Indiana 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1249
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Report Pass
1/18/22
Engrossed
1/25/22
Refer
2/1/22
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 and tangible physical damage to the person's property. Provides that a person asserting a carbon sequestration claim may not recover damages for the diminution of the value of the person's real property due solely to any perceived risk associated with the operation of the carbon sequestration pilot project.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1250
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Community solar facility program. Requires each electric utility other than a municipally owned utility or a rural electric membership corporation (electricity provider) to biennially establish, or issue a request for third party proposals to establish, at least five community solar facilities, in which customers of the electricity provider: (1) subscribe to pay for and receive a specified amount of electricity generated by the community solar facility; and (2) are credited by the electricity provider in each billing cycle for the amount of electricity from the community solar facility for which the customer subscribes. Establishes a process for: (1) solicitation and selection of proposals by an electricity provider for the construction, ownership, and operation of community solar facilities in the electricity provider's service area; (2) submission of a community solar facility project plan by each electricity provider to the Indiana utility regulatory commission (commission); and (3) review and approval of submitted community solar facility project plans by the commission.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1251
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Report Pass
1/24/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/8/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Passed
3/18/22
Chaptered
3/18/22
Passed
3/18/22
Various education matters. Requires the department of education (department) to apply to the United States Department of Education for assessment flexibility. Requires the department to: (1) prepare a report that includes information and recommendations regarding establishing and implementing a parent-teacher compact program; and (2) submit the report to the legislative council not later than November 1, 2022. Provides that the state board of education (state board) shall, in consultation with postsecondary educational institutions and various businesses and industries, identify what skills or traits students need to be successful upon completion of high school. Requires the department to conduct a research study regarding academic standards. Requires the department to establish an online adjunct teacher portal. Provides that the governing body of a school corporation may issue an adjunct teacher permit to an individual who meets certain requirements. Establishes requirements for adjunct teacher employment agreements. Provides that the employment agreements are not subject to certain requirements regarding teacher salaries and school corporation local compensation plans. Provides that: (1) an adjunct teacher is not a school employee for purposes of collective bargaining; and (2) an employment agreement with an adjunct teacher is not subject to a collective bargaining agreement. Provides that the school employer shall discuss the use of adjunct teachers with the exclusive representative of certificated employees. Requires the governing body of a school corporation to announce any vacant adjunct teacher positions at meetings of the governing body. Amends the definition of "primary use of the building" for certain applicable high schools for purposes of occupancy classification requirements. Amends the definition of "appropriate vehicle". Provides that a special purpose bus or an appropriate vehicle may be used to transport students under certain circumstances. Provides that the state board may adopt emergency rules relating to school accreditation. Provides that the driver of a special purpose bus or an appropriate vehicle must pass an expanded criminal history check and an expanded child protection index check. Makes changes to visual acuity requirements for a bus driver. Establishes the Indiana student enrichment grant program (program). Provides that an enrichment student is eligible to establish an Indiana enrichment scholarship account. Provides that an enrichment student may receive $1,000 to be used for certain qualified expenses. Provides that the department shall administer the program. Provides that the program expires July 1, 2025.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1252
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Education enrichment accounts. Establishes the Indiana student enrichment grant program (program). Provides that an enrichment student is eligible to establish an Indiana enrichment scholarship account. Provides that an enrichment student may receive $1,000 to be used for certain qualified expenses. Provides that the department of education shall administer the program.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1253
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Old forest areas in state forests. Requires the department of natural resources (department) to designate at least one undivided area comprising at least 10% of each state forest as an old forest area before January 1, 2023. Provides that the size of a designated old forest area must be at least 500 acres wherever possible. Sets forth certain purposes to guide the department in designating old forest areas. Prohibits the department from conducting or allowing timber management in old forest areas. Requires the department to produce and keep on file maps and legal descriptions of the designated old forest areas. Provides that the designation of the old forest areas may not affect: (1) hunting, fishing, and other recreational uses of the state forests; (2) maintenance of access roads in the state forests; or (3) rights of access through the state forests.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1254
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Report Pass
1/13/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
1/26/22
Refer
2/2/22
Refer
2/10/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Enrolled
2/23/22
Passed
3/10/22
Chaptered
3/10/22
Passed
3/10/22
Newborn screening requirements. Provides that beginning July 1, 2022, only a disorder recommended by a perinatal genetics and genomics advisory committee (committee) with expertise in newborn screening, and through protocols prescribed by the state department, may be added to the list of disorders requiring the examination of infants. Provides that beginning July 1, 2022, a committee with expertise in newborn screening, and through protocols established by the state department, may recommend the addition of a disorder to, or deletion of a disorder from, the required examination. Provides that the state department shall adopt rules to add disorders to, or delete disorders from, the required examination. Provides that the state department shall include any disorder added to or deleted from the required examination on a list on the state department's Internet web site. Provides that the committee shall affirm the addition of, or deletion of, any disorder to the examination requirement on an annual basis.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1255
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
1/26/22
Refer
2/2/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Enrolled
2/16/22
Passed
3/7/22
Chaptered
3/7/22
Passed
3/7/22
Health matters. Amends the definitions of "practitioner", for purposes of the health professions and professional standards of practice laws, to include individuals who held a license, certificate, registration, or permit when the alleged violation of the standard of practice occurred. Makes technical corrections and conforming changes to certain health related laws.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1256
Introduced
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Subdividing land. Requires a unit to allow a property owner to subdivide the owner's property by deed if certain requirements are met. Requires the property owner to file an application with the plan commission accompanied by a plat drawing, the recorded deed of the parent parcel, and any application fee. Provides that the application must be reviewed and approved by the plan commission staff or the plan director, without a public hearing or the approval of the plan commission. Provides that approval of the application does not exempt the property owner from complying with any other requirements regarding construction of a new single family residential home, including obtaining a building permit. Provides that if the number of lots that are created by the subdivision make the provisions of the subdivision ordinance applicable, the property owner must comply with the ordinance, except for any provisions controlling lot size.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1257
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Direct liquor seller's permit. Creates a direct liquor seller's permit with an annual permit fee of $500 for a liquor manufacturer that wants to sell and ship liquor directly to Indiana consumers. Provides that a person that sells and ships liquor directly to a consumer without a direct liquor seller's permit commits: (1) a Class A infraction for the first violation; (2) a Class A misdemeanor for a second violation that is done knowingly and within 10 years of the first infraction or conviction; and (3) a Level 6 felony for a third or subsequent violation that is done knowingly and within 10 years of the first two infractions or convictions.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1258
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Electronic lien and title system. Amends as follows the Indiana Code section requiring the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau) to implement a statewide electronic lien and title system (system) to process vehicle titles and transactions involving security interests in vehicles: (1) Provides that if the bureau elects under the statute to allow qualified electronic lien service providers (providers) to facilitate the creation of the system, a participating provider may, upon implementation of the system, recover the provider's proportionate share of the costs associated with the development and ongoing administration of the system by charging a fee in an amount that is: (A) consistent with market pricing; and (B) determined by the bureau upon implementation of the system; for each lien notification transaction provided through the system. (Current law provides that if the bureau elects under the statute to contract with a vendor to develop the system, the vendor may recover, upon implementing the system, system development and administration costs through the imposition of a fee. However, if the bureau elects to allow providers to facilitate the creation of the system, current law requires each participating provider to remit to the bureau, not later than 30 days after being notified of the provider's qualification to participate, a payment in the amount of the provider's proportionate share of the total cost to develop the system.) (2) Prohibits a provider from charging lienholders or their agents any additional fee for lien releases, assignments, or transfers (as is provided for in current law with respect to the lien notification fee that a vendor selected by the bureau is authorized to charge). (3) Authorizes lienholders or their agents to charge: (A) the borrower in a vehicle loan; or (B) the lessee in a vehicle lease; an amount equal to any lien notification fee imposed by a provider, plus a fee in an amount not to exceed $3 for each electronic lien transaction (as is provided for in current law if the bureau elects under the statute to contract with a vendor to develop the system). (4) Eliminates the requirement that each provider remit to the bureau an annual fee: (A) established by the bureau; and (B) not exceeding $3,000; for the operation and maintenance of the system.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1259
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Remote worker grants and remote work sites. Establishes the new remote worker grant program (program). Provides that the Indiana destination development corporation (corporation) shall administer the program, including awarding grants to a new remote worker for qualifying remote worker expenses. Requires that: (1) the corporation; and (2) the commissioner of the department of administration; shall submit reports to the legislative council.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1260
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/24/22
Engrossed
1/28/22
Refer
2/2/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Passed
3/21/22
Chaptered
3/21/22
Passed
3/21/22
Department of local government finance. Specifies provisions for federal economic stimulus funds. Provides that, unless specifically granted authority by a statute passed by the general assembly, the state lottery commission and Indiana gaming commission shall not, independently or by public-private partnership, operate or authorize the use or operation of particular games and sales over the Internet. Specifies certain exceptions. Provides that certain churches and religious societies are not required to file a personal property tax return. Provides that a county assessor shall provide electronic access to property record cards on the county's official Internet web site. Repeals the mortgage deduction for assessments beginning January 1, 2023. Increases the homestead deduction from $45,000 to $48,000 for assessments beginning January 1, 2023. Provides that with regard to a rehabilitation or redevelopment project in an economic revitalization area within an excluded city, that when the designating body: (1) receives a formal request for a tax abatement or incentive; or (2) issues an offer letter for a tax abatement or incentive; the designating body must provide written notice to the excluded city. Requires a local assessor to notify the department of local government finance (DLGF) of all new fixed property owned or used by a public utility company that the local assessor will begin assessing and the date on which the assessments will begin. Requires the DLGF to notify a company if any of the company's property that was previously assessed by the DLGF will instead be assessed by the township assessor, or the county assessor if there is not a township assessor for the township. Provides that the county assessor may exempt designated infrastructure development zone broadband assets, including assets located in a designated infrastructure development zone of a centrally assessed telephone company or cable company. Provides that the authority of a property tax assessment board of appeals (county board) is not limited to review the ongoing eligibility of a property for an exemption. Provides timing clarifications for property tax deductions for taxpayers who are over age 65 or who are disabled veterans, and for the over age 65 circuit breaker credit. Provides that the assessor shall provide a report to the county auditor describing any physical improvements to the property. Increases the maximum assessed value of the real property for an individual at least 65 years of age to be eligible for a deduction from $200,000 to $240,000. Defines the term "taxpayer" for purposes of the procedures for review and appeal of assessments and corrections of errors. Modifies the burden of proof standard in an appeal to provide that an assessment as last determined by an assessing official or the county board is presumed to equal a property's true tax value until rebutted by evidence presented by the parties, unless the property's assessment increased by more than 5%, in which case the assessor has the burden of proof. Provides that a county auditor shall submit a certified statement to the DLGF not later than September 1 in a manner prescribed by the DLGF. Provides for maximum property tax levy increases for Otter Creek Township in Vigo County and Sugar Creek Township Fire Protection District in Vigo County. Provides for a one-time maximum property tax levy increase for Howard County. Specifies certain dates with regard to the adjustment of maximum tax rates after a reassessment or annual adjustment. For reports filed by county boards with the DLGF, changes the requirement for the total number of "notices" to be filed to the total number of "appeals" to be filed. Requires additional information to be filed in such reports. Provides that the term "tax representative" does not include an attorney who is a member in good standing of the Indiana bar or any person who is a member in good standing of any other state bar and who has been granted temporary admission to the Indiana bar in order to represent a party before the property tax assessment board of appeals or the DLGF. Provides that the DLGF may not review certain written complaints if such a complaint is related to a matter that is under appeal. Repeals a provision in current law that provides that a taxpayer that owns an industrial plant located in Jasper County is ineligible for a local property tax replacement credit against the property taxes due on the industrial plant if the assessed value of the industrial plant as of March 1, 2006, exceeds 20% of the total assessed value of all taxable property in the county on that date. Provides that for certain airport development zones and allocation areas established after June 30, 2024, "residential property" refers to the assessed value of property that is allocated to the 1% homestead land and improvement categories in the county tax and billing software system, along with the residential assessed value as defined for purposes of calculating the rate for the local income tax property tax relief credit designated for residential property. Provides formulas for school corporations that propose to impose property taxes under a referendum tax levy. Provides that the property tax rate imposed under the provision for the public safety officers survivors' health coverage cumulative fund is exempt from the adjustment of maximum tax rates after reassessment or annual adjustment. Changes the sunset provision for pro bono legal service fees from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2025. Allows a county surveyor to send relocation requirements for a proposed regulated drain by either registered mail or certified mail (current law requires the relocation requirements be sent by registered mail). Amends SECTION 9 of HEA 1001-2022 by adding language indicating that certain COVID-19 tests be "approved, cleared, or authorized" by the FDA as opposed to just "approved" as passed in HEA 1001-2022. Repeals various property tax provisions. Makes conforming changes.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1261
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Consumer privacy. Requires businesses to disclose certain information to consumers. Outlines different requests a consumer may make with businesses regarding the consumer's personal information. Assigns enforcement of consumer privacy law to the Indiana division of consumer protection. Exempts certain government entities and certain types of information. Provides certain business exceptions.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1262
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
1/26/22
Refer
2/2/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Passed
3/11/22
Chaptered
3/11/22
Passed
3/11/22
Outdoor advertising signs. Establishes procedures for the valuation of an outdoor advertising sign (sign) that cannot be elevated or relocated to a conforming location within the market area due to a change along the interstate and primary system or any other highway. Requires the Indiana department of transportation to provide written notice to the representative of a sign owner that a project has been planned that may impact the sign at least 12 months prior to the filing of an eminent domain action for the sign. Provides that an owner is entitled to full and just compensation for the taking of a sign in the amount of the fair market value of the interests associated with the sign. In Marion County, allows the: (1) board of directors (board) of an agricultural fair society, association, or corporation; or (2) the county legislative body; that owns or operates a county fairgrounds to place one digital billboard at a location on the county fairgrounds selected by the board.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1263
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Sewer and storm water fees incurred by tenants. Establishes billing procedures for municipal sewage or storm water user fees assessed for real property that is occupied by someone other than the owner. Provides that a lien does not attach for user fees assessed against real property occupied by someone other than the owner under certain circumstances. Requires the assessing entity to release certain liens and delinquent user fees upon receipt of a verified demand in writing from the owner.