Indiana 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1528
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Report Pass
2/2/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Engrossed
2/15/23
Refer
2/27/23
Refer
3/16/23
Report Pass
4/6/23
Enrolled
4/12/23
Passed
5/4/23
Chaptered
5/4/23
Passed
5/4/23
Next generation Hoosier educators scholarship program. Provides that an individual enrolled in a transition to teaching program may apply for a one time scholarship under the next generation Hoosier educators scholarship program. Establishes requirements to qualify for the one time scholarship. Provides that the maximum amount of a scholarship is $10,000. Provides that the total annual amount of scholarships awarded from the next generation Hoosier educators scholarship fund to individuals enrolled in a transition to teaching program may not exceed $1,000,000. Requires that an awarded scholarship must be repaid under certain conditions.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1529
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Project Lifesaver program requirement for counties. Requires each county to establish and maintain a Project Lifesaver program. Tasks the division of disability and rehabilitative services (division) with ensuring compliance, and requires the division to report to the general assembly.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1530
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
PFAS water safety standards. Requires the Indiana department of health (department) to establish state maximum contaminant levels for PFAS in water provided by public water systems. Provides that maximum contaminant levels established by the department: (1) must be protective of public health, including the health of vulnerable subpopulations; and (2) may not be less stringent than any maximum contaminant level or health advisory promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1531
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Teacher recruitment and retention. Establishes a teacher recruitment and retention fund, administered by the department of education, to: (1) attract qualified teachers to geographic areas of Indiana where a critical shortage of teachers exists; and (2) retain qualified teachers in teacher shortage areas; by providing student loan repayment assistance. Provides that as a condition of participating in the program and receiving student loan repayments, a teacher must agree to employment as a licensed teacher in a school district located in a teacher shortage area for at least five years. Establishes the goal that by 2032 there will be at least one teacher who is certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (national board) in every public school. Establishes the teachers' national board certification incentive fund for purposes of: (1) funding stipends of $200 per day for two days for teachers preparing for national board certification; (2) reimbursing 75% of the national board certification fee; (3) funding stipends for national board certified teachers who serve as mentors to other teachers; (4) reimbursing school corporations for the cost of paying teachers who have attained national board certification as of July 1, 2023, or thereafter an annual salary supplement of $2,000 for the life of the certificate; and (5) reimbursing school corporations for the cost of persons who serve as substitute teachers for national board certification candidates. Requires a school corporation to allow a teacher pursuing national board certification at least five days of paid release time during the school year.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1532
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Landlord-tenant relations concerning bed bugs. Requires a tenant to inform the landlord if the tenant reasonably suspects the presence of bed bugs. Requires the landlord to have the dwelling unit inspected by a qualified inspector. Requires the landlord, after receipt of the inspection report, to inform the tenant whether the dwelling unit contains bed bugs. Requires the landlord to begin reasonable measures to treat the bed bug presence if an inspection indicates the presence of bed bugs. Establishes responsibilities for the tenant and landlord concerning notice, access, and costs. Allows the state chemist to adopt rules concerning certain matters. Requires the state chemist to establish requirements for the certification of a bed bug inspector. Defines certain terms.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1533
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Individual tax deductions and credits. Increases the amount from $1,000 to $1,500 per dependent child for purposes of the unreimbursed education expenditure tax deduction. Repeals the provision providing a tax credit for contributions to an ABLE account and replaces it with a provision with retroactive language that increases the credit to: (1) $750 for an individual filing a single return; and (2) $1,500 for a married couple filing a joint return. Provides a tax credit for contributions made to a public school foundation in an amount that may not exceed: (1) $750 for an individual filing a single return; and (2) $1,500 for a married couple filing a joint return. Provides that any combination of credits claimed under the ABLE account credit and the public school foundation credit may not exceed: (1) $750 for an individual filing a single return; and (2) $1,500 for a married couple filing a joint return.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1534
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Responsibility for remediation costs. Requires the department of environmental management to first demonstrate with reasonable evidence that a municipality falls under one of four categories of potentially responsible parties as identified in Section 107(a) of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9607(a)), before a municipality can be found liable for violating Section 107(a) of CERCLA.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1535
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
IDAs and neighborhood assistance credits. Replaces the term "community development corporation" in statutes concerning individual development accounts (IDA) with the term "community based organization" and makes conforming changes throughout the Indiana Code to reflect that change. Provides that: (1) $1,500 (rather than $800) is eligible for a state deposit in an individual's individual development account (account); (2) the allocation, for each account that has been established for not more than five years, is $3 for each $1 of the first $1,500 (rather than the first $400) an individual deposited into the individual's account during the preceding 12 months; and (3) the amount of the allocation may not exceed $4,500 (rather than $2,400) for each account. Makes various changes to the neighborhood assistance tax credit.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1536
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Interactive gaming. Authorizes the lottery commission to operate the sale of draw games and digital representations of scratch-off games over the Internet. Authorizes the following persons to conduct interactive gaming: (1) A licensed owner of a riverboat. (2) An operating agent operating a riverboat in a historic hotel district. (3) A permit holder conducting gambling games at the permit holder's racetrack. Provides for the licensure of persons providing services and equipment for managing and conducting interactive gaming. Specifies requirements for the conduct of interactive gaming. Imposes an adjusted gross receipts tax of 20% on interactive gaming. Provides for revenue sharing to cities and counties in which casinos are operated. Makes an appropriation. Makes conforming and technical changes.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1537
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Acquisition of STEM learning technology. Requires the department of education (department) to purchase the licensing to a three-dimensional game-based learning platform that meets certain criteria. Makes an appropriation to the department to purchase the licensing.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1538
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Use of certain fees to install school bus cameras. Requires a court to assess a safe schools fee (fee) of at least $200 and not more than $1,000 when a person operates a vehicle and recklessly passes a school bus stopped on a roadway or a private road when the arm signal device is in the device's extended position (violation). (Current law permits, rather than requires, a court to assess the fee.) Provides that: (1) the clerk of a circuit court; or (2) the clerk of a city or town court; shall distribute semiannually 100% of the fee collected to the school corporation of the school bus that is the subject of a violation to reimburse the school corporation an amount sufficient to defray the cost of school bus cameras.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1539
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Tax credit for aviation fuel. Beginning in 2026, provides a tax credit equal to $3 per bushel of qualified feedstock: (1) sold to a qualified fuel production facility; or (2) used directly by a qualified feedstock producer for production of sustainable aviation fuel. Provides that the total amount of tax credits allowed may not exceed $5,000,000 in each state fiscal year. Requires the department of state revenue to adopt rules. Provides that the tax credit expires December 31, 2040.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1540
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Transit development districts. Provides that a transit development district may be established in a municipality that is located in a county that is a member of the development authority and has operated regularly scheduled commuter bus services to Chicago, Illinois, with prior financial assistance from the development authority, and shuttle bus services that transport riders to a train station or a regular train stop along the Chicago to South Bend line.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1541
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Utility service to rental premises. Amends the statute concerning a landlord's obligations under a residential rental agreement to include within those obligations the duty to remain current on all bills for utility service to the rental premises (other than for utility service for which a tenant is responsible for paying under the rental agreement or state law). Provides that a landlord that: (1) offers for rent at least 100 rental units that are part of one or more structures that: (A) are located on the same parcel of property or on contiguous parcels of property; and (B) are master metered for one or more utility services; and (2) fails to meet this new obligation; may not file or prosecute an eviction action for nonpayment of rent against a tenant of the rental premises until the delinquency for utility service provided to the rental premises has been cured. Requires the Indiana housing and community development authority (authority) to do the following not later than August 31, 2023: (1) Designate itself to serve as, or contract to provide, an escrow agent to whom a tenant of a rental premises for which the landlord has failed to meet this new obligation, resulting in a utility bill that is at least 60 days past due, may pay rent until the delinquency has been cured. (2) In collaboration with the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC), create a form that: (A) is accessible on the authority's website and the IURC's website; and (B) allows a utility to: (i) report the delinquency; and (ii) request that the designated escrow agent perform certain duties with respect to the delinquency. Provides that a utility that submits a form to report a delinquency and request the services of the escrow agent must provide to the tenants, through conspicuous signage placed within the utility's property rights on the affected parcels, notice of the landlord's delinquency and of a tenant's right to pay rent to the escrow agent, instead of the landlord, until the delinquency for utility service is cured. Specifies the duties of the escrow agent with respect to: (1) collecting rent from tenants; (2) paying collected rent to the utility; (3) paying remaining amounts of collected rent to the landlord upon the delinquency being cured; (4) reporting to the landlord, the utility, the authority, and the IURC certain collection and payment data on a monthly basis; and (5) providing a final accounting and notice once the delinquency has been cured and the escrow has been closed.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1542
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Secured school safety grants. Specifies that an educational service center may receive a grant from the Indiana safe schools fund. Increases the secured school safety matched grant amount that may be awarded to a school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school. Provides that a school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school that is awarded a secured school safety matching grant may apportion that grant to an educational service center or career and technical education school for certain purposes.