Indiana 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0316
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Medicaid long term services and supports. Requires: (1) the office of the secretary of family and social services; (2) an entity that has contracted with the office of the secretary; and (3) a person that has contracted with an entity; to contract with the area agencies on aging as the primary provider to perform specified long term services and supports programing for certain Medicaid applicants, enrollees, and recipients.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0317
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Art therapy. Provides that art therapy services provided by a certified art therapist or certified art therapist associate to an individual who receives mental health services or to an individual who receives services from a community mental health center are reimbursable under Medicaid. Provides for the certification of professional art therapists and art therapist associates by the behavioral health and human services licensing board through the professional licensing agency. Establishes qualifications and requirements for a certified art therapist and certified art therapist associate. Defines certain terms and makes conforming amendments.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0318
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Vigo County casino annual gross receipts. Requires the licensed owner of a riverboat operating in Vigo County to pay 0.5% of the riverboat's adjusted gross receipts in a year to the city of Gary for 10 years.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0319
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Study of pharmacy deserts. Creates a task force to study pharmacy deserts in Indiana. Requires the task force to report findings and recommendations to the general assembly and the governor not later than November 1, 2023.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0320
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Warrants. Requires a law enforcement officer serving a search or arrest warrant at a person's home to knock and announce before forcibly executing the warrant, and establishes other requirements for the issuance and execution of a warrant. Creates the warrant review board to independently investigate and review the issuance and execution of warrants.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0321
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Use of force protocols. Requires: (1) local police departments; (2) county sheriffs; and (3) the state police department; to adopt a written policy concerning the use of force by law enforcement officers. Establishes procedures concerning the use of force by a law enforcement officer.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0322
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Lake County tax valuation methods. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying the issue of the impact that tax valuation methods for steel mill equipment, oil refinery equipment, and petrochemical equipment have on Lake County. Provides that the study should specifically include the topic of what effect the current valuation method has on real property tax assessments in Lake County and what potential alternative valuation methods are available.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0323
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Minimum wage and employment benefits. After December 31, 2022, increases the minimum wage paid to certain employees from $7.25 per hour to $12 per hour, then annually increases the minimum wage in $1 increments to $15 per hour through January 1, 2026. Repeals the prohibition of local units from establishing, mandating, or requiring: (1) a minimum wage that exceeds the state or federal minimum wage; and (2) certain employee benefits. Makes conforming amendments and a technical correction.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0324
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Legalization of cannabis. Legalizes cannabis and establishes the cannabis regulatory agency (CRA) to regulate cannabis, including the permitting of growers, processors, dispensaries, and cannabis researchers. Requires the CRA to adopt rules limiting the number of dispensaries that may be established in a city, town, or county, and to ensure that a sufficient number of dispensary permits are awarded to minority business enterprises and women's business enterprises. Establishes permit fees. Creates the CRA advisory committee to advise the CRA. Changes references to "marijuana" in the Indiana Code to "cannabis". Legalizes possession of cannabis and possession of paraphernalia used in connection with cannabis. Legalizes the manufacture and delivery of cannabis and paraphernalia if done in substantial compliance with cannabis legalization provisions. Makes: (1) possession of cannabis by a person less than 21 years of age; and (2) delivery of cannabis to a person less than 21 years of age; a Class B misdemeanor. Makes consumption of cannabis in a public place a Class C infraction. Allows a person sentenced for a cannabis offense committed before July 1, 2022, to petition for sentence modification even if the person would otherwise be barred from seeking sentence modification. Makes conforming amendments.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0325
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
State sales tax. Requires the department of state revenue (department) to implement a sales tax holiday beginning July 15, 2022, through July 31, 2022, during which an item of tangible personal property sold in a retail transaction shall be exempt from the state gross retail tax. Requires the department, after the conclusion of the sales tax holiday, to submit a report summarizing the department's implementation of the sales tax holiday and the fiscal impact of the sales tax holiday to the legislative council and to the interim study committee on fiscal policy.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0326
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Funding for defendant competency examinations. Requires the office of judicial administration to establish and administer a program to provide a regional pool of mental health examiners who are available for appointment upon request by a court to conduct a competency examination of a defendant in a criminal case. Provides that the establishment of the program is subject to appropriation by the general assembly.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0327
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
TANF eligibility. Sets the income eligibility requirements for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program at a specified percentage of the federal income poverty level. Requires the division of family resources (division) to amend the state TANF plan or take any other action necessary to implement the income requirements. Increases certain payment amounts under the TANF program. Requires the payments to be annually adjusted using the Social Security cost of living adjustment rate, but provides that the total adjustment in a year must be reduced to the extent the adjustment would result in the transfer to the Child Care and Development Fund grant program being less than the maximum allowable transfer under federal law. Authorizes emergency rulemaking concerning the payments. Repeals language regarding: (1) payments for a child born more than 10 months after a family qualifies for assistance; (2) the adoption of rules authorizing certain vouchers; (3) eligibility for child support enforcement services; (4) encouraging a family that receives assistance to receive family planning counseling; and (5) requiring the division to apply a percentage reduction to the total needs of TANF applicants and recipients in computing TANF benefits. Makes conforming changes.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0328
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/8/22
Report Pass
2/15/22
Enrolled
2/22/22
Passed
3/15/22
Chaptered
3/15/22
Passed
3/15/22
Elections. Requires the director, assistant director, or co-director of a board of elections and registration (rather than a member of the board) to attend a meeting called by the election division. Allows a member of a county election board to attend a meeting called by the election division. Provides reimbursement for the individuals who attend the meeting (current law only provides reimbursement for those required to attend). Makes changes to the county election officials instructional meeting, including duration, compensation, and expenses. Provides that record retention under seal does not prevent counties from conducting audits after an election as authorized by statute. Provides that a voter with print disabilities who chooses to vote by electronic mail must have the voter's absentee ballot application submitted to the circuit court clerk not later than 11:59 p.m. 12 days before election day. Provides that except for casting a replacement ballot under election law, a voter who knowingly or intentionally votes more than one ballot in the same election commits a Level 6 felony. Makes a technical correction.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0329
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Various election law matters. Prohibits the Indiana election commission from doing any of the following: (1) Instituting, increasing, or expanding vote by mail or absentee vote by mail. (2) Changing the time, place, or manner of holding an election. Prohibits a person from providing an absentee ballot application to an individual with the individual's driver's license number, identification card number, unique identifying number assigned to the voter's registration record, or last four digits of the individual's Social Security number already printed on the form. Requires an applicant for an absentee ballot application to include the applicant's driver's license number and the last four digits of the applicant's Social Security number. Requires the secretary of state to conduct an audit of all computer equipment used at each general election, beginning with the 2022 general election. Prohibits the governor from changing, during a declared disaster emergency, the time, place, or manner of holding an election.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0330
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Vaccine status discrimination. Provides that certain acts by a person, an employer, or a governmental entity concerning an individual's vaccination status or whether an individual has an immunization passport are against public policy. Provides that the Indiana department of labor may investigate and issue administrative orders for violations or threatened violations.