Indiana 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1498
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Maximum operating referendum tax. Provides that, notwithstanding any increase in assessed value of property from the previous assessment date, the total amount of operating referendum tax that may be levied by a school corporation for taxes first due and payable in 2024 may not increase by more than 5% over the maximum operating referendum tax that could be levied by the school corporation in the previous year.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1499
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Report Pass
2/13/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Refer
3/1/23
Report Pass
4/11/23
Enrolled
4/18/23
Passed
5/4/23
Chaptered
5/4/23
Passed
5/4/23
Various tax matters. Makes certain changes to the qualification requirements for the: (1) deduction for individuals who are at least 65 years of age; and (2) additional credit for certain homesteads. Increases the amount of the supplemental homestead deduction for property taxes first due and payable in 2024 and 2025. Provides that if a taxpayer presents an appraisal to the county property tax assessment board of appeals (county board) that meets specified requirements, 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 or obtain an independent appraisal. Provides that after the assignment of value, the parties shall retain their rights to appeal to the Indiana board of tax review. Provides that, notwithstanding any increase in assessed value of property from the previous assessment date, the total amount of operating referendum tax that may be levied by a school corporation for taxes first due and payable in 2024 may not increase by more than 3% over the maximum operating referendum tax that could be levied by the school corporation in the previous year. Provides a calculation to be used in determining the maximum levy growth quotient in 2024 and 2025. Modifies, through December 31, 2024, the threshold amounts used for determining whether a political subdivision's project is a controlled project and whether the petition and remonstrance process or the referendum process applies based on the political subdivision's total debt service tax rate, but excludes certain projects for which a public hearing to issue bonds or enter into a lease has been conducted before July 1, 2023. Creates an exception, through December 31, 2024, to a provision subjecting a controlled project in a political subdivision with a total debt service rate of $0.80 per $100 of assessed valuation to the referendum process, if: (1) the political subdivision submits a request to the department of local government finance (DLGF) seeking a waiver of the provision; (2) the proposed controlled project is a response to a maintenance emergency; and (3) the DLGF determines that the maintenance emergency is sufficient to waive the provision. Amends an exclusion from the definition of "controlled project" for projects required by a court order. Authorizes a county fiscal body to adopt an ordinance to provide property tax relief for property tax liability attributable to homesteads for qualified individuals. Provides that a county may adopt a resolution to require a local income tax supplemental distribution to first be distributed and used to lower the county's levy freeze tax rate. Requires the DLGF to approve a county's request to decrease its levy freeze tax rate if the DLGF finds that the lower rate, in addition to the supplemental distribution amount determined under the resolution adopted by the county, would fund the levy freeze dollar amount. Requires the department of state revenue (department) to annually provide each resident individual taxpayer who paid adjusted gross income taxes in the immediately previous taxable year a taxpayer receipt statement in an electronic format explaining how the individual taxpayer's taxes are being used. Requires the department, in consultation with the budget agency, to create and administer an Internet web page on which individual taxpayers may access an estimate of the allocation of their adjusted gross income taxes to various expenditure categories for the most recent state fiscal year based on the adjusted gross income taxes paid by the taxpayer. Specifies the information that must be provided on the web page. Defines "maintenance emergency". Makes conforming changes.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1500
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Refer
3/6/23
Kratom. Defines "kratom product" as a food product or dietary ingredient that: (1) is derived from the leaf or extract of mitragyna speciosa and has a level of residual solvent that is not more than permitted by USP 467; (2) does not contain a level of 7-hydroxymitragynine in the alkaloid fraction that is greater than 1% of the overall alkaloid composition of the product; and (3) does not contain any synthetic alkaloids including synthetic mitragynin, synthetic 7-hydroxymitragynine, or any other synthetic compound of a kratom plant. Establishes requirements for the manufacture, labeling, and sale of kratom products. Specifies that a kratom product is not a controlled substance.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1501
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Nonaccredited nonpublic secondary schools. Provides that a high school diploma (diploma) or credential issued by a nonaccredited nonpublic secondary school is legally sufficient to demonstrate that the recipient of the diploma or credential has met the requirements to complete high school. Provides that a state or local agency or institution of higher education in Indiana may not reject or otherwise treat a person differently based solely on the source of a diploma or credential. Provides that a person who administers a nonaccredited nonpublic secondary school has the authority to execute any document required by law, rule, regulation, or policy to provide certain evidence regarding a child's education.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1502
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Workforce development grants. Establishes the workforce development board grant program and the workforce development board grant program fund. Requires the department of workforce development to annually award grants to each of the 12 workforce development boards in Indiana. Specifies that grants must be used to: (1) serve individuals that are not eligible for services; and (2) leverage existing funding; under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014. Makes an appropriation.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1503
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Regulation of sexually oriented businesses. Provides that a sexually oriented business may not operate within 1,000 feet of specified facilities that cater to minors. Exempts pre-existing businesses that have been in continuous operation. Establishes a civil enforcement mechanism. Repeals the existing law concerning sexually explicit materials. Makes conforming amendments.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1504
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Refer
3/1/23
Report Pass
4/6/23
Enrolled
4/12/23
Passed
5/1/23
Chaptered
5/1/23
Passed
5/1/23
Enforcement of deceptive consumer sales act. Provides that certain actions to remedy a deceptive act may not be brought more than five years after the deceptive act.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1505
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Elections 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: (1) the applicant's driver's license number or identification card number; and (2) a photocopy of the document from which the applicant provides the license number or identification card 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. Makes conforming changes.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1506
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
First responders recognition monument. Establishes the American first responders recognition monument committee (committee). Provides that the purpose of the American first responders recognition monument is to reflect on the sacrifice made by first responders catastrophically injured in the line of service. Provides that the purpose of the committee is to administer the disbursement of funds to responsible artisans and organizations to facilitate the design, prototyping, fabrication, and installation of the American first responders recognition monument. Establishes the membership of the committee. Appropriates $350,000 from the state general fund to the department of homeland security (department) to be used by the department to make disbursements to responsible artisans and organizations to facilitate the design, prototyping, fabrication, and installation of the American first responders recognition monument.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1507
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Tax deductions and credits related to military service. Provides a state income tax deduction for a member of an active or reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the National Guard who has military income that is attributable to military service while deployed or stationed outside of the United States equal to the amount of income attributable to that military service. Establishes a tax credit for a taxpayer that employs a member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the National Guard. Requires the taxpayer to submit certain information to the department of state revenue to claim the credit.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1508
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Recreational vehicle and truck camper excise tax. Provides that, if the owner of a recreational vehicle or truck camper is at least 65 years of age, the annual excise tax for the recreational vehicle or truck camper is 50% of the annual excise tax amount otherwise imposed for a recreational vehicle or truck camper of the same classification and age.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1509
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Appropriation for aviation education. Appropriates $600,000 to the department of transportation (department) for the biennium beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2025, to be used by the department to: (1) address the significant nationwide pilot shortage; (2) provide opportunities in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM); (3) provide funding to finish the interior of a new building at Indy South Greenwood Airport constructed to be used by youths in educational and training programs designed to promote aviation and careers in aviation; and (4) supply a training center associated with the educational and training programs with necessary equipment and classroom teaching aids.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1510
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Beer in food production. Provides that certain brewers may sell or transfer beer to certain food manufacturers for the purpose of adding or integrating the beer into a product or recipe. Provides that a product that contains the transferred beer may not contain more than 0.5% of alcohol by volume when the product leaves the food manufacturer's facility. Requires the brewer to destroy a finished product that contains more alcohol by volume than is permitted.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1511
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Report Pass
2/21/23
Engrossed
2/28/23
Refer
3/6/23
Refer
3/23/23
Report Pass
4/6/23
Enrolled
4/12/23
Passed
5/4/23
Chaptered
5/4/23
Passed
5/4/23
Higher education scholarships, grants, and cost exemptions. Provides that money in the National Guard tuition supplement program fund and the National Guard scholarship extension fund may not be expended, removed, or transferred from the respective fund except to be used for the purposes of the respective fund. Provides that an eligible applicant for: (1) a scholarship under the National Guard tuition supplement program; or (2) an educational cost exemption or award; may apply for a scholarship, exemption, or award to attend a state educational institution or an approved postsecondary educational institution under certain conditions.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1512
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Refer
3/1/23
Refer
3/20/23
Report Pass
4/6/23
Enrolled
4/18/23
Passed
5/1/23
Chaptered
5/1/23
Passed
5/1/23
Waste diversion and recycling. Renames the central Indiana waste diversion pilot project the "central Indiana waste diversion project" (project). Establishes two new purposes for the project: (1) advancing research and development to enhance existing waste diversion efforts and supporting the creation of new processes and technologies that expand upon the existing universe of waste diversion and reuse of recyclable material; and (2) supporting recycling technology or programs for the return, collection, and sorting of recyclable glass, aluminum, or plastic beverage containers that are accessible to the general public and are operated by a retail merchant, a professional sports or entertainment venue, an airport, an elementary school or high school, or an institution of higher education. Extends the duration of the project from three years to four years. Requires the beginning of a second round of grant applications and awards. Provides that, in the second round, private sector persons and companies located in Hamilton, Hancock, Shelby, Johnson, Morgan, Hendricks, and Boone Counties (in addition to Marion County) may apply for grants from the program. Grant applicants must provide a financial match as determined by the Indiana recycling market development board (board). Requires the department of environmental management, for purposes of the second round, to develop and distribute grant application forms, accept grant applications, and make recommendations to the board. Authorizes the board to request additional information from a grant applicant if the board determines that the information provided does not meet certain requirements and to reopen the application process if the board determines that none of the applications submitted meet the goals of the project. Requires the board, in the second round, to award not more than a total of $2,000,000 to grant applicants. Requests the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying various recycling topics.