Indiana 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1167
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
1/24/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Engrossed
2/15/23
Refer
2/27/23
Report Pass
3/27/23
Enrolled
4/5/23
Passed
5/1/23
Chaptered
5/1/23
Passed
5/1/23
Live streaming and archiving meetings. Requires governing bodies of state and local agencies (excluding a state supported college or university) to provide, on a publicly accessible platform: (1) live transmissions of public meetings; and (2) an archive of copies of the live transmissions with links to any meeting agendas, minutes, or memoranda. Provides that if a governing body does not have Internet capability for live transmission of public meetings, the governing body shall record the meeting. Provides that transmissions and recordings of public meetings may be destroyed after 90 days.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1168
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Operating a vehicle with illegal window tinting. Provides that it is a Class A infraction for a person to drive a motor vehicle that has windows treated with sunscreening material or is tinted with material that has total solar reflectance of visible light above the treatment percentage prescribed by law.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1169
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Engrossed
2/8/23
Refer
2/27/23
Report Pass
3/13/23
Enrolled
3/21/23
Passed
4/20/23
Chaptered
4/20/23
Passed
4/20/23
Separation of siblings in child placement. Provides that if a child is placed in a temporary out-of-home placement in a location in which a sibling of the child resides, the department of child services shall, before changing the placement of the child, consider whether separating the child from the child's sibling is in the child's best interest. Provides that if a child is placed under a dispositional decree in an out-of-home placement in a location in which a sibling of the child resides, a court shall, in considering a motion requesting a change in the child's placement, consider whether separating the child from the child's sibling is in the child's best interest. Requires a court, in determining whether reunification of a child with a parent, guardian, or custodian from whom the child has been removed is in the child's best interest, to consider whether reunifying the child with the parent, guardian, or custodian will result in separation of the child from a sibling of the child, and if so, whether separating the child from the child's sibling is in the child's best interest.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1170
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Local regulation of consumer fireworks. Allows a county or municipality to limit the use of consumer fireworks between certain hours on June 29, June 30, July 1, July 2, July 6, July 7, July 8, and July 9.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1171
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Special education funding. Makes changes to the categories used to determine special education grants.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1172
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Report Pass
2/21/23
Engrossed
2/28/23
Refer
3/6/23
Report Pass
3/16/23
Enrolled
3/22/23
Passed
4/20/23
Chaptered
4/20/23
Passed
4/20/23
Paternity actions. Allows a child, by the child's next friend, to commence a child custody proceeding under certain circumstances. Defines "next friend." Provides that a court having jurisdiction over a child who is the subject of a child in need of services proceeding or juvenile delinquency proceeding has concurrent jurisdiction with a court having jurisdiction over a paternity proceeding for the purpose of establishing or modifying paternity, custody, parenting time, or child support of the child.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1173
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Engrossed
2/15/23
Refer
2/27/23
Report Pass
3/23/23
Enrolled
3/29/23
Passed
5/4/23
Chaptered
5/4/23
Passed
5/4/23
Utility scale battery energy storage systems. Provides that a person may not: (1) construct a new utility scale battery energy storage system (BESS); or (2) expand the capacity of an existing BESS by more than 10% of the system's original capacity; without the prior approval of the department of homeland security (department). Sets forth information that must be included in an application to the department for approval of the construction or expansion of a BESS. Provides that: (1) a BESS for which installation is subject to department approval; and (2) an installation added to an existing BESS in an expansion for which department approval is required; must comply with the National Fire Protection Association's standard concerning stationary energy storage systems (NFPA 855). Provides that the total capacity of the batteries contained within a single enclosure in: (1) a BESS for which installation is subject to department approval; and (2) an installation added to an existing BESS in an expansion for which department approval is required; may not exceed 10 megawatt hours unless authorized under rules adopted by the fire prevention and building safety commission (commission). Provides that if a BESS installed after June 30, 2023, is located less than 1/2 mile from the nearest 100 year flood plain, all of the system's equipment must be located at least two feet above the 100 year frequency flood elevation. Requires the operator of a BESS to: (1) provide a copy of the operator's emergency response plan for the BESS; and (2) offer training to enable effective response to a fire or contaminant discharge at the BESS; to the fire department responsible for providing fire protection services in the area in which the BESS is located. Authorizes the commission to adopt rules to specify standards for the installation and operation of a BESS. Provides that the commission's rules: (1) must be consistent with NFPA 855; and (2) must include standards for: (A) chemical spill prevention and control; and (B) appropriate setbacks from surface water resources. Requires the department to issue to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunication, not later than November 1, 2023, a report regarding the progress of the commission in adopting rules addressing the installation and operation of a BESS.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1174
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Highway finances. Reduces the required percentage amount of the motor vehicle highway account distributions that counties, cities, and towns must use for the construction, reconstruction, and preservation of highways from 50% in current law to 40% in calendar years beginning January 1, 2024, and ending December 31, 2025. Provides that, for a period in which the reduction applies, the term "preservation" includes both snow removal and expenditures for deicing road salt or similar deicing agents. Requires counties, cities, and towns that apply the reduced required percentage amounts authorized under the bill to submit to the local technical assistance program (LTAP) at Purdue University in conjunction with the Indiana department of transportation a detailed itemization of the uses of the funds in the calendar year that were for: (1) purposes other than construction, reconstruction, and preservation; and (2) preservation that included only snow removal and expenditures for deicing road salt or similar deicing agents. Requires the LTAP to present a statewide aggregate report of the results received from counties, cities, and towns to the budget committee for each year.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1175
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Child placement and permanency. Provides that a juvenile court in a child in need of services (CHINS) proceeding: (1) may extend the time to complete the required factfinding hearing: (A) for good cause shown; and (B) if the court determines that the extension is in the child's best interests; (2) may (rather than shall, under current law) dismiss a CHINS case without prejudice if the factfinding hearing is not held before the statutorily required deadline; (3) may not enter a dispositional decree approving or ordering placement of a child in another home if an: (A) individual who resides in the home; or (B) individual with whom a person residing in the home is engaged in a dating relationship or other ongoing, nonfamilial relationship (household member); has committed one or more specified offenses; and (4) may not approve a permanency plan under which the child would be placed: (A) with the child's parent, guardian, or custodian; or (B) with an adoptive parent; if a person who is currently residing in the home in which the child would reside has committed an act resulting in a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect or has committed one or more specified offenses. Provides that before reunifying a child with the child's parent, guardian, or custodian, the department of child services (department) shall (rather than may, under current law): (1) conduct a criminal history check of: (A) the parent, guardian, or custodian; and (B) a household member of the parent, guardian, or custodian; and (2) consider the results of the criminal history check in deciding whether it is safe for the child to return home. Provides that if the circumstances that prompted the removal of a child from the home of the child's parent, guardian, or custodian included danger to the child's physical or mental health or safety related to the use of alcohol or a controlled substance by the parent, guardian, or custodian, or by a household member of the parent, guardian, or custodian, the department may require as a condition of reunification of the child with the parent, guardian, or custodian that the parent, guardian, custodian, or household member: (1) successfully complete a substance abuse treatment program; and (2) submit to periodic, random testing for alcohol or controlled substances. Amends and adds to the conditions under which reasonable efforts to reunify a child with the child's parent, guardian, or custodian, or preserve a child's family, are not required. Provides that if a hearing regarding a petition to terminate the parent-child relationship is not held before the statutorily required deadline: (1) upon filing of a motion with the court by a party to the proceeding; and (2) absent good cause shown for the failure to hold the hearing before the statutorily required deadline; the court shall dismiss the petition without prejudice.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1176
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
CHINS dispositional hearing data. Requires the department of child services to prepare a report containing certain information for all cases in which a parent, guardian, or custodian has been ordered to participate in the plan of care for a child.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1177
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Engrossed
2/15/23
Refer
2/27/23
Refer
4/6/23
Report Pass
4/13/23
Enrolled
4/18/23
Passed
5/4/23
Chaptered
5/4/23
Passed
5/4/23
Firearms training for teachers. Authorizes funds from the: (1) Indiana secured school fund; and (2) school corporation and charter school safety advance program; to be used for the purpose of providing specialized firearms instruction to certain teachers, school staff, and school employees, and for providing counseling services to students, teachers, school staff, and school employees in the event of a school shooting. Creates a specialized firearms safety, education, and training curriculum (curriculum) for teachers, school staff, and school employees. Specifies curriculum requirements. Requires a charter school, accredited nonpublic school, or school corporation to ensure that a teacher, school staff member, or school employee who receives training funded by a grant from the Indiana secured school fund complies with certain requirements. Provides that the identity of any person who: (1) enrolls in; (2) participates in; or (3) completes; the curriculum is confidential. Requires the department of education, in collaboration with the state police department, to identify a set of best practices and develop a set of educational materials concerning the safe possession and storage of a firearm in a home with a child. Provides that the department of education shall provide the best practices and educational materials to certain schools for annual distribution to parents of students. Provides that a public school or a state accredited nonpublic school may not conduct a training or drill for an employee of the school that includes, as any part of the training or drill, the expelling of any type of projectile at the employee unless: (1) the school informs the employee of the use of projectiles in the training or drill; and (2) the employee provides written consent. Provides that certain schools may not conduct or approve a training or drill for a student of the school that includes, as any part of the training or drill, the expelling of any type of projectile at a student. Provides that the prohibition on the possession of a firearm in or on school property or on a school bus does not apply to certain qualified law enforcement officers and qualified retired law enforcement officers. Makes conforming and technical amendments.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1178
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Reduced hunting license fees for seniors. Permits a resident of Indiana who is at least 64 years of age to purchase certain licenses, other than fishing or trapping licenses, for 50% of the current fee.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1179
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Engrossed
2/17/23
Refer
2/27/23
Professional licensing. Allows a state agency to adopt a policy governing electronic meetings conducted by a board or committee of the agency, if the board or committee has not adopted a policy. Allows the reinstatement of a professional license that was retired, inactive, or surrendered (inactive) if the applicant meets the requirements for a delinquent or lapsed license. Provides that provisions regarding reinstatement of a retired license do not apply if the license was retired while a complaint or investigation regarding professional conduct was pending. Provides that the reinstatement law applies to all licenses that were inactive for more than three years. Requires, for purposes of the license reinstatement law, that each board make available a list of standards that require a personal appearance before the board. Requires a provider of a continuing education course to: (1) obtain approval of the course from the licensing board; and (2) provide the licensing board or agency with a certificate showing that a practitioner completed a course. Eliminates random continuing education audits of practitioners. Adds certain nonhealth professions to the professions that an out-of-state applicant may use to apply for license under the general reciprocity law. Provides that if a board does not act on an application within one year for an applicant who holds a provisional license or provisional certificate under the reciprocity law, the professional licensing agency shall issue the applicant a license or certificate. Allows the use of certain titles by an individual who is enrolled in or has graduated from a school of architecture or an accredited curriculum of landscape architecture.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1180
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Education matters. Requires reporting concerning students injuring teachers and training for teachers in de-escalation, prevention, and intervention strategies. Requires information concerning the following to be presented to a school corporation's governing body: (1) Responsibilities and nature of employment of the superintendent. (2) Commencement of an internal investigation. (3) Legal expenditure of more than $1,000 in an adjudicative action. Provides that the superintendent must certify under penalties of perjury that the legal expenditure information has been given. Increases from seven to 14 days the time that must elapse after a public hearing before a school corporation may enter into a contract with the superintendent, specifies additional information that must be disclosed concerning the contract, and limits allowable compensation increases. Requires special education grade 8 through 12 case conference committees to discuss decision making skills and alternatives to appointing a guardian.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1181
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Medicaid matters. Allows a provider that has entered into a contract with a managed care organization, after exhausting any internal procedures of the managed care organization for provider grievances and appeals, to request an administrative appeal within the office of Medicaid policy and planning of the managed care organization's action in denying or reducing reimbursement for claims for covered services provided to an applicant, pending applicant, conditionally eligible individual, or member. Establishes a procedure for an administrative appeal, including a hearing before an administrative law judge that could be followed by agency review and then by judicial review. Prohibits a provision in a contract between a provider and a managed care organization that would negate or restrict the right of a provider to an administrative appeal and provides that such a contract provision is void and unenforceable. Repeals a provision under which Medicaid law is controlling when Medicaid law conflicts with insurance law. Provides that if the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) or a contractor of the office fails to pay or denies a clean claim for any eligible Medicaid service within certain time limits due to the office or contractor incorrectly processing the clean claim because of errors attributable to the internal system of an insurer or managed care organization, the office or contractor may not assert that the provider failed to meet the timely filing requirements for the claim. Adds members to the Medicaid advisory committee (committee). Allows a member of the committee whose position was eliminated to continue to serve until the member's term expires. Establishes co-chairs for the committee. Requires the office to prepare a report that describes every type of report that must be prepared by a Medicaid contractor or managed care entity and submitted to the office or the office of Medicaid policy and planning. Specifies the information that must be contained in the report. Requires the office to submit the report to the committee and the general assembly. Requires the advisory committee to hold public hearings on the report. Makes technical changes.