IN HB1193

Adds violation of U.S. or Indiana constitutional rights as against public policy, and expands the definition of "discriminatory practice" to include violations of federal Title VI, Title VII, and Title IX, as well as retaliation against persons who file discrimination complaints or participate in related proceedings

Requires the Indiana Civil Rights Commission to transmit complaints to other state or federal agencies that have jurisdiction and allows the commission to enter into memoranda of understanding with those agencies for enforcement

Prohibits the Civil Rights Commission from representing private individuals in civil actions; the commission may only represent the state in pattern-or-practice civil rights cases

Shifts responsibility for filing civil actions in housing discrimination cases from the commission to the complainant, who must file within 30 days of electing judicial review

Removes monetary damages from the list of relief courts may award in commission-filed housing discrimination civil actions, while retaining injunctive relief and civil penalties up to $50,000 for first violations and $100,000 for subsequent violations