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IN SB0108

Bill

Status

Introduced

12/9/2025

Primary Sponsor

La Keisha Jackson

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands the legal definition of "shelter" under IC 12-7-2-177 for township assistance purposes to include any form of dwelling accommodation that a township trustee determines is safe, decent, and sanitary
  • Current law limits "shelter" to houses, mobile homes, apartments, groups of rooms, or single rooms occupied as separate living quarters
  • Grants township trustees discretionary authority to approve alternative dwelling types beyond the traditional categories listed in statute
  • Effective date: July 1, 2026
  • Referred to Senate Committee on Local Government on December 9, 2025

Legislative Description

Township shelter assistance.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government

12/9/2025

Committee Referrals

Local Government12/9/2025

Full Bill Text

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