Indiana 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1408
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
INDOT citizen advisory committee. Establishes the citizen advisory committee for the Indiana department of transportation (INDOT) for the purpose of advising INDOT on transportation needs in Indiana.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1409
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Local income tax excess balance. Requires the budget agency to make a supplemental distribution to a county from the county's trust account if the budget agency determines that the balance in the county's trust account exceeds 11% (which is a decrease from 15% under current law) of the certified distributions to be made to the county in a determination year. Provides that the amount of the supplemental distribution is equal to the amount by which: (1) the balance in the county trust account; minus (2) the amount of any supplemental or special distribution that has not yet been accounted for in the last known balance of the county's trust account; exceeds 11% (which is a decrease from 15% under current law) of the certified distributions to be made to the county in the determination year.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1410
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Refer
3/1/23
Multiple employer welfare arrangements. Requires a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) providing benefits for employers that are public entities to provide each public entity that has 51 or more employees covered under the arrangement access to claims data specific to that public entity. Provides that, within a reasonable time after receiving a written request from a participating employer that is a public entity, a MEWA must provide to the public entity certain loss history information concerning the benefits provided by the MEWA for the public entity. Also imposes the duty to provide the loss history information upon the insurer providing the group insurance policy if the MEWA provides benefits for the public entity through a group insurance policy and upon the health maintenance organization if the MEWA provides benefits for the public entity through a group health maintenance contract. Provides that a policy of stop loss insurance issued by a reinsurer to a MEWA providing benefits for a public entity must cover claims submitted within the timely filing limit of the policy and the policy provisions of the stop loss coverage. Prohibits the department of insurance from adopting or enforcing any rule that would reduce the timely filing limit specified within the policy and the policy provisions of the stop loss coverage. Makes the violation of the requirements relating to a MEWA that provides benefits for a public entity an unfair method of competition and an unfair and deceptive act and practice for which the insurance commissioner may issue a cease and desist order, impose a civil penalty, and suspend or revoke a MEWA's certificate of registration.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1411
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Report Pass
1/24/23
Engrossed
1/31/23
Refer
2/27/23
Speed limit reduction on county streets or highways. Provides that if the county executive of a county determines that the maximum speed permitted is greater or less than reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist on a street or highway, or part of a street or highway, under the jurisdiction of the county, the county executive may determine and declare a reasonable and safe maximum limit on the street or highway, or part of the street or highway, without performing an engineering and traffic investigation. Provides that the maximum limit declared by the county executive may decrease the limit on the street or highway in the county, or part of the street or highway in the county, but not to less than 35 miles per hour.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1412
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Property tax assessment appeals. Provides that if a taxpayer presents an appraisal to the county property tax assessment board of appeals (county board) that is prepared by a certified appraiser in compliance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, the appraisal is presumed to be correct. Provides that if the county board disagrees with the taxpayer's appraisal, the county board may seek review of the appraisal by a third party independent certified appraiser. Provides that if the county board's appraisal differs from the taxpayer's appraisal, the assessor shall assign an assessed value for the year or years at issue at an amount between the county board's appraisal and the taxpayer's appraisal. Provides that after the assignment of value, the parties shall retain their rights to appeal the assessment or assessments to the Indiana board of tax review.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1413
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Property tax increase limits. Provides that for each calendar year beginning after December 31, 2023, an annual adjustment of the assessed value of certain real property may not exceed an amount equal to 3% over the assessed value of the real property for the prior tax year. Provides that the limitation does not apply if the assessment is based on substantial renovations or new improvements, a change of ownership, or uses that were not considered in the assessment for the prior tax year. Lists circumstances that do not constitute a change in ownership. Provides that substantial renovations or new improvements that replace all or a portion of a homestead property damaged or destroyed by a disaster may not increase the assessed value of the property when the square footage of the property as renovated or improved does not exceed 110% of the square footage of the property before the damage or destruction. Provides that the property's assessed value may not increase if the total square footage of the property as renovated or improved does not exceed 1,500 square feet. Provides that, subject to the 3% limitation, if the total square footage of the property as renovated or improved exceeds 1,500 square feet, the property's assessed value may be increased proportionately with regard to the renovated or improved portion of the property that is in excess of 110% of the square footage of the property before the damage or destruction.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1414
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Financial literacy. Provides that, beginning with the cohort of students who are expected to graduate from a public school, a charter school, or a state accredited nonpublic school in 2027, an individual must successfully complete a personal financial responsibility course before the individual may graduate. Creates requirements for content that must be covered in a personal financial responsibility course.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1415
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Contest based raffles. Creates contest based raffles for charity gaming. Defines a "contest based raffle" as the selling of tickets or chances to win a prize award based on the result of a specific event or contest, including a sport horse competition.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1416
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Sales tax exemption for certain hygiene products. Provides sales tax exemptions for feminine hygiene products and adult diapers.
IN
Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1417
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Engrossed
2/21/23
Refer
3/1/23
Report Pass
3/23/23
Enrolled
4/4/23
Passed
4/20/23
Chaptered
4/20/23
Passed
4/20/23
Utility deferred costs and accounting practices. Amends the Indiana Code provision concerning a system of accounting for public utilities to provide the following: (1) That a public utility, municipally owned utility, or not-for-profit utility may defer for consideration by the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) and for future recovery costs incurred or to be incurred in a regulatory asset, to the extent that the specific costs are incremental and are not otherwise already included for recovery in the utility's rates. (2) That preapproval of the IURC is not required for the creation of a regulatory asset. (3) That a public utility, municipally owned utility, or not-for-profit utility may recover through the utility's rates over a reasonable period, as determined by the IURC, costs that are: (A) deferred under these provisions; and (B) found to be reasonable and prudent by the IURC. Amends the Indiana Code provision concerning a public utility's depreciation account and depreciation rates to provide the following: (1) That depreciation rates shall be calculated to recover a reasonable estimate of the future cost of removing retired assets of the public utility. (2) That in a proceeding in which the costs of a capital asset are being recognized for ratemaking purposes, a public utility may account for any asset retirement obligations and recover, through rates charged to customers, reasonably and prudently incurred costs associated with asset retirement obligations, to the extent the specific asset retirement obligation costs are incremental and have not been included in depreciation rates. (3) That the IURC shall make changes in a public utility's depreciation rates as necessary to reflect changes in: (A) the public utility's estimated asset retirement costs, including all reasonable and prudent costs of removing retired assets; and (B) the estimated retirement dates of the public utility's assets. Amends the Indiana Code chapter concerning federally mandated requirements for energy utilities to specify that recovery of the 80% of IURC-approved federally mandated costs that an energy utility may recover through a rate adjustment mechanism must commence no earlier than: (A) the date of a final agency action regarding the federally mandated requirement; or (B) in the absence of a final agency action, the date on which the federally mandated requirement becomes effective.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1418
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/7/23
Refer
2/23/23
Report Pass
3/13/23
Enrolled
3/21/23
Passed
4/20/23
Chaptered
4/20/23
Passed
4/20/23
Annexation of residential developments. Permits a third class city to annex an area that is a proposed residential development in which not all lots have been platted or dwellings have been constructed. Expands the area outside the city in which the annexation can occur from three miles to 4.5 miles.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1419
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Historic district restaurant permits. Increases, within a certain historic district, the number of alcoholic beverage restaurant permits from 10 to 15, and changes certain other requirements.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1420
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Engrossed
2/21/23
Refer
2/28/23
Report Pass
4/13/23
Enrolled
4/18/23
Passed
5/1/23
Chaptered
5/1/23
Passed
5/1/23
Electric transmission facilities. Amends the chapter in the Indiana Code concerning electric transmission facilities as follows: (1) Specifies that the term "electric transmission facility" does not include a line installed solely for the purpose of connecting an electric generation facility to facilities owned by a public utility. (2) Repeals the definition of "local reliability electric transmission facility" and makes conforming changes. (3) Amends the provisions concerning an incumbent electric transmission owner's right of first refusal to construct, own, operate, and maintain certain electric transmission facilities, or upgrades to certain electric transmission facilities, as follows: (A) Specifies that the right of first refusal applies with respect to: (ii) the construction; or (ii) upgrades; of electric transmission facilities if the construction or upgrades have been approved through a regional transmission organization (RTO) planning process. (B) Provides that if an electric transmission facility has been approved for construction through an RTO planning process: (i) each incumbent electric transmission owner that has a right to construct, own, operate, and maintain the electric transmission facility shall give written notice to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC), not later than 90 days after the construction is approved, regarding the incumbent electric transmission owner's intent to construct, own, operate, and maintain the approved electric transmission facility; and (ii) if an incumbent electric transmission owner gives notice of intent not to construct the approved electric transmission facility, another entity may seek to construct the approved electric transmission facility in accordance with the RTO planning process and the bill's provisions. (C) Provides that if an incumbent electric transmission owner gives to the IURC during a calendar year notice of its intent to construct, own, operate, and maintain an approved electric transmission facility, the incumbent electric transmission owner shall, not later than May 1 of the subsequent calendar year, provide the IURC with certain specified information. (D) Provides that an incumbent electric transmission owner that exercises its right to construct an approved electric transmission facility must, to the extent commercially practicable, use competitively bid engineering, procurement, or construction contracts that meet the specifications required by the incumbent electric transmission owner with respect to the facility.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1421
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/7/23
Refer
2/23/23
Report Pass
3/13/23
Enrolled
3/22/23
Passed
4/20/23
Chaptered
4/20/23
Passed
4/20/23
Energy production and resources. Requires the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) to issue an order granting or denying an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity (certificate) not later than 240 days after the filing of the application and the submission of the applicant's case in chief. Authorizes the IURC to issue a general administrative order establishing guidelines regarding the information to be included in an applicant's case in chief. Amends the statute providing certain financial incentives for energy utilities in connection with clean energy projects as follows: (1) Provides that a "clean energy project" includes a project to construct or repower, after July 1, 2011, a natural gas facility to displace electricity generation from an existing coal fired generation facility. (2) Provides that an "eligible business" for purposes of eligibility for incentives authorized under the statute includes a joint agency created under the Indiana Code chapter authorizing municipal electric utility programs. (3) Provides (through an amendment to a cross-referenced definition in the Indiana Code chapter governing the Indiana voluntary clean energy portfolio standard program) that for purposes of a clean energy project involving a renewable energy resource project, a "renewable energy resource" includes gas that is derived from the decomposition of organic matter and that: (A) is fully interchangeable with; or (B) can be combined with; conventional natural gas for purposes of generating electricity. (4) Provides that the IURC may provide an incentive under the statute for a project that the IURC finds to be just and reasonable (rather than "reasonable and necessary" under current law). (5) Provides that the IURC may not approve the timely recovery of costs and expenses incurred during the construction and operation of a project unless the IURC finds that recovery of the costs and expenses: (A) is just and reasonable; and (B) will result in a gross financing costs savings over the life of the project. (6) Eliminates the incentive authorizing up to three percentage points on the return on shareholder equity that would otherwise be allowed to be earned on certain clean energy projects. (7) Amends the language prescribing the time frame within which the IURC must issue a determination as to a project's eligibility for the available financial incentives to require the IURC to issue the determination not later than: (A) 120 days after the date of the application; or (B) the time frame prescribed in the bill for the IURC to grant or deny a certificate if a certificate is required for the project. Provides, for purposes of the oil and gas law (which requires the natural resources commission to adopt rules to prevent waste and prohibits actions in the extraction of coal bed methane that would waste commercially minable coal resources), that the term "waste" does not include capturing and destroying coal bed methane for a commercial purpose, including the generation of carbon credits.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1422
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Refer
1/23/23
Report Pass
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Refer
3/6/23
Refer
3/23/23
Report Pass
4/6/23
Enrolled
4/12/23
Passed
5/1/23
Chaptered
5/1/23
Passed
5/1/23
Dementia care. Provides that an area agency on aging designated by the bureau of aging services (area agency) may establish a dementia care specialist program. Allows an area agency to designate at least one individual as a dementia care specialist to administer the program. Provides that the division of aging (division) may employ a dementia care specialist coordinator. Sets forth the duties of: (1) a dementia care specialist; and (2) the dementia care specialist coordinator; if an area agency or the division establishes those positions. Makes conforming changes.