Indiana 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1295
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
1/27/22
Refer
2/8/22
Physician noncompete agreements. Specifies a process by which a physician or employer may require binding arbitration to determine a reasonable price to purchase a release from a noncompete agreement.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1296
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/24/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/8/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Passed
3/21/22
Chaptered
3/21/22
Passed
3/21/22
Firearms matters. Repeals the law that requires a person to obtain a license to carry a handgun in Indiana. Specifies that certain persons who are not otherwise prohibited from carrying or possessing a handgun are not required to obtain or possess a license or permit from the state to carry a handgun in Indiana. Prohibits certain individuals from knowingly or intentionally carrying a handgun. Creates the crime of "unlawful carrying of a handgun" and specifies the penalties for committing this crime. Allows particular individuals who do not meet the requirements to receive a handgun license and are not otherwise prohibited to carry a handgun in limited places. Allows a resident of Indiana to obtain in certain circumstances a license to carry a handgun in Indiana. Makes theft of a firearm a Level 5 felony. Defines certain terms. Makes conforming amendments and repeals obsolete provisions.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1297
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Trade regulation. Repeals the Indiana Code chapter that establishes the five star mortgage program under which the department of financial institutions must: (1) certify lenders that offer certain residential mortgage products as "five star mortgage lenders"; and (2) allow lenders to use that designation in marketing materials and solicitations to Indiana customers. Strikes references to the program in sections of the Indiana Code concerning: (1) alternative investment programs for the legislators' defined contribution fund; (2) investments in mortgage pools by the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system; and (3) alternative investment programs for annuity savings accounts in the public employees' retirement fund. Makes various changes to the statutes governing the state and local weights and measures program administered by the division of weight and measures of the state department of health to do the following: (1) Remove or replace outdated terminology. (2) Update practices, procedures, and requirements. (3) Repeal the existing Indiana Code section concerning the offering for sale and packaging of commodities (including vegetables, berries, and small fruits) and replace the section with language concerning the offering for sale and packaging of berries and small fruits. (4) Repeal the existing Indiana Code chapter concerning grades for sweet potatoes.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1298
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/18/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/8/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Passed
3/14/22
Chaptered
3/14/22
Passed
3/14/22
Alcoholic beverages. Provides that the alcohol and tobacco commission may not require physical separation between a bar area and a dining area in a food hall. Reduces the length of time that an applicant for an artisan distiller's permit must hold another permit prior to the date of the application. Creates a temporary craft manufacturer hospitality permit (hospitality permit) that allows a craft manufacturer to participate in a convention, a trade show, an exposition, or a similar event on the licensed premises of a particular host permittee. Specifies certain requirements and restrictions concerning a hospitality permit. Makes conforming amendments.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1299
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/18/22
Engrossed
1/25/22
Refer
2/1/22
Report Pass
2/24/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Passed
3/10/22
Chaptered
3/10/22
Passed
3/10/22
Permit transfers and tax hold extensions. Allows the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission) to transfer a beer wholesaler's permit from the beer wholesaler permittee (permittee) to the permittee's immediate relative (immediate relative) who holds a majority share in another wholesaler permit, if: (1) the permittee is at least 75 years of age; and (2) the permittee and the immediate relative have each held their respective wholesaler permits for at least 10 years. Allows the commission to extend, one time and for not more than 90 days, the permit term of an applicant for permit renewal that is delinquent in paying a listed tax.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1300
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/25/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/8/22
Report Pass
2/17/22
Enrolled
2/25/22
Passed
3/15/22
Chaptered
3/15/22
Passed
3/15/22
Bail. Defines "charitable bail organization" and allows a charitable organization to pay bail on behalf of specified defendants if the organization meets certain criteria and is certified by the commissioner of the department of insurance (commissioner). Specifies the circumstances under which a certification may be revoked, and exempts from the certification requirement a person that pays bail for: (1) not more than three individuals in any 180 day period; or (2) a relative. Requires the commissioner to adopt rules, including emergency rules, for the certification of charitable bail organizations. Prohibits the state and a political subdivision from: (1) posting bail for any person; or (2) for the purpose of posting bail for any person, providing a grant or other funding, directly or indirectly, to an entity that posts bail for any person. Requires a person paying cash bail, including a charitable bail organization, to execute an agreement allowing the court to retain all or part of the bail to pay certain court costs. Requires that bail be returned to the person who posted it. Provides that a case management system developed and operated by the office of judicial administration must include a searchable field for certain information of the bail agent or a person authorized by the surety that pays bail for an individual.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1301
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Local veteran service officers. Provides that a county or city service officer must: (1) be an honorably discharged veteran who has at least six months of active service in the armed forces of the United States; and (2) have resided in Indiana for at least six months before the service officer's start date. (Current law permits a county or city service officer to have experience as a service officer assistant in lieu of being an honorably discharged veteran and permits nonresidents of Indiana to be hired upon the condition of establishing residence in Indiana within six months.)
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1302
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Medicaid and medical equipment. Removes medical equipment and supplies from the list of items or services for which the office of the secretary of family and services (office) may seek competitive bids for the Medicaid program. Establishes an appeal process for Medicaid providers concerning a determination that a claim was not a clean claim. Sets forth requirements of the appeals process. Specifies that the office, managed care organizations, subcontractors, and third party administrators must reimburse: (1) durable medical equipment; (2) complex rehabilitation technology; and (3) supplies; at a rate that is at least 100% of the rate in specified fee schedules. Requires the office to develop and implement a tool to assist in the determination of capped rental payments for certain items. Adds a member to the Medicaid advisory committee.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1303
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/24/22
Engrossed
2/1/22
Refer
2/8/22
Report Pass
2/22/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Passed
3/14/22
Chaptered
3/14/22
Passed
3/14/22
Tax credit for ABLE account contributions. Creates (beginning January 1, 2024) a stand-alone credit for contributions to Indiana ABLE accounts. Provides that a taxpayer is entitled to a credit against adjusted gross income tax equal to the least of: (1) 20% of the amount of the total contributions made by the taxpayer to an account or accounts of an Indiana ABLE 529A savings plan during the taxable year; (2) $500; or (3) the amount of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income tax for the taxable year, reduced by the sum of all allowable credits. Provides that a taxpayer is not entitled to a carryback, carryover, or refund of an unused credit. Provides that a taxpayer may not sell, assign, convey, or otherwise transfer the tax credit. Provides that an account owner of an Indiana ABLE 529A savings plan must repay all or a part of the credit in a taxable year in which any nonqualified withdrawal is made.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1304
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Distributed energy generation. Amends as follows the statute concerning electricity supplied to and generated by an electricity supplier's customers who own a distributed generation facility: (1) Specifies that "excess distributed generation" means the difference between: (A) the kilowatt hours of electricity generated by a customer and supplied back to the electricity supplier; and (B) the kilowatt hours of electricity delivered by the electricity supplier to the customer; as netted over the monthly billing period. (2) Provides for: (A) the billing or crediting, on a monthly basis, of a distributed generation customer for the kilowatt hours of electricity received by or supplied by the customer, as applicable; and (B) the rates at which the customer is to be credited or billed, as applicable, for those kilowatt hours. (3) Makes conforming changes in other provisions of the statute. Adds a noncode provision to address electricity suppliers that have applied for approval, or received approval, for an excess distributed generation rate or tariff from the utility regulatory commission (IURC) under current law, and to require that: (1) the IURC not approve any pending petitions unless those petitions comply with the bill's provisions; and (2) an electricity supplier that has been granted approval by the IURC of an excess distributed generation rate and tariff to file with the IURC, not later than 30 days after the enactment of the bill, an amended rate and tariff, so that both the rate and the tariff, as amended, comply with the bill's provisions.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1305
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
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, beginning with the 2022 primary election. Adjusts the deadlines and other details for a candidate for a school board office to file a declaration of candidacy to accommodate the date of the 2022 primary election. Repeals the current statute relating to nomination of candidates for school board offices. Provides that a superintendent hired by a school corporation must hold: (1) a master's degree from an accredited postsecondary educational institution; or (2) a bachelor's degree in business administration. Requires the state board of education to adopt rules to implement this provision. Repeals other superseded statutes. Makes conforming changes. Changes population parameters to reflect the population count determined under the 2020 decennial census.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1306
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
1/26/22
Refer
2/2/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Passed
3/11/22
Chaptered
3/11/22
Passed
3/11/22
Housing task force. Establishes the housing task force (task force) to review issues related to housing and housing shortages in Indiana. Sets forth membership, and requires the task force to issue a report to the general assembly and the governor not later than November 1, 2022.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1307
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Employee misclassification. Requires the department of labor to employ an investigator to investigate complaints of employee misclassification. Provides that the investigator shall be located at the Marion County prosecutor's office. Extends certain protections to an employee who reports, complains, or testifies about employee misclassification.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1308
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Additional property tax relief for homesteads. Makes changes to the property tax deduction and additional circuit breaker credit for those over 65 years of age.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1309
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Erasing, altering, or tampering with meeting video. Provides that a public servant who tampers with the official video or audio recording of a public meeting with the intent to make all or part of the official recording unavailable, materially inaccurate, or misleading commits tampering with an official recording, a Level 6 felony.