Indiana 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0022
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Punitive damages in certain civil rape cases. Removes certain limitations on punitive damages awarded to a rape victim in a civil action if the rape resulted in the conception of a child. Makes conforming changes.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0025
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Refer
2/28/23
Cigarette tax evasion. Provides that if a person unlawfully transports cigarettes without an Indiana tax stamp, the person commits: (1) a Class C infraction if a person possesses more than 1,000 cigarettes; (2) a Class B misdemeanor if the number of cigarettes is between 2,000 and 7,500; (3) a Class A misdemeanor if the number of cigarettes is between 7,500 and 15,000; and (4) a Level 6 felony if the number of cigarettes is at least 15,000.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0026
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Refer
1/19/23
Representation of unlicensed caregiver in CHINS cases. Provides that a unlicensed caregiver is entitled to representation by counsel in a child in need of services (CHINS) proceeding under certain circumstances.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0027
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Designated outdoor refreshment areas. Allows the city of Lawrenceburg to designate an outdoor location as a refreshment area with the approval of the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission). Provides that if a refreshment area is approved, the commission designates retailer permittees that may sell alcoholic beverages for consumption within the refreshment area. Prohibits a refreshment area from being located near a school or church unless the church or school does not object. Allows a minor to be within the refreshment area. Makes it a Class C misdemeanor for a participating retailer permittee or vendor to: (1) sell a person more than one alcoholic beverage at a time or an alcoholic beverage that exceeds the volume limitations; or (2) allow a person who is not wearing a wristband identification to enter the refreshment area with an alcoholic beverage.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0028
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Designated outdoor refreshment areas. Allows a city or town to designate an outdoor location as a refreshment area with the approval of the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission). Provides that if a refreshment area is approved, the commission designates retailer permittees that may sell alcoholic beverages for consumption within the refreshment area. Prohibits a refreshment area from being located near a school or church unless the school or church does not object. Allows a minor to be within the refreshment area. Makes it a Class C misdemeanor for a participating retailer permittee or vendor to: (1) sell a person more than one alcoholic beverage at a time or an alcoholic beverage that exceeds the volume limitations; or (2) allow a person who is not wearing a wristband identification to enter the refreshment area with an alcoholic beverage.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0029
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Disabled veterans. Removes the assessed value limit for a property tax exemption for an individual or the surviving spouse of an individual who is killed in action or who receives an honorable discharge and is totally disabled or 62 years of age with a disability of at least 10%.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0030
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Thirteenth check. Provides for a thirteenth check in 2023 for certain members of the: (1) Indiana state teachers' retirement fund; (2) public employees' retirement fund; (3) state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan; (4) state police pre-1987 benefit system; and (5) state police 1987 benefit system.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0031
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Call center worker and consumer protection. Requires the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) to compile a list of all employers that relocate a call center to a foreign country and to disqualify employers on that list from state grants, loans, and tax credits. Requires an employer receiving a state grant, loan, or tax credit to notify the IEDC if the employer intends to relocate a call center. Imposes a civil penalty on an employer that does not notify the IEDC.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0032
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Employee misclassification. Requires the department of state revenue, the state department of labor, the worker's compensation board of Indiana, and the department of workforce development to report before November 1 of each year for three years, beginning November 1, 2023, to the interim study committee on employment and labor for the immediately preceding state fiscal year: (1) the number of employers that each department or the board determined during the immediately preceding state fiscal year improperly classified at least one worker as an independent contractor; (2) the total number of improperly classified workers employed by those employers; (3) the department's or board's calculation of actual revenue not collected or the additional costs to the state that the department or board attributes to the improperly classified workers; (4) the amount of the penalties and interest assessed against those employers by each department or the board, and the amount of the penalties and interest assessed that has been collected; and (5) the classification criteria used by the department or board to classify workers. Requires that the reports include information only in the form of aggregate statistics and do not include information that can be used to identify specific employers or workers.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0033
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Report Pass
1/19/23
Engrossed
1/25/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
3/21/23
Enrolled
3/28/23
Passed
4/20/23
Chaptered
4/20/23
Passed
4/20/23
Solar panel and wind power equipment disposal study. Directs the Indiana department of environmental management (IDEM) to conduct a study concerning the decommissioning and disposal of solar panels and wind power equipment. Sets forth certain topics that IDEM must consider in conducting the study. Provides that IDEM may consult with the Indiana utility regulatory commission as necessary to conduct the study. Requires IDEM to: (1) file a report on its findings and recommendations resulting from the study with the chairman of the legislative council; and (2) present the report to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications; not later than October 1, 2024.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0034
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Expungement of addiction related convictions. Establishes a procedure to permit a person: (1) with an addiction disorder related conviction; and (2) who has completed a high intensity residential treatment program; to expunge the person's addiction disorder related conviction.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0035
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Report Pass
1/26/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/28/23
Report Pass
3/30/23
Enrolled
4/6/23
Passed
5/4/23
Chaptered
5/4/23
Passed
5/4/23
Financial literacy. Provides that, beginning with the cohort of students who are expected to graduate from a public school, a charter school, or a state accredited nonpublic school in 2028, an individual must successfully complete a personal financial responsibility course (course) before the individual may graduate. Creates requirements for content that must be covered in a course. Provides that a public school, a charter school, or a state accredited nonpublic school must offer instruction on a course as a separate subject. Provides that the state board may allow a course to satisfy one or more diploma course requirements.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0036
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Refer
1/26/23
Special death benefit for OIG investigators. Adds an investigator for the inspector general to the list of: (1) public safety officers whose relative receives a special death benefit if the officer dies in the line of duty; and (2) employees who may qualify for a presumption of disability or death in the line of duty.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0037
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Report Pass
1/17/23
Engrossed
1/25/23
Refer
2/7/23
Food and beverage taxes. Requires each local unit that imposes a food and beverage tax to annually report information concerning distributions and expenditures of amounts received from the food and beverage tax. Provides that food and beverage taxes currently authorized under IC 6-9 and that do not otherwise contain an expiration date (other than the stadium and convention building authority food and beverage tax and the historic hotels food and beverage tax) shall expire on the later of: (1) January 1, 2045; or (2) the date on which all bonds or lease agreements outstanding on May 7, 2023, are completely paid. Requires each local unit that imposes a food and beverage tax that is subject to the expiration provision to provide to the department of local government finance (department) a list of each bond or lease agreement outstanding on May 7, 2023, and the date on which each will be completely paid. Requires the department to publish the information on the gateway website. Declares the intention of the general assembly to only authorize local units to impose new food and beverage taxes based on specified criteria.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0038
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Report Pass
1/31/23
Engrossed
2/9/23
Refer
2/28/23
Donation of income tax refund for cancer research. Establishes the Senator David C. Ford cancer research account (Ford account) within the Indiana health care account. Provides that a taxpayer may designate all or a part of the taxpayer's state income tax refund to be paid over to the Ford account. Provides that the budget agency shall distribute the money in the Ford account in equal amounts to the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center and the Purdue University Center for Cancer Research.