Indiana 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0256
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Minimum age for bartenders. Permits the employment of a person as a bartender who: (1) is at least 20 years of age but less than 21 years of age; and (2) has successfully completed an alcohol server training program. Makes conforming changes and a technical correction.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0257
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Military service credit for teachers. Provides that a member of the state teachers' retirement fund who retires after June 30, 2022, and served time in voluntary or involuntary active military service is entitled to a military service credit for the member's active military service in an amount equal to the duration of the member's active military service, if the member: (1) received an honorable discharge; and (2) has at least 10 years of in-state service credit. Provides that not more than six years of military service credit may be granted. Makes conforming amendments.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0258
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Teacher preparation time. Requires that each governing body must provide teachers with at least one class period each day that is free of duties and reserved for class preparation.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0259
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Prohibited pension system investments. Prohibits the Indiana public retirement system from investing in companies controlled by the People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0260
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
1/26/22
Refer
2/1/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Enrolled
2/24/22
Passed
3/7/22
Chaptered
3/7/22
Passed
3/7/22
Licensed professionals organ donor registration. Requires the professional licensing agency to develop and maintain a system that allows an individual who is applying for an initial license or certificate or the renewal of an existing license or certificate to become a donor of an anatomical gift.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0261
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Right to food. Provides that an individual has the right to: (1) save and exchange seeds to grow food; and (2) grow, raise, produce, harvest, and consume the food that the individual chooses for the individual's own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health, and well-being. Specifies certain acts that are prohibited. Provides that a zoning ordinance may restrict but may not prohibit the growing or raising of food. Specifies that the board of animal health and the United States Department of Agriculture may enforce a state or federal law, rule, or regulation concerning animals. Specifies that the right to grow and raise food does not impair the terms of a lease or contract.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0262
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/18/22
Engrossed
1/26/22
Refer
2/1/22
Housing tax credits. Provides an affordable and workforce housing state tax credit against state tax liability to a taxpayer for each taxable year in the state tax credit period of a qualified project in an aggregate amount that does not exceed the product of a percentage between 40% and 100% and the amount of the taxpayer's aggregate federal tax credit for the qualified project. Provides that an eligible applicant must apply to the Indiana housing and community development authority for an award of an affordable and workforce housing state tax credit. Provides that a holder of an affordable and workforce housing state tax credit may transfer, sell, or assign all or part of the holder's right to claim the state tax credit for a taxable year.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0263
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/7/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Enrolled
2/16/22
Passed
3/11/22
Chaptered
3/11/22
Passed
3/11/22
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 Senate Bill SB0264
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/7/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Enrolled
2/23/22
Passed
3/7/22
Chaptered
3/7/22
Passed
3/7/22
Administrative rules review task force. Establishes the administrative rules review task force (task force). Describes the duties required of the task force.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0265
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/24/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/7/22
Report Pass
2/14/22
Carbon sequestration pilot project. Changes the description of the carbon sequestration pilot project that is authorized under current law. Eliminates the requirement that the operator of the carbon sequestration pilot project be designated by the director of the department of natural resources. Defines "carbon sequestration claim" as a civil action alleging actual or potential infringement of, interference with, or damage to real or personal property rights or interests arising from: (1) the operation of the carbon sequestration pilot project; or (2) the actual or potential presence or migration in the subsurface of injectate from the carbon sequestration pilot project. Provides that a person may not maintain a carbon sequestration claim unless the person pleads and proves: (1) actual interference with the reasonable use of the person's property; or (2) direct physical injury to a person, an animal, or tangible property. Provides that recovery by a public utility for any effect of the carbon dioxide pilot project on the sources of the public water supply used by the public utility is not prohibited or limited.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0266
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/24/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/7/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
3/1/22
Passed
3/21/22
Chaptered
3/21/22
Passed
3/21/22
Department of child services matters. Provides that an individual may be employed by a child care provider before the state-mandated criminal history check of the individual is completed if the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The individual's: (A) fingerprint-based check of national crime information data bases; (B) national sex offender registry check; (C) in-state local criminal records check; and (D) in-state child protection index check; have been completed. (2) If the individual has resided outside Indiana at any time during the five years preceding the individual's date of hire, the individual's: (A) out-of-state child abuse registry check; and (B) out-of-state local criminal records check; have been requested. (3) The individual's employment before the completion of the state-mandated criminal history check is limited to training during which the individual: (A) does not have contact with children who are under the care and control of the child care provider; and (B) does not have access to records containing information regarding children who are under the care and control of the child care provider. (4) The individual completes an attestation, under penalty of perjury, disclosing: (A) any abuse or neglect complaints made against the individual with the child welfare agency of a state other than Indiana in which the individual resided within the five years preceding the date of the attestation; and (B) any contact the individual had with a law enforcement agency in connection with the individual's suspected or alleged commission of a crime in a state other than Indiana in which the individual resided within the five years preceding the date of the attestation. Establishes a process by which a child caring institution, group home, licensed child placing agency, or secure private facility (child services providers) may request a review of base rates and other cost-based rates approved by the department of child services (department).
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0267
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Parking at Lake Michigan beaches. Prohibits a municipality from charging parking fees at a municipally owned parking lot at a municipal park beach on Lake Michigan, unless the municipality has a lifeguard on duty at the beach during the hours that swimming is allowed. Allows a municipality to charge parking fees without satisfying the life guard requirement while notes, bonds, leases, or other obligations are outstanding that the municipality: (1) issued, incurred, or entered into before July 1, 2022; and (2) pays or pledged to pay from parking fee revenues. Prohibits a municipality from pledging or using parking fees to pay bonds, leases, or other debt obligations issued, incurred, or entered into after June 30, 2022.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0268
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/12/22
Engrossed
1/21/22
Refer
2/1/22
Colorectal cancer screening coverage. Specifies services to be included as part of a covered colorectal cancer screening for policies of accident and sickness insurance and health maintenance organization (HMO) contracts. Defines "follow-up colonoscopy". Provides that a policy of accident and sickness insurance or HMO contract must cover: (1) a colorectal cancer screening test assigned either an "A" or "B" grade by the United States Preventive Services Task Force; and (2) A follow up colonoscopy if the result of a non-invasive colorectal cancer screening test with an "A" or "B" grade from the United States Preventive Services Task Force is positive. Provides that a high deductible health plan may impose a deductible requirement for a follow-up colonoscopy if these colorectal cancer screening requirements would be inconsistent with Internal Revenue Code provisions concerning high deductible health plans.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0269
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/24/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/7/22
Report Pass
2/14/22
Enrolled
2/23/22
Passed
3/15/22
Chaptered
3/15/22
Passed
3/15/22
Regulation of dams. Provides that the laws regulating dams do not apply to a structure that is a low hazard dam or significant hazard dam that meets only one of the following conditions: (1) Has a drainage area above the dam of not more than one square mile. (2) Does not exceed 20 feet in height. (3) Does not impound a volume of more than 100 acre-feet of water. Requires the department of natural resources (department) to establish a classification system for dams based on: (1) the height of the structure and the volume of water impounded by the structure; and (2) the force of the water and the likely consequences resulting from the uncontrolled release of its contents due to a failure or misoperation of the structure. Changes the standard to determine potential consequences for a failure from "may cause" to "likely to cause". Provides that for a dam constructed after June 30, 2022, if the department determines that the property owner's structure is a high hazard, significant hazard, or low hazard dam, the department shall provide the property owner with a notice stating the classification of the dam that the property owner owns. Requires that, notwithstanding an engineering inspection performed by the property owner or a consultant of the property owner, the department provide the property owner notice at least five days before performing an inspection. Requires the property owner of a high hazard dam to prepare an emergency action plan and provide a copy to the department and the emergency management agency. Provides that changes to the law do not affect past inspections.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0270
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Child custody and parenting time. Adds stalking to the definition of "domestic or family violence" for purposes of family and juvenile law. Amends as follows the factors a court must consider in determining child custody: (1) Provides that more consideration must be given to the wishes of the child if the child expresses fear of a parent, or of a family or household member of a parent, based on past conduct of the parent or family or household member that is contrary to the child's best interests. (2) Provides that the court shall consider the degree to which the custody determination will allow continuity of the child's relationship with the child's parent or parents, the child's siblings, and any other person who may significantly affect the child's best interests. (3) Provides that the court shall consider the degree to which the custody determination will ensure the mental and physical health and safety of the child. (4) Provides that if the court finds evidence of a pattern of domestic or family violence committed by either parent, or by a family or household member of either parent, the court shall consider the degree to which the custody determination will safeguard the child, or a parent of the child, from the domestic or family violence. (5) Provides that the court shall consider whether either parent, or a family or household member of either parent, is the subject of a protective order with respect to which: (A) the child or the other parent is a protected party; and (B) the issuing court found that the subject of the protective order committed domestic or family violence against the protected party. (6) Provides that the court shall not weigh a parent's housing instability against the parent for purposes of determining custody if the court finds that the parent's housing instability: (A) is the result of domestic or family violence committed against the parent; and (B) has persisted for not more than six months since the most recent incidence of domestic or family violence. Provides that if the court in a child custody action finds evidence of a pattern of domestic or family violence committed by either parent, or by a family or household member of either parent, or finds that the child or a parent of the child is at risk of domestic or family violence by a parent or by a family or household member of a parent, the court shall: (1) include in the court's custody order any condition or restriction the court considers reasonably necessary to safeguard the child, or a parent of the child, from the domestic or family violence; and (2) annually review the custody order to determine whether the condition or restriction continues to be in the child's best interests. Provides for the imposition of conditions, restrictions, or supervision requirements in a parenting time order if the court finds that a noncustodial parent, or a family or household member of the noncustodial parent, has been convicted of a crime involving domestic or family violence or has demonstrated a pattern of child abuse or neglect or a pattern of domestic or family violence, and requires the court to annually review the parenting time order to determine whether continuation of the condition, restriction, or supervision requirement continues to be in the child's best interests. Provides that for purposes of making a determination regarding parenting time, a court may consider an unsubstantiated or substantiated report of child abuse or neglect as evidence of a pattern of child abuse or neglect only on the basis of the court's de novo review of the report. Provides that a court shall not award attorney's fees, court costs, or other litigation expenses to the prevailing party in a parenting time action on the basis of the action having been brought frivolously or vexatiously if the court finds that the party that brought the action: (1) brought the action in good faith; and (2) reasonably believed the action was necessary to protect the child. Requires a court that appoints a guardian ad litem in a child custody or parenting time action to, if practicable, appoint a guardian ad litem who has received training concerning child abuse, domestic abuse, and the effect of child abuse and domestic abuse on a child. Allows the office of judicial administration to establish a continuing education program for judges and court personnel regarding child abuse and neglect.