Indiana 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1144
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Report Pass
1/13/22
Engrossed
1/21/22
Refer
2/1/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Enrolled
2/16/22
Evidence preservation requirements. Establishes additional requirements for the disposition of property held as evidence that may contain biological evidence related to an offense, including matters involving postconviction DNA testing and analysis.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1145
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
School board elections. Requires candidates for school board offices to be nominated in the same manner as candidates for all other elected offices are nominated. Repeals the current statute relating to nomination of candidates for school board offices. Repeals other superseded statutes. Makes conforming changes.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1146
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Adoption tax credit study and evaluation. Requires the commission on improving the status of children in Indiana to study and evaluate issues regarding the adoption tax credit, make findings and recommendations regarding the tax credit, including whether the credit amount needs to be increased, and submit a report with its findings and recommendations to the general assembly by November 1, 2022.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1147
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Report Pass
1/10/22
Engrossed
1/14/22
Refer
2/1/22
Report Pass
2/14/22
Enrolled
2/22/22
Passed
3/7/22
Chaptered
3/7/22
Passed
3/7/22
Seed tests. Requires the state seed commissioner to charge fees for testing seed for purity and germination that are commensurate with fees that are standard in the seed testing industry. Repeals certain requirements for agricultural seed in packages that are not more than one pound. Provides that $25 is the minimum fee to register pure or mixed cultures of microorganisms and materials with the state chemist. Allows the state chemist to adopt rules to establish fees that are necessary for the administration of certain laws concerning the sale and transfer of plant cultures, including costs of inspections, registration of products, and product analysis. Voids rules concerning fees for seed analysis, testing, and examination.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1148
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Report Pass
1/10/22
Engrossed
1/21/22
Refer
2/1/22
Report Pass
2/14/22
Enrolled
2/22/22
Passed
3/8/22
Chaptered
3/8/22
Passed
3/8/22
Veterinary medicine. Changes the name of the Indiana board of veterinary medical examiners to the Indiana board of veterinary medicine (board). Provides that the state veterinarian: (1) serves as the chief administrative officer of the board; (2) performs the duties delegated by the board to the state veterinarian; and (3) provides technical advice and assistance to the board. Establishes the Indiana center for animal policy (center) to facilitate the coordination of regulatory duties of the state board of animal health (BOAH) and the board. Provides that the state veterinarian is the chief administrative officer of the center and the BOAH. Requires that the BOAH (not the professional licensing agency) perform certain administrative functions for the board. Requires that the board and the division of consumer protection, office of the attorney general enter into a memorandum of understanding to share information concerning complaints and investigations against individuals regulated by the board. Allows the board to adopt emergency rules. Provides that the board, and the state veterinarian if authorized by the board, may subpoena witnesses and compel the production of certain documents as part of an investigation. Changes the name of the veterinary investigative fund to the veterinary medicine fund (fund). Makes various changes to the fund. Provides that the changes made by the bill do not apply until July 1, 2023. Provides for transition and makes conforming changes.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1149
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
1/26/22
Refer
2/2/22
Report Pass
2/14/22
Enrolled
2/22/22
Passed
3/8/22
Chaptered
3/8/22
Passed
3/8/22
Home based vendors. Specifies the requirements for the preparation and sale of food products as a home based vendor. Reorganizes provisions concerning the sale of certain food products by an individual vendor at a farmers' market or roadside stand. Requires an individual who sells poultry, rabbits, and eggs at a farmers' market or roadside stand to comply with certain requirements. Makes conforming changes.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1150
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Automated traffic enforcement in school zones. Authorizes a county, city, or town to adopt and enforce an ordinance that regulates the placement and use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices (devices) to detect certain traffic offenses (offenses) in school zones. Provides civil penalties for offenses and violations. Specifies that the civil penalty must be applied first to defray the cost of the installation, operation, and maintenance of the devices, and specifies the manner in which the remaining funds are distributed. Prohibits the: (1) reporting of offenses and violations on a driving record; (2) use of offenses and violations to determine rates for motor vehicle insurance; and (3) assessment of points under the point system by the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau) for offenses and violations. Requires notification to the bureau if offenses and violations have not been paid timely. Requires the bureau to suspend the registration of a vehicle when the offenses and violations have not been paid. Makes other changes and conforming amendments.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1151
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Automatic voter registration. Provides that an application to obtain or renew a motor vehicle driver's license or permit or an identification card serves as a voter registration application unless the applicant expressly declines on the application to register to vote. Provides that a voter becomes registered to vote when the county voter registration office determines the voter appears to be eligible to vote at the address on the voter's voter registration application.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1152
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Jury duty and nursing mothers. Specifies that "necessity", for purposes of deferring jury service, includes being a nursing mother.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1153
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
1/27/22
Refer
2/1/22
Refer
2/17/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Passed
3/18/22
Chaptered
3/18/22
Passed
3/18/22
Worker's compensation. Provides that if, after the occurrence of an accident, compensation is paid for temporary total disability or temporary partial disability, then the two year limitation period to file an application for adjustment of claim begins to run on the last date for which the compensation was paid. Increases benefits for injuries and disablements by 3% each year for four years, beginning on July 1, 2023. Adds an ambulatory outpatient surgical center to the definition of "medical service facility" under the worker's compensation law. Makes certain changes to the definition of "pecuniary liability". Establishes clean claim payment requirements related to worker's compensation claims. Removes outdated language. Makes conforming amendments.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1154
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
State employee health plan administration. Requires the entity that administers the self-insurance programs providing group coverage to state employees and retired state employees to: (1) strive to keep the costs of providing health care through the self-insurance programs as low as reasonably possible; and (2) report to the budget committee once per year on its efforts to reduce and control health care costs. Requires a state employee health plan entered into, amended, or renewed after June 30, 2022, to provide for reimbursement of a provider by the insurer using a value based payment method.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1155
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Summons to appear and pretrial matters. Adds additional conditions to an agreement to withhold prosecution including: (1) waiver of fees; (2) right to legal counsel; and (3) collecting and reporting of demographic information. Requires the court to collect demographic information as it relates to the withholding of prosecution and to report the information to the office of judicial administration (office). Requires the office to provide an annual report that includes demographic information and the withholding of prosecution to the governor, chief justice, and the legislative council before December 1 of each year. Provides that in lieu of arresting a person who has allegedly committed a misdemeanor (other than a traffic misdemeanor) in a law enforcement officer's presence, the officer shall issue a summons and promise to appear unless the person: (1) has committed a violent misdemeanor offense that involves a victim or a weapon or involves an offense related to the impaired operation of a motor vehicle; (2) poses a safety risk to the person, the officer, or the public; or (3) has falsely identified the person to the officer. Provides, however, that the law enforcement officer is not required to issue a summons if the person: (1) is subject to arrest for another offense; (2) has violated the terms of supervised release; or (3) has an outstanding warrant. Requires that the summons set forth substantially the nature of the offense and direct the person to appear before a court at a stated place and time not later than two business days after issuance of the summons.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1156
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Penalties for sex offenses. Provides that a person who commits certain sex offenses in which the victim of an offense is less than 18 years of age shall be sentenced to: (1) a nonsuspendible sentence; or (2) life imprisonment without parole. Increases the penalty range for the offense of child sexual trafficking.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1157
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Report Pass
1/12/22
Engrossed
1/21/22
Refer
2/1/22
Township budget. Provides the following with regard to a township that fails to fix its budget, tax rate, and tax levy, or submit its estimated budget and other information to the department of local government finance's computer gateway: (1) The township's most recent annual tax levy continues for the ensuing budget year. (2) The township board must adopt and the township trustee must approve a resolution to continue the township's most recent annual appropriations for the ensuing budget year. (Current law provides that both levy and appropriations continue for the ensuing budget year without any action by the township board and trustee.) Provides that if a resolution is not adopted and approved, all appropriations during the ensuing budget year must be approved by the township board on a monthly basis.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1158
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/7/22
Health and human services matters. Allows an advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant to sign certain individualized family service plans. Changes the composition and duties of the division of disability and rehabilitative services advisory council. Requires the services for individuals with intellectual and other developmental disabilities task force to establish a subcommittee to make certain recommendations to the task force. Modifies provisions concerning records and information about the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Repeals provisions concerning the following: (1) Reports to a health officer about a person who is believed to be a serious and present risk to the health of others. (2) Physician notification to: (A) a patient with a serious communicable disease; (B) a health officer; and (C) a person at risk. Changes the membership on the Indiana board of pharmacy. Removes the requirement that a qualifying pharmacist is responsible for the legal operations of a pharmacy. Specifies responsibilities of pharmacists concerning duties previously responsible by a qualifying pharmacist. Allows a qualified pharmacy technician to administer immunizations delegated by the pharmacist. (Current law allows pharmacy technicians to administer influenza and coronavirus disease immunizations.) Amends requirements for remote pharmacies. Adds an exception to the definition of "wholesale distribution" for prescription drugs. Repeals certain offenses concerning: (1) notification, reporting, and investigation related to communicable diseases; and (2) the donation, sale, or transfer of semen that contains antibodies for HIV. Makes technical and conforming changes.