Indiana 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0176
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Report Pass
1/26/23
Engrossed
2/2/23
Refer
2/28/23
Report Pass
3/7/23
Enrolled
3/13/23
Passed
4/20/23
Chaptered
4/20/23
Passed
4/20/23
Small modular nuclear reactors. Changes the rated electric generating capacity from 350 megawatts to 470 megawatts for purposes of the definition of "small modular nuclear reactor" as used in the statutes concerning: (1) certificates of public convenience and necessity issued by the Indiana utility regulatory commission for the construction, lease, or purchase of electric generation facilities; and (2) financial incentives for energy utilities that invest in clean energy projects. Makes a technical correction.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0177
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Report Pass
1/30/23
Engrossed
2/7/23
Refer
2/28/23
Report Pass
3/23/23
Enrolled
3/29/23
Passed
4/20/23
Chaptered
4/20/23
Passed
4/20/23
School board candidate filing deadline. Changes the time frame that a candidate for a school board office is required to file the candidate's petition of nomination. Modifies deadlines concerning a statement questioning the validity of a petition of nomination or contesting the denial of certification.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0178
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Report Pass
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Engrossed
3/1/23
Refer
3/6/23
Citizenship and immigration status. Provides that, if the attorney general determines probable cause exists, the attorney general, rather than any person lawfully domiciled in Indiana, may bring an action to compel a governmental body or postsecondary educational institution to comply with statutes requiring cooperation with federal immigration officials. Requires a court to apply a preponderance of the evidence standard to enjoin the violation of those statutes.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0179
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Report Pass
1/19/23
Engrossed
1/27/23
Refer
2/7/23
Home detention. Provides that a court may not order a person convicted of a: (1) Level 1 felony; or (2) crime subject to certain enhancements; to a community corrections program. Allows a court to place a person in a community corrections program as an alternative to commitment to the county jail or department of correction. Repeals a requirement that a court suspend the sentence for a person placed in a community corrections program. Specifies that a person sentenced to work release in a community corrections program receives one day of accrued time for each day the person is confined on work release. (Current law only specifies that a person on home detention earns accrued time.) Provides that the violation of a home detention placement term constitutes the crime of escape under certain circumstances. Makes technical changes.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0180
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Refer
2/28/23
Report Pass
3/21/23
Enrolled
4/4/23
Passed
5/1/23
Chaptered
5/1/23
Passed
5/1/23
Allocation of wastewater utility costs. Allows a utility company that: (1) provides both water and wastewater service; and (2) has acquired wastewater utility property; to request, in the context of a petition by the utility company to the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) for preapproval of a plan for proposed service enhancement improvements to the utility company's wastewater utility property, authorization from the IURC to allocate a portion of the eligible costs of the utility company's wastewater utility property to the utility company's water customers. Provides that if the petition includes such a request for an allocation of costs, the utility company shall provide a copy of: (1) the petition; and (2) the utility company's case in chief; to each intervenor in the utility company's last general rate case. Provides that the IURC may approve the request if the IURC finds that: (1) because of reasonable and necessary improvements that are proposed for the wastewater utility property, the resulting rates charged to wastewater customers would reach levels necessitating the provision of financial assistance to those customers; (2) the total rates charged by the utility company for water service will not increase unreasonably as a result of the allocation; (3) the utility company has included information in its proposal regarding the availability of grants or low interest loans and whether the utility company considered using grants or low interest loans to help finance or reduce the cost of the service enhancement improvements; and (4) the utility company has developed an asset management program. Provides that an increase in the total rates charged for water service by the utility company as a result of the allocation is not unreasonable to the extent the allocation results in an increase in authorized total revenues of 2% or less. Provides that if the IURC approves a utility company's request for an allocation of costs, the utility company shall include a notice on or with water customer monthly bills specifying the amount of the service enhancement improvement adjustment rider approved by the commission that recovers necessary wastewater utility improvements.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0181
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Report Pass
1/19/23
Engrossed
1/27/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
3/9/23
Enrolled
3/15/23
Passed
4/5/23
Chaptered
4/5/23
Passed
4/5/23
Cause of action concerning restraint of trade. Amends the statute concerning combinations restraining trade as follows: (1) Provides that the attorney general may bring an action for the following on behalf of the state or a political subdivision in connection with a violation of the statute: (A) Appropriate injunctive or other equitable relief, including disgorgement of any gains derived from the violation. (B) A civil penalty. (Current law provides only that the attorney general may bring an action for injuries or damages sustained directly or indirectly by the state or political subdivision as a result of the violation.) (2) Provides that the attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state as parens patriae on behalf of one or more natural persons residing in Indiana for one or more of these same remedies, in connection with a violation of the statute. (3) Specifies that in an action brought under these provisions, the attorney general may recover costs and expenses of the suit, including reasonable attorney's fees and expert fees. (Current law does not specify that the attorney general may recover expenses and expert fees.) (4) Provides that in an action brought under these provisions after June 30, 2023, the attorney general may recover a civil penalty of not more than: (A) $100,000 per violation from any natural person who violates the statute; or (B) $1,000,000 from any other person, other than a natural person, that violates the statute.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0182
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Report Pass
1/23/23
Engrossed
2/1/23
Refer
2/28/23
Township mergers. Allows a township that does not have a township trustee or township board to merge with another township, if identical resolutions approving the merger are adopted by the following: (1) The township trustee and legislative body of the other township. (2) The county executive.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0183
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Refer
2/2/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Refer
2/28/23
Report Pass
3/9/23
Report Pass
3/23/23
Enrolled
3/29/23
Passed
5/1/23
Chaptered
5/1/23
Passed
5/1/23
Unclaimed property matters. Defines "gift card". Makes various changes to statutes in the state's revised unclaimed property act concerning: (1) presumptions of abandonment; (2) reporting of unclaimed property; (3) delivery of property to the attorney general; (4) delivery of property from the attorney general to the presumed owner; (5) payment of gain realized or accrued on property; and (6) filing claims for property.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0184
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Refer
1/23/23
Report Pass
2/6/23
Engrossed
2/14/23
Refer
2/28/23
Report Pass
3/23/23
Report Pass
3/30/23
Enrolled
4/5/23
Passed
4/20/23
Chaptered
4/20/23
Passed
4/20/23
Hunting and fishing license agents. Provides that (in addition to the $0.75 service fee a license agent authorized to sell licenses for fish and wildlife shall retain) a license agent may also charge on each transaction both a: (1) $0.25 processing fee; and (2) 1.96% fee; to cover credit card processing costs associated with the sale of a license.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0185
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
Report Pass
4/6/23
Enrolled
4/12/23
Passed
5/1/23
Chaptered
5/1/23
Passed
5/1/23
1977 fund membership. Modifies the definition of "salary of a first class patrolman or first class firefighter" for the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund (1977 fund). Allows an airport authority to participate in the 1977 fund. Increases the maximum age for a firefighter to be appointed to a fire department and become a member of the 1977 fund from 35 years of age to 39 years of age. Makes corresponding changes.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0186
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Tax credit for employer provided child care. Establishes a state tax credit for a taxpayer that makes qualified child care expenditures or qualified child care resource and referral expenditures in providing child care to the taxpayer's employees. Provides that the maximum amount of the credit for each taxable year is equal to 50% of the taxpayer's qualified child care expenditures or qualified child care resource and referral expenditures for the taxable year. Provides for recapture of certain amounts due to cessation of operation of a child care facility or a change in ownership of a child care facility.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0187
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
Report Pass
1/19/23
Engrossed
1/25/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
3/20/23
Report Pass
4/11/23
Enrolled
4/18/23
Passed
5/4/23
Chaptered
5/4/23
Passed
5/4/23
Public safety matters. Provides that a unit shall provide by ordinance the number of police reserve officers a law enforcement agency may appoint. Provides that the law enforcement training board may revoke, suspend, modify, or restrict a document showing compliance and qualifications for a unit's police reserve officer who has committed misconduct. Provides that a law enforcement agency hiring a police reserve officer must contact every other law enforcement agency that employed (or employs) the applicant and request the applicant's employment file and disciplinary record. 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.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0188
Introduced
1/9/23
Refer
1/9/23
School corporation governing bodies. Provides that for school board offices, each candidate's affiliation with a political party or status as an independent candidate must be stated on the ballot. Standardizes language relating to what events cause a vacancy on the governing body of a school corporation and the method by which a vacancy is filled. Repeals superseded statutes.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0189
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Assessed value growth cap. Limits the annual increase in the gross assessed value of real property for property tax purposes to the lesser of 5% or the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers. Provides that the limit does not apply if: (1) the ownership of the property changes; or (2) the increase is attributable to one or more physical changes to the property. Precludes agricultural land for the limit.
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Indiana 2023 Regular Session
Indiana Senate Bill SB0190
Introduced
1/10/23
Refer
1/10/23
Physician assistants. Amends current requirements for a collaborative agreement between a physician and a physician assistant with the following: (1) the collaborative agreement must include limitations; (2) the collaborative agreement must set forth the method of collaboration between the physician and physician assistant; and (3) the collaborative agreement must be signed, updated annually, and made available to the medical licensing board of Indiana upon request. Amends the definition of "prescriber" for purposes of electronically transmitted prescriptions for controlled substances, overdose intervention drugs, and telehealth services and prescriptions. Provides that a written collaborative agreement between a physician assistant, who is employed by a certain health care facility or center, and a particular collaborating physician is not required. Requires a physician assistant employed by a certain health care facility or center to enter into a practice agreement with the health care facility or center that employs the physician assistant. Eliminates: (1) a prohibition against a physician collaborating with more than four physician assistants at the same time; (2) a requirement that a physician submit a collaborative agreement to the medical licensing board; and (3) a requirement that a collaborating physician and physician assistant submit a list of locations the physician and physician assistant will practice to the medical licensing board.