Indiana 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0076
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Report Pass
1/6/22
Engrossed
1/12/22
Refer
1/31/22
Refer
2/1/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Enrolled
2/23/22
Passed
3/7/22
Chaptered
3/7/22
Passed
3/7/22
Meet and confer for public safety employees. Allows an employer or an exclusive recognized representative of full-time employees of a police or fire department (exclusive representative) to request, in specified circumstances, an advisory opinion from the commissioner of labor (commissioner). Specifies a process by which an employer or exclusive representative may appeal in certain instances to the commissioner to request mediation and conciliation. Makes technical corrections and a conforming amendment.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0077
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
1/26/22
Refer
1/31/22
State police pension trustee. Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on pension management oversight the task of studying whether the trustee of the state police pension trust and the police benefit fund should be the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system. Specifies that the corpus and income of the pension trust shall be distributed to participants and their beneficiaries in accordance with certain provisions.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0078
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Report Pass
1/6/22
Engrossed
1/12/22
Refer
1/31/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Enrolled
2/23/22
Passed
3/11/22
Chaptered
3/11/22
Passed
3/11/22
1977 pension and disability fund. Provides that after July 1, 2022, if the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system (system board) determines that a new police officer or firefighter in the public employees' retirement fund (PERF) should be a member of the 1977 fund, the system board shall require the employer to transfer the member into the 1977 fund and contribute the amount that the system board determines is necessary to fund fully the member's service credit in the 1977 fund for all service earned as a police officer or firefighter in PERF. Provides that a police officer or firefighter who is an active member of the 1977 fund with an employer that participates in the 1977 fund, separates from that employer, and more than 180 days after the date of the separation becomes employed as a full-time police officer or firefighter with the same or a second employer that participates in the 1977 fund, is a member of the 1977 fund without meeting the age limitations under certain circumstances. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on pension management oversight.)
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0079
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Refer
1/6/22
Report Pass
1/18/22
Engrossed
1/26/22
Refer
1/31/22
1977 pension and disability fund. Establishes the 1977 fund defined contribution plan (plan). Provides that current employees may make contributions to the plan. Specifies rules and requirements for the plan concerning items that include member elections, member contributions, vesting, rollover distributions, and withdrawal of funds. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on pension management oversight.)
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0080
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Report Pass
1/6/22
Engrossed
1/12/22
Refer
1/31/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Enrolled
2/16/22
Passed
3/14/22
Chaptered
3/14/22
Passed
3/14/22
Code publication amendments. Makes Code publication corrections. Repeals and relocates specific Indiana Code chapters consisting of definitions or statutory lists for organization of the provisions by alphabetical or Code cite order. Updates the statutory lists. Resolves technical conflicts: (1) between various enrolled acts passed during the 2022 legislative session; and (2) between various enrolled acts passed during the 2022 legislative session and ESB 80. Makes technical corrections in HEA 1363-2022.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0081
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
School curriculum. Requires each school corporation, charter school, and state accredited nonpublic elementary school to include cursive writing in its curriculum.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0082
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/7/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
3/1/22
Passed
3/10/22
Chaptered
3/10/22
Passed
3/10/22
FAFSA. Requires each school corporation and charter high school to: (1) use the model FAFSA notice prepared by the commission for higher education (commission); and (2) provide the model notice to certain students. Allows a nonpublic school to provide the model notice to certain students. Requires the commission to develop an online FAFSA affirmation form and provide information to certain schools to determine which students have completed the FAFSA and the affirmation form. Amends the information required to be included in the model FAFSA notice.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0083
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/7/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Enrolled
3/1/22
Passed
3/15/22
Chaptered
3/15/22
Passed
3/15/22
Open meetings. Requires a governing body of a school corporation or charter school to permit oral public comment on a topic before the governing body takes final action on the topic. Allows the governing body of a state or local public agency to conduct a meeting electronically without any governing body members physically present if a state or local disaster emergency is declared and the following circumstances exist: (1) Meeting in person would present an imminent risk to the health or safety of the governing body and public. (2) In the case of a governing body of a school corporation or charter school, in addition to the presence of the circumstances described in (1), at least one school within the jurisdiction of the school corporation or charter school is closed because of the disaster emergency. Adds a definition of "charter school" for purposes of the open door law that includes a virtual charter school.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0084
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Report Pass
1/12/22
Engrossed
1/26/22
Refer
1/31/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Enrolled
2/16/22
Passed
3/8/22
Chaptered
3/8/22
Passed
3/8/22
Suicide and drug overdose death reporting. Provides that the state department of health (department) shall annually prepare a report concerning all suicide and overdose fatalities in Indiana that occurred during the preceding calendar year. Requires the report to include: (1) the number of fatalities that occurred in each county; (2) the number of fatalities that occurred during each month; (3) the age, sex, and race of each fatality victim; (4) the method of suicide or overdose, including the type of weapon and each substance used; and (5) if known, whether the fatality victim has served in the armed forces of the United States or the national guard. Provides that the first report must also include information from the 2020 calendar year. Requires the department to submit the report and an executive summary of the report to the general assembly and the governor.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0085
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Report Pass
1/11/22
Engrossed
1/21/22
Refer
1/31/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Enrolled
2/15/22
Passed
3/7/22
Chaptered
3/7/22
Passed
3/7/22
Drainage task force. Establishes a drainage task force consisting of six members of the senate, six members of the house of representatives, and seven other individuals. Requires the task force to: (1) review the responsibilities of landowners and state and local authorities under current laws relating to the drainage of land; (2) make certain determinations concerning drainage and regulatory matters; and (3) determine whether the balance between state authority and local authority over drainage of agricultural land favors state authority more in Indiana than in neighboring states. Authorizes the task force to make recommendations. Requires the task force to issue a report and, not later than December 1, 2023, submit the report to the executive director of the legislative services agency for distribution to the members of the general assembly and to the governor.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0086
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Cigarette tax evasion. Makes it a Level 6 felony for a person to knowingly or intentionally fail to carry invoices or delivery tickets containing certain information while transporting cigarettes that do not bear an Indiana tax stamp over Indiana highways.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0087
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Compensation for victims of violent crime. Changes, for purposes of the law concerning compensation to victims of violent crime, the definition of "claimant" to include certain family members of a victim. Expands the list of expenses eligible for compensation to include crime scene cleanup and replacement windows or door locks.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0088
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/7/22
Prescription drug rebates and pricing. Provides that, for individual health insurance coverage, the defined cost sharing for a prescription drug be calculated at the point of sale and based on a price that is reduced by an amount equal to at least 85% of all rebates received by the insurer in connection with the dispensing or administration of the prescription drug. Requires that, for group health insurance coverage, an insurer: (1) pass through to a plan sponsor 100% of all rebates received or estimated to be received by the insurer concerning the dispensing or administration of prescription drugs to the covered individuals of the plan sponsor; (2) provide a plan sponsor, at the time of contracting, the option of calculating defined cost sharing for covered individuals of the plan sponsor at the point of sale based on a price that is reduced by some or all of the rebates received or estimated to be received by the insurer concerning the dispensing or administration of the prescription drug; and (3) disclose specified information to the plan sponsor. Allows the department of insurance to enforce the provisions and impose a civil penalty.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0089
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/7/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Enrolled
2/23/22
Passed
3/10/22
Chaptered
3/10/22
Passed
3/10/22
Higher education scholarships. Provides that the commission's annual schedule of awards must provide award amounts on the basis of a federal needs calculation. Amends language concerning teacher stipends to teacher scholarships. Provides that the total amount of scholarships or other financial aid received by an individual may not exceed certain total expenses.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0090
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Right-of-way and thoroughfares. Prohibits a county from increasing the apparent right-of-way for a county highway by requiring a dedication of additional right-of-way as part of a subdivision plat, and requires the county to acquire additional right-of-way through eminent domain. Prohibits a unit of local government from establishing or expanding a thoroughfare by requiring the dedication of private property as part of a subdivision plat, and requires the unit of local government to acquire private property for the establishment or expansion of a thoroughfare through eminent domain. Prohibits a county and a unit of local government from imposing an additional fee on applicants that file subdivision plats in which the county or unit of local government must proceed with eminent domain.