Indiana 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1558
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Report Pass
1/26/23
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
5/4/23
Chaptered
5/4/23
Passed
5/4/23
Science of reading. Defines "science of reading". Requires the state board of education (state board) in collaboration with the department of education (department) to prepare and submit a report regarding the alignment of science of reading concepts in IREAD. Requires a school corporation and charter school to report certain information regarding reading and writing curricula, remedial programs, and administrative contact information on the school corporation's or charter school's website. Provides that, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, a superintendent, advisory committee, or governing body or the equivalent for a charter school: (1) shall adopt curriculum or supplemental materials for reading that are aligned with the science of reading and to the student's reading proficiency; and (2) may not adopt curriculum or supplemental materials for reading that are based on the three-cueing model. Requires the department to develop guidelines for science of reading integration into teacher preparation programs. Makes changes to the education law concerning the science of reading and teacher preparation and licensing requirements. Requires a school corporation to differentiate the amount of salary increases or increments for teachers who possess a required literacy endorsement. Removes a requirement that a discussion regarding teacher supplemental payment be held. Requires the state board to establish and require literacy endorsements for certain individuals first licensed after June 30, 2025. Provides that, not later than July 1, 2024, the state board shall adopt rules to establish early childhood content area licenses and required endorsements. Requires the department to publish an advisory list of science of reading curricula on the department's website. Provides that the state board and the department: (1) shall implement academic standards for reading that are aligned with the science of reading and developmentally appropriate based on student need; and (2) may not implement an academic standard for reading based on the three-cueing model.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1559
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Employment of individuals with a disability. Establishes a tax credit for an eligible taxpayer that employs certain individuals with a disability. Provides for calculation of the amount of the tax credit. Requires the taxpayer to submit information to the department of state revenue to claim the credit.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1560
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Refer
3/1/23
Report Pass
3/9/23
Enrolled
3/16/23
Passed
4/20/23
Chaptered
4/20/23
Passed
4/20/23
Adoptions. Provides that certain consent to adoption may be withdrawn not later than 15 days after the consent to adoption is signed and that certain persons must file a motion to contest an adoption after receiving certain notice. (Current law allows 30 days to withdraw.) Allows a consent to adoption to be executed or acknowledged in court, in person or by video conferencing. Requires a man to consent to the adoption of a child if he has established paternity and is a biological parent of the child to be adopted. Provides that a court may only require the consent to adopt of a man who has established paternity but is not a biological parent of the child if it is in the best interest of the child to require his consent. Specifies that consent to adopt of a deceased person is not required. Requires a court to expedite certain adoption proceedings.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1561
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Muncie Community school corporation pilot program. Requires the Muncie Community school corporation (Muncie) to create a pilot program with an appropriate third party vendor (vendor) to provide students with college and career preparation experiences. Requires Muncie to work with a vendor to create in school academies to provide students with certain career and aptitude experiences. Provides that Muncie shall establish an intermediary to act as a liaison between Muncie and a person who is interested in partnering with Muncie for the purposes of the pilot program. Creates certain requirements for the establishment of the pilot program and the operational readiness of the academies. Annually appropriates $900,000 to Muncie for a certain period of time.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1562
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Intimidating public servants. Provides that a person commits intimidation, a Level 5 felony, if the subject of the threat or the person to whom the threat is communicated is a public servant.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1563
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Use of facial recognition software. Provides that an airport authority or a board of aviation commissioners in Indiana may not provide for the use of a facial surveillance system in any facility under the authority of the authority or the board.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1564
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Family dependency drug courts. Makes an appropriation of $1,000,000 to the problem solving court fund for the purpose of administering, certifying, and providing financial support for family dependency drug courts.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1565
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Indicia of firearms restrictions on license. Provides that the bureau of motor vehicles, when issuing a driver's license or learner's permit, shall place an identifying symbol in a prominent location on the driver's license or learner's permit of an individual prohibited from carrying a handgun to indicate that the individual is prohibited from carrying a handgun.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1566
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Instruction on human sexuality. Requires instruction in state accredited schools on human sexuality or sexually transmitted diseases to be based on information that is medically and scientifically accurate and age appropriate. Lists the criteria that instruction on human sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases must meet.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1567
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Stillbirths. Amends the definition of "stillbirth" to mean a birth after 12 weeks of gestation that is not a live birth or if the gender of the child can be visually determined, a birth after 10 weeks of gestation that is not a live birth.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1568
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Engrossed
2/21/23
Refer
3/1/23
Refer
3/30/23
Report Pass
4/6/23
Enrolled
4/12/23
Passed
5/1/23
Chaptered
5/1/23
Passed
5/1/23
Prescription for hormonal contraceptives. Allows pharmacists who meet certain requirements to prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptive patches and self-administered hormonal contraceptives (contraceptives). Establishes requirements for pharmacists who elect to prescribe and dispense contraceptives. Provides that a pharmacist is not required to prescribe a contraceptive to a woman if the pharmacist believes the contraceptive is contraindicated or objects on ethical, moral, or religious grounds. Provides that an individual who is a pharmacy technician, pharmacy technician in training, pharmacist student, or pharmacist intern is not required to dispense a contraceptive to a woman if the individual objects on ethical, moral, or religious grounds. Requires the Indiana board of pharmacy (board) to revoke the license of a pharmacist who knowingly or intentionally prescribes a drug that is intended to cause an abortion. Establishes penalties for a pharmacist who prescribes a drug that is intended to cause an abortion. Requires the state health commissioner or the commissioner's designated public health authority to issue a standing order that allows a pharmacist to prescribe and dispense contraceptives until the board adopts rules that adopt the standing order. Establishes requirements for the standing order. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to reimburse a pharmacist for services and prescriptions for contraceptives provided to an eligible Medicaid recipient.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1569
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Engrossed
2/15/23
Refer
2/27/23
Report Pass
3/23/23
Enrolled
3/31/23
Passed
4/20/23
Chaptered
4/20/23
Passed
4/20/23
Restrictions on DOC provision of gender therapy. Provides that the department of correction may not authorize the payment of any money, the use of any state resources, or the payment of any federal money administered by the state to provide or facilitate the provision of sexual reassignment surgery to an offender patient.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1570
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Refer
3/6/23
Report Pass
3/27/23
Enrolled
4/4/23
Passed
5/4/23
Chaptered
5/4/23
Passed
5/4/23
Family and juvenile law matters. Makes changes in various adoption law provisions to provide 15 days (rather than 30 days) to contest certain adoptions. Provides that a confidentiality agreement entered into between a foster parent and the department of child services (department) may not prohibit the foster parent from releasing or disclosing information to a duly elected state government official for whom the information is relevant to the official's responsibility under the law to protect children from child abuse and neglect (elected official). Provides an exception prohibiting release or disclosure of specified information and records regarding a child who is or was in foster care or under the supervision of a juvenile court, or regarding the child's parent, guardian, or custodian. Provides that the department may not: (1) take adverse action against a foster parent's license; or (2) remove a foster child from the home of a foster parent; solely on the basis of the foster parent having spoken to an elected official. Requires the department to provide a licensed foster parent with: (1) an information packet describing the foster parent's rights and the grievance filing process; and (2) a complete copy of the department's policy manual. Provides that the department may not remove a foster child from the home of a foster parent, unlicensed caregiver, or de facto custodian solely on the basis of the foster parent, unlicensed caregiver, or de facto custodian having filed a petition to adopt the child. Allows a child's adoptive parent to request that the department allow the child to have visitation with the child's sibling. Requires the department to provide notice of the department's decision regarding a request for sibling visitation not later than seven business days after the department receives the request. Provides that if: (1) a child is the subject of a petition alleging that the child is a child in need of services; and (2) a parent of the child has been convicted of committing one or more specified offenses against the child; there is a rebuttable presumption that it is in the child's best interests to prohibit the parent from having in-person contact with the child until a dispositional decree is entered or the petition is dismissed. Provides that if a hearing regarding a petition to terminate the parent-child relationship is not held before the statutorily required deadline, the court shall dismiss the petition without prejudice: (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.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1571
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Reading specialist grants. Creates the reading specialist certification grant fund (fund). Allows eligible teachers to apply for a grant from the fund for the purpose of obtaining a science of reading based reading specialist certification. Provides that an eligible teacher who receives a grant and obtains a reading specialist certification is entitled to certain salary incentives. Provides that the department of education (department) shall administer the fund. Provides that the department shall adopt rules to implement the fund. Beginning in 2024, requires the department to prepare an annual report and recommendations concerning the fund for the legislative council.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1572
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Twenty-first century scholars program. Amends the twenty-first century scholars program eligibility requirements for certain students.