Indiana 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1619
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Lawful carry by state elected officials and staff. Permits a member of the general assembly, professional staff of the general assembly, and a state officer to carry a handgun within the state capitol building and on the property of the Indiana government center campus if the person is not prohibited from carrying a handgun by state or federal law.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1620
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
School board elections. Requires candidates for school board offices to be nominated in the same manner as candidates for all other elected offices are nominated. Repeals the current statute relating to nomination of candidates for school board offices. Repeals other superseded statutes. Makes conforming changes.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1621
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Engrossed
2/15/23
Refer
2/27/23
Report Pass
3/16/23
Enrolled
3/22/23
Passed
4/20/23
Chaptered
4/20/23
Passed
4/20/23
Self-service storage facilities. Specifies that the term "personal property" includes trailers. Changes the time at which a self-service storage facility owner (owner) may: (1) begin enforcement of the owner's lien on a renter's stored personal property; and (2) sell or otherwise dispose of the renter's stored personal property. Provides that as an alternative to conducting a sale of a renter's stored personal property after the renter's default, an owner may cause the renter's personal property to be towed or removed from the self-service storage facility if the renter's stored personal property is a trailer. (Current law provides this alternative if the renter's stored personal property is a motor vehicle or watercraft.) Specifies that an owner may deny the renter access to the self-service storage facility, including the rented space, when enforcing a lien. Allows a renter to designate an alternative contact in a rental agreement to receive required notices.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1622
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
County elected officials training fund. Allows money in the county elected officials training fund (fund) to be used to pay for county employee training or the development of orientation or onboarding programs for training new hire county employees. Specifies the priority of funding from the fund.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1623
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Engrossed
2/21/23
Refer
2/28/23
Report Pass
4/6/23
Enrolled
4/18/23
Passed
5/4/23
Chaptered
5/4/23
Passed
5/4/23
Administrative law. Establishes the government reform task force (task force). Provides for members of the task force. Requires the task force to submit a report. Prohibits the consideration of the number or amount of fines or civil penalties imposed on regulated entities by an employee in an agency's evaluation or compensation of the employee. Makes various procedural changes concerning the adoption of administrative rules, including the following: (1) Requires budget agency and office of management and budget review of a regulatory analysis of all proposed rules. (2) Requires a state budget committee review of rules adding or increasing fees, fines, or civil penalties. (3) Requires publication of the text of a proposed rule in the first public comment period and allows a proposed rule to be adopted after one public comment period if no substantive public testimony is received and the rule is not more stringent than applicable federal standards. (4) Replaces various laws granting emergency rulemaking authority with a description of the circumstances when emergency rulemaking (renamed "provisional" rules and "interim" rules) may be used, increases governor and attorney general oversight of provisional or interim rules, and adds a public comment period for interim rules. (5) Reduces from seven to five years the time in which rules need to be readopted to remain effective. (6) Requires agencies to webcast public hearings and allow remote testimony. Prohibits state standards for disposal of coal combustion residuals to be more stringent than federal standards. Allows for certain rules on certain pesticides that are more stringent than federal law. Permits a person to recover attorney's fees if an agency issues an order that is based on an invalid rule or issued without legal authority. Permits an applicant or licensee to recover damages if a professional or occupational licensing agency fails to adopt a rule required to obtain a license. Repeals superseded statutes and makes cross-reference, name, and other conforming changes.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1624
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Engrossed
2/15/23
Refer
2/27/23
Refer
3/16/23
Indiana craft beverage council. Repeals provisions concerning the wine grape market development council (wine council) and the wine grape market development fund (wine fund). Establishes the Indiana craft beverage council (craft council), Indiana craft beverage council fund (craft council fund), and Indiana craft beverage foundation fund. Specifies the duties of the craft council. Requires the department of state revenue to transfer to the craft council fund a portion of the excise tax collected on beer, flavored malt beverages, liquor, wine, and hard cider. Transfers certain property and liabilities from the wine council and wine fund to the craft council and craft council fund. Allows the craft council to establish a nonprofit subsidiary corporation exempt from federal income taxation to solicit and accept certain private sector funding. Defines terms and makes conforming amendments.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1625
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Report Pass
2/6/23
Various public safety matters. Provides that a conservancy district (district) in which each director of the board has been elected to the board may employ a district marshal or deputy district marshal. Provides that the law enforcement training board shall adopt rules establishing a town marshal and conservancy district marshal basic training program. (Current law provides that the law enforcement training board shall adopt rules establishing a town marshal basic training program.) Provides that the district marshal is the chief police officer of the district and has the powers of other law enforcement officers in enforcing laws. Adds a district marshal or deputy district marshal to certain definitions of "police officer", "officer", or "law enforcement officer". Provides that after obtaining an initial permit or authorization to conduct fire training exercises, a fire department, including a volunteer fire department, is not required to obtain subsequent permits or authorization from the department of environmental management or a unit of local government before conducting fire training exercises located at the same location authorized in the initial permit or authorization. Makes conforming and technical amendments.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1626
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Engrossed
2/24/23
Refer
3/6/23
Refer
3/20/23
Report Pass
4/6/23
Enrolled
4/12/23
Passed
5/1/23
Chaptered
5/1/23
Passed
5/1/23
Administrative rules concerning carbon dioxide. Authorizes the department of natural resources (department) to adopt emergency rules to carry out the duties of the department under the article of the Indiana Code concerning carbon dioxide. Requires the natural resources commission (commission) to adopt rules to implement the article of the Indiana Code concerning carbon dioxide. Provides that the rules adopted by the commission: (1) must include the provisions necessary for the department's discharge of the duties imposed upon the department under; and (2) may establish fees for the administration and implementation of; the article of the Indiana Code concerning carbon dioxide. Specifies that any fees established by the commission for the administration and implementation of the article: (1) are subject to review by the budget committee; and (2) may not be increased unless the budget committee reviews the increase.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1627
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Engrossed
2/21/23
Refer
3/1/23
Report Pass
3/20/23
Refer
3/28/23
Report Pass
4/4/23
Enrolled
4/11/23
Passed
5/1/23
Chaptered
5/1/23
Passed
5/1/23
Sale of tax sale properties to nonprofits. Provides that a tax sale statute concerning the sale of real property to eligible nonprofit entities for low or moderate income housing applies to all counties. (Current law provides that the provision only applies to a county having a consolidated city.)
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1628
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Newborn nurse visitation program. Establishes a newborn nurse visitation program (program) within the Indiana department of health. Provides that the program begins July 1, 2023. Establishes an advisory group and criteria for the program. Requires insurance for state employees, health insurers, and health maintenance organization contracts that provide basic health care services to provide coverage for services under the program. Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning to apply for a demonstration waiver to provide Medicaid coverage for program services. Makes an appropriation for the program. Makes conforming changes.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1629
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Prohibited ingredients in swine feed. Prohibits feeding to swine garbage that contains packaging material.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1630
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
State police officer salary increases. Provides 3% annual raises for state police officers.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1631
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
IMPD park rangers. Provides that a special law enforcement officer employed by the city of Indianapolis full time after June 30, 2023, to perform park ranger duties (park ranger) is subject to the same training requirements as regular law enforcement officers. Provides that the facilities of the Indiana law enforcement academy must be used to provide a park ranger with the required basic training. Provides that a park ranger is eligible for a line of duty death benefit from the state special death benefit fund.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1632
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Ballot access for major and minor parties. Provides that the term "major political party" refers to: (1) with respect to the state, any of the parties whose nominees received more than 2,500 votes statewide for secretary of state in the last election; or (2) with respect to a political subdivision, any of the parties whose nominees received more than 250 votes in that political subdivision for secretary of state in the last election. Provides that a political party whose nominee received at least 2,500 votes but less than 25% of the votes cast for secretary of state at the last election shall nominate the party's candidates at a state convention and for certain local offices at a county convention. Permits a petition of nomination for an independent or minor political party to be signed by 250 registered voters in the election district that the candidate seeks to represent.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1633
Introduced
1/19/23
Refer
1/19/23
Student 529 account funding. Provides that when a person who receives Medicaid has a child born after December 31, 2023, the treasurer of state (treasurer) shall open a college choice 529 education savings plan (529 plan) in the child's name and make a deposit of $250 into the account. Provides that if the student completes one or more age appropriate career exploration activities as determined by the state board of education, and if the child's parent makes certain contributions to the 529 plan, the treasurer shall continue to make intermittent deposits into the 529 plan throughout the child's kindergarten through grade 12 education. Provides that contributions made by a parent to a 529 plan are eligible for a credit against a taxpayer's adjusted gross income. Provides that a parent making a contribution to a 529 plan shall report the contribution to the treasurer. Provides that if a parent contributes volunteer hours to the child's school in lieu of making a contribution to a 529 plan, the child's school shall report the contribution of volunteer hours to the treasurer. Provides that a person in attendance at a live birth shall report to the local health officer whether or not the mother is receiving Medicaid and advise the mother that a 529 plan is being established. Provides that the treasurer shall provide all relevant information to a parent receiving Medicaid regarding the 529 plan contribution program available to a parent receiving Medicaid.