Indiana 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0346
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Wastewater facility improvement districts. Authorizes the establishment in Indianapolis or a second class or third class city of one or more wastewater facility improvement districts (district) in which incremental property tax revenue is captured to provide funds for the connection of properties in the district to the municipal sewer system. Provides that the board of public works of a city may: (1) propose the establishment of a district; (2) establish the boundaries of the proposed district; (3) identify and notify the owners of property in the district; (4) create a proposed plan for connecting properties in the district to the municipal sewer system; (5) hold a public hearing on the proposed plan; and (6) recommend the establishment of the district to the city's metropolitan development commission or redevelopment commission (commission). Provides that the commission: (1) shall review the recommendation of the board; (2) may, subject to the approval of the legislative body of the city, adopt a resolution designating one or more wastewater facility improvement districts within the city; (3) publish notice of the adoption and substance of the resolution and file information with each taxing unit having authority to levy property taxes in the geographic area of the district; (4) hold a public hearing; and (5) take final action determining the public utility and benefit of the district's allocation area and confirming, modifying and confirming, or rescinding the resolution. Allows a person aggrieved by the commission's final action to file a remonstrance in circuit or superior court. Requires the court to hear the remonstrance and confirm or modify and confirm the commission's final action or sustain the remonstrance. Provides that, if a district is established, the incremental property tax revenue from the district shall be deposited in the wastewater facility improvement fund (fund) of the district and may be used only to connect properties in the district to the municipal sewer system. Authorizes the issuance of bonds payable from a district's fund. Requires the commission to make an annual report on each district to the city fiscal body and the department of local government finance.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0347
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/25/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/8/22
Report Pass
2/15/22
Enrolled
2/22/22
Passed
3/10/22
Chaptered
3/10/22
Passed
3/10/22
Tribal law enforcement. Authorizes police officers appointed by a tribe to exercise police powers in Indiana if the tribal police officer meets the standards of the Indiana law enforcement academy. Provides that a tribe may authorize a tribal police officer to exercise police powers in the entire state, or in any part of the state, if certain conditions are met. Requires a tribe seeking to employ an individual as a tribal police officer who will exercise police powers in Indiana to request the individual's employment history, if the individual was previously employed by a law enforcement agency. Makes conforming amendments.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0348
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/8/22
Next level connections fund. Provides that the appropriation in HEA 1001-2021 for the 2022-2023 state fiscal year to the Indiana department of transportation for the next level connections fund (IC 8-14-14.3) may be used only for projects located on U.S. Highway 30 and U.S. Highway 31 and for other road and bridge infrastructure projects.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0349
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Sheriff compensation. Requires a county to enter into a salary contract for the sheriff for compensation from the county general fund or any other public source, but that does not include compensation from the sheriff's retention of tax warrant collection fees. Provides that certain minimum salary amounts are a required provision of a sheriff's salary contract. Repeals provisions that allow a sheriff to retain tax warrant collection fees and instead requires the sheriff to deposit any tax warrant collection fees in the county general fund.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0350
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Automobile sales tax exemption for veterans. Defines "qualified vehicle" and "qualified service member". Provides a sales and use tax exemption for the purchase of a qualified vehicle by a qualified service member.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0351
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/8/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Enrolled
2/23/22
Passed
3/14/22
Chaptered
3/14/22
Passed
3/14/22
Controllable electronic records. Adds a new chapter to the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) that governs transactions involving controllable electronic records and that does the following: (1) Defines "controllable electronic records". (2) Establishes the following: (A) The extent to which a purchaser acquires rights and interests in controllable electronic records. (B) The circumstances under which a qualifying purchaser acquires rights in a controllable electronic record free of any adverse claim. (C) The conditions that must be satisfied for a person to be considered to have control over controllable electronic records. Amends certain sections in the UCC chapter concerning secured transactions to reference controllable electronic records and to provide for the perfection of a security interest in controllable electronic records by: (1) control; or (2) the filing of a financing statement. Amends the Indiana statute concerning unclaimed personal property to: (1) add a definition of "controllable electronic record" in that statute; and (2) authorize (rather than require, as specified in current law) the attorney general to adopt rules regarding virtual currency, controllable electronic records, and digital assets, to the extent such rules are consistent with, and not otherwise covered by: (A) the bill's provisions; or (B) any other Indiana law concerning virtual currency, controllable electronic records, or digital assets.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0352
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/8/22
Supervised consumer loans. Amends the Uniform Consumer Credit Code to provide that the authorized loan finance charge for a consumer loan, other than a supervised loan, that is entered into after June 30, 2022, may not exceed 36% (versus 25% for a consumer loan that is entered into before July 1, 2022) per year on the unpaid balances of the principal. Amends the definition of "supervised loan" to mean a consumer loan that: (1) is entered into before July 1, 2022, and with respect to which the rate of the loan finance charge exceeds the authorized 25% annual rate for consumer loans under current law; or (2) is entered into after June 30, 2022, and is made in accordance with the requirements for supervised loans set forth in the bill. Sets forth requirements and limitations with respect to the following for supervised loans made after June 30, 2022: (1) Authorized fees and charges. (2) The maximum principal amount. (3) The minimum and maximum lengths of the loan term. (4) Information and disclosures to be included in the loan contract. (5) A borrower's right to rescind a supervised loan transaction. Provides that when a borrower enters into a supervised loan, the lender shall provide the borrower with a pamphlet approved by the department of financial institutions (department) that describes: (1) the availability of debt management and credit counseling services; (2) the borrower's rights and responsibilities; and (3) the availability of the 211 telephone dialing code for human services information and referrals. Sets forth prohibited acts and practices in connection with a supervised loan. Provides that a lender may not take a security interest in real or personal property in connection with a supervised loan, other than a security interest in a personal check of the borrower. Specifies the applicability of the bill's provisions to supervised loans made by persons exempt from: (1) the bill's finance charge limitations; and (2) licensure by the department. Requires a lender that makes at least one supervised loan in Indiana during a calendar year to remit to the department: (1) an annual fee of $250; and (2) an additional fee of $250 per Indiana branch location (after the first location). Establishes the consumer financial education fund (fund), and provides that the annual fees collected from lenders making supervised loans are to be deposited in the fund. Provides that the fund is to be: (1) administered by the department; and (2) used by the department for paying expenses relating to consumer financial education. Requires a person that enters into at least one supervised loan transaction in Indiana in any calendar year to file with the department a report concerning the person's business and operations with respect to that calendar year. Requires the director of the department to prescribe: (1) the time and manner for filing the report; and (2) the information to be included in the report. Requires the department to publish and make available to the public, at least annually, an analysis of the information provided in the reports filed with the department. Sets forth the information that must be included in the department's analysis. Makes conforming amendments to existing references to supervised loans throughout the Indiana Code.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0353
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/8/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Enrolled
2/23/22
Passed
3/8/22
Chaptered
3/8/22
Passed
3/8/22
Home health aide training requirements. Requires a registered home health aide who: (1) is employed as a home health aide; and (2) provides care to an individual who has been diagnosed with or experiences symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or a related cognitive disorder; to complete certain dementia training. Sets forth the requirements of dementia training. Requires the state department of health to: (1) identify and approve a dementia training program that meets certain requirements as an approved dementia training program; and (2) establish and implement a process for state department approval of a dementia training program. Allows a home health aide to produce a certificate of completion issued by an entity that provides approved dementia training as proof of compliance with the training requirements.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0354
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Marijuana offenses. Adds to the defense of operating a vehicle and committing a traffic offense with a controlled substance that the substance was identified as marijuana through a chemical test offered by a law enforcement officer. Provides that possession or consumption of marijuana by a minor is a delinquent act. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally possesses more than two ounces of marijuana commits the offense of possession of marijuana. (Current law provides that the offense of possession of marijuana can be for any amount of marijuana.) Repeals the offense of possession of marijuana, hash oil, hashish, or salvia as a Level 6 felony. Establishes a penalty for a minor who possesses or consumes marijuana. Provides for the suspension of the minor's driving privileges if the minor possessed or consumed the marijuana while operating a motor vehicle. Makes conforming amendments.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0355
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Identification of medical alert. Provides that an application for a driver's license, permit, or identification card must enable an applicant to indicate certain medical alerts.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0356
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/8/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
3/1/22
Passed
3/15/22
Chaptered
3/15/22
Passed
3/15/22
Education matters. Makes changes to the requirements necessary to obtain an initial practitioner license for an individual who completes an alternative teacher certification program and changes regarding teaching special education under the license. Provides that, for school years beginning after June 30, 2022, a school corporation may provide a supplemental payment to a teacher in excess of the salary specified in the school corporation's compensation plan. (Current law allows a school corporation to provide supplemental payment to a teacher in excess of the salary specified in the school corporation's compensation plan if certain circumstances apply.)
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0357
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
1/26/22
Refer
2/1/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Enrolled
2/16/22
Passed
3/7/22
Chaptered
3/7/22
Passed
3/7/22
Acceptance of electronic conveyance documents. Effective January 1, 2024, provides that a county recorder, auditor, or assessor may not refuse to accept or endorse a document because the document is an electronic document. Provides that certain recording requirements do not apply to a military discharge, a survey of real property, or a plat of real property. Provides that if a county auditor has not collected the recording fee for a tax deed, the county recorder shall collect the recording fee when the tax deed is recorded. Requires the county auditor to use revenue collected for endorsing documents for the maintenance of property tax records (instead of platbooks). Makes conforming amendments.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0358
Introduced
1/12/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
1/27/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/7/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Consumer data protection. Establishes a new article in the Indiana Code concerning consumer data protection, to take effect January 1, 2025. Sets forth the following within the new article: (1) Definitions of various terms that apply throughout the article. (2) Exemptions from the bill's requirements concerning the responsibilities of controllers of consumers' personal data. (3) The rights of an Indiana consumer to do the following: (A) Confirm whether or not a controller is processing the consumer's personal data. (B) Correct inaccuracies in the consumer's personal data that the consumer previously provided to a controller. (C) Delete the consumer's personal data held by a controller. (D) Obtain a copy or representative summary of the consumer's personal data that the consumer previously provided to the controller. (E) Opt out of the processing of the consumer's personal data for certain purposes. (4) The responsibilities of controllers of consumers' personal data. (5) The roles of controllers and processors with respect to a consumer's personal data. (6) Requirements for data protection assessments by controllers of consumers' personal data. (7) Requirements for processing de-identified data or pseudonymous data. (8) Limitations as to the scope of the new article. (9) The authority of the attorney general to investigate and enforce suspected or actual violations of the new article. (10) The preemption of local rules, regulation, and laws regarding the processing of personal data.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0359
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Tobacco products tax. Beginning January 1, 2023, provides for a $0.72 per cigar tobacco products tax cap for cigars with a wholesale price exceeding $3 per cigar.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0360
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Public officer reporting of conflicts of interest. Provides that for purposes of the legislative ethics statute, the executive branch ethics statute, and the judicial ethics statute, the term "relative" includes only an individual's spouse, an individual's child, or the child of the individual's spouse.