Indiana 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1483
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Report Pass
2/20/23
Engrossed
2/28/23
Refer
3/6/23
Report Pass
4/6/23
Enrolled
4/19/23
Passed
5/4/23
Chaptered
5/4/23
Passed
5/4/23
Discipline rules regarding bullying. Provides that discipline rules adopted by the governing body of a school corporation must include timetables for reporting bullying incidents to parents of both the targeted student and the alleged perpetrator in an expedited manner that is not later than five business days after the incident is reported. (Current law provides that discipline rules adopted by the governing body of a school corporation must include timetables for reporting bullying incidents to parents of both the targeted student and the bully in an expedited manner.) Provides that discipline rules adopted by the governing body of a school corporation: (1) must include provisions that require a school to prioritize the safety of the victim; (2) may include provisions to determine: (A) the severity of an incident of bullying; and (B) whether an incident of bullying may warrant the transfer of the victim or the alleged perpetrator to another school in the school corporation; and (3) must include policies to allow a parent of a child in the school corporation to review any materials used in any bullying prevention or suicide prevention program. Requires public schools to document acts of bullying and abusive behaviors against a victim and committed by a verified perpetrator.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1484
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Citizen review board. Requires: (1) counties; and (2) municipalities that have police departments; to establish a citizen review board not later than December 31, 2023, to review complaints filed by citizens having personal knowledge of alleged misconduct by a police officer.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1485
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Deferred retirement option plan. Allows a member of the 1925 police pension fund, 1937 firefighters' pension fund, 1953 police pension fund (Indianapolis), or 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund to withdraw from the deferred retirement option plan (DROP) and make an election to enter the DROP for a second time not earlier than three years after the date the member withdraws from the DROP. Provides that a member may make an election to enter the DROP only twice in the member's lifetime.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1486
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Surrender of firearms for domestic violence crimes. Provides that a person who: (1) has been convicted of a crime of domestic violence; and (2) knowingly or intentionally possesses a firearm; commits a Class A misdemeanor. Specifies certain defenses. Requires a court to issue an order, upon entry of a judgment of conviction for domestic battery or a crime of domestic violence, that: (1) prohibits ownership or possession of a firearm; (2) requires the defendant to surrender: (A) any firearm owned or possessed by the defendant; and (B) any license or permit to carry a handgun (license); and (3) requires confiscation, within 72 hours, of any firearm or license owned or possessed by the defendant. Provides that a domestic batterer who knowingly or intentionally fails to surrender a certain firearm or license commits a Class A misdemeanor, enhanced to a Level 6 felony in specific instances. Provides certain defenses. Specifies how a confiscated firearm or license shall be returned or disposed of if a defendant's right to possess a firearm is restored. Defines certain terms. Makes conforming amendments.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1487
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Carrying of a handgun. Requires a person who carries a handgun to obtain and continuously maintain a liability insurance policy that covers losses or damages resulting from the negligent or accidental use of the handgun. Makes the failure to do so a Class A misdemeanor, elevated to a Level 5 felony in some instances. Specifies exceptions.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1488
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Merrillville food and beverage tax. Authorizes the town of Merrillville to impose a food and beverage tax.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1489
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
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.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1490
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Employment discrimination claims in state court. Expands the definition of "employer", for purposes of civil rights enforcement, to include any person employing one or more persons within the state. (Current law defines "employer" to include any person employing six or more persons within the state.) Permits a civil rights action to be tried by a jury. Removes the requirement that both parties must consent before a civil rights claim is heard as a civil cause of action.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1491
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Gary Community School Corporation. Terminates the Gary Community School Corporation's (school corporation) status as a distressed political subdivision on June 30, 2024. Provides that the members of the governing body of the school corporation shall be elected at the municipal general election held on November 7, 2023, and take office upon taking the oath required by the Constitution of the State of Indiana not later than November 14, 2023. Requires the governing body to select a superintendent not later than February 1, 2024. Requires the emergency manager and chief financial officer to consistently inform the superintendent of the school corporation regarding the day to day operations of the school corporation. Requires the emergency manager to provide monthly financial and academic reports to the governing body. Provides that the current emergency manager's appointment terminates on June 30, 2024. Provides that the elected governing body assumes all powers, rights, duties, and obligations of the school corporation on July 1, 2024. Provides that, before the governing body sells real property, a building, or another structure owned by the school corporation, the governing body shall: (1) provide written notice to the mayor of the city of Gary at least 30 days before selling the real property, building, or other structure; and (2) provide public notice and hold at least one public hearing within the geographic boundaries of the school corporation to hear public testimony on the proposed sale. Transfers, not later than July 1, 2023, to the common school fund from the state general fund an amount sufficient to pay off all debts from advances and loans that were made to the school corporation from the common school fund. Removes or repeals provisions regarding the establishment and use of a school improvement fund.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1492
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Refer
3/1/23
Refer
4/6/23
Report Pass
4/13/23
Enrolled
4/19/23
Passed
5/1/23
Chaptered
5/1/23
Passed
5/1/23
School safety. Makes changes to the permissible uses of the Indiana secured school fund. Moves provisions in the Indiana Code pertaining to the appointment of a school safety specialist, school safety specialist programs, and school safety plans. Makes changes to the Indiana secured school fund application procedures. Makes changes to the Indiana secured school fund reporting requirements. Makes various changes to provisions regulating the appointment of a school safety specialist, school safety specialist program, and school safety plans. Requires before December 31, 2023, that each county shall establish a county school safety commission. (Current law provides that a county may establish a county school safety commission.) Requires each school corporation and charter school to establish a safe school committee. Requires the division of school building physical security and safety of the department of education to establish and maintain guidelines, in consultation with the department of homeland security and institute for criminal justice, for developing and maintaining school safety plans and assist the secured school safety board in conducting the review and submitting certain reports. Provides that the governing body of a school corporation or charter school organizer shall: (1) approve or disapprove all school safety specialists chosen by the superintendent of the school corporation or leadership of the charter school; and (2) review the school safety plan. Makes changes to the duties of a school resource officer. Makes changes to information reported by a school corporation or charter school pertaining to a school resource officer that is reported to the department of homeland security. Requires the secured schools safety board to include certain aggregate information relating to the number of school resource officers employed by schools. Provides that an organizer of a charter school shall require each charter school under the authority of the organizer to conduct annual emergency preparedness drills. Makes changes to distribution amounts from the state user fee fund. Makes conforming amendments. Repeals provisions establishing the Indiana safe schools fund, school safe haven programs, and existing provisions relating to the establishment of school safety specialists, county school safety commissions, school safety specialist training and safe school programs. Defines various terms. Provides that a school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school may receive a matching grant from the Indiana secured school fund to purchase student safety management technology. Makes a technical correction.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1493
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Engrossed
2/15/23
Refer
2/27/23
Refer
3/13/23
Report Pass
4/13/23
Enrolled
4/19/23
Passed
5/1/23
Chaptered
5/1/23
Passed
5/1/23
Elimination of costs and fees in juvenile court. Provides that a parent is presumed indigent for purposes of parental payment or reimbursement for services provided by the department of child services to a child adjudicated delinquent or a child in need of services. Further provides that, when the department of correction is awarded wardship of a child, the juvenile court may not order a parent to pay or reimburse the department unless the juvenile court makes a specific finding that the parent is able to pay. Removes fees and costs associated with a child alleged to be a delinquent child from the supplemental public defender services fund and the public defense administration fee. Allows the alternative dispute resolution fund (fund) to be used for guardian ad litem services. Requires the court to determine whether, when a party is charged or convicted with a crime against the person, participation in services provided by the fund poses an unreasonable risk of harm. Makes conforming changes.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1494
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Prohibition on charging residual interest. Defines "residual interest", with respect to a credit card, as interest that: (1) accrues on the outstanding balance on a credit card account from the close of a particular billing cycle until the cardholder's payment on the account posts; and (2) may result in a cardholder owing interest even if the cardholder pays off the full amount shown as outstanding on the statement issued as of the close of the billing cycle. Prohibits a card issuer from doing the following: (1) Issuing, or offering to issue, a credit card to an Indiana consumer if, under the terms and conditions of use for the credit card, the card issuer is permitted to charge residual interest on outstanding balances. (2) Charging residual interest on the outstanding balance on a credit card account. Provides that a card issuer that violates these provisions commits a deceptive act that is: (1) actionable by the attorney general or by a consumer under the deceptive consumer sales act (act); and (2) subject to the remedies and penalties set forth in the act.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1495
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Medicare product solicitations. Provides that a Medicare product solicitation may not be made by means of a telephone call to an individual whose principal residence is in Indiana, regardless of where the telephone call originates. Provides an exemption from this prohibition if the solicitor has an existing business relationship with the individual to whom the communication is made. Provides that a violation of this prohibition constitutes an unfair and deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1496
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Child support enforcement. Provides that if an individual executes a paternity affidavit, an order establishing child support for the child named in the paternity affidavit may be obtained at a child support hearing without any further proceedings to establish the child's paternity. Amends provisions regarding child support orders to allow for the approval of additional child support payment locations by the state of Indiana. Provides that an action to enforce a child support obligation with regard to a child who is incapacitated before the child becomes 19 years of age must be commenced not later than 10 years after the date on which the child's incapacity ceases. Allows a criminal action for nonsupport of a dependent child to be held: (1) in the county in which the child resides; or (2) if the action is brought to enforce a child support order, in the county in which the child support order was entered.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1497
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Low water crossings. Defines "low water crossing" as a place where a road crosses a stream having a water level that is normally well below the level of the road but may in times of heavy rain rise above the level of the road to a depth that is difficult for the driver of an oncoming automobile to judge, creating the risk that the driver will attempt to cross at the crossing and the driver's automobile will become buoyant and be swept off the road. Defines "low water crossing project" as a project that consists of installing appropriate road signs to warn automobile drivers as they approach a low water crossing, replacing damaged or undersized road culverts in a low water crossing with culverts that will accommodate a greater quantity of stream flow under the road, or replacing a low water crossing with a bridge. Authorizes a local county road and bridge board to undertake low water crossing projects. Requires the commissioner of the department of transportation (department) to ensure that the department makes information available to county boards of commissioners and county highway departments about funding from federal and private sources that might be available to the counties for low water crossing projects. Amends the law concerning the local road and bridge matching grant fund to allow grants from that fund to counties to be used for low water crossing projects.