Behning

Rights of police officers. Adds provisions establishing minimum due process and personnel rights of a full-time, paid, nonprobationary member of a police department (member) who is the subject of: (1) an internal investigation; or (2) an investigation of a complaint. Adds provisions regarding a member's (1) political activity; and (2) disclosure of property and assets.

Sponsor: Jack Sandlin

Alcoholic matters and tobacco certificates. Amends for consistency provisions allowing a manufacturer that has two types of production facilities in one building to serve alcohol from a single bar. Specifies that a person with an interest in an artisan distiller's permit may have an interest in other manufacturer's permits. Allows a patron to carry wine into an art instruction studio. Requires the alcohol and tobacco commission (ATC) to post on its Internet web site quarterly reports of permittee noncompliance. Disqualifies persons having certain criminal convictions from receiving certain alcoholic beverage permits or being appointed to the ATC or local ATC board. Provides that expunged criminal convictions may not be considered in determining an individual's eligibility to: (1) receive certain alcoholic beverage permits; or (2) be appointed to the ATC or to a local ATC board. Allows a hotel, restaurant, caterer, and private club to allow a customer to run a tab for alcohol purchases. Allows a brewery or farm winery to sell their product to a supplemental caterer for an outdoor event held at the brewery or farm winery. Amends the definition of "entertainment complex" to apply to: (1) all municipalities and facilities that have permanent seating for at least 800 individuals; and (2) certain facilities with seating for 200 individuals located within a mile of the center of Indianapolis. Removes provisions restricting the permits issued for civic centers, auditoriums, marinas, stadiums, exhibition halls, convention centers, community centers, or social centers to political subdivisions of a certain population. Makes the following changes regarding permit ownership transfers: (1) Requires ATC review of an itemized purchase agreement. (2) Requires the ATC to maintain a public data base of information regarding private sales. Provides that a retailer's permit with carryout privileges that is exempt from gross retail requirements remains exempt if the permit is transferred to a new location. Provides that the money collected for various fees is distributed to the ATC's enforcement and administration fund. Provides the following regarding deposit of a permit in escrow: (1) A permit may be placed in escrow for an initial two year term. (2) Subject to the ATC's approval, the permit holder may receive up to three 12 month extensions of the initial two year escrow period. Makes conforming amendments concerning permits currently escrowed. 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. Allows the ATC to issue retailer's permits for: (1) a three-way retailer's permit (a master food hall permit) for a food hall containing multiple food and beverage vendors for an initial fee of $50,000; and (2) a one-, two-, or three-way permit (food hall vendor's permit) for a person that has vendor food and beverage space within a food hall for an initial fee of $2,500 or $5,000. Provides that for a vending space that is more than 2,000 square feet, a one-way, two-way, or three-way permit must be purchased subject to availability under the quota. Allows the holder of a food hall vendor's permit to have an interest in a farm winery, artisan distiller, or brewer's permit. Provides requirements for an outdoor beer garden. Regulates the sale of alcohol on jumbo boats. Provides that an application for renewal of a permit may be filed not later than six months (instead of one year) after the permit expires. Provides that an alcoholic beverage retailer's permit may be issued for proposed premises located at least 85 feet from a church if the church is separated from the retailer by a road having a width of 30 feet. Allows a supplemental caterer operating at certain collegiate stadiums to purchase alcoholic beverages and have the alcoholic beverages stored in areas approved by the ATC to be later served at the stadium. Adds a county that owns a marina to the units that may receive an alcoholic beverage permit for the marina. Provides that a holder of a permit for the state fair grounds that is a small brewery, farm winery, or artisan distillery, may, at the discretion of the state fair commission, sell alcoholic beverages produced by the permit holder for carryout at a trade show or exposition but not during the state fair. Specifies that if a small brewery, farm winery, or artisan distillery: (1) has two production facilities in one building and serves both types of products from a single bar; and (2) the law applicable to one of the permits regarding the presence of minors in the bar area is more prohibitive or restrictive than the law applicable to the other permit, the more prohibitive or restrictive law applies. Allows a brewery to can and carbonate liquor for a distillery in the same county. Permits a farm winery or the holder of a vintner's permit to manufacture wine and place it in boxes or bulk containers. Allows liquor to be sold from a golf cart at a golf course under the club permit. Allows additional permits for a specified manufacturing complex that is part of a redevelopment project. Allows outdoor bars at civic centers and certain retailers with a gross business of at least $1 million in food. Allows the ATC to revoke or suspend tobacco certificates. Permits an alcohol manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer to provide free or discounted rides to a consumer for the purpose of furthering public safety. Specifies that the provision of a free or discounted ride may not be conditioned on the purchase of an alcoholic beverage.

Sponsor: Ben Smaltz

Short term insurance plans. Specifies certain coverage and disclosures that must be provided with respect to a short term insurance plan, including renewal, without underwriting, for the greater of 36 months or the maximum period permitted under federal law, a term of not more than 364 days, and an annual limit of at least $2,000,000. Specifies requirements for preferred provider organizations used with short term insurance plans. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: Martin Carbaugh

Alcohol matters. For purposes of the law regarding farm wineries, specifies that: (1) "bottle" means a standard wine container that meets the design, fill, and headspace requirements under federal law; and (2) "bulk", with regard to bulk wine purchases and sales, means a container of more than 60 liters. Allows a farm winery permit holder or an artisan distiller's permit holder to: (1) be the proprietor of a restaurant; (2) transfer wine or liquor from the farm winery or artisan distillery to the restaurant; (3) have a window between the farm winery or artisan distillery and the restaurant; and (4) have a doorway or other opening between the farm winery or artisan distillery and the restaurant. Provides that the restaurant of a microbrewery, farm winery, or artisan distillery is not required to sell the minimum amount of food required to provide separation between the bar area and the family room by means of a structure or barrier (instead of providing separation by a nontransparent wall). Provides that a minor may be on the premises of a farm winery under certain circumstances. Allows the holder of a retailer's (restaurant) permit to have an interest in an artisan distiller's permit and a farm winery permit. Allows distillers and rectifiers to have an interest in a beer permit. Repeals the crime prohibiting artisan distillers, distillers, and rectifiers from owning stock of a corporation that holds a retailer's permit.

Sponsor: Ronald Grooms

Judicial evaluation of dangerous individuals and firearms. Provides that a judicial finding of dangerousness may be used to initiate temporary commitment proceedings. Provides that a dangerous person is not a proper person for the purpose of: (1) applying for; or (2) receiving; a license to carry a handgun. Provides that a dangerous person who knowingly or intentionally: (1) rents; (2) purchases; (3) receives transfer of; (4) owns; or (5) possesses; a firearm commits dangerous possession of a firearm, a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally: (1) rents; (2) transfers; (3) sells; or (4) offers for sale; a firearm to a person that a court has found to be dangerous or prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm commits dangerous transfer of a firearm, a Level 5 felony. Requires a law enforcement officer (officer) who seizes a firearm from a person believed to be dangerous without a warrant to provide an affidavit to a court with jurisdiction over the person at issue: (1) not later than 48 hours after the seizure or attempted seizure of the firearm; and (2) for each seizure or attempted seizure of a firearm from the person. Requires a court to order the retention of a seized firearm by a law enforcement agency if the court: (1) finds; or (2) has previously found; the person to be dangerous. Requires a court to determine if a person is dangerous by conducting a hearing. Provides that if a court finds that an individual is not dangerous or no longer dangerous, the court shall order the law enforcement agency having custody of the firearm confiscated, recovered, or seized from the individual to return the firearm to the individual as quickly as practicable, but not later than five days after the court's order. Provides that a dangerous person may petition a court for a court order vacating the person's designation as a dangerous individual 180 days after being found dangerous by a circuit or superior court. Defines "responsible third party". Requires a responsible third party to: (1) safely and responsibly care for and store a firearm that is entrusted to the third party; and (2) prevent dangerous persons from accessing any firearm entrusted to the third party. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: Donna Schaibley

Dealer services. Provides that a broker is not defined as a lead generation or other marketing service except in certain instances. Defines "dealer owner" for a business entity. Moves certain provisions providing temporary license plates and dealer plates to the dealer services law. Removes the requirement that a person must be licensed by the secretary of state before the person may possess for more than 30 days more than two inoperable motor vehicles. Provides that an automotive salvage recycler must be licensed by the secretary of state before the automotive salvage recycler may do certain activities. Requires that an automotive salvage recycler must report a purchase of a motor vehicle to the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System within 72 hours. (Current law requires 30 days.) Requires an automotive salvage recycler to allow the secretary of state, a police officer, or an agent of the secretary of state to inspect a certificate of authority. Changes the composition of the motor vehicle sales advisory board (board). Allows the board members to be reappointed. Requires that a zoning affidavit or statement be signed not more than 90 days before the affidavit or statement is submitted to the secretary of state as part of an application for various permits and licenses. Requires a dealer to submit an application for approval of a change to a dealer manager. Removes the provision providing for a manufacturer or distributor to recover costs under a uniform warranty reimbursement policy in certain instances. Requires a copy of a contract between a manufacturer or distributor and a franchisee be provided to the secretary of state. (Current law requires that the copy be submitted to the bureau of motor vehicles.) Makes conforming changes. Makes technical changes.

Sponsor: Holli Sullivan

Expungements. Defines "collateral action" as an action that is factually or legally related to an arrest, a criminal charge, a delinquency allegation, a criminal conviction, or a delinquency adjudication. Specifies that certain information relating to: (1) an arrest; and (2) a collateral action is required to be sealed or marked expunged if a petition for expungement is granted. Specifies that an amendment affecting the information required to be expunged, marked as expunged, or otherwise sealed or restricted does not apply to an expungement order granted before the effective date of the amendment. Sets forth a procedure for a person to file a petition for a supplemental order of expungement. Provides that a person convicted of a felony that resulted in death to another person may not seek expungement of that felony. Strikes and relocates a provision relating to certain nonpublic records maintained by a law enforcement agency, and specifies that this provision also applies to records maintained by a public defender agency. Establishes a method for a person to expunge a protection order if the petition for a protection order is dismissed or denied. Requires an IDACS coordinator to remove the name of a respondent from the Indiana protective order registry when the IDACS coordinator receives notice from the county clerk that the protective order against the respondent has been dismissed.

Sponsor: Aaron Freeman

Opioid treatment pilot program. Extends the opioid treatment pilot program until 2022. (Under current law the pilot program will expire in 2020.)

Sponsor: Jeff Raatz

Indiana bond bank. Allows the Indiana bond bank to require certain entities to establish separate reserve accounts as additional security in connection with the issuance of bonds or notes. Allows and establishes terms and procedures for certain entities to assign or otherwise transfer a future stream of revenue to the Indiana bond bank or certain other entities to obtain funding. Establishes conditions under which the state board of finance may sell, transfer, or liquidate agreements that evidence the state's right to make deductions from state tuition support to pay advances from the common school fund under the school corporation and charter school safety advance program. Provides that the state board of education must report to the budget committee each year on any defaults on the repayment of advances from the common school fund by charter schools that have closed or otherwise ceased operations. Requires the department of local government finance to notify the Lake County auditor of the estimated and certified tax revenue that will be withheld from revenue allocated for economic development purposes for certain civil taxing units and distributed to the secretary-treasurer of the northwest Indiana regional development authority (authority). Requires the auditor of state to withhold local income tax revenue from the revenue allocated for economic development purposes for certain civil taxing units in Lake County and distribute it to the secretary-treasurer of the authority. Provides for distribution of certain amounts collected by the authority if a full funding grant agreement is not entered into for the West Lake corridor project.

Sponsor: Gregory Steuerwald

Sediment and erosion control in construction. Provides that a review authority (an MS4 community or a soil and water conservation district) to which a construction plan is submitted must make a preliminary determination whether the construction plan is substantially complete: (1) before the end of the tenth working day after the day on which the construction plan is submitted in the case of a small construction activity site (one at which construction results in land disturbance of at least one but less than five acres) or very small construction activity site (one at which construction results in land disturbance of less than one acre); or (2) before the end of the fourteenth working day after the day on which the construction plan is submitted in the case of a large construction activity site (one at which construction activities result in land disturbance of at least five acres). Provides that if a review authority to which a construction plan is submitted does not notify the project site owner before the end of the tenth or fourteenth working day (whichever applies) of its preliminary determination whether the construction plan is substantially complete, the project site owner may submit a notice of intent letter and, 48 hours later, may begin the construction project. Provides that an MS4 community may require erosion and sediment control measures at a very small construction activity site but that the control measures may not be more stringent than the control measures required at a small construction activity site by administrative rules or the general permit that will be issued by the department of environmental management (IDEM).Establishes minimum qualifications for an individual who begins employment after July 1, 2019, reviewing and making conclusive determinations concerning construction plans submitted to an MS4 community. Provides that if an MS4 community has made a conclusive favorable determination concerning a construction plan and work on the construction project has begun, the MS4 community may not order work on the construction project to stop on the grounds that the erosion and sediment control measures are not adequate unless the project site owner is notified in writing of the inadequacies and the inadequacies are not resolved within 72 hours. Provides that the general permit that will be issued by the department of environmental management to establish erosion and sediment control requirements for construction sites, to the extent allowed under federal law, must recognize and be consistent with these provisions.

Sponsor: Doug Miller

Code revision corrections. Addresses problems in the Indiana Code not suitable for resolution in the annual Technical Corrections bill, including corresponding amendment to certain percentages and overly broad or ambiguous language. Resolves technical conflicts between various enrolled acts passed during the 2019 legislative session. Corrects technical errors in various enrolled acts passed during the 2019 legislative session.

Sponsor: Michael Young

Parental incarceration. Provides that a child in need of services (CHINS) case plan must include a description and discussion of: (1) the services and treatment available to an incarcerated parent at the facility at which the parent is incarcerated; and (2) how the parent and child may be afforded visitation opportunities, unless visitation with the parent is not in the best interests of the child. Requires a CHINS dispositional decree to provide a reasonable opportunity for a parent of the child who: (1) is incarcerated; and (2) has maintained a meaningful role in the child's life; to maintain a relationship with the child, subject to the safety of the community and best interests of the child. Provides that a motion to dismiss a petition to terminate a parent-child relationship (TPR) may be filed if: (1) the parent is incarcerated or the parent's prior incarceration is a significant factor in the child having been under the supervision of the department of child services (DCS) or a county probation department for at least 15 of the most recent 22 months; (2) the parent maintains a meaningful role in the child's life; (3) DCS has not documented a reason to conclude that it would otherwise be in the child's best interests to terminate the parent-child relationship; and (4) the parent is not incarcerated due to conviction for certain crimes. Provides that in determining whether to grant the motion to dismiss the TPR, the court may consider the length of time remaining in the incarcerated parent's sentence and any other factor the court considers relevant.

Sponsor: Karlee Macer

Interim study committee. Urges the legislative council to assign the topic of municipal annexation to the appropriate interim study committee during the 2019 interim.

Sponsor: Philip Boots

Sex offender employment and residence. Allows a court to prohibit, as a condition of probation, a sexually violent predator or an offender against children from having: (1) unsupervised contact; or (2) contact; with a child less than 16 years of age. Requires that as a condition of probation, a court shall inform an offender against children of the restrictions on an offender against children residing near: (1) school property; (2) a youth program center; (3) a public park; or (4) the residence of the victim of the offender's sex offense. Prohibits a sexually violent predator or an offender against children from working: (1) as or for a child care provider; (2) as a provider of respite care services and other support services for primary or family caregivers; or (3) as a provider of adult day care services. Prohibits an offender against children from residing in a residence where a person provides child care services, or within 1,000 feet of a licensed day care center.

Sponsor: Frank Mrvan

Health matters. Establishes distribution parameters for certain money appropriated to the first steps program. Permits the office of the secretary of family and social services to apply for a state plan amendment requiring Medicaid reimbursement for rehabilitation option services in a school setting. Requires implementation within one year of approval. Amends the definition of "employee" to remove exclusion of employees who are covered by an employee assistance program. Specifies that all the requirements for the employee assistance program must be met to be compliant. Requires the executive board of the state department of health to amend rules to reflect current private publications used in hospital licensure rules. Requires a home health agency to randomly test: (1) at least 50% of certain home health agency's employees; and (2) employees suspected of illegal use of a controlled substance. (Current law does not require testing of both groups of employees.) Allows the board of pharmacy to approve a remote or mobile location for a nonresident pharmacy that is registered with the board. Allows a pharmacy that holds a retail permit to offer drugs and devices to a long term care facility, a health facility, and a housing with services establishment. Requires a pharmacy to transfer, upon the request of a patient, certain prescriptions for the patient that the pharmacy has received but not filled to another pharmacy. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2020, a pharmacy may not dispense injectable epinephrine or glucagon that has an expiration date of less than 12 months from the date that the pharmacy dispenses the injectable epinephrine or glucagon to a person unless the person consents to the expiration date being less than 12 months. Provides that an automated dispensing system that meets certain requirements may be operated in a location other than through a registered remote dispensing facility. Allows a qualifying pharmacist who is absent to have a designee in the pharmacist's place at a remote dispensing facility. Allows the board of pharmacy to establish continuing education rules for pharmacy technicians who are at a remote dispensing facility that is not staffed by a pharmacist. Provides that auditory communication must be available, as needed, with the remote dispensing facility and the qualifying pharmacist. Requires the board to adopt emergency rules concerning automated dispensing systems. 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. Provides that a program to accept unused medication by a business or other entity is not subject to regulation by a city, town, or county. Prohibits a city, town, or county from requiring a business or other entity to pay for or establish a program to accept unused medication. Adds gabapentin to the definition of "controlled substance" for purposes of the Indiana scheduled prescription electronic collection and tracking (INSPECT) program. Provides that the rules of INSPECT that were adopted before its repeal are considered to be adopted under the new INSPECT law. Requires a health plan that denies prior authorization for certain prescription drugs to provide an alternative list of prescription drugs or alternative treatments covered by the health plan. Requires the board of veterinary medical examiners to study the regulation of veterinary technicians.

Sponsor: Steven Davisson

Annexation. Provides that property added to a fire protection district (district) is considered part of the district as of the date that the district was originally established. Provides that provisions of the existing law regarding the following apply to districts established after July 1, 1987 (instead of after June 14, 1987): (1) The effective date of an annexation of property within a district and the date that an annexed area ceases to be a part of the district. (2) A municipality's liability for indebtedness of a district that is annexed. Provides that if property is annexed within a fire district (including a district established after July 1, 1987) that has a total net assessed value of more than $1,000,000,000 on the date the annexation ordinance is adopted, the annexed property: (1) remains a part of the district after the annexation; (2) continues to receive its fire protection services from the district; and (3) shall not be taxed by the municipality for fire protection services. Provides that a special fire fund shall be created for all fire protection services provided by the municipality to property within the boundaries of the municipality that is not within the district.

Sponsor: James Buck

Natural resources matters. Provides that a person may reconstruct an earthen berm or levee located in a floodway: (1) if the person obtains a permit from the department of natural resources (DNR); or (2) if the earthen berm or levee is located in a rural area, if it was constructed before January 1, 1973, or after December 31, 1972, pursuant to a construction permit issued by the DNR, and if the plans and specifications for the reconstruction demonstrate to the satisfaction of the DNR that the reconstruction will meet certain requirements. Makes the violation of certain prohibitions or requirements concerning the reconstruction of an earthen berm or levee a Class B infraction. Establishes new requirements concerning freeholders' signatures on a petition to establish a conservancy district, providing: (1) that for a proposed district of not more than 5,000 freeholds, 30% of the freeholders must sign the petition; that for a proposed district of more than 5,000 but not more than 25,000 freeholds, 15%, but not less than 1,000, of the freeholders must sign the petition; and that for a proposed district of more than 25,000 freeholds, 10%, but not less than 3,000, of the freeholders must sign the petition; and (2) that the freeholders signing a petition to establish a conservancy district must own at least 51% of the assessed valuation of the real property located within the boundaries of the proposed conservancy district. Provides that these new requirements do not apply to the establishment of a conservancy district pursuant to a petition filed with a clerk of the circuit court before January 1, 2020.

Sponsor: David Wolkins

Office based opioid treatment providers. Specifies requirements that a health care provider that prescribes for a patient in an office based opioid treatment setting must meet in the treatment of the patient. Requires the medical licensing board of Indiana, in consultation with the state department of health and the office of the secretary of family and social services, to adopt rules or protocols concerning office based opioid treatment providers and: (1) treatment agreements; (2) periodic scheduled patient visits; (3) urine toxicology screenings; (4) HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C testing; and (5) the medical record documentation required for the prescribing of buprenorphine over a specified dosage.

Sponsor: Erin Houchin

Curriculum matters. Provides that a school corporation that is a member of the coalition of continuous improvement school districts may replace high school courses on the high school transcript with courses on the same subject matter with equal or greater rigor to the required high school course and may count such a course as satisfying the equivalent diploma requirements established by IC 20 and any applicable state board of education administrative rules or requirements.

Sponsor: Robert Behning

New septic system technology. Requires the state department of health (state department) to establish a technical review panel consisting of individuals who hold certain positions or have certain qualifications relevant to onsite sewage systems or who represent certain organizations to which onsite sewage systems are important. Requires the technical review panel to decide whether "technology new to Indiana" (or "TNI", which refers to a sewage treatment method or process or sewage treatment equipment that is not recognized in the administrative rules of the state department or the executive board of the state department) is approved for general use in Indiana. Requires the technical review panel, in response to an application, to decide that a TNI: (1) is approved for general use in Indiana; (2) is approved for use in Indiana with certain conditions; (3) is approved for use in Indiana on a project-by-project basis; or (4) is not approved for use in Indiana. Requires the technical review panel to inform an applicant of the technical review panel's initial or final decision on a complete application not more than 90 days after notifying the applicant that it received the application. Requires the technical review panel to approve a TNI for general use in Indiana if: (1) the TNI has been certified as meeting the NSF/ANSI 40 Standard; (2) a proposed Indiana design and installation manual for the TNI is submitted with the permit application; and (3) the technical review panel certifies that the proposed Indiana design and installation manual meets the vertical and horizontal separation, sizing, and soil loading criteria of the state department. Provides that if: (1) a TNI meets the requirements of the NSF/ANSI 40, NSF/ANSI 245, or NSF/ANSI 350 standard; (2) the proposed Indiana design and installation manual for the TNI meets the vertical and horizontal separation, sizing, and soil loading criteria of the state department; and (3) a registered Indiana professional engineer prepares site specific plans for the use of the TNI in a residential or commercial application; the site specific plans may be approved by the local health department within 30 days, if the TNI is to be used in a residential application, and shall be approved by the state department upon submission of the site specific plans, if the TNI is to be used in a commercial application.

Sponsor: Steve Bartels

Prekindergarten pilot program. Provides that, after June 30, 2019, in addition to the counties currently participating in the prekindergarten pilot program (program), the program includes eligible providers in any county in Indiana. Amends the definition of an "eligible child". Adds definitions of: (1) "extended enrollment period"; (2) "priority enrollment period"; and (3) "limited eligibility child". Provides that up to 20% of the grants provided may be used to provide grants to limited eligibility children. Provides that, during the priority enrollment period, the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) shall provide grants to eligible children in the program on a first-come, first-served basis. Provides that, during the extended enrollment period, the office shall provide grants to eligible children and limited eligibility children in the program on a first-come, first-served basis to the extent of available funding. Requires the office to post monthly on the office's Internet web site the total enrollment of and number of grants awarded to: (1) all eligible children (before January 1, 2020); and (2) all eligible children and all limited eligibility children (after December 31, 2019); for each county that participates in the program. Provides that a limited eligibility child may qualify for the grant if the child resides with a parent or guardian who receives Social Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income benefits. Provides that the office may use money in the prekindergarten pilot program fund that is allocated for expansion plans to meet any state match amounts required for certain federal grants. Requires the office to include certain information in the office's annual report regarding the prekindergarten pilot program. Repeals a provision relating to income eligibility requirements to participate in the program.

Sponsor: Robert Behning

Fertility fraud and deception. Establishes a cause of action for civil fertility fraud and provides that a prevailing plaintiff may be awarded: (1) compensatory and punitive damages; or (2) liquidated damages of $10,000. Specifies the statute of limitations for civil fertility fraud. Increases the penalty for deception involving the identity of a person or the identity or quantity of property to a Level 6 felony if the offense involves a misrepresentation relating to: (1) a medical procedure, device, or drug; and (2) human reproductive material. Urges the legislative council to assign the topic of fertility laws, including gestational surrogacy, to an appropriate study committee.

Sponsor: Jack Sandlin

Regional holding facility. Provides that a "regional holding facility" is an existing facility that is currently established and operated by the department of correction (department) that offers mental health and substance abuse treatment, workforce development, educational programs, and other evidence based programs designed to reduce recidivism. Provides that a local economic development organization may enter into a regional holding facility lease agreement with the department of correction to: (1) address the issue of jail overcrowding in Indiana; (2) reduce recidivism by offering programs in an unused department of correction facility; and (3) obtain federal funding to operate the facility. Establishes conditions under which a county sheriff may transfer certain confined jail offenders to a regional holding facility. Establishes requirements for transfer agreements between the department and county sheriffs. Requires the department to collect data and report the outcomes of services provided by a regional holding facility to the legislative council. Provides that reimbursements paid by the state to the county for the costs of incarcerating a confined jail offender shall be used to pay for a confined jail offender housed in either a regional holding facility or a county jail. Provides that the Indiana criminal justice institute shall identify any federal, state, or local grants that can be used to assist in the funding and operation of regional holding facilities. Allows political subdivisions to enter into public-private agreements with an operator to accomplish the design, financing, construction, acquisition, improvement, renovation, equipping, operation, or maintenance of a regional jail. Establishes the county jail overcrowding task force to: (1) conduct a statewide review of jail overcrowding; and (2) study the issue of how to reduce recidivism for convicted felons in county jails by offering programs designed to reduce recidivism. Requires the justice reinvestment advisory council to conduct a statewide review of bail reform and pretrial issues and to identify common reasons and possible local, regional, and statewide solutions.

Sponsor: Randall Frye

Local government matters. 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 0.1%, the notice is a valid notice and the DLGF shall correct the error or omission. Provides that the state board of accounts, instead of the budget agency, is to approve audits for regional development authorities and allows for private examiners to perform audits. Excludes political subdivisions that do not have the power to impose property taxes from the requirement to upload a digital copy of certain contracts on the Indiana transparency Internet web site. Specifies the deadlines for county auditors to submit property tax settlement and distribution information to the DLGF. Repeals the electronic digital signature act. Specifies the calculation of the acquisition cost of depreciable personal property acquired in like kind exchange for personal property tax purposes. Removes the provision in current law that requires the DLGF to be a party to any contract in which a county assessor employs professional appraisers as technical advisers for assessments. Provides that the standard contract to employ professional appraisers is void if: (1) the appraiser is not certified at the time the contract is executed; or (2) the DLGF subsequently revokes the appraiser's certification. Eliminates the permissive written demand to a county resident who is delinquent in the payment of personal property taxes during the period from May 10 to October 31. Changes the time period from at least 21 to 30 days for the county treasurer's notice of the sale of a mobile home. 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. Amends the definition of "owner" (for purposes of the property tax statutes) to delete the provision specifying that an owner of tangible property includes the holder of a tenancy for a term of years. Requires county auditors to submit data on deductions applicable to the current tax year to the homestead property data base on or before March 15 of each year, in a manner prescribed by the DLGF. Specifies that if a penalty is imposed on a taxpayer for failing to declare on the taxpayer's tax return that the taxpayer is entitled to the exemption for business personal property, the county shall include the penalty on a property tax bill associated with the tax district in which the majority value of the taxpayer's business personal property within the county is located. Eliminates (effective retroactive to July 1, 2017) several property tax deduction and credit reapplication requirements that were added by HEA 1450-2017 concerning unmarried taxpayers who married, married taxpayers who divorced, and taxpayers who came to own their property jointly or as tenants in common with another individual. Provides that a person seeking a property tax exemption for property used for a charitable purpose may file an exemption application up to 30 days following the statutory deadline for the exemption application if the person pays a late filing fee. Makes changes to the time frame for the board of tax review to conduct a hearing and issue a determination. Requires that the budget notice that political subdivisions must publish on the DLGF's computer gateway must also include information concerning the percentage change between the current and proposed tax levies of each fund. Specifies that a political subdivision shall file the budget adopted by the political subdivision with the DLGF not later than five business days after the budget is adopted. Authorizes the DLGF to adopt rules for procedures related to local government budgeting. Specifies that the adoption, amendment, or repeal of such a rule by the DLGF may not take effect before March 1 or after July 31 of a particular year. Requires a political subdivision to adopt the needed changes to its budget, tax levy, or rate in a public meeting if the political subdivision's tax levy is increased by the DLGF to an amount that exceeds the amount originally advertised or adopted by the political subdivision. Provides for an extension of time to submit a city's budget in the case of a veto after October 1. Provides that Highland Township in Greene County may increase its maximum township property tax levy for 2020 and thereafter. Provides that Taylor Township in Greene County may increase its maximum township property tax levy and its maximum fire protection and emergency services property tax levy for 2020 and thereafter. Allows Green Township in Hancock County to increase its maximum levy for the township's general fund to offset the reduction in the maximum levy that occurred beginning in 2003 that was based on the township's actual levy (levy banked amount). Requires the DLGF to increase the North Harrison fire protection territory provider unit's maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy for purposes of IC 36-8-19 for property taxes due and payable in 2020 if a petition requesting an increase is filed. Provides that a civil taxing unit may not request permission to impose a property tax on account of revenue shortfalls, if the revenue shortfall preceded the most recent certified budget for the civil taxing unit by more than five years. Requires a statement in the county treasurer's notice of intention to sell mobile homes that the county treasurer will apply for a court judgment against the mobile homes for an amount that is set by the county executive and that includes collection expenses. Provides that whenever no bid is received on a mobile home, the taxpayer who is delinquent in the payment of taxes causing the tax sale maintains ownership of the mobile home and liability for the delinquent taxes. Repeals the statute providing for a county board of tax adjustment. Repeals provisions related to the county board of tax adjustment and the local budgeting process. Specifies that: (1) rules adopted by the DLGF for the appraisal of real property may not apply to any appraisal contemporaneously being conducted under a county's reassessment plan; and (2) rules adopted by the DLGF may first apply to the reassessment phase beginning in the following calendar year under a county's reassessment plan. Requires a county that enters into a contract for computer software and with a software provider to upload the contract to the Indiana transparency Internet web site. Specifies that for purposes of attributing the amount of a property tax deduction or exemption to the gross assessed value of a property: (1) a deduction or exemption that is specific to an improvement shall be applied only to the assessed value allocation pertaining to that improvement; and (2) to the extent that a deduction or exemption is not specific to an improvement, the deduction or exemption shall be applied in the order that will maximize the benefit of the deduction or exemption to the taxpayer. Provides that the county executive (instead of the DLGF) may cancel any property taxes assessed against real property owned by a county, township, city, town, or body corporate and politic under certain circumstances. Removes local income tax economic development allocations from the adjustment to Clark County's economic development revenue allocation. Extends the maximum time period from 20 to 22 years for the allocation of local income taxes for correctional and rehabilitation facilities. Limits to 20% the amount of revenue that may be used for operating expenses for correctional facilities and rehabilitation facilities in the county if the ordinance to impose the tax rate is adopted after June 30, 2019. Changes the timeline for providing local income tax distribution numbers to local units. Allows the board governing a: (1) municipal water or sewer provider; (2) municipal department of sanitation; or (3) sewage disposal plant service provider; to fix the time within which service charges become delinquent and service may be discontinued due to nonpayment of charges. (Currently these time periods are provided by statute.) Provides a formula for determination of a county's required appropriation amount for the operation of community mental health centers (other than in Marion County for calendar years 2019 through 2021) based on the increase, if any, in the certified levy for funding over the previous two years after application of the tax caps. Revises a statute concerning the investment of proceeds from the sale of the Montgomery County hospital. Provides that certain parties may elect to be represented by the office of the attorney general under a written agreement between the party and the office of the attorney general. Provides that certain statutes relating to the lease of real property by a political subdivision do not apply to a lease if the total annual cost of the lease is less than $250,000. Validates a lease entered into by a political subdivision before January 1, 2019, with an annual cost of less than $250,000 if the political subdivision's leasing agent did not comply with these statutes when the lease was entered into. Specifies that all members or employees of a volunteer fire department who also serve on the fiscal body of a local government unit must abstain from voting on the unit's budget. Authorizes a county fiscal body to establish a salary schedule that includes greater compensation for the presiding officer or secretary of the county fiscal body or county executive if certain conditions are satisfied. Increases, from $5 to $10, the amount of the county fee that a county auditor shall charge for endorsing a real estate conveyance document and provides that the fee revenue must be used for developing or maintaining plat books, in traditional or electronic format. Provides that money in the county elected officials training fund may be used to provide: (1) travel, lodging, and related expenses associated with any training paid for from the fund; and (2) training of one or more designees of a county elected official if sufficient funds are appropriated by the county fiscal body. Provides that money in the county elected officials training fund may be used for the newly elected official training course expenses. Provides that the failure of an individual to complete the required training does not prevent the individual from taking an office to which the individual was elected. Provides that an individual elected to certain county offices must take a newly elected official training course before the individual first takes office. Provides that the newly elected official training course counts toward the individual's other elected official training requirements. Requires the clerk and fiscal officer of all cities and towns to complete at least: (1) 14 hours of training courses within one year; and (2) 36 hours of training courses within three years. Provides that a training course that an individual completes after being elected or appointed as clerk or fiscal officer of a city or town and before the individual begins serving in office applies toward the training requirements. Requires all city and town clerks and fiscal officers to fulfill the training requirements for each term the clerk or fiscal officer serves in office. Provides, in the case of a city or town that reorganizes, that the individual who performs the functions of clerk or fiscal officer for the reorganizing city or town shall comply with the training requirements for the reorganized political subdivision. Provides that a redevelopment commission may issue bonds or enter into leases with a term of up to 35 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 75 years. Specifies that in the case of an allocation area for such a project, the expiration date of the allocation provision may not be more than 35 years after the date on which the allocation provision is established. Provides that a redevelopment commission or other entity that creates a tax increment financing area shall file the resolution and supporting documents that create the tax increment financing area with both the county auditor in which the tax increment financing area is located and the DLGF within 30 days after the redevelopment commission or other entity takes final action on the resolution. Provides that if a redevelopment commission or other entity that creates a tax increment financing area files the resolution and supporting documents with either the county auditor and the DLGF after the first anniversary of the effective date of the tax increment financing area, the county auditor shall compute the base assessed value of the tax increment financing area using the assessment date immediately preceding the later of the date on which the documents were filed with the county auditor or the date on which the documents were filed with the DLGF. Extends a pilot program in Lake County concerning disposal of certain real property. Removes the appointment of members to the Fort Harrison reuse authority by the Indianapolis mayor and by Marion County. Provides that a city or town may contract for fire protection services and requires that a contract for fire protection services be in writing and for a fixed term. Voids an annexation remonstrance waiver (waiver) executed before July 1, 2003. Voids a waiver executed after June 30, 2003, and before July 1, 2019, unless the waiver was recorded in the county where the property is located before January 1, 2020. Voids a waiver executed after June 30, 2019, unless the waiver was recorded in the county where the property is located within 30 business days after the date the waiver was executed. Provides that a waiver executed after June 30, 2003, that was properly recorded expires 15 years after the date the waiver was executed. Provides that waivers voided under the bill do not invalidate annexations that were effective before July 1, 2019. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee, for study during the 2019 interim of the general assembly, the topic of local income taxes, including revenue allocations and uses. Urges the study of the advisability of eliminating the mortgage property tax deduction and the advisability of increasing the homestead standard deduction. Urges the study of automatic enrollment of employees in a political subdivision's deferred compensation plan. Urges the study of allowing municipalities to make deposits of a certain amount to a vendor or service provider for certain transactions. Makes technical conforming changes.

Sponsor: Daniel Leonard

Utility matters. Provides that an order affecting rates of service may be entered by the utility regulatory commission (IURC) without a formal public hearing in the case of any public or municipally owned utility that either: (1) serves less than 8,000 customers; or (2) has initiated a rate case on behalf of a single division of the utility and that division: (A) serves less than 5,000 customers; and (B) has an IURC-approved schedule of rates and charges that is separate and independent from that of any other division of the utility. (Current law permits the IURC to enter a service rate order without a public hearing only in the case of a utility that itself serves less than 5,000 customers.) Changes the term "distressed utility" to "offered utility" for purposes of statutory provisions regarding the acquisition of water or wastewater utilities. Makes the following changes for purposes of the statutory provisions under which a utility that acquires property from another utility at a cost differential may petition the IURC to include the cost differential in the acquiring utility's rate base: (1) Provides conditions for applicability of the rebuttable presumption that the cost differential is reasonable. (2) Amends the findings the IURC must make in order to approve the petition. (3) Provides that notice of the filing of the petition may be provided to customers of the acquiring utility company in a billing insert. (4) Requires the acquiring utility company to submit with its petition to the IURC a written description of how the acquiring utility will identify and make reasonable and prudent improvements necessary to provide safe and reliable service to customers of the offered utility. Provides, for purposes of the requirement that a municipality that plans to sell or dispose of nonsurplus municipally owned utility property must appoint appraisers in a writing that is a public record, that a written contract with the appraisers or the appraisers' firms satisfies this requirement. Provides that the municipality must hold a public hearing regarding the appraisal and proposed sale not later than 180 days (rather than 90 days, under current law) after the appraisal is complete. Amends the factors the IURC must consider in deciding whether the sale or disposition is in the public interest. Provides that if, within a county containing a consolidated city: (1) a main sewer line is extended for the purpose of connecting one or more residential or commercial properties to a sanitary sewer system; and (2) the extension, when completed, will be located within a certain distance of the property line of a residential property served by a septic system; the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County (corporation) or its board may not order that the residential property served by a septic system be connected to the extension. Provides, however, that the connection of a residential property served by a septic system to such an extension may be ordered if: (1) the state department of health; or (2) the corporation or its board; determines that the septic system serving the residential property is failing. Specifies that these provisions do not affect a septic tank elimination program approved by the IURC. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying, on a statewide basis, the connection of unserved properties to sanitary sewer systems owned or operated by various public and private entities.

Sponsor: Eric Koch

Subscription auto sales. Extends the subscription program prohibition to May 1, 2020. Provides that effective July 1, 2013, a document preparation fee in excess of $200 is an unfair practice. Specifies certain disclosure requirements concerning document preparation fees. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: Edmond Soliday

Environmental matters. Establishes the 15 member 21st century energy policy development task force (task force). Requires the task force to: (1) examine and evaluate specified aspects of the state's policies concerning electric generation portfolios; (2) develop recommendations for the general assembly and the governor concerning any identified challenges with respect to Indiana's electric generation portfolios; and (3) issue a report setting forth the task force's recommendations not later than December 1, 2020. Requires the utility regulatory commission (IURC), before July 1, 2020, to conduct a comprehensive study of the statewide impacts of: (1) transitions in the fuel sources and other resources used to generate electricity by electric utilities; and (2) new and emerging technologies for the generation of electricity; on electric generation capacity, system reliability, system resilience, and the cost of electric utility service. Requires the IURC to provide a final report on its study to the governor, the legislative council, and the 21st century energy policy development task force not later than July 1, 2020. Replaces the term "wastewater management vehicle" with the term "septage management vehicle". Changes the membership of the environmental rules board (board) by adding one representative of the residential or commercial construction industry and removing the state health commissioner as an ex officio member. Requires certain reports concerning public water systems to be submitted to the department of environmental management (IDEM) electronically. Eliminates record keeping requirements relating to solid waste transported outside Indiana for final disposal. Revises the law concerning the assessment of the state solid waste management fee. Changes the deadline for IDEM's annual assessment of hazardous waste annual operation fees. Provides that the administrator of the underground petroleum storage tank excess liability trust fund (ELTF) is required, not more than 45 business days after a claim on the ELTF is submitted, to: (1) approve the claim; (2) notify the claimant that a correction, a clarification, or additional information is needed; or (3) deny the claim. Provides that IDEM, rather than the board, is to deposit solid waste fees in the waste facility operator trust fund. Provides for IDEM to receive payment of solid waste fees by electronic fund transfer. Authorizes the board to adopt rules that increase the amounts of environmental fees. Requires the board, in changing the amount of a fee, to take into account the cost to IDEM of amendments, modifications, and renewals of a permit, license, or approval. Provides that a fee established by the board for a type or class of permit: (1) may be set at a particular amount in consideration of the type and amount of discharge or emission to which the permit relates; and (2) may not be different in amount for public sector permit holders than for private sector permit holders unless the difference is specifically authorized by law. Requires IDEM to arrange for an independent study of certain IDEM costs and to develop other information relevant to fees. Provides that all fee amounts set forth numerically in Title 13 of the Indiana Code are minimum amounts and that the board may increase the amount of a fee even though the minimum amount of the fee is set forth numerically in Title 13. Provides that the board may not increase an environmental fee: (1) more than once in five years; or (2) by more than 10%. Requires the board to adopt rules to implement a one-time increase in fees before January 1, 2022, and provides that: (1) the pre-2022 increase in the confined feeding operation, NPDES, safe drinking water act, solid waste, and hazardous waste program fees must be calculated to cause an increase in annual aggregate fee revenue of $3,200,000; and (2) the pre-2022 increase in the air pollution control program fees must be calculated to cause an increase in annual aggregate fee revenue of $2,000,000.

Sponsor: David Wolkins

Residential tax increment financing. Permits a redevelopment commission to establish a program for residential housing development and a tax increment funding allocation area for the program if the average of new, residential houses constructed in the county or municipality in the preceding three years is less than 1% of the total number of residential houses in the county or municipality. Requires the department of local government finance, in cooperation with appropriate county and municipal agencies, to determine eligibility for the program. Provides that a program may not take effect until the governing body of each school corporation affected by the program passes a resolution approving the program. Defines "residential housing" as housing or workforce housing that consists of single family dwelling units sufficient to secure quality housing in reasonable proximity to employment.

Sponsor: Jeff Raatz

Parenting time. Authorizes a court to require a parent to submit to drug testing as a condition of exercising parenting time rights if the court finds that: (1) the parent has a history of unlawful drug use within the previous five years; or (2) there is a reasonable likelihood that the parent is currently using unlawful drugs. Specifies that the parent shall pay the costs of the drug testing. Provides that, if a court grants parenting time to a person who has been convicted of: (1) child molesting; or (2) child exploitation; within the previous five years, the court shall order that the parenting time must be supervised.

Sponsor: Michael Crider

State and local administration. 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. Repeals the coal conversion system property tax deduction, the coal combustion product property tax deduction, the recycled coal combustion byproduct personal property tax deduction, the aircraft property tax deduction, the intrastate aircraft property tax deduction, the Hoosier alternative fuel vehicle manufacturer investment income tax credit, and the local income tax option hiring incentive credit. Extends the legislative services agency tax incentive review schedule from five to seven years. Provides that a redevelopment commission or other entity that creates a tax increment financing area shall file the resolution and supporting documents that create the tax increment financing area with both the county auditor in which the tax increment financing area is located and the department of local government finance within 30 days after the redevelopment commission or other entity takes final action on the resolution. Provides that if a redevelopment commission or other entity that creates a tax increment financing area files the resolution and supporting documents with either the county auditor and the department of local government finance after the first anniversary of the effective date of the tax increment financing area, the county auditor shall compute the base assessed value of the tax increment financing area using the assessment date immediately preceding the later of the date on which the documents were filed with the county auditor or the date on which the documents were filed with the department of local government finance. Urges the study of the advisability of eliminating the mortgage property tax deduction and the advisability of increasing the homestead standard deduction.

Sponsor: Travis Holdman

Pharmacists; physician assistants. Sets out the conditions for emergency pharmaceutical refills and prescription adaptations. Permits a pharmacist to prescribe certain devices or supplies approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration. Provides that if a pharmacist prescribes certain devices or supplies, the pharmacist must provide the patient with a written advance beneficiary notice that is signed by the patient and that states that the patient may not be eligible for reimbursement for the device or supply. Requires that the pharmacy must keep a copy of the patient's advance beneficiary notice. Changes the role of a supervising physician for a physician assistant to that of a collaborating physician. Removes prescribing requirement language of at least 30 contact hours in pharmacology by a program approved by the committee and requires the physician assistant to have graduated from an accredited physician assistant program and have received the required pharmacology training from the program. Removes the following requirements concerning prescribing by a physician assistant: (1) A physician assistant prescribing a controlled substance to have practiced as a physician assistant for at least 1,800 hours. (2) Prescribing authority being delegated to a physician assistant to be expressly delegated in writing by the physician. (3) Limiting the amount prescribed to an amount not to exceed a 30 day supply. Removes a requirement that a physician review at least 25% of the patient's records in a physician assistant's first year of practice. Requires the review of at least 10% of the patient records concerning the prescribing or administering of a drug (instead of only certain scheduled drugs) for the first year in which a physician assistant obtains authority to prescribe a drug. Removes certain chart review requirements and a statement to the board by the physician.

Sponsor: Steven Davisson

Body cavity searches and blood draws. Establishes a procedure authorizing licensed medical personnel to obtain a body fluid sample or to retrieve contraband from the body cavity of an individual as part of a criminal investigation, and, grants, with certain exceptions, immunity to medical personnel. Provides a method for certain emergency medical services providers and law enforcement officers who have been exposed to blood or body fluids to obtain the results of a test for a dangerous communicable disease. Establishes a procedure for a court to issue an emergency ex parte order for a blood or body fluid specimen.

Sponsor: Ronald Grooms

Prohibited name change. Defines "lifetime sex or violent offender" and prohibits, with certain exceptions, a lifetime sex or violent offender from changing the offender's name. Requires the local law enforcement authority in the county of conviction to take reasonable steps to notify the victim if a lifetime sex or violent offender changes the offender's name, and authorizes a prosecuting attorney to assist with the notification.

Sponsor: Edward Clere

Various tax matters. Provides that the department of state revenue (department) may deny an application for a registered retail merchant's certificate in certain circumstances. Specifies the requirements necessary for a taxpayer to discontinue filing a combined income tax return. Requires a partnership, or an estate or trust, to file certain information returns electronically. Amends motor carrier fuel tax provisions retroactively to July 1, 2018, to specify the rates that apply to the imposition of the tax. Requires a taxpayer to retain books and records during the period of a judicial proceeding or appeal that extends beyond the three year retention period under current law. Requires a sheriff that collects a judgment on a tax warrant to notify the department of the name of the taxpayer and the amount of the payment within seven days of receipt of the payment. Allows the department to waive or toll tax penalties and interest imposed on a taxpayer who is or has been incarcerated for a period of at least 180 days. Provides that if the department does not: (1) issue a timely demand notice; (2) file a timely tax warrant; or (3) renew tax warrants; the tax liability is extinguished. Provides that the department may release tax withholding or other tax information statements to certain individuals. Provides that the department may domesticate a valid tax warrant in one or more other states or countries, or in the political subunits of other states or countries. Provides that a judgment on a tax warrant must be filed in at least one Indiana county not later than 10 years after the first date on which a demand notice could be issued. Provides that if a judgment on a tax warrant is entered in at least one Indiana county, the department may file an additional tax warrant in one or more Indiana counties during the period in which one or more tax warrants are valid. Updates the income tax reference to the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) in effect on January 1, 2019. Revises provisions concerning income under Section 118, Section 163, and Section 965 of the IRC. Clarifies the treatment of a loss for a taxable year disallowed because of Section 461(l) of the IRC in determining an Indiana net operating loss deduction. Modifies the adjustment to Indiana adjusted gross income for certain property involved in a like-kind exchange for which a taxpayer claims a federal deduction under Section 179 of the IRC. Modifies, for purposes of determining Indiana adjusted gross income, an amount treated as bonus depreciation under IRC Section 168(k) for certain property involved in a like-kind exchange. Changes the order in which the department is required to apply a taxpayer's partial payment to the taxpayer's tax liability, penalties, and interest. Provides that the revised ordering of payments applies to taxable periods beginning after December 31, 2019. Specifies the taxable years to which the adjusted gross income tax changes and the financial institutions tax changes apply. Provides that the heavy equipment rental excise tax is imposed upon the rental of heavy rental equipment from a retail merchant in Indiana and received from the retail merchant in Indiana. Requires a retail merchant to collect and remit the heavy equipment rental excise tax. Provides that in the event of a misclassification, a person shall receive a credit for any property tax paid on the rental of heavy equipment for a calendar year against any excise tax owed on the equipment in the same calendar year and for any excise tax paid on the equipment for a calendar year against any property tax owed on the equipment in the same calendar year. Requires the department, beginning January 1, 2021, to establish an annual tax rate for the utility receipts tax and the utility services use tax by determining a tax rate that would maintain tax revenue at the state fiscal year 2018 amount. Removes the provision in current law that requires a claim for a unified tax credit for the elderly to be filed within six months following the close of the claimant's taxable year or within the extension period if an extension of time for filing the return has been granted, whichever is later.

Sponsor: Travis Holdman

Rehabilitation and community based services. Requires the division of disability and rehabilitative services (division) to develop a plan to establish a statewide crisis assistance system program for individuals with developmental disabilities and sets forth requirements of the program. Establishes a task force until December 31, 2025, for assessment of services and supports for people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities (task force). Provides that the task force shall meet twice a year to receive a report from the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) on the implementation of the comprehensive plan of implementation of community based services provided to people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities (implementation plan). Provides that: (1) at the first annual meeting, the office shall report on the progress made in implementing each recommendation of the implementation plan; and (2) at the second annual meeting, the office shall report any legislative changes needed to implement any recommendation of the implementation plan. Requires the division to determine and assess certain components of the vocational rehabilitation services program and serve specified individuals upon determining sufficient staffing and financial resources. Requires the division of disability and rehabilitative services, in coordination with the task force, to establish new priority categories for individuals served by a waiver.

Sponsor: Edward Clere

Interim study committee. Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on education the topic of studying: (1) the feasibility of integrating the membership of and merging the responsibilities of the Indiana state board of education and the governor's workforce cabinet to continue the process of aligning Indiana's education system; and (2) the governance structure and legislative oversight of education, including the composition of the state board of education, the governor's workforce cabinet, and the commission for higher education.

Sponsor: Victoria Spartz

Charter school matters. Increases the membership of the Indiana charter school board (board) from seven to nine. Authorizes the governor to appoint four members to the board, not more than two of whom may be members of the same political party. (Under current law, the governor appoints two members who may not be members of the same political party.) Provides that the affirmative votes of a majority of the members present are required for the board to take action as opposed to the affirmative votes of a majority of the voting members appointed to the board. Adds a representative from the Arc of Indiana to the list of members who must be included on the state advisory council on the education of children with disabilities. Allows a charter school to limit admissions to allow siblings of student alumni of a charter school or a charter school held by the same organizer to attend the same charter school. Provides that a student who attends a charter school co-located with the charter school may receive preference to admission to the charter school if the preference is specifically provided for in the charter school's charter and is approved by the charter school's authorizer. Adds educational service centers to a provision relating to employee wage payment arrangements. Provides that the governing body of a school corporation may allow, by written authorization, the use of a school bus or a special purpose bus for the transportation of adults at least 65 years of age or disabled adults. Reduces the time frame that a school corporation must make a vacant or unused school building available to a charter school. Provides that, if a school corporation does not comply with the requirements regarding a vacant or unused school building and charter schools, the school corporation must submit any proceeds from the sale of the vacant or unused school building to the state board of education (state board) to provide grants under the charter school and innovation grant program. Requires a school corporation to sell certain vacant school buildings to an accredited nonpublic school or postsecondary educational institution for an amount not more than the minimum bid for the school building or an amount agreed to by both parties. Provides that, in determining whether to accept a proposal to purchase and redevelop a school building that has a square footage that exceeds 200,000 gross square feet and any adjacent property, the governing body must ensure that a charter school that has notified the governing body in writing of its interest in locating the charter school on the redeveloped site is provided adequate facilities on the redeveloped site. Provides that, if the state board directs a special management team to apply for charter school status for a school, the state board shall notify the charter school authorizer selected for application by the special management team of the state board's decision to direct the school to apply for charter status.

Sponsor: Robert Behning

Broadband development. Establishes the rural broadband fund for the purpose of awarding grants: (1) before August 1, 2019, under the existing statute governing grants for qualified broadband projects for unserved areas in Indiana; and (2) after July 31, 2019, under new procedures governing grants for eligible broadband projects for rural areas in Indiana. Requires the office of community and rural affairs (office) to establish procedures for the awarding of grants from the fund after July 31, 2019, by state agencies to eligible broadband service providers for eligible broadband projects in rural areas of Indiana. Provides that the procedures established by the office must establish specified priorities for the awarding of grants, based on the available Internet speeds in a particular area. Provides that the procedures established by the office may not permit the awarding of a grant from the fund for any proposed broadband project in an area in which eligible broadband service is available. Provides that the procedures established by the office may not permit the office to award a grant from the fund for any project in a rural area for which funding has been allocated from certain federal funding programs. Provides that the procedures established by the office must establish a system of priorities for awarding grants, weighted as determined by the office in guidelines adopted by the office, that gives preference to eligible broadband projects that meet certain specified criteria. Requires an eligible broadband service provider awarded a grant to sign with the office a grant agreement that: (1) outlines a start date and an end date for completion of the project; and (2) conditions the release of any grant funds on the progressive completion of the project. Beginning in 2020, requires the office to submit to the general assembly an annual report on the awarding of grants under these procedures during the most recent state fiscal year. Provides that every three years, beginning in 2021, the state board of accounts shall conduct an audit of the awarding of grants from the fund during the most recent three state fiscal years. Provides that a communications service provider that holds a certificate of territorial authority shall be designated as a public utility solely as that term is used in federal law that allows a state to exempt a public utility from the federal law's requirement that the state must charge fair market value for the use of real property acquired by the state using federal transportation funding. Provides that the department of transportation (INDOT) may not charge an access rate or any other recurring charge or recurring fee for communications infrastructure that is located before May 1, 2019, in any rights-of-way that are owned or controlled by INDOT. Specifies that INDOT may charge routine right-of-way permit fees to enter INDOT's rights-of-way for the maintenance of existing facilities. Provides that the department may create a broadband corridor program to manage communications infrastructure along or within limited access highway rights-of-way. Specifies that for purposes of the broadband corridor program, "communications infrastructure" does not include privately owned vertical structures used primarily for providing wireless communications service. Provides that: (1) INDOT may not unreasonably discriminate among entities requesting access to broadband corridors or other INDOT controlled rights-of-way; and (2) the bill's provisions prohibiting INDOT from discriminating among such entities do not abrogate or limit INDOT's statutory authority to safely and efficiently manage and operate the state highway system and associated highway rights-of-way. Provides that, before July 1, 2020, INDOT shall adopt rules to provide that, as used throughout the department's administrative code regarding utility facility relocation for purposes of construction contracts, "utility" has the meaning set forth in federal law concerning utility relocations, adjustments, and reimbursement.

Sponsor: Mark Messmer

Agricultural matters. Provides that a county, city, town, or township may not adopt or continue in effect any ordinance, rule, regulation, or resolution prohibiting the establishment or maintenance of beekeeping on property that the person owns, rents, or leases. Specifies that a county, city, town, or township may adopt an ordinance, rule, regulation, or resolution that regulates certain aspects of beekeeping.

Sponsor: Ronald Grooms

Voiding and releasing claims in land interests. Adds a provision to the statute concerning marketable title for real property to provide that, after a person has filed a claim for an interest in land, the claim is void if: (1) the owner of the property subject to the claim (or any person having an interest in the property) provides written notice to the claimant to file an action to enforce the claim; and (2) the claimant fails to file, within 30 days after receiving the notice to enforce the claim, an action to enforce the claim in the county where the property is located. Provides that upon the claimant's failure to file an action to enforce the claim within the 30 day period, the person who provided the notice to the claimant may file with the recorder of the county where the property is located an affidavit stating that the person has served notice on the claimant to enforce the claim and that no action for enforcement of the claim is pending. Requires the county recorder to record the affidavit of service. Requires that an affidavit of service must also include a reference to the recording information for the recorded notice of claim. Requires that, when the county recorder records the affidavit of service, the recorder must include a reference to the recorded notice of claim in the record book. Allows a county recorder to certify certain records by cross reference to the records, rather than on the records themselves.

Sponsor: Blake Doriot

Traffic crimes. Provides that an operator of a motor vehicle who: (1) operates a motor vehicle after the operator's driving privileges have been suspended or revoked; and (2) causes an accident that results in injury or death to another person; commits a separate offense for each person injured or killed as a result of an accident caused by the operator. Provides that an operator of a motor vehicle who leaves the scene of an accident that: (1) was caused by the operator; and (2) involves injury to another person; commits a separate offense for each person injured by an accident caused by the operator. Provides that leaving the scene of an accident involving moderate bodily injury is a Level 6 felony. Makes the penalty for leaving the scene of an accident involving the death or catastrophic injury of another person a Level 4 felony. Increases the penalty for causing serious bodily injury when operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated from a Level 6 felony to a Level 5 felony. Enhances the penalty for the offense to a Level 4 felony if the person has a previous conviction for the offense. Makes the penalty for causing the death or catastrophic injury of another person when operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated a Level 4 felony in certain instances. Provides that an operator of a motor vehicle who: (1) is a habitual traffic violator; and (2) causes an accident that results in the injury or death of another person; commits a separate offense for each person injured or killed as a result of an accident caused by the operator. Allows multiple sentences for the offense to be served consecutively in certain instances. Provides that the operator of a motor vehicle who: (1) flees from a law enforcement officer; and (2) causes an accident resulting in bodily injury, serious bodily injury, catastrophic injury, or death of another person; commits a separate offense for each person injured or killed as a result of the operator's vehicular flight from police. Allows multiple sentences for the offense to be served consecutively in certain instances. Defines "catastrophic injury" and increases the penalty for certain offenses involving catastrophic injuries. Specifies that "metabolites" refers to metabolites in a person's blood. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: Eric Koch

Economic development. Provides that the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) may renew an enterprise zone that is established in an inactive or closed military base (enterprise zone) for not more than 10 years subject to certain criteria. Provides that a reuse authority, following the expiration of an enterprise zone over which the reuse authority had jurisdiction, may, subject to the approval of the IEDC, certify a business that is located within the boundaries of the enterprise zone for a tax credit, deduction, or exemption that could have been available to the business had the enterprise zone not expired. Provides that a business that is certified by a reuse authority to receive a tax credit, deduction, or exemption must assist the reuse authority in an amount determined by the reuse authority. Provides that a zone business that received a tax credit, deduction, or exemption in an enterprise zone before the phase out of the enterprise zone and claims the tax credit, deduction, or exemption after the phase out must pay to the reuse authority the same fee or amount that the zone business would have paid to the urban enterprise association before the expiration of the enterprise zone. Provides that the IEDC shall make a determination on grants from the twenty-first century research and technology fund (fund) to a district board established in Lafayette or Fort Wayne by September 1 if a district board established in Lafayette or Fort Wayne applies for a grant.

Sponsor: Chris Garten

Licensed professionals and child service agencies. Provides for the behavioral health and human services licensing board to issue a temporary permit to practice bachelor's degree social work to an individual who meets the educational requirements for a license as a bachelor's degree social worker. Exempts from licensure individuals who have completed a bachelor's degree in social work and are employed in a position for which the department of child services (department) has specified that other individuals with a bachelor's degree in certain other fields of study do not need to be licensed. Requires the department to prepare and submit to the general assembly a report: (1) concerning the department's progress in collaborating with providers that are subject to audits; and (2) that includes a plan for streamlining the auditing process for accredited and non-accredited providers. Requires the department to implement the streamlined auditing plan not later than July 1, 2020.

Sponsor: Erin Houchin

Telecoil and beacon positioning systems. Requires the fire prevention and buildings safety commission (commission) to adopt rules requiring that a person performing new construction or any major alteration of an existing public address system in a Class 1 structure located in a first or second class city after June 30, 2020, must consider the installation of an audio frequency induction loop system (AFIL) and a beacon positioning system. Requires that the person performing new construction or any major alteration of an existing facility's public address system to solicit at least one bid for the installation of an AFIL and at least one bid for the installation of a beacon positioning system. Requires the commission to: (1) adopt standards of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) for installation, maintenance, and performance of audio frequency induction loop systems; and (2) develop standards for installation and maintenance of beacon positioning systems. Requires audiologists, individuals who hold a hearing aid dealer certificate of registration, and individuals who fit or dispense hearing aids while under the supervision and direction of an individual who holds a hearing aid dealer certificate of registration to provide information about telecoil and AFILs when fitting and dispensing hearing aids.

Sponsor: Doug Miller

Nonconsensual pornography. Defines "intimate image" and provides that a person who: (1) knows that an individual does not consent to the distribution of an intimate image of the individual; and (2) distributes the intimate image on the Internet; commits internet distribution of an intimate image, a Class A misdemeanor. Increases the penalty to a Level 6 felony for a second or subsequent offense.

Sponsor: Aaron Freeman

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. 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 proof of financial responsibility to the court; and (3) not be ineligible to have the person's driving privileges reinstated. Provides that the court must transmit a copy of its order to the bureau in a manner prescribed by the bureau. Specifies that a petition for traffic amnesty is not an admission of guilt, and requires a court to include in its order granting amnesty that the order is not a conviction, finding of guilt, or finding of liability. Makes a technical correction.

Sponsor: Robin Shackleford

Funding for child welfare programming. Provides that the department of child services (department) may collaborate with other entities to implement or participate in programs designed to connect the department and local offices with supportive local community organizations that may provide assistance in meeting the needs of children and families in crisis. Requires the department to report, before September 30 of each year until June 30, 2024, to the legislative council information concerning the implementation and participation in the programs.

Sponsor: Andy Zay

Veterans affairs. Requires the office of judicial administration with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to identify and address the needs of veterans in the court system.

Sponsor: Dennis Zent

Performance and payment bonds. Provides that for public-private BOT agreements, public-private agreements for toll road projects, and public-private partnership agreements for transportation projects entered into after June 30, 2019, a performance bond must be for not less than 50% of the cost to design and construct the project and a payment bond must be for not less than 100% of the cost to design and construct the project.

Sponsor: Matthew Lehman

Drug dealing. Adds an item to the existing list of enhancing circumstances for offenses relating to controlled substances. Provides that an enhancing circumstance means that the person knowingly committed the offense in, on, or within 100 feet of a drug treatment facility.

Sponsor: Eric Koch

Regulation of hemp. Establishes the Indiana hemp advisory committee (committee) to provide advice to the office of the state seed commissioner (commissioner) regarding Indiana's hemp laws. Sunsets the committee on July 1, 2021. Prohibits the commissioner from regulating a hemp product. Changes references from "industrial hemp" to "hemp" and amends the definition of hemp. Adds a definition of "hemp product". Allows for aerial inspection of hemp crops. Removes the limitation on the number of inspections that the state police department may conduct on a licensed hemp operation. Allows the commissioner to perform a criminal background check of an applicant for

Sponsor: Randall Head

Use of Social Security numbers in credit files. Requires a consumer reporting agency that uses a Social Security number as a factor in determining whether a file matches the identity of the subject of a credit inquiry to ensure that the name and at least one additional identifier of the subject matches the name and the same identifier in the file.

Sponsor: Ryan Lauer

Regulation of physical therapists. Establishes the Indiana board of physical therapy (board). (Current law regulates physical therapy under the medical licensing board, with certain functions delegated to the Indiana physical therapy committee.) Creates a new definition of "physical therapy" and adds or amends other definitions. Amends certain prohibited acts to include business entities. Adds physician assistants and nurse practitioners to the list of persons who may issue an order to a physical therapist. Allows a physical therapist to treat a patient for 42 days without a referral from a provider. (Current law allows treatment for 24 days.) Provides that certain individuals are exempt from license and certification requirements. Adds a physical therapist assistant to the board and removes the physician member. Establishes requirements for physical therapists and physical therapist assistants who have been educated outside the United States. Establishes requirements to sit for the licensure and certification examinations. Allows the applicant to take the examination not more than six times. Allows the board to disqualify an applicant for certain acts related to the examination. Requires a person who seeks reinstatement for a lapsed license to demonstrate evidence of continuing competence. Establishes certain responsibilities for physical therapists. Allows a physical therapist assistant to work under a physical therapist. Transfers the rules, duties, and records concerning physical therapy from the medical licensing board to the board. Makes conforming changes.

Sponsor: Mark Messmer

Bureau of motor vehicles. Provides that if one or more of the following taxes have not been paid for one or more preceding years, the bureau of motor vehicles may collect only the tax for the year immediately preceding the current registration year, the current registration year, and the year immediately following the current registration year: (1) The county vehicle excise tax. (2) The county wheel tax. (3) The municipal vehicle excise tax. (4) The municipal wheel tax. (5) The motor vehicle excise tax. (6) The recreational vehicle excise tax. (7) The commercial vehicle excise tax. (8) The boat excise tax. Specifies to which vehicles a county vehicle excise tax, county wheel tax, municipal vehicle excise tax, and municipal wheel tax apply. Provides that an owner who has paid a surtax or wheel tax and moves out of state may be entitled to a refund. Specifies the minimum and maximum vehicle registration periods for a vehicle with an: (1) expired; and (2) unexpired; registration. Requires that all copies of all ordinances that impose, rescind, or change the rate or amount of a surtax or wheel tax be submitted in a manner prescribed by the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau). Provides that the maximum design speed for a low speed vehicle is 25 miles per hour. (Current law provides for 35 miles per hour.) Provides that, in certain instances, off-road vehicles and snowmobiles need to be registered. Provides that, during the registration or registration renewal process, the bureau may provide information concerning a manufacturer issued motor vehicle safety recall to the registered owner of a motor vehicle subject to an ongoing recall. Specifies that the bureau may not charge a fee for providing information concerning an ongoing, manufacturer issued safety recall. Provides that: (1) the bureau; (2) the commissioner of the bureau; (3) employees of the bureau; and (4) third party vendors responsible for providing the bureau with manufacturer issued safety recall information; are immune from civil liability for any act or omission related to the bureau providing safety recall information. Provides that a person may transfer a plate from a wrecked or destroyed vehicle to a vehicle acquired or owned by the person. Removes the provisions providing for a probationary period for independent colleges under the special group recognition license plate program. Provides that the Indiana department of transportation must review plans for general vehicle platoon operations. (Current law provides that the commissioner of the bureau must review plans). Specifies that an individual who is 75 years of age or older may renew an operator's, chauffeur's, or public passenger chauffeur's license by mail or electronic service if the individual provides proof of an eyesight examination with the renewal application. Establishes distribution by percentage of fees paid for reinstatement of driving privileges. Specifies that a court may waive part or all of a reinstatement fee for driving privileges. Removes the requirement that an emergency contact for the purposes of the emergency contact data base must hold a valid credential. Requires an individual seeking a license to be a driver education instructor to be currently employed or have an employment offer from a licensed driver training school. Requires a rider coach trainer to meet standards established by the bureau for instructors in motorcycle safety and education. (Current law requires that the standards be equivalent to or more stringent than those established by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation.) Requires an applicant from a foreign country that has a reciprocity agreement with the bureau for obtaining an operator's license to possess a valid driver's license for the type of vehicle being operated or the equivalent from the foreign country. (Current law also allows the applicant to possess an international driving permit.) Specifies that the court may grant driving privileges to an individual whose driving privileges have been suspended for life: (1) for a specified period of time; and (2) subject to certain conditions. Requires an individual who has been granted driving privileges through a court order after the individual's driving privileges have been suspended for life to possess the order when operating a vehicle or produce the order upon request of a police officer. Provides that the bureau of motor vehicles may waive certain testing requirements for an applicant seeking a learner's permit or a driver's license in certain instances. Provides that the bureau of motor vehicles (BMV) may develop a system to issue mobile credentials. Provides that the BMV may issue, upon request of an applicant, a mobile credential when the applicant satisfies the requirements for application for an identification card or various licenses and permits. Provides the BMV with rulemaking authority to implement the mobile credential system. Defines mobile credential. Eliminates both the department of natural resources fee and the lake and river enhancement fee. Sets out the registration and renewal fees for motorboats. Makes conforming changes.

Sponsor: Edmond Soliday

Income tax deductions. Increases the income tax deduction for income from military retirement or survivor's benefits beginning in 2019.

Sponsor: Robert Cherry

Disposal of abandoned or derelict aircraft. Specifies that a "person" includes a political subdivision for purposes of the statute concerning liens for the repair, storage, servicing, or furnishing of supplies for certain motor vehicles, airplanes, machinery, and equipment. Establishes a procedure for the disposal and removal of an abandoned aircraft or a derelict aircraft from the premises of: (1) a public-use airport; or (2) a fixed-base operator at a public-use airport.

Sponsor: Mike Speedy

School corporation expenditure targets. Provides that a school must specify in its proposed budget the anticipated amount it will transfer from its education fund to its operations fund during the budget year and requires an acknowledgment at its budget hearing of whether it will transfer more than 15% from its education fund to its operations fund. Requires the Indiana education employment relations board to annually prepare, publish, and submit a report to the budget committee and the legislative council that covers various employment information for school employees. Provides that a school corporation shall make every reasonable effort to budget and spend for its education fund so that not more than 15% of the revenue deposited in its education fund is transferred to its operations fund. Requires the department of education (department) to identify and notify those school corporations that transfer more than the 15% amount for the previous calendar year beginning in 2020. Requires a school corporation's governing body to publicly acknowledge receipt of a notice that the school corporation is on the list and publish on the school corporation's Internet web site that it is on the list along with related items. Requires the Indiana education employment relations board and the division of finance of the department to be available to provide assistance to each school corporation that is included on the list. Requires a school corporation that is not on the list to publish this fact on the school corporation's Internet web site. Provides that, if a school corporation is over the transfer target, the school corporation is required to explain its expenditures to the department and the fiscal and qualitative indicators committee. Provides that the department may require the school corporation to present its explanation to the fiscal and qualitative indicators committee at a public meeting. Permits the fiscal and qualitative indicators committee to issue a recommendation to the school corporation, and requires posting of the recommendation on the school corporation's Internet web site.

Sponsor: Dale DeVon

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, 2019, 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 an assistant superintendent before July 1, 2019, provides otherwise, a governing body may not pay to an assistant superintendent to buy out a contract an amount that exceeds an amount equal to the lesser of: (1) the assistant superintendent's salary for any one year under the contract; or (2) $250,000. Requires that an initial employment contract entered into between the governing body of a school corporation and an assistant superintendent, a principal, or an assistant principal be at least one year and not more than three years. (Current law requires the initial contract between the governing body of a school corporation and a principal or assistant principal be the equivalent of at least two years.) Provides that a contract with an assistant superintendent, a principal, or an assistant principal may be extended for an additional three years.

Sponsor: Erin Houchin

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 (UCCC); (3) rental purchase agreements; (4) debt management companies; (5) banks; (6) credit unions; (7) pawnbrokers; and (8) money transmitters. Repeals a provision in the statute concerning rental purchase agreements that specifies that any up-front payment made by the lessee: (1) must be treated as an initial rental payment; (2) is subject to the disclosure requirements under the statute; and (3) may be in a sum larger than a regular rental payment. Prohibits leasing of, and rental purchase agreements involving, live domestic animals. Repeals a provision in the UCCC that provides that civil proceeding advance payment transactions (CPAP transactions) are subject to the UCCC. Strikes all provisions concerning CPAP transactions from the UCCC. Repeals provisions in the UCCC that define certain terms relating to CPAP transactions. Moves language in the UCCC applicable to the licensing of civil proceeding advance payment providers to the existing statute concerning civil proceeding advance payments and makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: Charles Burton

Accounting by attorney in fact. Provides that an attorney in fact is required to render and deliver a written accounting if requested by a person who jointly owns an account with the principal. Provides that an attorney in fact may not render and deliver an accounting to the child of the principal, if a court has determined that the rendering and delivery of an accounting is not in the best interests of the principal.

Sponsor: Eric Koch

Economic development. Establishes the small business innovation voucher program (program) to provide vouchers to eligible small businesses to be used by the business to purchase research and development support or other forms of technical assistance and services from an Indiana institution of higher education or other authorized research provider. Provides that the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) shall administer the program. Provides that the program is subject to appropriation from the general assembly. Amends the definition of "sales" and adds a definition of "telecommunication services" and "broadcast services" under the state adjusted gross income tax provisions. Amends the provisions for determining when sales, other than sales of tangible personal property, are derived from sources within Indiana for purposes of determining the state adjusted gross income of corporations and nonresident persons. Provides that the IEDC may enter into an agreement for mutual economic assistance and a payment agreement with a similar agency or body of a state bordering Indiana. Provides that a taxpayer (with certain exceptions) is not entitled to receive an industrial recovery tax credit for a qualified investment made after December 31, 2019. Amends the definition of "incremental income tax withholdings" for purposes of the EDGE tax credit to accommodate nonresident employees covered by a mutual economic assistance agreement and payment agreement. Permits a taxpayer to claim an income tax credit for qualified investments made after a community revitalization enhancement district has expired if the taxpayer satisfies certain conditions. Allows a taxpayer to assign all or part of a venture capital investment tax credit, subject to certain limitations. Amends the definition of "qualified investment" under the Hoosier business investment tax credit to include the purchase of: (1) retooled or refurbished machinery; (2) new energy conservation and pollution control equipment; and (3) new onsite digital manufacturing equipment. Provides that the Hoosier business tax investment credit for new onsite digital manufacturing equipment for a tax credit is not to exceed 15% of the qualified investment and is for a limited time period. Amends the headquarters relocation tax credit to extend the credit to an eligible business that: (1) acquired at least $4,000,000 in venture capital within either six months prior to or six months after applying for the credit; and (2) commits to: (A) relocating its headquarters to Indiana; or (B) relocating the number of jobs that equals 80% of the business's payroll to Indiana. Provides that the total amount of headquarters relocation tax credits that may be approved in a state fiscal year for all eligible businesses that qualify for the tax credit under the new provision may not exceed $5,000,000. Establishes the redevelopment tax credit (credit). Requires a taxpayer to apply to the IEDC for the credit. Provides that a taxpayer may claim a credit against state tax liability if: (1) the taxpayer makes a qualified investment for the redevelopment or rehabilitation of real property located within a qualified redevelopment site; and (2) the qualified investment is approved by the IEDC. Provides that the amount of the credit is equal to: (1) the qualified investment made by the taxpayer and approved by the IEDC in an agreement; multiplied by (2) the applicable credit percentage determined by the IEDC. Specifies the maximum applicable credit percentages that apply to qualified investments. Caps the redevelopment tax credit at $50,000,000 per state fiscal year with certain exceptions. Allows a taxpayer to assign all or part of a redevelopment tax credit, subject to certain limitations. Authorizes the IEDC to include in an agreement for the tax credit provisions that require the taxpayer to repay all or part of a credit awarded over a period of years. Provides that an agreement for the redevelopment tax credit must include a repayment provision for the amount of any credit award that exceeds $7,000,000. Requires the IEDC to establish measurements for evaluating the performance of the redevelopment tax credit and evaluate the tax credit program on a biennial basis. Requires the IEDC to collect data on the effectiveness of an assignment of both the venture capital investment tax credit and the redevelopment tax credit and report its findings to the legislative council before November 1, 2022. Changes the recertification period for certified technology parks from three years to four years. Provides that once a certified technology park reaches its cap, an additional amount equal to a specified amount of incremental income taxes shall be captured. Requires a redevelopment commission that has designated a third party manager or operator of a certified technology park to transfer to the manager or operator the amount owed within 30 days of receiving a distribution. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying the development of regional airports throughout Indiana. Makes an appropriation.

Sponsor: Travis Holdman

Discipline of coaches. Requires the department of education (department) to notify the Indiana High School Athletic Association (association) of any license revocation or suspension involving a licensed teacher who has been convicted of certain offenses or committed certain misconduct. Provides that a school corporation, charter high school, or nonpublic high school with at least one employee must report to the association when a nonteaching or volunteer coach has been convicted of certain offenses. Requires the association to revoke the accreditation of any coach who has been convicted of certain offenses. Provides that, before a school corporation, charter high school, or nonpublic high school with at least one employee hires or allows an individual to coach an association recognized sport, the school corporation, charter high school, or nonpublic high school shall: (1) ask the individual: (A) whether the individual is or has been accredited by the association; and (B) if the individual is or has been accredited by the association, whether the individual's accreditation has ever been suspended or revoked; (2) request references from the individual; (3) contact the references that the individual provides; and (4) contact the association to determine whether the individual's accreditation has ever been suspended or revoked. Requires expanded criminal history checks for volunteer coaches. Provides that school corporations, charter high schools, and nonpublic high schools with at least one employee are, regarding volunteer coaches, subject to a statute that establishes a penalty if an employer prevents a discharged employee from obtaining employment with any other person and provides civil immunity regarding certain disclosures. Provides that the: (1) association or its employees; (2) department or the department's employees; or (3) school corporation, charter high school, or nonpublic high school with at least one employee or its employees; are immune from civil liability for any act done or omitted unless the action constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.

Sponsor: Donna Schaibley

Department of natural resources matters. Allows the department of natural resources to adopt emergency rules concerning entomology and pathology. Provides that an individual may not provide hunting guide services without a hunting guide license issued by the director of the department of natural resources. Defines "guide services" to include services by a person who for money or other consideration offers or advertises to transport an individual, transports an individual to a location, offers or advertises to assist, provide direction, or provide advice to an individual, or assists, provides direction, or provides advice to an individual for the purpose of hunting or fishing. Specifies that knowingly or intentionally providing guide services in violation of fish and wildlife laws to take, acquire, receive, transport, or possess wild animals that are protected by law is a criminal violation.

Sponsor: Jeff Raatz

Porter County election board. Establishes a board of elections and registration for Porter County. Provides that Porter County is a county that counts absentee ballots at a central location. Provides that an appointed member of a county election board or a board of elections and registration may not be a relative of any individual that has the authority to appoint a member of the board.

Sponsor: Edmond Soliday

Unauthorized adoption advertising. Provides that the unauthorized adoption advertising statute does not apply to an Indiana resident seeking to adopt a child on the resident's own behalf. Removes a provision that requires an attorney licensed to practice in Indiana and a child placing agency licensed under the laws of Indiana to include certain information in an advertisement regarding adoption. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: Gerald Torr

1977 fund retirement and surviving spouse benefits. Increases the basic monthly pension benefit payable to a member of the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund (1977 fund) who retires after June 30, 2019, with 20 years of service from 50% to 52% of the monthly salary of a first class patrolman or firefighter in the year the member ended active service. Increases from 60% to 70% of the member's monthly benefit the monthly benefit paid to a surviving spouse of a 1977 fund member who dies after June 30, 2019, other than in the line of duty.

Sponsor: Jon Ford

Homeless children and youths. Allows certain representatives of a homeless youth to: (1) access, on behalf of the youth, the youth's birth certificate, photo identification, and driver's license without charge or consent of a parent, guardian, or custodian; and (2) enroll the youth in adult basic education services and register the youth for the Indiana high school equivalency examination, after the youth completes an exit interview with the youth's school corporation; if the youth meets certain guidelines and the representative possesses a fee and consent waiver affidavit. Updates the law regarding the education of homeless children and youth to align with federal law.

Sponsor: James Merritt

Comprehensive addiction recovery centers. Establishes certification and a grant program for comprehensive addiction recovery centers to be administered by the division of mental health and addiction (division). Sets forth requirements for certification and a grant. Requires entities that are awarded a grant to report specified data to the division. Establishes the comprehensive addiction recovery center fund.

Sponsor: James Merritt

Prescription drug label. Provides that if a pharmacist dispenses a prescription drug that contains or is derived from opium, the prescription label must bear a statement that the drug is an opioid.

Sponsor: Jean Leising

Inpatient addiction treatment. Provides that when determined by the treatment plan to be medically necessary, the office of Medicaid policy and planning shall provide coverage for inpatient detoxification using the American Society of Addiction Medicine Patient Placement Criteria.

Sponsor: Cindy Kirchhofer

State budget. Appropriates money for capital expenditures, the operation of the state, K-12 and higher education, the delivery of Medicaid and other services, and various other distributions and purposes. Renames the build Indiana fund the lottery surplus fund. Eliminates all the build Indiana fund accounts. Declares the policy of the state that no person may be denied coverage for a preexisting condition under a plan of health coverage offered or administered by the state. Specifies that the preexisting condition exclusion provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) are in effect and enforced in Indiana, regardless of the legal status of the PPACA. Establishes the Indiana-Michigan boundary line commission to administer and oversee a survey and remonumentation of the Indiana-Michigan border. Eliminates the office of state based initiatives. Makes the budget agency responsible for coordinating federal assistance to state agencies. Prohibits certain state agency action regarding federal assistance. Requires state agencies to provide federal assistance information to the budget agency. Requires the budget agency to: (1) prepare an annual report summarizing the federal assistance received by state agencies during the preceding federal fiscal year; (2) publish a comprehensive federal assistance review plan; and (3) perform a review of the current impact and projected future impact of federal mandates and regulations on Indiana. Makes the budget agency the state's single point of contact to review and coordinate proposed federal financial assistance and direct federal development. Adds the two deputy budget directors as alternate members of the budget committee, and specifies that one of the deputy directors shall take the place of the budget director when the budget director is not present. Removes the restriction on the Indiana horse racing commission using money distributed under a distribution agreement for administrative purposes. Requires 0.45% of the adjusted gross receipts from each casino to be deposited in the horse racing commission's operating fund. Establishes the problem gambling program fund. Specifies that the part of the problem gambling fee that is retained annually by the Indiana gaming commission must be deposited into the fund. Provides that the money in the fund is continuously appropriated. Permits the trust fund for self-insurance for employees, including retired employees, for the state police department, conservation officers of the department of natural resources, and the state excise police to invest in the same investments as the state police pension plan instead of the public employees' retirement fund (the trust fund could not invest in equity securities). Permits the retiree health benefit trust fund to invest in the same investments as the public employees' retirement fund instead of in the same manner as public deposits may be invested. Requires a periodic actuarial study of the retiree health benefit trust fund. Provides that employer contributions to the retirement medical benefits account (RMBA) on behalf of a participant must be sufficient to provide the specified benefit. Changes the administration and investment decisions for the RMBA from the budget agency to the Indiana public retirement system (INPRS). Changes responsibility for reports concerning other post-employment benefits (OPEB) from the office of management and budget (OMB) to the INPRS. Changes responsibility for reports concerning local pensions from the OMB to the INPRS. Changes references to Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statements that apply to OPEB reports. Repeals the Indiana technology fund. Provides that a taxpayer may submit, beginning in 2021, a personal property tax return using an online submission system established by the department of local government finance in collaboration with county assessors. Replaces the postwar construction fund with a fund named the state construction fund. Dedicates $1,800,000 to the state construction fund from a part of the cigarette tax revenue formerly appropriated to the department of natural resources. Repeals the state police building account and directs the revenue formerly deposited in the account to the state construction fund. Establishes requirements to be eligible to claim the Indiana research expense income tax credit effective January 1, 2019. Increases the cap on the scholarship granting organization scholarship tax credit from $14,000,000 to $15,000,000 for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and to $16,500,000 for state fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2020. Repeals the income tax credit for property taxes paid by a for-profit acute care hospital. Provides various tax exemptions for the College Football Playoff Group for the College Football Playoff National Championship, including ancillary events. Provides that money in the department of state revenue pilot program fund for functions related to motor carrier services is continuously appropriated. Allocates a percentage of St. Joseph County innkeeper's tax revenue: (1) for the development and operation of an indoor sports complex in the city of Mishawaka; and (2) to finance projects for the Potawatomi Zoo in the city of South Bend. Expires both of these allocations and decreases the innkeeper's tax rate by the percentage allocated for the respective purposes on the later of: (1) July 1, 2024; or (2) a specified date to occur. Removes the reduction from the motor vehicle highway account fund for the appropriation to the department of transportation for traffic safety. Transfers $325,000 each month to the motor carrier regulation fund from the motor vehicle highway account fund. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles to determine the allocation to counties from the motor vehicle highway account fund that is based on motor vehicle registrations. Provides that proceeds received under the First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Indiana Toll Road Concession and Lease Agreement entered on September 21, 2018, are to be deposited in a new fund known as the toll road lease amendment proceeds fund for certain state highway projects. Appropriates $239,400,000 from the toll road lease amendment proceeds fund in state fiscal year 2019 to be used for the purposes of the fund. Terminates the appropriation to the state police department of part of the handgun license fees as of July 1, 2019. Transfers any balance remaining in the fund holding these fees to the state general fund on June 30, 2021. Requires the division of disability and rehabilitative services to establish a cost participation schedule for purposes of the first steps program. Repeals the statutory cost participation schedule. Provides that the money in the division of family resources child care fund is continuously appropriated. Removes the requirement that a school corporation distribute to the state general fund 3% of the federal reimbursement for claims paid under the federal Medicaid program. (Under current law, these funds distributed to the state general fund are dedicated for consulting to encourage school participation in the Medicaid program.) Extends the prohibition on the office of Medicaid policy and planning from including certain Medicaid recipients who receive nursing facility services in a Medicaid risk based managed care program or a capitated managed care program through June 30, 2020. Specifies conditions that apply to a Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payment plan (DSH payment plan). Requires the hospital assessment fee committee (committee) to prepare a DSH payment plan or a default plan and submit the DSH payment plan or default plan to the office of the secretary of family and social services (office of the secretary). Sets forth requirements for state fiscal years: (1) beginning July 1, 2019; and (2) beginning on or after July 1, 2020. Requires the office of the secretary to file with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) a proposed Medicaid state plan amendment that is based on the DSH payment plan or default plan prepared by the committee and implement the plan amendment if the state plan amendment is approved by CMS. Provides for a continuous appropriation from the prekindergarten pilot program fund. Establishes a township assistance online pilot program to provide for ease of access and efficient application for township assistance, automate the application process for township assistance, and create a system to collect and report data regarding township assistance administration. Extends the hospital assessment fee and the health facility quality assessment fee through June 30, 2021. Increases the maximum amount of a primary care scholarship awarded at Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine in the first class year from $10,000 per year to $15,000 per year. Provides that the department of child services may enter into a voluntary service referral agreement with a child's parent, guardian, or custodian. Adds the budget director as a member of the justice reinvestment advisory council. Permits the state to purchase insurance required by the federal government in connection with the use of federal land for the state's wireless public safety voice and data communications system. Extends the judicial and legislative branch leave conversion pilot program through June 30, 2021. Requires the governor to appoint a task force to study the Indiana law enforcement academy. Appropriates $325,000 from the state general fund to the Indiana department of gaming research for the July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019, state fiscal year. Provides that appropriations from the state board of accounts dedicated fund for the state board of accounts for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, may be augmented from the state board of accounts dedicated fund. Provides that unused funds appropriated to the legislative council and legislative services agency in FY 2019 or FY 2020 do not revert to the general fund until June 30, 2021. Permits a state officer to use state funds to make a communication containing the name and likeness of the state officer if the communication: (1) is posted or maintained on a state owned Internet web site; (2) relates to the official duties of the state officer and is not made for commercial broadcast or dissemination to the general public; or (3) is posted on social media, if the communication relates to the official duties of the state officer, was not created, developed, or posted by a nongovernmental entity, and if the social media service provider does not charge for the posting. Specifies allowable terms for a settlement agreement involving the state or a state agency. Provides for the ability for cash flow funding before a full funding grant agreement is approved for the northern Indiana railroad project. Requires the northwest Indiana regional development authority to repay the amount if a full funding grant agreement is not approved. Modifies the membership of the board of the northern Indiana commuter transportation district (board). Provides that board members are not entitled to a salary per diem. Permits the board to authorize the Indiana department of transportation (INDOT) to exercise all or a part of the powers of the board that are necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of the board subject to the agreement of INDOT, including carrying out a railroad project. Broadens the powers of INDOT to contract with third parties to carry out a railroad project. Establishes the next level connections fund to provide matching grants to local units of government and nonprofit organizations for trails, incentivize and establish additional nonstop flights originating from Indiana airports, and accomplish the transportation plan of the department of transportation. Permits INDOT to transfer up to $100,000,000 from the next level connections fund to the rural broadband fund for the purpose of awarding broadband grants for rural areas. Establishes the northern Indiana commuter rail account within the fund. Requires the budget agency to transfer $185,000,000 from the next level connections fund to the northern Indiana commuter rail account. Permits the transfer of up to an additional $20,000,000 from the next level connections fund to the northern Indiana commuter rail account, subject to the approval of the governor. Provides that any proposed extension or amendment to certain agreements shall be submitted to the budget committee for review. Prohibits any extension or amendment to such an agreement until after the budget committee has reviewed the proposed extension or amendment. Specifies that any lump sum amounts or series of amounts totaling more than $1,000,000 received under a public-private agreement entered into by the Indiana finance authority before January 1, 2013, must be held in reserve until May 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the lump sum payment or series of payments was received. Authorizes the state and state agencies to enter into cooperative agreements with federally recognized Indian tribes. Specifies the necessary terms of a cooperative agreement. Requires a provision of a cooperative agreement waiving the state's sovereign immunity to be reviewed and approved by the attorney general. Specifies the conditions that must be met for the state to waive its immunity from suit in federal court under the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to a cooperative agreement. Adds federally recognized Indian tribes to the list of governmental entities with which local governments may enter into interlocal agreements. Provides that a marketplace facilitator is required to collect and remit state sales tax as a retail merchant when it facilitates a retail transaction for sellers on the marketplace facilitator's marketplace. Specifies circumstances in which a marketplace facilitator or a seller would not be required to collect and remit the state sales tax. Specifies that sharing of passenger motor vehicles and trucks through a peer to peer vehicle sharing program is a retail transaction subject to the state gross retail and use tax if sharing occurs more than 15 days in a calendar year. Provides that the exemption for the purchase of a new motor vehicle that is acquired for resale, rental, or leasing in the ordinary course of the person's business does not apply to a vehicle purchased for sharing through a peer to peer vehicle sharing program. Provides that vehicle sharing through a peer to peer vehicle sharing program is exempt from the auto rental excise tax and a county supplemental auto rental excise tax unless an ordinance is adopted to impose the county tax. Limits the county supplemental tax rate to 1%. Imposes a vehicle sharing excise tax at a 2% tax rate. Distributes the revenue from the tax to political subdivisions based on the vehicle's county of registration. Requires a marketplace facilitator to collect and remit innkeeper's tax. Repeals the definition of "facilitator" that is set to go into effect July 1, 2019. Repeals the provision requiring a facilitator who is a retail merchant to provide an itemized statement to the consumer. Provides that primary personal residences are exempt from the state gross retail tax unless the owner rents or furnishes the residence for more than 14 days. Provides for the collection of food and beverage taxes. Makes failure to collect or remit food and beverage taxes a Level 6 felony. Provides that a county treasurer may enter into an agreement with the fiscal officer of an entity responsible for the expenditure of funds from an innkeeper's tax to furnish the fiscal officer each month with the name and retail address of each business collecting an innkeeper's tax and the amount of money collected from each business. Provides that the state department of health shall issue guidelines establishing a cost participation standard for the amount of a parent's or guardian's expected contribution toward the purchase of a hearing aid for which assistance is granted under the hearing aid assistance program (program). Provides that the state department of health may issue guidelines establishing additional funding priorities to give to applications that are submitted under the program. Suspends the healthy Indiana plan phase out trust fund payments beginning in state fiscal year 2018-2019, subject to budget committee review. Requires the department of child services to establish a per diem model to reimburse providers of family preservation services. Appropriates $150,000,000 from the state general fund to the 1996 account of the teachers retirement fund of the Indiana public retirement system (INPRS). Specifies that the board of trustees of the INPRS is to reduce the employer contribution rate. Requires the governing body of each school corporation after July 1, 2019, and before October 1, 2019, to hold a public meeting to determine: (1) the dollar amount of the reduction in the school corporation's employer contribution rate; and (2) the actions the governing body of the school corporation intends to take with that amount. Provides for thirteenth checks in 2019 and 2020 for certain members of the: (1) Indiana state teachers' retirement fund; (2) public employees' retirement fund; (3) state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan; (4) state police pre-1987 benefit system; and (5) state police 1987 benefit system. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the topic of the complexity index used in funding K-12. Requires the auditor of state to transfer any balance in the regional cities development fund to the state general fund on June 30, 2019. Reconciles conflicts with other enactments. Makes corresponding changes. Makes technical corrections.

Sponsor: Todd Huston

Construction permits. Provides that a local unit may not require, as a condition precedent to granting, issuing, or approving certain permits for any Class 1 or Class 2 structures, completion of work upon which the performance bond or other surety was obtained prior to recording the secondary plat. Provides that a local unit may not require, as a condition precedent to granting, issuing, or approving a certificate of occupancy for any Class 1 or Class 2 structure, the completion of work upon which the performance bond or other surety was obtained prior to recording the secondary plat, unless required under certain state building laws or another law to meet a local unit's basic needs for public health and safety. Requires a local governmental agency to issue certain permits to a person not later than 12 business days after the person has filed a completed application and meets all required conditions, in certain instances.

Sponsor: Doug Miller

Educational costs exemptions. Amends the eligibility requirements for educational costs exemptions for children of and certain individuals related to certain veterans. Provides that a spouse or dependent of a qualified veteran is eligible to pay the resident tuition rate of a state educational institution if certain requirements are met. Removes the following: (1) Provisions concerning cumulative grade point average requirements for individuals who qualify for an exemption because of a father or mother (or other relation for certain individuals) who enlisted or otherwise initially served in the armed forces of the United States after June 30, 2011. (2) A provision requiring the commission for higher education to consider other higher education financial assistance in determining the amount of an exemption. (Another provision in current law requires any other financial assistance specifically designated for educational costs to be subtracted from the amount an applicant is exempt from paying.) Repeals and relocates, with changes to the eligibility requirements, the following categories of individuals exempted from educational costs at state educational institutions: (1) Children or surviving spouses of public safety officers. (2) Children or spouses of members of the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund who sustain a catastrophic physical personal injury in the line of duty. (3) Children and spouses of Indiana National Guard members who suffer a service connected death while serving on state active duty (including a provision that a determination as to whether an applicant is eligible for an educational costs exemption is vested exclusively in the military department and a provision concerning appealing a determination by the military department). (4) Purple Heart recipients (and adds individuals who were wounded as a result of enemy action). Repeals provisions that list tuition and fee exemptions and reductions outside of the higher education provisions. Makes conforming changes.

Sponsor: Philip Boots

Behavioral health professionals. Requires that the office of Medicaid policy and planning include a licensed clinical social worker, a licensed mental health counselor, a licensed clinical addiction counselor, and a licensed marriage and family therapist who meet certain qualifications as eligible providers for the supervision of a plan of treatment for a patient's outpatient mental health or substance abuse treatment services. Requires Medicaid reimbursement, upon approval from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, for: (1) clinical social workers; (2) marriage and family therapists; (3) mental health counselors; and (4) clinical addiction counselors; who work in federally-qualified health centers and rural health clinics.

Sponsor: Cindy Ziemke

Hospitals. Requires the executive board of the state department of health to amend a rule to reflect current private publications used in hospital licensure rules. Beginning May 1, 2020, provides that a hospital license expires every two years from the date of issuance. (Current law provides that a hospital license to expire one year after issuance.) Urges legislative council to assign the topic of hospital licensure to an interim study committee during the 2019 interim and sets forth requirements of the study.

Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau

Marion County capital improvement board. Provides for the expansion of the professional sports development area (tax area) in Marion County. Provides for the capture of covered taxes in the expanded tax area. Authorizes the city-county council to adopt a resolution that continues imposition of the increase to the county supplemental auto rental excise tax through December 31, 2040. Authorizes the city-county council to adopt a resolution that continues imposition of the increase to the county admissions tax through December 31, 2040. Authorizes the city-county council to adopt a resolution that continues the capture of local income taxes attributable to the tax area through December 31, 2040. Provides that revenues available for deposit in the sports and convention facilities operating fund may be pledged to secure and provide for the payment of bond or lease obligations of the board. Provides that Marion County capital improvement board may not use revenue derived from local or state taxes to finance, construct, or in any way subsidize the construction of meeting or ballroom space related to a privately owned hotel. Permits the Indianapolis metropolitan development commission or capital improvement board to adjust the equal opportunity percentages to reflect the results of a disparity study conducted by the City of Indianapolis. Provides that if restricted deposits are insufficient to fully repay the board's obligations, revenues collected by the board from certain taxes must be used. Establishes an additional professional sports development area in Marion County to capture state and local revenue for capital improvements. Provides for the issuance of indebtedness to finance a multipurpose soccer stadium subject to budget committee review. Provides that the Indiana stadium and convention building authority, the Marion County capital improvement board, and the Marion County convention and recreational facilities authority may not require a contractor or a subcontractor to enter into a contract limitation and may not grant a public benefit relating to any project that is financed in whole or in part from funds derived from the establishment of a new tax area under the bill. Provides that any such provisions are void. Strikes a provision requiring the Indiana stadium and convention building authority to enter into project labor agreement on all projects. Establishes the legacy project, which must be located at an Indianapolis parks and recreation department location located within a four mile radius of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Indianapolis.

Sponsor: Ryan Mishler

Unemployment matters. Makes various changes to unemployment compensation law concerning confidentiality, the method of sending notices to claimants and employers, the cap on expenditures from the special employment and training services fund, employing units subject to the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, and appeals regarding seasonal determinations. Updates and eliminates outdated language. Makes technical corrections.

Sponsor: Daniel Leonard

Medicaid advisory committee. Adds appointments by the Indiana Association of Health Plans and the Indiana Primary Care Association to the Medicaid advisory committee (committee). Increases the membership of the committee by providing for the president pro tempore of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives to each appoint six members (instead of one member). Provides that three of the members appointed by the president pro tempore and three of the members appointed by the speaker shall serve on a standing fiscal subcommittee of the committee. Requires that three of the members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and three of the members appointed by the president pro tempore be members of the minority party. Requires the committee to create a standing fiscal subcommittee. Provides that subcommittees of the committee may convene as often as needed. Requires the committee to review, study, and make advisory recommendations concerning certain subjects before July 1, 2021.

Sponsor: Cindy Kirchhofer

Drug classifications and drug schedules. Adds numerous substances to the definition of "synthetic drug". Adds epidiolex and brivaracetam to schedule V. Specifies that dronabinol is a schedule II controlled substance only in oral solution. Defines "fentanyl related substance" and adds it to schedule I. Moves certain fentanyl related substances from the definition of "synthetic drugs" in schedule II to schedule I. Adds Thiafentanil to schedule II. Makes conforming changes.

Sponsor: Michael Young

Over 65 property tax deduction. Increases the deduction limitation on the assessed value of an individual's real property, or mobile home or manufactured home which is not assessed as real property, if the individual is a disabled veteran or is at least 65 years of age on or before December 31 of the calendar year preceding the year in which the deduction is claimed. Increases the amount of the deduction for those individuals. Increases the adjusted gross income limitation for individuals that are at least 65 years of age.

Sponsor: Erin Houchin

Survivor health coverage. Provides that, if the employer of a public safety officer who dies in the line of duty after June 30, 2019, 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 of the child's physical or mental disability; whichever period is longest. Changes the application date from a death occurring after June 30, 2019, to a death occurring after December 31, 2017. Requires the department of local government finance to establish a state address confidentiality form to be used to restrict access to the home address of certain persons. Adds to the definition of "covered person" the surviving spouse of a covered person if the person is killed in the line of duty. Provides that the state address confidentiality form may be used when applying for address confidentiality.

Sponsor: Michael Crider

Township government issues. Requires a township to prepare a capital improvement plan for at least the ensuing three years if the balance in certain capital improvement funds in the preceding year exceeds both of the following: (1) 150% of the township's annual budget estimate. (2) $200,000. Prohibits the township from collecting property taxes for certain capital improvement funds in the ensuing year unless the township has adopted a capital improvement plan. Allows a township to make a one time transfer of an excess balance or part of an excess balance between township funds. Provides that the transfer may not be completed until after the township adopts a capital improvement plan, if the township is required to adopt a capital improvement plan. Requires the transfers must be completed not later than September 1, 2020. Provides that if an eligible municipality petitions an adjacent township to accept the transfer of the territory of the eligible municipality that is within the transferor township, the legislative body of the adjacent township must accept transfer of the territory of an eligible municipality within two years (instead of one year) after the legislative body receives the petition. Repeals a provision that prohibits the transfer of territory from taking effect in the year before a federal decennial census is conducted.

Sponsor: Cindy Ziemke

Allen County substance abuse pilot program. Changes the date by which the administrator of the Allen County substance abuse pilot program must raise local funds in order to be allowed to expend state funds.

Sponsor: James Merritt

Cumulative capital improvement fund. Permits a local government unit to establish a cumulative capital improvement fund to provide money to purchase, lease, or pay all or part of the cost of electronic monitoring equipment used by a state or local community corrections program.

Sponsor: Jeff Ellington

Nurse licensure compact. Specifies requirements for participation by the state in a multistate nurse licensure compact, including provisions concerning: (1) nurse qualifications, practice, and participation; (2) a compact commission; (3) interstate commission and state board of nursing authority and rulemaking; (4) a coordinated licensure information system; (5) oversight and enforcement; and (6) termination or withdrawal from the compact. Provides that an additional fee of $25 must be paid at the time of application and renewal of a license if the license is a multistate license.

Sponsor: Edward Clere

Vehicle weight. Allows the Indiana department of transportation and certain local authorities to issue a permit that allows for the transportation of: (1) material; (2) products; or (3) equipment; belonging to an electric cooperative in certain instances. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying overweight divisible loads. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying: (1) the use of automated traffic control systems in work zones; and (2) the use of special signaling devices on construction vehicles in critical work zones.

Sponsor: Jon Ford

Telepsychology. Allows a psychologist to use telepsychology. Requires the psychologist who uses telepsychology to ensure that confidential communications stored electronically cannot be recovered or accessed by unauthorized persons when the psychologist disposes of electronic equipment and data.

Sponsor: David Frizzell

Use of unmanned aerial vehicles. Requires a law enforcement officer to obtain a warrant to use an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over private property or to conduct a search of private property, unless: (1) the owner of the property consents; or (2) a warrant would not be required for a search not using a UAV.

Sponsor: Robert Morris

Municipally owned utilities. Provides that all rates, charges, and other fees for services rendered by a municipally owned utility (other than services rendered by a municipally owned sewer utility or by a department of public utilities for a consolidated city) to property occupied by someone other than the owner are payable by the person occupying the property if the account or other customer or billing records maintained by the utility for the property indicate that: (1) the property is occupied by someone other than the owner; and (2) the person occupying the property is responsible for paying the rates, charges, and fees. Provides that upon applying for utility service from a municipally owned utility, the person occupying the property shall provide the utility with the name and contact information of the owner or manager of the property. Provides that rates, charges, and fees assessed by a municipally owned utility with respect to property occupied by someone other than the owner do not constitute a lien against the property. Specifies that these provisions do not: (1) prohibit a municipal legislative body from imposing any requirement to: (A) ensure payment by; or (B) the creditworthiness of; the person occupying the property; or (2) abrogate or limit the authority of the owner of a multi-unit building to engage in electrical submetering.

Sponsor: Charles Burton

Substance abuse prevention grant programs. Provides that the division of mental health and addiction may establish and administer the: (1) community and faith based substance abuse programs grant; and (2) community and faith based substance abuse transportation assistance grant program. Sets forth requirements for the grants.

Sponsor: Eric Koch

Revised uniform athlete agents act. Makes the following changes to the statute concerning athlete agents to reflect changes made in the Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act: (1) Amends the definition of "athlete agent". (2) Defines the term "interscholastic sport" and specifies that for purposes of the statute, a "student athlete" includes an individual who engages in an interscholastic sport. (Current law provides that a student athlete includes only individuals engaging in intercollegiate sports.) (3) Requires an applicant for registration as an athlete agent to provide on the applicant's application specified information concerning any means of communicating electronically with the applicant. (4) Recognizes the rights of parents or guardians of a student athlete regarding entering into a contract with an athlete agent, when the student athlete is a minor. (5) Requires an applicant for registration as an athlete agent to provide certain additional information. (6) Requires additional information to be included in an agency contract. (7) Provides for additional requirements when communicating the existence of an agency contract to an educational institution. (8) Allows athlete agents certified in a particular sport by a national association that promotes or regulates intercollegiate athletics, and establishes eligibility standards for participation by a student athlete in the sport, to cover limited expenses of a prospective or enrolled student athlete and the student athlete's family under certain circumstances. (9) Expands criminal liability for athlete agents if the athlete agent encourages an individual to take or assist in taking an unlawful action.

Sponsor: Eric Koch

Child support modification. Defines, for purposes of child support modification, an order with respect to child support.

Sponsor: Michael Young

Mobile integration healthcare. Provides that the office of the secretary of family and social services may reimburse certain emergency medical services provider agencies for covered services provided to a Medicaid recipient as part of a mobile integration healthcare program. Amends the definition of "emergency medical services" to include transportation services, acute care, chronic condition services, or disease management services as part of a mobile integration healthcare program. Provides that the emergency medical services commission (commission), in consultation with the state department of health, may develop a mobile integration healthcare program and approve mobile integration healthcare program applications. Sets forth requirements of the commission concerning the mobile integration healthcare program. Provides that the commission may establish and administer a mobile integration healthcare grant and establishes the mobile integration healthcare grant fund.

Sponsor: Karen Tallian

Forensic medicine. Establishes the office of forensic medical studies as a division of the state police department. Requires the state police department, in consultation with the Indiana State Coroner's Association, Indiana Sheriff's Association, and coroner's training board, to study the need for a state medical examiner, and provides that the department may employ a physician to assist with the study. Specifies the qualifications of a person who may perform an autopsy.

Sponsor: Erin Houchin

Child fatality report information. Specifies that the report concerning child fatalities in Indiana must be completed before December 31 of each year for the preceding calendar year and include information concerning whether the death occurred: (1) while the child was placed in foster care; or (2) after the child, who was once placed in foster care, was returned to a natural parent.

Sponsor: Jean Leising

Utility transmission improvements and costs. Amends the statute concerning transmission, distribution, and storage system improvements charges (TDSIC) for electric and gas utilities to provide that for purposes of the statute, "eligible transmission, distribution, and storage system improvements" include: (1) projects that do not include specific locations or exact numbers; and (2) advanced technology investments. Provides that a public utility's required plan under the statute (defined under the new provisions as a "TDSIC plan") must cover a period of: (1) at least five years; and (2) not more than seven years. Requires a utility to update its TDSIC plan at least annually. Provides that an update to a TDSIC plan may include new projects or improvements. Specifies that a targeted economic development project may include a project related to the provision of electric service. Provides that a utility may: (1) terminate a TDSIC plan upon 60 days notice to the utility regulatory commission (IURC); and (2) petition the IURC for approval of a new TDSIC plan. Provides that a utility that terminates a TDSIC plan must petition the IURC for review and approval of the public utility's basic rates and charges with respect to the same type of utility service before the original expiration date of the terminated plan. Provides that eligible transmission, distribution, and storage improvements receiving TDSIC treatment before termination of the plan shall continue to receive TDSIC treatment after termination of the plan until a final order in the public utility's next general rate case is issued. Provides that for purposes of the provision prohibiting the IURC from approving a TDSIC that would result in an average aggregate increase in a public utility's total retail revenues of more than 2% in a 12 month period, the IURC shall consider the combined 12 month revenue impact of the TDSIC approved under the terminated plan and the TDSIC approved under any new TDSIC plan. Changes the amount of time in which the IURC must hold a hearing and issue an order on a public utility's petition for a TDSIC from 90 days to 120 days. Sets forth required findings of the IURC in an order concerning new: (1) projects or improvements; or (2) targeted economic development projects; included in a utility's updated TDSIC plan.

Sponsor: Edmond Soliday

Loss insurance. Allows the state board of animal health to purchase insurance to cover the loss and damages to the state of Indiana related to a prevalent animal disease incident.

Sponsor: Jean Leising

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: Sharon Negele

Teacher career ladders. Makes changes to the requirements necessary for a school corporation to receive a grant from the teacher and student advancement grant program (program). Provides that charter schools may receive grants under the program. Provides that not later than July 1, 2020, and each July 1 thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the governor and the general assembly regarding the program. Repeals provisions relating to the career pathways and mentorship program. Repeals provisions relating to the Indiana new educator induction pilot program.

Sponsor: Robert Behning

Unemployment insurance matters. Includes in the definition of "employment", for the purposes of the unemployment compensation system, service performed by a driver who provides drive away operations, if the driver is employed by a state or local government entity, a federally recognized Indiana tribe, or a nonprofit organization. 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

Abortion matters. Provides that a person may not knowingly or intentionally perform a dismemberment abortion unless reasonable medical judgment dictates that performing the dismemberment abortion is necessary to: (1) prevent serious health risks to the mother; or (2) save the mother's life. Provides that the penalty for performing a dismemberment abortion is a Level 5 felony. Provides that certain individuals: (1) may petition for an injunction; (2) may bring an action for the recovery of damages; and (3) are entitled to attorney's fees; if a dismemberment abortion is performed. Provides anonymity safeguards in court or administrative actions for a woman on whom a dismemberment abortion was performed. Amends the definition of "abortion complication".

Sponsor: Peggy Mayfield

Health provider ethical exemption. Includes: (1) nurses; (2) physician assistants; and (3) pharmacists; in the prohibition from being required to perform an abortion or assist or participate in procedures intended to result in an abortion if the health care provider objects to the procedures on ethical, moral, or religious grounds. (Current law applies only to physicians and employees.) Adds a prohibition on requiring certain providers to prescribe, administer, or dispense an abortion inducing drug.

Sponsor: Elizabeth Brown

Various higher education matters. Changes the name of Bethel College to Bethel University and Manchester College to Manchester University and removes Saint Joseph's College with regard to the definitions of an "authorizer" of a charter school and an "approved postsecondary educational institution". Makes changes concerning the name of Purdue University Fort Wayne. (Current law references the university as Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.) Provides that: (1) the commission for higher education (commission) shall provide each high school in Indiana with the names of the students of that high school who have filed for financial aid if the high school has entered into an agreement with the commission; and (2) each Indiana high school shall enter into an agreement to allow the commission to share the information with the Indiana high school. Removes a provision that requires the insurance commissioner to deposit fees collected for certain insurance producer certificates into the insurance education scholarship fund (which is being repealed). Repeals provisions concerning the following: (1) Hoosier scholar award program. (2) Insurance education scholarship fund. (3) Teacher loan repayment program and fund. Repeals provisions that require: (1) the board of trustees of Indiana University to facilitate the development and operation of Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne as a multisystem metropolitan university; and (2) each state educational institution to provide the commission with a report concerning participation in the senior citizen tuition exemption. Repeals provisions concerning the board of trustees of Indiana University and the Fort Wayne Art Institute. Repeals a provision that requires Ivy Tech Community College to enter into a lease with the owners of the Fort Wayne Regional Public Safety Center to further its partnership with certain entities to offer public safety related degree programs. Makes conforming changes.

Sponsor: Holli Sullivan

Principal dwelling land contracts. Defines "principal dwelling land contract" (contract) as a land contract for the sale of real property: (1) designed for the occupancy of one to two families; and (2) that is or will be occupied by the buyer as the buyer's principal dwelling. Provides that the seller under a contract must provide the buyer with certain disclosures at least 10 days before the contract is executed. Sets forth disclosures that must be included in a contract. Requires all preexisting liens on the property to be satisfied by the seller by the end of the contract term. Provides that a contract must permit a buyer to pay the balance owed and receive the deed at any time. Prohibits prepayment penalties or additional charges for an early payoff. Provides a three-day cancellation period for both the buyer and seller. Allows the seller and the buyer to transfer their respective interests in the contract to other parties, subject to certain conditions. Requires the seller to provide the buyer with an annual statement of account. Sets forth certain rights and responsibilities of the parties upon default by either the buyer or the seller. Sets forth acts and omissions constituting violations and establishes remedies for these violations. Provides that a violation of these provisions constitutes an incurable deceptive act that is actionable by the attorney general under the deceptive consumer sales act. Authorizes the attorney general, in consultation with the department of financial institutions, to adopt rules to implement these provisions. Provides that a buyer who has completed the buyer's obligations under the contract is entitled to the homestead deduction regardless of whether the seller has conveyed title. Requires that a title search be conducted, and that a statement regarding title insurance be provided by the seller to the buyer. Requires that the executed principal dwelling land contract or a memorandum of land contract be notarized. Provides that, if the buyer defaults, then the seller and buyer may execute a notarized release of land contract quitclaim deed, and both shall be recorded by the seller within 30 days of execution.

Sponsor: Vanessa Summers

State fair. Reorganizes the state fair board (board) member districts. Provides for the transition and retention of current board members. Adds: (1) the director of the Purdue University cooperative extension service and an appointed member of the state fair board (board) as voting members of the state fair commission (commission); and (2) the chairperson and vice chairperson of the state fair advisory committee and a community representative as nonvoting members of the commission. Provides that not more than two members of the commission may be from the same district. Provides that the commission and the board shall ensure that the state fair (fair) is held annually. Specifies that the commission is responsible for all contracts related to the fair. Provides that statewide organizations may be certified by the department of agriculture (department) as eligible to vote in a state fair district election. Requires the department to maintain a list of organizations on the department's Internet web site that are certified to vote in a district election. Requires the director or an employee of the department designated by the director to preside over a district convention. Allows certain individuals to act as observers during the counting of the ballots. Requires the department, after the results of the election have been certified, to: (1) destroy the ballots; and (2) preserve the tally papers. Specifies responsibilities for the commission and board concerning the state fair and the fairgrounds. Repeals statutes concerning the center for agricultural science and heritage. Establishes the committee for agricultural science and heritage to advise the commission. Specifies that both the board and commission are state agencies for purposes of the Indiana tort claims act. Makes conforming changes.

Sponsor: Donald Lehe

Supported decision making. Requires that a person who files a petition for the appointment of a guardian for an incapacitated person or minor must inform the court what less restrictive alternatives were considered or implemented and, if less restrictive alternatives were not considered or implemented, the reason for the failure to consider or implement less restrictive alternatives. Provides for the use of supported decision making agreements for adults who need support and accommodations in making, communicating, and effectuating decisions.

Sponsor: Eric Koch

Campaign finance reports. Requires candidates for legislative offices to file campaign finance reports electronically.

Sponsor: Peggy Mayfield

Public defenders. Authorizes the Indiana public defender commission to create guidelines and requirements pertaining to a multicounty public defender's office. Authorizes a county executive to adopt an ordinance that allows the county to enter into an interlocal agreement with one or more counties for the purpose of: (1) creating a multicounty public defender's office; and (2) providing legal services to indigent persons located in the areas subject to the interlocal agreement. Requires interlocal agreements concerning indigent criminal defense to be administered by a joint board. Prohibits certain persons from acting as a member of a joint board. Specifies: (1) term limits; and (2) meeting requirements; for joint boards. Requires the auditor of one county belonging to an interlocal agreement to: (1) receive; (2) disburse; and (3) account for; all monies distributed to a multicounty public defender's office. Amends certain definitions. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: Michael Young

Women's suffrage centennial commission. Establishes the Indiana women's suffrage centennial commission (commission). Provides that the commission shall seek to promote activities that commemorate the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Establishes the Indiana women's suffrage centennial commission fund to pay for special projects of the commission.

Sponsor: Sharon Negele

Professional licensing matters. Provides for an annual renewal process for appraisal management companies. Changes the designation of certified dietician to licensed dietician. Allows for a hearing aid dealer in training to fit or dispense hearing aids while under the supervision and direction of an individual who holds a temporary or valid hearing aid dealer certificate of registration. Defines a conviction of concern. Amends a provision concerning the way a conviction for a crime of concern affects an individual with a professional license or certification. Removes a provision that requires a dental hygienist to obtain and maintain a national provider identifier number. Allows for the state board of dentistry (board) to issue dental residency permits and dental faculty licenses. (Current law allows for the board to issue limited dental residency permits and limited faculty licenses.) Removes a provision that prohibits an Indiana dental school from having more than 10% of its full-time faculty licensed with an instructor's license. Makes various changes to provisions concerning how a conviction for a crime of concern affects an individual with a professional license or certification.

Sponsor: Dennis Zent

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 to amend, before July 1, 2020, the administrative rule concerning the fund to reflect a maximum compensation amount of $10,000 for individuals.

Sponsor: David Niezgodski

Homeowners associations. Provides that, subject to certain specified exceptions, a homeowners association may not: (1) prohibit the owner of a dwelling unit from installing a solar energy system; (2) impose unreasonable limitations on the owner's ability to install or use a solar energy system; or (3) require the removal of a solar energy system that has been installed. Provides, however, that a homeowners association may require: (1) compliance with screening requirements imposed by the homeowners association; and (2) preapproval of the location of a solar energy system and of the manner in which the solar energy system is installed. Applies only to rules, covenants, declarations of restrictions, and other governing documents adopted or amended by a homeowners association after June 30, 2019. Provides that if a party to a dispute involving a homeowners association requests mediation, mediation is mandatory. Provides that if neither party requests mediation, or if mediation is unsuccessful, a claimant may begin legal proceedings. Requires a mediation to be conducted in compliance with the Indiana supreme court rules for alternative dispute resolution. Makes corresponding amendments to the provisions regarding grievance resolutions involving condominium associations.

Sponsor: Mike Speedy

Electronic estate planning. Allows a person to contest two or more wills if there is prima facie evidence that: (1) the decedent suffered from an irreversible medical or psychiatric condition that predated the earliest will to be challenged; or (2) a party beneficially interested in one or more of the challenged wills had a direct and active nexus with the preparation or execution process for each will to be challenged. Provides that, in a contest of two or more wills in one proceeding, the court shall review attorney's fee claims at the conclusion of the will contest, and the award and allocation of attorney's fees paid from the estate shall be solely at the discretion of the court. Authorizes the Indiana supreme court and office of judicial administration to establish and administer a statewide electronic estate planning documents registry (registry). Allows certain individuals to deposit certain items into the registry. Requires the administrator of the registry to catalog submitted items in a certain manner. Requires the registry administrator to make the registry index: (1) available to; and (2) searchable by; the public. Requires the registry administrator to keep the substantive content of electronic documents submitted to or deposited with the registry private, secure, and inaccessible to the public. Requires the registry administrator to issue a certified report concerning the existence of certain items submitted to or deposited with the registry in certain instances. Requires the registry administrator to issue a certified transcript of certain documents submitted to or deposited with the registry in certain instances. Allows the registry administrator to charge fees in certain instances. Specifies that the issuance of a court order on any matter related to an unsupervised estate does not revoke the personal representative's authority to continue the administration of the estate as an unsupervised estate. Provides that restrictions concerning the sale of real estate by an estate executor or administrator for the purpose of defraying the debts or obligations of a decedent are inapplicable in certain instances. Specifies how prima facie evidence of the devolution of real estate title to distributees may be established. Specifies recording requirements for affidavits concerning the devolution of real estate titles. Specifies notice requirements for claims made by the estate recovery unit of the office of Medicaid policy and planning. Defines the term "specified adult" as a person who: (1) is not less than 65 years of age; or (2) is a person who: (A) is at least 18 years of age; and (B) has a mental or physical impairment that prohibits the person from protecting the person's interests. Allows certain individuals to act on behalf of a specified adult in certain instances involving the financial exploitation of the specified adult. Voids certain transfers of real property if: (1) the transfer of the real property involves a transfer on death deed; and (2) the transfer of the real estate is not recorded: (A) before the death of the grantor; and (B) with the recorder of deeds in the county where the real property is situated. Defines certain terms. Makes conforming and technical amendments.

Sponsor: John Young

Importation of domestic animals from abroad. Provides that any person who transfers a domestic dog or cat from a foreign country into Indiana shall provide the recipient of the domestic dog or cat with a copy of the domestic dog's or cat's certificate of veterinary inspection or official health certificate. Provides that a person who receives a domestic dog or cat that is imported from a foreign country into Indiana shall submit to the state board of animal health a copy of the domestic dog's or cat's certificate of veterinary inspection or official health certificate not more than 30 days after receiving the domestic dog or cat. Permits a person to provide or submit an electronic copy of a domestic dog's or cat's certificate of veterinary inspection or official health certificate.

Sponsor: Jean Leising

Pension matters. Makes additional conforming changes with previous legislation for the purpose of allowing a retired member of PERF or TRF to make partial withdrawals from the member's annuity savings account. Rephrases provisions concerning the election to begin receiving PERF or TRF benefits while employed that applies to certain elected officials and other employees who have attained the age of 70. Rephrases the method for calculating service credit for leaves of absence taken by PERF members. Provides that money in the pension relief fund may be used for reasonable administrative expenses approved by the Indiana public retirement system. Rephrases certain provisions in the statutes governing the public employees' defined contribution plan and the teachers' defined contribution plan to remove references to the annuity savings accounts in PERF and TRF, which are no longer used to implement the two defined contribution plans. Adds the public employees' defined contribution plan and the teachers' defined contribution plan to the list of public pension and retirement funds that comprise the Indiana public retirement system. Provides that assets of the judges' retirement system and the prosecuting attorneys retirement fund are exempt from legal process and that a member may assign benefit payments only for certain medical insurance premiums and association dues for certain associations. Specifies that any postretirement benefit increase to the PERF part of a prosecuting attorney's retirement benefit has no effect on the part of the retirement benefit that is paid from the prosecuting attorneys retirement fund. Makes clarifying additions to certain provisions of the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund relating to the purchase of service credit by or on behalf of members. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on pension management oversight.)

Sponsor: Philip Boots

Ambulance service program membership. Increases from one year to five years the maximum period permitted for membership in an ambulance service program for the program to be exempt from regulation as an insurance product.

Sponsor: Shane Lindauer

Prescriptions. Allows certain prescriptions to be transmitted electronically. Requires dentists, physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, optometrists, physician assistants, and podiatrists to issue a prescription for a controlled substance in an electronic format and by electronic transmission after December 31, 2020. Provides exceptions to issuing an electronically transmitted prescription for a controlled substance. Requires the Indiana board of pharmacy to adopt rules concerning electronically transmitted prescriptions for controlled substances. Provides that dentists, physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, optometrists, physician assistants, and podiatrists are subject to disciplinary action for violating these provisions. Requires a pharmacy to transfer, upon the request of a patient, a prescription for the patient that the pharmacy has received but not filled to another pharmacy. Sets forth exceptions. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying: (1) the advantages, disadvantages, and feasibility of requiring health care providers to issue prescriptions in an electronic format and by electronic transmission; and (2) any exceptions that would be needed to a requirement for health care providers to issue prescriptions in an electronic format and by electronic transmission. Makes conforming changes.

Sponsor: Ronald Grooms

Study committee on protection of senior citizens. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying certain issues concerning elder care.

Sponsor: Melanie Wright

Charity gaming. Repeals the current charity gaming article and replaces it with a reorganized and revised charity gaming article. Raises the prize limits for when a qualified organization is not required to obtain a license for an allowable activity. Consolidates the current license types into an annual activity license, single activity license, convention raffle license, and annual affiliate license. Creates an expedited application processing fee. Repeals the door prize limits and qualified drawings. Renames the comprehensive charity gaming license to the annual affiliate license. Revises fee tables for license renewals.

Sponsor: Ben Smaltz

Telephone CPR instruction training. After July 1, 2020, requires an individual to complete a telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation (T-CPR) training program (program) approved by the division of fire and building safety (division) if the individual: (1) answers 911 emergency medical telephone calls for a state or local law enforcement agency or fire protection agency, including a volunteer fire department (agency); and (2) is authorized by the agency's protocols to provide T-CPR instructions to a caller. Provides that the division may provide programs or third parties may provide programs that are approved by the division. Requires the division to: (1) adopt minimum standards for programs that meet or exceed evidence based nationally recognized emergency cardiovascular care guidelines; and (2) establish continuing education requirements. Allows the division to collect reasonable fees for providing programs and certifications that are deposited in the fire and building services fund. Sets forth certain requirements for a public safety answering point if a public safety answering point transfers a telephone caller to a public safety telecommunicator. Provides that a public safety telecommunicator who has completed a certified training program in emergency medical dispatch call handling is exempt from completing a T-CPR training program. Provides civil immunity for damages relating to the provision of T-CPR instruction. Makes a technical correction.

Sponsor: Ronald Bacon

Exemption from overtime pay. Provides that the requirement to pay an employee who works more than 40 hours in a work week at least 150% of the employee's regular rate for the overtime hours does not apply to an employee of an air carrier to the extent that the hours worked by the employee during a work week in excess of 40 hours are not required by the air carrier but are arranged through a voluntary agreement between employees to trade or reassign their scheduled work hours. Removes outdated language. Relocates language concerning the tip credit. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: David Niezgodski

Water infrastructure assistance fund and program. Provides that money from certain sources in the water infrastructure assistance fund (fund) is continuously appropriated for the purposes of the law concerning the water infrastructure assistance program. Authorizes the authority to establish: (1) the interest rate; or (2) parameters for establishing the interest rate; on each loan made from the fund. Provides that a participant, to receive a loan, grant, or other financial assistance from the fund: (1) must have an asset management program; and (2) must demonstrate to the authority that it has a plan to participate with one or more other participants in cooperative activities. Provides that a participant, after receiving a loan or grant from the fund, must maintain its asset management program: (1) as long as the loan remains unpaid; or (2) during the useful life of the asset financed with the loan or grant. Requires a participant, if appropriate, to conduct or participate in efforts to determine and eliminate the causes of non-revenue water in its water distribution system. Requires the authority to establish a project prioritization system and project priority list for the purposes of awarding loans and grants from the fund. Requires the authority to set aside 40% of the fund for purposes of providing grants, loans, and other financial assistance to or for the benefit of utilities serving less than 3,200 customers. Authorizes the authority to provide advisory services to participants in connection with loans from the fund. Provides that, if appropriate, the authority shall require a participant receiving a loan or other financial assistance from the fund to establish and maintain sufficient user charges, fees, taxes, special assessments, or revenues to: (1) operate and maintain; and (2) pay the obligations of; its water or wastewater collection and treatment system. Authorizes the authority to make loans or provide other financial assistance from the fund to or for the benefit of a participant to establish guaranties, reserves, or sinking funds or for other purposes. Authorizes the authority, as an alternative to making loans or providing other financial assistance to participants, to use the money in the fund to provide a leveraged loan program and other financial assistance programs to or for the benefit of participants.

Sponsor: Edmond Soliday

Election audits. Allows the secretary of state to designate counties as risk-limiting audit pilot counties and sets forth a procedure for a county to follow to be designated as a pilot county to conduct risk-limiting audits. Provides for conducting election procedure audits after an election. Authorizes the secretary of state to adopt rules detailing procedures for such audits.

Sponsor: Victoria Spartz

Medicaid coverage for doula services. Provides that Medicaid pregnancy services may include reimbursement for doula services.

Sponsor: Jean Breaux

Victims of criminal acts. Provides that a new registration period may be imposed if a sex or violent offender fails to register or improperly registers as a sex or violent offender. Prohibits records held by the department of child services to be disclosed to any person who requests the record if it related to an ongoing police investigation or criminal prosecution. Provides that a parent, a guardian, or another representative may file a petition for an order for protection on behalf of a child against a person who engages in sexual grooming activity. Amends the definition of "crime of domestic violence". Creates a procedure where a victim of a sex crime and child victim of a sex crime can have their identity protected from the public. Provides that if a child less than 16 years of age is summoned to testify as a witness to any hearing in any criminal matter, the child shall be allowed to have a comfort item or comfort animal while testifying. 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. Provides that a person commits the offense of domestic battery, as a Level 6 felony, if the person has a prior unrelated conviction for strangulation. Provides that a person commits the offense of strangulation, as a Level 5 felony, if the person has a prior unrelated conviction for strangulation. Provides that a person commits the offense of kidnapping, as a Level 4 felony, if it results in moderate bodily injury to a person other than the removing person. Provides that a person commits the offense of criminal confinement, as a Level 4 felony, if it results in moderate bodily injury to a person other than the confining person. Amends certain age requirements and adds enhanced offenses to the offense of child seduction. Provides that a person at least 18 years of age who knowingly or intentionally: (1) performs or submits to sexual intercourse or other sexual conduct with a child less than 16 years of age; or (2) performs or submits to any fondling or touching with a child less than 16 years of age with the intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the older person; commits sexual misconduct with a minor. Prohibits a person who has a Class D felony conviction or a Level 6 felony conviction for domestic battery within the previous 15 years from petitioning the court to reduce the felony conviction to a Class A misdemeanor. Urges the legislative council to assign to an interim study committee the issue of depositions of child victims of sex offenses. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: Mark Messmer

Pharmacy benefit managers. Requires a pharmacy benefit manager to obtain a license issued by the department of insurance (department). Specifies pharmacy benefit manager network and annual reporting requirements. Provides rulemaking authority for the department. Requires a health plan that denies prior authorization for certain prescription drugs to provide an alternative list of prescription drugs or alternative treatments covered by the health plan. Urges the legislative council to assign to an interim study committee the topic of regulation and practice of pharmacy benefit managers for study and recommendations during the 2019 interim of the general assembly.

Sponsor: Martin Carbaugh

Marion County magistrates. Allows the Marion County superior courts to appoint 24 full-time magistrates after December 31, 2019, not more than 12 of whom may be from the same political party.

Sponsor: Mike Speedy

Gaming matters. Authorizes sports wagering at riverboats, racinos, a Vigo County casino, and satellite facilities. Provides for the administration and conduct of sports wagering. Imposes initial and annual fees on a licensed owner, operating agent, vendor, or permit holder conducting sports wagering. Imposes initial and annual licensing fees on vendors conducting sports wagering. Specifies that a vendor contracting with a certificate holder has the same authority to conduct sports wagering as the certificate holder. Provides that the Indiana gaming commission (IGC) may issue a temporary certificate of authority or a temporary license to conduct business under certain circumstances. Requires the IGC to deposit vendor license application fees in the sports wagering fund. Requires the IGC to deposit sports wagering service provider license application fees in the sports wagering fund. Sets forth duties for the IGC concerning: (1) sports wagering; and (2) granting certain gambling licenses. Requires the IGC to adopt administrative rules. Specifies that the IGC may act upon information received from a sports governing body in considering requests to prohibit wagering on particular events or to prohibit making wagers of a particular type. Establishes a sports wagering service provider license. Provides that certain items must be acquired from a person that holds both a supplier's license and a sports wagering service provider license. Provides that certain services must be obtained from a person holding a sports wagering service provider license. Specifies that required background checks apply to employees engaged in activities related to sports wagering. Specifies permissible sports wagering wagers. Prohibits wagering on e-sports. Provides the process for withholding delinquent child support from sports wagering winnings. Imposes a sports wagering tax of 9.5% on adjusted gross receipts received from sports wagering. Requires 3.3% of the tax revenue received to be deposited in the addiction services fund. Provides that the Gary riverboat may transfer to an inland location if the licensed owners: (1) pay a $50,000,000 fee; and (2) relinquishes the license for the second riverboat before the date determined by the IGC's approval of the Gary riverboat relocation. Provides that a relinquished license is a terminated license. Caps the maximum number of gambling games that can be offered at the relocated Gary casino. Requires the licensed owner of the relocated Gary casino to pay an additional fee of $50,000,000 if: (1) gaming operations are relocated; and (2) the licensed owner sells or transfers the owner's interest in the owner's license within five years of relocation. Requires the licensed owner of the relocated Gary casino to: (1) offer each employee at the riverboat a similar position at the inland casino; and (2) consider hiring and training individuals laid off from the riverboat in East Chicago before considering other applicants. Provides that an owner's license may be issued to operate an inland casino in Vigo County. Requires the IGC to prepare a report that: (1) evaluates and updates a 2009 report concerning out-of-state casino competition and movement of casino licenses; and (2) describes the current state of gaming in Indiana. Establishes the Vigo County inland casino advisory board (advisory board). Requires the advisory board to provide recommendations concerning applicant proposals for an owner's license to the IGC. Requires the IGC to establish a competitive bid process for an owner's license to operate an inland casino in Vigo County that consists of: (1) an application process; (2) a process for submission of proposals; and (3) an auction process. Provides requirements for the competitive bid process. Requires the fee for the Vigo County casino license to be deposited in the state general fund. Requires a licensed owner or permit holder operating a casino in Vigo County to enter into a development agreement. Repeals the maximum number of owner's licenses that may be issued to a riverboat owner. Makes changes to the graduated wagering tax on gambling games at racinos and wagering tax on gambling games at riverboats. Provides that beginning with state fiscal years after June 30, 2021, a licensed owner or racino may not deduct more than $9,000,000 from adjusted gross receipts from wagering on gambling games. Provides that the IGC shall approve wagering on table games at a racino beginning January 1, 2021. Provides that the state treasurer shall distribute certain tax revenue from an operating agent operating a riverboat in a historic hotel district (operating agent) to the West Baden Springs historic hotel preservation and maintenance fund (fund). Provides that if the balance of the fund exceeds $25,000,000 or in any part of a state fiscal year after the adjusted gross receipts of the operating agent exceeds $100,000,000, distribution of tax revenue from the operating agent shall be paid to the state general fund. Establishes business participation goals for minority business enterprises, women's business enterprises, disadvantaged business enterprises, and veteran business enterprises for an inland Gary casino, a Vigo County casino, and sports wagering operations. Provides that a meeting between the governor's office, a representative of the governor's office, or the IGC and certain casino owners or potential casino owners must be a public meeting and are subject to the open door law. Makes technical corrections and other changes to conform with recent changes to the riverboat law.

Sponsor: Mark Messmer

Probation and parole for animal abusers. Defines "animal abuse offense" and "companion animal", and establishes as a mandatory condition of probation and parole that a person convicted of an animal abuse offense may not own, harbor, or train a companion animal.

Sponsor: Ronnie Alting

Nonconsensual pornography. Defines "intimate image" and creates a civil cause of action against a person who discloses an intimate image without the consent of the individual depicted in the intimate image. Provides that a prevailing plaintiff may recover the greater of: (1) economic and noneconomic damages; or (2) statutory damages not to exceed $10,000; plus attorney's fees, court costs, and other relief, including injunctive relief. Establishes criteria to be used by the trier of fact in determining damages. Provides that an interactive computer service may not be liable for disclosing nonconsensual pornography.

Sponsor: Mike Bohacek

Transfer of state real property. Requires the conveyance of certain real property by the state to the University of Evansville to remove restrictions on use of the property by the university that were required by legislation enacted in 1988 and 1997.

Sponsor: Ryan Hatfield

Howard County magistrate. Allows the judges of the Howard circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint a magistrate to serve the Howard County courts.

Sponsor: Michael Karickhoff

Privacy and tracking of rape kits. Provides that a hospital or licensed medical services provider that provides forensic medical exams and additional forensic services to a victim (provider) is entitled to reimbursement from the victim services division of the Indiana criminal justice institute (division) if the provider initiates a claim for reimbursement through the sexual assault web based claims reimbursement and tracking system. Provides that personal information: (1) concerning a sexual assault victim; and (2) entered into the division's web based claims reimbursement and sexual assault examination kit tracking system; is confidential in certain instances. Provides that notification of a forensic sample's destruction may be provided by the division through the sexual assault web based claims reimbursement and tracking system. Requires law enforcement agencies and prosecuting attorneys to cooperate with the division by providing storage updates to the division via the sexual assault web based claims reimbursement and tracking system. Allows a victim to register for notifications concerning a sexual assault examination kit through the sexual assault web based claims reimbursement and tracking system. Defines certain terms. Makes conforming amendments. Makes technical corrections.

Sponsor: Michael Crider

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. Requires the state police department to establish, maintain, and operate an Internet web site containing a list of properties that have been used in the illegal manufacture of a controlled substance. Abolishes the institute's: (1) meth watch program; (2) responsibility for developing guidelines concerning reporting of methamphetamine abuse; (3) gang crime witness protection program; (4) gang crime witness protection fund; and (5) sexual assault victim advocate standards and certification board. Requires the institute to distribute certain funds to the statewide nonprofit sexual assault coalition as designated by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: Aaron Freeman

Sales tax on recreational vehicles. Removes the expiration of the provision in current law that provides that the sales tax rate on certain cargo trailers or recreational vehicles is the rate of the other state or other country in which the cargo trailer or recreational vehicle will be titled or registered under certain circumstances. (This provision was set to expire on June 30, 2019.) Amends the provision to apply only to sales that are made before July 1, 2019, or after June 30, 2024, to a resident of a nonreciprocal state or a foreign country. Provides a five year exemption from the state gross retail tax for cargo trailers and recreational vehicles sold to residents of nonreciprocal states and foreign countries beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2024. Requires the legislative services agency (LSA) to evaluate the economic and fiscal impact of the exemption. Authorizes the LSA to request information from certain officials, governmental entities, and organizations. Requires the officials, governmental entities, and organizations to cooperate with the LSA in providing the requested information. Repeals the provision that authorizes the department of state revenue to enter into reciprocal agreements with other states concerning a sales tax exemption for cargo trailers and recreational vehicles that will be purchased in a state by a nonresident and then titled in another state.

Sponsor: Blake Doriot

Indiana finance authority matters. Provides that any proposed extension or amendment to certain public-private agreements that: (1) makes a substantial change to: (A) the scope of the public-private agreement; or (B) the uses of the revenue generated under the public-private agreement; or (2) results in a positive, new revenue impact of at least $1,000,000 under the public-private agreement being amended or extended shall be submitted to the state budget committee for review. Prohibits any extension or amendment to such a public-private agreement until after the state budget committee has reviewed the proposed extension or amendment. Allows the chairman of the state budget committee to waive these requirements. Specifies that any lump sum amounts or series of amounts totaling more than $1,000,000 received under such a public-private agreement must be held in reserve until May 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the lump sum payment was received.

Sponsor: Todd Huston

School accountability. Provides that a high school may count: (1) an approved work based learning course, program, or experience; or (2) an approved career and technical education course, program, or experience; as satisfying an Indiana diploma with a Core 40 with academic honors designation or another designation requirement. Provides that a course, program, or experience: (1) with subject matter that is similar to and rigor that is equal to or greater than the subject matter and rigor of a required course; but (2) that does not fully align with the required course standards; must be augmented with instruction to include the remaining standards of the required course. Provides that the state board of education (state board), a state educational institution, or any other entity designated by the state board: (1) shall approve a course, program, or experience if certain conditions are met; (2) shall periodically review the approved course, program, or experience; and (3) may revoke approval of the course, program, or experience under certain conditions. Provides that, before July 1, 2022, the state board of education shall establish new standards of measuring high school performance. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: Anthony Cook

Consumer credit. Makes the following changes to the Uniform Consumer Credit Code (UCCC): (1) Repeals a provision specifying a reference base index for use by the department of financial institutions (department) in adjusting specified dollar amounts designated as subject to change throughout the UCCC. (2) Replaces: (A) the tiered credit service charge authorized for consumer credit sales; and (B) the 25% loan finance charge authorized for consumer loans; with a flat charge of 36% per year on the unpaid balances. (3) Increases the: (A) minimum credit service charge for consumer credit sales; and (B) minimum loan finance charge for consumer loans; from $30 (subject to indexing) to $50 (not subject to indexing). (4) Eliminates indexing of the authorized $5 delinquency charge for consumer credit sales and consumer loans. (5) Provides that a seller in a consumer credit sale may take a security interest in goods sold if the debt secured is at least $1,500 (not subject to indexing), versus $300 (subject to indexing) in current law. (6) Changes the authorized nonrefundable prepaid finance charge for consumer loans not secured by an interest in land from $50 to $100. (7) Repeals: (A) the definition of "supervised loan"; and (B) the provision establishing the authorized loan finance charge for supervised loans. Makes conforming amendments throughout the UCCC and the Indiana Code. (8) Provides that for a consumer loan: (A) with a loan finance charge greater than 25%; and (B) in which the principal is $4,000 or less (not subject to indexing); a lender may not contract for an interest in land as security. (Current law prohibits a lender from contracting for an interest in land as security if the loan principal is $4,000 or less (subject to indexing) without regard to the loan's finance charge.) (9) Provides that consumer loans having a loan finance charge exceeding 25% and in which the principal is $4,000 or less are payable over a period of not more than: (A) 37 months if the principal is more than $1,100 (versus $300, subject to indexing, in current law) but not more than $4,000; or (B) 25 months if the principal is $1,100 (versus $300, subject to indexing, in current law) or less. (Current law specifies these maximum loan terms for loans with a principal amount of $4,000 or less (subject to indexing) without regard to the loan's finance charge.) (10) Provides that a creditor in a consumer loan transaction may not contract for or receive a separate charge for property casualty insurance unless the amount financed exclusive of charges for the insurance is at least $1,000 (versus $300, subject to indexing, in current law), and the value of the property is at least $1,000 (versus $300, subject to indexing, in current law). Authorizes a lender that is licensed by the department to make small loans under the 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 is authorized to debit the borrower's account on one or more occasions for a specific period, before the lender deposits the check or debits the account. Requires that the loan term for an unsecured consumer installment loan be at least six months but not more than nine months. Provides for the following with respect to unsecured consumer installment loans: (1) An authorized finance charge and monthly maintenance fee. (2) An annual fee assessed on lenders of $1,000 per license and $1,000 per Indiana branch location (after the first location), for financial education programs. Prohibits: (1) the renewal of an unsecured consumer installment loan; and (2) a borrower from having: (A) a small loan and an unsecured consumer installment loan; or (B) more than one unsecured consumer installment loan; outstanding at the same time. Establishes requirements for the licensure and conduct of persons issuing small dollar loans. Defines "small dollar loan" as a loan with a maximum loan amount of $3,000 and a term of: (1) at least 180 days; and (2) not more than 36 months. Provides that with respect to a small dollar loan, a lender may contract for a loan finance charge of not more than 72%. Provides for an annual fee assessed on lenders of $1,000 per license and $1,000 per Indiana branch location (after the first location), for financial education programs. Establishes the consumer financial education fund (fund) for the purpose of paying expenses incurred by the department relating to consumer financial education. Provides that the annual fees required to be paid by: (1) lenders licensed to make small dollar loans and unsecured consumer installment loans; and (2) lenders licensed to make small dollar loans; shall be deposited in the fund. Specifies that a "rate", for purposes of the loansharking statute, includes a nonrefundable prepaid finance charge. Replaces language conforming the loan rate for the criminal loansharking statute to the maximum loan finance charge for consumer loans under the UCCC, with language specifying that a loan is considered loansharking if it is made at a rate greater than 72% per year on the unpaid balance of the principal.

Sponsor: Andy Zay

E-liquid container labeling. Eliminates a state requirement that an e-liquid manufacturer or a closed system vapor product manufacturer include certain information on an e-liquid container. Removes a duplicative provision that requires the label of an e-liquid container to indicate if the product contains nicotine.

Sponsor: Randall Head

Study of reckless homicide. Urges the legislative council to assign the task of studying the topic of reckless homicide to an appropriate study committee.

Sponsor: Jeffrey Thompson

Reports on stress tests and risk assessments. Provides that: (1) the executive director of the Indiana public retirement system; and (2) the trustee of the Indiana state police pension trust; shall report to the interim study committee on pension management oversight on any stress tests or sensitivity analyses performed during a state fiscal year on the pension funds under their respective administration.

Sponsor: Victoria Spartz

Collecting solid waste management district fees. Amends the solid waste management district law and the local government law to provide that, after June 30, 2019, a unit of local government may not enact an ordinance requiring a solid waste hauler or a hauler of recyclable materials to collect solid waste management fees and remit the fees to the board of a solid waste management district or a unit of local government.

Sponsor: Rick Niemeyer

Disabled Hoosier veteran license plate. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau) to redesign the disabled Hoosier veteran license plate. Specifies that a disabled Hoosier veteran license plate must consist of the following elements: (1) The display of an emblem denoting the branch of service in which the veteran served. (2) A depiction of a wheelchair to indicate the disabled status of the veteran. (3) The words "Disabled Hoosier Veteran" at the bottom of the license plate. (4) Identification numerals with consecutive numbers or letters, or both, to properly identify the vehicle. (5) Any other information the bureau considers necessary. Makes conforming technical amendments.

Sponsor: Wendy McNamara

Water and wastewater utilities and runoff. Establishes a storm water management task force to study issues related to storm water management systems. Provides for the task force to consist of: (1) two members of the senate; (2) two members of the house; and (3) other members appointed by the governor. Requires the task force to issue a report setting forth its findings and recommendations not later than December 1, 2019. Provides that the Indiana finance authority (IFA) shall coordinate the executive branch activities related to the state's water programs. Prescribes the duties of the authority in serving in this role. Requires the IFA to divide Indiana into study areas and to hold annual meetings with the officers and employees of the water and wastewater utilities located in each study area. Authorizes the utilities within a study area to meet voluntarily to determine area water and wastewater priorities, promote cooperation among the utilities, and consider other matters. Requires biennial reports from the utilities of each study area and from the IFA on the cooperative activities of the utilities. Provides that a utility applying to the IFA for a loan, a grant, or other financial assistance must demonstrate that its officers and employees have participated in study area activities. Requires every water utility, at least once in each calendar year, to perform an audit of its water distribution system to determine the causes of the water utility's "non-revenue water" (the difference between the amount of water entering the utility's distribution system and the amount of water received by the water utility's customers). In even-numbered years, requires the results of the annual audit to be verified by an independent evaluator and reported to the IFA and requires the IFA to issue a report concerning the audit results. Specifies that: (1) customer specific data, including information excluded from public access under Indiana's access to public records act; and (2) a required cybersecurity plan; submitted in connection with an application for a permit for a public water system or a wastewater treatment plant is exempt from the requirement that certain required analyses and plans must be made publicly available. Amends the definition of "customer lead service line improvement".

Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau

State and local administration. Changes the terminology used in the statute governing the posting of signs to promote attractions and services for the traveling public. Allows the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) to apply for a state plan amendment that would require Medicaid reimbursement for eligible Medicaid rehabilitation option services provided in a school setting to a Medicaid recipient. Requires the office to review the Medicaid rehabilitation option services provided under Medicaid, determine whether additional services are appropriate, and submit the office's findings to the general assembly. Requires the office to study and report on the best means to provide: (1) Medicaid reimbursement for health care services and school based services to specified individuals provided by a school based health center; and (2) supplemental Medicaid reimbursement payments to qualified school based health centers under the fee for service Medicaid program. Requires a public library to adopt a criminal history check policy for employees and volunteers. Requires the board of veterinary medical examiners to study the regulation of veterinary technicians. Specifies contract requirements in hospital participation agreements between managed care organizations and multi-location hospitals. Voids certain waiver agreements between managed care organizations and multi-location hospitals. Establishes rates of payment for various emergency services and post-stabilization services furnished to individuals enrolled in a managed care organization. Specifies conditions concerning the assignment of benefits for emergency services and post-stabilization care services provided to insured persons. Provides for the resubmission of certain claims that were denied because the originally submitted claims identified the providers incorrectly.

Sponsor: Andy Zay

Advanced practice registered nurses. Allows an advanced practice registered nurse who: (1) had primary responsibility for the treatment and care of a deceased individual for a period longer than six months; and (2) pronounced the time of death for the deceased individual; to certify a record on a death and enter the record into the Indiana death registration system. Specifies that at least two of the six registered nurse board members of the Indiana state board of nursing (board) be advanced practice registered nurses with at least one of these members having prescriptive authority. Specifies requirements of certain board members. Provides that an advanced practice registered nurse with prescriptive authority and who has operated under a practice agreement with a practitioner for at least three years may operate without a practice agreement if certain conditions are met. Amends the hospital governing board requirements for the manner in which an advanced practice registered nurse who operates in the hospital will interact with other practitioners. Requires the Indiana state board of nursing to prepare a report to the general assembly concerning advance practice registered nurses who practice without a practice agreement. Makes a conforming change.

Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau

Noxious weed control. Adds common waterhemp, tall waterhemp, marestail, palmer amaranth, poison hemlock, powell amaranth, rough pigweed, and smooth pigweed to the list of detrimental plants that are required to be destroyed by certain persons under state law.

Sponsor: Beau Baird

Tippecanoe County superior court. Adds a superior court in Tippecanoe County.

Sponsor: Sharon Negele

Direct sales. Excludes a direct seller from the definition of "employee" for purposes of the minimum wage law. Excludes services by direct sellers from the definition of "employment" under the unemployment compensation system.

Sponsor: Mark Messmer

Sentencing. Makes committing a controlled substance offense on the property of a penal facility or juvenile facility an enhancing circumstance. Makes it an aggravating circumstance that a crime was committed because of certain perceived or actual characteristics of the victim.

Sponsor: Mike Bohacek

Veterinary prescriptions. Limits the initial opioid prescription for an animal by a veterinarian to a seven day supply unless a listed exception applies. Allows a veterinarian to obtain information about the owner of the animal or the individual to whom an opioid or benzodiazepine will be dispensed for the animal from the Indiana scheduled prescription electronic collection and tracking (INSPECT) program data base before prescribing an opioid or benzodiazepine for the animal.

Sponsor: Dennis Zent

Fire protection district per diems. Increases the maximum amount (from $20 to $100) that a member of the board of fire trustees of a fire protection district may receive for each day that the member devotes to the work of the district.

Sponsor: Lonnie Randolph

Anatomical gifts and individuals with disabilities. Prohibits certain health care entities from discriminating against potential transplant recipients solely on the basis of disability, and authorizes an individual to seek injunctive relief against an entity believed to be in violation of the law. Defines "covered entity". Defines "qualified recipient". Prohibits a state employee health plan, insurer, or health maintenance program from denying coverage for anatomical gifts, transplantation, or related treatment and services solely on the basis of disability.

Sponsor: Eric Koch

Notice of sheriff's sale of foreclosed property. Amends the statute concerning the procedures for a sheriff's sale of real property subject to a mortgage foreclosure judgment to provide that before selling the property, the sheriff must advertise the sale by arranging for the posting of a notice of the sale on the Internet web site maintained by: (1) each county in which the real estate is located; or (2) the office of the sheriff; at the discretion of the sheriff. (Current law requires the sheriff to advertise the sale by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the property is located.) Specifies that existing law governing an error or omission in a legal notice published in a newspaper also applies to a sheriff's sale notice posted on an Internet web site. Provides that if: (1) a county in which the real estate is located does not maintain an Internet web site; and (2) the office of the sheriff does not maintain an Internet web site; the sheriff shall advertise the sale by publication in the county. Provides that in a case in which: (1) the sheriff must publish a sheriff's sale notice in a newspaper; and (2) the sheriff is unable to procure such publication; the sheriff shall execute a written statement explaining why publication was not possible. (Current law does not specify that the sheriff's statement must be in writing.) Provides that the sheriff shall: (1) maintain a record, in a printed or an electronic format, of the written statement for a period of not less than three years from the date of execution of the statement; and (2) make the statement available to the public upon request. Provides that a sheriff who posts a sheriff's sale notice on a county's or the sheriff's Internet web site shall: (1) maintain a record, in a printed or an electronic format, of the posted notice of sale for a period of not less than three years from the date on which the notice is removed from the Internet web site after the occurrence of an event specified under the bill; and (2) make the record available to the public upon request. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: Wendy McNamara

TANF eligibility. Sets the income eligibility requirements for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program at phased in specified percentages of the federal income poverty level beginning July 1, 2021. 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 beginning January 1, 2020. Requires the payments to be annually adjusted using the Social Security cost of living adjustment rate, but provides that the total adjustment in a year must be reduced to the extent the adjustment would result in the transfer to the Child Care and Development Fund grant program being less than the maximum allowable transfer under federal law. Authorizes emergency rulemaking concerning the payments. Repeals language requiring the division of family resources to apply a percentage reduction to the total needs of TANF applicants and recipients in computing TANF benefits.

Sponsor: Jon Ford

Newborn screenings for health disorders. Requires, beginning July 1, 2020, newborns to be examined for the detection of: (1) Krabbe disease; (2) Pompe disease; and (3) Hurler syndrome.

Sponsor: Michael Young

School corporation disannexation. Creates a process by which Greene Township in St. Joseph County can elect to disannex from an existing school corporation and annex to another existing school corporation.

Sponsor: Mike Bohacek

Lead testing of school drinking water. Requires that the drinking water in every school building in East Chicago or Hammond be tested annually for compliance with the national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper.

Sponsor: Lonnie Randolph

Property tax matters. Provides that a county assessor or township assessor (if any) may request the department of local government finance (department) to perform a state conducted assessment of a particular commercial building or structure used for retail purposes. Specifies the procedures for the state conducted assessment. Provides that the true tax value of commercial real property used for retail purposes that is occupied by the original owner or by a tenant for which the improvement was built shall be determined by the cost approach for the first 10 years of occupancy of the property, less normal depreciation and normal obsolescence under the rules and guidelines of the department of local government finance. Provides that a county fiscal body may adopt an ordinance to provide that the county assessor be reimbursed for legal costs (in addition to other specified costs under current law) incurred by the county assessor in defending an appeal that is uncommon and infrequent in the normal course of defending appeals.

Sponsor: Brian Buchanan

Tippecanoe County superior court. Adds a superior court in Tippecanoe County.

Sponsor: Brian Buchanan

Recognizing the impact of erosion on Indiana's Lake Michigan beaches and the need to identify long-term solutions.

Sponsor: Jim Pressel

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the 40th anniversary of the Indiana-Taiwan sister-state relationship.

Sponsor: David Frizzell

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Yorktown High School girls volleyball team.

Sponsor: Melanie Wright

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing "Farmworkers Awareness Week", Cesar Chavez, and the work of Proteus, Inc.

Sponsor: David Niezgodski

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. Adds a ten dollar nurse licensing fee to fund the program.

Sponsor: Vaneta Becker

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing Sergeant Benton "Ben" Bertram and urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to name a mile of State Road 56 near Scottsburg the "Sgt. Ben Bertram Memorial Mile".

Sponsor: Chris Garten

A SENATE RESOLUTION urging Congress to amend federal law concerning confidentiality of patient records.

Sponsor: Erin Houchin

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Ball State University Department of Journalism upon the department's 50th anniversary.

Sponsor: Timothy Lanane

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Indiana Dunes National Park.

Sponsor: Lisa Beck

Honoring Mr. Calvin Parham.

Sponsor: Thomas Saunders

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Maureen McFadden's upcoming retirement from WNDU after nearly 40 years of service to the Michiana area.

Sponsor: David Niezgodski

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to congratulate the delegates to the 2019 Indiana YMCA Youth and Government Model Government Conference.

Sponsor: Wendy McNamara

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Emma Wilson on winning the 2018 Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") individual girls cross country state championship title.

Sponsor: Rodric Bray

Congratulating the Pilgrim Baptist Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana on its 100th anniversary.

Sponsor: Philip GiaQuinta

Railroad crossings. Subject to available funding, requires the department of transportation to construct, in locations where practical, lanes and signs at railroad crossings on state highways.

Sponsor: Blake Doriot

Congratulating the Speedway High School girls softball team.

Sponsor: Karlee Macer

Tax credit for 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: Jeff Raatz

A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing Makayla Stuck for her volunteer work with the Vigo County Youth Soccer Association TOPSoccer program.

Sponsor: Jon Ford

Sales tax administration. Provides that a marketplace facilitator is required to collect and remit state sales tax as a retail merchant when it facilitates a retail transaction for sellers on the marketplace facilitator's marketplace. Specifies circumstances in which a marketplace facilitator or a seller would not be required to collect and remit the state sales tax on the retail sale. Retains provisions that go into effect on July 1, 2019, for state sales tax collection and remittance requirements of an accommodations facilitator that facilitates a retail transaction for sellers that rent or furnish rooms, lodgings, or accommodations in Indiana.

Sponsor: Gregory Porter

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Cummins, Inc. for 100 years of operation in the State of Indiana.

Sponsor: Greg Walker

Internet crimes against children fund. Establishes the Internet crimes against children fund (fund). Requires the state police department (department) to administer the fund and use money in the fund to: (1) pay for costs incurred by the department for training and purchasing equipment for the investigation of offenses that involve the use of the Internet in which a child is the alleged victim; 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.

Sponsor: Michael Crider

Study of the growth of health care costs. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee for study during the 2019 interim of the general assembly the factors that are contributing to the growth of health care costs. Requires the interim study committee to report and make any recommendations to the legislative council not later than November 2019.

Sponsor: John Ruckelshaus

Work zones study. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying the use of automated traffic control systems in work zones.

Sponsor: Jon Ford

Disputes involving homeowners associations. Provides that if either party requests mediation, mediation is mandatory. Provides that if neither party requests mediation, or if mediation is unsuccessful, a claimant may begin legal proceedings. Requires a mediator to be selected by the American Mediation Association. Requires a mediation to be conducted in compliance with the rules and procedures of the American Mediation Association. Makes corresponding amendments to the provisions regarding grievance resolutions involving condominium associations.

Sponsor: Charles Burton

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Riverton Parke High School Academic Spell Bowl Team.

Sponsor: Alan Morrison

Local income tax and other financing matters. Changes the allocation of local income tax (LIT) revenue that is based on property taxes to be based on maximum permissible property tax levies instead of actual levies. Provides that if a township passes a local public question on whether the county in which the township is located should be required to fund and carry out a public transportation project under the central Indiana public transportation projects statute, the township board shall adopt a resolution to impose a special local income tax rate on the local taxpayers residing in the township, instead of the fiscal body of the county. Allows political subdivisions to enter into public-private agreements with an operator to accomplish the design, financing, construction, acquisition, improvement, renovation, equipping, operation, or maintenance of a regional jail. Requires the department of local government finance to prepare a report before January 1, 2020, concerning school funding in each school corporation for the period beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019. Requires the department of education to prepare a report before January 1, 2020, concerning school funding in the surrounding states, Indiana, and each school corporation in Indiana for the period beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019.

Sponsor: Jeffrey Thompson

Distribution of aviation fuel inspection fees. Provides that inspection fees on aviation fuel must be deposited in the airport development grant fund beginning July 1, 2020. (Current law requires all fuel inspection fees to be deposited in the underground petroleum storage tank excess liability trust fund.) Provides that an airport may not submit a claim for reimbursement from the underground petroleum storage tank excess liability trust fund after June 30, 2020.

Sponsor: Travis Holdman

Memorializing Rising Sun Police Chief David Paul Hewitt.

Sponsor: Randall Frye

Mental health center appropriation allotment. Amends the allotment of county funds to community mental health centers in Marion County to provide for a phased transition from a formula based on populations of service areas to a formula oriented toward numbers of enrolled consumers served. (Current law requires the allotment to be based upon the population residing in each service area.)

Sponsor: Cindy Kirchhofer

Independent review board. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the task of studying the process by which a 1977 fund member is determined to be entitled to receive a disability benefit, including the advisability of requiring the Indiana public retirement system to establish a single independent review board for disability determinations.

Sponsor: Philip Boots

Expenditures of redevelopment commissions. Provides that except for property tax proceeds transferred to a school corporation or public school, including a charter school, allocated property tax proceeds may be expended for projects located outside an allocation area only if the redevelopment commission adopts a declaratory resolution that finds that the expenditures: (1) will directly benefit the allocation area; or (2) will result in the creation or retention of jobs in the private sector. Adds various requirements related to expenditures under contracts between redevelopment commissions and providers of educational and training programs to establish programs designed to prepare individuals to participate in the competitive and global economy.

Sponsor: Edward Clere

Assisted reproduction and gestational surrogacy. Amends provisions regarding testing of donated human sperm and eggs. Repeals current Indiana law regarding surrogacy agreements. Enacts the gestational surrogacy act, which establishes: (1) presumptions regarding parentage; (2) prerequisites for individuals who wish to enter into a gestational surrogacy agreement; (3) procedural requirements for gestational surrogacy; (4) requirements for gestational surrogacy agreements; (5) support obligations with regard to a child born as the result of gestational surrogacy; (6) remedies for breach of a gestational surrogacy agreement; and (7) provisions for determination of jurisdiction over litigation regarding a gestational surrogacy agreement. Enacts the gamete donation act, which establishes: (1) presumptions regarding parentage of a child born as the result of gamete donation; (2) prerequisites for individuals who wish to enter into a gamete donation agreement; (3) procedural requirements for gamete donation; (4) requirements for gamete donation agreements; (5) provisions regarding parentage of a child born posthumously to a gamete donor; (6) remedies for breach of a gamete donation agreement; and (7) provisions for determination of jurisdiction over litigation regarding a gamete donation agreement. Increases the maximum amount an ovum donor may be compensated for the donor's recovery time from $4,000 to $6,000. Requires legal counsel to have significant experience in assisted reproduction matters in certain instances. Provides that a gestational surrogacy agreement may not limit the right of the gestational surrogate to make any decision concerning the gestational surrogate's right to terminate or continue a pregnancy. Provides that any term or condition in a gestational surrogacy agreement that contradicts or seeks to abrogate a surrogate's right to continue or terminate a pregnancy is void. Provides that the marriage of a gestational surrogate after the execution of a gestational surrogacy agreement does not affect the validity of the gestational surrogacy agreement. Provides that consent from a gestational surrogate's spouse is not required in order for the terms of the gestational surrogacy agreement to be completed or performed. Provides that a person who becomes the spouse of a gestational surrogate after the execution of a gestational surrogacy agreement is not a presumed parent of the resulting child. Provides that if a gestational surrogate initiates divorce proceedings or becomes divorced before the intended parents can establish parentage, the spouse of the gestational surrogate shall not be the presumed parent of a resulting child and shall not be required to sign, or otherwise authenticate, any establishment of parentage documentation required by a court. Provides that certain conditions must be met prior to the issuance of a pre-birth court order by a court. Requires all reproductive endocrinologists and mental health professionals engaging in gestational surrogacy matters to remain informed of recommended guidelines published by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Provides that court orders concerning gestational surrogacy do not provide a court with jurisdiction over the matters of child custody or child support if jurisdiction over the matters is not otherwise authorized. Provides that a court order concerning the establishment of parentage shall be given full faith and credit in another state if an Indiana establishment of parentage court order constitutes a signed record and otherwise complies with the laws of the other state. Exempts donor compensation for gamete donation from certain prohibitions concerning the sale of a human ovum, zygote, embryo, or fetus under certain circumstances. Defines certain terms. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: Sean Eberhart

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the University of Southern Indiana UNITE CubeSat project team.

Sponsor: James Tomes

A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing the F and AM Masonic Lodge #341 in Greentown, Indiana.

Sponsor: James Buck

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Bicentennial of Owen County, Indiana.

Sponsor: Eric Bassler

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the New Palestine High School football team on winning the 2018 Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class 5A state championship title.

Sponsor: Michael Crider

Calling for an investigation into whether grounds exist for the impeachment of Attorney General Curtis Hill

Sponsor: Edward DeLaney

School employee training requirements. Requires the interim study committee on education to review teacher training requirements once every five years. Repeals and relocates school training provisions concerning the following: (1) Training concerning bullying prevention and reporting. (2) Training in the implementation of the criminal organization policy or addressing criminal activity at a school. (3) Training on child abuse and neglect. (4) Research based inservice youth suicide awareness and prevention training. (5) Inservice training pertaining to the identification and reporting of human trafficking. Provides that each school corporation and charter school shall require: (1) an applicant for employment who will have direct, ongoing contact with children within the scope of the applicant's employment to attend the training before or not later than 30 days after the start date of the applicant's employment; and (2) a school employee who has direct, ongoing contact with children within the scope of the employee's employment to attend the training once every five years. Provides for all the training: (1) the format options for the training; (2) that the training required must be during the school employee's contracted day or at a time chosen by the employee; and (3) that the training shall count toward the requirements for professional development required by the governing body of the school corporation or organizer of a charter school. Removes provisions that require certain accredited nonpublic school employees to attend training on child abuse and neglect, youth suicide awareness, and human trafficking. Removes a provision providing that a school corporation may leverage state and federal grants or free or reduced cost evidence based youth suicide awareness and prevention training provided by any state agency or qualified statewide or local organization to cover the costs of the youth suicide awareness and prevention training. Removes a provision that provides that the department of education may not issue an initial teaching license at any grade level to an applicant for an initial teaching license unless the applicant shows evidence that the applicant has successfully completed education and training on the prevention of child suicide and the recognition of signs that a student may be considering suicide. Provides that a school safety plan must, for school corporations and charter schools, include information regarding the content and implementation of the training requirements.

Sponsor: Jeff Raatz

Economic and regulatory policy task force. Establishes the economic and regulatory policy task force. Provides for members of the task force and duties of the task force. Requires the task force to prepare a report and recommendations.

Sponsor: Victoria Spartz

Education matters. Provides that the state board of education (state board) may adopt and provide to schools: (1) an early warning system that provides actionable data on students as early as elementary school; and (2) a graduation pathways tracking and reporting system that provides actionable data on students. Provides that, if the state board enters into a contract with a vendor to provide an early warning system, the state board shall include in the contract a requirement that the vendor provide to the state board, at least quarterly, a statewide summary report concerning certain information. Provides that teacher evaluations must be conducted by a certified evaluator. Establishes requirements for a teacher evaluation model. Requires a school corporation to report certain data from the school corporation's teacher evaluation model. Requires the department of education to aggregate the data and provide the information to the commission for higher education (commission) and the state board not later than December 1 of each year. Requires the state board, working in conjunction with the commission, to analyze the data annually and publish findings and recommendations to inform the teacher preparation programs in Indiana. Allows the state board to establish criteria for renewal and initial teacher preparation program approvals based on the state board's findings.

Sponsor: Jeff Raatz

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of assessing the laws and policies concerning the adjudication and rehabilitation of juvenile offenders.

Sponsor: Victoria Spartz

Utility relocation for road projects. Codifies Indiana department of transportation (INDOT) rules prescribing the administrative process for the relocation of a utility's facilities for a road construction contract. Provides that if a utility authorizes an INDOT contractor to perform required utility relocation work as part of a road improvement project, INDOT shall indemnify the utility for any: (1) damage to the property or facilities of the utility or the utility's customers; (2) loss of utility service to the utility's customers; or (3) interruption of service to the utility's customers; caused by the INDOT contractor's work. Provides that if a utility does not perform the utility's relocation duties imposed by a final work plan within the time set forth in the final work plan, INDOT may: (1) relocate, or cause the relocation of, the utility's facilities; or (2) file a complaint in court for an emergency order to compel the utility to relocate the facilities. Provides that if INDOT relocates, or causes the relocation of the facilities, INDOT: (1) may recover from the utility the costs of the relocation; and (2) shall indemnify the utility for any: (A) damage to the property or facilities of the utility or the utility's customers; (B) loss of utility service to the utility's customers; or (C) interruption of service to the utility's customers; caused by INDOT's or an INDOT's contractor's relocation of the facilities. Provides that if INDOT prevails in a court action to compel a utility to relocate the utility's facilities or customer service facilities, the court shall order the utility to: (1) reimburse INDOT for INDOT's reasonable litigation expenses, including court costs and reasonable attorney's fees; and (2) pay to INDOT a civil penalty of not less than $20,000. Provides that if a utility prevails in a court action to compel the utility to relocate the utility's facilities or customer service facilities, the court shall order INDOT to pay: (1) the costs of any relocation of the utility's facilities in connection with the project; and (2) the reasonable litigation expenses, including court costs and reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by the utility. Provides that these same procedures apply with respect to the relocation of utility customer service facilities in connection with construction projects involving the state highway system. Provides that if a county executive determines that the location of a utility's facilities will interfere with a planned road, highway, or bridge project under the jurisdiction of the county: (1) the county executive may order the utility to relocate the utility's facilities in accordance with the procedures used by INDOT for projects involving the state highway system; and (2) if the county executive elects to use those procedures: (A) the county executive has all of the authority granted to, and the obligations of, INDOT under that statute, to the extent applicable; and (B) the utility has all of the obligations and rights of a utility under that statute, to the extent applicable.

Sponsor: Randall Head

Transmission of communicable diseases. Changes the following defined terms: (1) "carrier" to "individual with a communicable disease"; (2) "dangerous communicable disease" to "serious communicable disease"; and (3) "dangerous disease" to "serious disease". Specifies that an individual must intentionally meet all the delineated conditions to commit the offense of transmitting a communicable disease. Requires that for violations of the communicable disease laws: (1) an information or indictment alleging the violations be redacted in accordance with rules adopted by the Indiana supreme court; (2) the court close the proceedings; and; (3) the medical information of the parties is confidential. Removes the authority of a court to limit testing to a test only for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) if the defendant is charged with battery or domestic battery involving placing bodily fluid or waste on another person. Removes certain references to AIDS. Repeals the crimes of: (1) recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally donating, selling, or transferring blood or semen for artificial insemination that contains HIV; and (2) infecting an individual through the act of donating, selling, or transferring blood or semen. Makes conforming changes. Makes a technical correction.

Sponsor: Edward Clere

Study of education matters. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee the topics of: (1) improving science education; (2) improving mathematics, geography, and personal finance education in kindergarten through grade 12; and (3) including entrepreneurship curriculum in kindergarten through grade 12.

Sponsor: Victoria Spartz

Hazing. Provides that a postsecondary educational institution must develop an educational plan on hazing. Requires a postsecondary educational institution to report incidents of hazing on the postsecondary educational institution's Internet web site. Amends the elements and penalty levels for the offense of hazing. Provides that any person who actively directs or engages in an act of hazing which results in the injury of another person, shall, to the extent that the person can do so without danger or peril to self or others, give reasonable assistance to the injured person. Provides that failure to seek assistance, in no serious bodily injury, is a Class B misdemeanor. Provides that failure to seek assistance results in serious bodily injury the offense is a Level 6 felony. Provides that certain arguments are not a defense to hazing or contributory hazing.

Sponsor: Terri Jo Austin

Let Indiana Work for You program. Requires the commission for higher education (commission) to establish, in coordination with the department of workforce development (department) and the Indiana economic development corporation (corporation), the Let Indiana Work for You program (program) to: (1) provide to colleges and universities information concerning workforce opportunities in Indiana and other benefits of residing and working in Indiana after graduating from the college or university; and (2) implement the program. Provides that, if a college or university approves of the information under the program for distribution to students of the college or university, the: (1) commission, in coordination with the department and the corporation, shall provide the information to the college or university; and (2) college or university shall present-in person or use other communication mediums to provide the information to students of the college or university. Requires the Indiana economic development corporation to assemble and provide to the commission and the department information concerning the economic benefits of residing and working in Indiana.

Sponsor: John Ruckelshaus

Recognizing the history of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Sponsor: Cherrish Pryor

Judicial officers and public safety officials. Provides that a person commits battery on a public safety official if the offense is committed against a current or former public safety official: (1) while the official is engaged in the official's official duty; or (2) in retaliation for the official having engaged in the official's official duty. (Under current law, a person commits the offense only if the official is acting in the person's official duty.) Exempts a person who retires from judicial office after at least 20 years of service or because of a disability from the payment of the fee for a license to carry a handgun. Permits a former judicial officer to possess and use a handgun in the same locations as a judicial officer, and requires the supreme court to annually issue an identification card to a former judicial officer.

Sponsor: Anthony Cook

Electronic reporting of valuable metal purchases. Transfers authority of the state police department with respect to valuable metals dealers to the state of Indiana. Defines "automotive salvage recycler". Allows a political subdivision that required valuable metal reporting by an automotive salvage recycler, before July 1, 2019, to continue such requirements. Provides that the state of Indiana or political subdivision may not enforce a subscription use agreement by and between an automotive salvage recycler and a third party reporting system that enables the sale of information reported in any manner. Provides that information reported by an automotive salvage recycler may only be used for law enforcement purposes. Makes a valuable metal dealer immune from civil liability arising from the disclosure of information concerning valuable metal purchases if the information is disclosed through a computer system breach and the breach is caused by a person other than, and without the knowledge or consent of, the valuable metal dealer.

Sponsor: Randall Head

Worker's compensation. Increases benefits for injuries and disablements by 2% each year for three years, beginning on July 1, 2019.

Sponsor: Karen Tallian

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. Makes a conforming amendment.

Sponsor: Justin Moed

Pharmacist care study. Urges the legislative council to assign the topic of coverage for pharmacist care to an interim study committee during the 2019 interim of the general assembly.

Sponsor: Ronald Grooms

Driver's license reinstatement fees. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles to administer an amnesty program to reduce reinstatement fees for suspended driving privileges, and establishes criteria for the program. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the task of studying: (1) the prospective reduction of reinstatement fees; (2) the establishment of an insurance program to provide funding to insurance carriers to reduce the automobile insurance premium costs of individuals whose annual household income does not exceed 200% of the federal income poverty level; and (3) the topic of evaluating whether the amount of liability insurance (or other evidence of financial responsibility) required for operation of a motor vehicle is adequate and appropriate.

Sponsor: Greg Taylor

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Indiana State Trooper Roy E. Jones.

Sponsor: Robert Cherry

Criminal background check. Includes public libraries in the definition of "qualified entities" for purposes of criminal background checks. Requires qualified entities to conduct a background check under certain circumstances. Provides that a public library: (1) is not required to conduct a background check on employees or volunteers whose scope of work does not include contact with children; and (2) is required to perform a background check on a person who conducts a performance, presentation, or workshop for children less than 14 years of age. Specifies that a public library is not required to conduct a background check on an individual if the library or another library has conducted a background check within the previous year and certain other conditions are met.

Sponsor: James Tomes

State payments in lieu of property taxes. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying the topic of state payments in lieu of property taxes to 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.

Sponsor: Erin Houchin

Sentencing and bias crimes. Provides that a court may consider bias in imposing a criminal sentence. Specifies the manner in which bias crime data shall be reported to the state police department.

Sponsor: Mike Bohacek

Professional employer organizations. Provides that for purposes of unemployment compensation, a professional employer organization (PEO) that elects to use the PEO level reporting method is liable for all contributions, interest, penalties, and surcharges for the duration of a professional employer agreement or until the effective date of an election by the PEO to change to the client level reporting method. Provides that a client of a PEO is not considered to be a successor employer as a result of entering into a professional employer agreement with a PEO.

Sponsor: Gerald Torr

Pension thirteenth checks. Provides for thirteenth checks in 2019 and 2020 for certain members of the: (1) Indiana state teachers' retirement fund; (2) public employees' retirement fund; (3) state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan; (4) state police pre-1987 benefit system; and (5) state police 1987 benefit system.

Sponsor: Charles Burton

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. on Delta Day at the Indiana State Capitol on this 26th day of February, 2019.

Sponsor: Ryan Hatfield

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing February as Self-Care Awareness Month.

Sponsor: Cindy Kirchhofer

Food and beverage tax and innkeeper tax. Permits the fiscal body of White County to levy the county innkeeper's tax on resorts and any other buildings or structures in the county in which lodging is regularly furnished for consideration. Authorizes the city of Greenwood, town of Danville, and town of Whitestown to adopt a 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 city of Greenwood, town of Danville, or town of Whitestown. Specifies the uses to which receipts from the food and beverage tax may be applied.

Sponsor: Jack Sandlin

Property tax exemption. Provides that a person seeking a property tax exemption for property used for a charitable purpose may file an exemption application up to 30 days after the statutory deadline if the person pays a late filing fee. Requires the county auditor deposit all money collected from the late filing fee in the county's property reassessment fund. Provides that a property owner may submit a property tax exemption application before September 1, 2019, for any real and personal property: (1) for which an exemption application was filed after April 1, 2017, and before April 10, 2017; and (2) that would have been eligible for a property tax exemption if an exemption application had been properly and timely filed for the real and personal property. Specifies that if a property owner files such an exemption application, the property tax exemption shall be allowed and granted for the January 1, 2017, assessment date, and the property owner is entitled to a refund for any taxes, penalties, and interest paid with respect to the property for that assessment date.

Sponsor: Ronnie Alting

Waiver of interest and penalties. Provides that the fiscal body of a county may adopt an ordinance to establish a property tax amnesty program and require a waiver of interest and penalties added before January 1, 2019, on delinquent taxes and special assessments on real property in the county if: (1) all of the delinquent taxes and special assessments on the real property were first due and payable before January 1, 2019; and (2) before May 1, 2020, the taxpayer has paid all of these delinquent taxes and special assessments and has also paid all of the taxes and special assessments that are first due and payable after December 31, 2018. Requires the waiver of interest and penalties in these circumstances, notwithstanding any payment arrangement entered into by the county treasurer and the taxpayer. Provides that the waiver of interest and penalties under a program shall not apply to interest and penalties added to delinquent property tax installments or special assessments on real property that was purchased or sold in any prior tax sale.

Sponsor: Eddie Melton

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 podiatrist reimbursement for a covered service; or (3) setting reimbursement for services provided by a physician or podiatrist at a lower rate; based solely on the decision of the physician or podiatrist not to participate in maintenance of certification. Prohibits a health maintenance organization (HMO) from: (1) preventing a physician or podiatrist from entering into a participating provider contract with the HMO; (2) denying a physician or podiatrist reimbursement for a covered service; or (3) setting reimbursement for services provided by a physician or podiatrist at a lower rate; based solely on the decision of the physician or podiatrist not to participate in maintenance of certification.

Sponsor: Elizabeth Brown

Modified symbol of access. Requires that parking signs for accessible parking spaces for an individual with a physical disability must bear, instead of the international symbol of accessibility (also known as the international wheelchair symbol), the modified symbol of access when erected, replaced, or repaired after December 31, 2019. Requires that license plates and placards issued by the bureau of motor vehicles for display in or on a vehicle used to transport a person with a disability must bear, rather than the international symbol of accessibility, the modified symbol of access on all new license plates or duplicate or replacement plates after December 31, 2019.

Sponsor: Vaneta Becker

Recidivist look back periods. Provides that a person commits a Level 6 felony if the person: (1) has a prior conviction for operating while intoxicated that occurred within the previous seven years; or (2) has at least two prior unrelated convictions for operating while intoxicated, two of which occurred in the previous 15 years. Provides that a person who causes serious bodily injury to another person when operating a vehicle while intoxicated commits a Level 5 felony if the person has a previous conviction for operating while intoxicated within the previous seven years. Provides that a person commits a Level 6 felony for theft if the person has a prior unrelated conviction for theft or conversion that occurred within the previous 10 years. (Current law provides that a person commits a Level 6 felony for theft if the person has a prior unrelated conviction for theft or conversion at any time.)

Sponsor: Jack Sandlin

Indiana youth service program. Provides that Ivy Tech Community College (Ivy Tech) shall develop a proposal to establish the Indiana youth service program (program) to provide high school graduates with the opportunity to learn various skills and participate in service at host sites throughout Indiana. Provides that Ivy Tech may seek input on the program from the department of workforce development, the commission for higher education, and the legislative services agency. Provides that Ivy Tech shall present the proposed program, including costs of administration, to the budget committee and the general assembly for review and consideration not later than December 1, 2019.

Sponsor: John Ruckelshaus

County council and commissioner salaries. Allows the president of the county executive and the president of the county fiscal body in a county other than Marion County to receive a salary that is more than that of the other members as compensation for extra services performed as president. Provides that a president may not receive additional compensation that exceeds 25% of the salaries of the body's other members. Legalizes and validates any action taken by the bodies or members of the bodies before July 1, 2019, regarding the fixing or receipt of a president's salary that includes compensation for extra services.

Sponsor: Mike Bohacek

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Elaine Shomaker on the occasion of her 100th birthday.

Sponsor: Doug Miller

Cultural district development. Provides that an arts and cultural district certified by the Indiana arts commission is subject to annual review by the commission and must be recertified every four years. Specifies certain requirements for certification (or recertification) of a district.

Sponsor: Jon Ford

Watercraft accidents. Provides that an operator of a boat who is involved in an accident or collision resulting in injury to or death of a person or damage to a boat or other property (operator) shall: (1) if it can be done without endangering a person, stop the boat immediately and as close as possible to the scene of the accident; and (2) if it can be done without endangering a person, return to the scene of the accident and remain there until the operator has complied with the statutory requirements concerning watercraft accidents. Specifies that the operator shall notify emergency services in addition to providing reasonable assistance to each person injured. Requires that an operator make a reasonable and good faith effort to assist a person injured in a collision. Provides, however, that an operator is not required to perform an act that would endanger a person.

Sponsor: James Merritt

Tax credit for teachers. Replaces the tax credit for classroom supplies purchased by a teacher with a nonrefundable tax credit for a teacher. Defines "teacher" for purposes of the tax credit.

Sponsor: Ben Smaltz

Landlord tenant matters. Provides that, if a tenant refuses or neglects to pay rent and fees when due, a landlord may terminate the lease after giving not less than ten days notice, but not if the tenant pays the rent and fees in full before the notice period expires. Requires notice to a tenant regarding lease termination to include a statement about failure to pay rent and fees. Provides that notice is not required to terminate a formal or informal lease in certain situations. Requires a court to hear a cause of action filed by a tenant to enforce an obligation of a landlord no later than 30 days after the date of filing.

Sponsor: Mike Bohacek

Local public questions. Provides that except as otherwise specifically provided by a statute, a local public question may be placed on the ballot only at the following elections: (1) A general election. (2) A municipal general election, but only if the election district for the public question is contained entirely within a municipality. Makes conforming changes.

Sponsor: Blake Doriot

A SENATE RESOLUTION memorializing Harvey Lambright.

Sponsor: Susan Glick

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on government the task of reviewing the statutes that govern contracting procedures within the Indiana Department of Transportation.

Sponsor: Victoria Spartz

Recognizing the Indiana Association of Career and Technical Education Districts.

Sponsor: Vanessa Summers

Recognizing the Indianapolis Sister Cities program with Hangzhou, China.

Sponsor: Charles Burton

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Indiana School Boards Association on the 70th anniversary of its founding.

Sponsor: Jeff Raatz

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to designate the pathway along the U.S. Highway 150 connector between Terre Haute and West Terre Haute as the Max Miller Memorial Pathway.

Sponsor: Jon Ford

Study of the preservation of war memorials. Urges the legislative council to assign the task of studying the preservation of war memorials to an appropriate study committee.

Sponsor: Christy Stutzman

A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of medical reimbursement under worker's compensation for ambulatory surgical centers.

Sponsor: Philip Boots

Consumer credit. Repeals provisions specifying indexing of and changes of dollar amounts for purposes of consumer loans. Provides for a credit service charge not to exceed 36%. (Current law provides for variation in amount of a credit service charge based on the amount outstanding.) Increases the minimum credit service charge and consumer loan finance charge from $30 to $50. Increases from at least $300 to at least $1,500 the debt that must be secured for a seller in a consumer credit sale of goods to take a security interest in the goods. With respect to consumer loans: (1) increases from 25% to 36% the amount of a loan finance charge that a lender may charge; (2) increases from 2.083% to 3% the amount in relation to the debt on a revolving loan account over which the loan finance charge is considered to exceed the maximum annual percentage rate; (3) strikes a provision specifying requirements for charging the same loan finance charge on all amounts financed within a range; (4) increases from $50 the maximum amount of a nonrefundable prepaid finance charge to $150 or $250; and (5) increases from two to three the number of nonrefundable prepaid finance charges a lender may assess in a 12 month period. Repeals provisions specific to supervised loans and applies certain supervised loan provisions to consumer loans having a loan finance charge exceeding 25%, including increasing the principal amounts on which the term of an installment payment period depends. Increases the amount that must be financed before a creditor can require property insurance. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: Andy Zay

Adoption subsidy payments. Requires, with exceptions, the department of child services (department) to: (1) enter into an agreement with each adoptive parent of a child with special needs who is eligible for an adoption subsidy to provide an adoption subsidy for the child; and (2) allocate to the adoption assistance account funds necessary to make the adoption subsidy payments. Prohibits the department from terminating an adoption subsidy agreement with adoptive parents due to insufficient funds in the adoption assistance account. Provides that the amount of adoption subsidy payments may not be less than an amount equal to 50% of the amount that would be payable by the department for the monthly cost of care of the adopted child in a foster family home at the time the adoption subsidy agreement is made or the subsidy is payable under the terms of the agreement, whichever is greater. Makes conforming changes.

Sponsor: David Niezgodski

Congratulating Mr. Steve Wallace as a successful song writer and for his many years of service to the city of Anderson and the state of Indiana.

Sponsor: Terri Jo Austin

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Indiana Arts Education Day at the Statehouse.

Sponsor: John Ruckelshaus

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the importance of career and technical education during Career and Technical Education Month.

Sponsor: Edward Clere

Educator salary increase grant. Provides an annual grant to school corporations to provide a 2.5% salary increase to licensed teachers, school counselors, social workers with at least a master's degree, and school psychologists. Appropriates $315,000,000 for the biennium to make grant distributions in both state fiscal years.

Sponsor: Eddie Melton

Collective bargaining matters. 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 of determining the amount of money that is available for teacher contracts. Provides that ILEARN program test scores from the ILEARN program tests taken in the spring of 2019 or 2020 may not be used by a school corporation as part of an annual performance evaluation of a particular certificated employee. Resolves conflict between P.L.213-2018(ss), SECTION 24 and P.L.213-2018(ss), SECTION 25.

Sponsor: Eddie Melton

Political parties and 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 0.5% of the votes cast at the most recent election for secretary of state. Defines "standard political party" as any of the following political parties: (1) A major political party. (2) A political party whose nominee for secretary of state received at least 0.5% of the total vote cast for secretary of state at the most recent election for secretary of state. (3) A political party that has obtained at least 4,500 signatures of voters in the state, including at least 500 signatures of voters from each congressional district, on a petition of nomination under IC 3-8-6-3. Permits a standard political party to nominate candidates by convention. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: Greg Walker

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing and honoring school staff, public safety officers, and city and county officials whose leadership and decisive action prevented harm to students and teachers during a Richmond, Indiana, school shooting.

Sponsor: Bradford Barrett

Telemedicine and medical devices. Removes the restriction on the prescribing of ophthalmic devices through telemedicine and sets conditions on when a provider may, through telemedicine, prescribe medical devices. Prohibits the Indiana optometry board from setting standards for the practice of ocular telemedicine or ocular telehealth that are more restrictive than the standards established for in person practice.

Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Indiana Legislative Youth Advisory Council.

Sponsor: James Merritt

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the University of Southern Indiana women's softball team on winning the 2018 National Collegiate Athletic Association ("NCAA") Division II championship.

Sponsor: James Tomes

Psychotropic medication in foster care. Requires Medicaid restrictions on mental health drugs if: (1) federal financial participation is not available for reimbursement for the prescription; or (2) the child is under the care and supervision of the department of child services (department). Beginning January 1, 2020, requires the department to employ or contract with consultants who are licensed child and adolescent psychiatrists to review and provide written determinations and recommendations for each request to administer psychotropic medication to a child under the care and supervision of the department. Requires the department to: (1) approve a request for consent of a psychotropic medication if the consultant determines the requested psychotropic medication is appropriate and recommends approval of the request; and (2) deny a request for consent of a psychotropic medication if the consultant recommends denial of consent for the psychotropic medication. Sets forth time frames for review of the request for consent concerning psychotropic medication. Requires the department to develop a report to quarterly monitor prescriptions of psychotropic medication for children under the care and supervision of the department and provide the report to the mental health Medicaid quality advisory committee. Requires residential child care entities licensed by the department to: (1) obtain written instructions and consents before providing psychotropic medication to a child; and (2) maintain a record of information regarding the administration of psychotropic medication to a child. Allows for psychotropic medication to be administered without consent of the department in an emergency under specified circumstances and requires consent to be requested within 24 hours of the administration of the initial dose of medication.

Sponsor: Ronald Grooms

Elimination of township advisory boards. Amends various provisions in the Indiana Code concerning township government effective January 1, 2022. Provides that on January 1, 2020, in all counties (except Marion County): (1) township boards are dissolved; (2) the duties and responsibilities of the township board are transferred to the township trustee; (3) the township trustee has the legislative and fiscal powers and duties of the township, in addition to the executive powers and duties; and (4) the property and personnel of the township board are transferred to the township trustee. Beginning with property taxes due and payable in calendar year 2021 in a county not having a consolidated city, the township trustee shall submit the township budget to the county fiscal body for review and approval, if the township's proposed tax rate exceeds the statewide township property tax rate average during the preceding five years by at least 3% for property taxes due and payable that same year. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying the effect of eliminating township advisory boards.

Sponsor: Cindy Ziemke

Campaign violations. Provides that a political party or other person may not: (1) solicit or receive money or other property as a condition that the person, another person, or a political party support or slate a candidate; (2) pay money or give other property in exchange for the support or slating of a candidate by a person or a political party; or (3) require an individual to refrain from seeking the nomination of a political party for an elected office in a primary election if the political party does not slate the individual as the political party's choice for election to the office. Provides that a civil penalty may be assessed against a political party or other person of not more than three times the value of the money or property solicited, received, paid, or given in violation of the prohibition. Provides that any agreement entered into in violation of the prohibition is void.

Sponsor: John Bartlett

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring and recognizing Mr. Jerry Harkness for his professional basketball career and contributions to his community and the state of Indiana.

Sponsor: Robin Shackleford

Allen County substance abuse pilot program. Removes a requirement that the administrator of the Allen County substance abuse pilot program (pilot program) expend $1 of local funds for every $1 of state funds expended. Provides that the Allen County board of county commissioners and the administrator of the pilot program shall determine what is considered a room and board day for a recovery residency for the pilot program. Provides for a rate of $32.50 per room and board day for a recovery residency. Makes an appropriation.

Sponsor: James Merritt

Health care service cost. Requires health care providers to provide to patients the cost of scheduled health care services.

Sponsor: Matt Hostettler

Indiana-Michigan boundary line commission. Establishes the Indiana-Michigan boundary line commission (commission). Provides that the commission consists of five members appointed by the governor, all of whom must be registered surveyors and one of whom must be from each of the five counties located on the northern border of Indiana (the "boundary counties"). Requires the commission to administer and oversee a survey and remonumentation of the Indiana-Michigan border. Authorizes the commission to procure professional surveying services through the Indiana department of administration. Requires the commission, upon completion of the survey, to submit the survey to the general assembly for ratification. Requires the commission, after the survey is ratified by the general assembly, to file with the state land office and the county recorder's office of each boundary county: (1) a copy of the survey; (2) a written report outlining substantive facts, evidence, and details relating to the survey; and (3) appropriate references, and coordinates based on any coordinate system published by an agency of the state or federal government, for each mile post, each post originally set at or near the shores of lakes or large rivers, and any witness corners as determined in the survey. Provides that the law establishing the commission expires July 1, 2025.

Sponsor: Blake Doriot

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to honor First Lieutenant Clayton Robert Cullen by naming a portion of State Road 67 the "Lt. Clayton Robert Cullen Memorial Highway".

Sponsor: Eric Bassler

Urging the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee the topic of financial security in retirement for all Hoosiers.

Sponsor: Heath VanNatter

Redevelopment commission membership. After December 31, 2019, increases by one member, the membership of a municipal or county redevelopment commission (commission). Requires a municipal or county executive to appoint one member to the redevelopment commission who is a school board member. Provides that if there is more than one school corporation within redevelopment commission territory, the member must be: (1) a member of the school board of the school corporation having the largest average daily membership (ADM); or (2) a member of the school board of another school corporation within the commission's territory who is recommended by the school board described in (1). Effective January 1, 2020, eliminates the appointment of and term of office of a nonvoting adviser to the commission. Provides that the executive of the municipality for a municipal redevelopment commission, or the president of the county executive for a county redevelopment commission, serves as an ex officio member of the commission to cast the deciding vote to break a tie.

Sponsor: Anthony Cook

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to name the bridge crossing Doans Creek on Highway 45/58 the "Major Emerson Y. Barker Memorial Bridge".

Sponsor: Eric Bassler

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Indiana Region of the American Red Cross and the organization's contributions to Hoosier health and safety.

Sponsor: Randall Head

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Barr-Reeve girls volleyball team on winning the Indiana High School Athletic Association Class A State Championship.

Sponsor: Shane Lindauer

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to memorialize Dr. Alice Swenson Bennett and her contributions to her community.

Sponsor: Timothy Lanane

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites Corporation and the Culbertson Mansion in New Albany, Indiana.

Sponsor: Edward Clere

Volunteer firefighter allowances. Increases the minimum volunteer firefighter clothing and automobile allowance (allowance) that a city, town, or township (unit) is required to pay to active and participating members of a volunteer fire department from $200 to $400 per year. Requires the Indiana department of homeland security (department) to reimburse a unit $200 for each allowance that the unit submits a claim to the department for reimbursement. Provides for joint claim submission and proportional reimbursement of an allowance if a portion of the allowance is paid by more than one unit. Establishes the volunteer firefighter allowance fund as a dedicated fund administered by the department for the purpose of reimbursing units for allowances.

Sponsor: James Tomes

Psychiatrist student loan forgiveness program. Establishes a psychiatrist student loan forgiveness program to be used to provide student loan forgiveness payments to qualified psychiatrists who are residents of Indiana and practice psychiatric medicine in rural areas in Indiana. Provides that the commission for higher education shall, in coordination with the Indiana professional licensing agency and the medical licensing board of Indiana, administer the program. Establishes the psychiatrist student loan forgiveness program fund.

Sponsor: Jon Ford

Water and wastewater infrastructure. Establishes the water infrastructure task force to examine an inventory and assessment of the water resources of the state and study other subjects related to water and wastewater infrastructure. Requires the water infrastructure task force to issue a report setting forth its findings and recommendations not later than December 1, 2019. Requires a water utility to submit a water loss audit report to the utility regulatory commission (commission) every year, beginning with the water loss audit report due before July 1, 2021. Requires the water loss audit report to be submitted in 2021 and the water loss audit reports to be submitted in each subsequent odd-numbered year to be accompanied by an independent, level one validation of the water loss audit report. Requires the commission to adopt rules concerning water loss audits. Requires the commission, after June 30, 2022, and before July 1, 2023, to consider adopting rules to require water utilities to meet certain performance standards for the volume of their water losses. Requires the department of environmental management to establish and maintain a water data collection hub in which all quantitative information concerning the water resources of the state that is gathered by or reported to state agencies will be stored. Requires the environmental rules board to adopt rules concerning the water data collection hub. Urges the governor to create a position or an office within the administrative branch of government to oversee and coordinate the water related programs and activities of the state.

Sponsor: Edmond Soliday

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the 10th anniversary of Indiana's Statewide Cultural District Program.

Sponsor: Eric Koch

Health status related requirements. Specifies that a state employee health plan, a policy of accident and sickness insurance, and a health maintenance organization contract must provide for availability, renewability, premium rating, and coverage without regard to health status, including preexisting conditions. Makes conforming amendments. Provides for the legislative services agency to prepare legislation for the 2020 legislative session to make conforming amendments. Repeals current law providing for issuance of certain policies of accident and sickness insurance under which coverage for preexisting conditions is waived.

Sponsor: Timothy Lanane

Celebrating Black History Month.

Sponsor: Vernon Smith

Student mental health and safety. Adds providing grants for integrated, school based mental health services for students to the purposes of the Indiana safe schools fund and Indiana secured school fund. Adds the school mental health specialist or the mental health provider for each school corporation to the membership of the county school safety commission. Expands the membership of the secured school safety board to include the director of the division of mental health and addiction or the director's designee. Provides that a school corporation or charter school may use an advance from the school corporation and charter school safety advance program to implement integrated, school based mental health services for students.

Sponsor: Randall Head

Hunting and trapping of bobcats. Establishes a bobcat hunting and trapping season in an eligible county. Requires the director of the department of natural resources (director) to establish and implement a program under which a bobcat may be taken in an eligible county. Establishes the requirements of the program, including the director's authority not to open a bobcat hunting and trapping season in an eligible county.

Sponsor: Shane Lindauer

Veterinary nurses. Changes the title for persons registered as veterinary technicians to veterinary nurses. Provides that the professional licensing agency is not required to issue certificates of registration that use the term "veterinary nurse" until the next license renewal period. Makes conforming changes.

Sponsor: Jean Leising

Mental health care of released inmates. Provides that the department of correction shall: (1) assist a committed offender with a mental illness in scheduling a visit with a physician or psychiatrist for evaluation not later than 30 days after the offender's expected release date or discharge date, whichever is applicable; and (2) provide an offender with a sufficient supply of the drug or medication being prescribed for the offender by the offender's mental health treatment provider at the time of the offender's release or discharge for use until the offender can be initially evaluated by a physician or psychiatrist after release or discharge.

Sponsor: Thomas Saunders

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

Rental of curricular materials. Clarifies provisions concerning the rental of curricular materials to students by a governing body of a school corporation (governing body). Provides the following: (1) For curricular materials that are computer hardware that will be consumed, accessed, or used by a single student during a semester or school year, a governing body may rent curricular materials at an annual rental rate of not more than 50% of the price that the governing body paid for the curricular materials. (2) For curricular materials other than computer hardware that will be consumed, accessed, or used by a single student during a semester or school year, the annual rental rate may not be more than 25% of the price the governing body paid for the curricular materials. (3) For all curricular materials, the governing body may not assess a rental fee for curricular materials that have been paid for through rental fees previously collected. (Current law provides that: (1) the annual rental rate for curricular materials may not exceed 25% of the retail price of the curricular materials; and (2) a governing body may not assess a rental fee of more than 25% of the retail price of curricular materials that have been paid for through rental fees previously collected.) Removes a reference to "state" adopted curricular materials. Repeals and relocates a provision that requires a governing body to rent curricular materials to students enrolled in certain public schools.

Sponsor: Mike Bohacek

Child care and development fund eligibility. Provides that beginning October 1, 2019, a child who is otherwise eligible for participation in the federal Child Care and Development Fund voucher program may continue to participate unless the child's family income exceeds the greater of 250% of the federal income poverty level or 85% of the state median income for the same size family.

Sponsor: Lonnie Randolph

School City of East Chicago loan. Transfers, not later than July 1, 2019, 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

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Judge Thomas Newman, Jr. upon his retirement from the Madison County Court as the longest-serving jurist in Indiana.

Sponsor: Timothy Lanane

Choice scholarships. Provides that a choice scholarship school (eligible school) may not discriminate against a staff member based on disability, race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, or ancestry. Provides that if the department of education (department) determines that the eligible school discriminates against a staff member of the school, the department shall send a notice to the eligible school indicating that the eligible school will not be considered an eligible school beginning in the school year immediately following the current school year. Provides that the eligible school has 30 days from the date of the notice to demonstrate to the department that the eligible school does not discriminate against staff members. Provides that an eligible school that does not comply within that time will not be considered an eligible school beginning in the school year immediately following the current school year. Provides that an eligible school may not discriminate against a student on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.

Sponsor: J.D. Ford

Prekindergarten pilot program. Provides that, after June 30, 2019, in addition to the counties currently participating in the prekindergarten pilot program (program), the program includes eligible providers in any county in Indiana. Provides that the total amount of grants the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) awards to eligible children in certain participating counties during a state fiscal year may not be less than the total amount of grants the office awarded to eligible children in that county during the immediately preceding state fiscal year unless the office determines that there is an insufficient number of eligible children or eligible providers in the county to justify the total amount of grants for that county.

Sponsor: J.D. Ford

Advanced practice registered nurses. Provides that an advanced practice registered nurse with prescriptive authority and who has practiced under a practice agreement with a practitioner for the full time equivalent of one year may practice without a practice agreement if certain conditions are met. Amends the hospital governing board requirements for the manner in which an advanced practice registered nurse who practices in the hospital will interact with other practitioners. Makes conforming changes.

Sponsor: J.D. Ford

Resident tuition rate 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 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 the United States is not eligible to pay the resident tuition rate.

Sponsor: J.D. Ford

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

To recognize Hillsdale United Methodist Church of Kokomo, Indiana on the occasion of its 100th Anniversary.

Sponsor: Michael Karickhoff

Urging the Indiana Office of Court Services to promote the use and establishment of additional problem-solving courts in the State of Indiana.

Sponsor: Pat Boy

Residency of public safety officers. Provides that a city or town (municipality) may adopt an ordinance requiring a member of the police or fire department (department) to reside within the municipality within a period of time specified in the ordinance, but not sooner than six months after the date the ordinance is adopted or the member is hired by the department.

Sponsor: Ragen Hatcher

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

Bias crimes. 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 caused the injury or property damage selected the individual because of the individual's actual or perceived race, color, creed, disability, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity. Establishes a sentencing procedure that requires a court, when sentencing an individual who has committed a crime that is motivated by a bias against another individual's race, color, creed, disability, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity, to impose an additional fixed term of imprisonment not to exceed five years, if the offense is a felony, or three years, if the offense is a misdemeanor.

Sponsor: Greg Taylor

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 for the department of environmental management (IDEM) to issue CFO permits instead of "approvals". 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 and must disclose certain information. Provides that a person may not start construction or operation of a CFO without obtaining a permit from IDEM and may not modify a CFO without obtaining a permit modification from IDEM. Provides that the application for a permit or permit modification must be accompanied by: (1) plans and specifications prepared or certified by a professional engineer; (2) certain site-specific information; and (3) a site-specific air pollution control plan. Requires IDEM to: (1) provide public access to a permit application through IDEM's virtual file cabinet; (2) publish a notice requesting public comments on the application; (3) allow interested persons to submit written comments; and (4) hold a public hearing on the permit application upon written request. Requires the commissioner of IDEM (commissioner) to deny an application for a permit or permit modification if the proposed activity would substantially endanger public health or the environment. Authorizes IDEM to revoke a CFO permit if necessary to prevent or abate a substantial endangerment to public health or the environment. Requires the environmental rules board (board) to adopt rules establishing: (1) limits on hydrogen sulfide, volatile organic compounds, and ammonia emissions; and (2) requirements and prohibitions applying to new CFOs, CFOs proposed for expansion, and other existing CFOs. Provides that the rules must prohibit a new or expanded CFO from being located within one mile of a residence unless the owner of the residence consents to a lesser setback or the commissioner determines that the CFO's air pollution control plan will prevent the CFO from exceeding the limits on hydrogen sulfide, volatile organic compounds, and ammonia emissions established by the rules of the board. Makes technical corrections.

Sponsor: Sue Errington

Public employee direct primary care pilot program. Requires the state personnel department to establish and implement a direct primary care pilot program for public employees. Sets forth requirements of the pilot program. Requires the state personnel department to prepare and submit an annual report to the general assembly evaluating the pilot program.

Sponsor: Eric Koch

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 authorized to meet. Repeals the current law establishing a redistricting commission for congressional redistricting.

Sponsor: Timothy Lanane

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 tax rate must be imposed in an increment of .25% and may not exceed 1%. Specifies that this additional sales tax is imposed, paid, and collected in the same manner as the state sales tax. Establishes the healthy food and community development financing fund (fund) under the administration of the Indiana housing and community development authority (IHCDA). Requires the amounts received from the additional sales tax to be paid monthly by the treasurer of state to the fund. Requires the IHCDA to: (1) establish an account within the fund for each district designated by a county; (2) deposit money received from the treasurer of state from the tax collected in a district in the district's account; and (3) expend money from the account only for projects within the district in which the tax revenue is collected. Authorizes the IHCDA to conduct a healthy food and community development financing program (program), in coordination with each county that has designated a district, to provide financing in the form of grants or loans for eligible projects. Provides that the projects eligible for financing may include: (1) healthy food; (2) affordable housing; and (3) community development; projects. Provides that the fiscal body of the county that designated the district may adopt an ordinance to specify the types of eligible projects that may be financed within the district. Provides that the IHCDA may contract with one or more nonprofit organizations or community development financial institutions to administer the program through a public-private partnership. Provides that an applicant for a grant or a loan from the fund must demonstrate the capacity to implement the project successfully and the ability to repay the loan. Specifies that an applicant that is a grocery store must agree to the following: (1) To accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. (2) To accept Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children benefits. (3) To promote the hiring of local residents. Specifies the purposes for which financing for a project may be used. Continuously appropriates money in the fund.

Sponsor: Greg Taylor

Safe distance for 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

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

Sponsor: Karen Tallian

School concussion recovery protocol. Requires the department of education to develop and disseminate, before July 1, 2020, a protocol for allowing a student who has received a concussion or head injury to return to classroom work. Requires: (1) a public school, including a charter school; and (2) an accredited nonpublic school; to comply with the protocol in determining the conditions under which a student who has received a concussion or head injury may return to classroom work.

Sponsor: Timothy Lanane

Elements of rape. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally has sexual intercourse with another person or knowingly or intentionally causes another person to perform or submit to other sexual conduct when the person knows or reasonably should have known that the other person believed that the person is the other person's spouse or significant other, commits rape. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: Donna Schaibley

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

Medical marijuana. Permits the use of medical marijuana by persons with serious medical conditions as determined by their physician. Establishes a medical marijuana program to permit the cultivation, processing, testing, transportation, and dispensing of medical marijuana by holders of a valid permit. Requires the state department of health (state department) to implement and enforce the medical marijuana program. Requires that permit holders undertake steps to prevent diversion of medical marijuana to unauthorized persons. Requires that medical marijuana and medical marijuana products be properly labeled, placed in child resistant packaging, and tested by an independent testing laboratory before being made available for purchase. Prohibits packaging medical marijuana in a manner that is appealing to children. Authorizes research on medical marijuana in accordance with rules set forth by the state department. 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

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Evansville North High School girls golf team on winning the 2018 Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") state championship title.

Sponsor: Vaneta Becker

Disabled Hoosier veteran parking placard. Provides for a disabled Hoosier veteran parking placard for eligible individuals.

Sponsor: Christopher Judy

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the Oak Hill High School Golden Eagles on winning the 2018 Indiana High School Athletic Association ("IHSAA") Class 2A Boys Basketball Championship.

Sponsor: Andy Zay

Maternal mortality and health care costs. Adds to the maternal mortality review committee the responsibility of reviewing health care costs related to maternal mortality by reviewing billing statements.

Sponsor: Rita Fleming

Local public questions. Provides that except as otherwise specifically provided by a statute, a local public question may be placed on the ballot only at the following elections: (1) A general election. (2) A municipal general election, but only if the election district for the public question is contained entirely within a municipality. Makes conforming changes.

Sponsor: Curt Nisly

Hate 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 or a group of individuals because of certain perceived or actual characteristics of the individual or group of individuals. Requires law enforcement agencies to report hate crimes to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Requires the law enforcement training board to adopt, not later than January 1, 2020, minimum standards for training of law enforcement officers regarding: (1) identifying hate crimes; (2) responding to hate crimes; and (3) reporting hate crimes.

Sponsor: Anthony Cook

Information technology oversight committee. Establishes the information technology oversight committee.

Sponsor: Ryan Lauer

Presumption in favor of joint physical custody. Provides that an award of joint legal custody of a child creates a rebuttable presumption in favor of awarding joint physical custody of the child to the individuals who are awarded joint legal custody. Provides that a finding by the court that a history of child abuse or neglect exists with respect to the child is sufficient to rebut the presumption in favor of joint physical custody. Requires a court that: (1) awards joint legal custody of a child; but (2) does not award joint physical custody of the child to the individuals who are awarded joint legal custody; to cite clear and convincing evidence that awarding joint physical custody to the individuals is unreasonable and not in the best interest of the child. Eliminates a requirement that a court consider agreement between the parties in a custody proceeding to share joint legal custody to be a primary, but not determinative, factor in determining whether awarding joint legal custody is in the best interest of a child.

Sponsor: Christopher Judy

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 whom 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: Christy Stutzman

Urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate committee the topic of lowering the state income tax to 3.09 percent.

Sponsor: Christopher Judy

Motor vehicle safety. Defines "critical work zone" as an area within a highway work site that is demarcated by signage and in which: (1) the normal lane path is offset, the road surface is significantly disturbed, or machinery is located; and (2) workers are present. Restricts use of an automated traffic enforcement safety device by certain governmental entities to detection or recording of: (1) violations of reduced speed limits in critical work zones; (2) failure by a driver to pay a required toll at a toll collection facility; and (3) failure to comply with school bus stop arm regulations; and provides that the images captured by the automated traffic enforcement safety device are not public records and must be destroyed after a certain amount of time. Provides that certain entities may enforce reduced speed limits in highway worksites without first conducting an engineering study if: (1) workers are present in the immediate vicinity of the highway worksite; and (2) the highway worksite is demarcated by proper signage. Provides that workers need not be present for purposes of certain traffic offenses in highway work zone areas that are not critical work zones. Amends regulations regarding use of a cell phone or other electronic communication device while driving as follows: (1) Expands the list of devices to which the regulations apply. (2) Prohibits: (A) holding or handling an electronic communications device; or (B) viewing, recording, or broadcasting images or video; while operating a motor vehicle. (3) Adds types and uses of devices that are excepted from the regulations. (4) Adds violation of the regulations to the offenses for which a driver may be a habitual violator. Provides that certain governmental entities may enter into agreements with third parties to administer camera enforcement of: (1) reduced speed limits in critical work zones; and (2) school bus stop arm regulations; subject to certain conditions. Provides for a rebuttable presumption that the owner of a vehicle is the person operating the vehicle at the time the vehicle is photographed violating a regulation enforced by camera enforcement. Provides: (1) for civil penalties that may be assessed; and (2) that points may not be assessed under the bureau of motor vehicles' point system; for violations of regulations enforced by camera enforcement. Requires: (1) a penalty collected for a violation of a highway worksite speed limit enforced by camera enforcement to be deposited in the spinal cord and brain injury fund; and (2) 25% of the amount of a civil penalty collected for a violation of a school bus stop arm violation that is enforced by camera enforcement to be deposited in the school operations fund of the school corporation in which the violation occurred and used for funding school bus arm signal device cameras. Provides that a school bus driver: (1) may not pick up or drop off a student at a location that requires the student to cross: (A) a state highway; (B) a county arterial highway; or (C) a municipal arterial street; and (2) must pick up and drop off students as close as is practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of any other type of roadway. Provides that a school bus driver who knowingly or intentionally violates these pick up and drop off provisions commits a Class D infraction. Provides that failure by a school bus driver to conduct a required inspection for students or passengers remaining on a school bus at the end of a trip is a Class D infraction.

Sponsor: Jim Pressel

Fetal cell research. Prohibits after June 30, 2019, the initiation and performance of fetal stem cell research by the state, a state educational institution, or a political subdivision of the state that receives public funds. Makes a conforming amendment.

Sponsor: Elizabeth Brown

Urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of requiring school corporations to include in the school's curriculum a study of the Holocaust for students in grades six through eight.

Sponsor: Terry Goodin

Pay data reporting. Requires certain private employers to file a pay data report with the department of labor (department). Creates the employment enforcement and compliance fund, to be used by the department to identify and combat pay discrimination.

Sponsor: Sue Errington

Minimum age for juvenile detention. Provides that a child who is less than 12 years of age may not be held in a juvenile detention facility, unless: (1) the child is 10 years of age or 11 years of age; and (2) the court finds that: (A) there is probable cause to believe the child committed an act that would be murder if committed by an adult; and (B) it is in the best interests of the child or the community that a petition be filed alleging that the child is a delinquent child. Requires a court that orders a child 10 years of age or 11 years of age to be detained in a juvenile facility to make specified written findings and conclusions.

Sponsor: Cherrish Pryor

Violations of wildlife protection laws. Makes it a Level 6 felony for a person to knowingly or intentionally take a wild bird or wild mammal that is on the endangered species list. Requires a court to notify the director of the division of fish and wildlife of a person's conviction for knowingly or intentionally taking a wild bird or wild mammal that is on the endangered species list. Requires that the division of fish and wildlife: (1) immediately revoke the convicted person's license to hunt or trap in Indiana; and (2) prohibit the convicted person from receiving a license to hunt or trap in Indiana. 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, for a third or subsequent violation, the amount that a person must reimburse the state for unlawfully taking, possessing, or selling a deer or wild turkey. Increases the amount that a person must reimburse the state for unlawfully taking or possessing wildlife (other than a fish, deer, or wild turkey), and provides for increased reimbursement amounts for second and subsequent violations.

Sponsor: Terry Goodin

Urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate committee the topic of Fair Tax at the state level.

Sponsor: Christopher Judy

Same day voter registration. Permits a voter to register at the polls by completing a voter registration form and an affirmation that the individual has not voted elsewhere in the election and by providing proof of residence.

Sponsor: Ross Deal

Net metering for tax supported power customers. Provides that, notwithstanding the law requiring an electricity supplier to include in its net metering tariff a limit on the aggregate amount of net metering facility nameplate capacity of 1.5% of the electricity supplier's most recent summer peak load, an electricity supplier may, at its own discretion, increase the aggregate amount of net metering facility nameplate capacity beyond the limit of 1.5% of the electricity supplier's most recent summer peak load. Defines "tax supported customer" as an electricity customer whose operations are directly funded with revenue from state or local taxes, such as public schools, public libraries, and units of local government. Provides that a tax supported customer that is participating in an electricity supplier's net metering tariff on July 1, 2019, shall continue to be served under the terms and conditions of the net metering tariff despite the provisions of the law under which the participation of other customers in the electricity supplier's net metering tariff may be ended. Provides that a tax supported customer participating in net metering shall be credited for the electricity supplied back to the electricity supplier at the rate that would apply to the tax supported customer's purchase of electricity if the tax supported customer were not participating in net metering.

Sponsor: Ronald Bacon

Hospital facility certificate of need. Establishes a hospital certificate of need administered by the state department of health. Sets forth requirements of the program and requirements for owners of hospital construction projects.

Sponsor: John Ruckelshaus

Vehicle Bill. None

Grandparent and great-grandparent visitation. Allows great-grandparents to seek visitation rights with their great-grandchildren in certain circumstances. Allows a grandparent or great-grandparent to seek visitation if the grandparent or great-grandparent has had meaningful contact with the child but, as a result of an estrangement between the parent of the child and the grandparent or great-grandparent, the parent of the child has terminated the child's visits with the grandparent or great-grandparent. Establishes factors for the court to consider in determining whether granting a grandparent or great-grandparent visitation rights is in the best interests of the child. Provides that a court may order a party to a proceeding on a petition for grandparent or great-grandparent visitation to pay a reasonable amount of the cost to the other party of maintaining or defending the proceeding, including costs for attorney's fees and mediation. Specifies that certain agencies may not be required to pay costs. Makes conforming changes.

Sponsor: Ronnie Alting

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) when practicable. Specifies that all nonanonymous sexual assault kits be transferred to the Indiana state police crime laboratory or the Marion County crime laboratory, as appropriate, for analysis and entry into the Combined DNA Index System not later than 30 days after law enforcement obtains the sexual assault kit. Provides for the establishment of a sexual assault response team (SART) in a county without a SART, and specifies members of 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 must be included in the plan. Establishes mandatory sexual violence response training requirements. Makes conforming amendments. Establishes mandatory sexual violence response training requirements.

Sponsor: Sue Errington

Operation and registration of all-terrain vehicles. Requires all-terrain vehicles to be registered with the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau). Provides certain exceptions. Provides that the registration fee for an all-terrain vehicle is $30. Specifies how the fee shall be distributed. Prohibits a city or town from adopting an ordinance that exempts an all-terrain vehicle from being registered with the bureau. Provides that a person may operate an all-terrain vehicle in an unincorporated area of a county. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: John Prescott

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

Sponsor: Ryan Hatfield

Clean energy technology training. Establishes a tax credit for taxpayers that establish clean energy training positions to provide training in technology involving solar, wind energy, or geothermal energy facilities and equipment. Requires the owner or operator of an above ground storage tank (AST) that is designed to contain more than 660 gallons of liquid to report certain information about the AST to the department of environmental management (department) before January 1, 2020. Establishes certain exceptions from this reporting requirement. Requires the environmental rules board to adopt rules concerning the reporting requirement. Requires a person who is responsible for the operation of a public water system that uses surface water as a source of drinking water to develop a surface water quality threat minimization and response plan for the public water system and to submit the report to the department. Requires the environmental rules board to adopt rules concerning surface water quality threat minimization and response plans. Makes a technical correction.

Sponsor: Ross Deal

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

Salaries of state enforcement officers. Requires, beginning July 1, 2019, that the salaries of the following be adjusted annually to incorporate any increase in the Consumer Price Index: (1) Police employees of the state police department. (2) Gaming agents and gaming control officers of the Indiana gaming commission. (3) Enforcement officers of the alcohol and tobacco commission. (4) Enforcement officers of the natural resources commission.

Sponsor: Erin Houchin

Video gaming terminals. 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.

Sponsor: Beau Baird

Education savings accounts. Establishes the Indiana education savings account program (program). Provides that a parent of an eligible student or an emancipated eligible student may establish an account in the program. Provides that an eligible student who has an account and attends a qualified school is eligible to receive an annual grant amount that may be used to pay for tuition at an accredited nonpublic school or education related expenses. Provides that the treasurer of state shall administer the program. Provides a deduction from Indiana adjusted gross income for a grant amount that is distributed to a taxpayer's Indiana education savings account and used for a qualified expense, to the extent the distribution is included in the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income. Provides a tax deduction or tax credit for an individual taxpayer's contributions to an eligible student's program account. Provides a tax credit equal to 50% of a corporate taxpayer's contributions to: (1) an eligible student's program account; and (2) a nonprofit organization that exists primarily for the purpose of making contributions to program accounts.

Sponsor: Ryan Lauer

College student voting. Removes the option of a student attending a postsecondary educational institution in Indiana to state the student's residence for purposes of voting as either: (1) the address where the student lives when the student attends the postsecondary educational institution where the student pursues the student's education; or (2) the address where the student lives when the student is not attending the postsecondary educational institution where the student pursues the student's education.

Sponsor: Donald Lehe

Telephone solicitations. Allows the consumer protection division (division) of the office of the attorney general to use the consumer protection division telephone solicitation fund (fund) to: (1) administer the statutes concerning: (A) the registration of telephone solicitors; and (B) the regulation of automatic dialing machines; and (2) reimburse county prosecutors for expenses incurred in extraditing violators of these and other state and federal statutes concerning telephone solicitations. (Current law provides that the fund may only be used to administer: (1) the state's "do not call" statute; (2) the federal statute concerning restrictions on the use of telephone equipment; and (3) the state statute concerning misleading or inaccurate caller identification.) Provides that certain civil penalties recovered by the attorney general for violations of the statutes concerning: (1) the registration of telephone solicitors; and (2) the regulation of automatic dialing machines; shall be deposited in the fund. Amends the statute concerning the registration of telephone solicitors to require all sellers attempting to solicit prospects by telephone to register with the division before doing business in Indiana. (Current law only requires registration by sellers who offer one or more items with a total value of more than $100 and less than $50,000.) Increases the level of existing criminal offenses for violations of the state statutes concerning: (1) the registration of telephone solicitors; (2) the regulation of automatic dialing machines; and (3) misleading or inaccurate caller identification.

Sponsor: Ryan Lauer

Vehicle taxes. Provides that the following taxes are due and shall be paid for the current registration year at the time a qualifying vehicle is registered: (1) A county vehicle excise tax. (2) A county wheel tax. (3) A municipal vehicle excise tax. (4) A municipal wheel tax. (5) A vehicle excise tax. Removes a provision that imposes an administrative penalty for not: (1) renewing; or (2) providing full payment for the renewal of; a vehicle registration. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: David Wolkins

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

Soybean promotion. Removes soybeans from the definition of "agricultural commodity" for purposes of the agricultural products promotion law. Requires the Indiana state department of agriculture to establish an Indiana soybean market development program (program) if the federal soybean promotion law expires or the Indiana Soybean Alliance (Alliance) is no longer subject to the federal soybean promotion law. Provides that the Alliance continues to collect the same fee that was collected under the federal soybean promotion law. Requires that the program contain a refund provision and that the money collected be used for market development, promotion, and research.

Sponsor: Donald Lehe

A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating the Carmel High School Marching Band's third consecutive Bands of America national title.

Sponsor: J.D. Ford

Vehicle operation. Provides that a vehicle may not be driven or moved on a highway unless the vehicle is: (1) constructed; (2) covered; or (3) loaded; in a manner that prevents any of the vehicle's refuse or load, other than water, from dripping, sifting, leaking, dropping, blowing, spilling, or otherwise escaping from the vehicle. Requires areas of a vehicle containing aggregate material to be free from holes, cracks, or openings through which any of the vehicle's refuse or load may escape. Specifies that restrictions regarding a vehicle's aggregate material or load apply regardless of the degree to which the vehicle is loaded. Excepts a vehicle containing agricultural commodities from the restrictions concerning a vehicle's refuse or load.

Sponsor: Micheal Aylesworth

Industrial hemp pilot program. Requires the department of agriculture (department) to promote the expansion of Indiana's industrial hemp industry to the maximum extent permitted by federal law. Allows the department to establish research pilot programs (programs) and license persons to grow, handle, cultivate, process, or market industrial hemp or industrial hemp products. Establishes the industrial hemp commission to provide oversight and adopt rules with respect to plans, policies, rules, fees, and procedures applicable to the administration of the department's programs. Provides for penalties. Allows the director of the department to discontinue the program if certain changes are made in federal law. Establishes the industrial hemp research pilot program fund. Provides that the industrial hemp regulations of the department and the state seed commissioner are separate. Provides that the state seed commissioner may issue a license to a grower that produces industrial hemp for commercial purposes in collaboration with an industrial hemp research program conducted by a state educational institution. Makes a technical correction. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on agriculture and natural resources.)

Sponsor: Donald Lehe

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

County road and bridge funding. Provides that if the county vehicle excise tax and the county wheel tax are in effect in a county, the county fiscal body may without restriction pledge to levy ad valorem property tax revenue for the payment of principal and interest on bonds and notes and for other purposes related to county road and bridge funding, in addition to the levies authorized for a cumulative bridge fund and a major bridge fund.

Sponsor: Dave Heine

High school accountability. Provides that the performance of a school's students on the statewide assessment program test may not be used in determining a secondary school's performance for purposes of calculating the school's accountability grade.

Sponsor: Tonya Pfaff

Memorializing Erica Lee Frazier Stum.

Sponsor: Sharon Negele

Minimum wage. Increases the minimum wage paid to certain employees in Indiana as follows: (1) After August 31, 2019, from $7.25 an hour to $8.20 an hour. (2) After December 31, 2019, from $8.20 an hour to $9.15 an hour. (3) After December 31, 2020, from $9.15 an hour to $10.10 an hour. (4) After December 31, 2021, from $10.10 an hour to $11.05 an hour. (5) After December 31, 2022, from $11.05 an hour to $12 an hour. Provides that after December 31, 2023, and each subsequent December 31, the hourly minimum wage increases at the same percentage as any increase in the Consumer Price Index for the preceding calendar year. Increases the minimum wage that an employer is required to pay a tipped employee and to use in computing the tip credit allowed the employer as follows: (1) After August 31, 2019, from $2.13 an hour to $4 an hour. (2) After December 31, 2019, from $4 an hour to $6 an hour. (3) After December 31, 2020, from $6 an hour to $8 an hour. (4) After December 31, 2021, from $8 an hour to $10 an hour. (5) After December 31, 2022, from $10 an hour to $12 an hour. Makes technical corrections and corresponding changes. Removes outdated language.

Sponsor: Karlee Macer

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 who is not licensed may not use certain descriptions, titles, or initials to indicate or imply that the individual is a licensed naturopathic doctor.

Sponsor: Donald Lehe

Medicaid self-directed care. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to apply to the United States Department of Health and Human Services for a state plan amendment requesting participation in the community first choice option to provide home and community based attendant services and related supports to Medicaid recipients.

Sponsor: Ethan Manning

Vehicle Bill. None

Alcohol and drug diversion fee. Creates a new court fee of $25 in an action in which the defendant is alleged to have committed an alcohol or drug related offense and the prosecution is deferred.

Sponsor: Terri Jo Austin

Vehicle Bill. None

Vehicle Bill. None

Vehicle Bill. None

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

Sponsor: Dennis Zent

Next generation Hoosier educators scholarship. Provides that, in awarding a next generation Hoosier educators scholarship, the commission for higher education shall give priority to the following: (1) An eligible applicant who is a member of a household with an annual income of not more than 185% of the federal poverty level. (2) An eligible applicant who intends to teach in the area of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.

Sponsor: Robert Behning

Legalization of marijuana. Legalizes marijuana. Repeals the controlled substance excise tax. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: Dan Forestal

A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Morgan Moore on her acceptance to the Simultaneous Membership Program (SMP).

Sponsor: J.D. Ford

Data base of valuable metal transactions. Creates the valuable metal dealers registry. Requires the state police department to enter into an agreement with a third party to maintain a valuable metal dealers data base.

Sponsor: Ross Deal

School choice scholarships. Provides that, if an eligible choice scholarship 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 remaining amount if the student has previously transferred from one eligible school to another during that same school year. Provides that any remaining amount distributed may not exceed the cost of tuition at the eligible school to which the student transfers.

Sponsor: Aaron Freeman

Influenza information in child care. Requires a child care provider to annually provide educational information concerning influenza to the parent or legal guardian of each child cared for by the child care provider.

Sponsor: David Abbott

Essential health benefits. Prohibits preexisting condition exclusions in individual and small group policies of accident and sickness insurance and health maintenance organization contracts. Specifies benefits that must be included in individual and small group policies of accident and sickness insurance and health maintenance organization contracts. Repeals provisions providing for preexisting condition exclusions in small group policies of accident and sickness insurance. Requires the legislative services agency to draft legislation for introduction in the 2020 session of the general assembly to make conforming changes to the Indiana Code.

Sponsor: Edward DeLaney

Study of school regulations. Urges the legislative council to assign to the education study committee the issue of eliminating, reducing, or streamlining education mandates placed on public schools, including charter schools.

Sponsor: Ryan Lauer

Ban on sale of loud fireworks. Specifies that a retailer or wholesaler of consumer fireworks may not sell a consumer firework or certain other devices if the firework or device will produce a noise level that exceeds 120 decibels.

Sponsor: Carolyn Jackson

Agricultural education. Provides that after June 30, 2020, a school corporation, charter high school, or accredited nonpublic high school may not be placed in the highest category or designation of school improvement unless the school corporation, charter high school, or accredited nonpublic high school offers as part of its high school curriculum at least one course in agriculture science. Provides that a student may receive an excused absence from school if the student: (1) participates or exhibits in a 4-H club or FFA event; or (2) is at least 14 years of age and assists a parent with farm work associated with the planting or harvesting of crops.

Sponsor: Donald Lehe

Table games at racetrack casinos. Changes the date range to between July 1, 2019, and September 30, 2019, during which a racetrack licensee may submit a plan to the gaming commission for conducting wagering on table games at the racetrack's gambling game facility.

Sponsor: Sean Eberhart

EDGE tax credits. Provides that the credit amount for the economic development for a growing economy tax credit may not exceed an amount equal to the total amount of incremental income tax withholdings attributable to employees and the amount of incremental income tax withholdings that would be collected from employees who reside in a different state, if that state has an income tax reciprocal provision under IC 6-3-5-1.

Sponsor: Ben Smaltz

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 an underwater examination of the exterior portion of the boat that is below the waterline.

Sponsor: Curt Nisly

Entertainment complexes. Amends the definition of "entertainment complex" for purposes of alcohol permits.

Sponsor: Philip GiaQuinta

Surrender of firearms for domestic violence crimes. Provides that a person who: (1) has been convicted of a crime of domestic violence; and (2) knowingly or intentionally possesses a firearm; commits possession of a firearm by a domestic batterer, a Class A misdemeanor. Provides certain defenses. Requires a court to issue an order, upon entry of a judgment of conviction for a crime of domestic battery or a crime of domestic violence, that: (1) prohibits ownership or possession of a firearm until the defendant's right to possess a firearm is restored; and (2) requires the defendant to surrender: (A) any firearm owned or possessed by the defendant; and (B) any valid license or permit to carry a handgun (license); to a law enforcement agency or law enforcement officer with jurisdiction over the area where the defendant's offense occurred, where the defendant resides, or where the defendant plans to reside. Requires a court to order an appropriate law enforcement agency or law enforcement officer to seize, within 72 hours, any firearm or license owned or possessed by a defendant convicted of domestic battery or a crime of domestic violence. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally fails to surrender: (1) all firearms owned or possessed by the person; or (2) any valid license or permit to carry a handgun possessed by the person; after being convicted of domestic battery or a crime of domestic violence commits unlawful retention of a firearm or license by a domestic batterer, a Class A misdemeanor. Enhances the offense to a Level 6 felony if the person has a prior unrelated conviction for the offense. Provides certain defenses. Specifies how a confiscated firearm or license shall be: (1) returned to the rightful owner; or (2) disposed of; if a defendant's right to possess a firearm is restored. Defines certain terms. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: Carolyn Jackson

Equal pay and 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 rights commission has jurisdiction for the investigation and resolution of complaints of these employment actions.

Sponsor: Carolyn Jackson

Child support and restricted driving. Provides that if a court finds that a person is delinquent as a result of an intentional violation of a child support order, the court may restrict the person's driving privileges to going to or returning from lawful employment, parenting time, and medical appointments or treatment, and other purposes permitted by the court. (Current law allows a court to suspend driving privileges.) Provides that if a Title IV-D agency finds that a person is delinquent in paying child support, the obligor's driving privileges shall be restricted to going to or returning from: (1) lawful employment; (2) parenting time; and (3) medical appointments or treatment. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: James Merritt

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the many contributions of the motorsports industry to the city of Indianapolis and the state of Indiana.

Sponsor: Randall Frye

Study committee on property taxes. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the task of studying various property tax issues.

Sponsor: Thomas Saunders

Veterans. 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 classified as individually unemployable by the department of veterans affairs. 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 state income tax deduction for all military service income received by an individual or the individual's surviving spouse. Creates the veterans service officer fund. Allows the department of veterans affairs to award grants for treatment for drug addiction recovery and mental health services. Creates the veterans service officer training fund. Provides for tuition remission at state educational institutions for children of veterans and children of individuals currently serving in or on active duty in the armed forces or their reserves, the Indiana National Guard, and the National Guard.

Sponsor: Ryan Lauer

Certified technology park funding. Changes the recertification period for certified technology parks from three years to four years. Provides that once a certified technology park reaches its cap, an additional amount equal to incremental income taxes shall be captured (not to exceed $500,000 annually or in the case of a certified technology park operated by two or more redevelopment commissions, $500,000 per redevelopment commission). Requires a redevelopment commission that has designated a third party manager or operator of a certified technology park to transfer to the manager or operator the amount owed within 30 days of receiving a distribution.

Sponsor: Dave Heine

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 authorized to meet. Repeals the current law establishing a redistricting commission for congressional redistricting.

Sponsor: Gerald Torr

Short term health insurance plans. Requires the department of insurance to adopt rules to define a short term health insurance plan as a contract with an expiration date less than 12 months after the original effective date of the contract and renewals for not more than the greater of 36 months or the maximum period permitted under federal law. Amends current provisions exempting short term health insurance from accident and sickness insurance policy requirements to provide for the greater of 36 months or the maximum number of renewals allowed by federal law, and a duration of less than 12 months.

Sponsor: Dale DeVon

Telephone solicitations. Allows the consumer protection division (division) of the office of the attorney general to use the consumer protection division telephone solicitation fund (fund) to: (1) administer the statutes concerning: (A) the registration of telephone solicitors; and (B) the regulation of automatic dialing machines; and (2) reimburse county prosecutors for expenses incurred in extraditing violators of these and other state and federal statutes concerning telephone solicitations. (Current law provides that the fund may only be used to administer: (1) the state's "do not call" statute; (2) the federal statute concerning restrictions on the use of telephone equipment; and (3) the state statute concerning misleading or inaccurate caller identification.) Provides that certain civil penalties recovered by the attorney general for violations of the statutes concerning: (1) the registration of telephone solicitors; and (2) the regulation of automatic dialing machines; shall be deposited in the fund. Amends the statute concerning the registration of telephone solicitors to require all sellers attempting to solicit prospects by telephone to register with the division before doing business in Indiana. (Current law only requires registration by sellers who offer one or more items with a total value of more than $100 and less than $50,000.) Increases the level of existing criminal offenses for violations of the state statutes concerning: (1) the registration of telephone solicitors; (2) the regulation of automatic dialing machines; and (3) misleading or inaccurate caller identification.

Sponsor: Melanie Wright

Funding human trafficking prevention programs. Makes an appropriation from the state general fund to the victim services division of the Indiana criminal justice institute for the prevention of human trafficking.

Sponsor: Melanie Wright

Tax credit for 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: Robin Shackleford

Expungement. 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.

Sponsor: Robert Cherry

Fire department carcinogen exposure fee. Authorizes the establishment and collection of a carcinogen exposure fee of up to $500 to be collected from the owner, lessee, or occupant of a dwelling or office, or from the owner's, lessee's, or occupant's insurance company, after a fire department established by a county, city, town, or township or a volunteer fire department has fought a fire involving the dwelling or office. Provides that the proceeds of the carcinogen exposure fee must be used for expenditures that help to protect firefighters against the effects of potential or suspected carcinogens and other toxic gases to which they are exposed when fighting fires, such as: (1) the purchase or repair of specialized washing machines to remove potentially carcinogenic or toxic residue from the firefighters' turnout gear after it has been worn while fighting a fire; (2) the purchase of extra sets of turnout gear so that firefighters may wear clean turnout gear while the turnout gear worn while fighting a previous fire is being cleaned; and (3) paying the cost of health screening of firefighters for types of cancer and other health problems that are believed to be more common among firefighters than among the general public due to the exposure of firefighters to carcinogens and other toxic gases from fires. Provides that the carcinogen exposure fee must be established by ordinance of the legislative body of the county, city, town, or township served by the fire department.

Sponsor: Timothy Wesco

Special permits. Allows the Indiana department of transportation and certain local authorities to issue a permit that allows for the transportation of: (1) material; (2) products; or (3) equipment; belonging to an electric cooperative in certain instances.

Sponsor: Robert Cherry

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

Eligibility for Medicaid and SNAP. Establishes eligibility and verification requirements that are in addition to any other requirements for the Medicaid program and the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Provides that before providing assistance to an individual, who is not presumptively eligible, under the Medicaid program or SNAP, the office of the secretary shall verify eligibility information of the individual. Provides that on at least a quarterly basis, the office of the secretary shall receive and review information concerning individuals enrolled in the Medicaid program and SNAP that indicates a change in circumstances that may affect eligibility. Provides that the division of family resources shall assign certain SNAP participants to workforce programs. Provides that the division shall require an individual to cooperate with the child support enforcement program as a condition of SNAP eligibility.

Sponsor: Dale DeVon

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 for which it was designed and constructed; (2) to properly drain affected land; and (3) to better serve the interest of public health, produce fewer undesirable environmental effects, or provide flood reduction benefits; through periodically cleaning, spraying, removing obstructions from, and making minor repairs, additions, or alterations to the regulated drain. Provides that the maintenance fund established for a regulated drain or combination of regulated drains may be used to: (1) better serve the interests of public health; (2) reduce undesirable environmental effects; (3) provide flood reduction benefits; (4) improve drainage control; or (5) provide drainage water storage infrastructure or technology associated with water that flows in or into a particular regulated drain or combination of regulated drains. Authorizes a county surveyor, when determining the best method of reconstructing a regulated drain or the best method of drainage for the area to which a petition to establish a new regulated drain relates, to consider cost effective drainage designs that limit undesirable environmental effects, improve public health, or provide flood reduction benefits.

Sponsor: Carey Hamilton

Overtime compensation for certain employees. Provides that, after December 31, 2019, 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

Elimination of textbook fees. 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 corresponding changes.

Sponsor: Ryan Hatfield

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

Modification of utility facilities. Provides that if a person, including a customer of a utility, requests or requires the modification of one or more utility facilities of a utility, the utility: (1) may not refuse to perform the modification if: (A) the local unit in which the modification will occur supports the request; and (B) the utility's access to the facility will not be diminished or hindered as a result of the modification; and (2) may require the person requesting or requiring the modification to pay the cost of the modification. Sets forth certain requirements and conditions that apply to a utility's determination of the cost of the modification of a utility facility. Requires a utility to include information about requests for modifications of utility facilities, including information on the factors the utility uses in determining the cost of modifications: (1) in the utility's filings with the utility regulatory commission (IURC); and (2) on the utility's Internet web site. Requires the utility to make the information available for public inspection in each of the utility's offices or stations that are open to the public. Provides that upon: (1) the IURC's own motion; or (2) the complaint of a utility, a person requesting or requiring the modification of a utility facility, or certain other qualified complainants; the IURC may investigate the amounts assessed by a utility with respect to the modification of a specific utility facility, or by the utility generally for modifications of utility facilities. Authorizes the IURC to: (1) hold hearings and issue orders in connection with such an investigation; and (2) adopt rules that the IURC considers necessary to implement these provisions.

Sponsor: Dale DeVon

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

Cigarette taxes. Increases the cigarette tax by $2 to $2.995 per pack of regular size cigarettes and a corresponding increase for larger cigarettes. Appropriates for each year of the 2019-2021 biennium $35,000,000 from the tobacco master settlement agreement fund to the tobacco use prevention and cessation trust fund for the state department of health to implement the long range state plan for the prevention and reduction of the usage of tobacco and tobacco products in Indiana.

Sponsor: Cindy Kirchhofer

Additional teacher salary. Provides that a school corporation may provide an increase or increment in a local salary range for a teacher who possesses a master's degree or doctorate degree.

Sponsor: Vernon Smith

Distressed unit appeal board. Makes changes to the composition of the distressed unit appeal board.

Sponsor: Vernon Smith

Waiver of penalties and interest. Provides that the fiscal body of a county may adopt an ordinance to establish a property tax amnesty program and require waiver of interest and penalties added before January 1, 2019, on delinquent taxes and special assessments on real property in the county if: (1) all of the delinquent taxes and special assessments on the real property were first due and payable before January 1, 2019; and (2) before July 1, 2020, the taxpayer has paid all of these delinquent taxes and special assessments and has also paid all of the taxes and special assessments that are first due and payable after December 31, 2018. Requires the waiver of interest and penalties in these circumstances, notwithstanding any payment arrangement entered into by the county treasurer and the taxpayer.

Sponsor: Vernon Smith

Public trust land and private land owner immunity. Defines "Lake Michigan public trust land" as land adjoining Lake Michigan to which the state of Indiana holds legal title in trust for the recreational use of the public. Provides that a property owner is not civilly liable for any personal injury, death, property damage, or other loss that a person incurs while passing across the property to reach Lake Michigan public trust land. Provides, however, that a property owner is not immune from civil liability for personal injury, death, property damage, or other loss caused by the property owner's intentional misconduct.

Sponsor: Steve Bartels

Removal of elected officials. Provides that disorderly behavior, which can be the basis of expulsion from the general assembly, includes sexual misconduct, committing certain sex crimes, and engaging in conduct that is inconsistent with the high ethical standards of the general assembly. Creates the officeholder oversight commission, which may remove certain statewide officeholders from office for engaging in sexual misconduct, committing certain sex crimes, or engaging in conduct inconsistent with the high ethical standards of their office. Provides that a person who, without the consent of the other person, knowingly or intentionally rubs or fondles another person's covered or uncovered genitals, buttocks, pubic area, or female breast, commits lewd touching, a Class A misdemeanor. Enhances the penalty for lewd touching if: (1) it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force; (2) it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon; (3) the commission of the offenses is facilitated with a drug or controlled substance; (4) it is committed by an officeholder; or (5) it is committed by an individual who has a previous unrelated conviction for the offense.

Sponsor: Mara Reardon

Tax credit for employer provided disability plan. Provides a state income tax credit for employers that establish a group disability income protection plan for their employees.

Sponsor: Martin Carbaugh

Workplace discrimination. Expands the definition of "employer", for purposes of civil rights enforcement, to include any person employing one or more persons within the state. (Current law defines "employer" to include any person employing six or more persons within the state.)

Sponsor: Mara Reardon

Income tax credit for firearms safety expenses. Provides a state income tax credit for expenses incurred to receive qualified firearms instruction or to purchase a qualified firearms storage device. Provides that the credit is equal to the amount of the incurred expenses. Provides that the maximum amount allowed as a credit is $200 for individuals filing single returns or $400 for married couples filing joint returns. Provides that a tax credit may not exceed the taxpayer's state income tax liability. Provides that a taxpayer is not entitled to a carryover, carryback, or refund of any unused tax credit.

Sponsor: Jim Lucas

Child care background checks. Requires certain individuals who may be present on the premises of a child care facility during operating hours to meet requirements for national criminal history background checks. Specifies that results of the required background checks may be used as grounds for denial or revocation of a child care license, registration, or eligibility for a child care and development fund voucher payment. (Current law applies background check requirements to individuals who have direct contact with children.)

Sponsor: Kevin Mahan

Bias crimes. Makes it an aggravating circumstance (for purposes of imposing a criminal sentence) that a crime was committed with bias and with the intent to harm or intimidate: (1) an individual; (2) a group of individuals; (3) the property of an individual; or (4) the property of a group of individuals; because of the individual's or the group's real or perceived characteristic, trait, belief, practice, association, or other attribute the court chooses to consider.

Sponsor: Gregory Steuerwald

Prescription price. Requires a retail pharmacy, before dispensing a prescription, to inform an insured patient of the cost of the drug or device without insurance or an applicable discount, if the cost of the drug or device is less than the copayment cost to the patient using the insurance or an applicable discount.

Sponsor: Beau Baird

Grant program for hiring ex-offenders. Establishes a grant program to provide grants each taxable year to an employer that hires an individual who has been convicted of a felony. Specifies that the amount of the grant is $3,000 for each qualified individual the employer hires during the taxable year. Provides that the maximum amount of grants allowed per state fiscal year may not exceed $2,500,000. Requires a report on the grant program before August 1, 2022. Provides immunity to employers for hiring ex-offenders. Provides that certain conditions of sentencing and probation may not be construed to prevent a person from employing two or more ex-offenders at the same location.

Sponsor: Peggy Mayfield

State agency grant administration. Provides that after June 30, 2019, a state executive branch agency may not apply for or renew a grant from a public or private entity unless the following occurs: (1) The office of state based initiatives (office) analyzes the grant's effect on state and local governments and private sector entities. (2) The office makes a recommendation regarding whether the state agency should pursue the grant opportunity. (3) The governor approves the grant opportunity in writing. Provides that if the grant opportunity obligates the state to expend more than $500,000 the general assembly must make a specific appropriation of funds for the grant in the state budget.

Sponsor: John Ruckelshaus

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the officers and crew of the USS Indiana (SSN 789) and future USS Indianapolis (LCS 17).

Sponsor: Thomas Saunders

Military family matters. Allows for a student to have legal settlement in a school corporation if the student's parent is transferred to or is pending transfer to a military installation within Indiana while on active duty. Requires a school corporation to accept the application for enrollment and course registration of the student by electronic means. Allows a spouse or child of an active member of the armed forces of the United States who is assigned to duty elsewhere immediately following assignment to duty in Indiana to be eligible for the resident tuition rate.

Sponsor: Steve Bartels

Medical cannabis pilot program. Establishes a five-year medical cannabis pilot program, administered by the state department of health, to permit the use of medical cannabis in Indiana. Imposes a medical cannabis cultivation tax.

Sponsor: Ragen Hatcher

Alternatives to animal dissection. Requires that each school corporation, charter school, and accredited nonpublic school shall develop a written student choice policy to permit students to be allowed to use nonanimal alternatives instead of dissecting animals or animal specimens. Requires the commission for higher education to require each approved postsecondary educational institution to develop a written student choice policy to permit students to be allowed to use nonanimal alternatives instead of dissecting animals or animal specimens.

Sponsor: Ragen Hatcher

Department of environmental management fees. Specifies that the environmental rules board (board) may adopt rules that prescribe fees. Provides that the department of environmental management (IDEM), rather than the board, is to deposit solid waste fees in the waste facility operator trust fund. Provides for IDEM to receive payment of solid waste fees by electronic fund transfer. Requires the board, in changing the amount of a fee, to take into account the cost to IDEM of amendments, modifications, and renewals of a permit, license, or approval. Provides that a fee established by the board for a type or class of permit: (1) may be set at a particular amount in consideration of the type and amount of discharge or emission to which the permit relates; and (2) may not be different in amount for public sector permit holders than for private sector permit holders unless the difference is specifically authorized by law. Requires IDEM, to assist the board in periodically reviewing fees, to: (1) arrange for an independent study of certain IDEM costs; (2) develop information on fees charged for equivalent activities in other states; and (3) develop information on activities, functions, and permits that have been added or eliminated since fees were last changed. Provides that the board may not increase any major confined feeding operation, water, solid waste, hazardous waste, or air permit fee: (1) more than once in five years; or (2) by more than 10%. Makes conforming changes. Requires the board to adopt rules to implement a one-time increase in fees before January 1, 2022. Provides that: (1) the pre-2022 fee increase may not raise the major confined feeding operation, water, solid waste, hazardous waste, and air permit fees by so much that IDEM's annual aggregate fee revenue is reasonably anticipated to rise by more than $3,200,000; but (2) the restriction prohibiting a fee increase of more than 10% does not apply to the one-time, pre-2022 fee increase.

Sponsor: Robert Morris

Children's overnight camps. Defines "overnight camp". Provides that the division of family resources (division) shall license and monitor overnight camps, including ensuring that a national criminal history background check is completed before granting a license to an applicant desiring to conduct an overnight camp or to an employee or volunteer of the applicant who has direct contact with a child participating in a program offered by the applicant. Authorizes the division to charge a fee for a license application and renewal and to adopt rules concerning the licensing and inspection of overnight camps.

Sponsor: Philip GiaQuinta

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

Sponsor: Ragen Hatcher

Alternative fuel decal fee. Provides an exemption from the annual alternative fuel decal fee for motor vehicles used by a local or rural transit system.

Sponsor: Pat Boy

Health care advance directive. Allows an individual to make a health care advance directive that gives instructions or expresses preferences or desires concerning any aspect of the individual's health care or health information and to designate a health care representative to make health care decisions and receive health information for the individual. Consolidates definitions of "life prolonging procedures". Allows a minor's parent, legal custodian, or legal guardian to sign an advance directive on behalf of the minor. Requires the state department of health to prepare a sample advance directive. Provides that the appointment of a representative or attorney in fact to consent to health care that was legally executed before January 1, 2023, is valid as executed. Adds cross references. Makes conforming changes. Makes technical changes.

Sponsor: Cindy Kirchhofer

Bureau of motor vehicles. Requires a law enforcement agency that receives a notification of a stolen license plate to forward the notification to the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau). Requires the bureau to mark the license plate as stolen and not reissue the license plate. Requires the bureau to include procedures for: (1) approaching and driving through a roundabout; and (2) yielding the right-of-way to certain vehicles; with standards for classroom and in-car driver education curriculum. Requires the bureau to issue a driver's license, permit, identification card, and photo exempt identification card without an address or with a mailing address instead of the principal residence address upon the request of the person making the application.

Sponsor: Peggy Mayfield

Memorializing Karen Kay Leonard.

Sponsor: Gregory Porter

Performing arts center admissions tax. Authorizes counties that: (1) have a population of less than 15,500; and (2) own an indoor performing arts center with a seating capacity of at least 2,000 patrons; to impose a $1 admissions tax upon admissions to the indoor performing arts center. Specifies how the revenue may be used. Permits the county to enter into an operating lease with the convention and visitors commission and a contract with a nonprofit organization to operate the indoor performing arts center.

Sponsor: Chris May

Threats against public buildings. Provides that a person who makes a threat with the intent that another person be placed in fear that the threat will be carried out commits intimidation.

Sponsor: Ragen Hatcher

Small business development. Requires the Indiana housing and community development authority (authority) to develop and implement a program to award grants of not more than $25,000 to eligible entities to support new small business concerns. Defines "eligible entity" as an organization: (1) that is located in the United States; (2) the primary purpose of which is to support new small business concerns; and (3) that is often classified as an accelerator. Defines "small business concern" to mean a small business that has been in operation for not more than five years. Requires an eligible entity to obtain 50% matching funds from other sources in order to qualify for a grant. Appropriates $1,000,000 to the authority in the 2019-2020 state fiscal year and in the 2020-2021 state fiscal year. Requires the authority to award not less than 50% of the amounts appropriated to: (1) accelerators located in geographically underserved areas; and (2) accelerators for which not less than 50% of the small business concerns served by the accelerator are small business concerns that are: (A) owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, formerly incarcerated individuals, or individuals with disabilities; (B) women's business enterprises; (C) minority business enterprises; or (D) veteran business enterprises.

Sponsor: Robin Shackleford

Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Sponsor: Vernon Smith

Private representation of public officials. Prohibits a public official who: (1) is sued in the public official's personal capacity and is alleged to have acted outside the scope of the public official's duties; or (2) is charged with a crime unrelated to the public official's duties; from using public funds to pay for private legal counsel. Prohibits the public official from using public funds to pay a judgment or settlement under certain circumstances. Declares certain nondisclosure agreements entered into after June 30, 2019, involving sexual assault, sexual harassment, and sexual discrimination as against public policy and void.

Sponsor: Mara Reardon

Cancellation of property taxes. Eliminates provisions that maintain a taxpayer's personal liability for property taxes, special assessments, fees, penalties, or other delinquencies after the department of local government finance has canceled those property taxes, special assessments, fees, penalties, or other delinquencies on property that is owned by the state, a county, a city, a town, a township, or a local port authority.

Sponsor: Vernon Smith

Lewd touching. Provides that a person who, without the consent of the other person, knowingly or intentionally rubs or fondles another person's covered or uncovered genitals, buttocks, pubic area, or female breast, commits lewd touching, a Class A misdemeanor. Enhances the penalty for lewd touching if: (1) it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force; (2) it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon; (3) the commission of the offenses is facilitated with a drug or controlled substance; (4) it is committed by an officeholder; or (5) it is committed by an individual who has a previous unrelated conviction for the offense.

Sponsor: Mara Reardon

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

Foster care services information clearinghouse. Requires the department of child services, in collaboration with courts, juvenile courts, and school corporations, to develop, maintain, and make readily available an information clearinghouse for foster care youth and individuals who are at least 18 years of age and emancipated from the foster care program.

Sponsor: Vanessa Summers

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

Federal assistance and federal grant administration. Provides that after June 30, 2019, a state agency may not apply for or renew federal assistance or a federal grant (assistance or grant) unless: (1) the state agency analyzes the effect of the assistance or grant on state and local governments and private sector entities; (2) the Indiana office of state based initiatives (office) makes a recommendation based upon the agency's analysis regarding whether to pursue the assistance or grant; (3) the governor approves the assistance or grant. Provides that if the assistance or grant requires any expenditure of state funds, for fiscal years after June 30, 2021, the general assembly must make a specific appropriation of the funds in the state budget. Requires the office in cooperation with the state budget agency to present certain budgetary information on assistance and grants to the interim study committee on fiscal policy and the state budget committee before November 1 of each even-numbered year. Requires the interim study committee on fiscal policy and the state budget committee to review the federal grant information presented by the office. Requires the office in cooperation with the state budget agency to provide information regarding assistance and grants expiring in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 to the interim study committee on fiscal policy and the state budget committee.

Sponsor: Christy Stutzman

Study impact of the opioid crisis. Requires the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the study of the impact of the opioid crisis, particularly the unforeseen consequences of the opioid crisis.

Sponsor: Vanessa Summers

Yellow dot emergency medical information program. Establishes the yellow dot emergency medical information program (program). Specifies that the purpose of the program is to provide certain medical information to emergency medical services providers (providers). Provides that participation in the program is voluntary, and allows program participants to end participation in the program at any time. Requires motorists participating in the program to affix a yellow dot decal to the lower right interior corner of a participating automobile's driver side window. Requires a: (1) yellow dot program envelope (envelope); and (2) yellow dot information card (card); to be stored in the glove compartment of a participating automobile. Requires a provider to search the glove compartment of an automobile displaying a yellow dot decal. Provides that a provider may not: (1) search for contraband; or (2) search any location other than the glove compartment of a participating automobile; when searching for an envelope or card. Provides that contraband found during a provider's authorized search of a participating automobile's glove compartment may be: (1) reported to a law enforcement officer; or (2) confiscated by a law enforcement officer; if the provider was not acting under the direction of the law enforcement officer at the time of the search, or a law enforcement officer was not conducting a criminal investigation at the time of the search. Specifies that information contained on a card may be used to do any of the following: (1) Positively identify program participants. (2) Evaluate program participants for medical conditions that may impede or prevent communication with a provider. (3) Attempt contact with a program participant's emergency contact persons. (4) Evaluate a program participant's current medication, preexisting medical conditions, and recent surgeries when administering emergency medical treatment. (5) Share the information displayed on a card with another provider for the purpose of ensuring proper medical treatment. Provides that: (1) the bureau of motor vehicles; and (2) providers; are not liable for damages, including punitive damages, caused by any act, error, or omission related to the information displayed on a card or related to the storage of a card. Provides that a provider is not liable for any damages, including punitive damages, related to a provider's inability to establish contact with a program participant's emergency contact persons.

Sponsor: Ethan Manning

Broadband development. Provides that the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) may adopt rules necessary to administer the Indiana universal service fund (IUSF), including rules to: (1) adjust the amount of the surcharge percentage required to be collected by communications service providers and remitted to the IUSF; and (2) establish the types of communications service providers that are required to assess a surcharge for remittance to the IUSF. Provides that the IURC may, to the extent not prohibited by federal law, require a provider of interconnected VoIP service to collect and remit to the IUSF a surcharge on the provider's revenue from intrastate use of the provider's interconnected VoIP service. Provides that a communications service provider, including a provider of broadband service through fiber optic cable, has access to public rights-of-way as a public utility for purposes of federal law exempting public utilities from payment of fair market value for use of public rights-of-way acquired with federal mass transportation funds. Allows use of the I-Light network for provision of communications service to unserved areas, subject to rules adopted by the office of community and rural affairs to: (1) define unserved areas for purposes of the rules; and (2) establish an application process to receive and evaluate proposals by communications service providers for use of I-Light to provide communications service to unserved areas. Provides that a fee owner of a right-of-way or a possessor of an easement: (1) is not entitled to compensation; (2) may not charge a fee of any kind; and (3) may not unreasonably deny authorization; for construction, operation, or maintenance of infrastructure by public and municipally owned utilities, including communications service providers, to the extent that the construction, operation, or maintenance does not interfere with the ordinary and normal use of the right-of-way or easement. Provides that the department of transportation, when issuing a permit for excavation or obstruction of a street, highway, or right-of-way: (1) may not require provision of a bond or cash deposit in an amount greater than $10,000 for each area designated in the permit; and (2) must accept a blanket bond in satisfaction of the bond requirement. Makes a technical correction.

Sponsor: Sharon Negele

Provides for additional victim's rights in the Indiana Constitution. Removes gender specific references in the applicable section of the Indiana Constitution.

Sponsor: Gerald Torr

Vote by mail. 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: Pat Boy

Teacher salaries. Establishes the teacher supplemental compensation fund (fund). Increases the cigarette tax by $1 to $1.995 per pack of regular size cigarettes (and a corresponding increase for larger cigarettes) with the additional revenue deposited in the fund. Provides that the budget agency may approve to deposit into the fund: (1) amounts reverted to the state general fund in a state fiscal year from funds appropriated; or (2) money in the state general fund attributable to the collection of sales tax from retailers without a physical presence in Indiana. Provides that, for each school year beginning after June 30, 2019, and before July 1, 2022, each teacher who provides classroom instruction is entitled to a supplemental payment in excess of the salary specified in the school corporation's compensation plan in the amount of $2,000.

Sponsor: Anthony Cook

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

Shared mobility devices. Requires the vendor of a shared mobility device to: (1) assume liability for damages incurred in connection with the shared mobility device; (2) maintain liability insurance to cover damages; (3) make available to the public a toll free telephone number to reach the vendor; and (4) respond to contacts within 24 hours. Makes a violation of these provisions a class A misdemeanor.

Sponsor: Cherrish Pryor

Tax credit for public school book rental fees. Provides an income tax credit for an unreimbursed curricular materials expenditure made by a taxpayer for an eligible dependent who is enrolled in a public school. Provides that the credit amount is the amount of the taxpayer's qualified expenditures for all eligible dependents.

Sponsor: Charles Moseley

Grants for refugee assistance organizations. Provides that the office of community and rural affairs may use money in the rural economic development fund to provide grants to nonprofit organizations that assist in refugee resettlement and receive federal funds to assist in refugee resettlement.

Sponsor: Edward DeLaney

After care services for foster youth. Provides that an individual who receives foster care until the individual is 18 years of age is eligible to receive collaborative care services until the individual is 21 years of age (rather than 20 years of age, under current law). Requires the department of child services to do the following: (1) Apply to the United States Secretary for Health and Human Services for funds to provide services under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood (Chafee services) by submitting a plan providing that Indiana shall provide assistance and services to individuals who have aged out of foster care and are less than 23 years of age. (2) If the plan is approved, provide Chafee services to individuals who have aged out of foster care and are less than 23 years of age.

Sponsor: Vanessa Summers

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

A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing the 40th anniversary of the Indiana-Taiwan sister-state relationship and the United States Congress's enacting of the Taiwan Relations Act, supporting Taiwan's signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States, and reaffirming support for increasing Taiwan's international profile.

Sponsor: Michael Young

Marijuana. Permits a person at least 21 years of age to lawfully possess up to one ounce of marijuana. Makes possession of marijuana in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle a Class C infraction, and makes ingesting marijuana while operating a motor vehicle a Class B misdemeanor. Establishes a per se intoxication level of 10 nanograms of THC per milliliter of whole blood for purposes of operating while intoxicated laws, and requires that the analysis of controlled substances in a person's blood measure only the controlled substance and not metabolites of the controlled substance.

Sponsor: John Young

Statutory references to certain municipalities. Replaces population parameters referring to the city of Lawrenceburg and the town of Danville with the names of the respective municipalities.

Sponsor: John Crane

Voting systems. Requires all voting systems to rely on the retention of paper ballots as a redundant means of verifying or auditing election results. Requires that a voting system permit a voter to examine the paper record of the voter's votes to verify the voter's votes. Provides that after a voter has verified the votes on the paper record, the paper record is the official record of the votes.

Sponsor: Jean Breaux

School board elections. Provides that, beginning in 2023, school board members selected by election must be elected at municipal general elections. (Under current law, school board members selected by election must be elected at general elections.) Makes conforming changes.

Sponsor: Todd Huston

Recreational vehicle excise tax. Provides that if a person presents proof of the purchase price for a new recreational vehicle or truck camper that would result in the recreational vehicle or truck camper being classified in a different class under the recreational vehicle and truck camper excise tax, the purchase price shall be used to classify the recreational vehicle or truck camper.

Sponsor: Ben Smaltz

School radon testing and abatement. Requires the state department of health (department) to consider establishing a program of: (1) testing for radon gas; and (2) abatement of radon gas; in public school buildings. Requires the department to consider applying for funding from the state indoor radon grant (SIRG) program of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Sponsor: Carey Hamilton

U.S. 30 corridor study. 30 corridor study. Requires the Indiana department of transportation (INDOT) to conduct a traffic study of the U.S. 30 corridor in Allen County. Requires INDOT to submit a report on the study to the legislative council and the governor before November 1, 2019.

Sponsor: Dave Heine

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Robert Greer on setting a new Indiana bench press record of 446 pounds.

Sponsor: Mike Bohacek

White County innkeeper's tax. Permits the fiscal body of White County to levy the county innkeeper's tax on resorts and any other buildings or structures in the county in which lodging is regularly furnished for consideration.

Sponsor: Brian Buchanan

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 for chartering authority 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. Provides that an authorizer may not accept a proposal to establish a charter school from an organizer that already operates a charter school if a charter school that the organizer operates does not meet certain thresholds regarding its school accountability grade. Provides that a charter school may not enroll new students who are not currently enrolled in the charter school if the charter school does not meet certain thresholds regarding its school accountability grade. Provides that an administrative fee for certain authorizers is dependent upon the category or designation that the charter school receives regarding its school accountability grade. Requires the department of education to provide staff to carry out the duties of the Indiana charter school board (charter board). Repeals a provision that provides that funding for the charter board consists of administrative fees.

Sponsor: Mark Stoops

Career and technical education. Provides that a school corporation that is a member of a joint program of career and technical education (joint program) may add a new career and technical education course to its curriculum without approval from the management board of the technical joint program or the governing body overseeing the joint program if the course is provided by either Ivy Tech Community College or Vincennes University. Voids an administrative rule that requires a school corporation to ensure that a teacher of a secondary school vocational program is licensed by the department of education. Provides that, after June 30, 2019, a school corporation, school, or a secondary school vocational program may employ an instructor who does not have a license if the instructor meets certain occupational and training requirements.

Sponsor: Chuck Goodrich

Healthy food finance. Establishes the healthy food financing fund (fund) and healthy food financing program (program) under the administration of the Indiana housing and community development authority (IHCDA). Provides that the purpose of the fund is to provide financing in the form of loans or grants for projects that increase the availability of fresh and nutritious food in underserved communities. Defines an "underserved community" as a census tract determined to be an area with low supermarket access: (1) by the United States Department of Agriculture; or (2) as identified through a methodology used by another healthy food initiative. Provides that the IHCDA may contract with one or more nonprofit organizations or community development financial institutions to administer the program through a public-private partnership. Provides that an applicant for a grant or a loan must demonstrate the capacity to successfully implement the project and the ability to repay the loan. Provides that an applicant for a grant or a loan must agree to satisfy certain conditions. Requires the IHCDA to monitor projects receiving financing and submit a report annually to the legislative council that includes the number and types of jobs created, and the health initiatives associated with the program. Continuously appropriates money in the fund. Makes an appropriation to the fund.

Sponsor: Robin Shackleford

Post graduation outcome funding metrics. Establishes the postgraduation performance funding pilot program (pilot program) to develop assessment metrics for assessing and rewarding school corporations with performance grants for positive outcomes, including higher education and career and technical education outcomes, for students at least six months after graduation from high school. Requires the governor to develop assessment metrics and performance grant amounts for the pilot program. Requires the governor to prepare and submit reports on the assessment metrics and performance grant amounts developed for the pilot program.

Sponsor: Todd Huston

Controlled substances in penal facilities. Makes committing a controlled substance offense on the property of a penal facility or juvenile facility an enhancing circumstance.

Sponsor: John Young

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

Operating while intoxicated. Provides that a person who operates a vehicle or a motorboat with at least 10 nanograms of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) per milliliter of the person's blood commits the offense of operating while intoxicated. (Current law provides that a person commits the offense of operating while intoxicated if the person has any measurable amount of THC in the person's blood.) Removes the metabolite of a controlled substance listed in schedule I or II as an element from the offense of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: John Young

Volunteer fire department retirement benefits. Provides that a political subdivision served by a volunteer fire department may make contributions to the public employees' defined contribution plan for the members of the volunteer fire department in an amount determined by the governing body of the political subdivision.

Sponsor: Steven Davisson

Tax credit eligibility. Removes the provision in current law that requires a claim for a unified tax credit for the elderly to be filed within six months following the close of claimant's taxable year or within the extension period if an extension of time for filing the return has been granted, whichever is later.

Sponsor: Dave Heine

Deletion of criminal records. Establishes a procedure for a court to order the deletion of certain criminal records.

Sponsor: John Young

School safety and mental health education. Establishes the governor's student advisory council to provide to the governor information concerning education issues that are important to students in Indiana. Requires the department of education (department) to supervise the activities of and staff the governor's student advisory council. Provides that the secured school safety board may award a matching grant from the Indiana secured school fund to enable a school corporation or charter school to establish a program to provide mental health services to students or form partnerships with mental health providers to provide mental health services to students. Provides that advances made under the school corporation and charter school safety advance program may be used to provide mental health services to students or form partnerships with mental health providers to provide mental health services to students. Requires the department, in coordination with the Indiana intelligence fusion center, to do the following: (1) Distribute to schools information regarding the "If You See Something, Say Something" tip line. (2) Establish guidelines for schools with regard to providing information to students about the tip line. Requires a teacher preparation program to include content within the curriculum that provides teacher candidates with information concerning mental health. Provides that: (1) for grades 6 through 12, the study of health education must include instruction on mental health; and (2) the teacher who provides the instruction on mental health must have training on mental health matters.

Sponsor: John Ruckelshaus

Pharmacy benefit managers. Requires a pharmacy benefit manager that is not licensed as an administrator to be registered with the board of pharmacy. Specifies requirements for registration, renewal, conduct, appeals, and annual reporting by pharmacy benefit managers.

Sponsor: Steven Davisson

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. Provides that court decisions to enjoin the law are void. Specifies the duty of Indiana officials to enforce the law. Specifies that federal officials attempting to enforce contrary court orders against Indiana officials enforcing the law shall be subject to arrest by Indiana law enforcement. 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

Student hunger and homelessness. Establishes the student hunger and homelessness study committee (committee) for the purposes of: (1) studying the prevalence of homelessness, housing insecurity, and food insecurity among students at Indiana colleges and universities during the 2019 academic year; and (2) providing suggestions for eliminating those issues. Provides that the study must determine, as accurately as practicable, the number of Indiana college and university students who are homeless, housing insecure, or food insecure. Provides that the committee consists of: (1) an employee of the family and social services administration; (2) an employee of the department of child services; (3) an employee of the department of education; (4) an employee of the commission for higher education; (5) an employee of the Indiana housing and community development authority; (6) a member of the commission on improving the status of children in Indiana; and (7) an employee of each state educational institution. Provides that the committee may solicit assistance from private groups, colleges, and universities in performing the study. Requires the committee to report the results of the study to the governor and the legislative council not later than July 31, 2020.

Sponsor: Earl Harris

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 order a blood lead screening test under certain circumstances. Provides an exception if the parents of the child object to the blood lead screening test on religious grounds. Establishes requirements for blood lead screening tests and confirmatory blood lead screening tests. Requires a clinical laboratory that performs an analysis of the blood of a child for lead to report the results to the state health commissioner (commissioner). Provides that the commissioner, when provided test results showing that a child has a blood lead level of at least five micrograms per deciliter, is required to order a public health lead investigation to determine the source of the child's lead poisoning if the child is less than six years of age, and may order a public health lead investigation if the child is more than six but less than 16 years of age. Provides that the public health lead investigation must include an onsite investigation of the child's residential unit, child care center, or school if the child has a blood lead level of at least 10 micrograms per deciliter. Provides that the commissioner must require a public health lead risk assessment of a child's residential unit, child care center, or school upon determining that the property is a possible source of the child's lead poisoning. Provides that if the public health lead risk assessment indicates that one or more lead hazards in the residential unit, child care center, or school are contributing to a child's lead poisoning, the commissioner shall issue an order to have each lead hazard controlled. Requires the owner or manager of the residential unit, child care center, or school to choose from among certain acceptable methods to control each lead hazard specified in the commissioner's order. Requires the commissioner to issue a noncompliance order prohibiting the use of the property if the owner or manager of the residential unit, child care center, or school does not comply with the lead hazard control order. Requires the commissioner to lift a lead hazard control order when all lead hazards specified in the control order have been sufficiently controlled.

Sponsor: Jean Breaux

Wind farm conflicts of interest. 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 proposed wind farm development. (2) The wind farm developer does, or offers to do, certain specified acts related to the proposed wind farm development and involving the public servant's role as a public official. Provides that a public servant does not commit an offense under the statute if the public servant makes a written disclosure that describes the nature of the conflict the public servant has with respect to the proposed wind farm development. Requires a wind farm developer that seeks to install or locate one or more wind power devices in a unit to make certain disclosures regarding conflicts of interest involving elected or unelected officials with respect to the proposed project. Provides that a wind farm developer shall make the required disclosures as necessary throughout all phases of the proposed project and continuing for one year after the date on which all wind power devices included in the project are fully operational. Prescribes the form and manner in which the disclosures must be made. Confers authority upon the attorney general to investigate and adjudicate complaints alleging violations of the disclosure requirements. Provides that upon determining that a wind farm developer has violated the requirements, the attorney general may impose a civil penalty of not more than: (1) $50,000 for the first violation; and (2) $100,000 for any subsequent violation.

Sponsor: Thomas Saunders

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 for the department of environmental management (IDEM) to issue CFO permits instead of "approvals". 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 and must disclose certain information. Provides that a person may not start construction or operation of a CFO without obtaining a permit from IDEM and may not modify a CFO without obtaining a permit modification from IDEM. Provides that the application for a permit or permit modification must be accompanied by: (1) plans and specifications prepared or certified by a professional engineer; (2) certain site-specific information; and (3) a site-specific air pollution control plan. Requires IDEM to: (1) provide public access to a permit application through IDEM's virtual file cabinet; (2) publish a notice requesting public comments on the application; (3) allow interested persons to submit written comments; and (4) hold a public hearing on the permit application upon written request. Requires the commissioner of IDEM (commissioner) to deny an application for a permit or permit modification if the proposed activity would substantially endanger public health or the environment. Authorizes IDEM to revoke a CFO permit if necessary to prevent or abate a substantial endangerment to public health or the environment. Requires the environmental rules board (board) to adopt rules establishing: (1) limits on hydrogen sulfide, volatile organic compounds, and ammonia emissions; and (2) requirements and prohibitions applying to new CFOs, CFOs proposed for expansion, and other existing CFOs. Provides that the rules must prohibit a new or expanded CFO from being located within one mile of a residence unless the owner of the residence consents to a lesser setback or the commissioner determines that the CFO's air pollution control plan will prevent the CFO from exceeding the limits on hydrogen sulfide, volatile organic compounds, and ammonia emissions established by the rules of the board. Makes technical corrections.

Sponsor: Mark Stoops

Newborn infants and hospital requirements. Requires a hospital to implement a policy that establishes protocols for hospital staff to follow concerning transportation of a newborn infant if the hospital is unable to provide the necessary care for the newborn infant to another hospital that can provide the care. Requires a hospital, at the time of preregistration by a pregnant woman for maternity care at the hospital, to disclose to the pregnant woman the levels of care that the hospital is able to provide based on a newborn infant's gestational age.

Sponsor: John Prescott

Mental health matters. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) to apply for a state plan amendment that would require Medicaid reimbursement for eligible Medicaid rehabilitation option services provided in a school setting to a Medicaid recipient. Requires the office to review the Medicaid rehabilitation option services provided under Medicaid, determine whether additional services are appropriate, and submit the office's findings to the legislative services agency. Requires a school corporation to contract with a community mental health center to provide Medicaid rehabilitation option services to the school corporation's students and families. Requires the division of mental health and addiction to establish and administer an evidence based program that partners with schools to provide social services to children, parents, caregivers, teachers, and the community. Sets forth requirements of the program and a contracting entity. Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning to study and report to the legislative services agency the impact of increasing the eligibility income limitations for the children's health insurance program and specifies requirements of the study. Sets forth requirements of the mental health first aid training program report.

Sponsor: Steven Davisson

Certificates of title. Provides that the bureau of motor vehicles may issue a salvage title to a vehicle designated as "JUNK" in certain situations.

Sponsor: Victoria Spartz

Dual credit study committee. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the task of studying licensing issues relevant to teachers who teach or wish to teach dual credit courses.

Sponsor: J.D. Ford

Economic development in Gary. Permits a licensed owner operating a riverboat in Gary to relocate one of the owner's licenses to operate an inland casino within the city of Gary. Requires the second Gary riverboat license to be sold to operate an inland casino to be operated at a location greater than 100 miles from Gary. Provides that the city of Gary may negotiate the percentage of the sales prices of the second Gary riverboat license that shall be evenly divided between the city of Gary, the Gary port authority, and the greater Gary community foundation. Requires 20% of the adjusted gross receipts of the second license be distributed to the city of Gary for 20 years. Requires the gaming commission to study and make a recommendation for a formula for East Chicago and Hammond to be held harmless from the Gary casino relocating to an inland casino. Provides that the Gary port authority (port authority) may operate a multimodal district within Gary with a Class I railroad. Provides that a member of the board of the port authority may not be a member of the development board of the northwest Indiana regional development authority. Provides that the port authority must have an executive director. Provides duties of the port authority. Provides that the city of Gary shall initiate the formation of the greater Gary community foundation (foundation). Requires the foundation, Ivy Tech Community College, and Gary industry to create a coalition to focus on education and workforce development. Requires the coalition to fund and implement comprehensive apprenticeship and workforce development programs. Requires the coalition to work with the Gary community school corporation to plan a new central campus and career center. Requires Ivy Tech to develop a credentialing program in certain industries. Creates the Gary environmental and remediation fund (fund). Requires the port authority to submit a report to the legislative council concerning a recommended appropriation for the fund and whether a tax incentive is necessary for the fund. Requires Gary and the greater Gary community foundation to enter into a community workforce agreement to promote certain objectives concerning the multimodal development.

Sponsor: Eddie Melton

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, from $5 to $10, the maximum amount of the county option fee that a county auditor may charge for endorsing a real estate conveyance document and provides that the fee revenue must be used for developing or maintaining plat books, in traditional or electronic format. Provides that a redevelopment commission or other entity that creates a tax increment financing area shall file the resolution and supporting documents that create the tax increment financing area with the county auditor in which the tax increment financing area is located within 30 days after the redevelopment commission or other entity takes final action on the resolution. Provides that if a redevelopment commission or other entity that creates a tax increment financing area fails to file the resolution and supporting documents with the county auditor before the first anniversary of the effective date of the tax increment financing area, the county auditor shall use the assessment date immediately preceding the date on which the documents were filed to compute the base assessed value of the tax increment financing area. Urges a legislative study of the advisability of eliminating the mortgage property tax deduction and the advisability of increasing the homestead standard deduction.

Sponsor: Karen Engleman

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Tabernacle Christian High School boys soccer team on winning the 2018 Indiana Association of Christian Schools ("IACS") state championship title.

Sponsor: Rodric Bray

Mental health provider reporting requirements. Requires a mental health professional to notify the office of judicial administration, for transmittal to the NICS, that an individual has a propensity for violent or emotionally unstable conduct. Provides that the notification expires: (1) after five years; or (2) when the mental health professional makes a determination that the individual no longer has a propensity for violent or emotionally unstable conduct; whichever occurs earlier.

Sponsor: Frank Mrvan

Cause of action for employer retaliation. Establishes a cause of action for an employee who is affected by an employer's action in retaliation for the employee making a report of child abuse or neglect in good faith. Provides that a prevailing plaintiff may be awarded reasonable attorney's fees. Specifies that the statute of limitations for the cause of action based on such a retaliatory adverse employment action is three years from the date of the adverse employment action.

Sponsor: Justin Busch

Excess liability trust fund claims. Provides that, if certain conditions are met, a person who was not an owner or operator of an underground storage tank (UST) at the time of a release from the UST may assume liability for corrective action in response to the release from the UST and may receive reimbursement from the underground petroleum storage tank excess liability trust fund (ELTF). Provides that the administrator of the ELTF: (1) may audit any claim against the ELTF to protect against fraud, waste, and abuse; and (2) may pay from the ELTF, in connection with one eligible release from a UST, not more than $1,500,000 for corrective action and not more than $1,000,000 for third party indemnification claims. Authorizes the department of environmental management (IDEM) to develop, and the underground storage tank financial assurance board to approve, guidelines to assist eligible parties in identifying goods and services for which reimbursement may be paid from the ELTF. Provides that a person to whom the right to receive payment from the ELTF was assigned, in order to receive payment, must provide proof of the assignment to the administrator of the ELTF. Authorizes the commissioner of IDEM to undertake corrective action in response to a release of a regulated substance from a UST if the person who is subject to a corrective action order with respect to the release, through no fault of that person, does not have access to the property that is the subject of the corrective action order.

Sponsor: Susan Glick

Incentives for veterans to relocate to Indiana. Establishes the regional veterans hiring initiative fund (fund). Provides that the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) shall administer the fund. Allows the IEDC to enter into a regional veterans hiring initiative agreement with: (1) counties, cities, towns, and regional development authorities; and (2) local employers; in a region to provide marketing and recruiting services to attract eligible veterans for employment in the region and provide financial support to eligible veterans who relocate to the region to accept employment. Defines "eligible veteran" as an individual who: (1) served in the armed forces of the United States or their reserves; and (2) has received an honorable discharge within the last six months. Allows the IEDC to make grants or loans to an eligible veteran for authorized purposes. Requires an eligible veteran to repay the money to the IEDC if the veteran: (1) fails to use the money awarded for authorized purposes; or (2) fails to maintain employment with the local employer for at least 12 months following the veteran's initial hiring date. Allows the IEDC to make matching grants to regional development authorities to be used to develop and implement a regional program for marketing and recruiting to attract eligible veterans to the region to accept employment with a local employer. Requires the lieutenant governor to add or assign one employee of the lieutenant governor's office to serve as a liaison between those regional development authorities that have entered into a regional veterans hiring initiative agreement and all state agencies to ensure the coordination and efficiency of the regional development authorities' veterans recruitment programs. Provides a tax credit against state income tax liability of an employer if the following apply: (1) The employer is a party to a regional veterans hiring initiative agreement. (2) The employer employs an eligible veteran during the taxable year. (3) The eligible veteran has maintained continuous full-time employment with the taxpayer for at least 12 months following the veteran's initial hiring date. (4) The IEDC certifies the credit. Provides that the amount of the credit is equal to: (1) $1,000; multiplied by (2) each eligible veteran for whom the employer is allowed a credit for the taxable year. Provides, however, that an employer not claim a credit for an eligible veteran for whom the employer is allowed a credit in more than one taxable year. Allows an employer to carry forward any unused credit amount. Makes an appropriation.

Sponsor: Heath VanNatter

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Julia Miller on achieving a perfect ACT score and her other academic accomplishments.

Sponsor: Mike Bohacek

Operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Specifies that a court may require that a person with at least one previous conviction of operating while intoxicated may serve the term of imprisonment in an appropriate facility or on home detention with electronic monitoring.

Sponsor: John Young

Public employee pensions. Provides that a member of the public employees' retirement fund (PERF) or the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund (TRF) who first performs creditable service after June 30, 2019, is eligible for normal retirement if: (1) the member is at least 65 years of age and has at least 20 years of creditable service (current law requires at least 10 years of creditable service); (2) the member is at least 60 years of age and has at least 25 years of creditable service (current law requires at least 15 years of creditable service); or (3) the member is at least 55 years of age and the member's age plus years of creditable service is at least 95 (current law requires the member's age plus years of creditable service be at least 85). Provides that after June 30, 2019, 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 PERF. (Under current law, an eligible employee becomes a member of PERF unless the employee elects to become a member of the plan.) Provides that after June 30, 2019, an individual who begins employment for the first time in a covered position with a school corporation and is not already a member of TRF becomes a member of the teachers' defined contribution plan unless the individual makes an election to become a member of TRF. (Under current law, an individual who begins employment in a covered position becomes a member of TRF unless the individual elects to become a member of the teachers' defined contribution plan.)

Sponsor: Timothy Brown

Veterinarian tax credit. Provides a tax credit against the adjusted gross income tax liability of a veterinary services provider that performs a spay-neuter procedure on a companion animal at no cost to the owner of the companion animal. Defines a "companion animal" as a dog or a cat. Defines "veterinary services provider" as a: (1) veterinarian, if the veterinarian provides veterinary services as a sole proprietor; or (2) professional services corporation or other business entity, if a veterinarian provides veterinary services through the veterinarian's affiliation with the professional services corporation or other business entity. Specifies that the amount of the

Sponsor: David Abbott

Advanced practice registered nurses. Allows an advanced practice registered nurse who: (1) had primary responsibility for the treatment and care of a deceased individual for a period longer than six months; and (2) pronounced the time of death for the deceased individual; to enter or sign a record on a death into the Indiana death registration system. Requires the state board of nursing to establish requirements that allow an advanced practice registered nurse to prescribe diabetic medical equipment.

Sponsor: Ben Smaltz

Vehicle Bill. None

Sponsor: Timothy Lanane

Increases the membership of the Indiana senate to 100 members and the membership of the Indiana house of representatives to 200 members.

Sponsor: Ryan Dvorak

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

Sponsor: Ryan Dvorak

Earned income tax credit. Increases the amount of the state earned income tax credit. Requires: (1) the department of state revenue to compile a notice with information concerning the federal and state earned income tax credits; and (2) the office of the secretary of family and social services to provide annually the written notice concerning the federal and state earned income tax credits to certain individuals who receive assistance.

Sponsor: Greg Taylor

Provides that an individual may not serve more than 12 years as a state senator. Provides that an individual may not serve more than eight years as a state representative. Provides that the time an individual has served as a Senator: (1) before November 5, 2024, if the individual is elected a senator on November 5, 2024; or (2) before November 3, 2026, if the individual is elected a senator on November 8, 2022; may not be considered in determining whether the term limitation applies to the individual. Provides that the time an individual has served as a representative before

Sponsor: Chris Chyung

Drug crisis task force. Establishes the drug crisis task force to prepare an evidence based comprehensive plan that prioritizes the one time and annual funding needed over a 10 year period to address the drug crisis. Sets forth membership and duties of the task force.

Sponsor: Rita Fleming

Licensed professional geologists. Adds and amends definitions concerning the licensure and practice of geologists. Allows the board of licensure for professional geologists (board) to elect a secretary who is not a member of the board. Requires the board to meet at least two times each year. Allows a licensed geologist to request an informal review within 30 days of receiving a complaint. (Current law allows the request to be made within 20 days.) Provides that if the board compels a licensed geologist to respond to a complaint or charges, the response must be in writing and the notification must be

Sponsor: Blake Doriot

Property matters. Requires a local health officer to have information establishing probable cause of a public health law or rule violation before a court may issue certain orders concerning the property (current law requires reliable information). Requires a health officer's order of abatement to include the name of the person making the complaint and requires the health officer to report certain information concerning a person who provided false information. Requires the health and hospital corporation of Marion County (corporation) to post notice of an ordinance pending final action on the county's Internet web site. Requires a health officer to provide information concerning a person who made a false report concerning a communicable disease to the person against whom a false report was made. States that a dwelling is unfit for human habitation when the dwelling places a person's health or life in danger (current law states that the dwelling is dangerous or detrimental to life or health). Requires a health officer to provide notice concerning a violation of health, sanitation, and safety and provide a reasonable amount of time to comply with the notice. Specifies language to be included in a notice to quit concerning personal property left on the property after eviction and the time frame in which a landlord can consider the personal property to have been abandoned and the former tenant trespassing if the former tenant reenters the premises. Specifies that a landlord is not responsible for a health code violation by a tenant. Reduces the fines for certain ordinance violations from: (1) $2,500 to $250; and (2) $7,500 to $750.

Sponsor: Michael Young

Dropout recovery programs. Provides that a school corporation is eligible to receive a dropout prevention grant if the school corporation establishes a dropout prevention program. Establishes requirements for school corporation dropout prevention programs. Makes technical corrections.

Sponsor: Jeff Raatz

Residential wastewater treatment devices. Provides for the submission of a proprietary residential wastewater treatment device to the state department of health (state department) for a determination of whether the proprietary residential wastewater treatment device will be authorized for use in residential septic systems. Requires the state department to authorize the use of a proprietary residential wastewater treatment device if certain conditions are met. Requires the executive board of the state department to adopt rules concerning the evaluation of proprietary residential wastewater treatment devices.

Sponsor: James Tomes

EMT seizure of drugs and paraphernalia. Requires the Indiana emergency medical services commission, after consultation with the state police department, to adopt a protocol concerning the seizure, transportation, and temporary storage of illegal controlled substances and drug paraphernalia. Authorizes an emergency medical services provider who has administered an overdose intervention drug to a patient to seize illegal controlled substances and drug paraphernalia that the provider observes in plain view. Provides immunity to the provider for acts or omissions occurring in connection with the seizure, transportation, and storage of illegal controlled substances and drug paraphernalia.

Sponsor: Jean Leising

Small breweries. Allows a small brewer to have three additional locations where the brewer may conduct any business that is authorized at the brewery, except for the manufacturing of beer. Provides that if a minor is accompanied by a parent, legal guardian, custodian, or family member who is at least 21 years of age, the minor may be present in any area of the brewery where the accompanying adult may be present.

Sponsor: Ronnie Alting

Emergency hospital protocols for births. Requires a hospital that provides birthing and labor services to establish and implement emergency protocols to follow concerning: (1) hemorrhaging; and (2) hypertension crisis.

Sponsor: Rita Fleming

529 college savings contribution tax credit. Eliminates the requirement that a taxpayer designate whether a contribution to a college choice 529 education savings plan will be used: (1) for qualified higher education expenses that are not qualified K-12 education expenses; or (2) for qualified K-12 education expenses. Eliminates the requirement that the Indiana education savings authority use subaccounting to track designations of withdrawals.

Sponsor: Victoria Spartz

Micro wine wholesaler's permits. Provides that the holder of a farm winery permit may also hold a micro wine wholesaler's permit without complying with the requirements for holding a beer wholesaler's permit or liquor wholesaler's permit. Moves provisions regarding micro wine wholesaler's permits to the chapter of the Indiana Code concerning wine wholesaler's permits.

Sponsor: Ronnie Alting

Continuous prescription drug coverage. Prohibits state employee health plans, Medicaid programs, accident and sickness insurers, and health maintenance organizations from changing coverage of a prescribed drug during the continuous enrollment of a covered individual, recipient, or enrollee. Specifies requirements for coverage exception requests and discontinuation of certain coverage.

Sponsor: Elizabeth Brown

Use of state funds for broadband projects. Defines a "qualified broadband project" as a project for the deployment of broadband infrastructure to provide broadband service for connections to the Internet at specified speeds, regardless of the delivery technology, in unserved areas in Indiana. Defines an "unserved area" as a geographic area of Indiana in which there is not at least one provider of terrestrial broadband service at the designated speeds. Provides that after June 30, 2019, the following apply with respect to grants made by state agencies (awarding agencies) for broadband infrastructure: (1) An awarding agency may not award a new state broadband grant unless the grant is for a qualified broadband project. (2) An awarding agency may allocate or release state funds for a state broadband grant awarded to a recipient before July 1, 2019, subject to certain conditions. (3) In awarding a new state broadband grant, an awarding agency must either: (A) evaluate all grant applications and determine all grant recipients and award amounts in accordance with the criteria set forth in the statute authorizing the office of community and rural affairs (office) to award broadband grants for qualified broadband service in unserved areas; or (B) submit all grant applications received to the office for: (i) evaluation; and (ii) the determination of grant recipients and award amounts, or the recommendation of grant recipients and award amounts; in accordance with the criteria set forth in the statute. Sets forth requirements for: (1) an awarding agency that elects to perform its own evaluations and determinations with respect to the agency's state broadband grants; and (2) an agency that elects to submit its grant applications to the office for: (A) evaluation; and (B) the determination or recommendation of grant recipients and award amounts. Makes a conforming amendment to the definition of "broadband services" set forth in the statute concerning the broadband ready communities development center.

Sponsor: Erin Houchin

Automated traffic control in construction zones. Authorizes the state police department to establish an automated traffic control system pilot program to enforce highway work zone speed limits.

Sponsor: Charles Moseley

Postsecondary education awards. Provides that, if an individual: (1) is awarded a state funded scholarship, grant, stipend, or tuition and fee remission; and (2) uses the award to attain a baccalaureate degree or its equivalent; the individual may not receive any amount of award remaining, including any renewals or extensions, from the scholarship, grant, stipend, or tuition and fee remission to use for any additional postsecondary education. Repeals a statute that reduces the educational costs exemption that certain eligible applicants receive based on the rating of a service connected disability the eligible applicant's mother or father suffered.

Sponsor: Aaron Freeman

Corrections matters. Eliminates the community transition program. Removes the requirement for the department of correction (IDOC) to provide a yearly report outlining the operational cost savings from the implementation of HEA 1006-2014. Removes the requirement for IDOC to provide a monthly report on population snapshots, admissions, and release trends. Eliminates the boot camp for youthful offenders program. Provides that when a person imprisoned for a felony completes the person's fixed term of imprisonment, less the credit time the person has earned with respect to that term, the person shall be as soon as practicable, but not later than five business days, released on parole, discharged, or released to the committing court if the sentence included a period of probation.

Sponsor: Sharon Negele

Law enforcement training. 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.

Sponsor: Greg Taylor

Taxing area for fire protection services. Authorizes the River Ridge Development Authority (authority) to create a taxing area within the boundaries of the authority to capture incremental sales tax and income tax to be transferred to the River Ridge fire protection fund (fund). Establishes the fund. Provides that, if a taxing area is established, the revenue from the taxing area shall be deposited in the fund to be used to provide for, or contract with other municipalities to provide for, fire protection for the authority. Provides that the authority shall administer the fund. Caps the total amount of state income taxes and sales taxes annually captured in the tax area at $1,200,000. Expires the tax area after 10 years.

Sponsor: Ronald Grooms

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

Medicaid managed care matters. Establishes the joint commission on Medicaid oversight with the authority to meet throughout the year. Sets forth responsibilities of the commission. Repeals a statute specifying that Medicaid laws, with respect to managed care organizations, are controlling over insurance laws. Prohibits the office of Medicaid policy and planning or a contractor of the office from denying, delaying, or decreasing the amount of payment for a medically necessary covered service based on a lack of eligibility or coverage if the Medicaid provider meets certain requirements. Requires the secretary of the office of family and social services to adopt rules establishing a dispute resolution procedure for disputes between Medicaid providers and Medicaid contractors.

Sponsor: James Merritt

Appropriation for first responder monument. Makes an appropriation to the department of homeland security to facilitate the design, prototyping, fabrication, and installation of the American First Responders Memorial Monument.

Sponsor: Mike Speedy

Broadband development funding. Provides that a state agency that awards a grant to a broadband service provider for purposes of extending broadband service to unserved areas must follow procedures established and guidelines adopted by the office of community and rural affairs for the award of such grants. Provides that a state agency may not award a grant of more than $5,000,000 for any one qualified broadband project. Establishes the rural broadband fund (fund) for the purpose of awarding grants for funding of deployment of broadband infrastructure in unserved areas. Provides that the office of community and rural affairs may make grants from the fund for the purpose of awarding grants for funding of deployment of broadband infrastructure in unserved areas. Makes technical corrections.

Sponsor: Mark Messmer

Medicaid rehabilitation option reimbursement. Requires the office of the secretary to reimburse any Medicaid provider that meets specified requirements for the provision of Medicaid rehabilitation option services to an eligible Medicaid recipient.

Sponsor: James Merritt

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, 2020: (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 technical correction.

Sponsor: Sue Errington

Annexation. Provides that after June 30, 2019, an annexation may be initiated only as follows: (1) By a petition requesting annexation that is signed by 100% of the affected property owners. (2) By a municipality, if the territory is contiguous and 100% of the affected property owners consent to the annexation. (3) By a municipality, if the territory is noncontiguous and contains certain facilities that are owned or operated by the municipality or owned by a property owner that consents to the annexation. Establishes requirements for a property owner to consent to an annexation. Provides that the following provisions do not apply to an annexation for which an ordinance is adopted after June 30, 2019: (1) Annexation remonstrances. (2) Reimbursement of remonstrators' attorney's fees and costs. (3) Municipal outreach programs. (4) Annexations requested by petition of at least 51% of property owners. Provides that a settlement agreement in lieu of annexation that is executed after June 30, 2019, is void. Eliminates provisions regarding the contiguity of a public highway.

Sponsor: Jeff Ellington

Funding for housing victims of domestic violence. Makes an appropriation from the state general fund to the Indiana housing and community development authority (IHCDA). Provides that the appropriation is for the IHCDA's use in leveraging matching funds to provide housing to eligible persons experiencing a housing crisis because of domestic or family violence.

Sponsor: James Merritt

School equity grants. Establishes the equity education grants (grant). Provides that a school corporation is eligible to receive a $2,000 grant per school year for each student who is in the lowest performing ethnic or racial subgroup based on the ILEARN program assessment results for the previous school year and is either: (1) eligible for free or reduced price lunch; or (2) a foster child.

Sponsor: Gregory Porter

Radon testing in schools. Requires every building that is used by a public school or nonpublic school: (1) where students are regularly present; (2) that contains a licensed child care center; or (3) that contains a licensed child care ministry; to be tested for the presence of radon gas or radon progeny before July 1, 2020, and at least one time every five years thereafter. Provides that the superintendent of the school corporation or chief administrative officer of the nonpublic school, in consultation with the state department of health (state department) and the principal of each school to be tested, shall determine: (1) the buildings to be tested; (2) the locations to be tested within each building; (3) the method of testing; and (4) the procedures concerning notification and circulation of the testing results. Requires the test results to be submitted to the state department. Requires the tests to be conducted by a person certified to perform radon testing.

Sponsor: Eddie Melton

Property tax deductions for veterans. Provides that a veteran who is classified as individually unemployable is entitled to a property tax deduction. Removes the limit on the gross assessed value of property eligible for the property tax deduction 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.

Sponsor: Erin Houchin

EMS personnel licensure interstate compact. Implements the emergency medical services personnel licensure interstate compact.

Sponsor: Ed Charbonneau

Medicaid direct primary care services pilot program. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) to apply to the United States Department of Health and Human Services for a Medicaid waiver or Medicaid state plan amendment necessary to allow the office to implement a direct primary care services pilot program for Medicaid recipients. Sets forth requirements of the program, participants, and direct primary care services providers. Requires the office to submit a quarterly report to the general assembly containing specified information concerning the pilot program.

Sponsor: Eric Koch

Tax credit for bridge toll expenses. Provides a state tax credit to qualified businesses that pay tolls to cross certain Ohio River bridges. Provides that a qualified business is a business entity that: (1) is authorized to transact business in Indiana; (2) maintains its principal office, or a branch office, in Clark County or Floyd County; (3) incurs at least $500 of qualified toll expenses to cross certain Ohio River bridges during a taxable year; and (4) has a Riverlink commercial account. Provides that the amount of the tax credit may not exceed the lesser of: (1) the amount of qualified toll expenses paid by the qualified business during the taxable year; or (2) $1,000. Provides that a business entity wishing to claim the credit must file an application with the department of state revenue during the taxable year requesting certification of the business entity as a qualified business for that taxable year.

Sponsor: Ronald Grooms

Employer firearms policies. Provides that a person who: (1) discovers, as a result of an illegal entry into a motor vehicle owned or possessed by the person, that a firearm legally owned or possessed by the person was stolen from the motor vehicle; and (2) reports the theft of the firearm from the motor vehicle to a law enforcement agency; is immune from any adverse administrative sanction concerning the possession of a firearm or ammunition on the property of an approved postsecondary educational institution in certain instances. Provides that a person is required to prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the person did not knowingly or intentionally violate any administrative regulation or comparable prohibition concerning the possession of a firearm or ammunition on the property of an approved postsecondary educational institution when raising the defense of immunity.

Sponsor: Jon Ford

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. Provides for the disposal of unused medical marijuana. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: Pat Boy

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 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 authorized to meet. Repeals the current law establishing a redistricting commission for congressional redistricting.

Sponsor: Pat Boy

Indiana education roundtable. Establishes the Indiana education roundtable (roundtable) to make recommendations relating to education to the: (1) governor; (2) general assembly; (3) state board of education (state board); and (4) state superintendent of public instruction. Provides that the roundtable shall create an advisory committee on early childhood education. Provides that the governor and the state superintendent shall jointly serve as co-chairpersons of the roundtable. Provides that the academic standards committee shall submit recommendations on academic standards for a subject area to the roundtable for review by the roundtable. Provides that the roundtable may make recommendations to the state board with regards to the awarding and distribution of student educational achievement grants. Provides that the roundtable shall make recommendations to the state board concerning the incorporation of a statistical adjustment for student mobility rates into the school improvement performance results. Provides that the department of education shall provide a copy of a report relating to school arrests to the roundtable. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: Gregory Porter

Universal background checks for firearms. Requires a person wishing to sell, trade, or transfer a firearm to another person to transact the sale, trade, or transfer through a firearms dealer (dealer). Specifies certain exemptions. Requires a dealer to complete the sale, trade, or transfer of a firearm if the following conditions are met: (1) The dealer agrees to transact the sale, trade, or transfer of a firearm. (2) The dealer is able to successfully contact the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). (3) The dealer receives authorization from NICS to complete the sale, trade, or transfer of the firearm. (4) The recipient of the firearm being sold, traded, or transferred: (A) is not otherwise prohibited from possessing a firearm under federal or state law; and (B) is in compliance with all federal and state laws pertaining to the possession and transfer of certain firearms as defined under the National Firearms Act (NFA firearm), if applicable. Allows a dealer to refuse to transact the sale, trade, or transfer of a firearm for any reason. Requires a dealer to abort the sale, trade, or transfer of a firearm when: (1) the seller of a firearm; (2) the intended recipient of a firearm; or (3) both; are not eligible to possess a firearm or an NFA firearm, as applicable. Requires a dealer to abort the sale, trade, or transfer of a firearm if the firearm to be sold, traded, or transferred is: (1) reported lost; (2) reported stolen; or (3) used in the commission of a crime. Provides that a dealer is not required to return payment issued to the dealer for the dealer's role in transacting the sale, trade, or transfer of a firearm in certain instances. Provides a dealer with immunity from civil liability and damages in certain instances. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally makes a materially false statement to a dealer for the purpose of completing the sale, trade, or transfer of a firearm commits firearms transfer fraud, a Level 6 felony. Enhances the offense to a Level 5 felony if the person has a prior unrelated conviction for the offense. Provides that a dealer who transacts the sale, trade, or transfer of a firearm in violation of certain requirements commits unlawful transfer of a firearm, a Level 6 felony. Provides that the offense is a Level 5 felony if the person has a prior unrelated conviction for the offense. Specifies certain defenses. Defines certain terms. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: Greg Taylor

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

Wagering on sports. Authorizes sports wagering at riverboats, racinos, and satellite facilities. 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

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 notice.

Sponsor: Eric Bassler

Testing school building water for lead. Requires the Indiana finance authority (authority) to carry out a program to: (1) sample the water in every public school building for the presence of lead; (2) report to appropriate school authorities the results of the sampling; and (3) if the sampling indicates that water in a school building contains lead at a level equal to or greater than 15 parts per billion, recommend actions that will reduce the lead level in all water in the school building to less than 15 parts per billion. Provides that the authority is not required to sample the water in a school building if the authority sampled the water in the school building during the lead sampling program the authority conducted in 2017 and 2018. Requires the authority to issue a report on the results of the water sampling in elementary schools and submit the report to the members of the general assembly.

Sponsor: Greg Taylor

Session adjournment deadlines. Changes the latest day for the general assembly to adjourn sine die in the first regular session from April 29 to March 31 beginning with the 2021 session. Changes the latest day for the general assembly to adjourn sine die in the second regular session from March 14 to February 14 beginning with the 2020 session. Makes conforming changes.

Sponsor: Eric Bassler

Supplemental allowance reserve account. Authorizes the Indiana state police to establish a supplemental allowance reserve account (account) in the police benefit fund to accumulate money for the purpose of paying postretirement benefit adjustments, including postretirement benefit increases, thirteenth checks, and other benefit changes or adjustments granted by the general assembly after June 30, 2019, to employee beneficiaries of the state police 1987 benefit system. Requires the state lottery commission to transfer $40,000 of surplus revenue each calendar quarter from the administrative trust fund to the account.

Sponsor: Charles Burton

School bus stop arm violations. Provides that a law enforcement officer shall issue a summons and promise to appear to a person who the law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe has committed or recklessly committed a school bus stop arm violation. Provides that a statement signed under penalty of perjury by a school bus driver, school bus monitor, or crossing guard constitutes probable cause. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally meets or overtakes from any direction a school bus stopped on a roadway when the arm signal device is extended or proceeds before the arm signal device is no longer extended commits a Class C misdemeanor (rather than a Class A infraction under current law).

Sponsor: Eric Bassler

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: Justin Moed

Vehicle Bill. None

Sponsor: Timothy Lanane

Worker career enhancement tax credit. Provides a credit against state tax liability to an eligible employer of an employee who earns the federal or state minimum wage, completes a career enhancement training program, receives a wage increase following completion of the program, and remains employed for at least a year after receiving the wage increase. Provides that the amount of the credit is 50% of the difference between the employee's compensation before and after the employee receives the wage increase.

Sponsor: John Ruckelshaus

Criminal penalties and sentencing. Establishes the crime reduction fund to provide funds to: (1) the dropout prevention program fund; (2) the violent crime victims compensation fund; and (3) the forensic diversion program account. Makes the crimes of theft, conversion, forgery, check deception, check fraud, possession of cocaine, and possession of methamphetamine Class A misdemeanors in all cases, except each crime is a Level 6 felony if the person has a prior unrelated conviction for a crime of violence. Makes the crime of possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, and possession of a synthetic drug a Level 6 felony if the person has a prior unrelated conviction for a crime of violence. Makes an appropriation.

Sponsor: Robin Shackleford

School safety grants. Provides that the first $100,000,000 reverted each state fiscal year, or total reversions if less than $100,000,000, shall be transferred to the agency settlement fund. Appropriates 25% of the amount transferred for the secured school safety grant program for physical school infrastructure safety related improvements. Appropriates 75% of the amount transferred for school resource officer grants. Requires the grants to be distributed before November 1 each year. Allows grants to be made to any school receiving state funding.

Sponsor: Gregory Porter

Student interrogations. Provides that a statement made during a custodial interrogation of a juvenile that is conducted at a school or another place where the juvenile is detained in connection with an investigation and that is not a place of detention is admissible against the juvenile in a felony criminal prosecution or in a juvenile proceeding only if: (1) the juvenile's parent, guardian, or custodian is notified and present during questioning; (2) the juvenile's rights are waived under certain circumstances; and (3) the interrogation complies with requirements under Indiana Evidence Rule 617.

Sponsor: Gregory Porter

Incentives for attracting and hiring veterans. Establishes the regional veterans hiring initiative fund (fund). Provides that the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) shall administer the fund. Allows the IEDC to enter into a regional veterans hiring initiative agreement with: (1) counties, cities, towns, and development authorities; and (2) local employers; in a region to provide marketing and recruiting services to attract eligible veterans for employment in the region and provide financial support to eligible veterans who relocate to the region to accept employment. Defines "eligible veteran" as an individual who: (1) served in the armed forces of the United States or their reserves; and (2) has received an honorable discharge within the last six months. Allows the IEDC to make grants or loans to an eligible veteran for authorized purposes. Requires an eligible veteran to repay the money to the IEDC if the veteran: (1) fails to use the money awarded for authorized purposes; or (2) fails to maintain employment with the local employer for at least 12 months following the veteran's initial hiring date. Provides a tax credit against state income tax liability of an employer if the following apply: (1) The employer is a party to a regional veterans hiring initiative agreement. (2) The employer employs an eligible veteran during the taxable year. (3) The eligible veteran has maintained continuous full-time employment with the taxpayer for at least 12 months following the veteran's initial hiring date. (4) The IEDC certifies the credit. Provides that the amount of the credit is equal to: (1) $1,000; multiplied by (2) each eligible veteran for whom the employer is allowed a credit for the taxable year. Provides, however, that an employer not claim a credit for an eligible veteran for whom the employer is allowed a credit in more than one taxable year. Allows an employer to carryforward any unused credit amount. Makes an appropriation.

Sponsor: Philip Boots

Bureau of motor vehicles matters. Provides that certain vehicles are exempt from the motor vehicle excise tax in certain instances. Provides for a limited registration permit that allows a person to operate a vehicle on limited days identified by the person. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles to develop a decal to identify operators of motor vehicles who are less than 18 years of age or at least 75 years of age. Establishes the yellow dot emergency medical information program.

Sponsor: Jeffrey Thompson

Testing of school age children for lead poisoning. Requires the state department of health (state department) to identify those areas of Indiana in which the risk of lead ingestion by children is so high that, in the judgment of the state health commissioner, every school age child who resides in the area should be tested for lead poisoning. Requires the state department to provide written notice about the identification of the high lead ingestion risk areas (high risk area) to every school corporation that operates one or more schools attended by children who reside in a high risk area. Provides that if a school corporation is notified by the state department that an area served by the school corporation is a high risk area, the school corporation shall require all children who: (1) reside in that high risk area; and (2) attend or enroll in a school operated by the school corporation; to be tested for lead poisoning.

Sponsor: Ryan Dvorak

Driver's license suspension. Exempts a person from certain statutes requiring the suspension of a driver's license following a motor vehicle accident in certain instances. Reduces the fees assessed for the reinstatement of a suspended license. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor: Robin Shackleford

Ballot security. Provides that after June 30, 2019, 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 of electronic voting systems. Requires each county election board to conduct an audit after each general election in five randomly selected precincts in the county in which the election was held to determine whether the number of votes marked on ballots in the precinct matches the number of votes declared for the precinct. Requires the county election board to report the results of the audit for each precinct to the election division not later than January 1 after the election.

Sponsor: Ryan Dvorak

Assessments following successful appeals. Provides for a three year cap on the assessment of real property that was the subject of a successful appeal or review that reduced the gross assessed value by more than 5%. Provides that the assessment cap does not follow the real property and is subject to a change in ownership. Provides that the assessed value is determined by standard appraisal methods when a change in ownership occurs within the three years following the successful appeal. Provides that the assessment cap does not apply to assessments determined using the income capitalization approach, determined through the correction of an error or omission, or based upon a change in structural improvements, zoning, or use. Provides that a person has the option of applying the assessed value limitations or filing a claim for refund, but not both.

Sponsor: David Abbott